gidgiddy: For some reason, Elechi Amadi never really understood that "Igbos" are actually a confederation of people who speak a similar language, practice a similar culture and have common surnames.
Had Elechi Amadi understood this he would have realised that Ikwerre people were no different from the people he was calling Igbo
lyricalpontiff: I am Ikwerre and this is the daftest article I have read all year long. Obio/Akpo LGA is richer and bigger than Ebonyi state. Ikwerres have similarities in names and language but our culture is different from that of the Igbos even our traditions and identity. We have different history, we mixed up with the igbos due to trade. Our real identity is "iwuruoha". It's the white man that caused most of this things. They made aba the capital of our region make most headquarters of business and corporation reside there and made an igbo man mayor of Portharcourt. That's why almost all the streets in Diobu are igbo names. I have personally discussed with Sir Elechi Amadi and he told me a lot including why we supported Nigeria. I'm from Ogbakiri and we have no trace of origin from igbos. We can bear the same names or even speak the same language but we have our different traditions and identity. Please don't kill yourself over this, Ikwerres will never want to associate themselves with igbos, we have this superior feeling that we better than the igbos, hence the laziness in our people. Bye
Ebonyi landmass is 5000km² and rivers state landmass as a whole is 10,000km², How can tiny Ikwerre land be larger than Ebonyi? " Our real identity is "iwuruoha''
Iwuruoha is an IGBO word.
"We can bear the same names or even speak the same language but we have our different traditions and identity. ""
There is no difference in Ikwerre and IGBO culture...D fact is that u dont even know anything about IGBO culture so u have no grounds to discuss similarities or differences between both cultures.
"We have different history, we mixed up with the igbos due to trade."
This is high grade foolishness, How can trade with IGBOs change d name of everyone in Ikwerre to igbo name, change ur langauge to IGBO language, change the names of ur villages to IGBO, gosh, ple next time keep this kind of story indoors. IGBOs also had same trade relations with Efiks, Ibibios, Ijaws, Itsekiri, Igala, Idoma, Tiv, Urobo for centuries and yet all these groups I mentioned s have their langauge and local names intact.
Ariani: Young Man, I Never used Anioma here. I was specific. I said Ika! There is a big difference.
Ika people are Igbophobic. This is a fact! Anyone saying otherwise is living in a fool's paradise.
We know our brothers in Delta State, they are called Enu-ani.
Ika is not our brothers, and we must treat them as such , unless we are not yet ready to make progress as a people.
Ralph Uwaechue is an Igbo man from Enu-ani, particularly from Ogwashi-uku.
Stop muddling up issues together.
Stop seeking for brotherhood amongst haters, you end up projecting yourself as weak and suffering from abandonment issue.
You lots should stop misrepresenting Ndiigbo with these your senselessness. Ndiigbo are a very intelligent and calculative people, that's why we excel in business and academics. You don't excel in those aspects of life, without wits and high intellect!
Ariani: Don't be delusional. It will not help us. We must start telling ourselves the truth. This generation of Ndiigbo must learn to be ice cold and ruthless in dealing and interactions with the rest of Nigeria. Never to give brotherhood favours or sentiments to any group who will not reciprocate such or habour Igbophobia within themselves.
Ika and Agbor in particular are a rabidly Igbophobic people. We must acknowledge this fact and handle them as such.
I can already Guess you are an IPOB person, most of you are too emotional and can't handle basic Truth.
For starters forget the stupid ones that deny their igboness, It isn't 100% of Anioma people that deny being IGBO.
Then even the ones denying their IGBO ties are doing it for the sake of survival in nigeria, deep down they know they are IGBOs and most of them call themselves delta IGBO.
The igbos in delta state are members of ohaneze ndi IGBO and Their brother Ralph Uwechue is a past president of ohaneze and they are still in ohaneze till tomorrow.
We will continue enforcing our links to all IGBO tribesmen who are in the middle belt and SS, we will never keep quiet
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Olu317: Lol! Is it because you have little knowledge of the Itshkiri ? Kindly know that the Itsekiri are one of the aristocratic members of Yoruba families . They are hidden inside Yoruba land without noise making as well as the quiet Super rich other clans of Yorubas.
So, do not use such statement that Itsekiri is 1% Yorubas because , it is underestimated in as much as a factor of Nigeria actually divided Yorubas into clans. Instead, "ancestry" or "descent of who" were used in the ancient times to identify each one of us.
Itsekiri are presently 1% of Yoruba population....Even if Yoruba n Itsekiri share same ancestry, It still doesnt mean that Itsekiri today stands as a different tribe.
Malachi 3 had to make d correction bcuz Levites work in d house of God nd now we have churches for d Gentiles. Tithing is still valid forever for the house of God.
Are u blind or are u having mental seizures?
Go and find out the meaning of malachi before u argue about it.
kmcutez: No, in your father’s house. You did not see the link to the research I provided?
Link from where? , I think u are quite madt...Common goan being Infosys from verifiable websites or newspapers n share here, Dont be silly mr awusa-afonja.
Ikwerre are 100% IGBO till they kingdom come, dont cry about it.
DuwaRepublic: It’s all over Wikipedia dude. If you an historian then this would be common knowledge to you.
Jaja was sold to Europeans as an apprenticeship slave and after some years, he bought his freedom and returned to the Nigerian space as a rich man and existed amongst the riverine people and later rose in rank as a leader there( IN ANNA PEPPLE HOUSE). A SLAVE CANNOT RISE TO SUCH POSITION OF POWER.
He later had clashes and left with his family, bloodline and other riverine followers and established Opobo.
WIKIPEDIA is an editable website where anyone can write articles n submit there or edit already existing articles
kmcutez: A Comparative Study of Palatal Rugae Patterns among Igbo and Ikwerre Ethnic Groups of Nigeria: A University of Port Harcourt Study
Background. Palatal rugae pattern of an individual is species specific and is said to be as unique as finger print.
Aims and Objectives. The aim of this study was to identify and compare the rugae pattern of Igbo and Ikwerre populations in Nigeria for human identification purposes.
Materials and Methods. The present study was conducted from random sampling of University of Port Harcourt students. A total number of 140 subjects (70 Igbos and 70 Ikwerres) of age bracket of 18–30 were used.
Results. The different shapes of rugae were obviously observed with varying degrees of predominance among the two tribes. The most predominant patterns are wavy and curvy followed by straight. The Igbos were predominantly wavy while the Ikwerres were predominantly of curve and straight patterns. The Igbo males and females had more wavy pattern with percentage values of 51.6% and 59.9% which is significantly higher in proportion () as compared to the Ikwerre males and females with percentage values of 35.6% and 40.6%. On the other hand, Ikwerre males and females proved to be curve dominant with percentage values of 45.2% and 34.4% and this showed significant difference in proportion () as compared to the Igbo males and females with percentage curve values of 27.9% and 26.1%.
Conclusion. The result obtained from this study is clear evidence of ethnic differences in relation to sex; hence the incidence of predominance is population dependent.
Walkee: was parts present day Anambra, the Onitsha region not a colony of Benin?
By the way, British didn't defeat Benin, other Africans did. The people who destroyed Benin were from South Africa down to the Niger Deltas. Britain vs Old Benin one on one Britain would lose 99/100 When they came with their soldiers led by the clown Phillip they were butchered. The brits did what they know how to do best, bribery, fake promises and lies. They promised other Africans bronze which was why the whole city was looted.
'was parts present day Anambra, the Onitsha region not a colony of Benin?
BKayy: I remember my Ika acquaintances with the names Onyebuchi and Onyema who can't wait for the opportunity to explain to me how they are not Igbo. Of all my days in Benin and few weeks I've spent at Agbor, I've never seen an Ika man that Identifies as Igbo. I also have one acquaintance from Onitsha Ugbo that share the same view. To him they have no single thing to do with Igbo people. He was the one that told us one of the Funniest thing I have ever heard. That there is a difference between Igbo and Ibo. That they are Delta Ibo while we are Igbo. So no need for you to change peoples encounter or the way Ika people see themselves with mere 13 lines post. Fun fact: an Igbo man feels more secured at Gombe than Agbor. Ask around. It is more dangerous for an Igbo man to stay in Agbor than Osogbo. Ika is not and will never be Igbo.
DuwaRepublic: You research, he was an ibo man that rose up in the house of Bonny, then got made a slave again because he was monopolising the palm oil market, never made it back home as a free man.
His can u make statements on an issue u have never read about?
I repeat, JAJA was never a slave in Bonny or any part of the space called Nigeria.
aribisala0: Rivers state is Igbo land again that is just more delusional IPOB nonsense And that happens to be the place where most Igbo properties were seized after the Civil War?
There was nothing like Igboland during the time of the Slave trade Stop rewriting History
No one had exclusive control of slave trade . All that rubbish you have written is just WHAT YOU WANT TO BELIEVE Those who had the power like the Bini Aros etc raided and took Slaves.
Jaja of Opobo was a former slave He had no knowledge of where he was from So do not try to tell his as an Igbo story any morenthan you would try to tell Michael Jordan's story as an Igbo story. He was operating in an Ijaw Space as a formers slave that was freed and did well just like former slaves in Liberia Sierra Leone or any where else
Maybe there was nothing like awusa-afonja land during slavery, but there was IGBO land, A group of people who bear the same name, same language and same culture.
""Jaja of Opobo was a former slave He had no knowledge of where he was from""
Tobechuckwu: Why will u tell me to avoid some part of the Bible just bcuz it didn't support Ur motion?
If u believe what the Bible says in d book of Numbers nd Deuteronomy, why do u have difficulty to believe what God's word says in Malachi?
Since the word of God is true, I believe nd read what he says in Malachi also.
Tithe is legit nd the word of God is the Truth
Read the scriptures I uploaded first, read it slowly with intent to understand....Or didnt u see where they wrote that you SHOULD BPAY UR TITHE TO LEVITES, ORPHANS, FATHERLESS, ANS POOR PEOPLE?
Olu317: So, Itsekiri or Ijekiri enslaved Yorubas ? This is not actually true. Perhaps, shed more light on the particular clan of Yorubas, you referred.
Yorubas captured by Bini were sold into slavery thru Itsekiri ports. Itsekirir population in the 19th century is 30,000, they will not survive any attacks or raids against yorubas.
Politics › Re: Ikwerres Went Against Igbo Colonisation In Elechi Amadi's Autobiography by Gambit23: 7:22pm On Jul 25, 2021
again that is just more delusional IPOB nonsense