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I just recently learned something new. Did you know "igbo" is a new spelling of us. They used to call us "eboe". wonder why they changed it. Anyway, the lightskin thing when it comes to igbo people isn't a new thing for us. It has been with us since the beginning, long before europeans stepped foot in aFrica. My mom and I read this book about a igbo girl and a fulani boy that caused a war between their two village(just because both of them were lovers) interesting book it was. Anyway, in the end of the book, it suggested other books to read. which i was able to find online also. Ndi igbo or better yet known as "ndi eboe" tend to be yellow in skincolor and during slavery, many other west african tribes hated us because of that. They used to insult us and claim we look "white and sickly" and white people used to insult us and claim "we look yellow with bile like eyes". Our nickname in the past was "west indies eboes" or "red eboe" but to other west african tribes we were "the sickly tribe" Insulting isn't it. Looking down upon us for no reason. Wonder wetin we do? So all this hatration directed towards us, have been there since the beginning. I wonder wetin we did to have other tribes turn against us? anyone here is are the books (the ones i've read so far) http://books.google.com/books?id=_lmFzFgsTZYC&pg=PA168 http://books.google.com/books?id=9QORC_cr86sC&pg=PA46&dq=mulatto+eboe&as_brr=1 This is the one i'm reading right now about an igbo slave that escaped from his master http://books.google.com/books?id=PrPxWLSrp78C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0 Interesting isn't it. I always used to think igbo people were dark like ola but hmm, it seems we were a diverse tribe even though other tribes insutled us because of that. I wonder why? oh well, i will never know unless i visited those eras abi? |
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@ londoner I agree with your statement. LOL . @ grade I don't think the wooing will work though cause i read somewhere that Ghanaian government closed most of the Nigerian small businesses in Ghana but the big ones they left open. So i highly doubt the investors will come unless they have big business. But like Aliko dangote have been telling Nigerian investors to invest outside of naija and not outside of Africa like majority of them do (he claimed that's how he reached where he is now). I think the big businesses will invest but small businesses would be terrified to try (but who knows, it could happen). I wish them luck, hope the guy that invested in tinapa, will also take notice of this wooing and invest in whatever the ghanaian government wants them to invest abi? it could help them alot cause his investment sure as hell helped calabar and tinapa(beautiful place, i come to naija this year, definately a must see place for me. My mom i've been there and she said it was beautiful. I keep telling my father to invest in something in Naija but he won't listen (my brother told him to invest in tinapa while they were still building it but he didn't listen, now his regretting it LOL but he wants to invest in Naija music and movie industry). @ abrantie 9 My uncle has a store in Ghana, something he built when his business increased (he has it in Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Angola, Algeria, Ivory Coast, USA, London, etc). So are you trying to say my uncle is Lazy, etc. He doesn't live in Ghana but in Lagos. He has been making money and giving out some of his money to charity in Ghana and other aFrican nation. Haba, maybe he should pull out of that country since he and other Nigerians (that i've seen with my own two eyes in ghana making an honest living) are Lazy. You know what, i'll advise him to pull out since his lazy (highly doubt it would affect him that much, he pulled out of South Africa and that didn't affect his income that much). My advice to you, attack his job, try burning it down so he can pull off (since his lazy). Don't know the exact location but all i know is it's in Makola(don't think i spelled it right) accra and another one in Kumasi(again, not sure if i spelled it right). If you want to get rid of my uncle and his lazy ass shop; my advice, get his employers (which are mostly ghanaians and some naija) and tell them to revolt and try burning down his shop. Trust me, that will force him to leave Ghana quick. It's exactly what South Africans did and that chased my uncle out of that country quicker than the speed of light. |
shesi:Did you even read what Martass said (an example of a ghanaian claiming that Ghana is better than Nigeria). Another example is the article i provided for you. There's more cause their was a ghanaian kid in this forum claiming Ghana is better than Nigeria that the owner of this forum banned cause he kept insult Nigerians. Nigerians AREN'T hating on Ghana, what the hell. No Nigerian would have insult or pointed out what's wrong with Ghana, if Martass didn't start shit(so blame him, not us). Abi, Nigerians AREN'T hating on ANY country in the world, we don't even care about any country in the world, other than our own. Hell, how many Nigerians have you noticed that i've been to forums dedicated to the people of that country? How many Nigerians have you noticed went to anything concering other nations other than ours. Yes, we are proud and loud people (we even joke on ourselves about that). Oh and by the way, the only reason Nigerians always mention that Ghana has little people and land than ours is because that gives ya'll advantage over us. You guys have less people, tribe and land to worry about hence the reason Ghana is suppose to be above Nigeria by (i mean beyond us that we can't even reach it). Unlike what people belief, Ghana has more natural resources than Nigeria (you guys ave two main resources out of the three that's worth alot) which are Gold and oil. All Nigeria has is oil (we have gold and diamond, but both are untapped(i thank God for that)). We only import one, you guys import two. So yes, Ghana is suppose to be above Nigeria--yet it isn't(no offense). Hell, you guys got independence before, didn't go to war that pushed ya'll back a few years back. You didn't start from the beginning(Nigeria did). You guys didn't have dicators that pushed your country back even more "(Nigeria began from scratch). So you understand why Nigerians always state you guys population---it means ya'll are suppose to be above us. And come on, comparing Nigeria to Canada. Can you even compare any African nation to Canada including your own. United states and Canada should be compared (again, Canada is suppose to be above US too, cause like you said, less population, it has more resources, USA started from scratch after they got their independence which Canada didn't. Hell Britian helped Canada improve it's nation, which they didn't for USA. till this day, i still wonder why Canada isn't better than USA. Hell i wonder why Britian isn't better than USA). OH and calling Nigeria "uneducated"---i wouldn't even dignify an answer to that cause last time i checked, Nigerians are what leading the statement "Africans have the highest degree in America and other western nation than it's indigenous). Hell the highest African nation that hold rewards in the educational field all over the world is Nigeria especially in literature. So i won't even dignify an answer to that. Thanks for calling us "uneducated", cause "uneducated" is giving us "educated" titles. By the way, all you guys insulting papejima english---is English his or her first language. I write with a lot of grammatical error, which i can see when i reread my post. Is English my first language--hell no, so it doesn't surprise me when i have grammatical error. Only Africans are concern themselves wayy too much about people English. No other continent is like that except ours (well other than East Africa especially Ethiopians of course). Well, i guess because we don't take pride in our languages so our adopted language is the one we belittle other's for. I do agree with papajima statement about the Bank Official--it didn't make sense. The "supposed" guy is a bank official in Nigeria, why import fake money into Ghana. I mean he can easily do it in the bank he manages and get away with it easily (it doesn't make sense). oh well, i typed the information in google hoping to find an article about the "supposed" guy--i wanted to see what exactly was his intention. Still doesn't make sense to me cause the guy would have used the fake money in Nigeria and deposited money in the bank he manages and noone would question him cause that's his bank. Was the guy running from EFCC, if so what's his name cause EFCC haven't chased any bank officials, it's mostly government officials. it still doesn't make sense to me but who knows. |
shesi:I see you can't read. I TOLD HIM to name a Ghanaian that contributed to the Education world and i can name three Nigerians since he claimed that all Nigerians are criminals everywhere. Olodo, pay attention. Where did i say Ghana haven't contributed to anything in the Education world. Secondly, A Nigerian posted this article here for us to read. A ghanaian began the argument of how Ghana is getting better and all that bull. Pay attention--it's a necessary thing in this world. 3.) Ghana government is improving Ghana--which is true, hell did you even read my statement of what THE UNITED NATION (people that monitor the whole nations in this world) is saying about Naija-- so yes, some governments in Naija are trying such as the Lagos governor. Oh and when other parts of Ghana become exactly like Accra, then i'll agree that one nation is doing something while the other is sitting it's butt down. Both nations are doing something, if not. Nigeria will still be the most corrupted, nigeria wouldn't have moved up at all in anything. Ghana is a good country but you people need to quit fronting. ohh and if you need prove of how many article written by Ghanaians about us for whatever reason, Go all over this website Example is this article https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=285517.msg4053189#msg4053189 P.S: If you don't like me pointing out something about Ghana, i suggest next time, you guys don't cross us Nigerians cause i've sure as hell seen the Good, bad and ugly in both nations(Naija and Ghana). Oh and by the way, if you don't know who phillip, wole or chinua is, then wow where have you been. Chinua's and Wole's books are known over the freaking world and Phillip is the African man that helped connect all the computers in this world through the internet(he's invention is well known). Where have you been? It's not just Nigerians that knowns them, the whole freaking world do. Abi, Phillip have been helping the UN find what's wrong with aFrica (according to what i heard, i'm not sure if it's true though). Oh and by the way, the only freaking reason i got mad at ya'll is because your brother claimed that all Nigerians are criminals. And that piss me cause i can easily say that about any nation in the world. |
papaejima:I agree with this statement and i also agree that Ghana is a corrupt country just like Nigeria. Both Ghana and Nigeria are high in the Corruption index. Hell Egypt is also high in the Corruption index. Nigeria was the most corrupted in 1991, now that country have moved up from the red(meaning most corrupted) to yellow(meaning still corrupt but not that high). I highly doubt any Nigerian in their right mind would jump up and down and claim Nigeria isn't corrupt anyone. Both Ghana and Nigeria is in Yellow index(meaning corrupt), the only difference is that Ghana is lower than Nigeria in that department. But it still corrupt just like Nigeria---either this martass is blind or isn't really reading up or anything. Also the thing i don't understand is why Ghanaians are so obessed with Nigerians. Abi, how many articles have they written telling everyone that Nigerians are criminals, yada, yada but when they need help, instantly they go to us begging for help. How many articles have they written talking about how their people are acting like Nigerians and comparing their country to ours. Why are they obessed? They should leave us alone. Seriously, it's in jealousy or obbession. Trying so hard to compete with a country and country's people that doesn't even care. |
Martass:Ghanaian speaking. Yes, the world hates Nigeria. The world hates Americans too, i guess they are criminals also. Africa hates Western countries, i guess they are criminals too. Yes, Nigeria has it shares of Geniuses. Abeg, name a Ghanaian that contributed to the intelligent world, and then i can name nigerians without thinking about such as phillip Ewegawli(spealled his name wrong), Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka and much more. Yes, the world hates this three also abi? Idiot, That's how i know you aren't Nigerian. I can name more than a million Nigerians living in Nigeria and outside that aren't criminals. Hell 10% of Nigerians are involved in 419, the rest aren't. 10% out of 140 million people. Italians have mobs, i guess the whole Italians are criminals. AA's have drug-dealers, gang members, etc. I guess the whole AA are criminals. GHANA has 419 THAT AREN'T Nigerians, i guess we should forget those Ghanaians abi? especially those that are involved with love scam. Jamaica has drug-dealers, guess all Jamaicains are criminals. America has Serial killers and Pedophiles, Guess all Americans are criminals. Europe(the whole continent) are known for racial motived killing, guess all Europeans are criminals and killers. You are the dumbest guy i've ever met. And idiot, stop acting liek your country(ghana) is a crime free country. You guys have to deal with armed robbers just like us. Get over yourselves. Always trying to compare ya'll country to Nigeria. Seriously, why do that? Nigerians do not even care about Ghana that much |
I've been to Ghana and Nigeria. Pray tell other than Accra, WHAT IS GREAT IN GHANA? Stupid people, always ready to belittle their country based on what they hear, not see. Ghana has it's Good, it's bad and it's ugly just like Nigeria. Hell it's like a Ghanaian going to Abuja and yelling Nigeria is better than Ghana. You people need to stup up. By the way, NOT all Ghana has 100% electricity, the same as Nigeria (when i went to Nigeria in 2004, i can predict when they were going to take the elecritricity and when it's coming back---it was on more than it was when i was a little girl in that same house). Also, hell Nigeria hospital, according to UN is the best in West AFrica -- even though our hosiptal is bleeped up, so what does that tell ya'll. People hear one thing, they instantly assume that's true. Abi, go to the country before assuming anything. If Ghana is so fucking great, why is it that many of their movie stars are living in Nigeria as we speak and yet majority AREN'T acting in Naija movies. Hell, if Ghana is so great, why is it that it's the ONLY west African country that still depends on Foreign aid. If Ghana is doing so much BETTER than Nigeria, why in the hell is Nigeria the only West African country being added as the "Next eleven". Why isn't Ghana added the "Regional power" of Africa or the fact that Nigeria moved from the lowest GDP in africa, to third. Huh? why isn't GHana the second or first? Why is it UN added Nigeria as one of the fastest growing economy in the world, Not just AFrica. Last time i checked, it's not Nigerian president adding our names in those stuff, the UN and IMF is. I'm Not saying that Nigeria is better than Ghana or ghana is better than Nigeria. Cause Ghana has it's Good too, when it comes to democracy they got us beat big time. Abeg, Shut up. Ghana this, that. All i know is you guys really need to visit a place before quoting how they are better. Accra is a beautiful city, has great potential, has everything all you guys are quoting how Ghana is but other than Accra, i didn't see any other place like it in Ghana. The same goes for Naija. Other than Abuja and Victoria island in Lagos, i haven't seen any other place like it. Abeg, shut up Martass, tell the truth. You're Ghanaians, not Naija. You know you ain't the first in this website that fronted as if they are Naija. Abeg, tell the truth. @ the thread I thought Ghanaians want Nigeria out of Ghana so why are they wooing investors. Well whatever, most Nigerian investors are still investing in Nigeria. I do agree, all AFrican investors should invest in all African countries. So i wish them luck, highly doubt it would happen but i still wish them luck |
Maybe he had his children get surgery done. Who knows, maybe that's the reason he hid their face from society all this years |
Good one. LMFAO. |
grafikdon:oh okay. I got what you mean. Sorry |
I don't know who Ukwuani are but judging by the name "ukwuani", i'll say they are igbo. Afterall, the word "ukwuani" is an igbo word. |
grafikdon I'm igbo but i call plate efele. So using that didn't prove anything. Each igbo state use a different dialect than others. I know i can never understand anything delta igbo's say but can understand what anambra and enugu people say. I have an aunt from imo state and i have a hard time understand half of the stuff she says. Different dialects |
No really people that's her mom. She's looks young maybe she gave birth to her in her teen years like genevive and her daughter. Here's where i got the picture from http://lindaikeji..com/2009/05/adaeze-igwe-and-mum-stylish-mums-and.html See am. That's her mother, not sister. |
ezinne1212:LOL. I thought i was the only one with bad experiences with igbo boys. LMFAO. Men, igbo boys are fine, true that but i hate the ones that know they are fine (i mean i can't judge all) but Gosh, the last igbo boy i dated; i loved him but hated his attitude. But all in all, i know i'll marry an igbo boy (maybe, can't predict the future). Still LMFAO, at least i know i'm not the only that had problem with igbo boys when it comes dating. LMFAO, hell my father chased away my sister's last igbo boyfriend (my father couldn't stand him and that's funny cause my dad likes almost everyone). But i can't judge, not all igbo boys are like that. |
I think her mother looks better than her. They are both pretty though.
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It's not a must ritual. I grew up in Enugu and this is the first i've heard and seen this practice. Plus, so fucking what? Hell all you guys using this Abeg, they kill a horse for the burial of their dead, you people kill goat, chicken, cows, etc for the burial of your dead. what is the Difference? From what i've noticed about Nigeria is when someone's culture is different from another person, you people instantly do a 180 without considering how similar one of your culture is to there's. Abeg, comot for face. Na your horse e be? |
Winnergal:Good for you. Wetin you want now a cookie? ![]() |
Are you guys trying to same you can't tell that's PHOTOSHOPPED. |
Anyway poster here's another fulani pic/ This is their traditional outfit but the girl wearing it isn't fulani, but igbo.
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MrCrackles:Well noone asked did they? Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Seriously i wonder what your idea of beauty is? |
Men, the hatration in this thread is actually jumping off this thread and hitting me in the face. chei you people, so because some girl (not a nigerian) said igbo men are handsome, then you people dey hate. Abi? She based her observation on the ones she's met and seen in TV. Abeg, chill. I wonder if she didn't say igbo, but other tribe men; will the amount of hatred in this thread still be this high? Abeg commot for road and stop drinking those hatorade. @ poster Yes ooh. Igbo men are hot. The ones i've met are really really cute but like every other tribe their are ugly ones also. This is another fine igbo boy Uzoma
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tpiah:Abi oooh, . you missing some I've heard Nigerians claim, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Mali, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast is better than Nigeria. Hell i bet you more African nation will be added soon. |
All i know is. I've been to both Ghana and Nigeria. I don't see that much of a difference especially when it comes to slums but what's new. Abi, Some Nigerians think Mali is better than Nigeria. some Nigerians think nigeria is a fourth world country. So not suprise. @ poster, there isn't any different between Nigeria and Ghana, hell the person that posted the pics. You know that's stupidity right? I can easily start posting pictures from Virgin Island in Lagos and claim that's how all Nigeria looks like. Hell the video in youtube about African you don't see in TV, most of the pics were from Lagos and Abuja. Is that how the whole Lagos and Abuja looks like? Some people in this world. anyway, really don't understand the praise (i mean i hear them complaining about their country just like we do. I visited, liked what i saw, thought it was beautiful but wasn't that different from Nigeria). So i don't understand the praise. Hell, Accra is their capital. Abuja is ours. abuja is better than Accra, i guess Ghanaian should start saying "why can't Ghana be like Nigeria". It's studity, comparing how an entire country looks with a picture of one side in their main city. Wow, Nigerians, wow. Well Nigeria can never be like Ghana cause we are not them, and they ain't us. |
Sammy107_d:Don't even know. |
chiogo:Actually the Lighting of the movie wasn't that bad. Everyone else looked the same except Rita Dominic Here's the picture again. Everyone looks the same except rita. All i know is just watch the movie, you'll see what i mean. It's the first movie Dakore did. It was a good movie, interesting and crazy plot too.
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ezeagu:fine, women should pay grooms prize. Who cares? Not breaking kolanut or saying "cha cha igbo kwenu" because you are a woman is just sexiest. But like someone said, old men are the ones who does any of those stuff. From what i've noticed; That seems to be true To me, that's better and respectful |
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