SegzyJoe:

@post
there is no intellectual input in this post, just tribal rantings

an objective analysis would have explained why most if not every musicians will want to have a Youraba mix in their songs, but most of the responses tried to defend one tribal positions or the order. quite unforfunate.

afam4eva: Why is it that most Musicians of Igbo extraction find it difficult to promote their own language by singing in Igbo, instead they Sing with Yoruba.

Jinnee:

It really beats me that you would post a thread like this in English!
Last time i checked, u weren't a freaking Englishman,
Next time u wanna go starting sumtin like dis, post in ur mother tongue, DUMMY!

afam4ever: You're not making any sense

Jinnee:

I thought you would make more sense if you had typed in your mother tongue since you criticized an entire tribe for singing in a different dialect.

I strongly believe all tribes in 9ja has its alphabet, be a good critic, write in yours.

olatunji24:

What the hell are u all dragging at? to me languaage does not make a song a hit song, awilo came with his makossa, without hearing his language, didnt u my reader dance to his music? magic system came with their lepa gaou, without hearing any word from it, u, u, u, danced to it and finally[b] the latest one ALHAJI song is making the wave now,[/b] many nigerians love it even in parties, people request for these french songs witout understanding the languages, why the hell are u all critisizing ur local languages, to me not your language makes ur song a hit sone, but ur beat to d song, feel me?
call me olatunji 07033848205.

romeo:

So coupe decale fever has caught Naija people? that's good!! Alhaji was a 2006 Ivorian hit

olatunji24:

What the hell are u all dragging at? to me languaage does not make a song a hit song, awilo came with his makossa, without hearing his language, didnt u my reader dance to his music? magic system came with their lepa gaou, without hearing any word from it, u, u, u, danced to it and finally the latest one ALHAJI song is making the wave now, many nigerians love it even in parties, people request for these french songs witout understanding the languages, why the hell are u all critisizing ur local languages, to me not your language makes ur song a hit sone, but ur beat to d song, feel me?
call me olatunji 07033848205.

@ Fayasoul, this is exactly the point I was inviting you to demonstrate in my last comment to you. Now if you have to use English to get your message (of  a few sentences) out to just a handful of people here of different ethnicities, why do you criticise (Igbo) musicians for using English to do the same thing, when they have many  fans they want to appeal to?

Have you ever thought that maybe some Yoruba people dont mind that people who are not Yoruba dont understand when they speak? Maybe they are not in fact speaking to everyone.

daramsont:


sorry ojb jezreel is not an igbo man oooo,
hes from ijebu-ode for ur infomatiomn
and besides there is nothing for thier own language " igbo" it is not nationaly and internationally recognised"
now we have google yoruba and google hausa, but google igbo is imposible

afam4eva:

You're fool, do u know that Igbo is taught in Yale University? What's the use of google yoruba if the results are not displayed in yoruba.

OJB is Ijebu? Ijebu ko Oshodi ni, He's from Agbor in delta state.

AfroCynic:

I am sure if Igbo is taught at Yale, so is Yoruba, that is just the way it is.

afam4eva:

Sorry to dissapoint you, Igbo is the only african language that is taught in yale.

afam4eva:

Sorry to dissapoint you, Igbo is the only african language that is taught in yale.

doyin13:

afam. . .that is what you call a lie.

lol

see as Ibkaye just show you up for public place.

Ewu Ibo

afam4eva:


But saying IGBO is not a global language is what i don't understand.

ibkaye:

Is there any other country besides Nigeria where igbo is commonly spoken?

afam4eva:

How do u determine that a language is global, So the fact that a language is spoken in more than one country that makes it Global abi?


I how many countries is ITALIAN spoken, it's not a global language abi?
What about Dutch?

ibkaye:

Afam, I was just asking a question, I generally would like to know if igbo is spoken commonly in any other country besides Nigeria.

ibkaye:

As for you questions on Italian and Dutch.

Italian is spoken in six countries, Italy, Switzerland, Vatican City, San Marino, Croatia and Slovenia.

As for Dutch, it is spoken as a native language in the Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders and Brussels), Suriname, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Indonesia, French Flanders (France), Lower Rhine (Germany).

Notable immigrant minorities in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States; small ex-colonial minority in Indonesia.

Afrikaans, albeit derived from Dutch, is considered a separate standard language and is spoken in South Africa and Namibia.