₦airaland Forum

Success is the best revenge

I didn't have all these but I survived by the grace of God,However they are to make life comfortable.

That's why I sacrificed everything and passed through all odds to acquire the degree. Thank God I'm now a graduate.

My Dad abused me concerning an experien.ce which occurred in the year 2007 when I made mistake in my 300 level in 2015 until my sisters stopped it in the year 2018.The full detail is displayed as screenshot.

Ebi n pa shoemaker, O lo ji dodo je, Pakute mu lese, O nkigbe baba re, O nkigbe mama re.

A time will come when the Yoruba technology will be above that of the Igbo's. I had the dream some years ago.

It happened in 2001 during convention which I would go to where I would collect money without taking my brother along because of his stubborn behaviour and my parents could not change my mind because I was not living with them then.
I was living with our relative who died in 2005.

Our turn will soon come and we'll produce quality higher than that of the Igbo

A time will come that"Yoruba made"goods will appear in the market and they'll surpass all the "Igbo made" goods.

Nokia was the king in those days,Itel is a despised phone, Improvement made them what they are today thus the statement "success is the best revenge" came to pass on them.

2009:Nokia 7250 2019:Android Itel

PrickGetSize:
I heard they can communicate and pass information with these drums, I don't know if it's true.

Yes, it's true

Drums are important in Yoruba land,the talking drum was used in Radio Nigeria Ibadan(in the 1950s)to usher in the beginning of new dawn.It was beaten then to say "This is Nigerian Broadcasting Service God bless Yoruba

Here's mine

2,6,8and 10

I used to believe and think then that rain falls when God opens the windows of heaven and atop s when He closes them. That was before I read Bible
I also believe that Jesus is a person we can see face to face
I also believe that animals talk and act like human being in the old days.
And I also believe that London is in heaven
I was also told that if we read our books we would go to white man's country where there is happiness and enjoyment and have access to dollars which can buy land as large as three towns.
Anyways I was told the last one because I don't have interest in schooling my interest then is to sit at home and listen to folk stories, folk songs and listen to radio.
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I modified this into song in 1996

Now I'm a graduate

Justcash:
I have heard alot of people calling "Igbos", "Ibos" or "Ebohs" with an excuse that it was used that way by the colonial masters and that it is easier to pronounce that way. This is widely used in the political section of Nairaland to taunt and insult Igbos. Is it so difficult to add the "G" in front of the "B"?

The most appalling is that Yoruba Nigerians can comfortably pronounce "Igbo" without stress. In Yoruba language, there are words with the "GB" stress. For example, "Gbori e" or "Agbero". Won't it be weird to hear a Yoruba man pronouncing those words, "Bori e" and "Abero"?

Now the question is, why do they keep using "Ibo"? Is it to show disrespect, or for convenience? Unlike Y-O-R-U-B-A that is six letters and H_A_U_S_A that is five letters, I-G-B-O is four letters, so who should feel more inconvenience in using names here?

Well, if it is about English pronunciation, I will say "Ibo" is totally understandable. However, "Yoruba" or "Yorba" should also be understandable.
According to "The Free dictionary online", Yoruba[b](yō`roobä)[/b], people of SW Nigeria and Benin, numbering about 20 million. Today many of the large cities in Nigeria (including Lagos, Ibadan, and Abeokuta) are in Yorubaland.
In Igboland, we call "Hausa" "Awusa". But still we make efforts to pronounce and spell it correctly, as a sign of respect, which is never reciprocated by the Hausas.

Most people use "Ibo" when they can comfortably pronounce "Igbo". In the real sense of it, it annoys Igbo people to see people call them that way. Most especially, "Yoruba" folks who can comfortably pronounce "Igbo". Hausa peeps may be exempted because their intonation may make it difficult, but still they can put it correctly in writing.

I have made up my mind to respond every post that is with "Ibo" in it with "Yorooba" or "Awusa" as the case may be. I will do this from now on. My reason is that it is used to score scornful political points on Nairaland against Igbos, than for convenience. It also shows that the people that use it needs to learn how to write it properly. As they say, sometimes a person needs to descend very low to correct common mistakes from people that lack knowledge. It will also be a good response for insolent Nairalanders from other ethnic groups.
I hope other Igbos will join me in doing this, until people learn how to pronounce and write "Igbo" properly.

Chinua Achebe wrote it as IBO in Things Fall Apart in 1958.

So many of them in Abeokuta

My complexion and my behaviour

That state is where I am currently doing my NYSC.

AdeniyiA:
If you played this say "aye" ...

Aye

ModiKen:
Chai! You are definitely not in the indomie generation.
Your detail with dat bird whistle brought back some memories.

That bird whistle i bought them too

Ryda:
No Lies i did almost everything on d list bt dah number 2...it disgusting especialy whn ur friends borrow ur pen

I did everything in my childhood days.

lemolemo:
NOEC and. ALAWIYE

I remember,this book contain stories like ijapa and agbigbo,inaki n kigbe Alao n salo,isinku ode ninu igbo etc

Pascalberry:
Kai. .those days wen we qo buy g00dy g00dy dey do pass ourself. . . We qo brinq computa qame cum school, nah #10 to play 1-game. . Hehehe! Childh00d nd school days nii

I played the game but not with money

domino74:
yes! I remember lolipop

Yes i remember

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1. Goody goody, mehn this thing sweet die, if you ate this during your childhood you'll understand.

I ate them too and i enjoyed it