₦airaland Forum

namfav:
so the igbos are warriors because one of them took a gun and went crazy shooting at people at random? is that the igbo definition of a warrior? more like typical igbo cowardness

namfav:
uche igbos are very weak, don't show us oversized igbos because that is irrelivant we can take igboland with relative ease, the toughest africans are the beja, somalis, fulanis, berbers and the hausa

You would not dare to say to a real Igbo man's face. That would be first class ticket to your maker. Just, because you follow the tenets of Islam, does not mean you all are stronger than other groups. Christianity may have pacified some of the Igbos, but the warrior tradition still lives. on.

And do not get upset at me for posting a picture of you "girly men."   Igbo men such as myself possess bodies that can break you people in half. Let the fight be one on one, and you will see the Igbo man carry the day. Why do you think people say we have high testosterone?

Do not make us return to the tradition of head hunting.

hollandis:
The intellect evaporsation is not just restricted to the political circles alone,academically we have lost it

eku_bear:
They were backwards, but conquered a LOT of land. And not from scrubs, but from very warlike tribes and peoples. It is hard to be very advanced when you are gobbling lots of land. . . it takes time to digest it.

Yeah, definitely agree about Napoleon. Tremendous badass. And I agree. . . I dunno why people always want to invade Russia. First master your backyard (Europe) before you go adventuring off into Russia, imo.

Though I guess we are better off that he didn't focus on defeating England first. Two front wars are just silly. Has anyone successfully pulled a major two front war off?

eku_bear:
The 1400-1700s Russians, yeah. From a small kingdom in Eastern Europe to mastery of most of Asia. Pretty damn impressive.

Onlytruth:
@my Igbo brothers,

I had to clarify this issue because I've run into some Ijaw folks who thought they've enslaved us in the past and can "deal with us" today. Let everybody know his place. That's all. We are neighbors and will continue to be provided no one starts being st00pid.
If we are like the Fulani, I don't think anyone would make such incendiary comment.

I rest it now.  

eku_bear:
Not going to lie, Germans are my favorite group of white people. Complete badasses.

udezue:
YOU ARE SO RIGHT

Onlytruth:
Posted by: eku_bear
I have to accept you are 100% correct. To illustrate further, I've seen some Ijaw on this forum boasting about how they "dealt with Igbo" or how they enslaved some Igbo clans in the past.  When I read those things I started wondering whether our good nature and respect for minorities has been misunderstood for weakness. I had to ask one of them whether he believed that his people can defeat Igbo in a war, he didn't respond.

But attitudes like that proves your point. He obviously thought that because of MEND, the Ijaw is now invincible. I reminded him that MEND lasted at all because aboki was concerned about possible Igbo involvement. Then I warned him that if Ijaw EVER picks a fight with Igbo, we would do so much killing among them that they will effectively cease to exist in Eastern Nigeria.  

So yes, being peaceful in Nigeria doesn't make sense. It lionizes otherwise ordinary ants.

cheikh:
EzeUche


@EzeUche
The bolded^^ in your post is not unique nor peculiar only to nomads but humanity as a whole where-ever property or wealth is involved. Will you not defend/protect your valuable [/b]property? As a matter of fact one is most likely to go to jail/long prison sentence in many countries for crimes against property or economic system than manslaughter or reckless driving. Nomads do not have monopoly of [b]sense of value for property . That in some places they settle disputes pertaining to loss of property(cows) by killing is because the laws of the land or 'modern' legal systems have not been effective in such remote places far away from the 'city'. In much of Southern Africa they traditionally assess their wealth by the number of Cows etc but times have changed due to 'foreign' sense of value and conquest/incursion in those places too. We cannot encourage or tolerate trespass and abuse/contempt for local farmers. Old habits die hard.

jason123:
I thought it was only me ! Ezuche respects the people that kill his people but he hates the yorubas that have NEVER touch his people. They even gave igbos the[b] Eze Ndigbo[/b] of Lagos and OYO (the spiritual home of the yorubas). Somethings I keep wondering to myself, DOES EZEUCHE RESPECT THE FULANIS BECAUSE THEY KILL HIS PEOPLE?

Chyz*:
Uche you tend to give these people too much credit.They kill your people but you hold them up in such high regards. It's attitudes like that which make people like me become clannish and not want to be associated with Igbos like you from the East. You forgive the people who are killing and despoiling you women yet you insult those who are not.

Where the hell did that come from?  I consider these people my enemies, but I am just trying to put things into perspective. I have been to many nations in West Africa and it is all the same with pastoral people everywhere. You mess with their cows, you get hurt. Would you hurt someone who destroys your house? I know I would. That is way I view this situation. Either way, I feel that these herders belong up North. I do not forgive anyone who targets my people. And you better not forgive that. They are nkita ara and they deserve that name.

However, I do value strength and I will recognize strength in my enemies. I enjoy learning about the martial (warlike) ethnicities in Africa. From the warrior Zulus to the power of the Asante people over their neighbors. The Fulani fall into this martial prowess as well through their faith. We Igbos used to be like that.

Our ancestors would not allow any of our clan members to be killed without retribution. Remember we discussed this issue, by coming to the conclusion that Christianity has pacified our people. We used to be a martial race and this is something that I miss.

My people destroyed entire villages, when they refused to pay tribute to us.

gohome:
where were they when Kwara fell, Imagine EMIR OF KWARA is a first class chief, Where were they when USMAN DAN FODIO, (may his soul rest in peace) ran you guys down? The truth is that Yoruba are Cowards, sorry to say, every tribe has its drawbacks, OPC is just a mirage, The true hero are the Middle beltans, the Jos people, They have resisted all forms Marauders, though its costing them their lives, they have.