PAGAN9JA:


You missed the point.

Mixed people will generally chose to opt for a general culture or a National/International Identity. usually english or pidgin in Nigeria.

Not all of them, especially the ones that have half hausa or yoruba in them

PAGAN9JA:

Please who are you kidding?

What use is appreciation when it stands chance of losing practice?

Is our culture a masquerade or something?


and how is it good from genetic point of view? I believe it brings about newer diseases. I as a full-blooded African Hausa man feel more immune,stronger and resistant than a mixed oyinbo.

Note: No one is talking baout marrying blood relatives. Let us just marry within our tribes and expand ourselves.

Brother, I respect you more than 99% of this forum so I'm gonna respectfully ask that we agree to disagree on this one. African essence comes primarily from genetics, which is why a white man can learn Yoruba language, dance Bata dance, wear traditional clothes and memorise all 30,000 Odu Ifa but he can never be a Yoruba African man. Whereas even the 'lost' African Americans still have a deep African soul even if they don't know it. Check out the Geeche people of South Carolina, a group descended from African slaves who have maintained a very vivid African culture for centuries. They even have their own language. You cant reduce Africanism to Tribe. It's much, much more than that.

Jaymaestro:

Maternal Grandma hated Yorubas but realised my dad's a betta suitor compared to his Igbo counterparts

lol, another e-war will soon begin.

okay
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tpia1:

they're actually plenty but most likely are hausa, especially if they grew up in the north. Pagan is just trying to spread misinformation.

Hausa intermarry a lot, with virtually any tribe.

Respond to your mail will you?

tpia1:

heritage in nigeria is patrilineal, with relatively few exceptions.

That aint the point.

and honestly you as a woman should be against this part of our custom.

I believe men and women should have equal representation in cases such as their own personal culture,etc.

Why is your native language called mother tongue ? Because the mother is the one who usually leaves her home to her in-laws. and when she goes there, she passes on her language, customs, etc., to her kids.


Also different tribes have overall general traits. we must preserve that.



And some tribes belong to completely different ethnic groups.


To me an igbo marrying a Hausa is no different from Igbo marrying Chinese.

Proud of my heritage_________ika-annang+yoruba.

PAGAN9JA:


In the past, it might have taken in minute numbers but was overall diluted by the centuries of breeding among the same stock.

it doesnt take centuries plz.


within one or two generations (less than 60- 100 years), culturally speaking.

and in these days of globalization and change, its hard to predict where anyone will be at any point in time.

your "purebreed" may find themselves not even in nigeria and perhaps the only face among a sea of foreign faces, should they remain unmarried then?

bigfrancis21:



Common guys! Where is your sense of humour?!

Ain't you seeing 'lol' in ma post?

smartchoice:
Respond to your mail will you?

bro, i told you i cant receive mail from here.

what did you want to discuss?

egopersonified: Sorry I'm full blown etsakor(edo), my mum, dad, stepmum, aunties, husband, children,etc,etc are all etsakor

true daughter of her father's village

rickkid: Brother, I respect you more than 99% of this forum so I'm gonna respectfully ask that we agree to disagree on this one. African essence comes primarily from genetics, which is why a white man can learn Yoruba language, dance Bata dance, wear traditional clothes and memorise all 30,000 Odu Ifa but he can never be a Yoruba African man. Whereas even the 'lost' African Americans still have a deep African soul even if they don't know it. Check out the Geeche people of South Carolina, a group descended from African slaves who have maintained a very vivid African culture for centuries. They even have their own language. You cant reduce Africanism to Tribe. It's much, much more than that.

No i have to disagree here. a whiteman imitating Yoruba suffers from deep inferiority complex and needs to go see a pschyatric, unless he is just doing it for fun.


There is no such thing as 1 African people. Africans are composed of different stocks that have graduallly split and evolved to their current forms.

Let me give you an example.

Igbos & Yorubas might infact be of same ancestry that split and evolved to their current forms.

same with say, Marghi and Hausa.


yet both groups are unrelated.

However they have evolved too much that they have formed their own separate distinct identities.



The same can be applied to humans. Humans and Chimps shared common ancestry but split to their current forms. However in this case, the split and evolution is to such an extent that breeding between the two is now impossible.



I believe evolution is a natural process, and the tribes are a natural part of this process. The process is extremely slow though. We must not tamper with this process and let it carry on its course. The Ethnic groups exist for a purpose.

tpia1:

it doesnt take centuries plz.


within one or two generations (less than 60- 100 years), culturally speaking.

and in these days of globalization and change, its hard to predict where anyone will be at any point in time.

your "purebreed" may find themselves not even in nigeria and perhaps the only face among a sea of foreign faces, should they remain unmarried then?

I will just do my duty and leave the rest to the Gods. My culture and tribe has given me everything. An identity, a brotherhood, a family, pride, culture, etc.

I will marry among my own people, though not blood relatives.

This is the least I can do to give back something and ensure its survival for the next generation.

Eggon & Nupe abi?

Jaymaestro: Dad : Ekiti
Mama : Anambra [ understands Yoruba like a true indigene to an extent she now has trouble keeping up with her mom when she speaks Igbo]
Maternal Grandma hated Yorubas but realised my dad's a betta suitor compared to his Igbo counterparts
Paternal Grandpa : Best Igbo I have ever known
I : mixed psychological physically and linguistically .

Paternal Grandpa cant be Igbo since u said ur dad is an Ekiti man

tpia1:

bro, i told you i cant receive mail from here.

what did you want to discuss?

You have a PM.

tpia1:


lol, another e-war will soon begin.

Lol . That's their problem oh !

PAGAN9JA:

That aint the point.

and honestly you as a woman should be against this part of our custom.

I believe men and women should have equal representation in cases such as their own personal culture,etc.

Why is your native language called mother tongue ? Because the mother is the one who usually leaves her home to her in-laws. and when she goes there, she passes on her language, customs, etc., to her kids.


Also different tribes have overall general traits. we must preserve that.



And some tribes belong to completely different ethnic groups.


To me an igbo marrying a Hausa is no different from Igbo marrying Chinese.

on occasion, i'm one of the greatest advocates of people marrying within their own comfort zone tribe/ethnicity, however, that doesnt mean there should be no inter-whatever marriage at all.

to each their own, i only give my point of view.

While I am yourba, mum frm ondo dad frm ogun. I feel I am more of an igbo persn. All my klose childhood frnd we're igbo, its so bad I dnt even like yourba gals but igbo I guess it cos most yourbas always mock me. Even wen in skul. Buh I can't speak both lang. I do hear yourba sha can speak a little buh the tonation is way off dats wat gives me away then wen they hear the name the go gaga

Nomso007:

Dad's Hausa, Mum Ibo.. true story

wow..how did that happen

suyu:

chill Pagan, most Nigerians marry within their tribe and most mixed nigerian are 0.05% and get absorbed into larger tribes anyway

Yes I know and Its great. Just worried for the future now.

No harm in educating. Those who heed the advice, its good for them.

UnknownT: Paternal Grandpa cant be Igbo since u said ur dad is an Ekiti man

Thanks . Maternal . sadly ' both died this year.

suyu:

wow..how did that happen

lol. I get that a lot.. beats me

Nomso007:
lol. I get that a lot.. beats me

yea really strange but I have heard there are igbo/hausa couples but they keep it quiet

Never bumped into a mixed like you

Marrying withing your ethnicity is good for many reasons:

-You will understand your partner well. Too well infact.

-You will relate well with your partners family. Marriage between 2 people of the same ethnicity is not just a union of 2 people. IT is a Union of 2 families.

- You will pass on your ethnic/tribal culture for future generations.

-Your offspring will feel more included in your community.

-Having a Tribe has side-benefits as well. Especially in the job sector.

-We dont know what the future holds. Countries and Nations rise and fall. If such a case happens, then who else will you run to?
Your Tribe ofcourse.

-Tribes were created for a reason. It is the system of humanity.

,etc.

PAGAN9JA:



Yes I know and Its great. Just worried for the future now.

No harm in educating. Those who heed the advice, its good for them.

Naija will be fine

majority always marry their own, that includes other africans and races

Mum is Urhobo Delta, Dad is Ekiti Yoruba, hubby is Idoma Benue. One Nigeria.

chukxie: Mom's Esan (Ekpon to be precise) and Dad's from Akwa Ibom.

@bolded,

Freelancer00: My father is 'Eko Epe', my dad is 'Ijebu Epe'. I guess I'm mixed

is Eko epe not ijebu epe

soulglo:

I don't have to be to teach you how to spell properly in your language. You cannot end any edo name with a "r" following an "o" to make the "or" sound. The alphabet already has a letter for that which is the O with a tonal mark underneath. Won't charge you for this lesson. Go in peace.

Edo language grad? More grease to your elbow. Seems your edo writing is better than your english.

Mummy is from Igbo. Daddy is Yoruba. Mummy's mum is from Cross river. Daddy's mum is Hausa. I am Yoruba or

princesa: I'm not mixed, my mum is. She's part yoruba and Igbo. So i got a yoruba grandmother, aunty and an uncle

sometimes, when we do wrong, my dad would often say its the yoruba blood in us acting. Crazy


I Wish I was mixed though

Where's your dad from?