₦airaland Forum

known to be entrepreneurs of Africa

Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, Priest and Beatified Christian Monk
Dr. Pius Okigbo, Distinguished economist
Philip Njoku Emeagwali, Computer scientist
Dr Chuba Okadigbo, Former Senate President of Nigeria
Christopher Okigbo, Poet
Charles C.Soludo, CBN Governor .
Pats Acholonu - Supreme Court Justice
Sir C. Chukwu - first Nigerian airplane pilot
Donatus Ibeakwadalam Nwoga - philosopher
Patrick Ibeakamma Acholonu Igwe X of Orlu - senator and Eze of Orlu
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - first female Finance Minister; Foreign Minister; former Vice President of the World Bank
Damian Anyanwu - inventor and diplomat
Sam Mbakwe - former governor
Christina Anyanwu - journalist and senator
Obianuju Catherine Acholonu - writer
Michael Echeruo - poet and scholar
Adiele E. Afigbo - history professor
Chikezie V. Uchendu - classical anthropologist
Onyeka Onwenu - singer, journalist, actress, humanist
Felicia Ekejiuba - academic
Sylvester Ugoh - Governor of the Bank of Biafra; Former Minister of Science and Technology
Augustine Njoku-Obi - developer of cholera vaccine
Genevieve Nnaji - Nollywood actress
Ezekiel Izuogu - scientist and inventor of the first automobile of indigenous all-African technology, the Z-600
Chika Sylva-Olejeme - President of the International Peace Institute
Collins E. Ijoma - First African and youngest person to obtain position of Trial Court Administrator in the USA.
Francis Arthur Nzeribe - senator and businessman

CAMEROONPRIDE: my tribe is doing more than fine where we are , we ain't marginalized in our countries and are not getting killed at every corner of the world. Igbos are actually leading African in death penalty .very successful I tell u .

Igbos are the most Achivers in Africa.

The inventor of the internet, Phillip Emeagwali,
Ndi Igbo have:

Produced Nigeria's first president (Zik)

Produced some of Africa's best literature ever (Things Fall Apart) that is world famous

Were the first in all of Sub-saharan Africa to perfect bronze metalworking (Igbo-Ukwu)

Have a unique form of democracy in the region that is only shared by the Ewe of Ghana

Are considered the "brains" of Nigeria

Lead the way in the movie department (Nollywood)

Are by far Nigeria's best and brightest business people

Fought valiantly against the oppressive and genocidal forces of Nigeria and were only subdued due to foreign intervention

Produced one of the main candidates for the position of the Pope (Francis Cardinal Arinze)

Were the first to provide a firsthand account of the trans-Atlantic slave trade (Equiano)

Produced the first female fianance minister of Nigeria (Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala)

Produced some of Africa's best football players (Kanu, Okocha, etc).
Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, Second Republic Vice President of Nigeria
Emeka Ojukwu, The President of the defunct Republic of Biafra
P.N. Okeke-Ojiudu, Nigerian Politician and Businessman
Cardinal Francis Arinze, Roman Catholic Cardinal

CAMEROONPRIDE: U ain't making sense here , Bantu is not an ethnic group but a group of ethnicity.

How come the powerful Igbo couldn't extend their territory? comparing the Bantu race with igbo is laughable there's no match and it is not even far .

I was referring to yr tribe not some senseless bantu group or whatever

CAMEROONPRIDE: ah ah u got jokes .

yea jokes

how ironic! coming from a guy that comes from an insignificant unknown ethnic group in Africa

know yr level, every shoe get size

CAMEROONPRIDE: ah ah ah rolling on the floor..people who weren't even able to leave their enclave prior the white man ? Where else do u find indigenous igbo if not Se Nigeria?

the father of the internet is an igbo man
the father of African literature is an igbo man

alanmwene: Why should igbos be bantus?This thread isn't about igbos,its about bantus expansion!When it comes to Africa`s history,igbos are totally irrelevant.Lets focus on a great race and not on some local champs!

igbos are the most successful ethnic group in Africa

best believe that

Black Kenichi: My mistake. Still, the Igbo aren't bantu. There will never be any type of bantu nationalism or unity!

[quote author=nadia_SA]^^ lol.. Y is dat so thou?[/quote]maybe we dont eat well

Malians are known historically for their quest for knowledge. If it wasn't for the freaking french colonization, we would all be going to Timbuktu for Education.

Timbuktu-Mali

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1385084_451559628294621_1613010900_n.jpg

Malian Couple

https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1383700_451890084928242_881168456_n.jpg

Dirk Nowitzski of dallas mavericks indulging in his Kenyan African marriage

https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1383499_451890638261520_873068061_n.png