o'boy:
yah man,i am a tradionalist,though i dont worships gods but i uphold the traditions of our fore-fathers
Omenani ga adi o

achi4u: You Are On Your Own (OYO) even though am not a die hard xtian for now but catholic remain the best church.

Antivirus92: u reason like a woman. In ur mind, you're saying the truth and being fair. But to be sincere, that ur post on catholicism is uncalled for. Try to be intelligent, take ur stance and stop being blown about by the wind. A common northerner can make u post that rubbish u posted.

ozo_emeka:

My actual typo was some of those relationships were S@XUAL , affectionate, romantic and Intimate. Nairaland edited my post. The elders were AFFECTIONATE and ROMANTIC - TOUCHING AND AFFECTIONATE gestures were involved. The closest to it today is what you see in "School Son and School Father relationships". Some are physical and emotional but not rom@ntic or s@xual. Etc.

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For your reference you can read
The Forger's Tale: The Search for Odeziaku By Stephanie Newell (Pgs 9, 12, 97, 102 etc talk more about it)
Beneath the Equator by Richard G. Parker
Heroes in Igbo Life and Culture by Chukwuma Azuonye and Donatus Nwoga
Boy Wives and Female Husbands: Studies of African Homosexualities.” by Roscoe

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Homosexuality has a long history in Africa contrary to the claims of politicians who consider it a recent Western import.
Actually it is the [size=14pt]LAWS AGAINST HOMOSEXUALITY that came from the West[/size]. The Westerners came and ABOLISHED a LOT of things the Africans did; traditional worship, etc homosexual living (practice of marrying and having a "boy-wife" included. However current forms of gay self-identification and gay activism originated elsewhere. Knowing historical truths lets us avoid unhistorical lies.

For a brief racontoire of An AFRICAN tradition that involves homoerotic undertones in papua New guinea view
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrCx_WPOc6k

Antivirus92: nwaala that does not know his surname! Indeed you are calling a spade a spade. That rubbish u posted is practised in which igbo culture? Man has never married a man in igbo culture! It's a taboo! Woman can only marry a woman based on a condition that nothing again could be done to maintain the family lineage. And the so-called marriage is without intimacy. The two women will never kiss,hug or se.x. The two of them wont even sleep in the same room. Men from outside are invited to impregnate the so-called wife. So gays like u should never alter the igbo culture to suit ur evil act.

Dibiachukwu:
hahaha. what a joke. Most igbos didnt even know it was possible for people to be gay. I think gay people should have the same rights as everyone else but stop manufacturing lies. There is no record of gayism in igbo tradition.

DerideGull: It is unfortunate that a character is trying very hard to twist facts to suit a selfish end. In Igbo land, fact is a woman cannot embark on a journey of marital matters with a jar of palm wine on her head.

PAGAN 9JA:
nice information ozo emeka! especially that video. it looks more like a ritualized thing though in Papua New Guniea. btw they are not Africans. it doesnt matter. but I get your point.

ozo_emeka:

EVIL is you DENYING the FACTS and warping things to suit your myopic reasoning. If you READ (as reading is FUNdamental) then you will KNOW in your history states like Imo, and Amambra had practices of Women-husbands where the women MARRY other WOMEN to give them children.
For your reference you can read
The Forger's Tale: The Search for Odeziaku By Stephanie Newell (Pgs 9, 12, 97, 102 etc talk more about it)
Beneath the Equator by Richard G. Parker
Heroes in Igbo Life and Culture by Chukwuma Azuonye and Donatus Nwoga
Boy Wives and Female Husbands: Studies of African Homosexualities.” by Roscoe

FYI: I DO know my surname. Do you? Being mixed has NOTHING to do with knowing your heritage, I have spent time in Nigeria, and come from a family of IGBO SCHOLARS and understand the "Omenaala" . Try again with your bullsh*t. It is simps like you who convolute reasoning to equal support. Call a SPADE a SPADE. IF something was you state the FACT, It is NOT my preference however it will be a LIE to deny its pre-existence

ozo_emeka:

what your post should say is " In Modern day Igbo land....

DerideGull:



My post refers to the era of my grandmother. It is unfortunate that Ogbodu seems to talk about sacrificial ingredients in masquerade rituals with Odukwu.

Antivirus92: You can imagine a situation whereby so many people have testified that there was nothing like gay in igbo culture but one gay keep opposing them. Ozo emeka is a fool @ 90. I know that gays must have twisted many cultures including igbo to suit their evil act.

omoatata: Let us intensify our prayers. This homosexual thing is not fun at all. It is spiritual cancer that has just begun to eat the country away. It needs radical treatment, one of which is national day of prayer against this serious contamination or infection. May the good Lord help us.

Dibiachukwu:
But in retrospect, those people that called white people amosu were right! Because they are Amosu. Dude if you are gay, fight for your right and I will support you to the end. But leave things that you don't understand. Gay can also mean happy. We know all that ish. You need wisdom sir. Come to CHUKWU and let him make you wise. Don't follow white people, they are not and will never be your friend.

ozo_emeka:

Nwokem, your speech is full of emotional sentiments vs logic. If i were gay I would actually speak up to understand why I would be the way I was and if I see ignorant bliss I would speak up to inform people. So I guess slaves who desired freedom and were medically AND religiously termed as Mentally ill, were? I am educated, and still acquiring education, wisdom is the PRACTICAL application of KNOWLEDGE through UNDERSTANDING, it is FREE of emotional subjectivity and this freedom allows it to be passed under OBJECTIVITY. At 20, I think I am speaking FACTUALLY enough (all my "claims" have proof). I feel bad for the gays that people persecute and lead to kill themselves as well as hate crimes. Justifying that should mean justifying killing blacks because "God didn't make black" - you must agree with that right?
Why is it that when someone decides to state facts, he must absolutely be that? Men who advocate women's rights must be women? Right? I don't like buses THEREFORE buses must be BANNED from allowing people ride them?

You, need a course on objective reasoning. Pulling stupid strings like "the white man" is not an excuse you should be riding in 2013. The Most powerful man in the Free world is BLACK.

Texas.Cowgirl:



Why the man dey carry purse na?

ozo_emeka:

Nwokem, your speech is full of emotional sentiments vs logic. If i were gay I would actually speak up to understand why I would be the way I was and if I see ignorant bliss I would speak up to inform people. So I guess slaves who desired freedom and were medically AND religiously termed as Mentally ill, were? I am educated, and still acquiring education, wisdom is the PRACTICAL application of KNOWLEDGE through UNDERSTANDING, it is FREE of emotional subjectivity and this freedom allows it to be passed under OBJECTIVITY. At 20, I think I am speaking FACTUALLY enough (all my "claims" have proof). I feel bad for the gays that people persecute and lead to kill themselves as well as hate crimes. Justifying that should mean justifying killing blacks because "God didn't make black" - you must agree with that right?
Why is it that when someone decides to state facts, he must absolutely be that? Men who advocate women's rights must be women? Right? I don't like buses THEREFORE buses must be BANNED from allowing people ride them?

You, need a course on objective reasoning. Pulling stupid strings like "the white man" is not an excuse you should be riding in 2013. The Most powerful man in the Free world is BLACK.

Antivirus92: guy you are the fool here for equating homosexuality to white men. They are 2 different things altogether. Again,you are the worst illiterate i have ever seen, you don't really know anything about igbo culture. I am tired of you!. Keep playing ur gayish game,hope u know where u will end.

Dibiachukwu:
My friend you are totally wrong. Wisdom comes from CHUKWU and not by reading rubbish propaganda by pigs. Listen let me educate you man. White people are not human beings. Simple as that. They were/are not ignorant of the ancestry of black people. They know it even more than some of you black people(since you are a reader, read books on early history and archaeology). This world is not as it seems. They didn't kill and lynch black people out of ignorance. They did it out of pure hate and blackmail. Their is a reason for all this. Young man, you do not know the world you live in. I repeat, do not tow the line of these people who tried to exterminate you. We blacks are still at war but some of us don't know. Our only strength is CHUKWU. Free World? Dude, get away from eurocentric education and seek real education. When it comes to education, the best is truthocentric education. I guess you also think that china has no human rights and the whole north korea is a "rogue state". My friend, you are not educated; you are indoctrinated. Freedom for all, includes my freedom to protect my culture. Gays should have their freedom to be gay, I should have my freedom to live by my own tenets. When you start making up stories about my tenets. I would have to set the records straight. I am setting the records straight. And FYI, discard your delusions, the most powerful man in the world is not black. Obama is not the most powerful man in the world! Obama is not black, he is mullato. A mullato tilted more closely to his white side because he was raised by whites.

They did it out of pure hate and blackmail.

Gays should have their freedom to be gay, I should have my freedom to live by my own tenets

ozo_emeka:


White people are not human beings? So I guess the same applies to Asians and Arabs? Hmmm.. I have white in my family so they must be aliens .. right?
agreed.
this has been the sole point. I don't need to be gay to defend fact, I don't like when people see only sentiments than acknowledge facts. I know North Korea is not a "rogue" state, this forum was not to discuss the truth from THE TRUTH, it was simply a forum to place facts about homosexuality IN AFRICA. Who does NOT know Obama is not the most powerful man in the world? Are you stupid to NOT acknowledge that Rockefeller, Morgan and mellon still hold power in the US, obama is simply a FIGURATIVE head, and holds, as Rockefeller would call it, an honorary title.

Stay on topic and quit derailing. This is impertinent to the topic at hand

Rhino5dm:
Abeg na which section I go carry this tory go?