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Ohaozara:
No, Aja Nwachukwu is from Ohaozara in Ebonyi State; the father to the former minister of education- Igwe Aja Nwachukwu.

Ok, noted

nnamdijonathan:
Wait ooo, so Hausas are more competitive than the Igbos because they dominate Cattle business? Chai, this part of your post needs to be deleted ASAP.

Oga no need of your two sharped edge knife attitude here. This comment is medicine after death, we've already known your true person. So Bleep off. I dont know what most of you stand to gain with this marsking attitude. Be proud of who you are, Igbo is not too special.

Ttipsy:
on which road?? I laugh

There are many roads.

Bede2u:
that coup was everything....it changed everything.

There where 5 provinces in the east...onitsha, owerri, ogoja, rivers and calabar. Their capital where also the cities the provinces where named after...except rivers which had ph as capital.

If the provinces where given increased revenue according to derivation, we would have had 6 highly developed cities in the east...that would have reduced agitation as most ppl will leave the villages and move to the cities and stopped playing clannish politics.

By now most peeps from niger delta would have been speaking fluent igbo...and reasoning like igbo ppl.

The capital of Owerri was Umuahia. Is like Abakiliki was the one of Ogoja.

Bede2u:
that coup was everything....it changed everything.

There where 5 provinces in the east...onitsha, owerri, ogoja, rivers and calabar. Their capital where also the cities the provinces where named after...except rivers which had ph as capital.

If the provinces where given increased revenue according to derivation, we would have had 6 highly developed cities in the east...that would have reduced agitation as most ppl will leave the villages and move to the cities and stopped playing clannish politics.

By now most peeps from niger delta would have been speaking fluent igbo...and reasoning like igbo ppl.

The capital of Owerri was Umuahia.

Bede2u:
nzeogwu was an idiot whose memory should be cursed. Idiot thought nigeria was a small country he could control...he didnt appreciate the strenght of the north. Today, the east could have at least been wat lagos is to nigeria today..the richest zone...where the money is.

Enugu and ph could have been like abuja and lagos. The east had it all...but it wasnt enough...nzogwu and his goons wanted more...they got death instead. Curse their memory. Am sad now

Nzogwu wasn't the initiator of the coup and had no intention of becoming the leader of Nigeria. The real plotters are from the southwest and they had the intention of killing all the then leaders including Zik and Ironsi, freeing Awolowo from jail and making him the prime minister. Nzogwu bought the idea as he was a fan of Awolowo and thought that what he was doing was right. Not knowing that it could be devastating.

aniomafirstson:
We also have umuigbo (delta) Akwukwu-igbo (delta)

Ok noted bro.

pazienza:
What braggadoccio do you speak of? I simply debunked his many allegations against Ndi Anambra.

Okpara was Zik henchman. Whatever peace he enjoyed in East,or leverage at the centre that ensured the East stayed on top of its game, it was Zik who afforded him that.
Okpara was a solid leader, but Zik was the overall leader who marshalled out aims and objectives of the NCNC party, go figure. Okpara was a member of Zikism movement. Let that sink in.

I didn't subtly project any thing. Zik was the Igbo leader in the era in discuss. He was the one with the plans. Without Zik, there wouldn't be an indigenous ran Eastern region for Okpara to even lead,to begin with.

No need of this comparison.

pazienza:
Umunnaa, Nowenuse aburo onye Igbo, obu onye mba middle belt. Ya bu nwoke ahughi Ndiigbo na anya, otutu mgbe ka muna na ya gbagoro mgba na ihi akpom asi onwelu ebe ndi Igbo nor.

Ebea kwesili ibu ebe soso Ndiigbo na agbako. Anyi achoghi onye na abughi onye Igbo ebe.

Biko, ndi n'ime anyi na akpasa ya bu Nwoke nkata, gbaa mbo hu na ha kwusili ya.
Anyi achoghi uche ndi/onye mba ozo na abughi Igbo, ebea.


Igbo bu Igbo, ekene mu unu, kelekwa ihe na ejere unu Ozi.

Udo dikwara gi

odogwu125:
Those that went to babylon and came back were the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi that is, the southern kindom. The Kingdom was divided under Rehoboam son of Solomon

Ok

InyinyaAgbaOku:
Igbo as a unit is a recent thing, same as Yoruba, to an extent.
However, even though, many features are common to the whole group, each tribe in Igboland has distinct customs and stories of origins . That of Eri is used for academic purposes for unification , however, that Eri must never be confused with the biblical Eri, which is even pronounced differently.
That's my point.

Hmmmmm. some people are talking poo here. How recent is Igbo that Equano of 15th century and the Portugese that made the 1st contact in 12th century acknowledged the name, Heebo, Ebo, Ibo and Igbo. Igbo as name is as old as Egypt. Igbo is not recent as you claimed and we have some ancient clans that bear name such as Igbo-ukwu (Anambra), Ama-igbo (Imo), Igbouzo (Delta), Igbo-etiti (Enugu), Obigbo, Umuigbo (Rivers), Igbo-emena (Cross-river) and Igbo-eze (Enugu).

Afam4eva:
I've noticed that we Igbos don't think big. We're always myopic in our thinking, that's why someone can say that Obosi and Orji are not in Onitsha and Owerri respectively when cities outgrow their current limit and become bigger with time. As far as i'm concerned Owerri stretches as far as Ogbaku in Mbaitoli Loca government. Let's think big and stop making our cities look like little hamlets.

Correct. If Obosi and Orji are not parts of Onitsha and Owerri respectively, it means that the two towns has not gotten up to a city size and should not be accorded a city status.

pazienza:
Enugu people still call it Mmanwu, likewise Orumba parts of Anambra, and Umunneochi parts of Abia.

Mmanwu should be the most widespread spiritual institution in Igboland.

No, Ekpo is not Mmanwu

odogwu125:
2Kings 17: 5 - 6 The king of Assyria (Shalmaneser) invaded the entire land, marched against samaria and laid siege to it for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea (king of northern Kingdom of Israel) the king of Assyria capture Samaria and deported the Isrealites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Goazan on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.


According to world history, Samaria fell to the Assyrians in 722 BC. That was when 9 tribes in Israel were lost remaining Judah, Benjamin and Levi. Some people from the tribe of Gad probably wandered down here during this scattering period. Possibly those who fled from the Assyrians during the siege ie those living in the open villages and not inside the walled cities that were undet siege. This is my own hypothesis

They later came back after the fall of Babylon and rebuilt Jeruselem.

pazienza:
Are you sure about the Ndokis? Because I know they are not that old. Their history is known.

I think in antiquity, the Isus should be the oldest in Igboland.

They exist in Enugu, Anambra, Abia, Imo, Ebonyi, Anioma.
I don't know of any Isu town in Igboid Rivers.

Many Isu people don't even know that they are Isu.

I think something must have happened to the Isu civilization in the past, causing them to scatter and lose their identity.
Perhaps the entrance of new groups into their area, who overwhelmed them in battle.

I'm very sure bro

odogwu125:
This is also my school of though. Some jews probably settled here among us, not that we are ALL Jews

Yes, i concur

pazienza:
I understand Abagworo point very well.
Join Onu Ika facebook page, and spend just a week there, and you wouldn't feel any different. It's torture, the rate of direct and indirect negative words directed towards Ndiigbo there. I have been there for long now. I can't take the torture, I have made up my mind on the people and thinking of leaving there soon for the sake of my sanity.

Are you sure most of them are original Ika indigenes just as we have so many impostors here claiming Igbos to cause dissatisfaction and disunity among us.

pazienza:
Abagana( Anambra) Abatete (Anambra) Abakeleke (Ebonyi) Aba-Ngwa(Abia) Aba Omege(Ebonyi) Abacha(Anambra)

Another school of thought

pazienza:
They have Egbelu in Obigbo Rivers state. It's an Ndoki town.

Yes bro

pazienza:
The little I know about Ekpo is that is prevalent in Imo and Abia parts of Igboland, and is some how related to Cross riverian culture, just like Ekpe.

Can someone clear me on this?

Mmanwu is totally different from Ekpo which originated from Ejagham, Cross river. Ekpo has a wooden caved marsk (i.e face) like the one shown by Mr. Kenneth and it's predominant in Abia, Ebonyi and Enugu while Mmanwu mostly predominant in Orlu axis of Imo and some of part Anambra is designed abroad, very colourful without marsk and it's faceless and eyeless. Their voices sound like whistle. In the middle part of their front they have something like rug that runs from the head to the toe. some contain mirrors all over their bodies. They might be short or very tall. The short ones are known as AKAKPO while the tall ones are called OPI-OGOLO.

pazienza:
We don't do Ekpo in Idemili area. We don't even call it Mmanwu, we call it "Mmuo", ie "spirit".

You are right. Mmanwu is more pronounced among the Orlus/Arondizuogu of Imo state and some part of Anambra. Though these areas still have Ekpo known as Ebuebu and Okonkon.

Chef2000:
So there is a difference between Mnanwu and Ekpo? didn't know untill now.

Lol, you better know it now

Chef2000:
Anyone who believes he is from Israel should do so on his behalf and that of his family but generalizing it by saying that all Igbos migrated from Israel is foolishness

Not all Igbos but we have some Jews living among us. This is a fact and dont dispute it. Isus and Ndokis are the oldest Igbos. And they were later joined by the Nris, Aros and the Orsus who might possibly be the Jews.

BankeSmalls:
We the Agbor indigenous community are Igbos. My grandfather lived with the British at Agbor oki, we speak Igbo and observe all Igbo traditions. You have no rights whatsoever to reject us.

You didn't create us.

Chai, nwannem emechila okwu. Ada daalu o.

horsepower101:
We are not mixed with anything. DNA evidence has already disproven that. Please guys lets squash this myth once and all.

Something that was collected only in Nnewi town. Oga leave this one na i jighi okwu ebe a.

deadkamalu:
accepting the jewish tag is nauseating and disheartening at the same time as it reeks inferiority complex. the igbos are a pure negro stock. its pure bs saying we are jews.

But bro some Jews are not white na, just like Indians. We are surrounded by typical negros but some of us are very fair like the white.

horsepower101:
It really is a big insult to our ancestors. Just because there was some similarities doesn't mean that we are the same with the Jews. It time we stop pushing this Jewish stories which are simply false.

Just because a tortoise is similar to a turtle doesn't mean a tortoise is the same as a turtle.

All Igbos are not Jews, but some Jews missed their way and are living among us that's why there are some similarities. Maybe the Eris/Nris, Aros and the Orsus.

Afam4eva:
Is Orji not in Owerri?

I wonder what my friends are doing here. Orji is part of the greater Owerri metropolis just as Obosi is part of the greater Onitsha metropolis. Can someone mention Aba metropolis without the inclusion of Eziukwu, Ogbor-hill and Osisioma.

Abagworo:
I strongly condemn and reject the addition of Agbor to Igboland. Ika has nothing to offer other than contaminating Igbos with their identity crisis.

I totally disagree with you on this, mr. Abagworo.

Abagworo:
Egbelu is also popular in Southern axis.

Ok. But i think it only exist in few communities in Ngwa/Asa area of Abia state, Ngor-okpala and Ohaji/Egbema axis of Imo state and Rivers state.

nnamdijonathan:
We also have Ute - Enugu community and Orji community in Ika north east.

Good one

ckenneths:
Mmanwu watching in Nnobi, Anambra state

Oga, this one is not mmanwu, this is Ekpo. Check the difference between the two.