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Chai! I've missed the party! E be like say una don devour the turkey legs finish

Inyi nori eba na eri uwa

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Nollywood teaches various life lessons that could otherwise be learned the hard way. For example in every film, after the villain gets rich and kills his enemies, his plans backfire and he ends up confessing his sin and turning to justice.

In the end "Crime doesn't Pay". A perfect example of this is "The Masters"

Odumchi means God's lion.

No problem. And yeah they traded with other people's around them. I think that they were a very advanced people since the had things like the saddle, and unless I'm mistaken, the horseman is wearing a helmet Which probably means he was a soldier meaning that the Nok people had a strong and organized cavalry.

Haha, I told you I wouldn't forget

Enjoy your day and the cake that Dgunnerz brought for you

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Lmao you just had to one up me right?

Horses aren't new to West Africa. In the 1st century AD, horses had already been established in Africa. They came from the Berber nomads who got then from Arab traders in North Africa. Horses also came via Chad from the Axums in Ethiopia.

Also that can easily be a domesticated wild ass (donkey) as they are common in Africa.

musiwa,,.:
Look at this.

North is now 19
East is 9
West  6
mid west 2

Honestly even if state were created. It does not correct the inbalance. take example oyo state is more than 20 times the population bayelsa state.  The west is at least 3 or 4 times the population of the east from satellite pictures. And the east have 9 states  while the west have 6. How do you hope to resolve that by state creation.

You cant resolve that by state creation

So you're trying to say Oyo state is 20 million in population? I won't even bother mentioning the second part. This west vs east thing is BS.

Happy Birthday Natasha!

Why is there no talk if Anioma state?

Here is anther film titled "Onye Eze" that has English subtitles.

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@ Highchief and Chinenye

Nsolgbu adii

Here are the remaining parts of captain:

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Chinenye, it will be difficult to find films of that sort, but I'll keep on looking.

Here's a contemporary film called "Enu Oyi Nebe" the Film is in Igbo (Ukwuani) but has English subtitles.

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You can watch the remaining parts by searching "Enu oyi nebe" on YouTube.

If you want to watch or have links to Igbo films then this is the topic for you.

The first film is called "Captain". Its in Igbo but has English subtitles and is set in 1945, when a Nigerian soldier (Nkem Owoh) returns from World War Two.

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Efik, Idoma, Ogoni, Ejagham, Annang

logica:
Nope. It means "wealth is prestigious". You don't seem to get his point. "Olaniyi" in Igbo refers to something getting rotten or spoilt. So for Yoruba guys called "Niyi" that bush Igbo guy that keeps calling you "Olaniyi" (even though you are "Adeniyi" isn't doing it mistakenly; he's telling you what he thinks of you.

Who told you this?

I see Chinenyes point. From what I perceive, he's trying to say the the "Igbo" identity did not have as large an impact as it does today. Rewind four hundred years and if you asked (let's say Chinenye) what he was he'd tell you he was Ngwa. Today he'd probably Igbo, but despite that he still is Ngwa.

This doesn't mean that in the precolonial days people didn't see themselves as Igbo, they did but not with the same significance it bears today, atleast in some places. For example a guy from Owerre in the 1700s knew that there were Igbos all around him and that he was one of them also, but his city state or land was Owerre. Back then they didn't view people as "different" on the way that we view do today. For example if you walked up to that Owerre man and said "I'm Igbo we are brothers!" he'd say "Are you mad? We both speak Igbo, so what's new? I am from Owerre and you from Asaba."

The Igbo identity is something they saw equal as the concept of "humanity". We are both humans so what's the big deal? The strong Igbo identity started to form as our ancestors grew more aware of the different people's around them (Ijaws, Ibibios, Edos etc). This Igbo identity also grew stronger on areas where there were different ethnic groups like the cross river as opposed to the Igbo heartland where everyone is Igbo. The Aros developed a strong identity as Igbos since it was their uniting factor with other Igbo groups in the Cross-River area that helped them federate and fight off non Igbo peoples like the Ibibios, hence earning them the term "Aro-Okigbo" which existed prior to colonisation.

I hope you guys get what I'm getting at.

tpia@:
other names include odiri [meaning king's son]- probably odili today.

kamalu, long form of kalu.

enugu used to be known as elugu, showing some consonants have been changed.

if there's an actual town called elugu today, in the southeast, then i stand corrected.

elu ugwu [elugu] means hill top.

Enugwu has always been known as Enugwu. Elu and Enu are just dialectal. In the north and west it's Enu while the south and east say it as elu, nothing more.

Odiri means it's there. For example Chukwudiri and Chukwudili are the exact same thing and both forms are still used today.

Traditionally males and females were named based on the market days but this wasn't always the Case.
Males born on nkwo answered either Nwankwo or Okonkwo. Females born on Nkwo answered Mgbokwo
Males born on eke answered either Okeke females answers Mgbeke
Males born on orie answered Okorie and in some areas Okoye or Nworie and females Mgborie
Makes born on afor answered Nwafor or Okafor females were Mgbafor.

How could you report your own brother to the EFCC? Were that to happen, you'd ruin your relationship with him.

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Inyi to nmeji na ago inyi za asaya ajujuya. Onwere ike ibutara anyi igbawunju anya.

@Toaskarity

Ikwerre, if that's what you mean are an Igbo people in Rivers. Google them.

Dabiri can have a host of Igbo meanings depending on inflection.

Dabiri can mean "discovered and settled" or "Lean on" in Igbo.

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Nna, jiri nwanyo kwuwaraya ritakwa na anyi dum bu nwanne.

In the old days there were plenty of lions in parts of the East and the North. Today youll find chimpanzees, Crocodiles, bush cats and in the far North East: elephants.

alj_harem:
@Noisless and Odumchi

Why are you 2 bring Igbo to this matter

when did Olukumi become Igbo or are u 2 blind to read what the Obi of ugbodu said ?

Whether they are igbo or not is NONE OF MY BUISNESS AND NOT FOR THIS TOPIC

educate yourselves a bit and learn to know history and ethic groups, If you do not want to, then you 2 should not be on this thread because it clearly was not meant for you 2.

Since none of u is Olukumi, then leave and stop putting Igbo in every single thread on Nairaland. I don tire

Igiri apulagi?

Or are you just looking for someone to pick a fight with. The last time I said anything regarding this thread was atleast 3 days ago and I was speaking about Ika. Are you delusional? Don't ever bring me up randomly like that again.

Why isnt anyone saying Morroco Maduka? Lol

BlackLibya:
They were not colonized before around 1896, so all that you said would still be a result of colonization.

Are you ashamed of females with Unclad bosoms? Are they indecent to you?

Lol that's not the topic of this thread

Prince Morroco Maduka in my books, closely trailed by Osita Osadebey and Oliver de Coque.

BlackLibya:
It cannot be set so early, for if it were their bosoms would not be covered. Why are Africans so ashamed of their traditional ways and dress?
This man is not white, why dont these nollywood movies ever use real white folk.

Youre mistaken. By 1920, men and women were wearing western attire and took white collar jobs. Also, the act of bosom covering was established, in some areas, as early as 1900 or even earlier.