₦airaland Forum

Probz:
That one be oyinbo pepe sef. Does that look peeled white or red to you?

I'm with bigfrancis. He's given an example of an isolated village deep in the Igbo hinterland using oyeebo to refer to the light-skinned among them well before the arrival of contact between other ethnic groups, such as the Yoruba. And it's not unreasonable to suggest that oyibo as it's known today originated from the funny way whites pronounced "onye Igbo" when requesting the highly sought-for Igbo slaves. That's no more bizarre a phenomenon than blacks using the same word white slave masters used to call us (nigger-nigga). And that's spread way beyond akata in the states.

Open your eyes that's a Nigerian burn victim - the 'peeled' part of the skin looks like the skin of a white person. I can post similar pics of a very dark skinned burnt victim. Where is the 'academic' (as championed by the daft fellow) proof of the bolded(in your post)?. If you provide the 'academic' proof then I will concede the point. Until then Oyinbo is an authentic Yoruba word that precedes the Igbo usage.

OlaoChi:
I don't know why you are taking this as a fight no academic evidence in a language of a people who didn't have written literature as a big part of their culture?. in anthropology of africa who looks at written evidence over tradition and language? as if the Igala and igbo relationship started after this "written evidence". for a word description not to be broken down into parts that explain why the word is even used doesn't tell well
don't act ignorant please

That guy is very daft - ignore until he is 'man' enough to accept his ridiculous error. He just strings words together without making any sense. Even my 10 year old nephew knows better.

bigfrancis21:
It does because you asked for a probable Igbo meaning of the word which he just toldd you. 'peeled skin' doesn't even sound plausible because even if the skin is peeled it turns red immediately due to blood accumulation and flow.

don't be daft - many burn victims show pale ('peeled') skin even after the burn is healed - that will explain what the guy was saying.

bigfrancis21:
It doesn't matter if the word may have a 'broken down' or 'literal' meaning sort of. Some words are just sufficient on their own without having to ascribe meanings to it syllable to syllable. What matters is the earliest usage of the word and academic evidence exists that show Igbo using 'oyibo' since as early as the 1700s. No academic evidence can be said for Yoruba.

LOL at 'academic' evidence. Where is the 'academic' evidence for the entire Yoruba (Hausa/Igbo) language? Where is the 'academic' evidence that proves that egusi is not a Yoruba word? We are talking about people's culture passed on from generation to generation over thousands of years and this one is talking about something written in some white man's language. Some of you on Nairaland are dumber than doorknobs. You make me laugh

Baba N la himself

Igbos have ruined Nigeria's reputation all over the world. Now they want to form their own country - bastards.

Great guy - for keeping his cool and doing the needful

baby mamas and their dramas everywhere...

OkoroHausa for President

OP what is the cut-off for your course? If you scored below the cut-off - why are you expecting admission?

Nature has one over-riding central theme: REPRODUCTION. Pregnancy is one of the manifestations of the reproductive drive. Nature considers the passing on of genes as the most vital process of life. Many have wondered why living things die. The primary reason is that nature does not give a fvck (pardon my French) about longevity. If it did, we would all live forever.

This high rate of decamping from one party to the other is an indication of the fact that Nigeria has a very weak political structure. When you really think about it - what is the ideological difference between APC and PDP? The reality is there is none. In fact its worse. None of these two political parties seems to have any well formed ideology whatsoever. The ONLY thing they fight over is power. And its easy for a member of either party to cross over if he/she believes that he/she would weld more power as a result. Quite shameful and childish however you look at it.

ZERO talent but his brother is rich

Typical Igbo mentality - attach by fire or by force. Ojukwu tried it he was humiliated. Nnamdi Cow nu tried it he is now in Kuje Prison. Igbos never never learn - they think like cattle.

Iamvictor:
Her body her problems

No o! This her problem is our problem

This food is not for small boys o. Abeg make u na leave for we - the babas 4 d gals (Ali babas 4 d gals)

KingEbukasBlog:
The disbelief in God is irrational . For the umpteenth time , there are atheists who believe in reincarnation (Buddhists and non Buddhists , Wicca ) , in Confucianism , adherents who are atheists believe in spirits and venerate them with the belief that these ancestral spirits control for fortune . In Unitarian Universalism , the adherents who are atheists seek spiritual growth . There are atheists who believe in evil spirits , witches , wizards and have superstitious beliefs .

You are absolutely wrong. Not believing in God is the natural state of humans. Accepting reincarnation is not a pre-requisite for atheism. The ONLY condition is not accepting the God-nonsense. Anybody can label themselves anything. There are people who don't believe in the divinity of Christ but still call themselves Christians.

KingEbukasBlog:
Only 10.5 percent of Nobel prize laureates are atheists , agnostics and freethinkers . The rest (89.5 percent ) are religious . Christians have the highest amount of Nobel Laureates at 65.4 percent .

That might be BUT over 93% of the members of the National Academy of Sciences are either atheists or agnostics. Also you seem to confuse believing in a general God concept (aka Einstein and Thomas Jefferson) with the personal God-nonsense found in the Bible, Koran etc.
http://www.catholic.com/blog/trent-horn/does-it-matter-that-many-scientists-are-atheists

KingEbukasBlog:
Deism reject religious beliefs and base evidence on God intellectually .

If you are confident of this 'intellectual' evidence why don't you present it?

KingEbukasBlog:
There are Christians who see the bible as a compilation of allegories .
And in that particular story , God is simply showing that he has dominion over nature .

Irrelevant since this strain of Christian ideology does NOT prove God's existence.

Rubbish - you mean the most beautiful WHITE women. Rihanna is finer than ALL of them.

OLD STORY

KingEbukasBlog:
There are atheists in Religion , and there are Believers that are irreligious

Irrelevant. An atheist (either one who engages in religious ritual or one who doesn't) does not believe in God. A theist (either he goes to church everyday or never) believes in God. Its not the ritual its the believe in God that is irrational.

KingEbukasBlog:
The Greatest minds in the world have been theists and deists

While men like Isaac Newton believed in God there is no debate that the vast majority of the top scientists/researchers/Physics Nobel Prize are either agnostic or atheists.

KingEbukasBlog:
Atheism is based on blind faith.

It is believe in God that is based on blind faith. I am yet to meet an atheist that believes that a donkey spoke in human tongue. But millions of Christians across the world believe this absurdity.

KingEbukasBlog:
Studies have revealed atheism has deleterious effects on the brain.

You mean bible studies? Of course they would say that since atheism is a threat to the God nonsense.

KingEbukasBlog:
I think AkinPhysicist and Akintom are the same person .

You are wrong. Again. You seem to have a penchant for unsubstantiated claims.

akintom:
I acknowledge your submission.

This is the fact that theists, especially on NL find VERY difficult to accept.

Religious folks don't have stand points, when it comes to the subject matter of reason and empiricism.

Indeed. Unfortunately for them, their refusal to accept reality does not change reality one bit.

Religion is not based on reason but faith. If it were then all religious people will be atheists instead. It takes a certain degree of suspension of reason to believe for example in a talking donkey. Even a greater degree of suspension of logic to believe that 2 loaves of bread and 5 fish can be multiplied by prayer to feed thousands of people. To accept religious claims you have to mentally disregard the immutable laws of nature. This is why MOST of the world's great thinkers and scientists shun religion and embrace agnoticism or atheism.

Vick4rill:
see as ebuka just use ur brain dey suck garri for here. smh

For a moment I thought you were gonna add something substantial to the debate

KingEbukasBlog:
You are not getting the gist . Atheism simply means the belief there is no God . That means you can believe in spirits , reincarnation , superstition etc as an atheist .

And you are not comprehending my post. Read again - I said as much.

KingEbukasBlog:
Appeal to ignorance fallacy
Stating that a proposition is true because of lack of contrary evidence
Nature serves as evidence for God , rejecting this evidence does not invalidate it .

Quite simple. The lack of empirical evidence for God's existence is compelling enough. Wrong. Nature serves as evidence of evolution.

KingEbukasBlog:
A child does not have the ability to hold opinions or beliefs . And since atheism is a belief , a child cannot be an atheist . Atheism requires conscious explicit rejection of the existence of god .

No child is born believing in God. Hence non-belief is the natural state of humans. Its quite simple. No need to complicate the issue.