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Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by Mynd44: 11:26am On Jan 22, 2018 |
scholes0:The article is flawed in many ways 8 Likes |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by maestroferddi: 11:27am On Jan 22, 2018 |
aljharem:Are you ok? / Beans has always been a native Igbo food/crop. It is universally called agwa in all Igboland. 12 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by baby124: 11:27am On Jan 22, 2018 |
Akara, moin moin and egusi are Yoruba. There are also Yoruba settlements in Jamaica 4 Likes |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by Lilimax(f): 11:27am On Jan 22, 2018 |
igbo nwelu mmadu! 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by Guyman02: 11:29am On Jan 22, 2018 |
aljharem:Nigerians and Igbos have various indigenous species of beans before the arrival of the whiteman 5 Likes |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by maestroferddi: 11:31am On Jan 22, 2018 |
Probz:Ogiri abd egusi/egwusi are exclusive Igbo words. Any language using them loaned them from Igbo... 16 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by Guyman02: 11:32am On Jan 22, 2018 |
GavelSlam: This thread is about Igbos in Jamaica and not about Yoruba, can we stick to that? 36 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by GavelSlam: 11:32am On Jan 22, 2018 |
Mynd44: I'm hoping the writer is not a staff of The Guardian because it makes a mockery of research and journalism in Nigeria. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by Nobody: 11:34am On Jan 22, 2018 |
Guyman02: Unsubstantiated claims, flimsy claims that cannot withstand the simplest of tests. I guess anything to boost your inflated egos is welcomed. 4 Likes |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by Guyman02: 11:35am On Jan 22, 2018 |
baby124: You can open another thread on Yoruba settlements in the moon, this thread is about the Igbos and not a boxing ring for Yoruba and Igbo kids on NL 25 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by GavelSlam: 11:36am On Jan 22, 2018 |
Guyman02: Quite easily I'm debunking the use of the word Akara which is surely of Yoruba etymology. As I posited, Akara is called by the same name in Bahia , Brazil. There is no doubt about the cultural linkage between Bahia and Yoruba nation as evidenced by their strong belief in Ifa, Orunmila etc. The summary is that the use of the word Akara does not buttress the influence of Igbo in Jamaica. 6 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by baby124: 11:37am On Jan 22, 2018 |
maestroferddi:Igbos call egusi melon. Egusi is not an Igbo word or food. Stop misinforming. Even the way you cook Egusi is very typical of Yoruba soups. We cook soup differently from others with a palm oil and pepper base. 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by maclatunji: 11:38am On Jan 22, 2018 |
grandstar: I have always said it that there was no great Igbo civilization before colonization. It was the weaker communities that were being captured and sold into slavery. The implication of this is that the Benin Empire and its auxiliaries dominated the Igbo region during the 17th-18th century and in all likelihood a longer period before then. 4 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by scholes0(m): 11:38am On Jan 22, 2018 |
RedboneSmith: That word Agwa for beans too looks very similar to what the Yoruba version of the word would be. Sure it isn't from Igala? cc: Probz 1 Like |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by maestroferddi: 11:41am On Jan 22, 2018 |
RedboneSmith:Oga both soso and naani are spoken across Igboland. They are synonyms. Frequency of usage/popularity depends on syntax/sentence construction. They have nothing to do with dialect. 13 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by scholes0(m): 11:43am On Jan 22, 2018 |
RedboneSmith: The fact that it isn't even a universally shared Igbo word points more in the direction of it diffusing into the Anambra axis from an external language source. 4 Likes |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by baby124: 11:44am On Jan 22, 2018 |
scholes0:Igala were once under the larger Yoruba family. They have a lot of similar words. Though separation of the group has been for long. Agwa and Ewa is similar. Even Igbos and Yoruba at some point were probably related or some words were infused into Igbo language through Igala. We have some similar words. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by RedboneSmith(m): 11:46am On Jan 22, 2018 |
scholes0: I knew you were gong to say that. Ajo, Esusu. Do you think the Yoruba borrowed one from an external language? 2 Likes |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by LordNapoleon: 11:47am On Jan 22, 2018 |
vioment:Akara is fried bean cake while moi moi is cooked bean cake 2 Likes |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by scholes0(m): 11:48am On Jan 22, 2018 |
RedboneSmith: Ajo and Esusu are the same thing. In Yoruba. I can replace one with the other, anywhere in yorubaland. 1 Like |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by BabaIbo: 11:49am On Jan 22, 2018 |
baby124: Go back to school, egwusi/egusi and ogiri are exclusively igbo words borrowed by yorubas 16 Likes |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by baby124: 11:51am On Jan 22, 2018 |
BabaIbo:Igbos call Egusi melon. Go and ask your elders. No one is arguing Ogiri. It’s not a Yoruba food item. However, Egusi is. It’s not Egwusi either, that will make it the Igbo pronounciation, like how Moin Moin has been bastardized to mai mai. 8 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by scholes0(m): 11:52am On Jan 22, 2018 |
BabaIbo: Nothing like EGWusi, it is Egusi, and it is it of Yoruba origin. Igbos are the ones who add GW to words that have vowels following G. The same way Igbos pronounce the Hausa word for Kolanut “Goro” as GWORO Same word which both Yoruba and Igalas call Obi. 8 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by Nobody: 11:54am On Jan 22, 2018 |
RedboneSmith:you lied, "Akara" is originally gotten from igbo before it become a lingua word. Same as "oyibo" which Yoruba pronounced as "oyinbo" bcus they adopted it. It either u talking as a tribalist or as a naïve writer. Pls make findings from proper source before u write. 13 Likes |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by RedboneSmith(m): 11:54am On Jan 22, 2018 |
scholes0: Knowing that you are better informed than this, I can only conclude that you are just being mischievous here. Archaeologists know we have been cultivating beans in this part of the world for thousands of years, since neolithic times. The fact that Yorubas call beans 'ewa' and the Igala call it 'egwa' and the Igbo 'agwa' is only evidence that our common Kwa ancestors were already growing beans before they split. There are several other cognates like that (eg., cognates for money, house, goat, etc) which historians use as indicators of the level of our material and mental culture thousands of years before we separated into distinct ethnicities. 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by scholes0(m): 11:56am On Jan 22, 2018 |
baby124: It would appear so on the surface. But the Igals instead trace their origin to faraway Taraba state. Very funny. 1 Like |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by RedboneSmith(m): 11:56am On Jan 22, 2018 |
IjeleNwa: LOL. Okay. This is an old argument on NL. I don't have any interest in rehashing it. I said what I said, and I still believe I was right. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by baysol: 11:56am On Jan 22, 2018 |
Probz: Igbo dey share anything? A beg akara na Yoruba word we have even other attachments like Iya alakara, akara ati eko,akara elepo.......yeye people wey be say lie na their very foundation in life...why una no go thief sef......soso is also Yoruba for only hence variance like okan soso- only one, omo kan soso -only child. Give credit to whom its deserved and stop basking in Yoruba spot light any longer we have nothing in common with Igbos except Nigeria they profaned as the zoo. Lobatan. 8 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by baysol: 11:56am On Jan 22, 2018 |
Probz: Igbo dey share anything? A beg akara na Yoruba word we have even other attachments like Iya alakara, akara ati eko,akara elepo.......yeye people wey be say lie na their very foundation in life...why una no go thief sef......soso is also Yoruba for only hence variance like okan soso- only one, omo kan soso -only child. Give credit to whom its deserved and stop basking in Yoruba spot light any longer we have nothing in common with Igbos except Nigeria they profaned as the zoo. Lobatan. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by scholes0(m): 11:58am On Jan 22, 2018 |
IjeleNwa: Pls this is pure lies. What is the Igbo word for Kpomo? 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Red Ibo In Jamaica: A Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by berrystunn(m): 11:58am On Jan 22, 2018 |
GavelSlam: Now I understand why they are so poor 3 Likes |
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