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scholes0:


Your language is not Bantoid, the Tiv language is. And Bantu is just a language grouping, which Igbo does not fall into.
When did Igbos become Bantoid?

This what he replied me when I asked

Not with the full bantus but with the semi-bantus people of ancient Biafra.
You can hardly differentiate an Igbo from a Gabonese.

So are we semi IYO?

wirinet:
Please read this peace from Dr. Ozodi Osuji, It burst your claim of Biafra kingdom being recognized by 1849 (some say since 5000 BC).

Here are extracts;

The reading culture is lost in Nigeria, so many scholars have written about it because unfortunately Imolites especially Arochukwus were shameless slave traders. Also the artifacts found during the Bronze age proves how far it went back.

The Oxford History of the British Empire: The eighteenth century, Volume 2
https://books.google.com/books?id=bZ1alLmG_bkC&pg=PA452&lpg=PA452&dq=history+of+bight+of+biafra&source=bl&ots=Q9mFdTM7Kj&sig=dV-t-1szC1k69fQ7ByFVZWSvqoY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBjgKahUKEwj3z6y5-vTIAhXDcD4KHfXiBZQ#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20bight%20of%20biafra&f=false

http://history.rutgers.edu/faculty-directory/149-brown-carolyn

A final area of long standing interest is the slave trade in southeastern Nigeria, a very small area but which was the major source area of slaves in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The project ,'Memories of Sorrow and Loss, - [b]the Slave Trade and Southeastern Nigeria’, involves interviewing people in southeastern Nigeria on the memory of the slave trade. We found that the memory is very strong and gives interesting new perspectives on the African side of the slave trade. It is sponsored by Rutgers, the Harriet Tubman Resource Center for Diaspora Studies [http://www.yorkuca/nhp/] at York University, Canada , the African Research Center, Enugu and the Schomburg Center of [/b]NYPL. In 2011 one volume was published from the project and was co-edited by Paul Lovejoy and Carolyn Brown, Repercussions of the Atlantic Slave Trade: The Interior of the Bight of Biafra and the African Diaspora. Other publications are to follow.

gigabyte13:
So why disturbing baba go-slow about it? What are you guys still waiting for? Una no get T.fare ni?


Face reality, you guys are just afraid of the unknown simple.

Maybe if we disturb him enough he will let my people go. Moses had to send a plague and until his first born was slaughtered he did not release the Israelis. Join in telling them to let us go so we will not disturb you people again, end of story!

These PoliThieves are laughing at us

NOBLEDANDY:


Now you are coming outta your shell...
Since you were thoughting can you from your thought now tell me when I said it has an Igbo meaning or else...

Except the usual phrase everyone use which is freedom a. K.a. come and join.

Abi, you should also tell me the meaning of England in English language.

Don't be so defensive you guys are going no where with this rude toutish way you communicate. The educated and highly sucessessful people can not relate to the way you people are agiatating. Your guys suck at publicity , what I hear on Radio Biafra is a big turn off. Nobody will listen to those that have not built their own compounds in Igboland. The pictures you guys show of Nnamdi and his wife wearing Muslim garments is ludicris. Pictures of hungry and tattered guys with out dated guns is shameful. You guys need help promting your cause.

kel4soft:


Stop trying too hard to justify failures of your leaders. So the policies driven by Fashola and others to drive IGR in their respective states? Like I said, let me see what you have been able to achieve in your region first.

You asked four questions of Do you? Be truthful to yourself, these challenges have been there when you were screaming #GEJTill2019, yet serious states governments were doing their best to break even. Like Senator Sani Shenu said, Biafra is a fall back to GEJ's 2015 defeat which you lots are yet to recover. Even the SS have moved on.

Fashola with all that IGR nobody could feature a thread of his accomplishments in 8 years, on top of that the debt profile is unbelievable. He is a bad example.

KRILMIJAY:


Oga, Biafra na Biafra whether Na Bight or Republic.

we dey hear

jidxin:
chai dz.is d dumbest post ve eva seen..... biafra doesnt derive its name from igbo ...or u.mean to.say.Gabon is also a.biafran..... biafra has notin to.do with.igbo den

Someone ask nothing wronging clarification. Each one teach one only an un asked question is stupid.

kel4soft:


Stop trying too hard to justify failures of your leaders. So the policies driven by Fashola and others to drive IGR in their respective states? Like I said, let me see what you have been able to achieve in your region first.

You asked four questions of Do you? Be truthful to yourself, these challenges have been there when you were screaming #GEJTill2019, yet serious states governments were doing their best to break even. Like Senator Sani Shenu said, Biafra is a fall back to GEJ's 2015 defeat which you lots are yet to recover. Even the SS have moved on.

That's not true GEJs defeat has nothing to do with Biafra. Check did I create this moniker after the defeat. Biafra was an idology, an under ground movement that we started in Nnewi to re-industrialize Igboland, to become a manufacturing hub. Some did vegetable or palm oil, cars, fish farming, car parts, commercial farming etc; we helped each other secure loans at low interest or no interest from those that could afford millions for the cause. Hence my name Biafranqueen because it has always been my dream to build up Anaedo aka Nnewi. I spoke about it to no end in 2011. We pressured Peter Obi and we secured grants from GEJ on a federal level. We are job creators and innovators, we were moving in shadows no noise, only one got besides himself running for Governor, blowing his money,making noise. These new ones are not strategizing and in fact talk of war can destroy what we have accomplished in the pass 6 years. Are losing GEJ was business not emotions.

NOBLEDANDY:


Biafra is a word like Gambia...
Both are nations...
What else do you want to know.

Really but I thought you were saying it has an Igbo meaning?

kel4soft:


Because of the Oyel right?

We are so over the oil thing. We will manage with what we have in Imo and Anambra. The waters in other parts are so polluted we don't want to waste time, resorces and energy cleaning up that mess.

Ilaje44:

Weimar Germany was never made up of Germany, Russia and Poland. Germany was Germany, while Weimar Germany was bigger than the Germany of today, it never contained the two other countries. Germany though lost a relatively big chunk of its territories to both countries after WW2. The territories lost to Poland include Pomerania, Silesia, part of East and West Prussia, while they lost part of East Prussia to the USSR (today's Russia).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar_Republic

Today part of
Germany
Poland
Russia
Belgium
Netherlands
The capital was Berlin and the language was German, soo....

carnegiefan:
I think I'll open a thread on these issues I'm talking about here.

Biko tag me.

carnegiefan:


The name really doesn't matter. What matters is that it is NOT Aligbo because there is not much to be proud of about being Igbo today.
Our people are viciously SELFISH, SELF-CENTERED, GREEDY, and mindlessly craven.
You see them working very hard to destroy their brothers out of jealousy and st.eewpid wickedness.
Your success as a person elicites very bad reaction from your own relatives, acquaintances and friends as if you caused their failures (or whatever is their problem).
I'm not proud of being Igbo; but I'm very proud being BIAFRAN.
Even Nnamdi Kanu noticed the same issues and made the same conclusion.

Nna man come on not all are that bad. Every ethnic group and race has its bad people that are "SELFISH, SELF-CENTERED, GREEDY"
We have to talk about this, are you assuming that when bad Igbo's change to Biafran they will automatically turn to angels like Buharis Ministers? .
I also disagree with you why should we take on a name given to us by the oppressors?

Obiagu1:


Yes, Biafrans are not regarded as bantus but semi-bantus.

Can you give us more insight into the word Biafra, its meanings and origin ?

Obiagu1:


Not with the full bantus but with the semi-bantus people of ancient Biafra.
You can hardly differentiate an Igbo from a Gabonese.

That is true.
did you know also that
I was reading about how in 1967, Haiti became the only country outside of Africa to recognize the independent Igbo Republic of Biafra in secession from Nigeria The vote of confidence in favor of Biafra on the part of this tiny Caribbean nation was due to the Haitian’s memory of their own “ Igbo “ revolutionary past. The numerous and successful slave revolts in Haiti are clearly documented as “Igbo” uprisings. They found the strongest presence of the ancestral deity Legba (Eshu) among the Haitians. I thought that was really interesting.

Strahovski:


Stop deceiving yourself. There is no biafra. Look at yourself, posting biafra on on a NIGERIAN forum? Spending NIGERIAN NAIRA, using a NIGERIAN DRIVERS LICENSE AND PASSPORT. When asked your country or nationality you say NIGERIA.

Why?

YOUR BIAFRA IS NOT RECOGNISED AS AS A NATION. GET THAT INTO YOUR HEAD. YOU CAN WHINE AND POST AS MUCH AS YOU WANT ONLINE AND MAKE NOISE IN YOUR HOUSE.

THIS IS THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA! You want biafra. ..go to the government house and start the war.. if you have the balls.

Last time I checked your ojukwu wh started the trash ran away in exile with many so called biafra children suffering and starving.

You guys failed... and will fail again. There is no biafra there would never be.

And if there will be. It's gonna be war and u gonna die.

Even though it is not recognized now does not mean that we can not use peaceful means to actualize it.
Are you familiar with Weimar Germany which was composed of Germany, Poland and Russia?
I know it is normal for emotions to overflow when countries breakup but you should look at the bright side. You will now get a bigger share of the "South-South oil revenue" so cheer up

Obiagu1:
The original Biafra would have been better for the Igbo than with the Hausa and Yoruba, people we have no interactions, connections, culture nor relationship with. The British really messed up.
I think Nigeria is the greatest injustice to Africa by the Europeans!

If a country comprising current Biafra, Cameroon (minus the Hausas), Equitorial Guinea and Gabon was created instead, it would have been awesome. We are all bantoid.

Humm would you care to expand?
Not sure that we have much in common with Southern Somalians or other Africans in Angola or Congo.

Kyase:

Are you minding the male queen?

Who is a male your mother right?
Keep showing us you had upbringing in the gutters of the slum.....

EasternLion Emmalexabl NOBLEDANDY Abagworo come and tell us about the word Biafra biko!

Ioannes:
please can one ipob member on this forum tell us what Biafra means in Igbo language

I have read in some places
BIA =Igbo language meaning come and they will say something of Fra meaning all or something like that good question.
This is what I found:

Meaning of the word "Biafra" and location of Biafra

Little is known about the literal meaning of the word Biafra. It is not part of the Igbo language. It is unclear whether the origin of the word Biafra has any relationship to "Bia", the Igbo word for "Come". The word Biafra most likely derives from the subgroup Biafar or Biafada[30] of the Tenda ethnic group who reside primarily in Guinea-Bissau.[31] Manuel Álvares (1526–1583), a Portuguese Jesuit Educator, in his work "Ethiopia Minor and a geographical account of the Province of Sierra Leone", writes about the "Biafar heathen" in chapter 13 of the same book.[32] The word Biafar thus appears to have been a common word in the Portuguese language back in the 16th century.
Historical maps of Biafra

Early modern maps of Africa from the 15th–19th centuries, drawn by European cartographers from accounts written by explorers and travellers, reveal some interesting information about Biafra:

1. The original word used by the European travellers was not Biafra but Biafara,[33][34] Biafar[35] and sometimes also Biafares.[36]
2. The exact original region of Biafra is not restricted to Eastern Nigeria alone. According to the maps, the European travelers used the word Biafara to describe the entire region east of River Niger going down to the Mount Cameroon region, thus including Cameroon and a large area around Gabon. The word Biafara also appears on maps from the 18th century in the area around Gambia.[37]

Hemah:
PLEASE IGBOS DO NOT EVER USE THE WORD #BIAFRA, IT IS A VILLAGE IN PORTUGAL – OZODIOBI OSUJI

There is no need for Igbo people to call themselves by a Portuguese name, Biafra. I feel insulted been referred to by a Portuguese name, Biafra.

“Biafra took name from “Bight of Biafra” as labeled by colonial conquerors

“On 30 June 1849, Britain established a colonial protectorate over the Bight of Biafra, under the authority of the BritishConsuls of the Bight of Benin

“Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria that existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970, taking its name from the Bight of Biafra (the Atlantic bay to its south).[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biafra“[/b]

So, let us stop hearing that nonsense called Biafra. Please refer to us as Alaigbo. Forget Ijaws, Efiks and other groups that were in the so-called Biafra. No ethnic group should dominate others. Igbos should strive for their independence and allow other groups to do the same and give up the delusion that they need to call themselves Biafra so as to have Ijaw, Efik and others in it. Those groups do not want to be ruled by Igbos and this Igbos does not want to dominate other ethnic groups.

Nigeria_North_And_South-Igbo

I want independence for my people. There must be a Republic of Alaigbo with capital at Owerri. This is not a negotiable proposition, it is a done deal; if you do not like it you are free to go jump into the Atlantic Ocean and drown yourself and I could care less.

Africans self-rule does not mean that we should allow ourselves to be ruled by half Arabs called Fulanis. Half Arabs used to rule all of Sudan and abused real Africans in South Sudan and currently do so to real Africans in Darfur province of Sudan.

Internal colonialism whereby one so-called African group dominates others should not be tolerated just as white rule of Africans should not be tolerated.

I will not tolerate Buhari and his Arabized Fulani rule of Alaigbo. The subject is not open for debate.

I agree with you on everything else except what you wrote below, how can you alone say this is not negotiable?

I want independence for my people. There must be a Republic of Alaigbo with capital at Owerri. This is not a negotiable proposition

As for the rest of your right up it is historically correct.

lisimmo:
bight of biafra ( eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and northern Gabon. ) was recognised, not biafra as a country.

It was not just a country my Dear it was an entire Kingdom ran mostly by Arochukwu people from modern day Abia State. By the mid-nineteenth century the Aro world included 150 diaspora settlements across the Biafra hinterland.

ELTON123:
That's my country u are talking about

Yesoo!

princdebola201:


That's not the criteria ,instead of arguing blindly a google search would have save u from ur Level of ignorance..

The only first class king in south east is Obi of onitsha which is benin stooge

Don't mention me again .

look who's talking you must be a kid he is in every list google has get a life.

The Bight of Biafra is a region identified by Europeans (and subsequent historians) to describe the part of the western African coast between the Niger River and Cape Lopez. This region encompasses the coasts of several modern African nations, including eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and northern Gabon.

Biafra is not something that started in the 1960s. The English deliberately embarked on a campaign to erase the rich culture of Biafra, an Empire that was lucrative and flourishing before the Cacusoids even left their shores.

http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria.htm




Chronology
30 Jun 1849                Bight of Biafra British protectorate.
 1 Feb 1852                Bight of Benin British protectorate.
 6 Aug 1861                Bights of Biafra and Benin a united protectorate.
 6 Aug 1861                Lagos and adjacent area annexed by Britain.      
 5 Jun 1885                Niger Districts Protectorate (of United African Co)
13 Jan 1886                Lagos a separate colony.
10 Jul 1886                Niger River Delta Protectorate (of Royal Niger Co.)
1891                       Oil Rivers Protectorate
13 May 1893                Niger Coast Protectorate
 1 Jan 1900                British Nigerian colonies.
 1 Jan 1900                Protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria.
28 Feb 1906                Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
 1 Jan 1914                Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
 1 Oct 1954                Federation of Nigeria (autonomous).
 1 Oct 1960                Independence from U.K. (Federation
                             of Nigeria).
 1 Oct 1963                Federal Republic of Nigeria
24 May 1966                Republic of Nigeria
 1 Sep 1966                Federal Republic of Nigeria
30 May 1967 - 12 Jan 1970  Secession of Biafra (not recognized).
 

 

princdebola201:


He is not recognised my by Federal govt the only first class king in south east is Obi of onitsha but onitsha is a benin empire stoage

You are a liar even during civil war they did not dare him. He is the only proven monarch in Igboland and is the most regarded in that your Federal Government
stop spreading misinformation. He has been the monarch since 1963 as far back as 1800s his grandfathers were recorded and even featured in British newspapers in early 1900s.

anonimi:
Very true.
The mask of pretense is peeling off and we are able to see the true face of CORRUPT Sai Bubu and the 40 thieves.
Only confirmed zombies will remain dumbfounded.

They will never read that and comprehend, zombies indeed......

mazeltov:
Pdp have no moral justification to speak or stand against against the confirmation of Amaechi. were they blind when obanikoro was nominated?
Mr Akpabio, a corrupt majority leader who is currently facing charges with Efcc has no moral justification to even open his mouth. Joshua Dariye was also arrested for money laundering, removed from office as governor for six months and a state of emergency was declared in his state. I don't need to introduce Theodore Orji, who squandered about 474billion with his family now talking about corruption.
Also Stella Oduah, who bought two BMW for about 240million naira, was removed as later removed a as minister shouldn't say anything. Eyinnaya Abaribe was Impeached as deputy governor for corruption. We all know Buruji Kashamu, he suppose to be cooling off in jail right now. If not because Nigeria doesn't have a viable legal institution, these thieves suppose to be chilling inside prison right now,

Fashola spent that on one bullet proof Hummer, what of borehole, website. What of the trillions that Lagos and Rivers received but nothing o show in 8 years, but your talking about change is putting corrupt leaders as ministers in 2015 ? You people have no shame is it?

APC zombies will say no proof of corruption for Amaechi, yet their leaders never convicted, pick up or even show proof of the past administrations gross misconduct.
Yet 1/3 of a monorail that trillions were spent on is sitting like a pink elephant in middle of room, and they still shout no proof.
Billions spent on schools that are models but no child dey enter em.
Millions spent on bus terminals now used by criminals to hang about.
Like one poster mention 95% of Nigerians lack discernment, intelligence and wisdom.

Where are the name checkers now
Anambra never carry last!
Anaedo4life...