Are the Igbos different from the Ibos? Posted on 27/07/2011 by Prince Charles Oforkaja

Sometimes, some Igbos get offended when their ethnicity is described as Ibo. They say that the word “Igbo” is the only correct term for their ethnic group. That is not true.

Our founding father, Eri Ben Gad described himself as Heebo, after his Hebrew ethnic group. Olaudah Equiano described himself as Iboe- remember, he is the Equianoist icon. In the Jamaican Revolution of 1816, the Reggae nation named their leader “The King of the Eboes”.Many other great Equianoists (Igbos) have described themselves by different variants of this name. What matters is that we all know they were talking of the same people, the great Igbo race.

So, next time someone calls you Ibo, don’t frown. Smile! That is what you are.

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Our founding father, Eri Ben Gad described himself as Heebo, after his Hebrew ethnic group. -----------

See! I told you all these people are confused. Where they come from goes with the direction the wind vane points.

@ negro-ntns

Go read any primary school history book. They will tell you Eri was the father of the Igbo race.

You have three fathers so far. Something is wrong!!

Igbo's and rebranding. I wonder what is wrong with being called Ibo? What does it mean in Igboland that they get so offended by being called Ibo? Someone enlighten me. Thanks.

We go back to bble times. Eri was the son of Gad, who was the son of Jacob, who was the son of Isaac.

So who are the other two fathers, where they came from?

Which fathers? Name them.

Nri and Aro.

And why do these Igbo fathers hae three letter words, wassup with that? What's with the three?

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Does it matter whether ibo is correct or not , if we dey its igbo not ibo why should it be a problem for some people? Na wa for nigerians

@ Negro-Ntns:
Nri is the place where Eri settled. Aro is a powerful Igbo kingdom that later dominated the rest of Igboland, sougt of like an "Oyo- Ibadan" situation. Except in the Igbo case, the descendants of Eri where priest kings, so they didn't really mind.

htajz:

Does it matter whether ibo is correct or not , if we say its igbo not ibo why should it be a problem for some people? Na wa for nigerians

Can you tell us what is wrong with being called Ibo? Historically and in all accounts your group has been known as Ibo, so why the demand for change now. Even by the learned Equiano. Also, most ethnic groups bear names that have nothing to do with them, but names given to them by neighboring groups or adversaries.

Why did you create this thread in this section?

So there are two fathers? I don't get it. There are two igbo descendant lines coming from two distinct anestors. Right?

One of the ancestors, Aro dominated Eri who is the settler. Correct?

Is Aro aborigine or settler?

Negro_Ntns:

So there are two fathers? I don't get it. There are two igbo descendant lines coming from two distinct anestors. Right?

One of the ancestors, Aro dominated Eri who is the settler. Correct?

Is Aro aborigine or settler?

lol your funny ,which kin story be dis one , aro is not a person its a confederacy or a people or a place and its era was during the colonial period . while eri is the founder of nri kingdom which is the oldest in nigeria .

i have told you several times to keep away from discussions on nairaland, your a JJC.

moderator pls move to cultural section.

Moved to cutlure

In any case, the Aro confederacy were who? Igbo aborigines or settlers. The political authrity wa Aro but it had people that run it. Where was the Aro ruling class, which dominated the Eri settler from?

We know Eri a human and is a settler. Who was here first, the rulers of Aro or Eri?

@ Negro_Ntns:
Just like the Yoruba, who surely have some Igbos that assimilated with them during the Moremi days, the Igbos are also made up of others.
For instance, today's English people are descended largely from Normans (the French) and Saxons (Germans).

This is some serious BS. These people should speak for themselves and leave the rest of us out of this their nonsense.

ChinenyeN:

This is some serious BS. These people should speak for themselves and leave the rest of us out of this their nonsense.

Lol!Most of them are not Igbos and the Igbo ones may be from the Nri/Awka axis.Igbos are of very diverse origin and are not children of any particular man like Oduduwa and Bayajidda.Aros are not even of a common origin.

As for the Igbo and Ibo thing,I see it more as a psychological issue.The writing is Roman and not Igbo.
Owerri,Awka,Awkunanaw,Oguta,Onitsha could be wrong going by the logic of anti-Iboists.The right spellings should be Owere,Oka,Okunano,Ugwuta,Oncha.

'Igbo'- preferred and correct spelling. Also, more common in modern literary works.

'Ibo'- incorrect, but imposed spelling. Increasingly becoming archaic in modern literary materials.

bellten:

Are the Igbos different from the Ibos? Posted on 27/07/2011 by Prince Charles Oforkaja

Sometimes, some Igbos get offended when their ethnicity is described as Ibo. They say that the word “Igbo” is the only correct term for their ethnic group. That is not true.

Our founding father, Eri Ben Gad described himself as Heebo, after his Hebrew ethnic group. Olaudah Equiano described himself as Iboe- remember, he is the Equianoist icon. In the Jamaican Revolution of 1816, the Reggae nation named their leader “The King of the Eboes”.Many other great Equianoists (Igbos) have described themselves by different variants of this name. What matters is that we all know they were talking of the same people, the great Igbo race.

So, next time someone calls you Ibo, don’t frown. Smile! That is what you are.

Copyright © igbodefender.com 2011

http://igbodefender.com/2011/07/27/are-the-igbos-diferent-from-the-ibos/

@the thread originator and the article writer, you are brain-dead monkeys. The aim of you monkeys is to set the Igbo back by 100 years. Shame unto you all. It is Igbo.

Ngo "the brute",

Lol! Beside the monkey and the baboon and chimpanzee, do you have any other animal? Why is everybody one of these animals eh?

Do you have parrots, chameleon, donkey, you know

bellten:

Are the Igbos different from the Ibos? Posted on 27/07/2011 by Prince Charles Oforkaja

Sometimes, some Igbos get offended when their ethnicity is described as Ibo. They say that the word “Igbo” is the only correct term for their ethnic group. That is not true.

Our founding father, Eri Ben Gad described himself as Heebo, after his Hebrew ethnic group. Olaudah Equiano described himself as Iboe- remember, he is the Equianoist icon. In the Jamaican Revolution of 1816, the Reggae nation named their leader “The King of the Eboes”.Many other great Equianoists (Igbos) have described themselves by different variants of this name. What matters is that we all know they were talking of the same people, the great Igbo race.

So, next time someone calls you Ibo, don’t frown. Smile! That is what you are.

Copyright © igbodefender.com 2011

http://igbodefender.com/2011/07/27/are-the-igbos-diferent-from-the-ibos/

Igbo is the people

ibo is the language

thus you can say igbo is the same is ibo

igbo=ibo

some call it eebo or heebo which to me might be offensive to igbos

but igbo and ibo is the same thing, do not let all this nairaland revisionist lie to you that it is igbo not ibo. that is a lie

IGBO or IBO is the same but it all depends on the context in which you use it

Negro_Ntns:

Ngo "the brute",

Lol! Beside the monkey and the baboon and chimpanzee, do you have any other animal? Why is everybody one of these animals eh?

Do you have parrots, chameleon, donkey, you know

You are a castrated pig. Go and die Fat sack pig shiit.

alj harem:

Igbo is the people

ibo is the language

thus you can say igbo is the same is ibo

igbo=ibo

some call it eebo or heebo which to me might be offensive to igbos

but igbo and ibo is the same thing, do not let all this nairaland revisionist lie to you that it is igbo not ibo. that is a lie

IGBO or IBO is the same but it all depends on the context in which you use it

Alh, can you stop this brainless argument of yours. I thought you know better than this or are you putting up this crap to cajole the Igbo. Anyway, those who wrote Igbo were schooled in the old British fasion. But now Ndigbo controls their literary work and has made it clearly known even to the Europeans that it is Igbo. Chinua Achebe even in the 1950's also wrote Ibo but has since stopped it but writes IGBO now.
It is IGBO.

Pure dumbassness on this thread.

When you all figure it out let us know.

Ngodigha:

Alh, can you stop this brainless argument of yours. I thought you know better than this or are you putting up this crap to cajole the Igbo. Anyway, those who wrote Igbo were schooled in the old British fasion. But now Ndigbo controls their literary work and has made it clearly known even to the Europeans that it is Igbo. Chinua Achebe even in the 1950's also wrote Ibo but has since stopped it but writes IGBO now.
It is IGBO.

ok but according to history and what is thought in school round the world maybe apart form SE it is written as ibo or sometimes igbo

which i think is no problem given the fact has been used for decades before now

now changing it from ibo to igbo is not going to be that simple. no matter the insult

yes i respect you views that it should be written as igbo but is Hausa is meant to be written as hausawa

so you see

alj harem:

ok but according to history and what is thought in school round the world maybe apart form SE it is written as ibo or sometimes igbo

which i think is no problem given the fact has been used for decades before now

now changing it from ibo to igbo is not going to be that simple. no matter the insult

yes i respect you views that it should be written as igbo but is Hausa is meant to be written as hausawa

so you see

shut up pig its igbo what the hell is wrong with you people, you guys are really possessed ,that is why nothing is moving foward in this country. it is igbo not ibo stop acting like a monkey.