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NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by Nobody: 9:39pm On Apr 24, 2015
Some Yoruba women who got married to Ngwa people in Abia state narrated how they escaped death after their hisbands took them to their individual villages to see their husbands' families.

These women came back to Lagos with almost all their children left behind in Abia state.

The experiences of these women all took place in Abia state which point to the existence of cannibalism in that part of the country.

The question is - Is cannibalism still taking place among NGWA people of Abia state?

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by goodmorning40: 9:54pm On Apr 24, 2015
That demands an investigation, I will do that when am done I will furnish u
Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by ginawest(f): 10:01pm On Apr 24, 2015
yes dey are...my relatives told me bou dis pipu and how dey eat pipu..i even know some witnesses

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by Nobody: 11:29pm On Apr 24, 2015
so this sh.it. still happens in Nigeria?

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by ChinenyeN(m): 12:05am On Apr 25, 2015
Yes, it is because we are overt cannibals that ohuhu has been able to live for generations and at relative peace in Aba and environs, surrounded by cannibalistic Ngwa on all sides. It is because we are overt cannibals that all those who have managed to miraculously 'escape death' have done so without the slightest evidence to show for their near-death experiences.

One would think that by now, after all these long years of supposedly capturing and eating people, we would be pros at this, and all you'd hear in the news is missing persons reports. Instead, it is because we are overt cannibals that what we apparently see are unharmed civilians talking about how they were nearly eaten by us.

Unu to.. Whne kena o bu ugwo ta o'u giri nunu?

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by ezeagu(m): 12:29am On Apr 25, 2015
The cannibal things is a rumour that missionaries had blamed all Igbo and Ibibio peoples of. The origin of these myths comes from the slurs the neighbouring peoples threw/throw at each other. Till today Ibibio people say Anang people are cannibals, Anang people probably feel the same, Igbo peoples used to call Ibibio cannibals, and the Ibibio the same to the Igbo.

The thing is there has never been any evidence of cannibalism in eastern Nigeria. It's just a stupid colonial rumour that's been used to demonise the people of Isi Ala Ngwa, people in this day and age still fear going there despite the fact that there has never been any confirmed case of someone being kidnapped to be eaten. Now, being kidnapped for human sacrifice is a different story because probably all groups in southern Nigeria did that.

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by Ihuomadinihu: 9:40am On Apr 25, 2015
ezeagu:
The cannibal things is a rumour that missionaries had blamed all Igbo and Ibibio peoples of. The origin of these myths comes from the slurs the neighbouring peoples threw/throw at each other. Till today Ibibio people say Anang people are cannibals, Anang people probably feel the same, Igbo peoples used to call Ibibio cannibals, and the Ibibio the same to the Igbo.

The thing is there has never been any evidence of cannibalism in eastern Nigeria. It's just a stupid colonial rumour that's been used to demonise the people of Isi Ala Ngwa, people in this day and age still fear going there despite the fact that there has never been any confirmed case of someone being kidnapped to be eaten. Now, being kidnapped for human sacrifice is a different story because probably all groups in southern Nigeria did that.
Well,we can't really point at any group. But if you read G.T Basden's 'Among the Ibo',he gave a detailed report of the existence of Cannibals in Southern Nigeria. These stuffs happened in the past,we shouldn't let it create problems now.

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by ezeagu(m): 2:48pm On Apr 25, 2015
Ihuomadinihu:

Well,we can't really point at any group. But if you read G.T Basden's 'Among the Ibo',he gave a detailed report of the existence of Cannibals in Southern Nigeria. These stuffs happened in the past,we shouldn't let it create problems now.

G.T. Basden is a missionary, he never reported first hand accounts of cannibalism. There are no documented first hand accounts of cannibalism in Nigeria.

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by Nobody: 4:58pm On Apr 25, 2015
Part (at least) of what Basden wrote about cannibalism in Igboland seem very questionable to me.

He, for example, claimed that some of the victims killed at the shrine of the Agbala Oracle in Awka for various crimes were eaten. This is very strange. Such corpses were considered taboo. To consume them makes no sense.

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by ezeagu(m): 8:17pm On Apr 25, 2015
Missionary works from 100 years ago shouldn't be the primary source for anything apart from pictures and missionary attitudes.

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by Infomizer(m): 3:14pm On Apr 28, 2015
Ihuomadinihu:

Well,we can't really point at any group. But if you read G.T Basden's 'Among the Ibo',he gave a detailed report of the existence of Cannibals in Southern Nigeria. These stuffs happened in the past,we shouldn't let it create problems now.

I don't think that conclusion should be reached just because he wrote so. That's an appeal to authority and it is a fallacy. Like a poster above said, how many missing persons report come from that area? How come neighboring towns and villages still cohabit with them peacefully till date? I think it's just one baseless stereotype.

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by somegirl1: 3:21pm On Apr 28, 2015
ChinenyeN:
Yes, it is because we are overt cannibals that ohuhu has been able to live for generations and at relative peace in Aba and environs, surrounded by cannibalistic Ngwa on all sides. It is because we are overt cannibals that all those who have managed to miraculously 'escape death' have done so without the slightest evidence to show for their near-death experiences.

One would think that by now, after all these long years of supposedly capturing and eating people, we would be pros at this, and all you'd hear in the news is missing persons reports. Instead, it is because we are overt cannibals that what we apparently see are unharmed civilians talking about how they were nearly eaten by us.

Unu to.. Whne kena o bu ugwo ta o'u giri nunu?

Best response even though I don't understand the last bit. lol
Igbo dialects truly are remarkably diverse.

Why are there so many escapees and no verified reported victims?

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by Nobody: 6:58pm On Apr 28, 2015
Ngwakwe? undecided
Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by Redoil: 9:42pm On Apr 28, 2015
Ihuomadinihu:

Well,we can't really point at any group. But if you read G.T Basden's 'Among the Ibo',he gave a detailed report of the existence of Cannibals in Southern Nigeria. These stuffs happened in the past,we shouldn't let it create problems now.
i like ur name
Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by Penssuwa(m): 5:42pm On Apr 29, 2015
The question is: was any of your friends, relations, townsmen, village member or any known person ever been eaten? Everybody tells the story with much authenticity as if he saw but we all heard from someone who heard from someone who heard from... everything is hearsay.

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by Ihuomadinihu: 6:27pm On Apr 29, 2015
somegirl1:

Best response even though I don't understand the last bit. lol Igbo dialects truly are remarkably diverse.
Why are there so many escapees and no verified reported victims?
I believe the last bit means ''is this hatred or what?''
Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by Ihuomadinihu: 6:27pm On Apr 29, 2015
somegirl1:


Best response even though I don't understand the last bit. lol
Igbo dialects truly are remarkably diverse.

Why are there so many escapees and no verified reported victims?
Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by somegirl1: 6:44pm On Apr 29, 2015
Ihuomadinihu:

I believe the last bit means ''is this hatred or what?''
Ah thanks

I can now almost decipher what he said -
Ihe nkea obu ugwo ta obu gini unu?

Okwa ya?
Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by Captain001(m): 3:31pm On Mar 27, 2016
ChinenyeN:
Yes, it is because we are overt cannibals that ohuhu has been able to live for generations and at relative peace in Aba and environs, surrounded by cannibalistic Ngwa on all sides. It is because we are overt cannibals that all those who have managed to miraculously 'escape death' have done so without the slightest evidence to show for their near-death experiences.

One would think that by now, after all these long years of supposedly capturing and eating people, we would be pros at this, and all you'd hear in the news is missing persons reports. Instead, it is because we are overt cannibals that what we apparently see are unharmed civilians talking about how they were nearly eaten by us.

Unu to.. Whne kena o bu ugwo ta o'u giri nunu?


Nwanne whe obu nsiri ike. God forgive "nde ohuhu" for this arbitrary stereotypical propaganda.

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by chibenn(m): 9:51am On Feb 28, 2017
I want to ask,
can a calibal or human eater survived in another man's land with out eating human fresh?
because ngwa people are there all over and every part of the country , but non is caught in the act
Captain001:



Nwanne whe obu nsiri ike. God forgive "nde ohuhu" for this arbitrary stereotypical propaganda.
I want to ask,
can a calibal or human eater survived in another man's land with out eating human fresh?
because ngwa people are there all over and every part of the country , but non is caught in the act
Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by ImperialYoruba: 11:56am On Mar 01, 2017
ezeagu:
The cannibal things is a rumour that missionaries had blamed all Igbo and Ibibio peoples of. The origin of these myths comes from the slurs the neighbouring peoples threw/throw at each other. Till today Ibibio people say Anang people are cannibals, Anang people probably feel the same, Igbo peoples used to call Ibibio cannibals, and the Ibibio the same to the Igbo.

The thing is there has never been any evidence of cannibalism in eastern Nigeria. It's just a stupid colonial rumour that's been used to demonise the people of Isi Ala Ngwa, people in this day and age still fear going there despite the fact that there has never been any confirmed case of someone being kidnapped to be eaten. Now, being kidnapped for human sacrifice is a different story because probably all groups in southern Nigeria did that.

Really?

These are Ibos. They have a unique hair styling, facial feature and bone structure, including body adornments as the guys in next picture holding human hands severed and ready for boiling when they were caught by British missionaries.

This is no rumor or myth.

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by ImperialYoruba: 11:57am On Mar 01, 2017
Here, with human hands.

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by Cardillon55(m): 10:06pm On Mar 01, 2017
The Ngwa tribe of the Igbo's ave being stigmatized by this trend of us being canibals just like the mbaise tribe of IMO state have being trailled about being more Cunny,cocky and more dangerous than a snake. But the truth left untold is that at a time long before generations of us were born in Abia state a certain. Migrants of people who came to affiliate with the ngwa people were the ones who were cannibals and becos they were accepted open heartedly by the NGWAS without being suspicious of the kind of lifestyle they lived it became an open accusation and a stigma inflicted on the general Ngwa people. Which are known to be peaceful and noble people

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by ezeagu(m): 11:22pm On Mar 01, 2017
ImperialYoruba:


Really?

These are Ibos. They have a unique hair styling, facial feature and bone structure, including body adornments as the guys in next picture holding human hands severed and ready for boiling when they were caught by British missionaries.

This is no rumor or myth.

Only if you'd spend this much time you spend on googling Belgian-Congo genocide pictures on trying to figure out how to get Illorin back, ah well.

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by RedboneSmith(m): 7:15am On Mar 02, 2017
ImperialYoruba:
Here, with human hands.

This picture is almost certainly from King Leopold's Congo. Prove me wrong by posting the source.

As for the other pictures, please how are they evidence of cannibalism?

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by RedboneSmith(m): 9:04am On Mar 02, 2017
ImperialYoruba, what do you gain from slandering people?

http://m.digitaljournal.com/blog/11297

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by gileadinho(m): 11:27pm On Jun 07, 2017
ginawest:
yes dey are...my relatives told me bou dis pipu and how dey eat pipu..i even know some witnesses
If your called now, will you still come to defend it?
Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by dragunov: 5:59am On Jun 25, 2020
somegirl1:


Best response even though I don't understand the last bit. lol
Igbo dialects truly are remarkably diverse.

Why are there so many escapees and no verified reported victims?

You people and the silly questions you ask.
Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by dragunov: 6:04am On Jun 25, 2020
ezeagu:


Only if you'd spend this much time you spend on googling Belgian-Congo genocide pictures on trying to figure out how to get Illorin back, ah well.

Get Ilorin back! Like this is supposed to be an insult. Mchewwww! Pppruuuu!
Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by IDENNAA(m): 3:52pm On Jun 26, 2020
ImperialYoruba:


Really?

These are Ibos. They have a unique hair styling, facial feature and bone structure, including body adornments as the guys in next picture holding human hands severed and ready for boiling when they were caught by British missionaries.

This is no rumor or myth.


You are a scum, a latrin pit. And , for a person who came from a tribe that actually has an evidence of your king eating human flesh I think you are very sstupid.

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by oluwakayode25(m): 3:42pm On Oct 28, 2021
Taking into account clifford orji's statement. He has been eating human fleshin enugu long before he arrived lagos.. He said and i quote " it is part of our culture".... We've been hearing reports emanating from that part of the country and there's got to be some truth in it somehow

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Re: NGWA PEOPLE: Are They Really Cannibals? by christistruth01: 11:47am On Oct 29, 2021
ImperialYoruba:
Here, with human hands.


This picture is from the Congo and it was the Belgian whites that cut off hands of black People that refused to cooperate with them

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