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This guy is paranoid. Igbophobia dey do him bad. Just look at how he is attempting to destroy this thread even though no mention of antything "Yoruba" was made in this thread.

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PROUD-IGBO:
^^^ The bitterness and badbelle is so evident from this post. What's the business of this bigot and Igbo-hater with Ndigbo affairs, moreso as 'Yoruba' was not mentioned anywhere in the initial post.

One would be forgiven for thinking this dude is paranoid about Ndigbo. The fear is so palpable.

For me Wings (Left wing midfield) is the easiest position to play. You dont have to dribble past too many defenders, all you need to do is feed the ball to the forwards by crossing it.

I've been wondering does the Igbo translation of animal have any english influence? Both words are very similar.

Animal= animani/ani/anu

It cant be 18% Ibo, 21% Yoruba, 29% Hausa forever. I acknowledge that this percentage has always been funny from the beginning. Ifso, Igbo and Yoruba could have easily been labelled minorities based on percentage since allegedly one in every 3 Nigerians is Hausa. Lie, lie. I wont believe such. Nigeria better take an accurate and fair census.

alj_harem:
Hmmmmm. no i don't think i believe those figures as there is not data to prove it right

well thanks for the response

I am sure this is not for me as I am not ignorant enough to talk of cannibalism when the thread is talking about igbo or ibo

No it is no longer that way. Percentages always change. That link percentage was introduced in 1999 (if i may recall). Also remember the percentage of the Igbos has always been deflated inorder to give others a boost (ie Hausa). There are anywhere from 32-37 million Igbos in Nigeria. You do the math.

Its most likely Yoruba 23-25 , Igbo 21-25, Hausa 26 or 27.

As for cannibalism, I do not have a link atm, but what I am telling you is first-hand evidence. My people and our allies (aro, Abakiliki, Ohafia, Abriba) had and sill have Ibibio, Efik, Ekoi and etc neighbours that used to practice cannibalism in the old days and such practices have always been a atboo in our lands. You are free to search it on google however. I hope this clears any doubts you may have.

alj_harem:
please give us a link to back that up thanks it would be well appreciated

i thought is is hausa/fulani 28%

yoruba 21%

igbo 18%

but i would like a link for that thanks



if you have a link as well please do provide

thanks

And I am the bigot?
Thats where I draw the line. I do not wish to be anything other than what I am. Im not sure that even atempting to explain this to you will relieve you of your condition but I'll give it a try.
The Igbos existed in Independent city states much like the Greeks. They all spoke Igbo in various intellgible forms and had a common culture. Every Igbo town had a was headed by a King (Known to many as Igwe, Obi, or Eze) and a council of elders (umunna).
No one man had ever united the Igbo clans politically but they were very much united culturally and religiously. Many towns worshipped the same god and they indulged in the same businesses (palm wine, palm oil, slaves, palm fruits etc).
Some kingdoms (for example Arochukwu) grew very influential and wealthy from the slave trade and formed large "Empires" and "confederacies. Here is a map of Igbo trade routes prior to 1900. The Ones in red are Igbo kingdoms.

obo_man:
Igbo spoken in Gabon and not in Cameroon? The last time i checked my map, to the east of Nigeria is Cameroon. Why is Igbo not spoken in Cameroon and is instead spoken in Gabon? sounds illogical to me,

Igboland does not extend to the Nigerian border with Cameroun. Cameroun is made up of Bantu-languages. Igbo is spoken in Gabon because Gabon was a good ally of Biafra and supplied Biafra with, advice, resources, and arms. At the end of the war, a large Igbo community moved to Gabon and Equitorial Guinea. Like I said earlier, you know little about the East, dont make unsupported assumptions.

obo_man:
LoOOOOOOL, Great empires, kingdom and dynasties have kings, how come the igbos have none? Lack of leadership signifies chaos, disorder, etc. Thank goodness I aint part of such a tribe.

I did not say that the Igbos had no kings, I said they had no[b] king[/b]. Igboland consisted of many independent kingdoms which were ruled by kings and a council of elders. No one man ever united all of Igboland since people preffered autonomy and coexistence. Many of these kingdoms became very promiemnt and wealthy. You should visit google or the library more often. Imformation is your friend.

It is so ironic that the President cannot speak is own language (Ijaw) in the House of Assembly

Igbo is spoken in Nigeria, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and a few dialects that survied the slave trade are spoken in Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and Brazil.
You must know little about the East or the Igbos for that matter. Havnt you heard "Igbo Enwegi Eze" meaning the Igbos have no king.

obo_man:
thanks, Yoruba== spoken in Nigeria, Benin republic, Togo and Ghana. There is a tribe in Ghana that are descendants of the Yorubas. Its spoken in Cuba, Brazil and Haiti.

Igbo= Only in Nigeria, Local champions, haha, We have OYO empire documented in European and Arabic text, where is your empire? lol

I'm a bigot because I take pride in my ethnicity? See me see trouble, na wow\

To create a thread go to the apporpriate section you want to put it in and click "New Topic".

Theres a limit to things. Some people are naturally bad parents. They tend to avoid flogging the misbehaving child which allows the kid to grow the "I can do whatever I want and get away with it" mentality. Very soon, the child will find hit hard to survive when he/she faces hardships in life and is unable to cope because he/she was always pampered.

Im not saying to beat up or injur the child but I mean, theres a method to doing things. If you never correct the kid when he/she misbehaves very soon the parent will be on the recieving end of the cane. Remember spare the rod and you spoil the child.

mama-gee:
Igbos are the best!!!

Someone is speaking the truth

Ileke-IdI:
Yoruba is not only spoken in Lagos or Nigeria. Other Africans and Non-Africans speak it too.

Yoruba is limited to Benin Republic, Nigeria and possibly Togo.

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What?

Negro_Ntns:
So there are two fathers? I don't get it. There are two igbo descendant lines coming from two distinct anestors. Right?

One of the ancestors, Aro dominated Eri who is the settler. Correct?

Is Aro aborigine or settler?

Bros whats your problem? Seriously, I havn't seen you discuss anything about the Igbos without bringing up Aros. Leave them alone. There is no Eri or Aro rivalry or etc we are all Igbos. There is no one man or clan that all the Igbos descended from. So stop trying to create unnecessary rivalry or division where there isnt.

Natasha,,:
lolz shey you wan put your self for trouble na you use your mouth promise me oh
and yep thanks but you kinda misunderstood me I meant I'm 16 right now and this my 16th year has been kinda tough for me I've done more wrongs than right and I was just throwing all that away with the help of a friend. I'm going to be 17 this year and that will be on the 2nd of November

Oh ok I get you now. But yeah, whatever works for you.
Note to self, wish hbd on Nov 2nd

Natasha,,:
abeg Odiaero no yawn for this thread again you wan kill everybody with your mouth odour

Thank God for air freshner

Red= obara
White= ocha
black= oji
yellow= ododo
green= akwukwo oyi
blue= ucha eligwe/ ucha osimiri (ocean colour)

seanet02:
We all know Nigeria can never be better until it is divided

So you'll stick with the status quo and blame everyone else?

Heres an Interesting post I encountered on another site. What do you think about it?

Quote:

I am not from Wazobia – I no be gentleman like that

By

N. H. Ibanga



I was born a Nigerian. I like the Nigeria I was born into. I would like to die a Nigerian. There is ample evidence that the Nigeria I grew up in has ceased to exist. In its place is something called Wazobia, a tripod none of whose legs is me, but whose member I am told I am compelled to be. Let me unequivocally state here that I am not a Wazobian - I no be gentleman like that. If I am not wanted as a part of the molecular aggregate called Nigeria, I am fully content to resort to my atomistic state and remain an Ibibio man.



The recent attempts at institutionalization of permanent disenfranchisement of the minorities in Nigeria (Wazobia?) is too much to bear. Thanks to Dr. Abati, we now know that the 1999 constitution stipulates that Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa are the only Nigerian languages that can be used to conduct the nation’s business in the House of Representatives and the Senate. No one’s opinion was sought when this was inserted into the constitution. Then Mr. Sola Fasure (‘In defence of Bala Usman') informs us that we are compelled to be Nigerians. This sounds like Wazobia. We will not put up with this. I prefer the Nigeria I grew up in.



Let me tell you about the Nigeria I grew up in. Although the British created the country for British interests, our founding fathers saw fit to negotiate amongst themselves and arrive at a workable set of rules to govern ourselves. Those rules were evolving, as they should with time, until they were violently interrupted in 1966. They recognized that we were our brothers’ keepers. Hence the slogan, "Unity in Diversity". In that Nigeria, we had a formula to finance our affairs. Fifty percent of the revenue accrued to the locality of origin, 35% was shared with all other regions, and 15% percent went to the center. Each region made do with what they had. There was healthy competition among the regions.



In that Nigeria, two kids (ten and eight years old) could be handed over to a lorry driver (previously unknown to the parents of the children) in Asaba, by their aunt, to be taken to their father’s station in Warri. They would arrive safely. In that Nigeria, a young mother arriving very late at night in Aba could go to a local police station and spend the night and continue her journey after daybreak. No harm would come to her or her children. In that Nigeria there were standards. Students who passed the school certificate examination were divided into three grades, 1, 2, and 3. You never heard of students claiming to have passed two papers. In that Nigeria, neither Church nor Mosque was burned by people who were sure they were the only holy people in the country. It was possible for church and mosque to be side by side. In that Nigeria, one saw soldiers once a year when the army band came out to entertain the public at the stadium. Imperfect as that Nigeria was, there was hope.



What do we have today? In today’s Nigeria, an insane mother would think twice before committing her kids tot he care of a known person, let alone a total stranger. In today’s Nigeria, someone returning home from overseas and believing that the country still resembles what it was when he left, goes to spend a night at a Police station (for safety) only to be found dead in the street the next day, his belongings gone. In today’s Nigeria, one builds a prison and lives within its confines for fear of armed robbers. In the Nigeria I grew up in, one left his front door open all day - even in cities like Lagos. A thief would steal food and maybe money. They never took people’s lives. They ran at the prospect of being caught.



Today, there is absolutely no hope in the country. Sola Fasure informs us that we are COMPELLED to be Nigerians. There is no free will anymore. In America, they say "love it or leave it". In Nigeria, love it or not, you cannot be other than a Nigerian. The question is this: How long are the lines in Nigerian Embassies all over the globe, of people seeking citizenship in the compulsory country? How many foreign dignitaries come to Nigeria for "medical checkup"? Will Nigeria’s elite accept and obey a permanent moratorium on going for medical checkups in someone else’s country where citizenship is voluntary?



In Today’s Nigeria, the president urges the Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo ethnic groups to meet and sort out their differences for the good of the country. What about the rest of us? Aren’t there supposed to be about 250 ethnic groups in Nigeria? Or does it mean that the rest of us get along so well that it is only the three groups that are causing problems? It sounds like Wazobia to me and I am not Wazobian. I no be gentleman like that. I can and I want to speak for myself at a National Conference! Without further delay!



In today’s Nigeria, I cannot speak my mother tongue in the Senate or House of Representatives – only Hausa, Yoruba or Igbo can be spoken there. Haba! Are the rest of us spectators? Whatever happened to Unity in Diversity? Bala Usman and compadres tell me that I did not exist until the British showed up in West Africa. Is this why I cannot speak Ibibio in Abuja?



In today’s Nigeria, people argue that the advent of the British was the magic wand that turned what was mine to what is ours, and what was theirs is still theirs. Elected officials have thrown any pretense to the wind and demonstrated that they are in it for themselves, not public service. Imagine if the first members of Congress of the USA demanded plots of land in Washington DC. What would those coming two hundred years later demand? What will the Nigerian legislators in Abuja demand to two hundred years hence?



In 1980, Dr. Ekeh, motivated by "a desire to know, not to control", argued that colonialism had a profound impact on the ethnic groups that inhabited the geographical space called Nigeria. When Dr. Ekeh made his statement, Nigeria was not yet in as bad a shape as it is today. However, the Federal structure that was there at independence had been replaced by a bastardized version, which had begun to give rise to ethnic tensions. Dr. Ekeh can be understood to argue that the ethnic tensions were avoidable with just governance. In 2001, Bala Usman and Sola Fasure, obviously motivated by "a desire to control and not to understand", assert that colonialism had wrested sovereignty from the people to the state, making the people subordinate to the state. They forget that "for England, the army no fit take over". Instead of confronting their different (form Dr. Ekeh’s) motivations, they accuse Dr. Ekeh of a volte face. The people now have no say and are compelled to do what the government says. One wonders whose welfare the government is meant to look out for.



Get this. By the day of independence, every pupil and student in Nigeria had been given a flag of the country to own and wave not just on Independence Day, but whenever a patriotic feeling gripped them. Today, in this compulsory country, ONLY big government officials are permitted to fly the flag on their cars or anywhere else. Whenever you see them, you must "commot for road for am", as Fela put it.



Voices of reason have emanated from every corner of the country. Is the government listening or are the elected officials now omnipotent? We the people demand a Sovereign National Conference right away.



In a direct response to the provision in the 1999 (Abacha self- succession) constitution, that only Hausa, Igbo or Yoruba can be spoken in the legislative bodies, I offer again a suggestion I had made earlier. In order to build a more perfect union where no one feels like a compelled citizen, we should select a linguistically rich language of one of the minority ethnic groups and make it our national language, Nigerian. We developed Pidgin English, didn’t we? Everyone will be starting at ground zero but before long, we could talk to one another in truly Nigerian language, instead of that of the former colonial overlord. Of course, the language of world commerce, English, would still remain the second language.



If una only wanna speak the Wazobian languages, una dey welcome to them, but leave us out of it. Thank God Ibibio land is not sandwiched between the three. The ocean, which they have derided as our only possible friend, has always been our good friend, providing food and sustenance. It will continue to do so, ExxonMobil, Shell, Texaco, Chevron, Agip, Elf and their pollution notwithstanding