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Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by Investigative(op): 5:42pm On Aug 11, 2021
Popular American superstar, singer and brand influencer Rihanna has revealed she is originally from an Igbo woman.

The Barbadian singer, actress, fashion designer, was recently pronounced a billionaire and officially one of the wealthiest female musicians in the world.

The star’s net worth is estimated at $1.7 billion while still receiving almost $1.4 billion from her beauty cosmetics line.

Rihanna’s other fortune comes from her lingerie company, which is worth another $270 million while not forgetting her branded earrings.

The billionaire star in a recent interview stated her mother disclosed her real origin to her as she noted she is primarily an Igbo woman.

She said: “My mom told me that I am originally an Igbo woman. Igbo is a tribe in Africa.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/im-originally-igbo-says-rihanna/amp/

Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by Totilopussylick(m): 5:44pm On Aug 11, 2021
Igbo Amaka.
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by ThatFairGuy1: 5:46pm On Aug 11, 2021
Now, this won't be a fake news
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by Nobody: 5:50pm On Aug 11, 2021
Your bride price can buy Ferrari.
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by PrinceOfLagos:
God bless the Igbo race

I've made my research and she truly admitted being Igbo.

Igbo Amaka Truly.

Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by NwaNimo1(m): 5:52pm On Aug 11, 2021
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by jlinkd78(m): 5:57pm On Aug 11, 2021
Noted
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by Investigative(op): 5:59pm On Aug 11, 2021
PrinceOfLagos:
Rihanna is from Barbados

So this is fake news
Igbo are also in babarbados
The slave island
Nee braithwithe
Like igbo refer to their old mum
https://www.nairaland.com/4369961/barbados-overwhelmingly-igbo

Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by DaddyRochie1642: 5:59pm On Aug 11, 2021
PrinceOfLagos:
Rihanna is from Barbados

So this is fake news
Oga stop Hating grin
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by Monogamy: 6:01pm On Aug 11, 2021
Hahahah..

Why are this people like this?

Rihanna's mum is from Barbados.. How is Barbados related to Igbo.

Btw, why not show us Rihanna's tweets

Inferiority complex na real bad disorder aswear
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by Naigleria1:
Even Beyoncé’s song “love drought” was made to acknowledge the Igbo people.

Investigative:
https://www.nairaland.com/4369961/barbados-overwhelmingly-igbo
Research, them no go gree. Even the largest rebellion in Barbados’s history was led by an Igbo by the name of Bussa.

Anyways sha Rihanna, welcome to the family

Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by PrinceOfLagos:
Investigative:
Igbo are also in babarbados
The slave island
Nee braithwithe
Like igbo refer to their old mum
https://www.nairaland.com/4369961/barbados-overwhelmingly-igbo
Oh ok
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by Investigative(op): 6:06pm On Aug 11, 2021
Monogamy:
Yeah..

Why are this people like this?

Rihanna's mum is from Barbados.. How is Barbados related to Igbo.

Btw, why not show us Rihanna's tweets
https://www.nairaland.com/4369961/barbados-overwhelmingly-igbo

Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by Investigative(op): 6:06pm On Aug 11, 2021
PrinceOfLagos:
Keep deceiving yourself with this fake news
Igbo hatred will lead you no where than premature death
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by Monogamy: 6:07pm On Aug 11, 2021
Investigative:
https://www.nairaland.com/4369961/barbados-overwhelmingly-igbo
Why not show us Rihanna's tweets where she claimed her mum told her she's from Igbo origin
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by PrinceOfLagos:
Investigative:
Igbo hatred will lead you no where than premature death
My apologies

Now I know the truth
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by Investigative(op): 6:10pm On Aug 11, 2021
PrinceOfLagos:
So I'm now hating on igbos because I pointed out your lies

Continue
My dear
I owe you no explanation go and make your research I have showed you
Babardos history and a post from verifiable source
Am done with u
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by Generalwoodz(m):
RiRi , I am Amadi, the son of Maazi Okafor your Igbo brother. Our village is deep in the Hinterlands. The villagers miss you dearly, your uncle's and aunties can't wait to see you... Maazi Okonkwo the Palm wine tapper has offered to give two big pot of fresh palm wine if you visit us this Xmas...RiRi, you'll def like it.

I know one-day you'll make a U-turn and search for your true roots.
I have been praying for the day, when you come to my village in Nsukka, I'd then take your hands, and we go to the market and I buy hot Okpa for you... In the evening, We'd eat AKPU and ofe ONUGBU together... Riri, I want to hold your hands and look deep into eyes and say, "Nwanyi oma" take me to "America when next you're going back"...Any DON JAZZY that comes close to you would be arrested by Abba KYARI'

Since nobody has said lemme Shout it Igbo Amaka
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by veli1(m): 6:30pm On Aug 11, 2021
nah it can't be, she's from daura in katsina state and buhari's long lost daughter. coolcool grin
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by ThickSharon123(f): 6:35pm On Aug 11, 2021
I knew she was Igbo since she began singing. The looks can't be denied oooo grin kiss
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by phorget(m): 6:36pm On Aug 11, 2021
Anywhere you reach wey igbo man no dey there abeg commot for the place quick-quick.

Igbos are like the sand, they are simply uncountable. Some idiots has the guts to call them a "dot" in a circle, unfortunately they so called main circle won't stop running round their own circle. Killing and maiming all in the name of religion.
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by illicit(m): 6:50pm On Aug 11, 2021
No wonder she is cute
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by namedo: 6:55pm On Aug 11, 2021
Most of them migrated from Africa, remember?
PrinceOfLagos:
Rihanna is from Barbados

So this is fake news
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by Benki003(m): 7:13pm On Aug 11, 2021
Igbo amaka

Let it pain those that want it to pain them grin grin
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by fati2001(m): 7:16pm On Aug 11, 2021
Investigative:
Igbo are also in babarbados
The slave island
Nee braithwithe
Like igbo refer to their old mum
https://www.nairaland.com/4369961/barbados-overwhelmingly-igbo
née is the female past participle of the French word naître meaning "to be born*. English has borrowed the word from French with the meaning "born with the name".

Braithwaite Meaning
Northern English: habitational name from any of the places in Cumbria and Yorkshire named Braithwaite, from Old Norse breiðr ‘broad’ + þveit ‘clearing’.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afro-Guyanese&redirect=no

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by ObaKlaz: 7:21pm On Aug 11, 2021
From being Israelis to bringing development to Barbados.
Odiegwu!
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by potent5(m): 7:40pm On Aug 11, 2021
Seriously?
Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by Thermodynamics(m): 8:14pm On Aug 11, 2021
Why are most people here so pained, someone here showed an evidence that majority of the people in Barbados today are Igbos, I went to Wikipedia to confirm it myself and it's true, we are all humans with different gifts, the gifts comes no matter our tribe or race, any tribe can produce a genius, maybe Lil wayne is a Yoruba man, who knows.

Rihanna's mother probably knew her history that was why she told Rihanna that she is Igbo.
Any tribe can produce a talented person, we just use tribe and religion to divide ourselves, we are all the same, you know how I know ? We all look alike and think alike, If an Igbo man tells you that his name is Ademola, you would think that he is a Yoruba man, we are all humans and that's all. That's the truth.
Here is the proof, scroll down and click on dispersal
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_people_in_the_Atlantic_slave_trade

According to Wikipedia, the people from Barbados are mostly of Igbo decendant, deniaing it won't change their history, the truth will always remain the truth, wether you like it or not.

Re: Rihanna: My Mum Told Me I Am Igbo by Monogamy: 8:17pm On Aug 11, 2021
ThickSharon123:
I knew she was Igbo since she began singing. The looks can't be denied oooo grin kiss
Yeah, from Abakaliki extraction..

undecided
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