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Then Abia must be rich going by your logic!

Thank you chyz!

Aigbofa:
Sir, you just shot yourself in the foot. It was ibos who were denying Nzeogwu right on this forum!! Yet when it is convenient for you, you claim his homeland as yours.
This is duplicity of the highest order!!

We were not denying him. Just said that he was raised in Hausaland, and this is where his body was placed. In Kaduna. But his family came from Asaba so what does that tell you?

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=499979.msg6607812#msg6607812 date=1282312889]what tag could that be ?[/quote]FG

They just salute my car.

violent:
you think it is a case of "i slap you, you slap me"

if someone shoots at you, he's definitely denying you an opportunity to shoot back at him

dead people tell no tales!

Knowing the police in Nigeria, I'll rather shoot first . Well I never have problems with those checkpoints though due to the tags on our cars, but still. . .

We Igbos are united by our language and some cultural aspects. But mainly our language.

Just like Germany has distinct regions with their own cultures, they are still united by there language which is Germany.

I have a harder time understanding someone from Afikpo who are still Igbo then I have understand a person from Ngwaland or Ikwerre. Even though I hail from Arochukwu.

Aigbofa:
Yorubas erroneously claim Lagos? Don't make me laugh.

Port Harcourt belongs to ibo as Falklands belongs to Argentina.

Well the Falklands should belong to Argentina so what are you saying? Bad analogy.  

I do not like your attempts to make Igboland landlocked. I do not like how you are trying to put the Igbo solely in the southeast.

This is our traditional borders and no one can ever take that away.

 Before you were born, this was Alaigbo, today it is Alaigbo, and when you die it will remain Alaigbo.

Aigbofa:
Ibos, I tire for una. There are only five eastern states period. And I hardly ever hear anyone outside of these states claiming to be ibo, not so Yorubas outside of Southwest.

What? Are you trying to say the Anioma Igbos of Delta State never claim Igbo? Are you trying to say the Igbo communities in Rivers, Cross River and Benue never claim Igbo?

You must have lost your mind. U dey craze.

The only way these Nigerian police will realize the ppl are not playing is if we fight fire with fire. You shoot at me, I shall shoot at you.

Do you hear about this police brutality in the North? No. Because the people are armed!

Aigbofa:
Eko is an Edo name for Lagos, does that make Lagos part of Benin?

Yet, SOME of you Yorubas erroneously claim Lagos as yours, but it originally belonged to Benin.

Port Harcourt has always belonged to the Igbo and we still make up the largest inhabitants of that town. That is our jewel besides Enugu.

Aigbofa:
You are very correct, East of river Niger. Anywhere west of river Niger or below Imo State is mere daydreaming. A cheap imitation of Becommerich!!!!

What about the Delta Igbo?

Lets look at an ethnic map of Delta State.

Ika, Ukwuani and Aniocha are all West of the River Niger. Don't they count?

Aigbofa:
Why are you trying to claim other people's land as part of your little landlocked real estate!!
We all know the borders of iboland, why the cyber land grab!!!

Aigbofa,

You were doing very well this past week as we both battled that ignorant Shuwa Arab. Why start the madness now? I know you couldn't resist.

What is the original name of Port Harcourt? Hmmmmm Do you know? 

It is[b] Igwe Ocha[/b]! Everyone in the East knows that. The Ijaw and the Ogoni could never claim Igwe Ocha (Port Harcourt).

I created this thread, because it seems like people who reside outside the East do not know the true extent of Igboland. Even some Igbos do not know how widespread our people are. Igboland touches Edo State, makes inroads into Benue State and includes parts of Rivers and Cross Rivers State.

We all know this deals with politics. Not an Igbo supremacy thread. It shows the true extent of Igboland. We already know where Hausaland is, we already know where Yorubaland is, but when it comes to Igboland, people get confused.

Our region alone shows that it makes up 70% of the entire East.

Fountain of Knowledge my arse.

Should be called Fountain of Poverty!

Onlytruth:
Believe me, this Jonathan 2011 project is dividing Igboland big time. I hope we reach a resolution soon.
The worst thing that will happen to us is for us to allow our votes to be divided. We must be resolute in supporting ONE candidate, else it won't be worth our efforts.

Onlytruth,

Politicians aside, do you think Igbos will actually vote for him? Many do not care if he has an Igbo middle name, what makes you think he is going to be good for the south east. Can he be trusted?

I mean I know his grandfather comes from Arochukwu, but still. . . I don't know about this man.

udezue:
Igbo land stretches all the way to Edo state. Nigerian govt and its people have tried their best to shrink Igbo land as much as they could but its happening. The Igbos there might have been to scared to identify their land as Igbo land but recent events have shown that those days are gone or going away.

It is funny how some people think the Igbo did not cross the river Niger. Are we afraid of water?

Yoruba:
Another set of GEJ's camp talking nonsense!!

The truth remains that Jonathan will not win in the South East. Imagine, People who are not even known in their respective wards speaking on behalf of Ndigbo.

chyz:
Sorry its not true. Unless Ohanaeze's name shows up in the article then the SE is not supporting GJ.

These two post show why this thread is garbage.

It seems like there is a lot of confusion concerning the true boundaries of Igboland.

Well the map below is an accurate map of Igboland. And this belongs in the Politics sections.

Does Igboland look landlocked? 

Is Igboland to the East of the River Niger?

Does Igboland include parts of Cross River, Rivers and Benue?

Igwe-1,

Didn't you know that there are indigenous Igbo communities in Benue State?

Our presence in that state is not recent, but very old. I feel that Nigerians, including Igbos do not know the true extent of Igboland.

As long as there is money to be made. No biggie

In the U.S., a mother would never put her child on the stand in a suit like this!

You think some of these people are above going after children? What was she thinking? She should of put her own name on the suit, instead of using her child. Point blank!

Igbo Kwenu!

Benue state, you keep on singing the right tune and you will get more investment from the Igbo.

Why doesn't this thread die an inglrorious death?

Beaf:
Why don't you put this sort of thing in the culture section?

Does it not deal with politics in a way?

I tend to believe the Orlu version and maybe inclined to the Nri version even though Nri's influence did not reach Arochukwu.

The Igbo
       
        The Igbo people are best known for their segmentary or acephalous way of life. This is because from the ancient times, they had no centralized states. Consequently, they operated a kind of government without kings. (We all know the exceptions)

        The Igbo are grouped into five sub-cultures:
      · The Igbo of the eastern Nigeria
      · The Igbo of the South-eastern Nigeria
      · The Igbo of the North-eastern Nigeria
      · The Western Igbo and
      · The Northern Igbo
     
     Generally, the Igbo are predominantly farmers and traders. Despite some cultural diversity among them, they do share a common basic culture in their language with a cluster of dialects that are mutually intelligible. They also share a common political system based on decentralization of power and delegation of authority exercised by the holders of the staff of authority, the Ofo.

      The origin of the Igbo people is as controversial as that of the Yoruba and the Bini. There are so many versions and it is very difficult to say which is the most acceptable.

· The Middle East Version
       Some believe that the Igbo peoples migrated to their present location from either the North or the Middle-east.
   
· The Igboland Centred Version
       Others believe that the Igbo people had been in their present abode from the beginning. Therefore, Igboland is the original homeland.
     
· The Nri Version
       Professor M.A. Onwuejeogwu (2000) regards the Nri version as the only authentic version of origin in existence in the oral tradition of the Igbo. According to Nri version, the ancestor of the Igbo, Eri, descended from the sky and sailed down the River Anambra. When he arrived at Aguleri, he met some autochthonous group of people who had no living memory oftheir own and settled with them. As their population increased, some groups migrated to other parts of Igboland to establish theirown settlements.


· The Awka or Orlu Version
       Another tradition considered Awka or Orlu towns as the center of origin of the Igbo from where they dispersed to other areas.

· The Idah Version
        Some groups such as the Umunri claim to have migrated to their present location from Idah.


· The Benin Version
        The Onitsha and the Igbo on the other side of the River Niger [Delta Igbo], claim Benin origin.


· The Israeli Version
        One of the most popular versions of the migratory stories of origin of the Igbo people is the one that points to Israel. This assumption is based on the so-called similarities between the cultures of the Igbo and the ancient Hebrew. Some Igbo scholars consider themselves as off-shoots of the lost tribes of the Hebrews who migrated southward.

Kobojunkie:
You ask for stats and you get stories from individual perspectives instead . . . na wa ooo!!

Go do an accurate census. I bet you can get the exact numbers in the state about the Igbo population instead of in Naija.

[quote author=Aloy+Emeka link=topic=499389.msg6597906#msg6597906 date=1282180912]Let us clap for you guys. While others are first in inventing rockets, etc you guys are the first to impregnate akata as you call them.[/quote]I am talking about the children they produced. Plenty of them running around. Especially the ones born in the 80s. They technically count as Igbo.

Let us keep in mind that it was Igbos who led the wave of Nigerians to come to the United States.

The 1st wave was when Zik an Igbo man and many of his Eastern brothers went to school in the U.S. While people like Awolowo went to the UK.

The 2nd wave came before, during and after the civil war when the East was devastated.

The 3rd wave was in the 80s in which you had a large influx of Igbos to America.

The 4th wave is some people like myself.

Let us not forget that some people forget that there are many Igbos who were born and raised in the U.S. but you will never know until they say there last names.

A lot of Igbo men got akata women pregnant.

[quote author=oyinda. link=topic=499389.msg6597866#msg6597866 date=1282180151]always seemed to me that there are more yorubas than igbos in US.[/quote]What?

Go to Houston, go to Maryland - Especially the Baltimore area, and go to New York. These cities are Igbo infested. And let us not forget the Igbos found in Atlanta and California.