RedboneSmith:

If 'Igbo' unity never happens we only have fanatical nationalists to blame for it.

Afam4eva:

Very good question. I think Redbonesmith is one of those Delta Igbos, particularly people from the Aniocha/Oshimili axis who have lived a reasonable amount of the time in the South East and really see that there's not much difference between the SE and where they come from. But he also seems as an objective and politically correct person, who doesn't believe that his opinion should drown those of others. One trend i have noticed is that an Enuani person who has mixed a lot with SE Igbos tend to be more accepting of their Igboness than one who has never lived in the SE before.

Afam4eva:

This has always been onr of my greatest worries about the present crop of Igbo people particularly from the SE. We tend to be violently persuasive in the way we do things. If there are even Anioma people that want to accept the Igbo tag, they would think twice on encountring some comments by some Igbo folks on here and on the internet. They make it seem like Being Igbo or even being a supporter of Biafra is a form of slavery. I think we need to start learning from other ethnic groups on how to be diplomatic in our approach else an Ikwerre man will not hate you more than an Hausa does. I remember when some American and British brough up Igbo people like Ogugua and Adaobie etc made an effort to be part of the Igbo community on here, they were chased away because some idiots were angry that they couldn#t speak Igbo. I just wonder what is wrong with our people. I won't rule out the effect of the civil war on our psyche.

gerg:
I think the civil war is responsible for some of these behaviors. it's so sad. I personally can't identify with Igbos because of this crying and whining attitudes.

Ngozi123:


Coming from the Benin Kingdom and having Benin- I'm assuming that you mean Edoid- ancestry are not the same thing. My ancestors once lived under the Benin Empire but they were Igbo. I believe that certain Ika communities have a some Edo ancestry but that is not the case for Onitsha/Ogbaru people.

OMANBALA1:


You sound as if anybody is begging you to identify with us. Nigga, Bleep off, mental slave! Only a sick person will make such comment. God knows I am not one of those who spend my energy trying to educate a fool.

Nwa Onye Igbo till death!

gerg:
Another Igbo man. I'm not surprised. this is what you're known for.

Ishilove:

Black man, go back to reading

gbegemaster:
Yes my beke love.

gerg:
I think the civil war is responsible for some of these behaviors. it's so sad. I personally can't identify with Igbos because of this crying and whining attitudes.

blues2022:

Been Igbo is beyond the civil war drama. Its a consciousness.

OMANBALA1:


At least ,I am not confused about my identity.

gerg:
for you to think someone is confused shows you're confused. I'm an Ika man. and that's my ethnicity and my identity. Mad men sees everybody else as being mad .

Chysler:


Be whatever you want to... There is an Igbo proverb that says , "The fowl at the grips of the Hawk is not crying for what captured it to release it but for the world to hear his voice".... Oburu okwu buru uka!

cheruv:

Thanks for the pin up
The problem WE EAST OF THE NIGER IGBO HAVE is that we tend to forget those on the West side,when its clear that our ancestors especially from that Anambra area were the ones that crossed the Niger some millennia back to settle there.
We must never forget them! That is a promise I've made to myself

gerg:
You guys are very funny. You cry and whine about someting at the same time act like you don't care. very childish behavior.

Chysler:


You said "you guys".. Very ambiguous... Am definitely not among the ones who are here to make you change ur views... Just as the proverb I quoted meant, am Just here to set the records straight for posterity sake! So that when our children grows up tomorrow and started questioning our stance in challenging the disfiguring of history, the internet that never forgets will simply bear us witness that we screamed FAlSE!!...Remain whatever you wish to bro...one luv!

OMANBALA1:


You sound as if anybody is begging you to identify with us. Nigga, Bleep off, mental slave! Only a sick person will make such comment. God knows I am not one of those who spend my energy trying to educate a fool.

Nwa Onye Igbo till death!

Chysler:


Be whatever you want to... There is an Igbo proverb that says , "The fowl at the grips of the Hawk is not crying for what captured it to release it but for the world to hear his voice".... Oburu okwu buru uka!

gerg:
If there are any Igbo denying groups that try to distort their history , Ika is definitely not part of them. Ika history has always been the same from antiquity. The only distortions is coming from you guys. trying to rewrite our history. flooding the internet the theorems and postulations without any proof.

OMANBALA1:


Bini migrants like you living in Ika land is the problem, but, you know what, a fruit doesn't fall too far from its tree. Most Ika are coming back to their senses. Today, 100% Ika families give their children Igbo names and speak the Enuani dialects which is the most spoken lect in Anioma, thereby, making the journey back to their roots, the Igbo root. Soon, those inconsequential few like you will be erased and forgotten. The Igbo nation will swallow you up and there isn't a danm thing you can do about it. Nature will manifest its full course. We never built kingdoms and oppressed our neighbors like you Bini people but you label us thieves but just like when our culture penetrated the whole southern Nigeria it will happen again... So, what are you gonna do, Nosakhare Oviedo? What you gonna do, ma Nigga!

Favor99:
Not too many people know, but
Murtala Muhammad is Edo. He is from the Muslim part of Edo state near Auchi. He was just born in Hausa land and spoke Hausa and the Hausa people took him as their own. I was surprised when I found out Murtala Muhammad is Edo.
Sorry I know that was kinda random and out of place

bigfrancis21:


Yea just like we took Christy Essien Igbokwe (Akwa Ibomite born and bred in Aba), Sam Loco Efe (grew up in Enugu), etc and many others (especially non-igbo nollywood actors) like one of our own. The list is endless.

Sorry for this random post, I thought I'd share.

bigfrancis21:


Yea just like we took Christy Essien Igbokwe (Akwa Ibomite born and bred in Aba), Sam Loco Efe (grew up in Enugu), etc and many others (especially non-igbo nollywood actors) like one of our own. The list is endless.

Sorry for this random post, I thought I'd share.

Afonjas:


I don't get you, are you from Edo or calabar?

Afonjas:


I don't get you, are you from Edo or calabar?

bigfrancis21:


Yea just like we took Christy Essien Igbokwe (Akwa Ibomite born and bred in Aba), Sam Loco Efe (grew up in Enugu), etc and many others (especially non-igbo nollywood actors) like one of our own. The list is endless.

Sorry for this random post, I thought I'd share.

bigfrancis21:


Yea just like we took Christy Essien Igbokwe (Akwa Ibomite born and bred in Aba), Sam Loco Efe (grew up in Enugu), etc and many others (especially non-igbo nollywood actors) like one of our own. The list is endless.

Sorry for this random post, I thought I'd share.