Message from

Igbo League, Inc USA




Igbo,  nma nma nuoo!

Igbo League, Inc. an Igbo Human Rights and Advocacy group in collaboration with several Igbo Organizations is urging all Igbo heads of Household to actively participate in the US 2010 Census. Beginning in the month of March, Census forms will be mailed to every household and address in the USA .

As part of the efforts to improve Igbo visibility in the US , and showcase our numerical strength, we are encouraging every Igbo man and woman to do the following:

1. Take your civic responsibility of making sure that you and your family are counted very seriously.
2. Fill the form as soon as possible and return before the April 1, 2010 deadline.
3. Take out time to encourage your Igbo friends and neighbors (especially those who may not use the internet a lot) to participate.
4. Choose to "Be Counted as Igbo" by filling out the Census form as instructed below: 

There are 10 questions in the Census form that you will fill. With regards to question #9:  WHAT IS A PERSON 1’s RACE?,
a) First mark an “X” in the Second box from the top, (“Black, African American or Negro”)

b) Next, mark “X” on the last box (“some other race”) and in the row of boxes provided, print "IGBO".

The goal of this exercise is to allow the Bureau of Census;
To collect specific demographic information for the first time from a large number of Ndiigbo in the US

•     To identify Igbo as a distinct ethnic minority like the Vietnamese, Native Hawaiians, Japanese, and Filipinos etc.

•     Establish Igbo as an ethnic group to collect data on in subsequent Census exercises.
Umu-nnem na umu-nnam, this is an "onye kwe chi ya ekwe" moment. If a majority of us check these 2 all important boxes in the forms, it will signal the re-emergence of Igbo as an ethnic group in official records of the government of US.

The words Eboe, Ibo, Ebo and others like these are found buried in official documents of the old American colonies and slave states, from when our people first arrived on slave ships in North America . With time, the Igbo identity and language in the Americas succumbed to the brutal forces of slavery. Now, is the time for us to re-establish the noble name and ethnic identity that our fore fathers and mothers bore when they entered the shores of this great land.

Let us give our children and grand children a rallying point. Let them have a name they can proudly call themselves. Let them have a reference point in their lives as they live away from our homeland and some lose touch with Alaigbo. We are black and we are Igbo. Our Black American brothers and sisters who are now tracing their origins will gladly identify as Igbo if we the new comers show some pride in that name.

Please do not fail to pass this info on to at least 10 families that you know. We have been deliberately undercounted in Nigeria , with little recourse. We can do something about it in the US of America. Stand up and be counted as Igbo. Igbo ebilie !!!
Ya gazie

Maazi Kanayo K. Odeluga
For Igbo League, Inc

Umu-nnem na umu-nnam, this is an "onye kwe chi ya ekwe" moment. If a majority of us check these 2 all important boxes in the forms, it will signal the re-emergence of Igbo as an ethnic group in official records of the government of US.

The import of this exercise must not be lost on any Igbo. We complain that we are under-counted in Nigeria. No one will under-count you in the US. Only you can under-count yourself.
Enough said.

Thanks.

I will so do that. Thanx wenne.

good idea all igbos should move to the US of America.

And start killing their wives again?

Why do you idiots like to make stupid comments all the time? Did Onlytruth mention Yoruba? Shiiit mind ur damn business and quit obsessing yourselves over anything Igbo.

Na waoh for Igbo people. Are we going to run away for you people?

sjeezy8:

good idea all igbos should move to the US of America.

sjeezy8,

Why do you like sounding like a fool?

~Bluetooth:

And start killing their wives again?

The way your Igbo father killed your mother? As.sfag!

RichyBlacK:

The way your Igbo father killed your mother? As.sfag!

Rataimoaf. i no fit laff oooooooooo

^^^But why is the mention of Igbo, Ndigbo, Biafra and Ojukwu enough to make some puns commit suicide?

@aloy-emeka: why is ur post always contradictory sometimes? Are you not igbo?

9ijaprince:

@aloy-emeka: why is your post always contradictory sometimes? Are you not igbo?

I think aloy-emeka is half-Igbo.

RichyBlacK:

I think aloy-emeka is half-Igbo.

I suspect he is an Igbo wannabe.

chosen04:

^^^But why is the mention of Igbo, Ndigbo, Biafra and Ojukwu enough to make some puns commit suicide?

Cos igbos always have something up their sleeve.

chosen04:

I suspect he is an Igbo wannabe.

No, I think he/she is actually partly Igbo and partly; not sure of the other part.

aloy-emeka:

Cos igbos always have something up their sleeve.

How? Self-identification in a US census?

chosen04:

I suspect he is an Igbo wannabe.

Others are suspecting too. There are many theories out there:

Aloy Emeka is Yoruba
Aloy emeka is igbo
Aloy emeka is male
Aloy emeka is female
Aloy emeka is half Yoruba half igbo
Aloy emeka is half igbo
Aloy emeka is wannabe yoruba
Aloy emeka is wannabe igbo
Aloyemeka is wannabe muslim
Aloyemeka is Yoruba wannabe
Aloy emeka is an undercover muslim posing as a christian
Aloy emeka is gay
Aloy emeka is Funmi
Aloyemeka is Seun
Aloy emeka is Chuks odili


And many others. choose the one you think that fits my profile and move on. Aloy emeka remains unperturbed by these assumptions.

Aloy-Emeka is one of the following:

1. Igbo with very poor command of the language (Efulefu )

2. Yoruba but knows a lot about the Igbo people , culture. . . etc.

3. Partially Igbo still with very poor command of the language.

4. None of the above.

grafikdon:

Aloy-Emeka is one of the following:

1. Igbo with very poor command of the language (Efulefu  )

2. Yoruba but knows a lot about the Igbo people , culture. . . etc.

3. Partially Igbo still with very poor command of the language.

4. None of the above.

LWKMD I am na asu igbo.

Some people here are really d u m b.how can aloy emeka be a yoruba.
***shakes head in dispappointment***

aloy-emeka:

LWKMD    I am na asu igbo.

Reaaaaaaally? Even Becomerich has a better command of the language, not minding he believes through the infallible accuracy of Mapographica that the appropriate name of the Transporter is "Ekili Dili Chuku".

grafikdon:

Even Becomerich has a better command of the language not minding he believes through the infallible accuracy of Mapographica that the appropriate name for the transporter is "Ekili Dili Chuku".

~Bluetooth:

Some people here are really d u m b.how can aloy emeka be a yoruba.
***shakes head in dispappointment***

Ask them o.

grafikdon:

Even Becomerich has a better command of the language not minding he believes through the infallible accuracy of Mapographica that the appropriate name for the transporter is "Ekili Dili Chuku".

LWKMD

sjeezy8:

good idea all igbos should move to the US of America.

Please be quiet . . . Ive been seeing your smug remarks all over, how would you feel if hausas or igbos said yorubas should leave Nigeria?

@op Ive been quietly viewing some  threads and comments for a while now
and I just dont know what to say, kinda saddening.
Why America and not Nigeria?  We were being pushed out , now its as if we're leaving willingly.

I dont see ijaws leaving or urhobos,efiks etc smh words cant explain how I feel.

ALOY-EMEKA is Odenigbo.
He is here on a mission: To end tribalism in nairaland.
We should all support him.

Sunshine87
What is your point gurlfriend?

Andre Uweh:

ALOY-EMEKA is Odenigbo.
He is here on a mission: To end tribalism in nairaland.
We should all support him.

Emeka's "Odenigbology" has more question marks than Mapomeji's vehement denial of being the mastermind of Egwuofor, Complove, Tayo4lif and the whole Junior Mapia Crew.  

aloy-emeka:

LWKMD

I just noticed this is your 419 th post. . . Are you going to end it there to make a statement or. . .

Sunshine87:

Please be quiet . . . Ive been seeing your smug remarks all over, how would you feel if hausas or igbos said yorubas should leave Nigeria?

@op Ive been quietly viewing some  threads and comments for a while now
and I just dont know what to say, kinda saddening.
Why America and not Nigeria?  We were being pushed out , now its as if we're leaving willingly.

I dont see ijaws leaving or urhobos,efiks etc smh words cant explain how I feel.

Sunshine87,

There is no cause for worry. Many young Nigerians (even some older ones) would like to get out of Nigeria for better education, better work experiences, etc. The average Igbo man is no more likely to leave Nigeria than the average X man (X being any other ethnic group).

That Igbos are trying to gain a distinct ethnic identity within the United States is no different from what other ethnic groups in the United States have done, just as outline in the original post.

Unlike in Nigeria, where ethnic identification, particularly Igbo identification, is discouraged or suppressed, in the United States such identification is encouraged and aided. Such information is used to better understand the depth of diversity within ethnic/racial groups.