Konquest:

Just to help you out from the very deep ignorance you've posted here...

Many NL folks right from pages 1 and 2 have CLEARLY stated that the melon soup is eaten by several ethnicities in Nigeria and West Africa from time and the Yorubas have eaten melon soup (Obe Egunsi or Obe Egusi) from several centuries back.

The word Egusi is found in the FIRST ever Yoruba-English dictionary published in 1843! The first Ibo dictionary from 1888 written by Bishop Crowther and subsequent ones clearly have NO "Egwusi" or whatever listed in them but has Elili OR Enini which are the ORIGINAL Ibo dialectic names for melon seeds. So, it is very CLEAR based on information from even Ibo scholars below that Egusi is one of the loan words Ibo got from Yorubas in the course of their movements around or via the Igalas who as we know speak a Yoruboid language and have part Yoruba ancestries as a result of the fusion centuries back between migrants from Wukari in Taraba with a significant number of Yorubas and Edos around the River Niger and Benue confluence to form Igala according to late Attah of Igala, Michael Ameh Oboni in a 2017 newspaper interview.

For the Yoruba word called EGUSI that was already CLEARLY recorded in the Yoruba dictionary as of 1843, it is HIGHLY dishonest for some younger Ibos here and elsewhere to start claiming ownership of the spelling and word Egusi when infact several credible sources clearly list Egusi (and even Akara, and Keke) as Yoruba words as of 1843.


https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://twitter.com/doluwadamilare1/status/1670471683583406083&ved=2ahUKEwjrz-XGpaKFAxXWhv0HHfVjCAQQFnoECCUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1oPcz9l05BsKEwiLR-04lc


Below is an Ibo X page stating that Egusi was borrowed from the Yorubas:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://twitter.com/maazi_ogbonnaya/status/1378825430589960193&ved=2ahUKEwjl9O_9p6KFAxVJXUEAHR0GCbMQFnoECE8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2O9YWM70T8GUUcKcYdTjI3


Below is an Ibo FB page stating that Egusi is NOT an Ibo word but was borrowed:

https://m.facebook.com/101209985249548/posts/original-igbo-name-for-melon-is-%25C3%25A9l%25C3%25ACl%25C3%25AC-or-%25C3%25A9n%25C3%25ACn%25C3%25AC-egwusi-or-egusi-was-borrowed-but-/


Second, the Yoruba name [for what the Ibos call "Ugu"] for hundreds of years has always been SOKOYOKOTO. The English name is Fluted-pumpkin leaves from the Fluted-pumpkin plant which grows naturally in many places around the world. The fact that some folks call it Ugu doesn't mean other ethnic groups don't have their names indigenous names for it.

Many ethnic groups have their indigenous names for Fluted-pumpkin leaves. As I stated above, it's called Sokoyokoto in Yoruba language, Kabewa in Hausa, Ikong-Ubong in Efik and Ibibio, and Ugu in Ibo.

The Yoruba folks prepare the very popular Obe Sokoyokoto, while the Hausas call their type of soup Miyan Kabewa... all from Fluted-pumpkin.

The Fluted-pumpkin is a delicacy in Kenya as well and it's exported abroad.

seunayantokun:

You've done a good job, but let me add that the actual Yorùbá word for pumpkin is Apìwòròkó or Wòròkó for short.

Also, ṣọkọyọ̀kọ̀tọ̀ or ṣọkọ for short is a different vegetable which grows like the amaranthus (tẹ̀tẹ̀). The pumpkin is a climber whose seed can also be grinded and used to make soup like ẹ̀gúsí. I understand that some people even boil the seed and eat it like a nut.

So, ewé wòròkó which the Igbo call ugwu is also common to other ethnicities like the Yoruba. But I would give it to the Igbo, the Efik, and other southsouth people groups for making it popular, due to certain factors.

Tdotbluejays1:

Igbos is borrowed the word and added it to their lexicon.

The Igbo Longman dictionary below says it is a loaned word from the Yor (Yoruba).

FOOTSOLDIER2:
People asking egusi na igbo soup, Shey the name "Egusi" sounds like Yoruba or Hausa to your ears ?


I'm from Kaduna state but you people will always jealous Igbos

Noneroone:


https://businessday.ng/bd-weekender/article/igbo-soups-all-tribes-in-nigeria-enjoy/?amp=1

benebaby77:


Have a look at it here. Yoruba people own egusi.

Sctests:


Check the author of that piece. He or she is Yoruba. Even Okro (Okwuru) is an exclusively Igbo name. The word Okro was derived from the Igbo word Okwuru, nowhere else is the word found.

I have a PhD, so I can detect publications that are riddles bias and untruisms. Egwusi is not yoruba, it is Igbo and it is made with Ugwu leaves.

Igbo took the soup to Yorubaland, whose main soups were Ewedu, efo and ila soups..

Mandate1:
try travel and see. Which Yoruba egusi? Abegi

FOOTSOLDIER2:
People asking egusi na igbo soup, Shey the name "Egusi" sounds like Yoruba or Hausa to your ears ?


I'm from Kaduna state but you people will always jealous Igbos

Omoawoke:


Egunsi is 100% a Yoruba word… E gun… meaning grind and that’s the way Egunsi is made, they will grind the melon seeds

Makunahatata:
Egusi no b Igbo soup..den dey eat egusi for Ghana, Cameroon, Sierra Leone e.t.c .

Ghanians call it akatewa stew.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kM7brgG-ss


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnEYGLPi8Lk

waternogetememy:



The word Egwusi or Egusi is your tribal language

DIVINEEVIDENCE:


Everyone eats rice in Nigeria, but we all know rice is not indigenous to Nigeria.

It's easy to identify Yoruba people on this forum.
Just post any threat about Igbos and you can rest assured that 90% of all bitter comments would be posted by Youruba sons and daughters.

Blind hatred abhors sound judgement.

Tufiakwa!

RevenuesBoost:
Egusi is a Yoruba word
How is it originated from Igbo tribe?


White Soup (Afia Efere Ebot), Afang soup, Editan soup, Abak soup, Atama soup and Edika Ikong soup are soups prepared by the calabar people.

Afang soup is a technical soup, most people still don't know how to get the exact taste of it.
If it was easy to prepare, Igbo for claim that one too 😂
Shey you wan cook Editan mek you know wetin dey call cooking stress😂 my own na to buy the already sliced and washed Editan leaves o.


Igbo wan fast claim the soups before the owners 😂


They like struggling things between themselves, especially land.

Noneroone:


https://businessday.ng/bd-weekender/article/igbo-soups-all-tribes-in-nigeria-enjoy/?amp=1

vannessa7:


It's so funny the way you make your baseless claim all because you are too narrow minded and with little horizon,
I have never heard egusi being used as cake in Yoruba land neither Apon which you call ogbono eaten as fruit ,
imagine, smh,
Yoruba have various method of cooking egusi too numerous to mention and the Apon too, there is even an ancient Yoruba proverb that says if the Apon is not slimy enough, leave it and cook okro, which is a proverb normally used to tell someone not to waste time on an impossible project, igbos own Apon indeed.

Konquest:



Your moniker and initial response here cracked me up.

Alexis11:

How? When? Which year??
😂

Emlproperties:
If you don't know that Ogbono which you people call Apon is a fruit while the seed is used for the soup, then no need having this argument with you.

seunayantokun:

Please go through all posts on this thread and learn.

benebaby77:


I don't like having a conversation with people like you.

What did guardian newspaper called it here?

https://guardian.ng/life/how-to-make-ofe-nsala-white-soup/

waternogetememy:


IT IS ACTUALLY EGWUSI AND PRONOUNCED EGUSI.

IT IS NOT A YORUBA WORD.


YOU HAVE NOTHING THAT COMES CLOSE TO THAT IN TERMS OF SOUP.


AFTER EGWUSI SEED, U WILL SEE UZIZA SEED, OGBONO SEED AND MORE. ALL IGBO SOUPS.

waternogetememy:



The word Egwusi or Egusi is your tribal language

Konquest:

Can you just imagine that?

Thanks for emphasizing on this and uploading it.

How can some young Ibo people online be so dishonest to start claiming ownership of a word which historically belongs to Yoruba folks. Egusi was even listed in the 1843 Yoruba-English dictionary long before the first Ibo dictionary of 1888 by Bishop Crowther.

It's clear that Egusi soup has been eaten by Yorubas for centuries.

Asswipemod:


One mookey fink just said its ogwusi. Now your own version is egwusi. Very soon we will see orgwusi or ogunwusi. 😆😆😆😆😆😜😜😜😜😜🤪🤪🤪🤪😜😆😆😆😆😆😆. Jokers!

Sctests:


I have don't gone through the thread. Not a single post has enough factoids to debunk my assertions. Just emotional and biased innuendos.

Premiumbuy:
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Still don't understand why Igbo are trying to claim Egusi soup.

benebaby77:
Egushi soup is not Igbo soup...

I think South South owns White Soup Ofe Nsala


Ooops, you didn't include Ogbono. Almost everyone enjoys Ogbono soup


PS: Egusi soup is a native to Yoruba people.

Sctests:


Check the author of that piece. He or she is Yoruba. Even Okro (Okwuru) is an exclusively Igbo name. The word Okro was derived from the Igbo word Okwuru, nowhere else is the word found.

I have a PhD, so I can detect publications that are riddled bias and untruisms. Egwusi is not yoruba, it is Igbo and it is made with Ugwu leaves. Yorubas don't historically eat Ugwu leaves.

Igbos took the soup to Yorubaland, whose main staple soups were Ewedu, efo and ila soups..

Sctests:


Check the author of that piece. He or she is Yoruba. Even Okro (Okwuru) is an exclusively Igbo name. The word Okro was derived from the Igbo word Okwuru, nowhere else is the word found.

I have a PhD, so I can detect publications that are riddled bias and untruisms. Egwusi is not yoruba, it is Igbo and it is made with Ugwu leaves. Yorubas don't historically eat Ugwu leaves.

Igbos took the soup to Yorubaland, whose main staple soups were Ewedu, efo and ila soups..

Sctests:


Check the author of that piece. He or she is Yoruba. Even Okro (Okwuru) is an exclusively Igbo name. The word Okro was derived from the Igbo word Okwuru, nowhere else is the word found.

I have a PhD, so I can detect publications that are riddled bias and untruisms. Egwusi is not yoruba, it is Igbo and it is made with Ugwu leaves. Yorubas don't historically eat Ugwu leaves.

Igbos took the soup to Yorubaland, whose main staple soups were Ewedu, efo and ila soups..