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If not because of bad political system and wicked leadership, Nigeria would have conquered the rest of Africa by now. They all would have been eating Nigerian foods, adorning our attires, and speaking our major languages as a form of neocolonization.

tishbite41:
The Luo tribe of Kenya
Check them out

The Yorubas have links with people in Cuba and Brazil but the Igbos can't have relatives in Kenya!

Why are you people like this?
Yuck!

Lol bro don't mind the clown, allow him to entertain us. You know how we love to get entertained.

franchasng:
May God Almighty bless their union with all round fruitfulness for recognizing the great Igbo tribe

When I read the title, I was so sure I was going to see your comment, and there it was.

free2ryhme:
there is none

prove it or rest

Why are you contradicting the OP?
Did an Igbo girl disappoint you?

He gave you an assignment,Let us see the result.Just use Google.

free2ryhme:
The struggle is real

looking for identity from outsiders, is this how lonely you've become

Lol English is not your mother tongue. Now correct yourself! Replace the definite article 'the' with 'my' !

Dogalmighty17:
Igbo attire printed in China

No, printed in Ogbomoso ati Ikire Ekiti

Ritchiee:
Why are you contradicting the OP?
Did an Igbo girl disappoint you?

He gave you an assignment,Let us see the result.Just use Google.

you want the data I believe an Igbo guy or his Igbo gf gifted him to finish? Don't you know the matter?

tishbite41:
The Luo tribe of Kenya
Check them out

The Yorubas have links with people in Cuba and Brazil but the Igbos can't have relatives in Kenya!

Why are you people like this?
Yuck!

Maybe they have ties but this is what I got from research....

There is no proven historical, genetic, or linguistic tie between the Luo people of East Africa and the Igbo people of West Africa. They belong to entirely different language families and regions, though popular folklore and social media frequently note coincidental similarities in names, cultural practices, and phonetics.

Linguistic and Genetic Background

• Different Language Families: The Luo speak a Nilotic language originating around the Upper Nile (South Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya), whereas the Igbo speak a Niger-Congo language native to southeastern Nigeria.
• No Shared Ancestry: Anthropologists and historians have found no genetic or migration link proving a common lineage. The similarities people point out are generally considered accidental linguistic overlaps or common pan-African cultural motifs rather than proof of direct contact.

Commonly Cited (Yet Unsubstantiated) Parallels

• Naming Conventions: Both groups frequently use gender-based name prefixes (such as 'O' for males and 'A' for females) and share phonetic similarities in certain names (like Amadi or variants of seasonal names).
• Cultural Traditions: Observers sometimes point to shared values like respect for elders, traditional funeral or burial rites, and strong communal structures, though these traits are widely shared across many distinct African ethnic groups.

franchasng:
May God Almighty bless their union with all round fruitfulness for recognizing the great Igbo tribe

I watch a video where some African countries especially the ones in the east are complaining of their people adopting different Nigeria traditional wedding dressing .

Christlike01:
Gibberish — arrant nonsense!

hehe! Another one.
'Arrant nonsense' that's so true, you can do nothing about it except to be happy or sad. Either way no one cares, 'coz ain't no one's fault

Ritchiee:
Maybe they have ties but this is what I got from research....

There is no proven historical, genetic, or linguistic tie between the Luo people of East Africa and the Igbo people of West Africa. They belong to entirely different language families and regions, though popular folklore and social media frequently note coincidental similarities in names, cultural practices, and phonetics.

Linguistic and Genetic Background

• Different Language Families: The Luo speak a Nilotic language originating around the Upper Nile (South Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya), whereas the Igbo speak a Niger-Congo language native to southeastern Nigeria.
• No Shared Ancestry: Anthropologists and historians have found no genetic or migration link proving a common lineage. The similarities people point out are generally considered accidental linguistic overlaps or common pan-African cultural motifs rather than proof of direct contact.

Commonly Cited (Yet Unsubstantiated) Parallels

• Naming Conventions: Both groups frequently use gender-based name prefixes (such as 'O' for males and 'A' for females) and share phonetic similarities in certain names (like Amadi or variants of seasonal names).
• Cultural Traditions: Observers sometimes point to shared values like respect for elders, traditional funeral or burial rites, and strong communal structures, though these traits are widely shared across many distinct African ethnic groups.

The last two headings are even enough for you to see the link. If you still doubt you tell me any other group of peoples in let's say the niger-congo area ( apart from Congo, DRC, southern & Eastern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea,and the Igboid areas of Nigeria) who share naming conventions and cultural traditions with the Igbo as close as the Luo.

itzadorable333:
Go and do your research on the Luo people of East Africa, then you come back and tell us what you discovered. This is just for starters, since you are stark ignorant. When you're done you come back and I'll give you another assignment, it's good to learn anyway.

Bro these guys don't like our success cos we rob it on there faces everyday. It's not our fault that we are successful and competitive after the war. They hate our guts with passion

Christlike01:
You have no shame, man— shior!

You are right, we are different. You don't have an identity to be proud of

Funkyswagzz:
Bro these guys don't like our success cos we rob it on there faces everyday. It's not our fault that we are successful and competitive after the war. They hate our guts with passion

Really. But their hatred is the ladder we use to climb higher and higher. You know the matter, Glory attracts envy. But we shine, regardless.

Azzuries:
So people of your type also dey nairaland

Sure, we heard you are dying to see us. Anything?

free2ryhme:
na una full jail for Asia. Your identity is drug pushing, fraud, scam and societal destruction

Your identity is raping minors in all countries you live. Your people are in different prisons all over the world for rape offences

Dikastan:
Your identity is raping minors in all countries you live. Your people are in different prisons all over the world for rape offences

You must be speaking from experience, continue we are listening

itzadorable333:
Don't you know that Igbo has link with East Africa? Don't you know Igbo has footprints in the Eastern bloc of Africa? Do you think it's a coincidence or as a result of being a fan of Nollywood that they chose to dress that way? Don't you know Igbo's have some aspect of cultural affinity with some peoples of the Eastern part of Africa? Or do you think it's only in East Africa that Nollywood is adored?

Even with Eskimos sef.

itzadorable333:
➜ Don't you know that Igbo has link with East Africa? Don't you know Igbo has footprints in the Eastern bloc of Africa? Do you think it's a coincidence or as a result of being a fan of Nollywood that they chose to dress that way? Don't you know Igbo's have some aspect of cultural affinity with some peoples of the Eastern part of Africa? Or do you think it's only in East Africa that Nollywood is adored?

Nonsense! Stop making up bullsheet ideas! 😒😒

Your submission is as ridiculous as claiming Yoruba culture comes from Brazil, something I suspect that some sheetheads will begin to claim in a couple more years. 😶😶

free2ryhme:
stop clinching, no one wants to identify with you, stark ignorant

everywhere you go and touch is tainted with fraud, crime, drugs, scams etc. They dont even know you exist
rest

Historically , the Igbos and related ethnic groups originated from the Congo Basin, same with some other tribes of East Africa

Christogonous:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZOw0Tbe-uA

I came across this interesting video of a Swiss man and his Tanzanian bride rocking beautiful Igbo traditional outfits at their wedding in Diani, Kenya. What caught my attention even more was the discussion in the comments, where most Kenyans & Tanzanians linked the growing popularity of Igbo culture in East Africa to the old Nollywood movies many of them grew up watching.

From Isi Agu, traditional wedding regalia and Igbo music to our dances, ceremonies and marriage traditions, Igbo culture is finding admirers far beyond Nigeria's borders.

And this is happening at a time when anti-Nigerian sentiments appear to be gaining ground in some African countries. Yet, somehow, the beauty of our culture continues to speak for itself.

One thing I particularly love about Ndigbo is how many of us react when foreigners embrace our culture. Rather than immediately shouting "Cultural Appropriation", many are genuinely excited to see people from other parts of the world proudly rocking our traditional attire and incorporating our customs into their special occasions.

Personally, I see it as Cultural Appreciation. When a Swiss man and a Tanzanian woman decide that Igbo traditional attire is beautiful enough to wear on their big day in Kenya, that says something about the reach and appeal of our culture.

You don't have to be Igbo to appreciate the beauty of Igbo culture. And when people voluntarily identify with it, that is something worth celebrating.

Kudos to Opalcoast, the flagship Kenyan event planner behind the wedding.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Kenya/comments/1x8xg74/swiss_man_tanzanian_woman_dressed_in_nigerian/

The thing is no need to apportion blame to anyone, neither is there need to feel hurt or deprived or inferior about being or not being part of an identity because 'nigeria' happened to 'nigerians'. Normally history should not be a subject lacking in the 'nigerian' educational curriculum for had it not been the case, there would have been a general knowledge of people's origins and the doubts and fidgetings could have been averted or at most reduced to the barest minimum. But be that as it may, those who know their roots and identity know theirs, while those who are lost ...well...
But what should not be allowed to be is the naive impunity and brazen ignorance which certain low self-esteemed or lost persons employ to look askance at people's assertions of their identity. Everyone came from somewhere, but not everyone knows that. If you don't know, you ask questions. Our people say, 'One who questions, never gets lost'. But the case where a people rise to assert themselves based on their roots, links and identities whilst being met with dissent from strangers is a case of utter folly on the stranger's part. For a stranger cannot tell a native born where they gave birth to his father, it's an abomination. And a stranger who does that is the worst of Serpents. We are who we are, we know where we came from, we know where we are going. THE LORD is HE who goes before us, so NO ONE can stop us!
IGBO KWÉENU!

portacabin:
Historically , the Igbos and related ethnic groups originated from the Congo Basin, same with some other tribes of East Africa

As how na

see how you move from congo basin link am go " with some other tribes of East Africa""

una get indentity crisis

Dey try rest

itzadorable333:
Like you know! This celebrity life, you can't relate. I pray for you, may you discover your identity. Say 'Amen'

see who get character issue and identity crisis

portacabin:
Historically , the Igbos and related ethnic groups originated from the Congo Basin, same with some other tribes of East Africa

There is nothing historical about this ludicrous claim of yours! 😶😶

You can easily tell those who don't pay attention to details by the vomit that comes from them. 😶😶

Niger-Congo languages, a family of languages of Africa, which in terms of the number of languages spoken, their geographic extent, and the number of speakers is by far the largest language family in Africa. The area in which these languages are spoken stretches from Dakar, Senegal, at the westernmost tip of the continent, east to Mombasa in Kenya and south to Cape Town, South Africa. Excluding northern Africa (Mauritania to Egypt and Sudan) and the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia to Somalia), some 85 percent of the population of Africa—at least 600 million people—speak a Niger-Congo language. In two countries, Niger and Chad, Niger-Congo languages are spoken by a minority. In northern Nigeria, northern Uganda, and Kenya there are substantial populations speaking other languages, but even in these countries the majority of the population speaks a Niger-Congo language.

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Benue-Congo languages, the largest branch of the Niger-Congo language family, in terms of the number of speakers, the number of languages, and the wide geographic spread, stretching from the Benin-Nigeria border across Nigeria and Cameroon through central Africa to eastern Africa. It includes all the countries in central and southern Africa. This huge area covers more than half the habitable terrain of the continent and represents a similar percentage of the population, totaling at least 500 million. The 900 languages of the Benue-Congo branch are further subdivided into 11 unequal groups. Languages in the first 10 of these 11 groups are spoken almost entirely within Nigeria.

Nothing of the above states that Yorubas or Igbos are from Eastern Congo, even as they both belong smark in the same groups above. 😶😶😶

Iteso and luos tribes in east Africa officially declared links with Igbo tribe in Nigeria. Carry your jealousy to another tribe.

free2ryhme:
there is none

prove it or rest

I see no igbo attire there.

Dbestcno33:
➜Iteso and luos tribes in east Africa officially declared links with Igbo tribe in Nigeria. Carry your jealousy to another tribe.

Declared links based on what? Just words? Any Tom, Dick, and Harry can make claims... but without substance, there is nothing but mere words to back up such claims. 😒😒

Blakjewelry:
➜I watch a video where some African countries especially the ones in the east are complaining of their people adopting different Nigeria traditional wedding dressing .

Exactly! That is just what is happening, and it's happening everywhere. The same way Africans adopted Western wedding traditions and culture, other Africans are able to adopt other African traditions. 😒😒