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Re: A Brief Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by Konquest: 4:33pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
sesan85:^^^^ ^^^^ @sesan85 I'm glad you also spotted that LIE from the female Guardian journalist [Njideka Agbo] as well which is now being spread by uninformed people. I was beginning to think that I was the only one until I spotted your post. Yup! Akara is a Yoruba word which is even used among the Yoruba Diaspora community in Bahia, Brazil as Akara je [Akara Ijesa] because Ijesas were among the Yoruba sub-groups that were deported on slave ships in the late 1700s and 1800s to Brazil, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Westmoreland in Jamaica where Bekuta or Abeokuta is located, Venezuela, Columbia, Guyana, etc, ... the Yoruba language, culture and religion are still strong and respected as of today! This is how one fool of Ibo origin wrote a long and FALSE article that went viral claiming that Abeokuta and Egbas are Ibos. My knowledge of world history of more than 40 years now clearly indicates that the Egbas are a branch of the Oyo people who used to live in Ibadan before they left and sellted in Abeokuta in the 1830s... and Abeokuta means under the rock. Of course because of the nearness of the Igalas to Anambra and Enugu States, these areas have Igala bloodlines mixed with the aborigines of that area. Some Yoruboid words [Igala is a Yoruboid language with up to 65% of the words derived from Yoruba] have found their ways into northern Iboland usage. Egungun which is masquerade in Yoruba is called Egwugwu by the Igalas of Kogi and of the Enugu area like Nsukka axis. Southern Ibos have a different name for "masquerade." It will interest you and everyone to know that Yoruba bloodlines flows or exists among the Igala via a group called "Akpoto Yoruba" mixed with "Ebira Koto." Even the Igalas emphatically state that they are RELATED to Igalas. This is why over 65% of Igala language is very similar to core Yoruba[words such as Ogede, Egungun and more]. But Ibo language which is directly south of Igalaland does not have even the kind of Yoruba words or close affinity with Yoruba language. It is via the Igala military conquests and migrations to the present Anambra and Enugu States that Yoruboid words[words derived from Yoruba] got into northern Ibolands via the Igala-associated communities such as Nsukka, Enugu-Ezike. Indirectly via Igala bloodline presence in Anambra and Enugu axis, Yoruba bloodlines exist among the northern Ibos such as Aguleri and other Igala-associated communities but some misinformed Ibos and tribal jingoists do not even realise this fact! An Attah of Igala [Attah Idoko] also invited craftsmen from Nupe and Hausa lands to Igalaland and they have become Igala as well. So Igalas according to the current Attah Michael Oboni have Yoruba, Edo, Taraba axis, and some Ibo bloodlines, BUT Ebiraland has bloodlines as well according to an elderly Ebira man that I saw on FB who criticised some of the younger Igalas of not knowing that Igala evolved from "Akpoto Yoruba" mixed with "Ebira Koto." The concept of Ibo NEVER existed until the arrival of the British who created a central Ibo language. The groups in Ibo today did NOT call themselves Ibo prior to the arrival of the British but identified themselves based on the names of their clans or sub-clans... NOTHING like Ibo or Igbo ethnic group! I have written my full response to this distortion of etymology of Akara and the history of Yoruba. There are many Yoruba words that have entered global usage that some young generation of people do not even know that they are of Yoruba origin. Words such as: 1. Oga [boss] with variants like Olusoga, Ikorodu Oga [the full name of Ikorodu named after the male founder] 2. Asewo [a prostitute who is a money changer] which has a mispelled pidgin English corruption to "ashawo." I have observed that some Ibos online are very notorious for claiming words and cultures that did not originate from them. Not all Ibos do this because there are those who are culturally grounded especially in the Owerri axis which is regarded as one of the main epicentres of Ibo origin. History has to be brought back to schools otherwise some misinformed journalists and ethnic jingoists will mislead others about African history with blatant, falsified history of theirs. All the best! 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: A Brief Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by Olu317(m): 5:37pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
[quote author=simonfynboi post=86708927][/quote] You're not serious. There is a Yoruba village called Ileife in Trinidad and. Tobiago. you're 2 Likes 1 Share
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Re: A Brief Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by Olu317(m): 5:41pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
Konquest:No matter how you try to correct certain people, they will never yield because of mischievousness. Cheers. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: A Brief Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by herich(m): 12:54am On Feb 18, 2020 |
jeromedee: Lol! Chest beating no dey tire person, because it gives joy while boasting. Only a person, full of confidence, proud person and conqueror can boast and chest beat. A timid and low self-esteem can not chest beat. Again! Chest beating is not a crime anywhere, if can't chest beat/boast when you conquer, Then continue to wail in bitterness while we chest beat. Chest beating is a thing of joy. A loser cannot chest beat. Keep on wailing, whenever I chest beat. |
Re: A Brief Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by bigfrancis21: 7:24pm On Feb 25, 2020 |
alfredilly: What does nikan in Yoruba mean in English? |
Re: A Brief Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by Olu317(m): 9:48pm On Mar 03, 2020 |
bigfrancis21:This word can be defined or interpreted according to diacritic sign on it. Though, nikan can mean the following: only,have one etc. |
Re: A Brief Profile Of The Igbo People Of Jamaica by Nobody: 6:50am On Apr 18, 2020 |
giftedben: But do you have to be tribalistic? If you travel out of the country, you would know that it doesn't matter what tribe you are from, as long as you are black, you are black no difference. One of the things that give northern Nigeria the edge is there togetherness. The south is very divided but my movement would involve togetherness but with mind set of fighting for your people. If SE is developed, it is also an advantage to me and my children as they can go there to live and do business and also vice versa for SW. |
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