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nisai:
Me, a Yoruba, with inferiority complex? That not possible.

The one with inferiority complex is a group who lays claim to dominance through ordinary illusion, not the one who always deal with factual statistics regardless of odds.

Then prove it by shutting up

Dsalvo:
How can anything you and your fellow empty barrels present hurt someone who has shown factually that Yorubas have been enduringly greater, throughout documented history, and more accomplished than you Igbos?

You guys should be embarrassed you want to die over the fortuitous achievement of one single indivdiual, assisted by the goodwill of a benevolent slave master.

Whereas I have dropped lists after lists, from the past till the present, that shows a consistent pattern of Yoruba brilliance and statistically proven dominance. Una no dey shame abeg. Wetin? Kilode? Ogini?

Your delusion amazes me....gracious lord....

SonOfEl:
Then prove it by shutting up

So u don't want me to reverse peoples attention to the actual topic of the thread? You really worked hard for this

nisai:
So u don't want me to reverse peoples attention to the actual topic of the thread? You really worked hard for this

No, i want to burst your overstretched bubble....

SonOfEl:
....just as an igbo like me was born in lagos... You sound like you are out of bullets...pele o ...

Equiano's baptismal record at St Margarete Church, Westminster, dated 9 February 1759, records that he was born in 'Carolina'.

A Royal Navy muster roll from Constantine Phippa Arctic expedition of 1773 says that Equiano was born in 'South Carolina'.


https://brycchancarey.com/equiano/nativity.htm

I care less where you were born, it's of zero relevance to me, this is about Gustavus Vassa aka Olaudah Equiano, he said before God that he was born in South Carolina?

Full stop, end of the story, your silly and pointless lies can not dispute the man's own assertions.

Go and sit your lying ass somewhere..

nisai:
Me, a Yoruba, with inferiority complex? That not possible.

The one with inferiority complex is a group who lays claim to dominance through ordinary illusion, not the one who always deal with factual statistics regardless of odds.

They are so full of lies, confusion, low self-esteem and inferiority complex that they can not even keep up with their delusions and lies.

First, they beat chest that they are the richest, the smartest, the most successful, and the most industrious when it's convenient, but tomorrow they will cry, moan and wail that they don't have anything because they are merginalized.

Sometimes I just feel deeply sorry for them..

unshakablejihad:
superior in slum dwelling I guess.

i did like to know their achievements abroad and how they were able to impact society as black men..

Hahahaha, we all saw how the environment of the man who killed his son in enugu for ritual purpose looks like.

We all saw how the place is far developed than london London hahahahaha.

We all saw how poverty has made you people start stealing una pot of soup on fire kikikikiki.

Like I said, when someone us above you, nothing you can do to change that.

plaindealer:
I care less where you were born, it's of zero relevance to me, this is about Gustavus Vassa aka Olaudah Equiano, he said before God that he was born in South Carolina?

Full stop, end of the story, your silly and pointless lies can not dispute the man's own assertions.

Go and sit your lying ass somewhere..

You are a waste of time and data

KoshCAD:
Hahahaha, we all saw how the environment of the man who killed his son in enugu for ritual purpose looks like.

We all saw how the place is far developed than london London hahahahaha.

We all saw how poverty has made you people start stealing una pot of soup on fire kikikikiki.

Like I said, when someone us above you, nothing you can do to change that.

Keep increasing the thread's traffic, if that is your goal... However, ranting wont give you scores

nisai:
Me, a Yoruba, with inferiority complex? That not possible.

The one with inferiority complex is a group who lays claim to dominance through ordinary illusion, not the one who always deal with factual statistics regardless of odds.

Precisely. Not surprising, unlike Yorubas, our IPOBian brethren can't provide verifiable stats and facts to back their lies talk. You cannot present what does not exist lol

SonOfEl:
Your delusion amazes me....gracious lord....

My delusion Eleda mi gbami OOOO. Okay, can you kindly return to the crux of the matter OP highlighted?

SonOfEl:
You are a waste of time and data

Because I did not buy your lies and irrelevant rubbish?

Parada:
Igbo make this type of comment when not in a vantage position let they gain a little advantage n watch how the entire universe will not breath again.

Hahahaha...vintage position ke! Wow competition is good ooo!

Donmobi:
Don't let hate guide
Igbos had their own form of writing 'nsibidi'
Centuries before slavery even began

Is the word nsibidi Eboe language?
Do not claim what does not belong to you.
You people lie with no shame
Why do you people think you are talking to ignorant folk like you

Nsibidi belongs to one of the groups that enslaved and sold Eboes as slaves for centuries
It is nothing to do with Eboes
They probably used it to record their stock of Eboe Slaves

unshakablejihad:
his ethnicity was never in doubt not even for once . Yorubas never had any form of a writing system, your ancestors were irredeemably too daft to raise a pen. u can only fool the dumb monkeys from the west with such malicious lies.

Your comprehensive skill is poor. read to digest before you start wanking off and displaying your shallow ignorance.

u either educate me on the Yoruba man who could write and read before him or you shut up till eternity.

His ethnicity was never established as Eboe
What was relevant about his life apart from being a slave ? Why is he important or worth fighting about?
Yoruba never claimed to have a writing system. They borrowed from others just like the English and many others. We also never tell lies in claiming what is not ours

Before the English arrived the Yoruba had been using the Arabic script and also adopted the English script before the Eboes. It was a Yoruba that developed the Igbo alphabet in use today

unshakablejihad:
u can feel the hit. his name has been archived in the Uk. his biography speaks for himself.

I know it must really be hard for you. the vast majority of your ancestors shipped off as slaves amounted to nothing, little was known about them because they lack the intellectual capacity or bravery to free themselves from slavery. to-date Olaudah Equiano and all other Igbos who shapes the world view are being celebrated and statues erected in honour of them. I'm yet to see any Yoruba man from the 19th century celebrated abroad either for his bravery or impact. classless Afonja wild apes.

sink this deep into your head, before a Yoruba man could spell, read or pronounce Olaniyi an Igbo man already did and that is greatness.

Your mind is clearly totally colonized otherwise you would not write this rubbish with pride

O our ancestors amounted to so much
In Brazil and the Americas they retained identity , language and religion which persist in the Americas to this day.
If you go to Bahia the evdence of Yoruba influence is pervasive
Today all cultural traces of Eboe in the Americas are almost completely disappeared because it was a primitive culture
There is no evidence that Olaudah was Igbo and considering that he lived in the 19th century many years after the slave trade started he is unlikely to be the first Eboe slave to learn how to read and write English if he was Eboe. However many historians and his own memoirs have indicated that he was born in Carolina

LegendHero:
Can you provide the source from UNESCO that classified Igbo language as an endangered language?

Below is the link to UNESCO endangered languages and there are 29 Nigerian languages on that list and they are all minority languages. Infact, I haven't heard of all of them before.

Akum, Bade, Bakpinka, Defaka, Duguza, Dulbu, Fyem, Geji cluster, Gera, Gura,Gurdu-Mbaaru,Gyem,Hya,Ilue,Jilbe,Kiong,Kona,Kudu,Camo,Luri,Mvanip, Ndunda,Ngwaba, Odut, Polci cluster, Reshe, Sambe, Somyev, Yangkam, Zeem

http://www.unesco.org/languages-atlas/index.php

Can you show me the sources from UNESCO website for your claim that Igbo is classified as an endangered language? I am not talking about hearsay articles talking about UNESCO predictions that some major languages will be endangered by 2025 bla bla bla because I also have one of such article that predicted that Yoruba will be an endangered language soon and you see I did not mention it.

I am waiting for your UNESCO source.

You and confusionist ways are like 5 & 6

The list of endangered Nigerian languages that you dragged out, are they from 2006?

Read the article on this page and see that they are talking specifically about late 2006, and I am sure that you are aware of this 2006 time slice, after all you tried to disparage any article, as unacceptable. This clearly tells me you are aware of the time in question

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330854897_UNESCO_Prediction_of_the_Igbo_Language_Death_Facts_and_Fables

Also, as you also claimed that Yoruba was also listed in a credible article, as endangered. Please show us that article, which presumably quotes a UN agency, that states that Yoruba is also endangered. We are all eyes.

And by the way, if you are still interested in reading where UNESCO stated that Igbo language is endangered, please search and find UNESCO publication(s) on endangered Nigerian languages in 2006

plaindealer:
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This discussion is not for low intelligent people like you.

even pigs who are widley known for forging certificates now consider themselves intelligent...whay irony.

aribisala0:
Is the word nsibidi Eboe language?
Do not claim what does not belong to you.
You people lie with no shame
Why do you people think you are talking to ignorant folk like you

Nsibidi belongs to one of the groups that enslaved and sold Eboes as slaves for centuries
It is nothing to do with Eboes
They probably used it to record their stock of Eboe Slaves

Don't mislead ppl with ur ignorance and hatred boy
Nsibidi or Nsibiri has a rich and controversial history
Nevertheless there is no denial that the igbos had contributed a large chunk to its creation
Now ever heard of uli? ( of course u hadn't)
This were symbols drawn on the bodies of ancient igbos.
It is no surprise that most of the symbols drawn on their bodies were nothing less than the same nsibidi symbolism u scrutinize out of envy and ignorance

SonOfEl:
Keep increasing the thread's traffic, if that is your goal... However, ranting wont give you scores

Are you tired ni hahahahaha.

Donmobi:
Don't mislead ppl with ur ignorance and hatred boy
Nsibidi or Nsibiri has a rich and controversial history
Nevertheless there is no denial that the igbos had contributed a large chunk to its creation
Now ever heard of uli? ( of course u hadn't)
This were symbols drawn on the bodies of ancient igbos.
It is no surprise that most of the symbols drawn on their bodies were nothing less than the same nsibidi symbolism u scrutinize out of envy and ignorance

Nsibidi has "controversial" history?

What controversy? Since when

Nsibidi is NOT an Eboe word let us start with that


Do not come here to tell ridiculous or childish lies


Every human group has had symbols as a precursor to some form of writing and or for communication.
That is not news and not to be conflated with an explicit alphabet which Nsibidi was not anyway

Nsibidi is Not an Eboe invention do not seek to reap where you did not sow.

You people lie shamelessly

aribisala0:
Your mind is clearly totally colonized otherwise you would not write this rubbish with pride

O our ancestors amounted to so much
In Brazil and the Americas they retained identity , language and religion which persist in the Americas to this day.
If you go to Bahia the evdence of Yoruba influence is pervasive
Today all cultural traces of Eboe in the Americas are almost completely disappeared because it was a primitive culture
There is no evidence that Olaudah was Igbo and considering that he lived in the 19th century many years after the slave trade started he is unlikely to be the first Eboe slave to learn how to read and write English if he was Eboe. However many historians and his own memoirs have indicated that he was born in Carolina

Ever read on Haiti
Ever heard the Haitian Creole saying "Nou se igbo"?
Ever read on their culture?

Donmobi:
Ever read on Haiti
Ever heard the Haitian Creole saying "Nou se igbo"?
Ever read on their culture?

Irrelevant and inconsequential

aribisala0:
Nsibidi has "controversial" history?

What controversy? Since when

Nsibidi is NOT an Eboe word let us start with that


Do not come here to tell ridiculous or childish lies


Every human group has had symbols as a precursor to some form of writing and or for communication.
That is not news and not to be conflated with an explicit alphabet which Nsibidi was not anyway

Nsibidi is Not an Eboe invention do not seek to reap where you did not sow.

You people lie shamelessly

I love a good objection attached with facts
Not the tears of an ignorant child.
Sorry I need a better opponent.



Love u brother.

OfoIgbo:
You and confusionist ways are like 5 & 6

The list of endangered Nigerian languages that you dragged out, are they from 2006?

Read the article on this page and see that they are talking specifically about late 2006, and I am sure that you are aware of this 2006 time slice, after all you tried to disparage any article, as unacceptable. This clearly tells me you are aware of the time in question

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330854897_UNESCO_Prediction_of_the_Igbo_Language_Death_Facts_and_Fables

Also, as you also claimed that Yoruba was also listed in a credible article, as endangered. Please show us that article, which presumably quotes a UN agency, that states that Yoruba is also endangered. We are all eyes.

And by the way, if you are still interested in reading where UNESCO stated that Igbo language is endangered, please search and find UNESCO publication(s) on endangered Nigerian languages in 2006

Desperate grasping at straws

Stop lying

The UN never decllared Eboe endangered

aribisala0:
Irrelevant and inconsequential

Dont bask in ignorance okay?
Do more studies before playing with ur keyboard.

Donmobi:
Dont bask in ignorance okay?
Do more studies before playing with ur keyboard.

There is no significant remnant of Eboe culture in the Americas

Donmobi:
I love a good objection attached with facts
Not the tears of an ignorant child.
Sorry I need a better opponent.



Love u brother.

Nsibidi is not an Eboe creation
stop this deceitful and dishonest life style

Give credit to whom it is due and stop seeking to covet other people's creation

KoshCAD:
Hahahaha, we all saw how the environment of the man who killed his son in enugu for ritual purpose looks like.

We all saw how the place is far developed than london London hahahahaha.

We all saw how poverty has made you people start stealing una pot of soup on fire kikikikiki.

Like I said, when someone us above you, nothing you can do to change that.

incoherent trash filled with poor gramatical sentence.

aribisala0:
There is no significant remnant of Eboe culture in the Americas

I gave u a popular Haitian saying "nou se igbo
Hw about u give me urs
A saying from ur brethens in diaspora.
Just to show u guys had cemented ur culture even overseas.
Just like our Haitian brothers.

aribisala0:
Your mind is clearly totally colonized otherwise you would not write this rubbish with pride

O our ancestors amounted to so much
In Brazil and the Americas they retained identity , language and religion which persist in the Americas to this day.
If you go to Bahia the evdence of Yoruba influence is pervasive
Today all cultural traces of Eboe in the Americas are almost completely disappeared because it was a primitive culture
There is no evidence that Olaudah was Igbo and considering that he lived in the 19th century many years after the slave trade started he is unlikely to be the first Eboe slave to learn how to read and write English if he was Eboe. However many historians and his own memoirs have indicated that he was born in Carolina

OLAUDAH EQUIANO'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY BOOK.
Sources:
✓ THE LIFE OF OLAUDAH EQUIANO OR GUSTAVUS VASSA THE AFRICAN WRITTEN BY himself published in 1837.
It's important to note that the accounts of OLAUDAH EQUIANO'S childhood picture about the Igbo customs and manners dates back to his birth year (1745).
Here are some Igbo words in his book, if you have any please do contribute:
1. Essaka: Essaka is the anglicized form of the original Igbo word ISSEKE(a community located in Ihiala local government area, Anambra state). It seems Essaka(Isseke) was the birth place of Olaudah Equiano. Citing from page 9 of his autobiography:
"...This kingdom is divided into many provinces or districts : in one of the most remote and fertile of which, was born,
in the year 1745, situated in a charming fruitful vale, named Essaka. The distance of this province from the capital of Benin and the sea coast must be very considerable..."
2. Embrenche: This is an anglicized form of the original Igbo word M[G]BURICHI(an act of facial scarification in Igboland which depicts -honour or Noble-). From his book on page 9;
"...My father was one of those elders or chiefs I have spoken of, and was styled Embrenche ; a term, as I remember, importing the highest distinction, and signifying in our language a mark of grandeur. This mark is conferred on the person entitled to it, by cutting the skin across at the top of the forehead, and drawing it down to the eye-brows : and while it is in this situation applying a warm hand, and rubbing it until it shrinks up into a thick weal across the lower part of the forehead..."
3. Eadas: This should be "Ede" in the Igbo language which means Cocoyam. From his book on page 13 and 42
"...Our vegetables are mostly plantains, eadas, yams, beans, and Indian corn...I shall therefore only observe, that in all the places where I was, the soil was exceedingly rich ; the pumpkins, eadas, plaintains, yams..."
4. Oye - Eboe: It's crystal clear that the Igbo word "Onye-Igbo/Ibo" was corrupted to "Oye-Eboe". Igbos who are from a particular district call other Igbos of other districts "Onye Igbo" if they don't know your name or your home town. And it's likely that the frequent usage of the term ONYE IGBO by Igbos made the Europeans to tag all Igbo speaking people as Igbo(NB- During the pre colonial times of the Igbos, no Igbo identified himself/herself as an Igbo person; they commonly identify themselves with the name of their districts like Isuama, Ohafia, Agbaja, Onitsha, Abor, Nri etc). From page 16;
"...These are sometimes visited by stout mahogany-colored men from the south-west of us: we call them Oye-Eboe, which term signifies red men living at a distance..."
–It is likely those mahogany stout men were Arochukwu men who dispersed in all IGBO areas for slaves–
5. Eboe- An anglicized form of "Igbo". From page 17;
"...The West India planters prefer the slaves of Benin or Eboe, to those of any other part of Guinea, for their hardiness, intelligence, integrity, and zeal..."
The Igbos during pre colonial era paid tributes to the Benin kingdom –which means they were subjects to the Oba of Benin–
"...our subjection to the king of Benin was little more than nominal ; for every transaction of the government, as far as my slender observation extended, was conducted by the chief or elders of the place..." - page 9
6. Olaudah- Olaudah is no form of anglicized Igbo word. Some Igbos still bear that archaic name as Olauda. OLA in the Igbo tongue means Wealth, riches etc and UDAH in the central Igbo/Isuama dialect means LOUD/CELEBRATED. I think if they (Ola+Udah meanings in Igbo) are juxtaposed with OLAUDAH'S narrative, they are related and close. From his book on page 23:
"...I was named Olaudah, which in our language signifies vicissitude, or fortunate ; also, one favored, and having a loud voice and well spoken..."
7. Ah Affoe Way Cah: It's a corruption of the Igbo words "Afor Nwoke"(pronounced Ah-for Wo Keh). Afor means a lot in Igbo - Year, Stomach, name of a market day -. Nwoke simply means man.
Page 24, "...They calculated our time, and foretold events, as their name imported, for we called them Ah-affoe way-cah, which signifies calculators or yearly men, our year being called Ah-affoe..."
8. Ah-affoe: "Afor"(meaning year in the Igbo tongue) is same with Ah-affoe. It was just corrupted! Reference same as 7.

cc. dsalvo, sonofEl.


sponge brain, plainleader u cure your Ignorance with this.