Ihuomadinihu:

Interesting. I am not aware of a special food or traditional cosmetics that will give one a lighter complexion?

Neither am I, but I think the food idea makes sense

Eke40seven:

Yoruba and epicantic folds? or even the sexier almond eyes? I don't really see that often and I have lived in the south west all my life, however, this is far more common, I.e the almond eye phenomenon, among the Northerners, especially the females and very few males.
The Yoruba have the typical 'Sudanese' look.

Not to sound like a wiseguy
I wonder what "Sudanese people you are referring about? I just curious.

http://yooying.com/sudanese_stars

Do these people look Yoruba? I just wondering, but i have a idea which group you are talking about, think further west or South.

macof:
I still maintain a type of food tho, maybe some vitamins... I remember one Imo girl, her parent were totally dark skinned but she was light - like Monalisa Chinda light skinned
And it happens often like this with Igbos

plus the OP's narration of a full family of light skins

What kind of food though? There are Igbo kids that have never tasted any kind of Nigerian food,let alone Igbo foods.

Eke40seven:


Don't mind the other replies in the subsequent paragraphs, they were not directed to your post but other comments. I only targeted to reply your quote with the first paragraph and address other issued raised in the subsequent paragraph.

I couldn't just keep my mouth shut, or will I say put my fingers to rest in this case.


Good points you raised and I admire your deep knowledge of these issues and the intelligent way you deal with them.

Now,i understand. Tnx.

MisterG:


Not to sound like a wiseguy
I wonder what "Sudanese people you are referring about? I just curious.

http://yooying.com/sudanese_stars

Do these people look Yoruba? I just wondering, but i have a idea which group you are talking about, think further west or South.

The link you sent was funny in reference to what I actually meant by "Sudanese".
For academic purposes, (I don't know if that term is still relevant now given the dynamic nature of ethnology and human geography) the Yoruba ethnic group is classified under the "Sudanese Negroes". so are the Igbos, Ewe, Kanuri, etc. What I meant was that the physical attributes of the Yorubas conform more to the image portrayed of the group. Capiche?

macof:
I still maintain a type of food tho, maybe some vitamins... I remember one Imo girl, her parent were totally dark skinned but she was light - like Monalisa Chinda light skinned
And it happens often like this with Igbos

plus the OP's narration of a full family of light skins

Igbo may have some quite good food on their menu, however the food one eats has no direct effect on one's skin colour whatsoever. Skin colour is phenotypical and entirely a manifestation of the individual's gene make up.

Dark skin is dominant with light-skin recessive. Her skin colour is a light-skin recessive gene manifestation from her parents who are both carriers of the recessive gene for light-skinned genes.

From observation, it can be concluded that Igbos on average have the highest occurrence of the causative recessive light-skinned gene compared to other Nigerian tribes.

macof:


I think Chinese actually call it Kiqi..it's the translation issues that usually render it "chi"
But true the concepts are similar...btw is the bold Yoruba? If yes I think the concept best fits Ori nt emi

the Chinese transcribe it as =>Qi<= and depending on the style you're using the sound Q is the same as CH' which is the same as the Igbo 'ch' sound

bigfrancis21:


Igbo may have some quite good food on their menu, however the food one eats has no direct effect on one's skin colour whatsoever. Skin colour is phenotypical and entirely a manifestation of the individual's gene make up.

Dark skin is dominant with light-skin recessive. Her skin colour is a light-skin recessive gene manifestation from her parents who are both carriers of the recessive gene for light-skinned genes.

From observation, it can be concluded that Igbos on average have the highest occurrence of the causative recessive light-skinned gene compared to other Nigerian tribes.

Maybe type of food has no effect on the skin colour of children produced from your genes but it does have effect on the eater's skin colour...at least so I thought

Because of my doubt, I had to check around the Web for types of food that affect the skin..I found
1. Carrots
2. Tomates

http://zidbits.com/2011/08/can-your-skin-change-color-by-eating-certain-foods-or-chemicals/
www.theguardian.com/education/2011/feb/08/attractiveness-healthy-food
www.womentribe.com/hair-beauty/want-glowing-skin-eat-tomatoes.html

Btw traditional Yoruba considers honey to cause a glowing or bleaching effect when consumed or applied to the skin

bigfrancis21:


Igbo may have some quite good food on their menu, however the food one eats has no direct effect on one's skin colour whatsoever. Skin colour is phenotypical and entirely a manifestation of the individual's gene make up.

Dark skin is dominant with light-skin recessive. Her skin colour is a light-skin recessive gene manifestation from her parents who are both carriers of the recessive gene for light-skinned genes.

From observation, it can be concluded that Igbos on average have the highest occurrence of the causative recessive light-skinned gene compared to other Nigerian tribes.

Efiks have as many if not more light-skinned people than Igbos IMO.

Black can never descend from any colour, very colours are descended from black. Most Igbos are black Light-skinned people and there are also dark skin too amongst them. The chinese are actually the yellow people.

hunter21:
Im thinking Igbos and akwa ibom descended from the the yellow and red races, probably why they have the same "chi" concept as the chinese

aim5:


Efiks have as many if not more light-skinned people than Igbos IMO.

Wrong! Efiks don't have more light skinned people than Ndiigbo. In southern Nigeria,no group has more light skinned people than Ndiigbo, both in total number and percentage of occurrence.

pazienza:


Wrong! Efiks don't have more light skinned people than Ndiigbo. In southern Nigeria,no group has more light skinned people than Ndiigbo, both in total number and percentage of occurrence.

Hmm well you guys are larger than them so on a numerical basis, I guess so. But in terms of percentage, I doubt. I've been to Calabar before and most of the people I saw there were fair or light brown, some could have mistaken for mixed race.

Reason why Igbos/blacks are lighter than the other can be found -
https://www.nairaland.com/2163386/african-blackroots-science-religion-science

This is not to divert attention from this tread. It is just to learn about ourselves from a different perspective, and anywhere you disagree, you can make a clear arguement with proof.

aim5:


Efiks have as many if not more light-skinned people than Igbos IMO.

Efiks, Ibibios and Igbo are related peoples and its not surprising to find light-skinned individuals spread across these 3 tribes, however, by sheer number (35 - 40 million) of the Igbo compared to about 2 to 4 million Efiks, you will find a greater percentage among the Igbo than in Efik. Its not just in skin colour but applies to any other factor you're sampling in both populations.

gatiano:
Black can never descend from any colour, very colours are descended from black. Most Igbos are black Light-skinned people and there are also dark skin too amongst them. The chinese are actually the yellow people.

Not really, there are still more dark-skinned Igbo than light-skinned, with a ratio of fairly 65:35 respectively.

i agree

bigfrancis21:


Not really, there are still more dark-skinned Igbo than light-skinned, with a ratio of fairly 65:35 respectively.

macof:


Maybe type of food has no effect on the skin colour of children produced from your genes but it does have effect on the eater's skin colour...at least so I thought

Because of my doubt, I had to check around the Web for types of food that affect the skin..I found
1. Carrots
2. Tomates

http://zidbits.com/2011/08/can-your-skin-change-color-by-eating-certain-foods-or-chemicals/
www.theguardian.com/education/2011/feb/08/attractiveness-healthy-food
www.womentribe.com/hair-beauty/want-glowing-skin-eat-tomatoes.html

I hope you do know that carrots are consumed majorly in the North where they are produced and moved to the south? Majority Northerners are yet much dark-skinned than Igbo. Same goes for tomatoes produced in the North of Nigeria and consumed across all tribes of Nigeria. No tribe in Nigeria eats more tomatoes than another tribe.

Skin colour isn't in no way related to the food one eats. Quality of of food can, of course, contribute to one's body structure and strength with the supporting genes within.

macof:
Btw traditional Yoruba considers honey to cause a glowing or bleaching effect when consumed or applied to the skin

sometimes I smh @ ur comments

Antivirus92:
sometimes I smh @ ur comments

And wat sense does this message carry exactly?

Igbos are Jews, meaning that instead of originating from Africa, our ancestors came from the land of Israel. We've only had a few centuries to adapt to the climate in this part of Africa, and so our skin is not as dark as the indigenes.
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gatiano:
Black can never descend from any colour, very colours are descended from black. Most Igbos are black Light-skinned people and there are also dark skin too amongst them. The chinese are actually the yellow people.

Very correct

aim5:


Efiks have as many if not more light-skinned people than Igbos IMO.

Igbos and Efiks are of similar genetic composition

They are related by blood

bigfrancis21:


Not really, there are still more dark-skinned Igbo than light-skinned, with a ratio of fairly 65:35 respectively.

Wrong

Igbo skin colour ranges mainly from light skin to brown skin
Dark skin people are in the minority
Probably less than 10%

Some who might seem dark
Are not really dark skined but turned dark due to environmental conditions (hustling under sun)
That is why their true skin tone shows up when they are in a more favourable physical/environmental condition

theDEVILisHERE:


Igbos and Efiks are of similar genetic composition

They are related by blood

Cool. Still, Fulanis beat you and I bet there are some minorities who aren't connected to Igbo beat you out too in the fair skinned department.

aim5:


Cool. Still, Fulanis beat you and I bet there are some minorities who aren't connected to Igbo beat you out too in the fair skinned department.

"Beat you out to" #@

I don't understand what you are driving at with your comment

aim5:


Cool. Still, Fulanis beat you and I bet there are some minorities who aren't connected to Igbo beat you out too in the fair skinned department.

"Beat you out to...." #@

I don't understand what you are driving at with your comment

theDEVILisHERE:


"Beat you out to" #@

I don't understand what you are driving at with your comment

Fulanis have more lightskinned people and I bet other smaller groups have more lightskinned people as well. That's what I was getting at in my comment.

Lolz! Anyway,if we go by colonial records,igbos were one of the ethnic groups with large numbers of light skin people. At least 80 percent of those records speak of their skin tones. If other ethnic groups were that light,they would have written it down. Don't mix up the Fulanis with the Shuwa Arabs and related groups you see on your streets. We are talking about groups that have been in Nigeria for years not people with recent records of migration.

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