Jayvarley:


So does that mean that they would call any descendant of the slave trade "OSU"?

No. "Osu" is an entirely different thing.

Radoillo:

No. "Osu" is an entirely different thing.

Ok, but now I'm going to have to ask you to explain it?

Jayvarley:

Ok, but now I'm going to have to ask you to explain it?

Um...should I risk giving Kwame another reason to launch into an anti-Igbo diatribe? I think 'brother seller' and 'scammer' and 'drug peddler' and 'prostitute' are quite enough. lol. Hope u don't mind.

Radoillo:

Um...should I risk giving Kwame another reason to launch into an anti-Igbo diatribe? I think 'brother seller' and 'scammer' and 'drug peddler' and 'prostitute' are quite enough. lol. Hope u don't mind.

By not explaining it you are only giving Kwame more ammunition! Therefore I will have no choice other than to believe Kwame's explanation of the word "OSU" but, no pressure

I am proud of what and who I am. My roots on dad's side began with a black man born into slavery in 1720 on Barbados, his son married the birracial daughter of a black man from Senegal. On mom's side the blood line traces back to N. CAROLINA, FLORIDA, & THE BAHAMAS. IN TWO WORDS, NO MAKE IT FOUR, "KISS MY RED ASS" there feel better...if it is any consolation you can lick my booty hole, that is Ghana black bro.

Guys, keep this thread clean and professional. Also Kwame, if you are going to be hostile, keep your hostility to yourself. reread the NL rules before posting:

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Also, AnOlderAmerican, you do not have to retort, you can simply report him for verbal abuse.

You make me laugh. You are so ignorant and totally oblivious to the African American experience. Black Americans we are a race and people of our own. My cousin's skin colors range from Billie Holiday light to Miles Davis dark and we have the same PIERCE blood. You will never know and I am so happy that you will remain in the dark ( pun intended ).

I apologize Fulaman. I will not lower myself again. Thanks for the kind reminder.

@Anolderamerican, hv u dated a nigerian before? And how was it ?

My relationships with Nigerians are on a deeper level, I have an 33 year old Edo son who I love as much as I do my own 21 year old son, a 26 year old Igbo brother, and very good Yoruba, Igbo, and Urhobo friends. I have yet to be intimate with a Nigerian.

If you are yet to be intimate with one how come u hv a 33yr old edo son. Pls explain better

I have adopted him in my heart as my son. Why so literal! That is the nature of our relationship.

I am very loving. Not all Americans are cold, arrogant, and selfish. I love Nigeria and Nigerians.

AnOlderAmerican: I am very loving. Not all Americans are cold, arrogant, and selfish. I love Nigeria and Nigerians.

You are a good man then, please be welcome on Nairaland

Ur really funny my man . So when are you coming to nigeria ?

Feb 2014 no more info. Ok for the obvious reasons.

AnOlderAmerican: Feb 2014 no more info. Ok for the obvious reasons.

Yea, please don't divulge further information on a public forum.

AnOlderAmerican: Feb 2014 no more info. Ok for the obvious reasons.

that's very loving of u isn't it? Just a simple question and all I get is a brash cold answer, how will the info u divulge affect u, are u going to divulge ye bank account details or your phone number or your email or whatever stupid piece of info that you feel the thieving nigerians that you claim to love will use against u. Guy you are just a redbeck looking for an identity. And do yourself a favor my friend , get a girlfriend! Asshole

AnOlderAmerican: You make me laugh. You are so ignorant and totally oblivious to the African American experience. Black Americans we are a race and people of our own. My cousin's skin colors range from Billie Holiday light to Miles Davis dark and we have the same PIERCE blood. You will never know and I am so happy that you will remain in the dark ( pun intended ).

How do you expect him to understand when he clearly isn't objective in reasoning?

On the topic of Osu, its origins stem back to several centuries ago. In pre-colonial Igboland, when a family, man, woman or person felt he's/she's/they've had so much bad luck and needed to appease the gods, he or she would offer a human being, most times usually a child, to the gods for it was believed that the gods would transfer the bad luck from the appeaser over to the child or person instead. Anybody who became dedicated to the gods automatically became an 'Osu'. They'd then be given their own village/land to inhabit, settle and procreate. They were known to be very handsome/beautiful and intelligent.

I also want to add that the Osu Caste system, just as we have one in India but the Osu system is a much lesser form of it, is a very downplayed thing in Igboland, only existing in a few villages in one or two states of Igboland. It usually does not go beyond the village level and nobody is never called Osu publicly in Igboland and the so-called 'Osus' are treated the same way as others. Personally myself I've never met an Osu or heard someone being called an Osu. You can't even tell who is 'osu' or not because it is not branded on one's face. Lol. It is only the villagers that seem to know which one or two family(ies) amongst themselves in their village is Osu. Coming to the cities, its a practically forgotten issue only coming up during marriage plans whereby Osus and freeborns(dialas) aren't allowed to marry.

That also explains why during marriage plans parents often leave the cities and travel to the village of the groom/bride to inquire if the family of the prospective groom/bride are free born or 'osu' because of the cultural barrier to marriage between dialas/osu. This extra length parents would go to go to the village to inquire shows that the caste system thing is rarely evident in the city where everybody(diala and osu) mix up very well. Apart from not marrying one another, there's no other issue that brings up the topic of who's Osu or not in Igboland.

In my state, Anambra, the Osu caste system is non-existent. And I'm not sure it exists in Enugu, Ebonyi and Delta Igbo areas. I stand to be corrected here. Imo state seems to be the state where it exists. And maybe Abia state too.

E-Engineer:
that's very loving of u isn't it? Just a simple question and all I get is a brash cold answer, how will the info u divulge affect u, are u going to divulge ye bank account details or your phone number or your email or whatever stupid piece of info that you feel the thieving nigerians that you claim to love will use against u. Guy you are just a redbeck looking for an identity. And do yourself a favor my friend , get a girlfriend! Asshole

That is quite harsh. You don't divulge plans of your movement or your exact location(house address, office address) publicly on a public forum. It is unacceptable. You never can tell who's against you or trailing you. You yourself know this one.

It is a standard practice all over the world, and even in America where he writes from. Your flagrant and undeserving attacks are uncalled for.

Just when I thought E-Engineer was conscious of the times and saavy. Ha! Man, haven't you heard? Kidnappings, Anti-American Sentiment (all hues), scams, crime...nah, you have proven yourself a b I t c h on this site imagine me coming across you eating out of the trashcans in the alley behind my 5 star Lagos Hotel. Choi.

I have already studied the Osus origins e.g. human sacrifices and the lingering stigma. As all things Igbo, truly fascinating.

AnOlderAmerican: I have already studied the Osus origins e.g. human sacrifices and the lingering stigma. As all things Igbo, truly fascinating.

Truly fascinating indeed.

E-Engineer how much of nothing you know. Hilarious. I love Igbos so I regret having disrespected you only for the Igbo blood in your veins. Please cease to communicate with me if you would be so kind. Again, may the Igbo race endure until the sun and moon are no more! And if an IGBO is what a man yearns to be; is there something greater?

E-Engineer That was a very disrespectful message, break the rules again and you will face a 48 hour ban.