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Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Maski87: 5:29pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Ibo,people una,wan take style go chop them oil money for equatorial guinea |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by KemjikaEme: 5:31pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Nice post however i would like to correct a certain misconception made by the OP. The Igbos of Equitorial Guinea are not from Arochukwu but they come from different parts of Igboland. Have you ever heard about an older igbo folk speak about Fernando po or Panya? That is because igbo people were sent to work in Panya as indectured servants unfortunately many of them didn't come back. They were practically recuited to provide services in farms and elsewhere. Secondly, some freed slaves who were originally victims of Trans Atlantic slavery were dumped in Sierra leon and Panya, and that includes other ethnicities. Thirdly,some starving children of the Biafran civil war were airlifted to this country but they never came back again. Fourtly, recent migrations have also introduced modern igbos to the aforementioned community. Many of those that recently migrated are hustlers and business men. So igbos have a lot of attachment to this country and it behooves us to reach out to them because they are our kiths and kins. P.s One of my great aunts also migrated to Equatorial guinea and became completely immersed in the culture and even learnt to speak their language according to what i was told. But she died a long time after she came back otherwise she would have served as a good research source. OP, edit to avoid propagating wrong information. 8 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by KemjikaEme: 5:37pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Afam4eva:As a linguist,i can tell you it doesn't work like that. Language like culture is dynamic,it grows and changes moreso when it is seperated from it's roots or is in constant contact with other languages. If our ancestors from the 13th century are allowed to hear the sort of Igbo we speak in 2017,i doubt they will be able to fully to understand us. The speech pattern might be there but the lexical items and words may not be the same. 11 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by room089: 5:38pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Very interesting! Never knew we had igbos outside the shores of this country. Though I've heard tales of 'Panya/Fernando Po' were 90% of people that migrated to that it during the war came back empty handed: only with pillows. It was a place of highlife with little worries about tomorrow. Something too needs to be done to strengthen ties with the hundreds of the mal-nurished children that were taken to Gabon and Cote d'ivore during the civil war. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Afam4eva(m): 5:39pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
KemjikaEme:I'm aware of how languages grow apart but i was referring to the fact that if the people in Bioko left only few decades ago then the difference shouldn't be much. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Oloripelebe: 5:42pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
melzabull: ;Dlemme see ur head too |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by jollymizzle(m): 5:45pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
ZaraGift:these our Eastern Brothers sef. , it's in the blood 6 Likes
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Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by ZaraGift: 5:55pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
TimeManager: Waste who accepted Fulani as their and even allowed Fulani's to rule over them have something to say here Smh 4 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by KemjikaEme: 6:05pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Probz:Biko! Pls leave Abakaliki dialect alone. Igbo is a dialect continum,and more subgroups and dialects were bound to appear on the scene if colonialism had not happened. The further away Igbo dialects are the more different it becomes. The more closer they are to non igbo groups,the more difference is observed. E.g all peripheral igbo groups. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by RGem(f): 6:23pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Quite an interesting thread . |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Alwaystruth: 6:26pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
It is true and even the president of Gabon knows that but because of politics he won't admit that in public. Take a careful look of these two photos and you will know the truth. 1 Like
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Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by guyXander(m): 6:30pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Probz:I would like to be a part of that project. Wouldn't be a bad venture. |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by PenSniper: 6:31pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
They look like immigrants-turned slaves who could do with some rehabilitation, cloths and food. |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by KingOfSkills: 6:36pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
bigfrancis21:in that case, Biafra might succeed there, not in Nigeria, because what we have here is a very serious Fulani Military Federal Govt. |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by billyG(m): 6:38pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
i dnt giv a fpuck every body iz a migrant. |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Chukazu: 6:49pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
bigfrancis21: growing as a kid, that word "PANYA" was always used as a riddle , somersault of secret abode by my BIAFRA soldiers uncles and one never really decode the real meaning,but now it's making some sense |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Chukazu: 6:52pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Alwaystruth: yea...I heard Omar Bongo never had a biological Son 1 Like |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by ugofr(f): 6:55pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
bigfrancis21:I would love to be there too. One might learn one or two things. very nice work. Jisie ike nwoke oma. |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by RedboneSmith(m): 6:58pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
centboy123456: There are quite a number of research papers published on indentured servitude on the plantations of Fernando Po/Bioko. This is the Information Age, sir. Use that gadget in your hands. 1 Like |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Nobody: 7:18pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
interesting! fascinating infact! there are Also some Igbos in brazil, cuba and American island of Haiti. I am going to equitorial guinea soon to find out for myself. this is fantanstic! my parents are Igbo and i am obssessed with the IGBO language, Igbo is a fantastic language, Fantastic culture beautiful women dressed half nakid in igbo traditional attire, with wide hips and enermously soft bottoms. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by KemjikaEme: 7:28pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Just talked to an advanced igbo folk and he said Equatorial Guinea also called Panya was where some ex igbo soldiers and people migrated to after the war. Many of them came back emptyhanded since then Panya has been prejudiced as a place where one migrated and came back without any significant achievement. Panya is also associated with music and enjoyment. OP's narrative about Arochukwu igbos of Equatorial Guinea is flawed and misleading. Pls edit or attach the other narratives. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by MTKbudapest(m): 7:32pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Youdonmeanit! |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by KemjikaEme: 7:37pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
gypsey:Lol! I think the big hip stuff is a modern development. Pre colonial and colonial Artistic and real life representation of Igbo maiden more often than not show slim women with fine features which is in contrast with artistic/real life representation of voluptous women in Ibibio/Efik women. The only time igbos admired big bottoms/hips was shortly before and after marriage, pregnancy and omugwo. After that,you gotta shed some pounds off that hips and get into your farm. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by nothernstar: 7:46pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Nawoo. This Igbo ppl. Una be Mtn 'everywhere you go'. Nice to know. I bet you. In the nearest 100 years, igbo language will be official language in most part of Nigeria and beyond judging from their itinerant life style and biz nature. Eg in Okota, festac in Lagos, igbo language is the dominant language there. 4 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by salt1: 7:52pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Why are Igbo's always the third largest group? When will they be first? I heard that many Igbo criminals were also exiled to Panya which was seen as a better option than killing them. Op is it true? |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by karlboss: 7:53pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
This is nice |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by victrick105: 8:10pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
illicit: did they tell you they are hungry?...forget how untidy they look. Many of them might be fishermen and farmers...and don't be surprised that they may feed better than you here in Nigeria. |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by cbrass(m): 8:12pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
scholes0: Yoruba too? |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Nobody: 8:15pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
KemjikaEme:Really? tell me more! the black ebony shiny Igbo women skin, with a mixture of red and pink beads round the waist and thick thighs arms and body |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Nobody: 8:25pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
tishbite41: Thank you for busting him. I was wondering why is it taking so long to be identified until I saw your post. Made me happy. Afonjas are envious things 1 Like |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by erimmy(m): 8:26pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
scholes0:Yes,Omar Bongo is an Igbo boy who was adopted by the late President. Remember during his re-election bid, the people of Gabon asked him to return to his native Nigeria. |
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