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Hi Oyato,



Thanks.

You know sey e always good to speak from experience, so, all de ting wey a talk here na as a experience am wen a been dey dere.  No, a no dey for India.  Na oyibo people dem country a dey. 

If you wan chop meat, you for ask them pipu where you fit go eat food wey get propa meat inside.  De time wey a dey for New Delhi, dem tell me sey na for Old Delhi a for see propa meat chop.  So, for de town wey you dey (maybe Bangalore) you fit go ask dem.  A sure sey somewhere like that go dey.  Wen a been dey dere, to dey eat veg for every meal tire me no be small.  A come dey lose weight propa propa. 

Me sef na Asian food wey a dey chop for here when a too lazy to cook.  You for try kharai gosh (extra hot) and pilau rice.  You fit ask for lamb or beef kharai.  A sure sey you know sey nan bread e betta pass roti.  Make you no dey eat dem sweets beco dem too too sweet. 

If you wan titi for dere, you for look for the ones wey dem be mixed race.  Dem kine titi sef dem wan comot for India beco dem own pipu dey discriminate against dem!  Kerala na plenty fish and fine fine omoge wey dey there.  Dem iyawo na dem fine past for de whole of India and dem be Christians.

Make you dey look after yourself.   



kiwi992.

NB:

Oh yeah, dem be wan carry me go River Ganges for midnight go throw me inside the river as sacrifice for dem god (most likely).  God punish dem!  Dem tink sey a be mumu like dem wey no get sense.

Hi All,



This thread has been going for a while, so I'm sure the poster (Rita) has long moved on.

Anyway, here's a vid of BBC TV's Panaroma that was only aired last Monday (19th of this month).  It's about the racism that an Asian couple faced, on moving to a social housing in Bristol.

Maybe the Asians (strictly meaning Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis) but most of all, the Hindus, should watch it and know how it feels to be on the receiving end of racial discrimination, considering that their religion is based on the caste system and the colour of the one's skin.   

Here it is:

Part 1

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNch0jPniXQ[/flash]

Part 2

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hARbXeb9VS8[/flash]

Part 3

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVIC8r9Fm2A[/flash]


Oh yeah, Singh, although you are Nigerian by birth, you are indeed, a Sikhini.  I know how much the Hindus hate the Sikhs, Moslems and Christians.

As I've always said in the past, Asians face the most racism in the UK and elsewhere in the West, as compared with black people, yet they, the Asians, are the worst for racial discrimination.  How so shameful!




kiwi992.

Hi All,



If I may just chip in here.

As you may very well appreciate, it's up to the individual to make the choice as to whom the one prefers to date or indeed, marry, for whatever reason.

One thing for sure is that nobody is better than anybody.  People of all races have got similar as well as different qualities.  Those qualities do NOT depend on the one's race.  It would be mere folly and indeed, short sighted to think along those lines.   

Personally, I don't have anything against any race, be it black, white, Oriental or Asian (Indians and Pakistanis).  People are people and we shouldn't let the colour of the one's skin blind us, if we feel that the one is right for us.  There's good and bad in every race.

That said, a friend of mine (West Indian) got married to a white English guy but faced a lot of problems in the marriage due to the fact that his family would never accept her, on account of her being black.  Her husband even called her a 'nigger' in course of a heated argument.  That was what broke the camel's back and they got divorced in the end.  All credits to him, he takes good care of their two kids.

So, how does one come to terms with being called a racist name by the one that's supposed to love them?  I thought the one was supposed to see beyond all that?

I happen to date a lot, lot more white girls because they are far more easy going, have similar interests with me, fun to be with and wouldn't drag the one down with their family problems.  It would be nice to date my own kind more often but I do get scared of their endless 'home' problems (this is the absolute truth!).  The ones that I see around look unhappy and seem to have all the problems of the world on their shoulders.  That scares me, so, I'd rather steer clear.  I'm really sorry to say.

Definitely, not all white people have got all the qualities that our poster mentioned.  Then again, the same thing applies to black men.  There's good and bad in every race.

The choice as to who to date is up to the individual and we MUST learn to respect that choice, no matter what.  It's horses for courses - each one to their own.




kiwi992.

Mate,


The Nigerian names are formed as follows:

1.  Theodore is your grandad's Christian (baptismal) name
2.  Chukwuemeka is his native Nigerian name (most likely)
3.  Okam is his own dad's name (i.e. your great grandad's name)
4.  Ojiako is the family (i.e. family compound) name and is usually unique in Nigeria, depending on which part of the country the one originates.

You could start searching by possibly writing to the Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos or maybe Abuja (I'm not sure).  They might give you pointers or indeed, you could search on the Internet for a list of past and present members.

Again, there's an African Centre in Moss Side, Manchester.  The guys there came to the UK around the same time as your grandad did, and so, might know him.  Some of them lived in London before moving to the North West.

Ring up Nigeria House (aka Appleby House), Platt Lane, Manchester, M14 5NE and ask them as well.  Their number used to be 0161 256 1059 but it's dead now.  Just ask directory enquiries (0118) and they'd be able to help you.  There are many elderly Nigerians there. 

Somebody there is bound to have known him before he left for Nigeria.  They'd also be able to give you the telephone number of the African Centre.

Lastly, you could post this in the Culture section because the surname is an Ibo (Igbo) one and so, a lot of those guys from Iboland might be able to help you in terms of which specific town the name originates.

That said, please do NOT pay anyone who offers to 'help' you trace someone that knows your grandad.  Never be taken in by any greedy bugger.  Nairaland is your best bet.   

Good luck in your quest.



kiwi992.

I ya mina pu,


FABIAN


I yim bara,

I dugo ye me, imiete. 

Mie, tombo weni jen ama bu anga ari te, weni mbo ama bibi ke bio bara ma gboru saki, anie, opu bere ko ko paka te.  Anie fi ye ari mine se, mbo sun te, jen ama me bu fa te.  Tamuno so si ye duku ma!  Gbala gbala.

Mie, Bakana bu, n so ari be owu me, sun te, i biongbo si ma lama ari.  Mgbe ini owu so-a kuma, i yeri, a bo ama la kura bio, ibere-a.  Bekin na apu ama me, ari anga te bara, koko ala te.  I yeri, mie munju anga me, gbo suma nyo ke i tama te.  Jen ama, jen ama, anie i dumo bu, ari anga ari be ye.  Ti ye paka?  To saki a buro i ya ama me eri ba? 

Nde, kura bo ene, bo ene, iya ikiapu goye goye, ini ina ama mu ari.  I yeri, ama a mu mu-a, gbala buro, iya ama ini owu so ari go te.  Ama bu paka ari beye me, i biongbo sima ari.  Ini go te owu me so ari be ye me, ani be sibi na, piki etemi na so, i yeri, ari eri ya.


Na2Day


I yim bere,

I yeri so, ye goye goye anie ke ti ye, i bu, bu.   Si si, pa bu kuroma te, ama bibi me fiye bara dawa.  Piki ani ke bara me so, dawa.  I yeri, koko Kalabari furo tubo.


Ow11


I yim bere,

I yeri, a gboru bo so na, bire yana-a.

Jim be, o miete ibio belema-a beye, anie a dugo opiri ye.  Mbo Bakana bo-o, Bakana boa-o, anie me, i bu gberi ye so, fiye a-a.  Ye ibiongbo belema-a bebe, i yeri, a dugo mbo piriba.  I da so, a dugo o piri ba, i yingi so, a dugo a piri ba.  Oko me, anie i yeri, a sime bara.

Bire ofori. 


O dein na sime.




kiwi992.

Mate,



You MUST learn to respect someone's:


1.  Privacy

You recently posted an attachment here, relating to my late dad's profile, as well as addressed me by my real Kalabari name.  You shouldn't have done that 'cos that's my own prerogative and never yours.  Get it?

Yeah, you did eventually remove them because I asked you to do so.  However, that wasn't a very wise thing to do 'cos my dad's profile should have come directly from someone like me, who is related to him by blood and definitely not you.  Again, I should have been the one to volunteer my real name in this Forum, had I wanted to do so.  My name is kiwi992, fullstop.

Moreover, I'm NOT interested in getting to know anyone here on personal terms.  That was very forward of you, if you really want to know.


2.  Wishes

As I've always hinted on this thread, I'm NOT interested in joining you lot on Facebook to chat about Bakana, okay?  I declined your invitation and you should have got the hint then.  Neither am I interested in doing anything to improve an unstable town such as Bakana.  You should stop telling people in terms of what they should and shouldn't do in Bakana.  STOP being so pushy.

Most of my life has been spent abroad and I can't see the point in getting involved in anything relating to Bakana.  I won't even be able to find my way around the town if I went there, let alone chat with strangers who say they are from that town. I'm a citizen of Bakana yes, but only in name, and nothing more.


3. Making a 'vile' statement and throwing a 'tantrum'?

You must be bloody joking if that's what you think about my speaking the truth.

There isn't anything vile or throwing a tantrum about what I posted in terms of what the evil buggers of Bakana nearly did to my late dad.

The truth is always bitter, I guess, in view of the ongoing fighting and killings amongst the citizens of Bakana (all due to some stupid notion as to who founded the town - as if that bloody mattered for one bit), is being posted here for everyone to read and see how senseless the fighting is.

My advice to you - in future, learn to use those two words in their proper contexts.  Failing that, don't even go there.


4.  Whatever I have achieved in my life is only for me and nobody else.

Understand?

That's what living in a higly individualistic society such as the UK in all these years, teaches the one.  You achieve things inorder to better your own life and nobody else's.  You must always look after number one, they say.  That number one is me, myself and I.  Sod everybody else!  I come first.  If you don't look after number one, then nobody would.

Moreover, you go and help somebody or try and do something in that bloody town and those evil people would use your own money to kill you with black magic.  Failing that, they'd set fire to your house in the middle of the night or indeed, destroy whatever you've done to improve the town!  Oh yeah - those bloody fuckers - that's what they are like!  Full of jealousy and hatred.  Who ever wants to go to a town like that?

My (late) friend - Ibanibo Lawson, went home to Abonnema on holidays, for just a couple of weeks.  He was fit and healthy when he left England.  Guess what?  He never came back!  The evil buggers in that town killed him off with black magic within just a week of his arrival there.  Sod all that!  If I haven't learnt a lesson from that, then I'd never learn again.


5.  Dr C I Berepiki was a 'legend' in his lifetime

Glad you can say that. 

Put it this way - if I were in Nigeria when he was helping all those people in Bakana, I'd have advised him never to do so, considering that they wanted him dead, in the first place.  Trust me, he'd have listened to me and nobody else.


6.  As long as there's continued fighting in Bakana, the town is doomed, with no future whatsoever, for its citizens

Take my word for it - not in a million years will Bakana improve, as long as the fighting and killings go on, in that town.

By the way, a town doesn't 'move on' - a person does.  Again, learn to use the English words in their proper contexts or don't even bother attempting to speak colloquial English. 


7.  In future

You must learn to show respect, take hints, stop being too forward and pushy.

Yes, you might be a very patriotic citizen of Bakana but not everyone of us is.  Some of us have our loyalties elsewhere, and that most certainly includes me.




kiwi992.

I yim bere,


Tariye - imiete, gbala buro i, i ere na piki i da gboloma ye me sin m, munju bu.

Main kara maye - i bem mine se:

Wa bari ama me ere ke siye fie ma.

I yeri so i koko nimi wu rari mine, wa mine ama me bu n koko gbosu ma owu so te ine abu ba ri. Anie me buro iruo ye?  Ani buro fiye ari mine se mbo si ere ke ama sin ari?  Mbo si ere ke ama sin ya, gbala gbala!  Kra kra ye ani mbo dugo ari be ye - ibi o, si o - kra kra ye anie kra kra ye.  Weni mgba nimi wu rari mine Bakana bu ini owu so ari te piki ini abu bari.

Mie owu so amie ye me, anie miete Bakana ene goye goye ani obu dari be ye.  Jumo jumo belema me wa mine ama bu ofori.


In Kalabari and English:


THE SHAMEFUL CONSPIRACY BY THE PEOPLE OF BAKANA TO TRY AND KILL THE LATE DR C I BEREPIKI ON TRUMPED-UP CHARGES OF BEING A BIAFRA SUPPORTER, SOON AFTER THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR - THE FACTS:


Tirei karama ye - Si si, ba ri Bakana tele ma bara dugo i pirima.  I da kori Bakana piri ye me ibi te.

Thirdly - please don’t talk to me about doing something to improve Bakana.  What my late dad did for the town before his death was more than enough.

Mie Biafra omu me fa ye, Bakana be apu kele kon te ini ida be ba te!.  Ini mu iruo te dugo ari mine se ori be, o Biafra be apu anga bu som.  Ku ma, oko sime ye so ofori.  Opu iruo anie ini iruo ari beye.  I ruo!!!

May it be known by all and sundry, that the people of BAKANA nearly killed my dad, the late DR C I BEREPIKI, falsely accusing him of being a supporter of the Biafran cause, during the Nigerian civil war.  This was all fabricated – lies upon lies, borne out of jealousy or pure evil-mindedness!

Mie, omu me saki bê te anie wa Lagos bu mangi ama bo ye.  Wa bote ma ala-a, ogbo anie, gboru din bu, Bakana be ALA PU weni legi te bibi oki te i da be ton, mine se ori be Biafra be apu na Bakana ama me bu o gboku bu sime.

The fact is - we ran home to Bakana from Lagos, just before the start of the Nigerian civil war.  One evening, not long after our arrival in Bakana, ALL the chiefs of Bakana held a meeting and APPOINTED my late dad – Dr C I Berepiki to LIAISE with the Biafrans, on behalf of our town, Bakana.  He was thus made the go-between by the chiefs – their mouthpiece, (if you see what I mean), in dealing with matters concerning Biafra and Bakana.     

Mi kori nama anie okori ama me piri te Biafra be apu Bakana de sin ye.

All he ever did was simply, liaise with the Biafrans, as he was appointed to do, by all the chiefs of Bakana, before the town was evacuated by the rebels.

Kuma, omu me fa gboru saki, Bakana be apu n saki te iruo te mine se o Biafra be apu anga som, anie go te, ini oba be te.

However, immediately after the war, the people of Bakana started spreading lies, saying that he (the late Dr C I Berepiki) was a supporter of Biafra, hence, wanted to kill him. 

Ama ogono be apu ma, gbala buro, i nimi wu rari mine, wa mine dabo be o piki sun te i belema lama wu rari go te, n bem mine:

‘Omu Port Harcourt bu o tubo Bleep be kun te ke Bakana bo.  O mine okun bom be be, oda Clifford be ori ogo te Bakana bo ba.  O bo te be be, wa weni o kun te ani ju bu o ba, ba’.

Knowing how much my late dad loved me (and how close he and I were – just like two best friends), the people of Bakana even plotted to kidnap me from Port Harcourt to Bakana, saying that if they did that, he - my dad would go to Bakana and try to save me, at which point they would catch him and have him killed.

Gboru ene baka, te wa wari bu sime ari saki Diobu bu, anie omu gbin a tomi wa mine wari bo ye.  N weni i da be kun te weni ori oki te ke Brigadier Danjuma turo ko mu, GRA, Port bu.  Bakana be apu, anie mu iruo opiri ye.  Ini bi ari mine se ori be ida be ba, mine se ori be Biafra be apu anga som. 

One day, we were at home in Diobu when some Nigerian soldiers came in a jeep, arrested my late dad and took him to Brigadier Danjuma at the GRA in Port Harcourt inorder to be executed, for being a so-called ‘Biafra supporter’.  The people of Bakana wanted him dead, hence reported him to the brigadier, so that he would kill him for them! 

Mie, omu gbin a tomi sibi dabo be (Brigadier Danjuma) weni saki ye ke ida be gbola we-e ni, ma awa lam!  O yeke ogbola fama te anie o bo eri ye mine se wa mine dabo be omieye ofori, gbala gbala!  Anie go te, ane Brigadier Danjuma weni saki Bakana be apu ma gbola mi nese ‘mien sime tombo anie o bi ari mine wa ba?  Mie, wa weni oba kuma, o tubo yanate o kiri oki ba?

On being taken to Brigadier Danjuma, my late dad was interrogated for up to two hours.  It was established that he (the late Dr C I Berepiki) never, ever supported the Biafran cause and that he was only performing the duties bestowed upon him by all the chiefs of Bakana (that is – simply to liaise with the Biafrans on behalf of the town).

Brigadier Danjuma then turned round and asked those people of Bakana present, that wanted my dad dead, saying:

‘You want us to kill someone like this.  If we do kill him, who do you have in Bakana to replace him? 

Ani ju bu anie ori i da be wori so ye, te n weni oke wari bo. 

Needless to say, Brigadier Danjuma immediately set my dad (the late Dr C I Berepiki) FREE, thus bringing to an end, all the false accusations of being a Biafra supporter, spread by the people of Bakana, simply because they wanted him dead, for their own selfish reasons.

Shame on those evil buggers!  Any wonder as to why they are, today, still fighting members of Iyalla’s compound, trying to twist the history of Bakana inorder to suit them, all because of who founded Bakana as well as some cheap oil revenue. 

Like it or not, Bakana was founded by Paramount Chief India Yellowe who kindly handed over the ruling of the town to his cousin (Chief Braide) being that he was the elder of the two.  In Kalabari custom and tradition, an elderly person always comes first, hence this act of generosity.  Chief Braide then became the Amayanabo of Bakana.

Sadly, the history of Bakana as everyone knows it, is being twisted by members of Braide's family and their ilk, hence the senseless fighting and killing that's been going on for years, in that oil-producing town.

Bastards.



kiwi992.


NB:

Isn’t it so true that the pen is mightier than the sword?

Never in a million years did those blood-thirsty, evil buggers of Bakana dream that one day, the truth would come to light, espoused by one of the sons of the late Dr C I Berepiki that’s considered to be lost in the UK and never to surface again.

Well, I’m still here, doing fine, whilst you bloody lot are fighting amongst yourselves and killing each other over nothing, in Bakana.

Oh yeah, and read all what I’ve written here in Nairaland (and elsewhere), and see if any of you lot can ever match me in any way, shape or form, when it comes to education and smartness.  I got all that from the extremely intelligent and highly educated man you lot wanted to kill for no apparent reason.  It runs in the family.  Just remember that.

I’m here to avenge all what you buggers put my late dad through, after the Nigerian civil war, but for Brigadier Danjuma sparing his life because the man never did anything wrong.

By the way, my late mum, Joniba Ekwe Duke was from Sokunoma Polo as well as LongJohn’s compound in Bakana.  I’m not just a Berepiki or an Iyalla so, would never take sides.  Just laying down the facts exactly as they are.

Ever wondered as to why I never set foot in Bakana right from when the war ended?  Add to that, thirty five (35) years in the UK and go bloody figure!  I’m just a citizen of Bakana in name and nothing more. 

Tell you the truth, if I were my late dad, I’d never have done anything whatsoever, to help the people of Bakana or indeed, improve the town, in view of what its citizens wanted to do to him.

Iyimbere Jim,


Tari ye - imiete.

Main karamaye - nde i mu i ere ke munju ke ari be bara?  Nde imiete i ere me nimi bara?  Pa sisi, ari i tekem - i ere me sin, i miete.  Mie anie internet.  Munju wa ke ari beye me so, go ari be bo so wa nimi ya.   

Tirei karamaye - nde i mu i da gbolo maye ke munju kuro mari be bara?  Sisi anie me so sin.  Imiete.

Ini karamaye - I dugo ye goye goye, a n-am. 

Mie wamine ama bu pakari beye me, sun te i biongbo sima lama wu rari.  I yeri, ama bo i tari lama te, gbala buro, bekin na ama me bu anga me i furo bin te.  Kuma, nde a miete ama bo bari be bara?  Ama ofiri ari!  Bakana be apu ini owuso so te i na bu ba-ari.  I yeri anie me miete i biongbo sun te si lama wu rari.  Ama bu n weni owuso-a kuma, bekin na ama bu apa sime te tiye doki ari?  A biye goye goye, Tamuno oke i piri fama te.  N weni owuso-a kuma Bakana bu, ngbe i yeri, ari ama bo kura bio i bere a-a.  Bekina ama buro i ya ama?  Bakana anie koko i ya ama - i da Bakana, i yingi Bakana.  I yeri gbo sima Bakana be furo tubo.  A mangi tanga mu be?  Wa pa Tamuno teke ari mine se owu me pa fa-a, Bakana bu.  I yeri jen ama anga me i furo bin te.  Ti ye paka?       

Ama ofiri ari go te, i yeri, ari ine te ama bo biya, gbala gbala.  Tamuno so duku ma!  A piki ine te ama be ogbo so, so biya.  I yingi fite, i da fite, ama ogono bu abo tiye mie ba?  Ama te ini owuso ari be ama anie a buro bo be ye?  A bo te ini iba?  Tubo i digi digi ba, a weni ama bo kuma?   I yim bere, anie woriso sisi.   

I ya ikia apu te wa iru wu rari saki, men gba goye goye, a ba ri ine te ina lekiri bi ya.  I nimgba n duba fama te.  I na dumo so kiri te, nye so kiri te.  I na bu be japu so fi te.  Mioku, ari ama bo kuma, ari ine tubo lekiri ba?

I yeri be, ma ama la-a be bra, koko ala lama te.  Jen ama, jen ama, anie mbo angari be ye, be-e kura bio.  Lagos na bekin na ama na. 

Mie, Nigeria be omu me te, Biafra a tomi Bakana be apu de sin wu rari kura bio, i yeri, i buo ma ama la-a.  I sim ama bo itari ya?

Sisi, a du go ayi ma, ke bio bara ma.  Imiete.

Dein na si me.




kiwi992.

Hey Na2day,


You're alright man.  Just kidding.



kiwi992.

Hi All,


NA2DAY


Well, I told you so, didn't I?

The Okrika language, should I say, is like Kalabari with a twang.  No offence meant to our Okrika brothers and sisters, mind.  All the wars that we fought with them in the olden days are long forgotten.  Oh yeah, didn't we just?  We are all friends now - inikio.

Anyway, about this Reginald Dokubo guy - you've succeeded in driving him away from this thread with your demand for a sweetner (albeit a joke) before you could direct him to a source about Kalabari history, haven't ya?  Great!

I yim bere, i yeri so, ye kalaye igbigi ke i gbe.  Fua!!  I Tamuno i boi!  Mie ibi ke kini mien bara me so i bio bara te.  Okpai!
   

REGINALD


I learnt about Kalabari history whilst at primary school (CAC) in Bakana, as well as from the elders of our compound.  We were also taught how to write Kalabari at school, hence I'm able to do so. 

What I suggest you do is to write to the headmaster (or headmistress) at CAC School and ask him (or her) to recommend you a book or two about Kalabari history.  I'm sure he or she would gladly oblige.

You should also look-out for any book about Kalabari history written by one of our chiefs - Chief Dr Hutton of Buguma.  The guy is an English anthropologist but lived and settled in Buguma (Asari) and was crowned a Kalabari chief due to his immense interest and knowledge about Kalabari custom and tradition.  I don't know if he's still alive or not but any person from Buguma would confirm this.  I remember him correcting our Kalabari grammar, as kids.

As regards the Kalabari Association in Lagos, there's bound to be one.  Just ask around.  There used to be a Bakana Association in Lagos, whilst we lived there.  I remember Joe Iyalla and S D Akanibo meeting up with my dad at our house, before going to such meetings.  I'm sure it's still in existence.  That said, I'm going back many moons.

Good luck in your quest and don't take any notice of Na2day.  He was only kidding with his comments.



kiwi992.

Hey Na2day,


As you know, the Okrika language is not too dis-similar to ours.  I'm sure you could speak it if you try. 




kiwi992.

Iyo Ibime,


Nde ani la oku?  Iri so i bekin na ama emi e? 

Take no no notice of any bugger that says those of us from the Niger Delta are 'backward'.  Backward my arse!  What do they know?  Fools! 

How so bloody ignorant and mis-informed of them for thinking so.  We are ten times smarter as well as better educated than they are or indeed, would ever be.  The evidence is all here for everyone to see.   


kiwi992.

NB:

Na2day - that was Okrika language I was speaking, just in case you wondered!

Hi Jim,



Thanks for the invitation but I'd rather not get involved.  Sorry!

It disheartens me to think that people in Bakana are too busy fighting and killing each other over nothing.  How so bloody stupid.   



kiwi992.

Hi,



Sexual harrassment and abuse of power, to be precise.  Over here, you could have taken the company to the Employment Tribunal for that offence, as well as unfair dismissal.

Personally, I'll ask them to shove their job up their arses!  Don't fall for it 'cos the sexual harrassment would start all over again, after they'd used you to win the new contract.

You'd be much beter-off staying with your new employer and gradually work your way up.



kiwi992.

Hey Nna,



Fancy seeing you here!

How's the preparation for the SAP Consultancy certification going?  Hope you guys haven't given up.  It'd be a damn shame if that happens, in view of the time and effort that some of you guys had put into it.   

I had to leave that thread 'cos I got sick of people asking me questions after questions.  Do let us know when you've passed the exams.

All the best to you.




kiwi992.

Hi All,


Bilymouse:

But the biggest  hypocrite of all, betrayer, shameless bald headed fool and a consummate coward, is Ojukwu. That shameless idiot sweet tongue thousands of people to their death only for him to fled , at the heat of the battle. Imagine a General, the chief commanding officer, an head of state, running away from a battle field. Condemning thousands of Biafran soldiers to the mercy of the Nigerian army.

Surely, Ojukwu could never have been a coward, could he?

At least, he had the guts to mobilise his people and fight, in view of the acts of genocide committed against the Ibos and other Easterners.  My hats off to him and this is coming from a non-Ibo.

Far from being a coward, if you ask me.




kiwi992.

Hi All


TRIBUTE TO THE LATE REX LAWSON - A TRUE KALABARI SON

Here are some clips that I lifted from Youtube.  Credit to the posters:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBOXi3bJ7ug[/flash]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFilIFOlZe8[/flash]

[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/BwFZi2OecOI[/flash]

[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/RLouRlWs1EE[/flash]

[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/a1TrZbDCGcM[/flash]

[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/C3Fp_q2URt8[/flash]

[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/W2i0A2U3Xj0[/flash]

Here's a cover of the Sawale song:

[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/wE4_mL-JVQI[/flash]

Yes, he's long gone but is still with us in spirit.  May his soul rest in peace, Amen.



kiwi992.

Hi Ed,



Thanks for the input. 

Be honest with you, nobody could ever persuade me to go back to Bakana as long as there's unrest in the town.  How so sad 'cos Xmas this year would have been an ideal time for me to visit home.  Still, never mind - the one's safety comes first.



kiwi992.

Tipia,



With every respect but I don't get you.  Do you think you ought to re-read my posting on this subject or what?

Let's turn your argument on its head and ask you this question.  What moral right do you think the Federal Government of Nigeria has, in decimating the Niger Delta?  Always taking from that part of Nigeria, building a new capital, enriching its corrupt politicians and never investing any of the oil proceeds there.  Have you ever been to the core Niger Delta?  How does that compare with other oil producing parts of the world?

Everything in Nigeria has to have a tribal connotation - this isn't, okay?  As I said, this is a guerilla war tactic that's most definitely NOT aimed at the Yorubas or any other tribe for that matter.  

Please re-think your insensitive attitude to the plight of the peoples of the Niger Delta and forget about tribal sentiments.  Do think about it even you live in Abuja, are the spouse or family member of a politician and away from all the troubles.  I honestly don't think MEND is out to get the Yorubas.

If you believe in a cause, you fight for it, after all attempts at a peaceful resolution has failed.  I don't think that any of the militant groups there wish to have themselves or members of their family killed, mothers, wives raped, or whatever.  Same argument goes with the Nigerian soldiers.  

Hopefully, the Nigerian leaders would engage in genuine dialogue with MEND and others so as to bring an end to all this violence.




kiwi992.

Hi All,



I don't usually get involved in politics but dare I say that:

Ehoi:
The way I see it, MEND didn't face Yoruba. Its some Yoruba's that want to interpret it that way. If MEND want to face Yoruba, do you think that is the target they would bomb? besides, Lagos is a no mans land. If MEND want to blow up something that will affect the Yoruba, they would have done it in Ibadan, not Lagos.

If Yoruba retaliate, i believe that will be the beginning of the end of Nigeria because MEND will surely hit back and this time harder and more direct. remember that the militants have been stockpiling weapons and preparing for war for more than ten years. They already have weapons in their disposal that the Nigerian army would be proud of.

This is the most sensible thing anybody could have said about it, in my opinion.

Sad as it may be, personally, I didn't think it was directed against a specific tribal grouping.  Why would it?  What have the Ijaws got against the Yorubas, or any other tribe for that matter?  I thought it was all about the neglected Niger Delta?  Is it not?

Isn't that act what you call guerilla war tactics?  Hitting the enemy where it hurts most - just like the IRA did many years ago, by bombing places outside of Northern Ireland - like Canary Wharf in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Brighton and Warrington, until the British government decided to genuinely engage the Provos in peace talks.  Ever since, the troubles have stopped except with pockets of violence by members of the break-away Republicans. 

I honestly wish the Niger Delta issue would be resolved once and for all, inorder to avoid all this guerilla warfare so that peace would prevail once more in Nigeria.

In short, I'm saying that Nigeria must put its money where its mouth is.  That is to say, have a genuine dialogue with MEND and others, listen to their grievances, do something about the problems in the Niger Delta and let the country move forward.  Afterall, most of Nigeria's oil wealth comes from there, does it not?  Why neglect that place with virtually no infrastructure and the worst environmental pollution imaginable?  Very sad indeed, very, very sad.  Even offers of bribery wouldn't sway the so-called 'militants' to lay down their arms because they know they are fighting for all their people and not just for themselves.  

The oil billions amassed by a single corrupt Nigerian politician could go a very long way in developing that part of Nigeria and people there would be happy, I'm sure.  It's called fair play, is it not?



kiwi992.

Hi Killayut,



I don't mean to come across as being unfriendly or anything like that but, what kind of question is that?  Why are you asking me?  How on earth would I know when I left Nigeria as a kid and haven't ever been back to the country (let alone Bakana), for nearly thirty five (35) years!  So much for our 'running away' from Berepiki's compound, as per your statement.

Come to think of it, what you've observed about the emptiness in Berepiki's compound is a clear sign of progress.  Yes, progress made by members of that family compound, having to seek their fortunes elsewhere in Nigeria and other parts of the world, inorder to better their lives, be it through education, business, professional or academic career, instead of being stuck in the same old compound, doing nothing decent to improve their lot.  Not a lot of families could just get up and go, if you ask me.  Good on them!

Oh yeah, if it were safe for them to return home to Bakana to improve the town, they'd have gladly done so and that most definitely includes me.  Yeah, moi!  You don't know how sick to the back teeth I am, about living in the UK for this length of time.  I would give an arm and a leg to go back to my hometown (and nowhere else in Nigeria) if only it were safe to do so.  What - with all the fighting that's going on?  Go there and get killed simply because I want to populate my family compound?  That sounds like a not-so-sensible thing for anybody to do.  Actually, it would seem a very stupid step to take 'cos the one's safety comes first.  Bollocks to anything that compromises the one's safety.
    
Having said that, I know that your surname - Alabraba - is an Abonnema name.  Tell you the truth, I couldn't see the connection with Bakana from there, so much so, as to give the one grave concern regarding the state of Berepiki's compound, or can you?  No offence meant, mind, just a factual statement.  Such name as Monima Alabraba springs to mind as being a typical Abonnema (aka Nyemoni) name.    

Just for your information, my dad, the late Dr C. I. Berepiki was the last son of Iriabo (aka Ine), daughter of Paramount Chief India Iyalla (aka Pina Pina Inai), the founder of Bakana.  In case you didn't know, any direct descendant of the Iyallas (aka Yellowe) never lives elsewhere in Bakana, except in Iyalla's compound.  That's how it is with the Iyallas for whatever reason, fullstop.

By the way, the Iyallas (aka Yellowe - only because of the complexion of their skin - hence Pina Pina Inai) do actually originate from Tombia and such compound still exists in that town.

Just as an aside, wouldn't it be nice if the Berepikis (as well as other families in Bakana) would instil that sense of undying loyalty in their children, just like the Iyallas/Yellowes.
   
In view of the above, my dad grew up with his mum, brothers, sisters, cousins and so on, in Iyalla's compound, despite the fact that his dad was Chief Iwo Daso Berepiki and ruler of Berepiki's compound, with direct family roots in the oil town of Kula.

Back to your question - being that Berepiki's compound exists in Kula as well, perhaps we should ship those family members over to Bakana, just to make up the numbers.  How's that?  Oh yeah, we could do that, couldn't we?  I'm sure, that would make you happy and ease your concern, wouldn't it?  Let's do that then.  On the other hand, you could, if you wanted to, set us an example (as you say you are related to the Berepikis) and I'm sure others would follow suit.  

Our main house in Iyalla's compound is the ancestral family home of the Iyallas, right bang in the centre of the square, next to the tomb where Paramount Chief India Iyalla is buried.  Offsprings of the Iyallas build their homes around the main family house in Iyalla's compound, and just like my late dad did, I would do exactly the same thing by building my house in Iyalla's compound, were I to go and settle in Bakana, although I doubt it very much, in view of the unrest in the town.

Yet another deserter, you would say, wouldn't ya?  Hey! each one to their own, right?  The good thing is that people have choices - the freedom of choice to live wherever the one sees fit, despite the one's family background.  Glad that no-one has to make that decision for me, except I.  How so bloody nice eh?

If you are an Abite, then perhaps, you should know that an uncle of mine - Mr A. G. Abite (Aga Brothers) is also an Iyalla from his maternal family, as his mum (the late Elesia) was my dad's elder sister, hence, was also brought up in Iyalla's compound even though his dad was from Abonnema.  Same goes with Auntie Majorba (Ibiteinso Maternity Home), whose mum was also the late Elesia.  Lloyd Romeo, Eman, Inedi (all direct descendants of the Iyallas) were brought up in Iyalla's compound.

Others include the late Chief Vincent Yellowe (my dad's eldest brother), my dad's cousin - the former Ambassador Joe Iyalla, his nephews - former Senator Dr Ibiapuye Martyns-Yellow, Dr Mpakaboari Abite, Ngo Martyns-Yellowe, Wisdom Dokubo, to name but only a tiny few.  These were all brought up in Iyalla's compound because the Iyalla's direct descendants never live elsewhere in Bakana, except in Iyalla's compound, as I said before.  Dr Mpakaboari Abite, although brought up in Abonnema, eventually settled in Iyalla's compound.

As a kid, I lived with my dad in Iyalla's compound.  At that time, Berepiki's compound was vibrant and thriving.  I don't know whatever happened to all that 'cos I don't live in Nigeria.  Moreover, I've only heard this from you, for the first time. 

Maybe you should ask some other person instead of me 'cos I don't have any answer for you except what's been said here.  Perhaps other Berepikis that grew up in Berepikis compound would be better placed to answer your question.

Then again, people don't remain rooted in one place for the rest of their lives or do they?  Surely, people move with their jobs, emigrate, marry and leave their family compounds/hometowns, and all what not.

Moreover, what has Bakana got to offer its citizens by way of employment, to entice them to move back to the town (hence populate their family compounds), except some oil installations in the town that are polluting the environment, especially the New Calabar River on which Bakana stands.  Indeed, those oil installations are manned and operated by foreign workers, when the local populace is almost entirely jobless.

How about the fact that there's so much unrest in Bakana?  Factions belonging to the Iyallas and the Braides fighting each other over some stupid notion as to who founded Bakana, sharing of oil revenues and such.  Who wants to live in such a town at the risk of the one's own life?  Definitely not me and I'm sure a lot of people would agree to that.




kiwi992.

Hi All,


Yicob:

Yoruba !

Yeah, so what?

What on earth has his tribe got to do with anything?  Why is everything in Nigeria about the one's tribe?  It just beats me.

The guy is Nigerian, a quack and is wanted by the authorities, end of!




kiwi992.

Hi All,



That's a very, very sad news.

I don't know which one of them it is that died - Dr Ibiapuye or Ngo Martyns-Yellowe but they are my cousins from the same family (Iyalla/Yellowe's) compound in Bakana, Rivers State.

May his soul rest in perfect peace. Amen.



kiwi992.

Ezeagu



Isn't it so typical of you Ibos - having to claim all things and everything!  Oh yeah, claim this, claim that. 

What on earth makes you think we have any connection with you guys, other than the evil attrocities committed by you lot against us during the Biafran war.  Remember what you buggers did to Bakana during the civil war?  You bloody evacuated the whole town, thereby causing the deaths of thousands of our townsfolk.  How dare you? 

You guys had tried to woefully lay a claim to the Ikwerre's, then the Ibanis, Opobos, Okirikas.  Now it's the turn of the Kalabaris.  Soon, it would be the Ijaws, Edos, Yorubas and so on.  You initially said:

Who has no link to the 'Igbo race'? It better not be any of those coastal communities your talking about or I'll kolo.

You got the reply that you wanted, confirming that we, the Kalabaris are a coastal people and therefore have no connection with you lot.  Now you come back, contradicting yourself by saying:

How on God's earth would Kalabari have NO link with the 'Igbo race' when ALL the women that birthed you guys are mostly igbo?

You know what?  Your argument is flawed as there is no basis whatsoever, to your claims.  That doesn't mean, mind, that Kalabari MEN never inter-married with the Ibos IN THE OLDEN DAYS.  Indeed, a handful (yes, a handful) of them actually did but this was never the norm for you to make such a sweeping statement. 

Why wouldn't they?  Aren't the Ibos human beings?  You are, afterall, our upland neighbours and I can't see anything wrong with any Kalabari guy or gal marrying an Ibo.  What I don't take to, kindly, is when you make such blanket statements as quoted above.

Here's a bit of Kalabari custom and tradition for you:

If a Kalabari guy went out and married an Ibo woman in the olden days, the woman, on arrival in her husband's hometown, gets initiated into Kalabari society during a traditional ceremony attended by the chiefs and elders of the compound of her husband's family.  She gets given a Kalabari name and foresakes her Ibo heritage.  She then becomes a Kalabari woman per se, a house is built for her in her husband's compound, she also learns our culture and tradition, including how to speak the language, amongst others. 

In view of this ceremony, she severs all ties with her erstwhile Ibo family and never, ever, goes back there until her dying day.  She never gets addressed as an Ibo woman either 'cos that would be contrary to our culture and tradition.  She herself would NEVER say she is of Ibo origin, proud to be a Kalabari woman.  Her offsprings could never be classed as having an Ibo heritage either.  Never, because that would not be deemed a sensible thing to say and would bring down the wrath of the elders on the one that makes such callous statement because it is indeed, contrary to Kalabari customs and tradition.

So, there!  Be careful what you say next time.



kiwi992.

Iya Minapu,


Ari omine sim. 

Omine bu gbege ibi wurari?  Nde ama sime bara?  Anam mine ama ofiri lama wurari.  Anie me miete ibiongbo si ari, ene goye goye. 

I yeri be, bekina apu ama bu anga me i furo bin te!  Mbo gbo suma jen ama anga weni-i to ene baka laba?  Ibite sisi, ibite.  Tiye paka?  Ama bo itari lama ari kuma ibala fa ri, gbalaburo dein ama bu ofori, omu me go te.  Tamuno pa bara sua wa mine se me piri.

Iyeri be, ene goye goye a Tamuno teke-ari mine se opa dein ke wamine ama me bu su, gbalaburo mi pulo me, opu bere anie ani ke bo wapiri ari!  Pulo me gbala gboye bara - ani miete dein bari wa mine se me bu ofori.  Tamuno pa wamine tomi te omu mu wurari be apu me boma.  O nangwo dumo na ibi sibi bio na ke ina piri.  Ina biongbo kuro.  O duku te gboru siye so ina lama ma, Amen.     

Joy, i bem mine abo dugo omine piri wa mine Kalabari na apu ke Mboko na apu na kiri bara.  I yeri so i koko nimi wurari mine wa mine Kalabari na apu nji anie wa pei a beye.  Mboko na apu obiri anie ini pei a beye.

Tamuno pa wamine Kengema Kalabari me boma, o piki wamine se me so boma.  O dein na sime, iya minapu.



kiwi992.

NB:
Ow11- that was a good posting but I really doubt it very much as to the accuracy of some of the facts, especially, the bits about our Ijaw ancestry.  Sorry!

Kalabari be apu Ijaw na apu-a nde!  Tamuno so duku ma.  Buru te a bekin anie wamine mgba ke Ijo bu su ye.

Hi,


[quote author=Tudór link=topic=287684.msg4075876#msg4075876 date=1245771008]The image of nigerians abroad is that of dull and stupid fraudsters incapable of academic excellence or any other positive endeavour. . .
To that effect the guy was actually justified in stating his achievments. . .[/quote]Na-a man, I totally disagree.

Nigerians are known all over the world to be highly intelligent people - more than anyone else out there, if you ask me.  That said, our people are also known to be fraudsters as well - the sad fact that they use their natural intelligence to defraud others.

Good on the guy but Nigerians are extremely smart people, so, I'm not surprised.



kiwi992.

Hi All,


Thanks to you guys for correcting me about Bakana not being in Bayelsa State.  I thought it was.

Actually, it was some French girl here who told me Bakana is in Bayelsa State as she'd been there.  I'd always wondered as to why, considering that all the other Kalabari towns are in Rivers.  I thought the thieving Nigerian politicians are up to their tricks again by trying to divide the Kalabaris.

Still, the peoples of Bayelsa and Rivers are one - all suffering injustices in the hands of the corrupt Nigerian government.  I bet those thieving politicians are laughing their heads off whilst we show off crummy cheap buildings here.  All I can say is that the day of the peoples of the Niger Delta shall come 'cos every dog has its own day.   

Only three hundred houses in Bakana?  The third largest Kalabari town with just two to three hundred houses?  What a bloody joke, that!  You do need to get your facts right as pointed out by Abagworo.  Even then, it isn't really the size of the town that matters is it?  What counts is its economic importance and Bakana is one of the towns in the Niger Delta that produces oil for the robbing Nigerian politicians to line up their pockets.  How sad is that eh?

Ever wondered as to what good would have come out of the oil revenues but for those greedy, thieving Nigerian politicians?  

Ocean State?  What are you on about?




kiwi992.

Hi All,


It's all very well showing pictures of buildings in Bayelsa State.  Just remember that it's part of the Niger Delta and that part of Nigeria is totally run-down, unlike the rest of Nigeria.

I'm NOT impresssed at all, considering what wealth that state and others in the Niger Delta contribute to the cuffers of the corrupt Nigerian government.  Nigeria and the Niger Delta in particular should be like Saudi Arabia, in terms of development.

My hometown, BAKANA, (an oil producing Kalabari town) is in Bayelsa State (I'm told), yet there is no development of any sort there, just like the rest of the Niger Delta. 

It's all very well trying to impress us with photos of cheap new buildings and one crummy bridge - who cares about that?  Where's the real infrastructure?  The hospitals, roads, schools, universities, motorways, electricity, sea ports, airports, industries and so on?  What's been done about the pollution in the Niger Delta?  Nothing whatsoever, nothing!!!

We shouldn't be talking about a particular state in that part of Nigeria, rather we should address the problems of the Niger Delta as a whole, never mind singling out one state to fool us. 

Nigerian politicians have amassed billions (yes, billions of £s!) for themselves and themselves alone to the detriment of the whole country and the Niger Delta in particular, yet we come here to express our excitement at mere boxy, old-fashioned cheap new buildings.

Take a trip to the Middle Eastern countries and see what they've done with their oil revenues and you'll be amazed.



kiwi992.

Hi All,



Surely, everybody in this part of the world is in some kind of debt.  It's impossible to save up enough, inorder to buy things.  The world revolves around credit - it's what oils the engine of industry.     

Sadly, fellow-Nigerians have given everybody a bad name such that the mere mention of the name Nigeria makes some people tremble out of fear of what the one might do, by way of a scam.

That said, personally, I wouldn't trust any Nigerian with my credit card.  Never!  The same thing goes with Indians.  As soon as I hear an Indian voice on the phone at a call centre, I just hang up, swear at them for taking someone else's job in the UK, or ask to speak to a UK-based call centre.  They are just as bad as our people when it comes to scamming.

My advice to you is never lie about your country of origin - Nigeria.  Never deny your roots either, because of some ignorant people out there.  Be proud of who you are - sod them!  It doesn't matter what they think of you. 




kiwi992.

Kolitos,

kolitos007:
LoL, i take that has a sort of criticism on my part, I acknowledge or comments, and I will be living in Lagos, and yes i do not LIVE in Nigeria and yes I LIVE in UK. Are you happy now

This is my first day on this forum, and yet I feel subdued lol, so much going on, every one wants to take the piss out of others, I am sure every one in Nigeria ain't like that surely they are people who are kind and can see ways in understanding how different people can be.

If people living away from Nigeria start going back, maybe they can make the country better, who knows, someone says am in lalaland, but who knows.

Don't worry about it man.  No need to feel subdued either.

This is the way of our people, so, you must learn to toughen up a bit 'cos what you experience in this Forum is exactly what you'd face when you go to Nigeria.

You must learn to fight fire with fire and never give up or get intimidated by anybody.  Be very strong when dealing with your fellow-Nigerians.  That's what they expect of you else you'll be seen as something else.

Having said that, I know that Nigerians do understand as well as like each other a lot, more than any other African nation, especially those living abroad.

Sod Nick Griffin and the BMP!



kiwi992.

Hi All,



Everybody is now on the iggy button!  Okay?  Everybody! 

This thread has been going for nearly one year and every aspect of SAP has been covered, yet people keep asking me questions after questions, when the answers are there for everyone to see.

Why must I be expected to constantly repeat myself when people don't wish to take the time and trouble to read through this thread?  Why? 

I never knew that Nigerians like being spoon-fed that much!  A bit of reading through the thread and the answers could easily be found but oh no, kiwi992 has to be asked again and again.

This attitude really makes me begin to question the Nigerian educational system whereby, from all acounts, it seems that students are NOT encouraged to carry out independent research inorder to develop their minds.  The attitude of rolling up the one's sleeves and getting stuck in, learning from the one's mistakes as the one goes along, doesn't seem to be there. 

There's far too much emphasis on mere theoretical knowledge as opposed to acquiring practical skills in preparation for the workplace.  All those teachers, lecturers and professors ought to be given a kick up their backsides and given the sack 'cos they've turned Nigeria into a nation of highly educated individuals with no practical skills or independence of mind.

Some Nigerian produced alternative fuel to run his car and it makes the national news! Big bloody deal, considering that almost every motorist here knows how to produce one.    

That's bloody it for me on this thread.   I've had enough of this pissing about.  Sod it!




kiwi992.

Hi All,


Adrenaline

You only need to focus on getting your exams out of the way for now.

I can't look into the future for myself let alone for someone else, in terms of which type of org would benefit the one, the most. 

Give you an example, I once worked at Central TV as a Management Accountant.  Central TV was a very big organisation and there were about fifteen qualified Accountants excluding the Financial Director and Financial Controller, at that time.  My duties were very much limited, primarily involving pure managerial accounting, program budgeting (Crossroads) and so on.  I was just a small cog in an over-sized wheel, if you see what I mean.   

However, I left later on, to go and work for a much smaller organisation as Company Accountant, doing an all-encompassing type of work but most of all, in-charge of every aspect of the organisation's accounting function, systems implementation, treasury function, staff recruitment as well as their management, liaison with external parties such as the banks, Inland Revenue and the external Auditors.  I was the head of the Accounts department, reporting only to the Directors, with seventeen staff working under me.

The type of work that I found myself doing was something that I would never have dreamt of doing whilst at Central.  The result was that my experience-base quadrupuled!  What I'm saying is that it's all about getting the right experience.  Horses for courses, I might say, if you see what I mean.

My advice is that as long as the organisation offers you the experience that's relevant to your skill-set, enable you to develop your career through a well-defined path, then by all means, focus on it.

In saying that, it's a luck of the draw as to which company you find yourself working in.  Hope you see what I mean.


Fem

Please go to SAP's website and do a bit of research by yourself.  The contents of the certification exams are constantly changing.  I don't want to give you the wrong info.  Hope you understand.



kiwi992.