₦airaland Forum

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Negro_ntns:
"Nri is the connecting dot that ties all together for the Igbo iDentity, right?"

ChinenyeN:

---- No. It is not. Linguistics is.</quote>

ChinenyeN is a respected and authoritative contributor of Igbo history and culture in NL. The Igbo ethnic group is a loose and fluidly connected clans and towns. Some of the Igbo cities claim Nri ancestry while others claim Aro. Their commonality is not ancestral and therefore something else in the culture provides a common bond.

The conversation I quote above is in reference and it is quite clear here that Igbo language is the dot that connects and the defining criteria for who is and who is not Igbo.

There are indeed settlements on the outlying areas of Igboland which by proximity the Igbos have attempted to claim as a member of their ethnic group and thus expand its territorial frontier Westward. These outlying groups have resisted the kidnap push and the land grab plot by the Igbos.

Case in point, there are few settlements in North Aniocha local Govt whose language is Lukumi and they originated from Akure/Owo area of Yorubaland. Accurate findings from investigation and research on ground have indeed proven them to be a Yoruba people speaking Yoruba language and the rightful settlers of the North Aniocha land.

Here is a caption from one of the reports

"Investigations conducted revealed that Ugbodu is not the only community where Oluku mi is spoken in Aniocha North Local Government as the language is also spoken in Ukwu-Nzu (Eko Efun), Ubulubu and Ogodo"

The people, their children and the rulers of Ugbodu and all these other settlements have indicated and identified themselves Yoruba. There should be no contention since this declaration is self-expressed by the people themselves.

Therefore, in the agitation for the creation of Anioma state, of which Aniocha is a principal, Yoruba has a vested interest to be involved and participate in the drafts and procedures leading to the reality of an Anioma State for our children and the children of Igbo who will co-locate with them.

Henry,

Thank you, that's why I'm here, to settle what is Yorubaland. So begin listing.

In reference to bravery, going into a lost cause steeped in stupidity and irrational thinking is as descriptive as the drunk who, stagerring out of a bar sat behind the steering of his car and when reminded there are police patrols down the street said "I aint scared of the police, I am brave man". Lol!

Arrogant, drunk, self-hating, prodigal, irresponsible.

When asked to tell about Igbo bravery you shamelessly throw a lost war that was clearly avoidable as proof.
Suicide in millions to prove bravery!

Get your head examined igbo boy. That's a very befitting name too "boy"! I need an igbo Man to come and address your definition of bravery.

Bashr,

I don't have a clue what you are talking 'bout.

To Igbos on the forum,

We are having verbal discussions, not savagery hunt, so keep your venom under your tongue. Also watch your exhibited rage and take care so your veins don't bust or you get nervous break down.

Breath in -- hold it -- now out! In -- hold -- out!!

<Quote>Onlytruth:
Somehow I really think that only when Igbos become as heartless as Yorubas would we earn deserved respect from our minority neighbors.
Our conscience remains our biggest cross which weighs us down at every turn.
They should pray that nothing happens soon in Nigeria because if it does, Ndigbo may be forced to align with Hausa/Fulani, while these minorities would have to make do with a Yoruba alliance.
Now, that is a fight I would like to have, only that the Yoruba would run away and hand over the minorities even before a shot is fired.

If I were an eastern minorities person, the LAST person I would have anything to do with is a Yoruba.
Not being tribalistic. It is just a fact.
You can count on the Igbo to stand and fight on your side.
The Hausa may do that if you allow him to continue ruling over you for ever and stealing your resources, and if the danger is not big enough.

The way I see it, Igbo man is the minorities only true savior and best friend in Nigeria.  and it is all because we have a soul.

I don't know for how long we would be that way though because a lot of us are beginning to ask hard questions about our conscience.
Has it paid us, or has it allowed our neighbors to stab us in the back and try to collect our fair dues, and still call us names?
Still scratching my head. . <Quote>

Eastern big brother, You are a savior now?

I see! One of the ones with noose round the neck tethered to mansions on foreign soil.

Okunjoro, welcome to Yorubaland. Thanks for enriching the land.

If that had happened you would have heard from me much much earlier than this and far louder thirsting for blood.

Who is adejoro?

Well prove me wrong

Some ppl think I have multiple handles but I don't. I have operated under Negro-ntns since I became member, never under any other name, and I intend to keep it that way.

I am not fstranger or iragbijile.

Until you convince me that Nri was not an offshoot of Old Oyo, everything from Ibadan to Isiala Ngwa is cnsidered commonwealth of Yorubanation and therefore my business.

In fact, we will apoint an Asiwaju of Igboland for you people soon.

It doesn't matter whose papa's land it is, as long your papa name is not written on it, it is my business and I'm in the conversation if your perambulating a/s/s politicking to hijack it.

Kandi,

What! Stop that!! By the same place do u mean Nigeria?

Nigeria is not a place, its a "thing"!

<Quote>odumchi:
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Supported. You never see any Igbos meddling in Yoruba or Northern Threads, but when an Igbo thread is opened its like its a free for all. I'd like to see people keep to issues that concern them.</quote>


Too late! What concerns you concerns me.

"One Nigeria"!

I don't even know what that is.

. . . .As long you are not grabbing land that you don't own, no problem.

What is root of the Igbo language? Who were the original speakers, aborigines or migrants?

Ogbuefi,

As I have repeatedly told you, you are a propgandist extraordinaire. To those who are unaware, it will appear that you are an authority and you have done your honme work we'll and ready for historical battle - a formidable warlord whose hunger for bloodbath precedes his steps.

You are tactically demolishing the spirit of your opponent to fight back or rebutt your random parambulate by flooding him with an overwhelming mountain of information that means nothing other than everyone in Igboland is a migrant and connected with Nri.

Well, where did they migrate from, where is their source spring? Where is the source spring of Nri himself? Nri is the connecting dot that ties all together for the Igbo iDentity, right? So for those people who speak Igbo today but whose roots are outside of Nri ancestry will be vategorized Igbo and their roots will be erased because they made their forefathers should have known better and not allow the Igbo language on their land, right?

If these peiople drop the Igbo language and pick back their ancestral tongue will that settle the dispute and they will no longer be called Igbo?

Anyway, do me a favor. You said Bini fought Akure and Owo and an Igbo man was the general that led that onslaught against Yorubaland. I need the name of the war, the dates and the outcome of it.

If you like respond with a 100page reply, I have endurance to go through and pick your response letter by letter, word by word. . . . .

Also, account for the spring well out of which Nri emanated. Likewise all the migrant Igbos.

Nri is an offshoot of Oodua.

Now, whether you are black, white, mix is another issue completely. People of Ekiti are lighter in complexion than you and they are Yoruba. Children of Oodua come in different shades.

Yeah, all you tribalist riffraffs, you all watch out!

Get your act together or you will be shipped to Darfur, for real!

Seun will no longer tolerate your nonsense!

We shall see. . .