₦airaland Forum

Probz:
Where’s Yoruba?

If I hear

ariesbull:
What if I tell you I am from Ogume ?
What if I tell you that I grew up in Emevor

What language is Ukwuani and what is the meaning of Ukwuani?


Why do we argue

I'm think you likely didn't grow there cause people from kwale, abbi, Aboh, abavo, obiaruku even ndoni will never tell you they are Igbo, why should I take you're word over 100s of others?

Is language the only thing that indicates a culture? don't Ibibio n efik speak same language, don't urhobo and isoko speak same language? but they remain separate ethnic groups, same as ukwuani n Igbo.

my kind of fada, you send him "please call me", he will reply you" please send me credit "

wow thanks viscerion, I thought uyo was the only city in akwa ibom and Ibadan actually looks good, as good as Lagos, abuja, Ph. Welldone Nigeria is beautiful

ariesbull:
Ukwuani speaks Igbo dialect and they are tribe of their own same way the Owerri is tribe . Igbo is made up many tribes and that is why it's called ethnic group

The isoko is a tribe and they are same with urhobo not withstanding these minority politics of Delta region and they are same ...in Lagos they are in same meeting and that is it and they know it.

Itshekiri has aligned with their Yoruba cousin and that is a fact

Ukwuani is a tribe in Igbo group and their are many Igbo proud there ...ask proudly Anioma proudly Igbo group on Facebook not this faceless forum .

don't ask any Facebook group, ask the ukwuani people themselves face to face, and since you want to confuse us with English, Igbo is an ethnic group, ukwuani is another ethnic group(not a tribe under Igbo as you claim), have you heard an owerri person telling you he is not Igbo? No cause they are while ukwuani are not. Ikwerre people even have their own social group, they are not part of ohaneze ndigbo except for political reasons

Maybe in Lagos, but in their Homeland of Delta urhobo and isoko are known as different tribes, or is isoko now a tribe in urhobo ethnic group?

Itsekiri align with Yoruba for political reasons, nothing more

viscerion:
Ehen, because I travelled to Warri, n when I went to Delsu area, I heard people speaking what resembles Igbo, but when I asked the people, they strongly corrected me that they are kwale not Igbo, but anytime I tell SE Igbos that kwale is not Igbo, they want to throw me in hot oil

I don't know why they take it so personal, well I can't tell you kwale people are ukwuani not Igbo, don't let anyone deceive by saying 'its like saying yorubas in kwara or Togo are not yorubas' both scenarios are different

viscerion:
OP you've done well, this thread was supposed to focus on the positive beauties of our cultures and regions, but useless people have derailed it with stupid immature questions of whether SS is a real place, its a fake place, since na wetin una wan hear

Ure right, this thread wasn't meant for argument but I can't carry cane n flog them, pls tell us about ur tribe or ur state or ur region

There are many books, many scholars and historians, on this matter, they all give different conflicting accounts. So since none of us was there before 20th century, let's ask the ndokwa people themselves, go to delta and ask the kwale man if he is Igbo and see his answer, go to rivers and ask the ndoni man if he is from Benin and see his answer.

Mayrock:
then SS are which people?

SS pepo are the Binis, Ishans, Ukwanis, Urhobos, Itsekiris, Ijaws, Ikwerres, Ogonis, Ibibios, orons, Annangs, Efiks, Ogojas, and others from there

kingzizzy:
There is a difference between America and Nigeria. America is a country of immigrants. Different people from all over the world came and settled in America

Nigeria is a country of indigenous people. Yoruba/Igbo/Hausa were all living in their respective areas before the British brought all of them together in 1914. So who is this Nigerian you are talking about? The people the British brought together? If all we have in common is that the white man brought us together then we don't have anything in common.

The best th8ng would for all of us to return to the way we were before the white man came having seen that Nigeria is a tried and failed colonial experiment

The Niger Delta area is also multi ethnic, but all the tribes lived peacefully b4 oil came and tore us apart

kingzizzy:
IF it hasn't started since 1960, it is not now it will start

Americas own didn't start in 1776 either but it eventually came, Naija's own can still come. U guys act as if one Nigeria is against the laws of physics

LZAA:
So a country that fought for its freedom from the brits and modelled its constitution after freedom was nt meant to be united?
A country whose civil war was basically a fight for freedom wasnt meant to be united?
U afonjics are something else

america was nt meant to be united, it was meant to be a British goldmine and slavedump. they had to unite themselves to achieve the goal of defeating Britain, if they were truly united there won't ve been a civil war, and Indians won't have attacked constantly. Same way Nigerians must come 2geda as one to defeat bad leaders cause that's our real problem, not one tribe

KraticKratus:
Igbos never call ourselves SE people.

Yes they do, and also Yoruba's SW people

Mayrock:
trash.....allies my foot.

Problem with Nigerians is we are too pessimistic, stubborn and small minded

KratosCorp:
You are so deluded if you think that unity is possible in Nigeria.

1. Nigeria was NOT designed for unity. It was designed for EXPLOITATION. There's no other country in the world that is as diversely complicated and self-contradictory as Nigeria is. This is a country that had 2 ethno-religious massacres BEFORE her independence. And it quickly crashed into a bloody genocidal civil war within the first 7 years after the independence.

2. The first step to unity is the unconditional liberty to reject the unity proposal. You CANNOT force anyone into a union. A forced unity is an oppression, pure and simple - and it will never last because the human spirit is a free moral agent that abhors all forms of oppression.

3. So when you say that the unity of Nigeria is not negotiable, you are in effect saying that the Nigeria contraption is a crime against humanity.

I agree that unity should not be forced, if any region wants to be free they should be allowed to be. But if we can try to live as one, I bet you we can benefit far more than as individual nations. I know this seems like a child's dream but south Africa, america, Japan all looked like children's dreams b4 they were realized

LZAA:
Fero na afonjic
We all know this
Cc immhotep pointzerom iceberg3 DaBullIT

Na u know o, me I'm from Delta, ve lived in Warri nw living in Port harcourt, any deltan can try to confirm this.

America was nt designed for unity either but they got along, my people have suffered the most in this country and need and want restructuring far more than the Igbos.

But why will I be friends with a person, then one day suddenly hate her cus I learnt she's Hausa or Yoruba. Our grandfathers were enemies, does that mean we can't be allies?

how can you blame what one man did on his entire tribe

joeokoriem:
This thread is strictly for those who support the unity of Nigeria. I stand for unity! Please u must not comment if u don't support the thread. I'm from Umuahia, Abia state. Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa we are one. I'll advice the FG to remove state of origin from any form u have to fill in Nigeria

Nwany'oma Dalu, Please tell us about abia people

Mayrock:
is south south a tribe or city....

hausa fulani really used your head

Is SS not a region, dont Igbos call demselves SE people or did Britain use their head?

T9ksy:
Am truly sorry to burst your bubble but Nigeria has never been One right from her inception. It's not One extantly and will never be One ( considering the amount of water that has since passed under her bridge) even if we continue like this for another century

The sooner we stop perambulating and smell the blasted coffee, the better for our unborn generations.

As for restructuring-forget it. The north will never relinquish her vice-like grip on the centre without an almighty jihad/war.

Nigeria has never been united before, doesn't mean it can be, it starts from somewhere

The tribal noise makers have come again, is the problem of SE n SS caused by the average Yoruba girl selling pure water? or by corrupt leaders from all parts of the country.

KraticKratus:
and nigeria is one.

That's right, so tell us your own

Please to does who dont know, forget what you learnt in skul, the real capital of Delta is Warri, it is far more developed than Asaba.

Personally in terms of average spread development, I will rank
Delta(many developed places)
Akwaibom(same thing)
Rivers(Ph axis and bonny)
Edo(Benin n Auchi)
Cross river(I dont know outside calabar)
Bayelsa(I dont know anyone)

But in terms of a particular city
Rivers (Port Harcourt)
Akwa ibom(Uyo)
Cross River(Calabar)
Delta(Warri)
Edo(Benin)
Bayelsa(leme jus put yenagoa)

KraticKratus:
south south. hahaha.

Gambari people really do una.

See as you deny your tribe and instead is referring to your people as cardinal points.

The Niger delta is one, Africa is one, and you can post about your tribe, city, state or region

and someone snapped him as he drowned, hmmn I kari hand 4 una

This thread is a breather for those who are sick of the constant Yoruba vs Igbo that nairaland has turned to. Here no one sud insult any tribe even your own, positive criticism can be made maturely n politely.
Come tell about your tribe, the beauty and interesting aspects of your culture, or about the area you come from.

I'll start with a my region, the south south!
https://www.nairaland.com/4236912/south-south-developed-lagos-abuja

Other Africans are also welcomed.

June 12 sud be remembered cuz it proves Nigerians can work 2geda despite differences,
I also think we sud ve a national heroes day to remember all hero's, MKO, Azikiwe, Balewa, Dora, Saro wiwa, Dr Stella, even soldiers n policemen

dont we remember Jesus death even day it was a sad even
June 12 sud be remembered cuz it proves Nigerians can work 2geda, n to remember a true, untribalistic patriot

OP mumu sha, or looking for argument that will take his thread to FP

How will you not remember the day we had our first and only free n fair election in Nigeria, where every Nigeria from east, west, north, south, yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, calabar, Edo, delta, igara, tiv all came 2geda as one to move the nation forward with a man( 4get d tribe e cums 4rm) who fought for true democracy till his death.

June 12 used only be observed in some SW states but deserves to be a very important national holiday

buceta:
Can confirm, I'm in Nigeria now and people can barely understand standard American English. Interestingly, it seems like the communication skills have actually become worse since my first visit

Hope youre not in Lagos, because they can't speak good English, they just frame fake OAP like voices thinking they are speaking queens English. They pronounce words wrongly and use wrong sentences without knowing and still carry themselves with pride. Watch they will disagree and attack me now. Haha