Chinyem,
Obu onye siri gi na obu failed raids?? Nna odimka imagi maka ndi Oke Igbo Aro

Chinyem,
Ngwa dialect na so uso na onu mayne. I'm lovin it.

Dialect?? O bu "okwu". And where did you see written Ngwa?
As for your Aro raids. . it seems to me that you're unfamiliar with the part of your history which concerns nde nnwe m. Long story short, onye ejila Ngwa egwu egwu. Aro learned that the hard way.

EzeUche:

You dare insult the Ndi Aro? 

Igbo man, you are lucky that gone are the days when Aro raiders would raid Igbo villages for slaves!!! 

When we were the true power in Alaigbo!!!

See Aro sense. That is why nobody helped you in the war against the British. Aro had as much power as MEND in Niger Delta, at least they're not half caste and don't sell people like you Kanu's. . . . . . . as much. Which true power?

udezue:

Chinyem,
Obu onye siri gi na obu failed raids?? Nna odimka imagi maka ndi Oke Igbo Aro

Ta! What is Aro? 

What's the meaning of Igbo Nationality and Ngwa/Aro/etc Ethnicity?

Folks una don come again, na so Ikwerres take start oo, before you know it, dey say dey no be Igbo.

Myself, I no get any classification like Aro, Ngwa, Nsukka, does it mean I no get ethnicity?

I beg make una stop dis nonsense.

why are we having this discussion to begin with?

Peeps that want to discuss nationality, tribes, and other stuff should make their way to the "culture" section, its just down by the corner!

006:

What's the meaning of Igbo Nationality and Ngwa/Aro/etc Ethnicity?

Folks una don come again, na so Ikwerres take start oo, before you know it, dey say dey no be Igbo.

Myself, I no get any classification like Aro, Ngwa, Nsukka, does it mean I no get ethnicity?

I beg make una stop dis nonsense.

What area are you from? Nationality is, according to dictionary.com:

–noun
1.
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.

The Igbo did not indetify as 'Igbo' 200 years ago, some didn't know some 'sub-groups' existed even till this day, have you heard of Ikwo?

ethnicity

–noun
1.
ethnic traits, background, allegiance, or association.

Most communities in igboland identify with themselves first before the larger Igbo body, hence the Ezillo-Eza clashes, did you hear about that? There's actually an ongoing war in Igboland, but in a relatively unknown state.

If the majority of a group does not identify with another group, they should not be forced to, this is in regards to the Ikwerre.

violent:

why are we having this discussion to begin with?

Peeps that want to discuss nationality, tribes, and other stuff should make their way to the "culture" section, its just down by the corner!

So the idea that people see themselves as separate nations in the so called 'Nigerian na[rra]tion' is not political?

Aguda/Amaro is my ethnicity Nigerian is my natonality, Yoruba is culture and language.

ezeagu:

What area are you from? Nationality is, according to dictionary.com:

–noun
1.
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.

The Igbo did not indetify as 'Igbo' 200 years ago, some didn't know some 'sub-groups' existed even till this day, have you heard of Ikwo?

ethnicity

–noun
1.
ethnic traits, background, allegiance, or association.

Most communities in igboland identify with themselves first before the larger Igbo body, hence the Ezillo-Eza clashes, did you hear about that? There's actually an ongoing war in Igboland, but in a relatively unknown state.

If the majority of a group does not identify with another group, they should not be forced to, this is in regards to the Ikwerre.

I am from Anaocha local gov’t area of Anambra State. We’re neither Oka, Nri, nor Onicha. In fact, we have no classification.

You contradicted yourself. From your definition of Nationality, Aro, Ngwa, Ikwerre, are all Nationalities but not ethnicities.
Igbo Ethnicity is made up of several Igbo nations.

006, I do believe you've got it mixed up.

^^

Read the definition again and tell me how I got it mixed up?


Haven't you heard of Igbo Ethnic Nation[b]s[/b] before?
Igbo is made up of several nations, we are not one as a nation as we barely knew others existed.

sjeezy8:

Aguda/Amaro is my ethnicity Nigerian is my natonality, Yoruba is culture and language.

So you're "sufficiently conscious of your unity" with Igbo people and Igboland?

006:

I am from Anaocha local gov’t area of Anambra State. We’re neither Oka, Nri, nor Onicha. In fact, we have no classification.

You contradicted yourself. From your definition of Nationality, Aro, Ngwa, Ikwerre, are all Nationalities but not ethnicities.
Igbo Ethnicity is made up of several Igbo nations.

You are actually Nri Igbo. And yes you could say the Ngwa and Ikwerre are nations.

ezeagu:

You are actually Nri Igbo. And yes you could say the Ngwa and Ikwerre are nations.

I never knew that. So does it mean all of Anambra is Nri Igbo (except Onicha)? because such classifications are rare in Anambra. Enugu folks nicknamed as "Agbaenu". They never called us Nri.

Oh ok. Well, yeah, you could very well say that the Ngwa and Ikwere are ethnic nations, but that's not what I'm hinting at. I'm talkin about "Igbo ethnicity". We aren't one ethnic group. We simply don't associate that way. Instead, what we have is the "Igbo identity". Not necessarily an ethnicity, and not necessarily a nation. Just a collection of people who understand that there is some commonality between us, but not enough commonality to make us synonymous with each other (a [very] loose ethnic affiliation, at best).

ChinenyeN:

Oh ok. Well, yeah, you could very well say that the Ngwa and Ikwere are ethnic nations, but that's not what I'm hinting at. I'm talkin about "Igbo ethnicity". We aren't one ethnic group. We simply don't associate that way. Instead, what we have is the "Igbo identity". Not necessarily an ethnicity, and not necessarily a nation. Just a collection of people who understand that there is some commonality between us, but not enough commonality to make us synonymous with each other (a [very] loose ethnic affiliation, at best).

Mr. Man, there's nothing like Igbo identity rather Igbo ethnicity. We are bound by the same language, Igbo,  but with several dialects.

From Oxford dictionary definition of a dialect:
A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in one area with grammar, words, and pronunciation that may be different from other forms of the same language,.


Also, you should get yourself acquainted with what they call language continuum.
Every Igbo dialect is at least mutually intelligible with its neighbouring Igbo group but as the distance increases, language continuum sets in and it becomes harder for the far distant groups to understand them except when spoken slowly like I explained sometime before.

006:

I never knew that. So does it mean all of Anambra is Nri Igbo (except Onicha)? because such classifications are rare in Anambra. Enugu folks nicknamed as "Agbaenu". They never called us Nri.

Onicha are on their own, they have a king and originate from different places, e.g Igala. How many Igbo people know what Nri's significance is?

^^^

As far as I know, majority of Igbos are decendants of Eri/Nri, so why call only me Nri Igbo?

Like I said before, we have no classification.

Nationality? Nigeria.

006:

^^^

As far as I know, majority of Igbos are decendants of Eri/Nri, so why call only me Nri Igbo?

Like I said before, we have no classification.

I don't know about that. And they can't be called Nri Igbo because they do not practice the Nri Igbo culture, do you celebrate Ekpe or have oyaya war dancers in your town?

ezeagu:

I don't know about that. And they can't be called Nri Igbo because they do not practice the Nri Igbo culture, do you celebrate Ekpe or have oyaya war dancers in your town?

No, we don't. Ekpe is Efiks influence on neighbouring Igbos. I won't call it an Igbo culture, but a borrowed culture.

We don't have any war dance too, if I recall correctly. We basically mind our hamlets and settle disputes in village squares, though occasionally, angry families would carry machetes to threaten a feuding family. We had no known wars, just minor clashes.

Lol 006

Nigerian Occupied Territory.

Who is occupying who? The mass number of igbo in western states

Didnt expect this from you, actually.

What did you expect? To declare myself as Yoruba- thats like so silly. Or to say I wanna run away from naija. 100% proudly Nigerian lol.

Well except when I am in the airport and being harassed.

006, regarding Ekpe, you are partially correct. There are two kinds of Ekpe, one is Igbo, and the other is Efik/Ibibio influenced (not necessarily borrowed). As for the Eri comment on majority of Igbo descending from Eri/Nri. . . don't kid yourself.

SEFAGO:

What did you expect? To declare myself as Yoruba- thats like so silly. Or to say I wanna run away from naija. 100% proudly Nigerian lol.

Well except when I am in the airport and being harassed.

Nah, I see you , Sjeezy and EzeUche as the agbero kind that would claim Jamaican

^ ;d :-x

Pweety4me:

^ ;d :-x

lol abi? no be so?

FL Gators:

Nah, I see you , Sjeezy and EzeUche as the agbero kind that would claim Jamaican

Emi ke? Jamaican? Nigerias rep is not that bad yet. And at the worst, I would call myself black british or black brazilian before I even go all the way to Jamo

SEFAGO:

Emi ke? Jamaican? Nigerias rep is not that bad yet. And at the worst, I would call myself black british or black brazilian before I even go all the way to Jamo

lol. atigbo

I am sure sjeezy and ezeuche would call themselves such names though. As for me I am 100% African straight from the lagos bush

SEFAGO:

I am sure sjeezy and ezeuche would call themselves such names though. As for me I am 100% African straight from the lagos bush

You're really from Lagos or did your family migrate? Omo ilu wo ni e ?

I dont doubt sjeezy's part. Dude is so somehow somehow, sneaky.

FL Gators:

You're really from Lagos or did your family migrate? Omo ilu wo ni e ?

I dont doubt sjeezy's part. Dude is so somehow somehow, sneaky.

LOL, I am like from lagos. I have never been outside lagos- Infact I think everywhere outside lagos is a bush 

My dad must have left for lagos- I never asked him much of his personal history.