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Haha! I love this. I know how to hook up wicked abacha with okporoko, mangala and anara/afufa. . . unfortunately. . . I am not sure about ugba and isi ewu because I never paid attention. I do have a feeling they use the same abacha ''sauce'', perhaps with ukazi and a lot of pepper

Anyi na enwe obi anuri ebea were ruo mgbe ndi  si na ha bu Chukwu dabatara n'ogbo. Unu ahugo ihe m ji enye umuazi efe maka na ha na eche na ha masi ihe n'ile, mana ha amaghi tugbim. Onwekwara ufodu umuazi anya ruru ala mara mgbe ha ga eji nwayo hepu n'ama ma ha nyuo ahu isi.

Imirikiti umuazi ndi ozo bu ha nyuo  nsi n'ulo uka, kama ha ga eburu ya tufuo n'ita, ha ebido mgbagha asi gwa gi na ihe ahu ina ele anya abughi ikpo nsi, kama na obu agidi jallof. Oburu na gi bu okenye kwuo pim, ha anaro na akuku ikpo nsi ahu si gi mmiri di na ngazi rie gi. Ilechaa anya ife isi kpakakpaka, were  nwayo nye ha efe, ka oghara idi ka iso umuazi arunye aka n'ike esi n'imi.

ezeagu:
Never heard of them, lol.

presido1:
Yes but Imo by association

Ekukwula ihe ke. . . onye gwara gi na ngwere na agba aji. . . Obu Onye Anambra bido n'isi ruo n'odu

chiogo:
yes problem adi?

Mba, nsogbu adighi ya. Ihe mjiri juo gi ya bu ajuju bu na ahuru m ebe idere ''ahotaghim ya". Obu etu ahu ka ndi Aguata (Ekwulobia, Oko, Nanka. . .ma osi ya ma osighi ya) si asu, kama na ha na asi "Ahotahum".

Chukwujekwu - God will decide

Uchudumma - Hard work is good

Egediora - (WTF?)

Ekwutosi- Do not denigrate/castigate/mock, whatever (Probably the ugliest Igbo name after Ogbenyeanu and mgbokwo)

Chiogo, Ibu onye Anambra?

Ndi be anyi, hapu nu ogologo akuko a. Ma edere akwukwo na Igbo Oka(Awka) ma obu na Igbo Ekwulobia (Bia agaba, hapu ndi Ekwulobia aka   ) Nsogbu adighi ya. Mana achoro m ka onye obuna ghota na Ihe anyi jiri guo akwukwo di ka "Juo Obinna", "Ukwa Ruo Oge Ya", "Onye Oma Emeka" (Nwa Ndoki ), "Isi Akwu Dara Na Ala", "Ukpala Okpoko Gburu" na "Ije Ikpo Jere" (Greek mythology rip off ) bu na edere ya na Igbo Izugbe.

Ana ekwu Igbo Izugbe odi ka aga asi na obu asusu esi na ikuku doputa. Onweghizi onye na echeta na obu Olu Mba ufodu ndi Imo na Enugwu ka eji gwoo ya bu ngwo ngwo. Aghotaghi m nke a ana asi na obu ndi Bekee ka anyi na eso n'ike ka ijiji. Ihe mma ndi bekee mere bu na si na nne ha na nna ha amaghi ihe bu "Gb", ha were si na chi ha na aka ha bu "Ibo" "Eboe" "Hibu" "Ibi" "Heboe". . . na imirikiti aha iberibe ndi ozo na aga mvo n'anya.

Fayasoul, amaghi m ebe iwe gi si. Idabatara nno ebea kwaba ndi mmadu emo, mana eji m na aka na obu nghotahie kpatara ya. Aguru m ihe n'ile idere duo nubu maka amaghi m ebe aga esi kwo ya bu nwanyi ukwu wara. Nwanna/Nwanne were nwayoo, anyi anaghi alu ogu Jamani ebe a.

Like I said before, it raised a lot of questions. . .


There are so many things that don't add up but it doesn't matter now because either way (whether real or propaganda tool) the video is disturbing and I have seen worse from Nigerian soldiers.

bashali:
the population of igbo is only 5 million

No becomerich, you are wrong. It is less than 500,000.




The population of Nigeria is not anywhere close to 120 million, even when you reverse the ''inflation'' and ''deflation'' of the census figures. We also do not have up 100 ethnic groups. Villages, clans, dialects etc are not ethnic groups.

ChinenyeN:
Really? 90% of Igbo people cannot understand Ngwa?

Also, here's a way to look at this whole Standard Igbo vs. Regional Igbo. One is formal, and the other is casual. The formal one is the Standard one, and the casual one is the Regional one. I don't see why both cannot coexist?

Sure they can, actually, they do. A lot of people switch when it is convenient. For instance, if I am with Awka people, you won't catch me speaking Central Igbo, same situation is applicable when I am with people from Ekwulobia, Uga, Agulu, Nanka, Oko, Isuofia. . . etc.

I have a couple of new comers learning the language and  I chose Central Igbo as the most effective form of communication between me and the ''newbies''. I won't be teaching them things like nshioka, igbagwu, nduhu, apiansu or  wehune. . .

Sugabelly, Central Igbo is the simplest and most comprehensible form of Igbo (written and spoken). If want to pick on this simple fact here's something for you to digest:

I am going to type a couple of lines in Ekwulobia, Uga and Awka dialects. Bear in mind that typing them makes them more comprehensible than speaking, and by this I mean you will get the crude form of the dialects when they are spoken.

Ekwulobia: Sugabelly, Imahu nonadu mma ka ayi nine no kana nasu iwve onye owuna no kaanwa je na ahota

Awka: Sugabelly, ada anyi, ele iji akpa agwa ika di ka agha ashi nobu agha nawfvio  ika. Oburo eleanwu ka ndu be anyi shi eme.

Uga: Sugabelly, anyi putara mkpokoro ngana i werre na asi na Igo Izugbe wu asusu lobiri uwa? okwaghi wu nwa, a gam etighi apiansu ngana,

Nsukka: Lee lee Sugabelly la nwia


Now I wouldn't teach any newcomer any of these dialects since it will likely lead to confusion, especially in a gathering of Igbo people from different States where people speak with "Igbo Izugbe" or Olu mba with a heavy dose of Igbo Izugbe. . .

blackspade:
Sad, may thier souls rest in peace.

What I don't understand is how the cameraman was able to film all of this, and put the footage on the internet. Were the soldiers even aware of the camera?

It is very bizarre. I heard one of the soldiers saying "Wey the guy with the camera now?". It seems they were aware of the filming because on another shot one of them was telling the Boma guy to face the camera before I heard what sounded like a gun shot and he stopped moving.

The video is very disturbing but at the same time it raised a lot of questions that I may not be able to answer.

RichyBlacK:
@ElRazur,
We also have that in my village and I agree with your explanation as to why such restrictions were put in place. Honestly, these were some of the earliest forms of nature-preservation that we had. Many of these restrictions had truly beautiful reasons behind them.

It seemed that the lack of written records made it possible for oral transmission of culture to be dominant. In time, the village people forgot the actual reasons why these environmental restrictions were put in place, and focused on the consequences. In more time, the consequences started gathering more bizarre artifacts and unscrupulous myths, claims and assertions replaced basic common-sense reasons. Ultimately, rubbish claims like "if a person eats the fish, the person will die in seven days" became gospel truths.

That has been my line of argument even before my Grand uncle confirmed that. My village had such restrictions on pythons. They were like squirrels in the Streets of New York. Very beautiful harmless creatures (until you give them access to your eggs  ). A lot of people understood the reason behind the restriction (wild life conservation) but the rest focused on the "consequences".

It is the same situation in Awka where the monkeys roam like squirrels. To the people who understand the reason behind the monkey business, it is a perfect wild life conservation method, while the rest view them as another superstition and Okija juju extravaganza. I personally find the monkeys adorable and when I hear that people eat monkeys, I cringe. Now I understand the pain of dog lovers when they hear  tales of "404 spare parts dealers"

I only wish they placed such restrictions on the leopards. . .the 'Ogbuagus'' have killed them off.


For the mammy water part, most of the Dibias are fraudsters or to put it 'mildly' "Guymen", especially the cure-all-heal-all-spiritual-metaphysical-gibberish type. They play on people's fears and try so hard not to ''downgrade'' their trade to that of a ''common'' herbalist, in a bid to attract hefty financial compensation from unsuspecting mugus patients 

This is their biggest scam:

When a Dibia diagnoses an ailment as typhoid fever, he knows exactly the roots and herbs to mix in order to kick out the ailment. Doing this will seem simple to the patient and may raise an eyebrow if the fee is a little hefty. in order to squeeze every kobo out of the patient, they will make up uncountable tales of bondage, death and all sorts of macabre tales of the supernatural that is usually set under the Atlantic Ocean. The tale is normally  capped by threat of imminent death unless some bogus mammy water spirit or wife/husband in the sea is appeased. By the time they are done with their Lord of the Rings tales (yes, these guys deserve Oscars for their convincing fairy tales ). The patient will be willing to sell his only land in order to buy all the materials needed for the ''appeasement".


Now if you are the type that has one leg in Christianity and the other in ATR, you are going to be squeezed until you are dried up like stock fish. They will recommend materials that you will not like be seen dragging around. In order to avoid suspicious glances from prying eyes, you will opt for the  "cash'' alternative (the Dibia buys the "materials" on your behalf ).


After all said and done (appeasement of whatever imaginary mammy water spirit, sea husband/wife), the Dibia gives you a typhoid fever tonic or concoction made from natural roots and herbs and your ailment will be eradicated (something he should have done in the first place ).


The next time you are down with constipation, the Dibia will continue to fleece you mercilessly with bold demand of goats, cockroach testicles, snake rectum, hawk saliva and the usual "Cash alternative", until you wise up and either go to a skilled honest herbalist who heals with just roots and herbs or take your ass to the hospital. . .


I think we all now know who started 419 even before the coming of Oyibo man. . .

So  after this slowpoke recommended the sacrifice of 20 million people, he went and bought a spaceship with money realized from the backyard of the potential sacrificial goats. . . this is just the beginning of the "space ship" age. We will see more acquizition of space ship by the House of Representathieves and Shitnates. . . to avoid ''bad roads''.

God is Great. . . Allaaaaafu Arched  Bar!!!!!!

mikeansy:
For this reason, if Soludo is selected as PDP candidate I will welcome it (at least it blocks an Andy Uba candidacy in the country's ruling party). If Soludo wins good for Anambra, if the Anambra people think Obi is worth a second term also good for Anambra State.

Either of these two men are far better than Andy Uba.

That's a very unfair comparison. . .even a one legged blind cow is better than Andy Uba.

ezeagu:
There is no word for 'Tomato' in Igbo because it originates from the Americas just like the potato, therefore just say tomato until we make up a word for it, maybe.

Potato = Jinwannu (Ekwulobia/Nanka/Oko. . .etc)

ElRazur:
Thank you o Oga.

To put your point into perspective, how many "Religion riot" as a result of ATR have happened compared to those between Christian and Muslims back home?

NONE. Most of them do not mind your religious affiliation and will wine and dine with you without prejudice, whether you are Catholic, Rosicrucian or Methodist.

I have no problem with African Traditional Religion. From my observation the practitioners are very tolerant, probably one of the most tolerant religious group. I think most of us have spent so much time running away from or denigrating the ATR that we have not been able to grasp even the minutest speck of the concept. Our lack of understanding is clearly evident in our eagerness to tie ATR solely to the distorted concept of human sacrifice.

Dis Wazobia people don come again. . . expand the list jo

A little help, anyone. What is praise in:

Efik - (Itoro?) (Itoro Jesus Obong )
Ijo
Igbo
Yoruba
Hausa
Tiv

Thought Provoking.

Odi mkpumkpu eme ile

Small but mighty. . .underrate at your own peril. :

Obele nsi n'emebi ike. . . same as above

Artboy:
@Grafikdon: do you do all this (animated series) alone? or with a group of people? seems like a lot of work for one person to pull off

It's a one man army.

chidichris:
@ohazulike,

come to the think of it, is there any ibo word like ohazulike? the answer is no as the correct ibo word shld be ohazurike.

Brilliant!!! Coming from someone who uses the word "Ibo". I'll refer you to FACE's post above.

Ofe misi anyi siri taa ntaku ntaku
Ose adiroya ewo nnu adiroya
Karafishi no dey antaku ntaku e no dey. . .




I think I was singing that song innocently when my uncle's new wife beat the crap out of me. . .

chiogo:
Onwere oge m n'eje na igbo thread mana onweghi onye ogbo m no na ebe ahu. Unu ncha toro m nnukwu.  ifere adighi eme kwa m So, I can't really discuss with y'all.

Nke ahu bu aja mbene na akuko Mike Ejeagha. It is generally a feel-good thread, age should not be a deterrent.

*Grafikdon, Romeo na Toshmann buru  agaba123 gaba n'ime ohia mmuo*

Bunu Bunu o
Ibu anyi danda
Bunu bunu o
Ibu anyi danda
Ebu ya aga ole o
N'ikpo nsi ooooooo!



Tufue nu nwa ruru aru o
Orue echi amuta ozo. . .

lol. . .

[quote author=$osisi link=topic=278804.msg3973942#msg3973942 date=1244071814]I also read isi akwu dara n'ala
there was another novel titled "Onye oma Emeka"
did you also read the classic,Omenuko[/quote]I read all of them, including the civil war comedy "Juo Obinna" and Theresa Meniru's epic "Ukpala Okpoko Gburu". There was one Greek mythology rip off "Ije Ikpo Jere" ; . The good old days. . .

My vote's for Xothermik.

Yes, they can.

KnowAll:
North, most backward –Aliero


Looks like Anambra are in a competition with the north to see who can bee more backwards us or them. By adopting Igbo as the language of commerce u are only going to breed a generation of illetrate english speakers. When the whole world is learning how to speak english even spanish and french are dicting their own languages to learn english, Anambra is turning the clock back learning a language that is only spoken in small enclave in Nigeria. It would have done Anambra more good if they made Mandarin the language of choice in anambra state going by the volume of business transcation between Anambra state and china.

The problem with delirious irredeemable inconsequential simpletons and excessively myopic ethnic antagonists is that they always have their sense of reasoning on ''sleep mode'', worse still; they cling tenaciously to their laughable infantile drivel and carry themselves with an air of importance that is merely conjured by their diseased imagination.