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

Sisimose,

U can ask me anything

Abdkabir
well,

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

This is to clarify the issue of Uneme. The reason people of that tribe hide their identity is because of negative attitudes of fellow Edo people, who do not relate with them positively, because of their involvement in the slavish penetrations of the whites into Edo land.

I do not wish to explain further. Your Uneme kindreds would be able to do that in clearer terms. Uneme people do not hold their head-high to proclaim whom they are, rather, they claim different lingua like Yoruba, Etsako and other clans in Edo State. They would rather speak other dialects than the Uneme. In the past, contact with them is usually avoided, just like the Jews and the Samarians.

Hey Gamine I was wondering do you guys hold Uneme town meetings or meetings in general? My ppl are not that many either but we hold yearly national get togethers all over the U.S. were we meet get to know each other and keep our culture alive and see what we can do for our ppl 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 ppl that are concerned too.

abdkabir,
i dunno ooh, lol maybe!

Well,
u could be right history_b
u cant find an uneme speaking 'Uneme' just like that
my mum speaks yoruba, infact some pple think she is!

Town meetings ke?
hmm, most uneme dont see eye to eye thses days
i hardly kno my cousins sef!

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

lmao baby stop it lol

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

The Uneme issue still goes on.

Well am no more talking about the Unemes but of one of them.

@Gamine, these ya picture dey kill me o. If Unemes are all like these then i'm Uneme for sure.

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.

Why not intermarry with the Yorubas or the Japanese (www.uneme.com) so as to preserve the language in the diaspora.

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?.

I dey find igarra chick to marry o!

huh

igarra girl??

u best go to the village
they r waitin for u

@Edobabe
theres no 'main' lingo

Hello Gamine, I am not sure if you have come across this book written by Hakeem B. Harunah but it is called : A cultural History of the Uneme From the Earliest Times to 1962. I happen to be Uneme too and my dad gave me a copy. Hakeem Harunah did a good job of capturing the Uneme History. You can purchase a copy online for a little over 50 dollars or read it at a local bookstore that has it.

ok thnks!

@Gamine,
i am from Edo state ,ekpoma. one of my sisters got marry to an uneme man,think uneme language is missed up with etsako/auchi and yoruba speaking people ,they even bears yoruba name and i have met so many uneme people here in ibadan.i am from uneme too.

Oh well

i know

God help us

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

The decline of the Edo kingdom began when the british besieged and destroyed it sometime in the 1800's, i think in the 1860's to be precise.

thanks for the support

@ Gamine

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

hmm

na today??

e no b ur type i go follo go alter ooh!

sorry

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

Gamine:

hmm

na today??

e no b your type i go follo go alter ooh!

sorry

na2day?:

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

LMFAO. . . . .

thank God, one by one they will all be extint

Na2day

abeg abeg carry ur shosky go put for another babe eye, ok



OlRotimi,

na u go extinct first!

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

Gamine:

Na2day

abeg abeg carry your shosky go put for another babe eye, ok



OlRotimi,

na u go extinct first!

dey full for italo doing dia thing. Una population na 25 including you, you come de mess with Imo thread.