Datazone:

Like a typical Ijaw man you've succeeded in writing nonsense. That's how you stir up crisis and ethnic clashes. How did Ijaw, a tribe where over 80% are illiterates, become the richest black tribe? Who carried out that survey? Madness runs in your people. You also had the guts to say Ijaws are the fourth largest tribe in Nigeria? Lol. You deluded ape. Ibibio are more than Ijaws. Where did you carry out your analysis to arrive at that conclusion? Tiv are more than the Ijaws. I believe most Nigerians have seen more Urhobos than Ijaws. Even in media, politics (until 2011 when GEJ came in) and sports, Urhobos dominate the Ijaws. I wonder how Ijaws think, this your statement led credence to the fact that majority of you lots take ogogoro before talking

lol.. apart from crude oil, nothing about them.. no contribution in sports, entertainment, agriculture, etc.. upon all the oil, their state is a big shithole

midnighter:
It has turned into an ijaw-bashing thread lol

Well, let me say that I like their music, dance, marine regatta and native attire. Very nice and entertaining to watch

which music?

why are we talking of pant again?

Datazone:

Like a typical Ijaw man you've succeeded in writing nonsense. That's how you stir up crisis and ethnic clashes. How did Ijaw, a tribe where over 80% are illiterates, become the richest black tribe? Who carried out that survey? Madness runs in your people. You also had the guts to say Ijaws are the fourth largest tribe in Nigeria? Lol. You deluded ape. Ibibio are more than Ijaws. Where did you carry out your analysis to arrive at that conclusion? Tiv are more than the Ijaws. I believe most Nigerians have seen more Urhobos than Ijaws. Even in media, politics (until 2011 when GEJ came in) and sports, Urhobos dominate the Ijaws. I wonder how Ijaws think, this your statement led credence to the fact that majority of you lots take ogogoro before talking

Lol ijaw hater spotted you cant even hide your distate, what a dweeb.. I see nothing wrong with what OP has put down if you dont like it.. why not write something else about your ethnic group to make yourself feel better ... people like you are the reason why hate speech bill is in consideration today.. becareful so you dont end up a scapegoat

Kennyswagz1:
lol.. apart from crude oil, nothing about them.. no contribution in sports, entertainment, agriculture, etc.. upon all the oil, their state is a big shithole

Typical African man talk (apart from oil, nothing about them) apart from your old age yet meaningless life... I dont think theres anything to write home about you

technicallyrich:
Plese remember that ijaws are the richest blask tribe on earth and the strongest and bravest in nigeria.
And our closet brothers,the igbos are the most talented and most creative black people on earth.
Go to aba and see creativity and talent for yourself.
Jehovah bless ss and se.
God bless biafrans
some facts about the Great ijaws.
- ijaws are the 4th largest ethnic group in nigeria,
- ijaws dont speak one laguage.some speak ijaw,while so many speak igbos owing to the fact that most of our ancestors married igbo women.very few ijaws speak yoruba and uhrobo.
- ijaws are the real owners of lagos and ondo state in the west.
-it is an abomination for an ijaw man to suck a woman pusy or walk under were a woman spread her pant.
- ijaws have bn traced to even taraba and abia state.
- peopele erroneosly think Ijaws are only in bayelsa state.ijaws in rivers state are opobo,abual,odual,okrika,kalabiri,bonny etc.
-

Ijaws are the strongest and bravest?

Go and ask Ijaws what they did to them in Edo State recently. Thereafter, ask them what OPC did to them in Ajegunle in the late 90s and early 2,000s.

Ijaws are peculiar being a riverine people. However, they aren't more rich, strong, brave, educated or better than others. Heck, Ijaws don't even have a fishing competition as popular as Argungu fishing festival and they don't have a single notable swimmer.

However, the average Ijaw man can wreck a whole brewery.

Wickedfacts:


Ijaws are the strongest and bravest?

Go and ask Ijaws what they did to them in Edo State recently. Thereafter, ask them what OPC did to them in Ajegunle in the late 90s and early 2,000s.

Ijaws are peculiar being a riverine people. However, they aren't more rich, strong, brave, educated or better than others. Heck, Ijaws don't even have a fishing competition as popular as Argungu fishing festival and they don't have a single notable swimmer.

However, the average Ijaw man can wreck a whole brewery.

That guy is just trolling

Thanks for the confusion on this thread, as we've learnt NOTHING ABOUT IJAW PEOPLE, as far as some of us are concerned. To the mod, who pushed this to FP... Just wait at the gate of heaven on judgment day.

ijawgirl:


yup - - very well~

How come Ijaws have not been winning gold medals even in All African games.

You wrote that it’s part of your custom to ‘throw’ the baby inside the river!!!...and if it floats, it shows that the baby would be a good swimmer. What happens when the baby fail to float or drown?
If you guys practice that, I think there should be a massive campaign to protest such cruelty and abuse to children.

If ijaws have failed to develop better lung capacity or even gills to adapt to your marine environment and triumph in international swimming competitions, then your post isn’t worth it.
Kenyans and Ethiopians are natural born long distance runners, Cubans have a tradition of boxing, Chinese practice karate and they have all made names for themselves in those areas...how can you be praising Ijaw man and his bond with water even before he could blink but nothing has come out of. I doubt if the Ijaws are better swimmers than Urhobo, kalabari and other riverline tribes.

Psalm4kute:

My guy pls.. I have no problem with igbos.. but pls dont bring biafra into this topic

Why are you mentioning Igbo into this?
Wetin concern Igbo with Ijaw?
Seems like you are high on your usual ogogoro.

technicallyrich:

you are very funny.
Niaja girls are useless.no matter the tribe.just have little money you go bleep tire.
I serve in ibadan,i fuk yoruba girls tire.
When i was an undergraduate,majority of my girls were igbos.

Ride on bro

Kennyswagz1:
them violent like mad

Yes if u want to start controlling there way of life

technicallyrich:
Plese remember that ijaws are the richest blask tribe on earth and the strongest and bravest in nigeria.
And our closet brothers,the igbos are the most talented and most creative black people on earth.
Go to aba and see creativity and talent for yourself.
Jehovah bless ss and se.
God bless biafrans
some facts about the Great ijaws.
- ijaws are the 4th largest ethnic group in nigeria,
- ijaws dont speak one laguage.some speak ijaw,while so many speak igbos owing to the fact that most of our ancestors married igbo women.very few ijaws speak yoruba and uhrobo.
- ijaws are the real owners of lagos and ondo state in the west.
-it is an abomination for an ijaw man to suck a woman pusy or walk under were a woman spread her pant.
- ijaws have bn traced to even taraba and abia state.
- peopele erroneosly think Ijaws are only in bayelsa state.ijaws in rivers state are opobo,abual,odual,okrika,kalabiri,bonny etc.
-

Ijaws are the biggest Nigerian ethnic group and are indigenous of Anambra, Abuja, Lagos, Kano, China, India, USA....

Typical land grabbing Ijaw...

kabukabu:
someone please kill this thread and put it out of its misery, , or better yet drown it.

It will not drown, remember it's an ijaw thread.

[b]The first step is to throw the baby into the river, if it floats in the water it is interpreted to be an Ijaw and thus will be able to swim with proper training.""


I am an ijaw boy and i grew up in the riverine area, i learned how to swim at a very tender age because my father taught me but the above statement is not true.

Kennyswagz1:
lol.. apart from crude oil, nothing about them.. no contribution in sports, entertainment, agriculture, etc.. upon all the oil, their state is a big shithole

Is the country not a shithole ? Tell me where you are from and i will tell you how bleeped you are.

Kennyswagz1:
which music?

They have melodious and interesting music

King Robert Ebizimo, General Mother, Rex Lawson

I WONDER WHY THEY CAN'T PRODUCE AND OLYMPIC SWIMMER, EVEN A SWIMMER THAT CAN COMPETE WITH SOUTH AFRICAN SWIMMERS

Kennyswagz1:
lol.. apart from crude oil, nothing about them.. no contribution in sports, entertainment, agriculture, etc.. upon all the oil, their state is a big shithole

Please go and cure your ignorance. Samson Siasia, Finidi George, Timi Dakolo, Timaya, Igali(wrestling champion), John Pepper Clark etc are from your tribe abi?

[b]The first step is to throw the baby into the river, if it floats in the water it is interpreted to be an Ijaw and thus will be able to swim with proper training.[b]

This is a myth..

DisGuy:

You woke a sleeping giant

gaskydudu:
Perfect candidates to train for the Olympics swimming?

Were you reading my mind bro?

An educative thread that people could just have read and moved has now turned into a tribal war zone. Hmmmm... This contraption was a British mistake...jizzzz

This thread was started in 2011 at the height of the Ijaws' drunkeness on power. They quickly forgot that Jonathan's presidency then was a national mandate.

After his victory at the polls, they, along with their confederates, started ostracizing others and the presidency was subsumed as Ijaw/Igbo mandate.

Narratives like this by the OP were promoted all over the media to isolate themselves from fellow Niger-Deltans and eventually other well-meaning Nigerians.

It was thus easy for Jonathan to lose at the 2015 polls.

Students of Nigerian Political history should learn.

pcicero:
This thread was started in 2011 at the height of the Ijaws' drunkeness on power. They quickly forgot that Jonathan's presidency then was a national mandate.

After his victory at the polls, they, along with their confederates, started ostracizing others and the presidency was subsumed as Ijaw/Igbo mandate.

Narratives like this by the OP were promoted all over the media to isolate themselves from fellow Niger-Deltans and eventually other well-meaning Nigerians.

It was thus easy for Jonathan to lose at the 2015 polls.

Students of Nigerian Political history should learn.

There is nothing even slightly political about the OP.

A culture piece detailing the customs and origins of Ijaw people cant be construed as a marker of arrogance, just because they had the presidency at the time it was written

The person did not mention any other tribe in her writing neither did she indicate any notion of superiority over them.

So they shouldnt write anything about themselves again just so as not to offend you

midnighter:


There is nothing even slightly political about the OP.

A fluff piece detailing the customs and origins of Ijaw people cant be construed as a marker of arrogance, just because they had the presidency

The person did not mention any other tribe in her writing neither did she indicate any notion of superiority over them.

So they shouldnt write anything about themselves again just so as not to offend you

I am sure you didn't see this:

everything about the Ijaws is interrelated with water. “[b]Unlike in the north where they dance like antelopes, w[/b]e dance like fishes. Our dance steps are like the movements of the fish and the wagging of their tails in the waters, The Ijaw masquerades usually wear heads of the fishes. All our festivals have their origins from water. Our ways of life are influenced by our environment which is surrounded by water.”

marjo:
when i saw this thread i actually opened it thinking i would get to know more about ijaw people only to see a very watery treatise.
the thread is not worth its salt.

Yea. Nothing new.

henryskywalker2003:


So, in essence, you guys are like the Southern Water Tribe and the northerners are like Earth Kingdom. Hmmmm, Apart from being a good swimmer can you do water bending too? Cos I'm the Avatar and am in need of a water bending teacher.

hahahahha.... You Sabi the way....after dat one na to go to Edo for more Air bending skills...

pcicero:
I am sure you didn't see this:

everything about the Ijaws is interrelated with water. “[b]Unlike in the north where they dance like antelopes, w[/b]e dance like fishes. Our dance steps are like the movements of the fish and the wagging of their tails in the waters, The Ijaw masquerades usually wear heads of the fishes. All our festivals have their origins from water. Our ways of life are influenced by our environment which is surrounded by water.”

Yes, I saw it. Care to expand on why you selected it?

Does it offend you

The person was just comparing the difference between dance styles in different regions and their likeness to wildlife found within them. I actually found the description helpful in explaining why Bayelsa/Rivers have that particular way of dancing

The "antelope" comparison probably alluded to the way northerners canter and jump while dancing. It is a neutral statement and, considering the tone of the rest of the piece, was probably not deliberately written to offend.

Even if the person was trying to yab other tribes, that was peculiar to them and not necessarily political

So any time a Katsina person writes any cultural article, we should all be offended just because Buhari is finishing us or what

pcicero:
This thread was started in 2011 at the height of the Ijaws' drunkeness on power. They quickly forgot that Jonathan's presidency then was a national mandate.

After his victory at the polls, they, along with their confederates, started ostracizing others and the presidency was subsumed as Ijaw/Igbo mandate.

Narratives like this by the OP were promoted all over the media to isolate themselves from fellow Niger-Deltans and eventually other well-meaning Nigerians.

It was thus easy for Jonathan to lose at the 2015 polls.

Students of Nigerian Political history should learn.

You are a very sensible and intelligent person.

The problem Jonathan had wasn't the Niger Delta, it was the Igbos who turned him against the other ND ethnicities and Nigerians in general. Remember how they named Goodluck Azikiwe and called the Northerners born to rule?

The Urhobos, Itsekiris, Annangs, Efiks, etc got their fair share of insults from idiots who were making enemies for Jonathan.

KosiGee:


How come Ijaws have not been winning gold medals even in All African games.

You wrote that it’s part of your custom to ‘throw’ the baby inside the river!!!...and if it floats, it shows that the baby would be a good swimmer. What happens when the baby fail to float or drown?
If you guys practice that, I think there should be a massive campaign to protest such cruelty and abuse to children.

If ijaws have failed to develop better lung capacity or even gills[color=#990000][/color] to adapt to your marine environment and triumph in international swimming competitions, then your post isn’t worth it.
Kenyans and Ethiopians are natural born long distance runners, Cubans have a tradition of boxing, Chinese practice karate and they have all made names for themselves in those areas...how can you be praising Ijaw man and his bond with water even before he could blink but nothing has come out of. I doubt if the Ijaws are better swimmers than Urhobo, kalabari and other riverline tribes.

guy wetin dey do you? Anyway, competitive swimming and natural swimming are two different kettles of fish btw.