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Gamine (f)
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lol Full for italy? since when did Unemes start going to Italy the only two countries aside Nigeria they know is Canada and Britain So mr man, get your facts ryt!  |
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na2day? (m)
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bros, no pour sand sand for my garri ooooo, i still dey try toast this babe to be mine oooooo. my dearest gamine, the only sugar in my tea, etc, without u i go kpeme oooooo; without u i can't bring back the glory of the Unemes, so please, come to me, be mine for ever  dey full for italo doing dia thing. Una population na 25 including you, you come de mess with Imo thread.
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Gamine (f)
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indeed  |
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Gamine (f)
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Na2day Na today! Dream on! |
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na2day? (m)
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dreams come through my dear Na2day Na today! Dream on! |
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Gamine (f)
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Dreams come through? through where? I have a dream catcher, so don't even risk it!  |
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na2day? (m)
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what is life without risk. i am doing this all for your love my dear  2008 is our yr of saving our glorious tribe Dreams come through? through where? I have a dream catcher, so don't even risk it! |
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Gamine (f)
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ok ok
lets save it!
hooray!
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omoovie (f)
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Part of the problem is the rape of Benin that occurred in the early 20th century. All those artifacts are entrenched in the British museum and I don't think we will be seeing any of them soon except through a detached glass box. Why do white people like to box things in? The second problem is our previous generation and ours. Our parents by virtue of being the more western educated generation as well as being survivors of war taught their children what they think they need to survive - no parent these days actively seeks to teach their children their language because they feel it's not a necessity to survive and that means so many languages, cultures and ideals are dying. I'm afraid for Urhobos and we are over 1/2 a million. I don't speak Urhobo, Igbo or Edo. I took it upon myself to learn a Nigerian language but the only one available to me over here is Hausa so I'm learning Hausa. My advice: Record WHATEVER you can about your culture whether online or on paper (Urhobos have www.waado.org). If you need help with the web part, I can give you some pointers. Record! record! record! Record historically significant dates, places, times, creation myths, songs, celebrations, pictures of Uneme people performing various rites, et cetera. Who knows, you might be the saviour of the Uneme. You can start off where that book earlier in the post left off (i.e. start recording Uneme history from 1962) Good luck oh. I feel your pain. I'm going back home to study my mum's people and drink it all in. I'm tired of more oyinbo people teaching me MY culture. |
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na2day? (m)
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girl, don't u worry about it, i have offered her my services and together we will save the tribe by starting our own small tribe. Part of the problem is the rape of Benin that occurred in the early 20th century. All those artifacts are entrenched in the British museum and I don't think we will be seeing any of them soon except through a detached glass box. Why do white people like to box things in? The second problem is our previous generation and ours. Our parents by virtue of being the more western educated generation as well as being survivors of war taught their children what they think they need to survive - no parent these days actively seeks to teach their children their language because they feel it's not a necessity to survive and that means so many languages, cultures and ideals are dying. I'm afraid for Urhobos and we are over 1/2 a million. I don't speak Urhobo, Igbo or Edo. I took it upon myself to learn a Nigerian language but the only one available to me over here is Hausa so I'm learning Hausa. My advice: Record WHATEVER you can about your culture whether online or on paper (Urhobos have www.waado.org). If you need help with the web part, I can give you some pointers. Record! record! record! Record historically significant dates, places, times, creation myths, songs, celebrations, pictures of Uneme people performing various rites, et cetera. Who knows, you might be the saviour of the Uneme. You can start off where that book earlier in the post left off (i.e. start recording Uneme history from 1962) Good luck oh. I feel your pain. I'm going back home to study my mum's people and drink it all in. I'm tired of more oyinbo people teaching me MY culture. |
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omoovie (f)
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girl, don't u worry about it, i have offered her my services and together we will save the tribe by starting our own small tribe.
LOL! You be yeye! |
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romeo (m)
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Which one be Uneme?
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Outstrip
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Gamine part of the problem is that the Ineme people are sort of seen as the Osu of that area. I know that etsakos traditionally will not marry an Ineme. Though it is changing now with our generation. That might be part of the reason why the numbers are falling.
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Carlosein (m)
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well gamine, just seeing this thread and i must say you got it really figured. i am uneme and have always wondered why our village never gets bigger because i have been there several times and it's all the same year in year out. i have also perused that hakeem harunah book (an uncle once gave me to read) and i must confess i felt very proud of my heritage. i speak my language albeit not fluently. so girl as omoovie and many others have said here, let's document, document, and document our heritage. i am taking this very seriously |
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Gamine (f)
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I no be Osu ooh!
abeg o!
Like a poster advised.
Document
Document
Document.
I can't go to my village now for anything
but i can update the book my father wrote
translate it into an online version and add some more things
as for learning the lingo.
thats going to take sometime, but i will def try.
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