paxx:
we igbos love Amala. and we dont want to claim it. we know how to enjoy other peoples culture without claiming it. unlike some people who cant stand the fact that igbos invented egusi.

Max24:
Hope one day they won't say Amala belongs to them. That they developed it.

femisplash:

Egusi is the yoruba word, Egwusi is ibo. Lots of people are familiar with Egusi than Egwusi.
They loaned the word from us and added "w" and tried to claim it as theirs.

ChristCee:

No you can keep your poison. He is telling you pure facts. You guys are so narrow minded...you think only your ancestors planted egusi over the years?

tollyboy5:

I'm ijebu from eastern part of Lagos. Amala and ewedu is not our native food. But egusi and eba with obe ata is an ancient food here. The igbo way of cooking egusi is different from that of my grandmother.
The Yoruba egusi is different from igbo egusi, the egusi we mostly eat in lagos is the igbo egusi but there is the yoruba version also.
I think its a west African food

macjurek:
Ndi Igbo Please for God sake can this tribal hate and sentiment be do away with and move in the right direction.

Other tribes eat Abacha and Akpo likewise in Lagos,Ogun State without hate speeches.

Let stop these acts and God will Bless US.

Ofodirinwa:
A 1 canopy backyard cookout of 20 people caused all of this noise? How many Yoruba people are eating Egusi as I type this?

BitterTruth01:

Nobody owns egusi . It’s like saying you own Yam because you eat Amala which is made from dried Yam (elubo). Other people eat yam too but prepared in a different way .

Maybe yoruba first called it egusi or maybe other tribes first called it egusi , it’s irrelevant .
The plant is grown across west Africa almost to central africa . And it’s are called different names .

The difference here (and most important thing) is how it’s prepared differently. The way egusi was prepared historically in yorubaland has changed .
Yoruba used to cook egusi without oil and it stays white and they prepare stew separate .
Then they dish the stew on top of the white egusi . But now most yoruba families don’t cook cook it like that anymore . They copied the Igbo way of cooking it .

So the method of cooking is what’s important and the common method we have today definitely originated from Igboland.

Kafirbigot:
See shameless people...

you have to define what you are eating.

Before you eat something...you "EAT" with your Eyes. These pictures you posted are "GRAPHIC". Looks like what a GOAT vomitted...

Disgustingly useless..spits.

DesChyko:
Lol.. Why exactly would a person be threatened by people gathering to eat a meal?

A good number of those people may have resided in the South West at one point or the other, and got endeared to the delicacy.

It's unlikely I'd be caught travelling a far distance just to eat 'a foreign dish' but that's more to my dislike to spending time on the road than anything. Either ways, it's no reason to invalidate their choice of being there.

Ofodirinwa:
A 1 canopy backyard cookout of 20 people caused all of this noise? How many Yoruba people are eating Egusi as I type this?

Morphinne:

This is another blatant lie and you are ultimately confirming or rather rephrased what your kinsmen were claiming earlier after you realized they were very wrong.
They earlier claimed that egusi was invented by the ibos—an erroneous claim that was later busted because egusi in Igbo language is not even called egusi but eliri (I’m not sure I got the spelling right) and many other igbos confirmed it to be a borrowed word.
It’s very wrong to say you invented a particular food that is and was being eaten by a vast number of people across different cultures and races and mind you, other tribes are only being defensive here because your kinsmen started this claim as a result of their shameful insecurity and low self-esteem because in Yoruba land and so many other regions, nobody would be mad or give a f*uck over other people’s decision to host a hangout celebrating Oha soup and Apku in the heart of Oyo or Kaduna. I won’t feel threatened over the plan of a group of youths to celebrate tuwo shinkafa or fura di nunu in Lagos or Ile Ife in Osun and in fact, I and many of my tribesmen would gladly join in celebrating with them without harboring the slightest of hate.
The events that preceded this very amala hangout is shameful to say the least. Why are you people pained Chinedu? I was even concerned about the safety of the people who would attend the gathering. Come on, ibos could have done better, It’s just an ordinary food, it doesn’t bite na

Goodvibes007:
According to Social Media user, Kelvin Onovo:

Amala Hangout!

Enugu turned up.

nick50:
Coming from ndi ofe mmanu dat doesn't know how to prepare food..here I lagos 60% of thier people depend on igbo made foods for survival

paxx:
we igbos love Amala. and we dont want to claim it. we know how to enjoy other peoples culture without claiming it. unlike some people who cant stand the fact that igbos invented egusi.

adamusuleiman1:

When it comes to food, yorubas would never discriminate. All over the SW, we dey eat Ghana jollof sold by Ghanaian Hausa sellers, Tuwo shinkafa sold by Hausas, Eba Igbo with goat peppersoup (as we fondly call it) sold by plates in igbo owned restaurants, Ewa agoyin sold by Togolese people, mey tea by Hausa sellers e.t.c. all these foods from different region including the regular Yoruba ones like ofada rice and mama put (ilafun, Amala, iyan e.t.c) made my childhood sweet.

adamusuleiman1:

When it comes to food, yorubas would never discriminate. All over the SW, we dey eat Ghana jollof sold by Ghanaian Hausa sellers, Tuwo shinkafa sold by Hausas, Eba Igbo with goat peppersoup (as we fondly call it) sold by plates in igbo owned restaurants, Ewa agoyin sold by Togolese people, mey tea by Hausa sellers e.t.c. all these foods from different region including the regular Yoruba ones like ofada rice and mama put (ilafun, Amala, iyan e.t.c) made my childhood sweet.

INDOMIE9090:
nwachwu saying she does not care about your opinion

Benwallt:


It's called edika ikong

femisplash:

Egusi is a west africa cuisine, doesn't belong to ibos.

socialjustice93:


Oga shiiii! Igbos own Egwusi soup. I don't know why you guys hate giving credit to the good things invented by Igbos. Very soon una go wan claim our Ofe Okwuru(okro) join. Lol he say na West Africa cuisine.

benuejosh:
They came to Lagos and learnt about another food called Amala. Garri (Eba) will have breathing space now.

adamusuleiman1:

I wonder why some people were angry that some people are trying a different food from another tribe. This Amala stuff caused so much anger on twitter when it was advertised.

The Igbo restaurants in Lagos, na Yoruba dey patronise am most. Every once in a while, people like to try something different. Diversity is the spice of life!

socialjustice93:


Oga shiiii! Igbos own Egwusi soup. I don't know why you guys hate giving credit to the good things invented by Igbos. Very soon una go wan claim our Ofe Okwuru(okro) join. Lol he say na West Africa cuisine.

Entprys:
Na Igbo get Egusi.

Ours are ewedu and gbegiri.
Shoko and woorowo