₦airaland Forum

redsun:
Poisoning food cold be another boko haram strategy in a porous system like nigeria

More than six people would have died now.

pat077:
No space 4 we d Aniomas.

Could you please tell us what Anioma is? What language do they speak? If you said Ika it would be understandable.

Ericology:
Travel to any part of Nigeria during any riot between igbos and any other group, u will definitely fing out wat u really are and not wat gowon made u, lol

Chilekay!

At least, no mutilated babies.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/board-1.0.html

I'm pretty sure central Igbo is taught in these towns like the rest of Anioma.

ChinenyeN:
What are the ritual?

What Ifyalways was saying about "ikpu aru" such as suicide which is against the earth goddess.

The earth goddess taboos and rituals are from Nri. She was controlled along with the yam spirit at Nri and the highest consultation of her comes from Nri. Other Igbo communities may have deities that do not come from Nri as they were consulted later.

Yes, in parts of Abia State.

Ekpe thing is recent when compared to Nri timespan. It's introduction could almost be put around the time of the arrival or Europeans, in some places the arrival of British. The okpogho thing refers to a certain kind of currency. The dependence of Ajala, Ajani in Abia state shows Nri influence.

There were courtyards, but it was more common to have individual houses and the courtyard itself may have the man's house in the middle.

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=607161.msg8840544#msg8840544 date=1312304952]^^i think we all know a typical house/hut wouldnt look like the second photo, unless there was some religious meaining attached [a shrine or something].[/quote]Many shrines were part of the house, and some houses were decorated with all sorts of things including china plates.

That's a compound with long buildings which would have taken a much longer time for the museum to build.

This was the kind of simple building they built (under construction):

[center][img]http://mccoy.lib.siu.edu/jmccall/jones/igbo/misc5.JPG[/img][/center]

Example of a smaller house or room.

[center][img]http://mccoy.lib.siu.edu/jmccall/jones/igbo/misc9.JPG[/img][/center]

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=607161.msg8833387#msg8833387 date=1312212385]the actual museum is called Frontier Culture Museum and here's the website:

http://frontiermuseum.org/index.html

however, some of the info isnt too accurate because i wonder why they'd mention banjo playing, okro and black eyed peas as african contributions to america, yet ignore the rice cultivating skills brought by these same africans.[/quote]Maybe because rice was cultivated in the deeper south, I think Georgia, hence the Senegalese were taken there, and all the Igbo who wound up there were sold to Virginia.

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=607161.msg8833530#msg8833530 date=1312213888]also, arent traditional african huts round instead of straight? [/quote]I thought most of Southern Nigeria built their houses like modern bungalows only out of mud? Igbo houses were always rectangular.

Mutilated babies?

River Niger, Niger. Wow what a mystery.

The village was built for the representation of the African slaves who who were forced over to colonial America. Before the village, the Frontier Cultural Museum only had traditional architecture from European countries that were a source of immigrants for Colonial America. An Igbo village was chosen to be built after it was found that they were the biggest African ethnic group shipped to Colonial Virginia (where the museum is located). The village was built with help from Igbo communities who provided the plan for the architecture and also the artefacts brought from Nigeria.

Man of the buildings there have a lot of space around them, maybe there will be a farm.

ifyalways:
okra is not an Igbo word.Igbo's call it Okro or okwuru.

It derives from these words.

I found out that there's an Igbo word in English. Okra.

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=724837.msg8828526#msg8828526 date=1312149098]are you referring to the british, french and spaniards, because like i told you before, most yorubas do not know ANYTHING about oyotunji.

na wa for paranoia.

oyotunji itself is probably a white creation, so why on earth are you busting a pantaloon over the place.

you're not even making sense, because how does one village constitute a colony.[/quote]I'm not the one who posted here out of paranoia, I'm not the one who brought up Oyotunji, I'm not the one explaining Oyotunji. I'm just saying that the Oyotunji folks should leave a thread that they're derailing with their Oyotunji-related business and create another thread for themselves. Where is the problem now?

odumchi:
I've been wondering does the Igbo translation of animal have any english influence? Both words are very similar.

Animal= animani/ani/anu

I think animal in Igbo may have just been ánú, but to conform to the English model that separates meat from animals it was changed to anumanu.

exotik:
sorry i have another point make. ofigbo the igbo bushman also had to post his shyte with a new id.

can't u see how idiiotic and cowardly the igbo man is? he had to wear a mask and come with a "new identity" just to engage fellow igbos his "brethrens" in a discussion to make his bushy and cowardly igbo clan seem more superior to other igbos. dummy

All hail the Great and dominating powerful Benin, all hail Ikimi the progenitor of the Igbo kingdom, all hail the great emperor, Oba Iweka Eweka.

Okay, bye.

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[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=724837.msg8828221#msg8828221 date=1312146091]very few yorubas actually know or have heard of oyotunji.

so, its not a competition for crying out loud.


oyotunji is an AA thing, so no need to start having hurt feelings because of it.

the people are americans so what exactly is the problem.

i didnt hear of all this brouhaha during the roots era.

and africa is a big place- there's still more "connecting" to do with all kinds of tribes there.

the tuaregs sef havent started claiming their own yet.[/quote]Is it me that brought up Oyotunji? Did I agree or disagree that there was a competition? If anyone feels their colony in the United States is great enough to show their domination over others, let them go and make a thread now, or is that also a problem?

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=724837.msg8828405#msg8828405 date=1312147901]I would like to see pictures.
what museum is this part of?[/quote]I'll bump the thread back up, check out the culture section soon.

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=724837.msg8827728#msg8827728 date=1312139842]Eze, did you call my Oyotunji a museum?  You should come visit us sometime and see how African village and Yorubanation prosper. Don't come here and get idea about claiming the land, we will take you appease Sango. Lol.[/quote]Why don't you go and make a thread about Oyotunji then and leave the lowly cultured to enjoy the museum pieces.

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=724837.msg8827370#msg8827370 date=1312135364]Another follow follow by ibo to copy and appear equal in greatness to Yoruba.[/quote]There's a Yoruba village piece in an American museum?

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=724837.msg8827535#msg8827535 date=1312137745]the real issue here is are mud huts a good or bad thing.

since some people have screamed themselves hoarse because they claim they saw mud huts in the southwest, while barely a thread later we have others patting themselves on the back because they said there are igbo mud huts in virginia.



so can we clear up the dichotomy.

when are mud huts good and when are they bad.[/quote]*Museum piece.

Anudum (a-noo-doom) - Lot's of animals.
Uluche (oo-loo-che) - House for the human mind.

marocguy:
i think chintua isnt stable, and bluetooth,dissapointing, u are beta than this man.
Ileke idi,pls advise chintua on the dangers of living a sad life,pls. Share experiences if you can. Thanks

I just have to laugh again!!!

marocguy:
i think chintua isnt stable, and bluetooth,dissapointing, u are beta than this man.
Ileke idi,pls advise chintua on the dangers of living a sad life,pls. Share experiences if you can. Thanks

Nairaland will kill someone with laughter!

Money rituals?