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dayokanu:
^^ Yes you were, I am Yoruba

You are a non tribalistic Yoruba man. With your likes, there is hope in one Nigeria.
Do not change later.

asha 80:
Again it is left for them to yank off that mindset.They are majority now so they have no excuse whatsoever.

You are right. In the same vein, you will not feel happy when your relatives in Port Harcourt can not read and write Igbo while their counterparts in Lagos can even write it in WASC exams.

asha 80:
Proudly Ikwerre

Go to discussion section.

it is left for the etche,egbema,obigbo abi na oyigbo and others to do something about it.

They are not doing enough, the influence of the then Ijaw controlled Rivers state is still on them.

She is mourning the loss of her husband.

In Rivers state where Half of the population are Igbo speaking, yet Igbo language is not used in their local news. Yet languages such as Ogoni spoken by about 300,000 etc are being considered. What sort of hatred or injustice is that?.
Even in their schools, Igbo language is not considered yet my cousins in Lagos study Igbo in schools.

@Onlytruth: Biko, calm down Nwannem. I and Chinenye has gone through that pathway in the past, but we both agreed that his views does not reflect the views of the entire Ngwa people.
@Asha: It is disrespectful to say that his post was nonsensical.
Our deliberation on the extent of AlaIgbo has been too long. At this juncture, me thinks we should look into the injustice done to Igbo people and Igbo language in Rivers state. For example, why is Igbo language not thought in schools in Rivers state especially Igbo speaking areas?.
Why is there no Igbo language news on NTA Port Harcourt?

Ndigbo in the U.K celebrates Iriji or Iwaji with the same zeal as Igbo people else where. Come this October, the Igbo Youths U.K will be celebrating her annual Iri Ji festival. Arrangements are in top gear.
I am in search of a hall that can accommodate between 850-1000 people.
Some of our features this year are: Igbo traditional dances-Egwu Nwanyi Asaba and Adanta.
3 different types of masquerade dance.
Some of the expected guest are: President general Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Uk chapter, President General Izu Anioma U.K chapter, President Gen Etche Development Union, President Gen Ebonyi state Union, president gen Ibusa Town Union. More invitations are being sent out by now.
The deputy Nigerian High commissioner is also expected, the Igbo members of house of Parliament, and mayors.
Royal fathers expected are the Eze of Umuoma, in Ihitte Uboma L.G.A of Imo state and the Obi of Ubulu Ukwu, Delta state.

ROSSIKE:
Andre, well, I certainly find the theory interesting. I'd like to get a copy of the prof's book(s) to gain a proper insight into her research. I was under the impression that humanity was birthed in East Africa as opposed to the west. Certain DNA studies suggest that West Africa was the last region of the continent to be inhabited, rather than the first, and that its present day inhabitants are descended from migrants from the east and north east/Nile Valley regions of the continent.

Well done Rossike. This is what is expected in a thread. You agree or disagree. Some unintelligent people will come here, make noises and quit without making any reasonable contribution. I would have been able to reconcile the two opposing views since but you know,

ROSSIKE:
The responses on this thread go a mighty long way to proving that many Nigerians are dumbed down, ill-educated, ill-mannered, ignorant, and burdened by a deep inferiority complex.

Andrew and co, please don't bother yourselves discussing Pro Acholonu's thesis here. You're wasting your time. I'm certain there are other websites with more enlightened people where you can discuss the professor's findings.

You have not discussed any thing yet. Or have you not got any thing to offer?.

[quote author=komando. link=topic=500126.msg6663190#msg6663190 date=1283126820]I have said I will not tonguelash any Igbo here where we are attacked by Bkbabe and the likes of them, but bro you are beginning to sound like bkbabe, sjeezy and the rest. I am trying hard not to scold you about your camoufaged anti- igbo posting. Don't make me talk to you as if you were an igbo hater. Igbos are one, Ngwaa included. In an earlier post I conceded to you that Ngwaa may well be the biggest Igbo kingdom. Wether you like it or not Ngwaa is in SouthEast and so is Igbo.chikena![/quote]Well said.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=505310.msg6663144#msg6663144 date=1283125447]Siddon there dey lament.your senior brother ojukwu has promised ibb all ibo votes and there is nothing 6-cd can do about it.deal with it or ojukwu will dis-ibo you[/quote]What sort of man are you. Everything about you is hatred of Ndigbo. You sleep and wake up, it is Igbo bashing.
You were banned recently because of Igbo bashing, yet you have not learnt your lessons.
Any where you see Igbo thread, the next thing is for you to wear your Tribalism armoury and attack it.
On daily basis, you keep on bashing Igbo people, even when they have not replied to you.
Even, when you were called, Neptunz, nothing changed, it was the same old story-Igbo hatred.
Is it their making that they are richer than you.
Is it their making that they are finer than you.
Is it their making that they brainer than you.
Why not let Ndigbo be?.

Travelista:
The local Igbo organization used to hold an Iri-ji Festival but they've since stopped. I always wondered why.

Which one, and where?.

Agadi nwanyi na akwado ka osi eri une, une na akwado ka osi asa adadi nwanyi afo.

IBO GIRL:
This sounds funny but i had a broda in charismatic say babawum babawum n anoda one is mmanua awu,agwu ne chemba,odogwu na agha.wen i rememba som odas i wud post it.

Am sure you meant--Agu na eche mba. The great guardian of a people or city.

In Igbo communities, the solemn role of eating the first yam is performed by the oldest man in the community or the Eze., as the case may be. The belief is that their position bestows on them the privilege of being intermediaries between their communities and the God of the land.

MONDAY is public holiday in The U.K. Must the deadline be on monday?. Aishat2, please reply.

The first son does not inherit all the properties in Igboland. Not heard of that.

philip0906:
Load of crap. . .like 'em other religions don't have proofs 2 A book written by who?when?What source?Even d yorubas will claim dat they have proofs.U quoted some B.C stuff and I was like Load of crap More like d big bang whatever

I think a lot of chaps on this thread has got nothing to offer. I will sit back temporarily hoping that Katsumoto and Eziagu will come in.

philip0906:
In your little mind. . .so u were told.yet u ask how d Bible came in2 being even when we have d proof.Show us d proof of what u said?where it is documented

In this case you are the one who has a little mind. Evidence of archaelogical excavations by Thurstan Shaw are housed in a museum at Igbo Ukwu, Anambra state. I advice you to just read through and nod your head as you have got nothing to offer in this field. Some reference work will help your little mind e.g,
Shaw, Thurstan (1964) Archaelogy and Nigeria. Ibadan.
Shaw Thurstan. (1970) Igbo-Ukwu: An account of Archaelogical discoveries in Eastern Nigeria. London.
I will give you more to read after your have read the two books and a visit to Igbo-Ukwu.

@Bluetooth: You must have learnt that Ndigbo have been in their present abode before all those groups were established. The finds at Igbo-Ukwu are an indication of the concentration of considerable social wealth in terms of the economy of the time. The bronzes are the products of a special craftsman class. The three elephant tusks in the burial chamber must obviously have been objects of value, as well as having symbolic significance. The finds are probably to be associated with the institution of the Eze Nri, the priest king of the Umuleri clan of the Igbo.

Chukwu gara na ala nmuo jiri ugo lota: The God that went into hell and came out victorious.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=505012.msg6658360#msg6658360 date=1283035727]can't you just narrow this your long grammar to a one sentence for easier comprehension.[/quote]Stop pretending, you have really digested what I wrote.
Further evidence: Some of the wood from the stool in the burial chamber (Igbo-Ukwu) yielded a radiocarbon date of A.D.850+ -120.

It is an indication that the the archaelogical excavations at Igbo-Ukwu predates the establishment of those societies that some Ngerian groups claim to ha ve come from.
Also, on the edge of the forest area in South-eastern Nigeria, at Afikpo, a stratified deposit excavated from a rock-shelter contained pottery, ground stone axes and a stone industry. A series of radiocarbon dates gives the occupation as beginning about 3000B.C. and lasting three thousand years.
[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=505012.msg6658276#msg6658276 date=1283034722]I still do not understand all these !!!!!![/quote]

Not far away from the initial site (Igbo-Ukwu), a burial chamber was discovered whose floor was three and and half metres below the present surface of the ground. In it some important personage had been buried, propped up on copper-studded stool in one corner of the wooden-lined chamber, its arms supported on a copper brackets; it had been dressed in coronation finery, with a copper crown, a bead-covered headdress, a copper pectoral plate on its chest, fourteen anklets, four wristlets and a pair of bead-inlaid copper armlets, and in one hand fly-switch with a beautiful cast handle portraying a horse and its rider; there was a long handled fan with feathers mounted in a copper holder, and three elephant tusks. After the burial chamber had been roofed in with planks, the bodies of at least five individuals were placed on top of it-perhaps slaves despatched to accompany their lord in the next world.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=505012.msg6658101#msg6658101 date=1283032755]And you also believe the version where she said ibo pre-dates Adam and Adam can be linked to ibo ? This is why i never did like charles darwin in the first instance.[/quote]Then give me the dates Adam and Eve were born.

In Igbo-Ukwu, bronzes were found, and it was possible to see that they had been laid out in a rectangular area. There was evidence that some of the vessels had been wrapped in cloth. In addition to bronzes there were a number of complete pots decorated in a highly ornamented style characterised by deep chaneelling and the use of projected bosses. There was a large number of beads, mostly of coloured glass, but some of carnelian; many were still lying in rows in the ground as originally strung, although the strings on which they had been threaded had perished.
The nature of the bronzes was strongly suggestive of sacred vessels used for some ceremonial or ritual purpose and ornaments and regalia for some important person or persons connected with this.

What Prof Acholonu has presented here is debatable but a striking evidence so far comes from Igbo-Ukwu in Anambra state, some 40 km. south east of Onitsha. Here an accidental discovery unearthed a number of bronze objects which remained somewhat mysterious until excavations were conducted at the find-spot, and at two adjacent sites which were also discovered. The discoveries dates earlier than the formation of Midle east nations.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=505012.msg6657939#msg6657939 date=1283030333]nice post atleast now i know that ibo were existing before Adam.did i made that assumption ? No,Acholonu did.[/quote]Discoveries in Iwo Eleru in Ondo state seems to be a little after 3000 B.C. This is just an attempt by Nigerian groups not to look up to middle east as places of ancestry.

helium44:
I startd this thread to get relevant opinions on the subject matter but its a shame some dudes writing here are so obsessed with mikel's wealthy being.are you that poor to allow his status quo cloud your judgement?its alot easier to be all sentimental cos hes a naija but to allow his opulence state control your thought is a shame.And im sure you grew up amongst one-legged folks for you to imagine every other person is such handicappd.ole! u think say the bigboy fit see this thread sign u cheque.

Shut up your stinking mouth. Must you start a silly thread about Mikel for you to be noticed. Monkey, Why not comment on the Mikel thread going on already.Jobless freak.

Nkume nke ebigi ebi--Rock of ages.

You guys should let Mikel be. Why not think about your infection ravaged bodies than worrying about Mikel.

Onye ana akpo oku ozaa--One who answers when called upon.