Uneme: My Tribe, Going Extinct!

for a second i thought this was a joke, then i got reading ,
i feel so ashamed right now. I am edo(bini) and i have not heard of uneme before. Gamine please whenever you see this, i will like to ask you some questions, hope you don't mind. Thanks

Hey, Long time, where have ya Been.For once i though, the G.O had censored yo participation from N/L. Hope u've seen my comment on ya New Pic.It clear it isnt Beyonce.

Should I take that as a Yes so i start selling my belongings to pay the Bride Price

Hey Gamine I was wondering do you guys hold Uneme town meetings or meetings in general?  My people are not that many either but we hold yearly national get togethers all over the US. were we meet get to know each other and keep our culture alive and see what we can do for our people back home.  Most other tribes do them too, I've been to a couple of enugu/anabra/ogoni meetings here in texas.

By the way it's great you are concerned I'm sure if you are worrying about it there must be other Uneme people that are concerned too.

good!,one less minority group to bother about.
One down,247 to go

Babyosisi, carry your crack-ass jokes somewhere else.
Move on!

It seems most uneme people are afraid their tribe will die out but are not willing to do something about it. If you are not willing to attend or organize a meeting of uneme people am afraid the end is nigh.
A search on google took me to the BBC and (yes you got it right) there was an uneme person lamenting the imminent extinction of uneme.
Which local govt area does uneme fall under? I would advice your people to inter marry with people from say Agenegbode,Auchi,Igarra or Ora people, because your culture are near enough the same.

Gamine, I couldn't be wrong. I am absolutely right. I am from Akoko-Edo and know the history. The Unemes with their craftmanship in steel technology as at then, manufactured chains with which slaves where taken away by the colonial invaders for financial gains. This resulted in their being excommunicated. The tribe is now scattered around Edo State and could be found in Akoko-Edo (Uneme-Nokua, Uneme-Osu, etc), Etsako, Owan, etc. The Binis call them Uleme. Akoko-Edo has the largest settlement of the Unemes.

This is just a brief history. If you need details, I could go down history memory-lane and dig up facts and link you up with your kindreds with high political status in Edo State. Inter-marriage could only be done if the Uneme identity is unknown to others (friends and family members). A forum was recently launched in Edo State to correct this age-long segregation, This cannot work, because the fact remains that modernity cannot out-run inherited norms and values. It is deep rooted and will take generations to wash aways, excepting the story is untold to the new generations, which is rapidly not associating with the traditional tenets of their ancestors. I know about this history because I grew up at home in my village. How could I tell my child/children the same history, unless the issue is awakened by happennings. 

@Gamine,what is the Akoko-Edos main languages?.

huh

igarra  girl??

u best go to the village
they r waitin for u

@Edobabe
theres no 'main' lingo

ok thnks!

Oh well

i know

God help us

because i know no one in my family is goina get with an Uneme indigene

@ Gamine

would u marry me? lets keep our Uneme tribe alive. remember the good old commandment? "be fruitful and multiply" 

wetin that wan kon mean now? haba, see bobo dey try help u fulfil your dreams, u dey slack. wetin kon bi the problem? 

thank God, one by one they will all be extint

come on baby, u can't do this to me, u know i love u from the very first day i saw your hand writing i am ready to cross 7 oceans for your sake. be not afraid, i am well able to prevent the extinction of the Uneme tribe. look at it this way, history will bless both of us for preventing the loss of a people and we will be heros