What of igbo's and hausa's

Amd igbo's and fulani's

That one is no go area. Wetin concern Igbo and Aboki?
Let everyone preserve their own culture.
Igbos will marry ourselves and y'all marry yourselves.

chukzyblingz:
You don't know anything about the people you're talking about. Don't talk about something that's much more bigger than you.

That's the most useless answer I've gotten on any question. The reason why I was asking was because I don't know.

AjaanaOka:


Plenty of people from the Nsukka area bear Obeta as a last name though. By the logic of the bolded statement, they are also not Igbo.

True, I grew up in Enugu state too. Nsukka has a tiny influx of the middle belt which isn't Igbo. I honestly don't understand Obete as a name with an Igbo meaning, but correct me if I'm wrong. And I mean even if it is, that Ishilove girl is free as air to NOT be Igbo, I really don't give a Bleep about what she thinks. She's being a nuissance here and I'm only trying to learn about the relationship between all Igbos in different states. If she isn't of Igbo decent as she claims, she should back the F down and mind her business. I am asking the Igbo decents who for some reason doesn't want to associate with their roots.

Ishilove:

Okay

Philomena Obeta

That's my real name

Philomena Obeta, when I posted this thread, I made it clear that there are other tribes living in Delta state. I am NOT saying that everyone in Delta state is Igbo. Thank you for posting your name. You are clearly NOT Igbo or an Igbo descendant. To be Igbo, you have to have at least an Igbo last name which you Don't have. So stop causing problems between real Igbos from your state and other States by posting your hatred here. I believe you are very happy now, since you verified and have proven that you are not Igbo, you can now go back to your benin ancestry that is truly where you belong. I wanted to hear responses from Igbos in Delta state.

Ugomba:
what is wrong with South east Igbos sometimes?
The OP is not an Igbo and the aim of this thread is to cause disunity, arguing and insults.
The transgendered posted this crap question in Politics, Romance and Culture section.. She has an aim and you guys are falling for it.
When you see this kind of thread, use a mockery irony of words to derail it or IGNORE IT TOTALLY.

In my defense, I am very much Igbo dalu rinne. Ihe mere m ji were juo ajuju agbo abuo but n'ihi na m amaghi na m ga enweta otutu osisa banyere ya. Amaghikwa m na ajubuola ya bu ajuju mbu, ya mere m jiri jukwa ya ozo. And as I said previously, I am interested in this topic because despite Igbo-inclined I am, I found love in the eyes of an Igbo man from Delta state and I'm trying to research on his origin before discovering all these desxcrepancies. I am far away from dividing Igbos and it is not my aim at all. We have an issue here that some of our brothers don't want to associate with us, and we can't solve it by shying away from it. It's better tackled openly but not forcefully. In thhe end, we can't force anyone to be Igbo but at least we would know how deep this has eaten.

cyril10:
I am Igbo man from Delta, Oshimili North to be precise. What is Oshimili in Ibo is not river, so I wonder why some of my people deny they are Ibos when they have names like Oliseh, Chukwudi, Emeka.

My surname is Igbo, my children have Ibo names, so I am proudly Igbo, even though some Igbos doesn't see us as part of them.

In fact I love you!! you are igbo, you don't need anyone's approval to be who you are. Any Igbo person telling you that you are not part of them, are the ones that are not Igbos. Take kiss abeg!! no take peck before your wife go start to dey think another thing

Know2020:


Yoruba man...SMH

I'm an Igbo girl.... My boyfriend is from Delta State and has an Igbo last name which is why I started researching on this topic to know where he is from. I love him more than anything and with my whole heart and he sees himself as Igbo. I was just wondering why - from my research - some of the Igbos there don't know their left from their right. So, no Yoruba person here

IkpuMmadu:


But they insist that they are Igbo ..ask ugomba

Why do you enjoy it when brothers are in enmity and I know you are a Yoruba

Exactly my thought!!! II know the poster is Yoruba, they are the only ones rejoicing when relatives are in enemity.

Nomswag:
proundly an ukwuani boy.......i cant imagine my self being called an igbo man.

What is Ukwuani? Tribe? Local government? Town? Dear, I'm not forcing you to claim being Igbo. Not everyone from Delta state is Igbo. So feel free to attach yourself to any tribe you care more about. My question is clearly directed to IGBOS from Delta state who think that we Igbos from other states hate them and we don't.

Lezzlie:


Firstly, there is nothing as Delta Igbo officially. That being said, it's only few percentage of Western Igbos that deny their Igbo roots.

I usually put the blame on the poor reorientation after the civil war. Remember the Asaba massacre? ( genocide?) The federal troops couldn't cross over to the East after the Onitsha bridge was blown off.

The federal troops stationed and garrisoned in Asaba for the massacre. That was the beginning of the denial.

It was not only limited to Delta state. In Rivers state, the fear of loosing properties and estates made alot of Igbos there deny their roots to hold onto their investments in real estate and more.

But I think the east lost an opportunity in regaining a strong foothold into the south south when Anioma state was proposed with Onitsha as the headquarters. They kicked out the idea. That would have merged the east and Western Igbo into one and spread their tentacles into the Niger-delta.

And.....Eastern Igbos often have the annoying condescending manner of saying your diluted or fake Igbo when most Western Igbo dialect is more intelligible than some parts of Ebonyi state and Enugu State.

My opinion

Lol @the last sentence. I sincerely learned a lot from your response. This is the kind of response I was waiting for not some of those people asking me why I'm forcing Delta-Igbos to accept who they already are - Igbos. Thanks again dearie

Highbhee:
This Is bkus Igbo Excluded Dem out of their politics....
also,Bekus Eastern hasnt Really lost deir bearings....relating with ijaw,neglecting their Brothers nd sister outside of Deir region.... Treat dem as outcast

I honestly don't know of a single Igbo person who treats a delta-Igbo as an outcast. Even yesterday a Delta-Igbo friend of mine corrected a yoruba guy who called him Igbo, saying he's from Delta state.And Ii hope you know that the chairman of Ohaneze ndi is Delta Igbo, so I don't see how they are treated as outcast if one of them bears the title of one of the largest Igbo organizations.

Rocktation:
I think the real question should be why d'you want them to be Igbos, if they insist they are not?

That question would be relevant if they were Yoruba or Hausa and I'm forcing them to be Igbos. But they are already Igbos, but for some reason think that other Igbos doesn't like them or they don't like being Igbo...

Thunderlicious:
because they don't want to have bad names.

Igbos don't have bad names. A bad name is an individual/personal thing. And not wanting to have bad names will not erase the fact that the Igbos in Delta are still Igbos.

ofonike:
We were made to believe that we r not igbo. Though we bear igbo names.

But dear, there is absolutely no way you can ave an Igbo name if you aren't of Igbo descent. Your name is your ancestry. You are Igbos from delta state. And you are NOT in anyway less Igbo than the Igbos from Enugu, Anambra, Imo or Abia states

IkpuMmadu:
We don't have Delta Igbo what we have is igbos that are native of Delta state just like we Igbo that are native of IMO state and we have Igbo that are native of rivers state

Thank You!!!

Hello my beautiful people, I was just wondering about this. My boyfriend is from Delta state and speaks Igbo and also has an Igbo last name. But my question is, why is it that some Delta-Igbos try to say that they are not Igbos? Why do they hate being associated with their Igbo ancestry? Don't tell me that Igbos don't like Delta-Igbos because that shouldn't be an issue, once you are Igbo, you are Igbo and have every right to claim your Igboness lol... And by the way, I don't know any Igbos that hate Delta Igbos, it's always Delta-igbos trying to make it clear that they are not Igbo Just like Mr. Sunday Olise. I understand that there are other tribes in Delta State that are not Igbo but since Nigerian cultural system is a patriarchy, there is virtually no way that you can get an Igbo surname unless your forefathers were Igbos and since Delta state has always been in the South Eastern part of Nigeria, it is very possible that the Igbos were settled there even before the so-claimed migration from the Benin-empire? I love Delta Igbos but I don't know why they dissociate themselves from their tribe. Some of them say their Igbo language is different but what they are actually referring to is their dialect, if a man from Awka in Anambra state speaks his native awka dialect a man from Eziagu in Enugu state may not understand it but they are both Igbos. I don't fully understand all of my boyfriend's dialect when he speaks in his Agbor dialect but I can piece the words together and make out the sentence... It's Igbo based. I don't have this issue with my boyfriend though, I was just researching on his origin and culture of his people and came across many delta-igbos claiming they are not Igbo. If your surname is Igbo but you don't think you're Igbo enough Why is that?

Hello my beautiful people, I was just wondering about this. My boyfriend is from Delta state and speaks Igbo well as well as has an Igbo last name. But my question is, why is it that some Delta-Igbos try to say that they are not Igbos? Why do they hate being associated with their ancestry? Don't tell me that Igbos don't like Delta-Igbos because that shouldn't be an issue, once you are Igbo, you are Igbo and have every right to claim your Igboness lol... And by the way, I don't know any Igbos that hate Delta Igbos, it's always Delta-igbos trying to make it clear that they are not Igbo Just like Mr. Sunday Olise. I understand that there are other tribes in Delta State that are not Igbo but since Nigerian cultural system is a patriarchy, there is virtually no way that you can get an Igbo name unless your forefathers were Igbos and since Delta state has always been in the South Eastern part of Nigeria, it is very possible that the Igbos were settled there even before the so-claimed migration from the Benin-empire? I love Delta Igbos but I don't know why they dissociate themselves from their tribe. Some of them say their Igbo language is different but what they are actually referring to is their dialect, if a man from Awka in Anambra state speaks his native awka dialect a man from Eziagu in Enugu state may not understand it. I don't fully understand all of my boyfriend's dialect when he speaks in his Agbor dialect but I can piece the words together and make out the sentence... It's Igbo based, your surname is Igbo but you don't think you're Igbo enough Why is that?

It's really sad that a human being will do these kind of things against another, more especially to a woman who gave you her all.
For those turning this to a tribal issue, you should be ashamed of yourselves. I notice that Yorubas are always trying to pick fights with Igbos. All I'll say at this point is Tiwa, TBillz and Edible Catering... if una do una own like that, how much more a kenyan woman?
This is an insult to all Nigerians and you all are insulting yourselves join.
That being said, I don't think Nigerian men will have their way if Kenyan woman are not running after them. And saying that Nigerian men who are romantic are fake and cons, is a big lie. They are naturally romantic. If he loves you, he will be romantic, if he doesn't love you, he could still be romantic.. so don't generalize things just like that. Nigerian boys are really romantic but that is just how they are, however, if you grew up in Nigeria/around them, you'll be able to decipher the true from the fake "romanticity" (ha! see english)
And finally, something within me is telling me that a Kenyan man wrote this up to scare their women from Nigerian men, if that's the case, this is an epic fail and huge flattery, I say this because I have interacted with a few Kenyan men; once they know you are Nigerian, they get defensive and all that. They have low self esteem when they are around Nigerians.
Anyways, all you bad Nigerian boys should stop o, it's not good for your health.

If this is a regular school, I call bullshit!! This girl did her WAEC in my school and she never took any exams her mother paid for everything and her results were arranged for her so that she can get into the pageant contest. It's actually an insult to those who actually studied for this if she just bought this 2nd position whatever... I don't believe any academic achievement she make, as far as I'm concerned, it happened before my eyes... she bought that result

Lol, it's obvious that the reason she married him is because he is popular and rich. If he was an average guy with his face like that, she probably wouldn't have given him a second thought. And she is maybe in her forties, if she refused him, where will she find such an offer again? lol,... people are not stupid. She said she refused to give him her number but asked him to find it. lol, she was interested in him that's why she gave him that hope. If she wanted to brush him off, she would have just said no. Lol... nothing wrong with that but she should stop pretending that she was hard to get. Lol, she liked him because he was rich.. nothing wrong with it......

Christianity did not colonize Africa. Europeans did for business and commerce. From this logic, Islam terrorize the world and kill innocent people and are still doing it today, still the message of mohammed is peace?? People should stop justifying these terrorist acts. Slavery is called out as slavery. Terrorism is terrorism. Islam is the only religion that kills a human being in the name of their evil god and still claim that their religion is a religion of peace

itstpia8:
what is wrong with people finding love as many times as possible, lord have mercy.

its even a common saying- three times lucky, fourth time's the charm.

beautiful women and handsome men always get to have as many partners as they like.

You have no purpose or direction in life if you think it's okay for people to marry and divorce just because they are handsome or pretty. There's another human heart involved too, not just the good-looking one's. If you aren't ready to be married and put in effort to make it work. Then stay single!

Ladywest:
I am from Anambra married to a Delta ibo guy in fact we dated for 5yrs and married last year. We are so happy , in love and believe that we are meant for each other. His family are not perfect neither are mine but they are lovely.
We have had very serious challenges before and after we got married but the way we handle everything and still find ourselves back together, supporting each other strongly is a sign that God is truly involved in our union.

Where ever you are married to just pray for God to give your own husband/wife, always pray for your inlaws even if they have funny or mixed feelings about you
,be yourself do not pretend, finally accept your inlaws and treat them the way you will treat and accept your siblings.

Thanks dearie!! your response is straight to the point and encouraging at the same time. I wish you happiness in your marriage.

milychocs:


Hello nne
for completeness you should have said you are Anambra Igbo, Ebonyi Igbo, Rivers Igbo etc
Your post is a bit....somehow.....you sounded like you think Igbos from Delta are not ?authentic Igbo?

@ your how do the men behave?....
Like men? Like Igbos? Like people?
Read your post again....o di kwa somehow
And, before marriage.....a na aju ese....ooo na Nairaland ka I cholu ime nke gi? I understand if one was a foreigner from another country and wanted to know about men from this country.....or maybe Igbo and was marrying a Yoruba or Hausa and vice versa....coming here to ask questions....

But an Igbo, getting married to an Igbo? And asking a question like that, and especially the way you did? Mbanu
I get why @Rukkydelta is speechless
Chai
Cheers

I understand completely what you are saying my dear. I know about the iju ase and my parents will do that at the appointed time. I see Delta Igbos as Igbos just that I have come across some of them who blatantly state their dislike for being associated with Igbo. They try to dissociate themselves. My fiance sees himself as Igbo and has no problems in that aspect at all. But one of the other reasons I asked here is I grew up in Nigeria but I didn't travel around a lot. I understand that Delta state has so many different cultures/ethnicities blended together so I wanted to know if I can get a general glimpse of how the culture of the delta Igbos are. I don't know if they are the same or slightly different. But I do not in anyway think the Delta Igbos are less Igbos than the rest of the Igbos just that when you see them denying their Igbo heritage just like Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh of super eagles made it very clear during his speech sometime ago that he is NOT Igbo.. It just makes you wonder. Someone shares the same name with you and the name has the same meaning; they speak the same language and you understand though with with a different dialect. Just like being from Enugu state, or Anambra or Imo state. When people from these states speak their local dialects, other regular Igbos from other states will not understand and I see it the same way with Delta Igbos. They are just Igbos from another state, Delta state, and who speak Igbo language with their own dialect, just like every other Igbo state has their own dialect. If they don't want to be regarded as igbos, it makes no sense to me but I still respect that. However, I will let my children know that they are from the Igbo tribe because that's where they are from despite the fact that the division of states allotted us different geographical locations.
Anyway.... the main point for my question is just that I wanted to get a quick glimpse into their lifestyle and the info that I got here, no matter how vague, was still helpful... I was concerned that if they see Igbos differently, I might not be very welcome by his people.. not his immediate family though since they like me... I don't know when next I'll visit Nigeria so, any tip is helpful to me. Thanks Milychocs

Rukkydelta:
Speechless

Why speechless? say something!

sunnydayasaba:
Which side of d delta Igbo is he frm? Am a Delta Igbo myself, I jst want to knw if he comes frm my side..lol

He's from Agbor

tonychristopher:


Onye ikpu oma .....Igbo of delta origin or delta of Igbo origin have the same culture with mainland Igbo those from asaba axis have anambra culture while those from ukwuani axis have uguta culture



Abu m ogo na delta Igbo

Inugo?

Thanks my dear. That helps a lot. Dalu rinne

DiamonJ:
U should be happy that a delta igbo found wicked igbos as girlfrnd not to talk of marriage, d reverse should be d case, that can a hardworking, accomodating and blessed delta igbo survive being with and igbós gỉrlfnd, not to talk of having igbo's as wife or wicked inlaw's, igbo's are d wicked boyfnd or girlfrnd any other tribes can think of settling down with,u can plan with them, bcoz they will choose money over u, living u not knwing where u stand, mostly abia and imo, i HATE them with passion

Well, I don't give 2 hoots about what you like or hate. I don't like you either. It's obvious that an Igbo girl broke your heart. And no, my fiance is lucky to have me. Scrooch over if you came here to talk like an illiterate.

Has anyone lived among Delta Igbos? How is their culture? How do the men behave? My fiance is Delta Igbo and I will like to get a glimpse of how their lifestlye is before meeting his people. I am Igbo just in case anyone needs to know..

walexy30:


Are you saying Yoruba women have fat back side and Igbo women have beards.

Hello, as a man, would you go for the fat-assed or the bearded one.

He was referring to the insult yoruba women always use to refer to Igbo girls when we all know it's not true. some yoruba girls just say igbo women are bearded to console themselves. I once met a yoruba lady at a store here in the U.S she looked so masculine and had prominent jaws and was cock-eyed too. (People has always told me that I am beautiful. I'm not boasting about it because I didn't create myself the way I am, and I also happen to be Igbo) You know what this lady told me? She said I looked yoruba and that she looked Igbo! can you believe that? The funny thing is that most Igbos I have met look more like me. I bursted out laughing when she said that because it made no sense to me that she assumed Igbo girl SHOULD look less beautiful than yoruba girls to the extent of telling me she was supposed to be Igbo while I should be yoruba. in a lot of cases that I have witnessed, it has been the other way round.