I really don't know the origin of this,why are we called " NDI WAWA "

please say something

Be they are second class igbo.

Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo and Abia states are ONE.


Wawa, fio-fio or whatever

Fulani people stop trying to divide Igbo. Obi Cubana has shown that we are a united people driven by our zeal to succeed.

Carry your cattle and grass mindset to somewhere else.

Wawa are migrants. Bush dwellers.

Daniel058:
I really don't know the origin of this,why are we called " NDI WAWA "

From the word 'wawa' which means 'no' in some parts of Enugu north senatorial zone and the whole Abakaliki block of Ebonyi state comprising of Ebonyi north and Central senatorial zones.
Just like an Abakaliki man will refer to an Anambra man as 'onye ijekebee' from the word "ijeko ebee" meaning where are you going.
Both are not derogatory, remember there was a time there was a clamour for Wawa state.

ogbuefi677:

From the word 'wawa' which means 'no' in some parts of Enugu north senatorial zone and the whole Abakaliki block of Ebonyi state comprising of Ebonyi north and Central senatorial zones.
Just like an Abakaliki man will refer to an Anambra man as 'onye ijekebee' from the word "ijeko ebee" meaning where are you going.
Both are not derogatory, remember there was a time there was a clamour for Wawa state.

Thank you bro ✓

airminem:
Ndi-"WAWA" is 'fool' 'mumu' in Hausa.

Just the Way igbos see the name " ADAMU"

If Igbo person call you " ADAMU m'uazi , chai nke gi ekpomee

ogbuefi677:

From the word 'wawa' which means 'no' in some parts of Enugu north senatorial zone and the whole Abakaliki block of Ebonyi state comprising of Ebonyi north and Central senatorial zones.
Just like an Abakaliki man will refer to an Anambra man as 'onye ijekebee' from the word "ijeko ebee" meaning where are you going.
Both are not derogatory, remember there was a time there was a clamour for Wawa state.

Exactly!
"Wawa" is not a derogatory word just a word used to describe part of Igbo land that says "No" as Wawa instead of Mba.

TarOrfeeek:
Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo and Abia states are ONE.


Wawa, fio-fio or whatever

Fulani people stop trying to divide Igbo. Obi Cubana has shown that we are a united people driven by our zeal to succeed.

Carry your cattle and grass mindset to somewhere else.

who is Fulani here?

What sort of a thread is this☹️.
Igbo bu ofu, no need for all this senseless divisive antics.

KC031:


Exactly!
"Wawa" is not a derogatory word just a word used to describe part of Igbo land that says "No" as Wawa instead of Mba.

WAWA oo , Anyi tachoduru Ndu ubvu awusa etche eswi l'ali igbo ✓

ablejesus26:
What sort of a thread is this☹️.
Igbo bu ofu, no need for all this senseless divisive antics.

igaghi aghota

Daniel058:
igaghi aghota

Nwokem there is nothing to understand. Igbo bu ofu nne na nna, nothing more nothing less.

Wawa is a major subgroup of Igbo dialects spoken mostly in Enugu and Ebonyi and parts of Anambra. Nothing more.

Tinubuadvocate:
Be they are second class igbo.

While Tinubu your god is an adopted son from the north, Tinubu is a third class citizen of Yoruba. Even though he feeds and controls the first class Yorubas and the second class Yorubas of which you belong.

ogbuefi677:

From the word 'wawa' which means 'no' in some parts of Enugu north senatorial zone and the whole Abakaliki block of Ebonyi state comprising of Ebonyi north and Central senatorial zones.
Just like an Abakaliki man will refer to an Anambra man as 'onye ijekebee' from the word "ijeko ebee" meaning where are you going.
Both are not derogatory, remember there was a time there was a clamour for Wawa state.

I commend your comprehensive knowledge of the people and region that make up “Wawa” people.

However, just like the rest of the country sometimes employ “aboki” in a derogatory way, as the northerner will sometimes employ “nyamiri” in a derogatory way and the Igbo man will employ “onye ofe mmanu” in a derogatory way, so also is “wawa” sometimes employed in a derogatory way.

Yes, because just like the aforementioned words/phrases are not inherently derogatory so also is the word “wawa” not inherently derogatory but has over the years been used derogatorily on the Abakaliki people by mostly Anambra people.

So, there’s a greet degree of derogatory meant when the word is used.

Tinubuadvocate:
Be they are second class igbo.

Nkuta taa ghu

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Tinubuadvocate:
Be they are second class igbo.

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Tinubu is a bastard drug dealing vagabond

wawa simply means no in some part of Enugu

Enugu person will simply tell you wa meaning NO
it's not a derogatory word

igbo bu ofu

Poor nnamdi kanu is in prison,while his people are busy celebrating...
This life sha

ogbuefi677:

Nkuta taa ghu

WAWA o!

They are traditionally smiths and carvers (wa = to cut). So some of the groups in Enugu and Ebonyi are called that even if they're not themselves because that's where smithing came from (check Lejja, and Opi Iron sites from the time of the Egyptians).


Awka people are also wawa, but there are many Awka people on this website calling ppl wawa as an insult because they're not raised at home and are effectively not even Igbo people anymore.

Daniel058:
I really don't know the origin of this,why are we called " NDI WAWA "

Wawa means no my part of Enugu so i guess that’s why.

am From Ebonyi state,wawa is what onye/ndi oma na nte is to us,in ohaozara we normally say oma and nte very often in our dialect so people uses it to describe us its no insult to me if you call me onye oma na nte its ok,but then i will reply you from whatever you guys speak,like ndi wawa or onye ijeka ebe etc’ so it’s just to make fun of how people speak nothing big there

Ofodirinwa:
They are traditionally smiths and carvers (wa = to cut). So some of the groups in Enugu and Ebonyi are called that even if they're not themselves because that's where smithing came from (check Lejja, and Opi Iron sites from the time of the Egyptians).


Awka people are also wawa, but there are many Awka people on this website calling ppl wawa as an insult because they're not raised at home and are effectively not even Igbo people anymore.

Awka is not Wawa. But they are closely related with Wawa people being their neighbors since creation. So there is lots of interchange of words and culture between both groups.

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From the word 'wawa' which means 'no' in some parts of Enugu north senatorial zone and the whole Abakaliki block of Ebonyi state comprising of Ebonyi north and Central senatorial zones.
Just like an Abakaliki man will refer to an Anambra man as 'onye ijekebee' from the word "ijeko ebee" meaning where are you going.
Both are not derogatory, remember there was a time there was a clamour for Wawa state.[/quo

You're absolutely correct

Arda1000:
am From Ebonyi state,wawa is what onye/ndi oma na nte is to us,in ohaozara we normally say oma and nte very often in our dialect so people uses it to describe us its no insult to me if you call me onye oma na nte its ok,but then i will reply you from whatever you guys speak,like ndi wawa or onye ijeka ebe etc’ so it’s just to make fun of how people speak nothing big there

Makwaraho ne nkuta obuna jeru Uburu ejen'iwa .

Daniel058:
Makwaraho ne nkuta obuna jeru Uburu ejen'iwa .

Adenne imere aya?