₦airaland Forum

Mightyhaiz:
Igbo's are actually far more visible than yorubas in Nigeria and elsewhere.. Except we have audio Yorubas.. . like one yoruba poster said earlier.. That igbos are visible because of gragra and trades Even in the southwest of Nigeria, we have a huge presence of Igbo speakers..,whereas u can hardly see anybody speaking Yoruba in the southeast and most parts of the south south... Let us not even go to west African countries ,..and even the entire Africa as a whole..

pazienza:
There are no official Yorubas in Brazil.
Just black slaves from all parts of Africa practicing Yoruba traditional religion, as a means to reach out to Mama Africa, since Yorubas were the last set of slaves to arrive South America from Africa, at a time most Slaves from Congo, Igbo, Mandika, Angola, etc who were brought there earlier had all lost their link to Africa due to the slave masters initial strict rules of trying to "deAfricanize" them.
The Yoruba slaves arrived at a time the white slave masters had relaxed their initial rules that stripped the earlier slaves of their Africa names, religion, etc.
This allowed Yoruba slaves retain their traditional religion, while other blacks who had lost their religion decided to copy Yoruba religion and even names in bid to reconnect to Mama Africa.

Not every black in Brazil practicing Yoruba religion is of Yoruba descent.
Yorubas are not the major black group taken to Brazil.

Iamgrey5:
Sir they bear different names in those places. The world Yoruba was not used to generalize Yorubas until 1900s

Oku in Sierra Leone

Ana in Togo

pazienza:
Igbos in Equatorial guinea have been there before 1960 and are now registered as indigenous group there, consisting 5% of the population there.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea

I dont see Yoruba recognized officially as an ethnic group in Togo.

As for Sierra Leone. The Yorubas were as much as Igbos there. The two groups were rivals and well balanced.
See this thread :https://www.nairaland.com/997451/early-colonial-views-igbos-yorubas

pazienza:
The Igbos in equatorial guinea like Yorubas in Togo are recognized as indigenous group.
They have been there long enough to earn indigenous status.

Igbos are in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, etc too.
Not only Yorubas.

Iamgrey5:
Also note that Fang are 80% of Equitorial Guinea 1.2 million population

pazienza:
Well the Igbos in Equatorial guinea will cancel them off.
Yorubas in Benin up to 2 million?
If they are assumed to be 2 million today, which I doubt, it means their population in 1952 would be like 285,000 in 1952.
Which would not be enough to make up the deficit Yorubas had on Igbos in 1952.
https:///Explore/groupdetails.aspx?peid=13167

Bendeco2020:
For you to believe this confirmed the illiterate I called you.

Bendeco2020:
How will they know.


Illiterates that see themselves as educated people.


Many educated illitrates in Yoruba land.... I swear

Bendeco2020:
U're just feeling Inferior..... since u won carry the matter go America.

let me inform you, the total numbers of Igbo's in North and south America is more than yorubas in those continents. you can make research and educate yourself.


Brazil is not the only South American nation.

proeast:
The list is correct except the Ijaw part. There is no way they can be anywhere near 15 million.

pazienza:
Actually there is.

All ethnic census conducted by British have always put Igbos more than Yorubas.

1921, 1931, 1952 census all had Igbos more than Yorubas

https://www.nairaland.com/5875972/1952-nigeria-ethnicity-census-resu

TheGodlessGod:
I understand you want to see your ethnic group as the best but you don't have to be deluded and making rubbish claims.

Yoruba tradition (ifa and orisha) are widely celebrated in Americas (north and southern Americans) and some of them trace their origin to yoruba people in Nigeria.

Igbos are into trade that's why they are loud, when xenophobia was happening last year and nigerians there was returning home people thought igbos would be like 90% of the population there but everyone was shocked seeing even more people coming home are from South West.

But if you reach south Africa they mostly knows igbos, been loud doesn't make you populated.

Business Post Nigeria
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Bendeco2020:
For you to assume that Fulani is more than Hausa in population confirms that u're complete Illiterate.

Sammy07:
You're the uneducated here.

So, Hausa outnumbered Fulani??

Bendeco2020:
Mumu how will you know... Since you were born, have you traveled outside southwest?

AhoadaRivers:
Igbo is found in large numbers all over the world mr yoruba man.

There is no country in the world where you don't find an Igbo man. We all know this.
Stop pushing it, propaganda days on your newspaper are over.

Bendeco2020:

Another tribal illiterate dictated



let me tell you the truth, most countries outside Africa don't know about any other tribe in Nigeria apart from Igbo.



If u traveled to any nation the first question their citizen will ask u when you tell them that u're from Nigeria is "Are you Igbo"


Most foreigners have not come across Yoruba man. They are only aware of igbos.

Sammy07:
That means there is inflation and the figure for Igbos is doctored.

Bendeco2020:
It is clear that illiteracy is in your gene.... That's why u're not aware that Igbo's are more in number than yorubas outside Nigeria.


Tribal illiterate

Juliusmalema:
Na this night u edit this particular Wikipedia..Lol


From good source

The Hausa language is the second most spoken indigenous language with 120 million speakers.
Those who speak the language can be found in Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Benin, Cameroon, Togo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Sudan, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Senegal, and The Gambia.



Yorubas number 3 position is in order.

Bendeco2020:
Yorubas can also be found in foreign country but Igbos are far more than them in foreign countries.... Talking from experience. Maybe u have not traveled to any Asian or Europian country that's why it's hard for u to understand. The only European nation u can find Yorubas more than Igbo's is England.

Even in South and North American nations, Igbo's also outnumbered them by far.

Bendeco2020:
I don't argue with illetrates.

Ctorch:
Africa is a blessed continent with a lot of creative minds from different ethnic groups. Legit.ng brings you list of the most populous ethnic groups in Africa.


Below is the list of 10 most populous ethnic groups in Africa courtesy of Africa Facts Zone

1. Hausa - 78 million

The Hausa has 78 million people in different countries.

2. Igbo - 45 million

With 45 million people, the Igbo is the second most populous ethnic group in Africa.

3. Yoruba - 44 million

Trailing the Igbo is the Yoruba tribe, which has 44 million people.

4. Oromo - 40 million

The Oromo has 40 million people.

5. Fulani - 35 million

The Fulani has 35 million ethnic group, making it the fifth most populous ethnic group in Africa.



6. Amhara - 20.2 million

The sixth most populous ethnic group in Africa is the Amhara.

7. Akan - 20 million

Akan is the seventh most populous ethnic group in Africa.

8. Somali - 20 million

Trailing the Akan is the Somali, which has 20 million people.

9. Hutu - 18.5 million

Number nine on the list is the Hutu, with 18.5 million people.

10. Ijaw - 15 million

The Ijaw is the tenth most populous ethnic group in Africa with 15 million people.

In other news, there are interesting facts about the Hausa tribe. The tribe is the largest ethnic group in Africa with 78 million people.

The Hausa language is the second most spoken indigenous language with 120 million speakers.

Those who speak the language can be found in Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Benin, Cameroon, Togo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Sudan, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Senegal, and The Gambia.



https://www.legit.ng/1333717-top-10-africas-populous-ethnic-groups-igbo-number-2.html?fbclid=IwAR2728OGJo6EojVO0jYjhnxRCdNfh3IQfs2miOMVlbQmgzGkg4iZiI4p13M

Kenplay:
Sadly today the yorubas sees Igbo as their problem when its the North that destroy and finnish Abiola. Maybe they are just afraid to offend the North and their by push the blame to a wink link which is the igbos, its what every oppresed and timid people will do.

victorDanladi:
When do Yorubas see you as problem

Who are you to be our problem?

Igbo and grandiose delusion

Name one thing we yorubas have blamed you guys on!

We know a tribe who believe Awolowo was there problem in 60s, Tinubu was there problem in 2015,2019 and on 2003

We know a tribe who believe some other tribe is using Lagos to underdevelope their own Ports and Town...

We know of a tribe who believe some other tribes are marginalising them.

Who even know you have exist!

You dont affect us in any way

Sunnycliff:
What of those who hunt the heads of their parents and those living and dead like we see daily in ogun state? Are they better off

SARSCoV2:
This what happens when you are used to waking up your parents with sliding tackle.

Not surprised a bit.