₦airaland Forum

Xander85:
Musical intermission!

Can anyone argue with the fact that the most enduring songs ever to come out of Igboland were recorded in the period preceding and after the civil war? I think it has something to do with the pains and emotional scars of the upheavals and civil war of the time being channelled into music! Same thing could be said about the American black civil rights period of the 60s, as the most enduring and evergreen music was made by blacks mainly during this period; think of Otis Redding and Sam Cooke.

The spotlight in this post is on Harcourt Whyte....an Ijaw man that sang some of the best (if not the best) Igbo gospel songs ever! Another one is Sir Warrior and his Oriental Brothers.

Harcourt Whyte: Nna Chebe Nwa Gi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P6hkZBbcvg

Harcourt Whyte: Atula Egwu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNgIA1irTO8

Sir Warrior & His Oriental Brothers: Ugo Chi Nyerem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAhyBNIh1i8

Feel free to add yours...those songs that remind you of your parents or magically transport you to the late 60s and 70s when you listen to them.

Omeokachie:
Even lunatics roaming the streets are feeling the effect of misrule by Buhari and his gang of recessionists.

front4line:
For Igbo Nigeria will be beta of under a renowned thief just so they can have their way. How many people have to loud it that Atiku is a theif ? Imagine that is why Igbo want us to vote n labeled Yoruba tribalistic because we said no.

I swear Igbos will cry blood come 2019.

hammerFC:
Nnamdi Kanu have resurfaced, they have started visiting Igbo states and govs.

It will be much better if they fix Enugu to Onitsha Federal road or even complete the Enugu international airport.

Let us not mention second Naija Bridge.

They want to play on Igbo Christian kind heart to deceive them.

Ndi nzuzu are the only ones they decieve and we have ndi nzuzu plenty in Igbo land.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQoEa0ww308

sage:
If only southeastern leaders understood the goldmines that they are sitting on especially a City like Aba.

The leaders of Abia State have been monumental failures. Videos like this, even 10% of it will remain a complete pipe dream unless the current caliber of leadership changes immediately.

basilo101:
I think there should be a campaign for all igbos that transfer their voters card to their state

MrJanuzaj:
Willie Obiano picks Catholics in almost all his cabinet members in Anambra marginalizing Anglicans

IS IT A COINCIDENCE OR A DELIBERATE MANIPULATION AGAINST OTHER DENOMINATIONS?

While the lgbo nation are complaining about President Buhari's lopsided appointments, the governor of Anambra state,Chief Dr. Willie Obiano (who followed the footsteps of his predicesor in this area) did the same thing in Anambra state with his appointments.

Almost all the members of his principal officers, commissioners and Advisers are from the Roman Catholic Church.It was the same assumption made the last time that by one Chieftain of APGA that 'Apga is Catholic and Catholic is Apga'.

How can we be accusing President Buhari of marginalisation while our own governor has marginalised other denominations to this extent?

It is time Anglican bishops and other Preachers of the gospel begin to speak out to stop this absurdity. We are all one and the Government should not be dividing us through this parochial appointments. It should be corrected.

superlightning:
OK.... I now get your point. But wait, are you really an IPOB strategist?

superlightning:
Nna, you must be kidding if you think IPOB has NO legal or intellectual framework.

Just recently the UN invited them for a hearing. They have gone too far to change their strategy. Just so you know.

I like the way they are being underestimated, so that they wont be restrained in pushing ahead.

superlightning:
Nothing will ever be good in your eyes.

Go and start your own organization with your own game plan or strtegy on how to liberate ndigbo from the present political quagmire.

Leave ipob alone. Write your own book if you don't like theirs (apology to Achebe).

InyinyaAgbaOku:
They have ended already, after bringing disgrace to Igboland.
Imagine, dragging middle belt into the mix too. Shuo!!
Those groups didn't waste time to give press statements from their various cultural unions in all newspapers in this country, denouncing how they aren't Igbos and for those who are definitely not Igbos, how they aren't Biafrans.
See them talking of how people died in Rivers for IPOB. No be Eastern Igbos wey dey live there die so? The others were accidentally killed.

Those people are looking for who to exterminate , not me. The only thing that organization will achieve with their modus operandi is continuous extrajudicial killings of Igbos till our numbers deplete.
If you ask them they will say that the FG can keep on killing, that the international community is watching. Watching gini? They haven't finished watching Syria and now Cameroun.

Always adamant to all forms of useful advice.
You don't want election and you want referendum? Onye ga enye gi ya etu ahu?
I am pro Biafra mana m si gi na m ghotara ndi a, kpoo m onye asi .
Biafra will come but in the most reasonable way.
Say no to Multiethnic Biafra, not even for Referendum sef.

basilo101:
I said it. Once we get things right they will all fall in line

Tushkito:
Of course I ignore them, I have been ignoring them for long time, I grew up there but some igbos don't seem to get the memo.

We need to build our land so that none of this ikwerre nonsense will ever come up again.

superlightning:
A sick brother should not be completely neglected. If his reaction to you is what made you change towards other ikwerre, then its unfortunate.

Hear my own story:

I served in birnin-kebbi as a corper. Because the number of Igbo corpers were not much, we valued our day to day meetings. Ikechi, an ikwerre guy openly rejected being called Igbo, unknown to him, a elderly Hausa man heard. The Hausa man called his attention to hear his stance again in order to be sure he heard ikechi correctly. Ikechi repeated it again. The Hausa man laughed mockingly at ikechi, saying "ikechi, I sabi port Harcourt well well, this war and politics don't finish una brain well well.... To us, you be Igbo. We sabi una people tey tey".

Do you know ikechi was so ashamed of himself? He had to begin to explain that it was his parents that told him to reject being called Igbo. That igbos are not well favored in Nigeria.

onuebonyi:
Now lets GO

superlightning:
My brother, na i-too-know dey kill some of our brothers. Its incredible.

Let them go on hosting and see where it takes them.

pazienza:
You got it all wrong.
My reason for my stance on Ikwerre, is that it is essential we defined who is Igbo. If we don't do this, the entire Nigeria would take us for a ride and exploit us to the fullest.
Not long ago, GEJ is Igbo, Even Dakuku when he needed Igbo votes, became Igbo. Why do you think they are doing that?
Have you ever asked yourself that? Until we rid ourselves of all these opportunists we would never regain our stand in Nigeria. You make Igbo tag a cheap commodity to groups who openly deride and denounce us, and you wonder why no one takes us serious any longer in Nigeria?

Jim Nwobodo solved nothing. Ikwerres Igbo hate had nothing to do with our coming to Ikwerre land for jobs or to school. If it were, they would have simply enacted Indigene policies to protect and favour their own indigenes in admission processes and job opportunities, which is exactly what state schools in SE do. You will struggle as an Anambra man to get admission in EBSU Abakaliki,, because of their indigenous quota status.
Same thing with getting jobs in any state government institution in any SE state that is not your state of origin.
Indigenous protectionist policies are present in all SE states, yet they are not avenues for Igbophobia or Igbo denial.

You are simply juxtaposing issues here. Infact I'm beginning to wonder if you even understand the fundamental issues in discourse here. You are simply all over the place.

Nobody is dragging PH with anyone. I was born and bred in Enugu, I'm not from Enugu, I know I can't be governor of Enugu State tomorrow, but I also know that Enugu is an Igbo state whose people are Igbo people, and who Harbour no deep seated resentment towards me.
By the way, I don't live in Ph, but I'm glad you know that any Igbo man who had lived in Ph, will never support any idea to add Ikwerre to Igboland. Because they would have come face to face with the scathing reality of the Igbophobia of those people.

Eziokwu bu ndu. We will keep saying the truth, until our people swallow it, and together, we can revive the Igbo nation back to life again, after we must have cut off the current vampires and vultures feeding off us.

pazienza:
It's not just politics. Every single Ikwerre man believes that Gowon is their liberator, whereas Ndiigbo were their oppressors. The stadium was named Liberation stadium in the first place, to celebrate their liberation from Igbo oppressors.
This was done after the war, so we could forgive them.
But for Wike to come and rename the stadium, Gowon stadium in 2017, while giving an Igbophobic speech that demonically presented Ndiigbo as oppressors who oppressed Ikwerre people and Rivers people in old Eastern region, you must know that things have not changed.
The story Wike told there, is exactly what Ikwerre commoners echo in their facebook pages. It's all too familiar.

Nazis had apologized for their role in Jewish pogrom, so what? Israelis should now start renaming infrastructures after Hitler?
Please spare me that talk. Non of those Igbo names sanctioned mass starvation against Nigerians. Non of them invaded Nigerians and bombed market places filled with market women and children, in bid to prevent food circulation and maintain starvation policy. Neither did they bomb Northern hospitals. Infact, I doubt you are even Igbo, I guess I'm replying you as an academic exercise.

frankfrancis871:
HOW THE EMIR SAVED THE IGBOS

1st october was approaching, there was a plan to attack and kill and attack Igbos merciless. The King of Igbos in Nasarawa heard this and immediately told the Emir who assured him that nothing will happen. For me, I was scared though I had to be careful.
On first of october, I totally forget about things. I went out with my bike and everywhere was peaceful and cool, I heard that the Emir ordered that nobody should touch Igbos or face punishment. We thank God but I was very sad because this quit notice made Igbos sell off their properties to fellow Igbos. We(my family) sold our shop many after running after returning and had to start life all over, the returnees were mocked by some Nasarawa people.

I will list out tribes in Nasarawa and other places to prove that hausas are not populated and unity of the Igbo nation in my next post, stay tuned.

pazienza:
Now, you are speaking from both sides of the mouth.

frankfrancis871:
I'm relocating this year but its painful to start afresh