tpiah:

nairaland is very much a reflection of what obtains in real life because as i've stated before, i'm meeting people who straight out echo some of the dumb attitudes i'm reading here.

Regardless of tribe o.

that's why i keep querying the visa officials who are throwing out visas like confetti.

Lol, you're just mad cuz you cant tap that  

If I show you a "typical" yoruba woman, you go proclaim your loff for us immediately.

chei na true o. . lol. . i am addicted to that phat a.s.s that yoruba chicks all seem to have. . .

Ikengawo:

When im around real nigerians, the issue almost NEVER comes up
i just got back from the nigerian reunion in NY. HUGE event, all tribes represented in one form or another and nobody cared.

there was no particular unity of igbos seperate from groups of yorubas hausas and so forth. yorubas came with their igbo and kanuri friends, fulanis came with their edo and kalabari friends

it was just people having a good time and enjoying nigeria and being nigerians together.

when im in nigeria i don't see any ethnic tension either. everyone is just doing their thing and trying to survive.

but when i log on here it's as if there's a civil war in nigeria. EVERYTHINg on here is about tribe.


i think it's cause the people that frequent this site are nerds. they have little else to feel important or proud of so they create worlds in their head where igbos and yorubas have beef with each other.


even if you look at the documentary Welcome To Lagos, everyone is just struggling and hustling together, trying to reach the same goals, yorubas aren't aiming for anything hausas aren't.


the few times i've seen nigerians discuss tribe its been
1. jokingly bringing up stereotypes
2. to figure out what language to speak to someone
3. to know what state or city someone you just met is from


i've never heard
"are you yoruba"
"yes"
"then bleep you"  or anything close.


this site has nothing to do with nigeria and i think 80% of you are from Ghana.

bk/babe90:


Well, why are u guys chastising the poster? He says he sees the errors of his ways, why cant you give him the benefit of doubt and see if he's really sincere? Oh, u guys love the (un)usual tribal tension that goes on here?

@Ileke idi

The OP has already said he was sorry for making such statements in the past

I can assure u that if u met ikengawo in real life,he would be more interested in scoring with u(if u are pretty o),than wondering what tribe u are from
and how to insult u. . . .

Its like that for 90% of Nigerians in real life. . .

I know because i have lived in naija most of my life
went to primary,secondary and university there

Ileke-IdI:


A tiger cannot change its pattern.

paddy_lo:

@Ileke idi

The OP has already said he was sorry for making such statements in the past

I can assure u that if u met ikengawo in real life,he would be more interested in scoring with u(if u are pretty o),than wondering what tribe u are from
and how to insult u. . . .

Its like that for 90% of Nigerians in real life. . .

I know because i have lived in naija most of my life
went to primary,secondary and university there

paddy_lo:

chei na true o. . lol. . i am addicted to that phat a.s.s that yoruba chicks all seem to have. . .

bk/babe90:

Not true, hun! Anyone can get reformed!

Ikengawo:

AHAHAhaAH!
EXACTLY! nigerians don't give a damn!

when it comes down it. At the reunion i didn't even bother with igbo girls and im igbo cause they were all being stuck up LOL, but if a fine igbo girl and and fine hausa girl where both trying to get on im not gonna dismiss one because of 'origins' i just like fine women in general LOL.

Ikengawo:

thats how everyone was there, nigerians are concerned with everyday things and see each other as everyday people, a girl is a girl a boy is a boy, tribe makes little difference. i spent more time with an Edo girl then with any igbo girl there, her origins didn't matter, she was cute as hell lol.

Mehn, but NL surprise me sha. Na only on NL I know tribalism exists. I was shocked when I first came to politics. The only ppl that Nigerians hate are[b] "akata"[/b] and "oyinbo

Anywaz, I cant take credit for that "phat" azz in my profile that you want to tap. 

Chei. . na die i dey. . shey na fake Jlo bubble butt,abi na wetin . . . .

I go buy u aeroplane if u promise not to loose that a.s.s. . . .

Ikengawo:

AHAHAhaAH!
EXACTLY! nigerians don't give a damn!

when it comes down it. At the reunion i didn't even bother with igbo girls and im igbo cause they were all being stuck up LOL, but if a fine igbo girl and and fine hausa girl where both trying to get on im not gonna dismiss one because of 'origins' i just like fine women in general LOL.

thats how everyone was there, nigerians are concerned with everyday things and see each other as everyday people, a girl is a girl a boy is a boy, tribe makes little difference. i spent more time with an Edo girl then with any igbo girl there, her origins didn't matter, she was cute as hell lol.

paddy_lo:

True talk lol. . .
Chei. . na die i dey. . shey na fake Jlo bubble butt,abi na wetin . . . .

I go buy u aeroplane if u promise not to loose that a.s.s. . . .

Ileke-IdI:

Can you get reformed? I think that's impossible.

Mr Fire:

Should confirmed tribalists and haters like bk/babe90 also contribute anything here?

ibkaye:

i'd never even heard of tribalism until i joined nairaland

Hehe

LOL No be aeroplane I want. Let's try my own private Jet.

Kobojunkie:

Well, that you did not have a word for it does not mean it is only limited to Nairaland. Right off the top of my head, I can say that IBB used it to his advantage back during the 80's and 90's. And the people who made it possible for him were Nigerians like you and I, not on Nairaland, but mostly living in Nigeria. The Civil war was made possible by what? Tribalistic passions. So, that the word itself was alien to you before you hit Nairaland does not mean it does not exist outside of this domain

paddy_lo:

ok no wahala. . my name na elibe agu agu(Once u start to eat,it doesnt finish) 1 of igbo land

Private jet na small matter. . .our first date na for int space station we go do am. . ha ha

Kobojunkie:


Dating people from other tribes does not mean  you are not a racist!

bk/babe90:

U see my last post to Mrs Ezeuche's stalker? I think u best heed it too!

ibkaye:

I'm not saying it did not exist outside of this domain, I was referring to my own personal experiences, I myself had never come across anything to do with tribalism

Beaf:

If tribalism only exists on NL. I wonder what to call the killing of women and babies in Jos? Friendship?
The simple truth of the matter is that, since the web is an anonymous place, a lot of people loose their inhibitions and tell it to your face.

Katsumoto:

True that; racism didn't stop plantation owners during the slavery era from sleeping with their slaves nor did it stop the Africaners in SA from sleeping with Africans. Erections are not racist; excuse the pun.

Ileke-IdI:

LOL


_{Then they complain abt Nigerian women golddigging}


@bk/babe09
Na me dey make the mistake by not ignoring you [b]as usua[/b]l. I asked a simple question and you're already jittery.

Kobojunkie:

You must have lived a sheltered life or something dude!! or you are good at ignoring things as these!

Beaf:

If tribalism only exists on NL. I wonder what to call the killing of women and babies in Jos? Friendship?

Mr Fire:

You are a blatant empty barrel, hence you make the most noise.

Ileke-IdI:

Wasnt religion a major role in that?

Werent Hausas killing ppl they assumed were Christians?

Beaf:

You will find that, it is migrant Fulani's fighting for political rights in Jos and Jos indegenes accusing the Fulani of trying to lord it over them in their own homes. Pure tribalism on both sides.