₦airaland Forum

TellingItAsItIs:
they havent.
Their language,traditional attires,names etc are still very much similar to the igbos unlike the case of itshekiris and yorubas.

their names are a lil bit different
they dress like Ijaw people especially the men. .but the women still igbo

they have ijaw masquerades

but very true, culturally still very igbo

TellingItAsItIs:
I dont claim ikwerre,God forbid!!
They are not igbo.
The reason why most igbo think they're igbo is because of the shared language and very similar culture.
Itshekiri has evolved as a tribe today because they have carved a distinct culture for themselves and are respected cos they acknowledge their yoruba/bini roots.
ikwerres or what ever they're called should create a very distinct culture of theirs,as different as possible from that of the igbos and should learn to have respect for their igbo roots like the itshekiris respect the yoruba.
Nobody takes a man that disrespects his father seriously.

so you believe Ikwerres have not created a distinct culture for themselves like the itsekiri?

its only some Igbos that are interested in rivers and delta state

some igbos see Ikwerres and delta igbo as the ''unserious bunch'' . .lazy people
they dont wanna associate with them

I have an igbo friend who lives in portharcourt but now schooling here
the way he talks abt rivers people, looks like he hates him not just ikwerre . .but both riverine and upland

having many ignorant and arrogant igbos like him makes rivers and delta igbo sometimes feel unwanted and feel like they aint igbo

Armaggedon:
We expect more of this gibberish as biafrans get close to freedom.

After pro biafran protests accross anioma and ikwerreland, those who take silly, idiotic and crassly uninformed opinions of people like the op that dominate nairaland serious, have learned that most analysis about igbo are mere stereotypes from yoloba which have no connection with reality.

Imagine after calling them 'delta Igbo' he still say we 'claim' them

how can one claim what is his ?

I dont believe delta igbo is their official name in delta state
is just when referring to the igbiod pple in the multi ethnic state of delta
just like upland in rivers state

jaymichael:
The Itsekiris language and culture has been influenced greatly by the language and culture of their neighbors like the Binis and Urhobos.
If you noticed, linguistically the itsekiri language is predominantly Yoruba, those Ondo and some Ijebu people understand like 80+ percent of what Itsekiris say without even stepping a foot into Delta state. They bear yoruba names like
Omawunmi
Eyimofe
Oritsefemi
Oritsejeafor
Abidemi
Wunmi
Yomi
Ogunbemi etc
Culturally they are more akin to the Binis as evident from their dressings etc.
Yorubas cannot jettison the Benin and Urhobo Influences on the Itsekiri culture and claim they are Yorubas.
The Itsekiri culture has evolved through a fussion of different cultures of their neighbors around them such that they have formed a Unique Identity on their own, heavily influenced but DISTINCT from the Yoruba, Bini or Urhobo cultures.
I believe same goes for Ikwere, Igbira, Ika, Anioma, Igbanke, Igalas etc.
None of the major ethnic groups can lay claim to these tribes as their culture has been heavily influenced by cultures of TWO or MORE other ethnic groups both Major or Minority that they have EVOLVED to form a DISTINCT IDENTITY which makes them UNIQUE.

so do you believe ikweere and anioma are igbos

OdenigboAroli:
You are obviously not a very bright fellow.
Advice; stick to your picture posting threads and avoid threads beyond your intelligence.

answer the question or not

now take ur akpu arrogant dumb self out of my thread

foolish man

kingslly:
So why should the Yoruba's claim the itshekiris?

since they are very similar in language

I wld have thot he was Yoruba

but hes not

if he was an Ikwerre guy, I am sure igbos will be shouting hes igbo on the page


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXy58JrBeSY

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met a girl from the caribbean in my class

her middle name is olufunmi

even Naija is doing remake like hollywood

EnlightenedSoul:
[size=16pt]Men[/size]

someone finally answered, thanks

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which gender is usually the patriotic one

my period life has never been the same

just after 5 minutes i take the tablet, I feel so comfortable

my period is just like any other day of the week
as far as I take advil once a day on my menses

firstEVA:
She is pretty, with a banging body. She looks far younger than her age.

not to me anymore

JiggamanGh:
Are you guys crazy Genevieve was and is still very beautiful.

She has the kind of beauty you will be able to pick out of 100 equally beautiful women.

jigga

cx

tonto used to be beautiful

when she added too much weight, she became ugly

back in the day, I used to think she ws more beautiful than Halle berry

now she looks so ordinary to me

what happened to my eyes

she was the only reason I watched Nigerian movies

shes no more my crush

I wish we had a new Genevieve in our industry

all african actresses right now in nollywood are all ugly, no offence

misspicy:
raago

ayeba sa bouba

misspicy:
eranko lasanlasan

indangobiye

misspicy:
kikikikiki ....wawa ke na

you only exist on nairaland goat

ewu

when u see my name ignore

i dont associate with snobbish, proud for nothing f00ls

misspicy:
dem no train you from house abi....dog shit [no offeinse]

the last thing I want on nairaland

is some attitude from some ofe-manu bit.ch

I already have to deal with ur bad attitudes in real life

not offline again

demonic witch

misspicy:
mad troll

like ur mother

free2ryhme:
the last time it was Ibo now Edo

Your valley of indecision is full

appreciating my Nigerian brothers

aint nothing wrong with that