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By the way, why do most of the african fathers/ originators fall from the sky are they aliens? Since after them, no other person has fallen!

abi oo!

INDEED HE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN. OTHERS MOVE FROM RAGS TO RICHES BUT HE OPTED FOR RICHES TO RAGS. AM SO PROUD OF THE MAN OJUKWU. HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST GRADUATE TO ENTER THE NIGERIAN FORCE. DADDY U MAY NOT BE HERE BUT YOU WILL FOREVER LIVE IN US.
KA CHIFUO!

@ ChinenyeN
are you saying that your people can from no where bc of all archaeological survey, Australopithecus garhi remains the oldest, in Africa. Have you noticed that apart from Nigeria there is no other place igbo is spoken. i believe that there is every likelyhood we came from thesame place though not at the same time. and the village wars we fought against each other is a factor in establishing our history bc some groups were alienated, some were force to move to another side, while smaller groups moved towards stronger ones for protection. how sure are you that the ohuhu people were not your brothers who moved during crisis but later moved back (obviously the offsprings). Do you know that there are Ohofia people in oraukwu of anambra state where they are not regarded as strangers. if the descendants move back to ohaofia, will they be considered strangers bc they cant point out their father's obi? However, our language remains that big clause that holds us together. Dr Elizabeth Isichei is a good author to read. she recounted a lot of issues as told by very old/dead forefathers. even the original igbo writting technique. Its interesting.

kudos tampico.
I like the song. However, its not different from all the love songs going around or their suggestive videos

@ ALL
Kpachara nu-anya. unu amakwa na ify bu nke opara nne m. jide nu onwe unu, aka. o-gi ni di? onye egwu flavour guoro ya je chara ndi okuelu. biko nu hapuru m ify, o. A ga-acho unu acho!

Lagos just celebrated eyo festival. What of imo awka or nmanwu festival. do they still do it?
I enjoyed imo-awka the last time i saw it

Though in so many tongues, still they are all same.

How are you
kedu ka imere / ke ki imere (anambra)
Ome agha
I di agha ( enugu)

Do you want to eat now
Ichoro eri nri kita (anambra)

What is your name
ke- kwanu aha gi (anambra)
Kedu afa gi
Gini bu afa/aha gi
O bu gunu bu aha gu (nsukka)

@ odumchi
pls can you open a thread where we who were fought for could pay tribute to a past gem, 'Ojukwu'. his life and his wealth were all about his people. He gave so much.

its not far fetched. though there is no proof. alot of igbo idoms and proverbs, have the same meaning with Hebrew ones esp. when translated directly. you might be right after all.

@bacterium
we Africans eat a lot of fermented food or organic food. REFINED FOODS ARE NOT SO WELL EATEN HERE. what u persieved was aroma not smell.

anupama!

In a very good/ cheerful mood i will go for ukwa (breadfruit) and fresh corn. celebratory mood its pounded yam and ofe ora/ofe onubu(bitter leaf soup). on a sunday its ofe akwu (banga soup) and rice with salad.

@ mbatuku
obiageriaku (obiageri) or obianaujuaku (obianauju) are of the same meaning. aku means wealth or prosperity, while eri is a verb meaning 'to eat' .You're  right, Nri is the son of eri. both are ancient igbo word that have been so distorted. however eri is the father of agurueri, nteje, agukwunri, okuzu, enugukwu, and they are also found in some part of enugu state. agukwunri (nri people) are the levities in the igbo traditional religion. they are found all over igbo land. 'Nri' as food is pronounced and used differently.

@ rich john
ibo is an anglicized version of igbo. its's the whites making things easy for themselves. the correct spelling is IGBO

ka o diri gi na nma!

Today their is no justice but then when it is believed that 'ani' can kill bcecause of a lie or for killing or involving in any kind of societal nums; that chineke or osebuluwa (olisa bu uwa) or olisabi na igwe (who had no shrine or image but greater than all the gods that lived on earth with their shirnes) gives direct justice. Justice was given. In the era of old,  justice is given not just because of  oneness, fear for the most high (chineke),  love and pride in who they were but they had conscience and were truthful to each other. Much more truthful than what we have in churches today. Their only sin was the use of shrines as means of enforcement and it worked for them. today it is a symbol of wickedness than justice.

nwa nze na ele-oku, o si na ya na-aha nmanu
nwata na ata akara na ata ego ya,
onye ogazi elu, o si na ibe ya na agho ara
okwu nri ego, o daa mmiri

o ga adiri igbo nma!