₦airaland Forum

tonychristopher:
[size=18pt]Igbo have better things [/size] to do than celebrating one oyibo master in their radio ....can't you think


Neocolonialism is a bad thing

Grow up

Same igbos begging on BBCAfrica twitter?

Same igbos telling us that speaking English is more advanced than one's own native language?


LMAOOOOO

tonychristopher:
Oga pls blow your trumpet

But while doing that ..tell us their box office hit that surpassed figurine


Is it that floppy October first that afolayan produced that I find nauseating?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_Nigeria

See Yoruba names wey full the top list?

ezeagu:
Who cares, Nollywood is like the biggest employing industry after oil.

LMAOOOOO Where the stats?

Ghost employees ba?

ezeagu:
Well, PSquare has the most views online, and the biggest song last year was like Johnny by Yemi Alade.

The Nigeria Aye/cultural videos with the most views is Yoruba [Aye- Davido]

Ada ada vs Aye

jstbeinhonest:
Biyi bandele and kunle afolayan are probably the most respected directors in nigeria.2 Of the top 20 highest grossing movies were yoruba movies,12 of the top 20 had yoruba directors.

It's no surprise that their movies have the highest gross #s.

Igbo nollywood has quantity [they spit out garbage movies year round] but no quality.

tonychristopher:
When I will be jealous is when I get to challenge if I don't see agbero or owo mi da

[size=18pt]Then I can be jealous[/size] ..but as of now


Any time I get to Oshodi oke and see those urchins


I won't even lose sleep

You ARE jealous!

Don'
t worry, your people are already begging for BBCIgbo on BBCAfrica twitter handle. But who wan carry rotten egg for market?

nwanlecha:
Go tell that to the millions of people all over the world that now know so many Igbo words all thanks to our Nollywood. Heck, Goodluck Jonathan was hailed as Ìgwè when he visited a certain African country. Where do you think they learnt that from? Your guess is as good as mine.

Where are the million of people? In Igboland?

A selective few know nollywood for quality, not quantity.

When we talk about movie industry.....we're talking hollywood and bollywood.

tonychristopher:
Dont mind him

Just a handful of them ...they won't let us hear word

Very mouthy folks

Very jealous folks.

They won't let us hear word because BBCAfrica no wan do BBCIgbo

Obiagu1:

This milestone will be held at the Cine Olido in São Paulo, Brazil,, which will host a roundtable discussion featuring some of Nollywood’s most respected practitioners

That was the first festival son...be it round table or square table, we're spreading

tonychristopher:
Yes
In ashawo and agbero
I duff my hat for their invention
I shamefully admit
Dont take it personal

Ashewo - igbo girls have taken over

Agberosim - Plenty for igboland too

Drug pushing - Igbos have taken over

Ritualists - plenty for igboland esp abia

Baby factories - Na igbo get am

Kidnapping - na igbo get am, yet they're spreading it to other parts of Nigeria



Is this how the english language is helping y'all?

Don't worry, BBCAfrica created BBCPidgin for igbo people

tonychristopher:
Which means that they have learnt the trade from their [size=18pt]masters[/size]. .the inventors

BBC take a mental note of the term

Ashawo and agbero

That is their invention.

Then BBC don't forget the term okuwole



Bye

So Yorubas are your masters now?

lol....you're correct tho

ezeagu:
Okay... (I don't know).

It's fine. That's why we're teaching you.

You see, BBCHausa is one of the reason Hausa is not a dying language.....unlike igbos tho.

Obiagu1:
Round table discussion

Yet you claim to understand English more than Igbo.

Feed your eyes again

https://www.nairaland.com/810139/first-nollywood-festival-hosted-sao

ezeagu:
Cool, but Yemi Alade says hi. Lol. I'm not going into that.

Flavour/P-Square says bye

tonychristopher:
The term and ashawo are Yoruba words

That is Yoruba gift to Nigeria

BBC take note

Not according to Nnamdi Kwanu and Rochas

"99% of igbo girls are ashewo".

ezeagu:
I'm talking about how the entire first page is about Igbo people. Wow, flattering. But you need to focus on things important to you, or are Igbo matter that important to you?

BBC is reviving Yoruba?

Yes and it's spreading it

Obiagu1:
Master spinner, Ileke-Idi

https://www.nairaland.com/810139/first-nollywood-festival-hosted-sao

Feed your eyes and kwench

tonychristopher:
They have a purpose of protest ..

What purpose? The loss of GEJ wrapped up in Biafra nonsense lol.

ezeagu:
I'm okay with this sentiment, but there is nothing supporting indigenous languages currently that would warrant the removal of English right now. I mean, there are no indigenous language schools or universities. English is still the medium of education, and without you may be lost.

You're okay with the sentiment yet you're crying about it?

The Revival of Yoruba is welcome. Yorubas all over West Africa thanks BBCAfrica for investing in the Yoruba language

English is the medium of education? Tell that to France/Russia/China

nwanlecha:
Don't even venture into Nollywood, 'cus ndị Igbo have the best of both worlds when it comes to that. We control the English side of Nollywood, which by the way is spiced up with a heavy dose of Igbo, and we've recently resurrected our Igbo movies, and they are doing so well now. Go to YouTube to feed your eyes.

Aww is that why no one watches nollywood anymore?

Quantity, not quality.

Whereas Yoruba movies have festivals in South America......hopefully with BBCYoruba we can spreader further

tonychristopher:
They have turned miscreants and urchins in their father's land
It's better to be a vagabond in faraway land than in your own land
What a shame

Which ones have turned miscreant? The shameless vagabonds protesting when they should be tending to their jobs and/or be in school? Or the increasing culture of drug pushing in igboland?

ezeagu:
Language rep between Igbo and Yoruba in the music industry is probably equal now, just depending on where you stay.

Yoruba in the music industry is high ..... I see our igbo bros selling music with English/Yoruba

tonychristopher:
Maybe the Yoruba will be good because of [size=18pt]high illiterate rate in southwest [/size] as jamb and waec confirmed


This welcome

Got more?

So it's your high literacy in igboland that you're using to push drugs to Indonesia?

If high illiteracy equals reviving Yoruba and spreading it globally, I say welcome!

Obiagu1:
You won't believe it but Youth corpers from other parts of the country struggle to teach in [size=18pt]most secondary schools in Yorubaland because of the inability of the students to understand english language.[/size]

Now add millions of touts that didn't go to school, then you'll get the sense of how grave the situation is in Yorubaland.

As long as they understand Yoruba.

Even with your Aba-made stats and your shameless appraisal of another man's language, Yoruba will continue to spread. It is global!

[size=18pt]Learn Yoruba with new iPhone app
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Obiagu1:
Good for you.
Well, the British will not waste money to transmit in [size=18pt] Igbo when more than 85% Igbos understand English.[/size]

By the way, I don't take pride in English language one bit, as far as I am concerned, Igbo should be an official language in Igboland.

And less than 50% understand Igbo

I see the pride you have in the extinction of your language.

ezeagu:
Frustration. What does this have to do with lingua francas and recognised/official languages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanus_Horton

It has to do with the fact that Yoruba is a widely spoken and unignorable language

tonychristopher:
Does it remove Omo Nile and owo mi da in Yoruba land

Does the English language remove drug pushing from the igbo land?

ezeagu:
Joshua Project? Really? That fake evangelist site?

Read about the Oku people of Sierra Lione, illiterate igbo dunce lol

ezeagu:
I think you're exaggerating. No, actually, I know you're exaggerating because [size=18pt]the stereotype is even that an avaerage Igbo can't speak English without adding Igbo.[/size]


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHv4iyB4MnA

Then they must be illiterates...according to Obiaju1

The measure of literacy to an igbo slave is the ability to speak English/Native language.

The Chinese people must be illiterate.

Yorubas in Sierra Lione

nwanlecha:
Listen, [size=18pt]it's a shame that your measure of literacy is dependent on how well you speak another man's language.[/size] If Yoruba language has truly been added to BBC service, it's a good thing and I will advocate for Igbo language to be added too, 'cus that is one of the ways to establish your language as a major international language.

Obiagu1:
They are talking because they don't know the criteria.

LOL And you're talking as if you know the criteria.

BBC Arabic
BBC Russian
BBC Persian
BBC Swahili
BBC Yoruba
BBC Hausa




And I'd rather Yoruba survive than English in Yorubaland