₦airaland Forum

ijaw_girl:

Yuno:
Quote: Ezeagu - today

Hmmm interesting but the link doesnt mention any connection between them and the Biafra Bight name. I think the similarity is just a coincedence. It seems unlikely Europeans would have named a bay in far east of West Africa after a very very small tribe (even today only 40,000) that lives more than 2,000 miles away in far west of West Africa from the mentioned bay. Sounds like a coincedence to me and the terms are prob unrelated.

walakolobo:
Hmmmm - so you are saying an African American is better off in life than a full fledge African?

darmilorla:
LWKMT@comments, u guys are so funny,
am laughing out my ass,
@poster, 9ice write u,
i knw one day Nigeria will lead the world, the day is comming,
God bless Nigeria,

walakolobo:
How can the children of slaves be the greatest amongst free men?

bashali:
where did you people get all of your information from? who care?

tpiah:
If you want Oprah to like you, then you should like yourselves first.

If you want Oprah to care for you, then care for yourselves first.

kiwi992:
Ezeagu



Isn't it so typical of you Ibos - having to claim all things and everything!  Oh yeah, claim this, claim that. 

What on earth makes you think we have any connection with you guys, other than the evil attrocities committed by you lot against us during the Biafran war.  Remember what you buggers did to Bakana during the civil war?  You bloody evacuated the whole town, thereby causing the deaths of thousands of our townsfolk.  How dare you? 

You guys had tried to woefully lay a claim to the Ikwerre's, then the Ibanis, Opobos, Okirikas.  Now it's the turn of the Kalabaris.  Soon, it would be the Ijaws, Edos, Yorubas and so on.  You initially said:

You got the reply that you wanted, confirming that we, the Kalabaris are a coastal people and therefore have no connection with you lot.  Now you come back, contradicting yourself by saying:

You know what?  Your argument is flawed as there is no basis whatsoever, to your claims.  That doesn't mean, mind, that Kalabari MEN never inter-married with the Ibos IN THE OLDEN DAYS.  Indeed, a handful (yes, a handful) of them actually did but this was never the norm for you to make such a sweeping statement. 

Why wouldn't they?  Aren't the Ibos human beings?  You are, afterall, our upland neighbours and I can't see anything wrong with any Kalabari guy or gal marrying an Ibo.  What I don't take to, kindly, is when you make such blanket statements as quoted above.

Here's a bit of Kalabari custom and tradition for you:

If a Kalabari guy went out and married an Ibo woman in the olden days, the woman, on arrival in her husband's hometown, gets initiated into Kalabari society during a traditional ceremony attended by the chiefs and elders of the compound of her husband's family.  She gets given a Kalabari name and foresakes her Ibo heritage.  She then becomes a Kalabari woman per se, a house is built for her in her husband's compound, she also learns our culture and tradition, including how to speak the language, amongst others. 

In view of this ceremony, she severs all ties with her erstwhile Ibo family and never, ever, goes back there until her dying day.  She never gets addressed as an Ibo woman either 'cos that would be contrary to our culture and tradition.  She herself would NEVER say she is of Ibo origin, proud to be a Kalabari woman.  Her offsprings could never be classed as having an Ibo heritage either.  Never, because that would not be deemed a sensible thing to say and would bring down the wrath of the elders on the one that makes such callous statement because it is indeed, contrary to Kalabari customs and tradition.

So, there!  Be careful what you say next time.



kiwi992.

dnex:
Yes, thank you very much. I have found what I'm looking for.

Somewhere in Cameroun, I'm sure there still is a tribe that may be able to translate this word.

By the time I'd searched everywhere for a translation of Biafra and found none, I began to suspect it may have been a Camerounian or Guinean word.

I am satisfied.

seunnowell:
yes, i am talking abt my heritage, kalabari and we sure live by the coast

The Igbo and Kalabari Ijo people have a long history of trade exchange carried
out through the creeks of the Niger Delta.

joyblinks:
@Ezeagu.

our colonizd opinion (me and u)

SeanT21:
What does it have to do with the topic?? na by force to care for West Africans.She is still worshipped all across america and is an aspiring figure in the black comunities.

Ezeágu:
Please, did you see me begging Oprah? A West African was praising her as some kind of world ambassador, I'm just telling a West African that she doesn't car too much for you so in turn you shouldn't big her up, where did I say she should use her money this way or that way?

Kobojunkie:
roflmao!!!!


I happen to know a couple of people who fought in biafra on the ibo side that will tell you to bury that dream asap. And no, they are not sellouts!

tpiah:
once again, what's with the hullabaloo? Its her money and she can build a school in Madagascar if she so desires.

Since when did she become the savior of west Africa and how many of them even watch her program?

and since when did DNA become the determining factor for who you are? Is she looking for her baby daddy?

I dont see any reason why she cant claim Zulu if she wants to. Even oyibo can claim any African tribe they like if they feel so inclined.

becoomrich:
ezeaugu you are 419, you are scam , a con man. I dont want to deal with. i hope you people are not scamming american over this.

seunnowell:
I strongly disagree with the whole idea that we have any link to the Igbo race

Sam Milla:
Oprah is not even supposed to be on that list.
She is just a lucky rich woman.

tpiah:
@ bolded

and you know this how?

is it by force to be a west African?

Was she born in west Africa or how did you arrive at your conclusion?

Instead of jumping on top of her[b] because she's rich and powerful[/b], why not go and claim other "west Africans" in the projects who also dont know they're "west African".

tpiah:
does Oprah have to care about Nigerians west Africans?

Why?