₦airaland Forum

moca:
Baby, those men bleached?
Why now?

You no see the: ihu fanta, mkpisi aka coke?

babyosisi:
Finally

the Alaafin of Oyo Lamidi adeyemi,a bona fide bleacher
the Oba of Tura
He has 4 wives and they all use the same product

LMAO @ Oba of Tura

babyosisi:
Still on bleaching
How about baba suwe
He was doing alright until his cocaine saga when he couldn't reach his bleaching cream while in captivity and his complexion returned

Babyosisi, you are on a roll.

babyosisi:
The Awujale of Ijebuland
Oba Sikiru Adetona is another bleacher whose case don dey chronic
Some days are good then some days when his supply has been replenished are awful
Behold

Chai! Chai! Chai! Na the same person be that?

AkanIgbo:
Another gem from you. You should spend sometime reading and less time responding with simple minded replies. There were constant rebellions in the USA. Most were small rebellions, because slaves were kept on smaller farms in the USA. You are reading about the bigger rebellions that most writers of the day covered. Not only that but the Northern States in the USA ended slavery in their region long before it was abolished in the rest of the USA during the Civil war, so Northern black people had no need to rebel. Read more. Write less in the future.

For real, though

babyosisi:

OMG! I have died laughing. I was just about to post this

babyosisi:
speaking of bleaching
It doesn't get any clearer than this
Our SW sisters lead,their husbands follow
She forgot her mustache area

And her knuckles too. Lol.

Please who has a picture of the bleaching Yoruba governor. What is his name again, Akala or something?

sukkot:
like i said, i have been battling and fielding questions from you biafrans for the past 2 hours with no space to search comprehensively. i will have it up when i log off nairaland. only then can i do a comprehensive search. understood mi amigos ?

Your time would have been better spent producing your link instead of your mostly, senseless, reply to every post. You know what they say about empty vessels

sukkot:
only 10 in north america ? for a 250 year saga ?

Shifting the goal post now are we?

Weren't you crowing over the "fact" that you thought there were only 2?

sukkot:
you are mixing in the carribean with USA. what did i tell you about the carribean ?

Can you count?

There are more than twenty on the list. About 10 were in North America

AkanIgbo:
Trollville.

Tell me about it

sukkot:
the reason you can only provide a few links is because the slave rebellions were rare. keep in mind slavery went on for like 250 plus years. think about that for a minute. 250 years. thats about 13 generations. and you can only provide a link or two of slave rebellions. what that tell you ? it was rare

1526 San Miguel de Gualdape
(Sapelo Island, Georgia, Victorious)
c. 1570 Gaspar Yanga's Revolt
(Veracruz, Victorious)
1712 New York Slave Revolt
(New York City, Suppressed)
1733 St. John Slave Revolt
(Saint John, Suppressed)
1739 Stono Rebellion
(South Carolina, Suppressed)
1741 New York Conspiracy
(New York City, Suppressed)
1760 Tacky's War
(Jamaica, Suppressed)
1791–1804 Haitian Revolution
(Saint-Domingue, Victorious)
1800 Gabriel Prosser
(Virginia, Suppressed)
1803 Igbo Landing
(St. Simons Island, Georgia, Suppressed)
1805 Chatham Manor
(Virginia, Suppressed)
1811 German Coast Uprising
(Territory of Orleans, Suppressed)
1815 George Boxley
(Virginia, Suppressed)
1816 Bussa's Rebellion
(Barbados, Suppressed)
1822 Denmark Vesey
(South Carolina, Suppressed)
1831 Nat Turner's rebellion
(Virginia, Suppressed)
1831–1832 Baptist War
(Jamaica, Suppressed)
1839 Amistad, ship rebellion
(Off the Cuban coast, Victorious)
1841 Creole case, ship rebellion
(Off the Southern U.S. coast, Victorious)
1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation
(Southern U.S., Suppressed)
1859 John Brown's Raid
(Virginia, Suppressed)

Here is a list of slave rebellions. At least 10 of them were in North America. And 250 years is no where near 13 generation when a generation is roughly 30 years.

His last name is Keita. He has griots in his family who traced it all the way back

sukkot:
you are speaking through your ass and igbos do not have the most fair skinned in nigeria. that title goes to the fulanis. stop these your biafran concoctions please. its embarrasing

Which one you dey? She said igbo'so are the fairest in Southern Nigeria and you are there mentioning Fulani's. Are the Fulani's in Southern Nogeria?

In the meantime, google Red Eboe to see how the phrase came about hundreds of years ago

Subscribed.

Btw, I have a good friend from Mali, who is a direct descendant of Sundiata Keita

omenka:
Silly.

The cartels they are referring to are their cronies, and in most instances, their fronts. That is why the problem appears intractable.

Na dem dem.

Your post doesn't make sense. They tried to remove subsidy. You guys protested. Why would they try to remove something that obviously benefits their "cronies"

A lot of in depth research. Good job.

P.S. The title is provocative. While it may attract some people, it may put others off as well. I didn't read a previous topic you opened because I didn't know what to make of the title

hopeforcharles:
Lol, agaperize love shey u grab.

But, of course

hopeforcharles:
When I finished reading your translation of the words I just felt jelly and all mist eyes, infact I love u phut, this and more reasons why anywhere any time I am proud to be an Igbo man,
@ first I was finding it difficult to understand it but u help, u are one true daughter of the Igbo clan, Igbos are eternal.

Thanks, Hopeforcharles. Luh you too

Radoillo:
Pretty good translation. I'm familiar with the second part of that song. 'Jee mekwa ozo jebili' or 'jee ani ozo jebili' means 'migrate to another land'

'I am not going to leave Igbo land for another land/country'.

There are a number of strange constructions and usages in that song. I don't know whether this is because the writer was writing in a dialect I'm unfamiliar with, or because the writer does not have fine mastery of the language.

I can't also precisely say which dialect it is, but it is either from somewhere in Anambra (Onitsha-Idemmili area, most likely) or from the Enuani area in Delta.

Thanks, Radoillo.
I also think its Anambra because he used "fa"
I love the Anambra dialects like Onicha, ogbaru etc.
I am Ugwuta and find that we have a lot of similarities with them. We also have similarities with Omoku, Egbema and Ndoni as well as people in Delta state .
For example, we have an Umudei village from which the King is always selected/ Same as in Delta
We also have Iyasara
And a village called Ogwuma/ Same exists in Delta
I am all for dialect preservation. It makes for a richer language with a more extensive vocabulary

barrnchedo:
Ana m ekene Olisa mere m Onye Igbo - I thank God who made me an Igbo person. Ana m ekene Olisa na-agozi Ndi Igbo - I thank God who blesses the Igbo tribe.
Maka na umu Igbo o buna bu umu nne m - Because all Igbos are my brothers and sisters. Ana Igbo bu ana nke ezigbo aku - Igbo land is land full of good wealth. Anyi ekwesighi I hapu ana a - We are not supposed to leave this land. Mgbe m ga-afu umu Igbo aga m aju ha- When I see Igbos I will ask them: Kedu ebe Unu si bia? Ala Igbo! Where are you from? Igbo land! Agaghi m ahapu ala Igbo ga ebe ozo ga biri - I won't leave Igbo land to go live elsewhere. Umu Igbo ga Adi ndu! -Igbos will live!

Original post "says" Ose
Ose:Osebuluwa means God. Just like Olisa

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CluelessGuy:
I'm American, and literally know nothing about Nigeria - or Africa for that matter. I was referred to this site by my Nigerian friend because I am very interested in Nigerian culture. So I asked my Nigerian friend to write me a song in Igbo (Didn't have to rhyme), and he did. He said that it was his take at an old civil war song. My problem is this: he was born and raised in America, but still says that he's from Nigeria, and speaks Igbo almost fluently. Apparently, if you're Nigerian, you're from the village that your forefathers come from, not the place where you were born. I asked him to translate the song for me, but I am skeptical because he was born and raised in America, so I would like if one of you could translate the song for me. I would also like to know that dialect he is using.


Ana m ekene Ose na eme m onye Igbo
Ana m ekene Ose na eme gozi ndi Igbo
Maka na umu Igbo o buna bu nwanne mu
Ani Igbo bu na ani nke ezigbo aku.
Na anyi ekwesili rapu ani a.
Na mgbe m na afu umu Igbo, Aga aju m fa:

One ebe ka unu si? Ani Igbo!
One ebe ka unu si? Ani Igbo!
Agaro m a rapu ani Igbo, jee meekwa ozo jebili
Agaro m a rapu ani Igbo, jee meekwa ozo jebili
Umu Igbo ga adi ndu!

Thanks!

You know what? I am going to give it a whirl. Here goes;

I am giving thanks to God who made me Igbo
I am giving thanks to God who has blessed the Igbo
Because all Igbo people are my brothers and sisters
Igbo land is a land of great wealth
We are not supposed to leave this land??
When I see Igbo people, I am going to ask them

Where are you from? Igbo land!
Where are you from? Igbo land!
I am not going to leave Igbo land, jee mekwa ozo jebili
Igbo people are eternal

CluelessGuy:
Is it a crime to learn more about your people? As I said, I'm just interested... I'd just like for somebody to translate that for me.

It's not a crime o. Nnoo (welcome)

satelliteDISH:
OK. So how much do u intend to pay for the service?. i can b of help.

And. Must you charge for everything?

@ clueless guy, I understand most of it, bit will leave the veterans to come translate;

Radoillo
Bigfrancis21
ChinenyeN
Odumchi

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I replied your email, Maria.

Will send you some more information tomorrow

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Will send you some more information, tomorrow

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My email is in my profile.

bigfrancis21:
Gbam. O suo nya ka ezigbo nwada Igbo. Nne sulu gaba, nna yi mulu yi!

Interpretation for Ishilove.

Gbam! You have spoken like a proper Igbo daughter. Nne, dey speak dey go, na your papa born you