christopher123:




Now tell me why you are sounding so frausterated I just asked you a simple question you resort to insults

I am so doing it to ascertain the level of intelligence in you and you are making me see how silly daft and stupid you are



Who made you spokesman and how can you a son of exiled ostracized Benin immigrant dare speak for a spokesman


Don't you know your history

My dear your just nobody and will continue to be no body

Ukwuani and Aboh king has never said they are not Igbo so I will go with them not an idiot like you


Now go and rest in peace

omonuan:
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You can be what ever you want to be but don't turn logic on its head. No one is telling your story but you can be corrected if your story is distorted or embellished beyond belief. Forget your self serving map and go to Delta state Website and see that Ukwuani is clearly recognized as Igbo by the state. An Aniocha man did not tell the state to classify Ukwuani as such. The state knows the Igbo when it sees them.

You guys tell the story of Isoko/Urhobo ad naseum but it is not persuasive. The Isoko/Urhobo dichotomy was created for political reasons. During the first republic the Isoko supported Actions Group while Urhobo supported NCNC. Action group being in control of the Western Region then dissociated Isoko from Urhobo. The enemy of the Igbo in Delta are working hard borrowing a leaf from this strategy of divide and conquer. They see Ukwuani as the weakest link in the Anioma tripod and they are trying so hard to cause disharmony between the three Anioma brothers.

The Urhobo have dialectical differences too. The Okpe people have a distinct accent but this does not make them less Urhobo. I personally consider any Ukwuani person as ethnic brethren even though I am Enuani. By the way Aniocha is not an ethnic group, it is simply geographically descriptive. It is not a clan either. The proper term is Enuani-Upland people just like Ukwuani is lowland people. Enuani, Ukwuani and Ika are fruits of the same Igbo tree. They are siblings!

Go and ask your people if they know Col. Nzeefili from Onicha Ukwuani. He fought for Biafra. Also inquire about the Iselegu massacre of 1967. Murtala Muhammad and his genocidists counterparts nearly wiped out Iselegu and Ossissa. Please when you post use proper English. It is easier to read and understand.

It is mere sophistry to say that there is a difference between "Igbo" and "Igboid." You may try to create micro tribes in order to support your warped reasonings. However, it is a truism that Ishan and Bini are one tribe. Itsekiri is Yoruba.

In the 17th century, Olaudah Equiano, an Ukwuani man stolen from Ashaka and sold into slavery told the world about our ethnic group which is Igbo. He was the first black man in modern times to write a book. He was also the first to attempt to write in Igbo. He said that he was Igbo and he never used your asinine "Igboid" to describe himself.

Wake up and smell the coffee dude! There is nothing wrong with being Igbo. Gone are the days when the Igbo are despised in Nigeria. We are back in the thick of things and for the first time Since 1966, we have a president that respects us in GEJ.

It is quite delusional to say that "Aniocha" is Igbo but Ukwuani is "Igboid" whatever that means. Tell me what is the dialectical difference between Enuani and Ukwuani?

What is "bia" in Igbo, Enuani and Ukwuani? What is "ndo?" These are just basics. How do you say pot, goat, animal, town dance, goodbye, person, blessing, lucky, food, yam, cassava, market in Ukwuani compared to Igbo? What are the names of the market days in Ukwuanii? These are just for starters. Answer these and if a single Ukwuani word deviates from Igbo, I will simply concede that Ukwuani is not Igbo.

victor1464:
u look at politcal website to make ur claims? Then u r fooled..ukwuani is not part of igbo.d ukwuani people were not counted 4 d igbo nation during the last national population census..we were counted as ndokwa ethnic nationality...we r not Igbos..our ethnicity is differend because or links is 4rm bini empire.our ukwuani culture is older than dat of igbo

victor1464:
don't get confused.if u want to know about ukwuani people.i recommend u to our popular page on facebook tittled "SAVE NDOKWA NATION" and another one tittled "UKWUANI LANGUAGE CULTURE".u can com 2 make ur proves here.we hav so many Igbos on both page.u are highly welcomed.see u there

victor1464:
Im ukwuani 4rm kwale(utgba-ogbe)..i dont understand wat d igbos speak ooooh.i wonda how com de want to teach us our own history i fear oo.Most of dem havent even travel 2 our delta state 4 once; and because we get big heart dem dey fear us..i visited an igbo chuch in agbor delta state.i didnt even understand wat dey were sayin so i left d place because it sounded like noise 2me...hahahahahahahaha..UKWUANI NA BIG NAME 4 Delta STATE oooh,2nd largest tribe 4 dat mata!!!.SO NO TAKE Am play...ishiegwari ...yoooh!!!

ChinwenduCarlos:
Ukwuani is igbo. am Delta also. All the excuses given by the ukwuani people here are funny. in asaba, we dont hear owerri very well and dont hear ezzea at all. infact many igbos dont hear ezzea at all and most do not understand owerri. but we understand ukwuani clearly like enugu. you guys do not know the line between language and dialect... my ukwuani friends here are all proudly anioma and proudly igbo. you guys should learn more. we are igbos.

Abagworo:
The sooner people realise ethnicity has to do with mindset and society, the better we all understand the Ikwerre, ukwuani saga.

If Obama was in Brazil, he would have been classified as a whiteman. However in America, he is black because of the society. Ezaa speaks the most deviated version of Igbo language but accept being Igbo more than Ukwuani who speak same Igbo with some Anambra and Imo people.

Urhobo and Isoko are almost like two dialects of same language but they have never agreed as being one. In fact Ibibio and Annang people use Efik language in orthography and in Church but have still not agreed to be part of a "coalition" of Ibibio based ethnic group.

The most important thing is how Ukwuanis view themselves.

Abagworo:
The sooner people realise ethnicity has to do with mindset and society, the better we all understand the Ikwerre, ukwuani saga.

If Obama was in Brazil, he would have been classified as a whiteman. However in America, he is black because of the society. Ezaa speaks the most deviated version of Igbo language but accept being Igbo more than Ukwuani who speak same Igbo with some Anambra and Imo people.

Urhobo and Isoko are almost like two dialects of same language but they have never agreed as being one. In fact Ibibio and Annang people use Efik language in orthography and in Church but have still not agreed to be part of a "coalition" of Ibibio based ethnic group.

The most important thing is how Ukwuanis view themselves.

Radoillo:

Precisely. This is why I prefer to say 'Igbo-speaking peoples' rather than 'Igbo people'. The former term suggests a loose collection of peoples bonded by shared linguistic traits but who may not neccessarily share a common ethnic consciousness.

victor1464:
u look at politcal website to make ur claims?i pity u.I wonder y u & ur group keep foolin urselfs by postin on wikipeadia everyday just to achieve ur selfish aims..keep on readin fictional stories about a group of people,kip talkin nonsense and i bet u one day u it will land u in trouble.we know our ROOTS and none can tell us dat...FUNS says Bleep u and u dirty post.

precious00:
Dont waste ur time trying to xplain who u are to some dafts..they all reason alike..i have learnt to ignore them, it is baseless arguing wen 1 party has reached a conclusion b4 d argument began...being igbo doesnt feed me or make me special..if u say ure ibo, dey wud say ure fake ibo, if u say ure not ibo, dey wud say self denial...so who is d F×ol??

nellagold:
Hello house. I want to contribute. Ukwani people are no igbo. Am an ogume woman, when I speak non of d igbos would understand me. Most of us have bini names. My father's name is ikuni(which is not an ibo name) my elder brother's name is esuoba,ojomo(which is not an ibo name) sometimes wen we want to tell u mbene(meaning thank u) then d ijaws in bayelsa uses mbana meaning thank u also. We greet aje and otofe. We also use bini attire during our traditional wedding! We use nwenete wen we want to say my kid brother or my kid sister. So we are not ibos.

nellagold:
Hello house. I want to contribute. Ukwani people are no igbo. Am an ogume woman, when I speak non of d igbos would understand me. Most of us have bini names. My father's name is ikuni(which is not an ibo name) my elder brother's name is esuoba,ojomo(which is not an ibo name) sometimes wen we want to tell u mbene(meaning thank u) then d ijaws in bayelsa uses mbana meaning thank u also. We greet aje and otofe. We also use bini attire during our traditional wedding! We use nwenete wen we want to say my kid brother or my kid sister. So we are not ibos.

nellagold:
Hello house. I want to contribute. Ukwani people are no igbo. Am an ogume woman, when I speak non of d igbos would understand me. Most of us have bini names. My father's name is ikuni(which is not an ibo name) my elder brother's name is esuoba,ojomo(which is not an ibo name) sometimes wen we want to tell u mbene(meaning thank u) then d ijaws in bayelsa uses mbana meaning thank u also. We greet aje and otofe. We also use bini attire during our traditional wedding! We use nwenete wen we want to say my kid brother or my kid sister. So we are not ibos.

emmysoftyou:
will y u marry me,so that i can make you become full igbo without mixture of benin blood.
am serious o,cn i pm u ?..


I cant believe that this thread will enter 2015...
It s time we igbos merge together to believe we re one,cos nigeria is shaking.
ukwuani language is no diff frm ezzi or ezza in ebonyi state,yet they claimed igboid.
happy nu year my dear benin princess..

nellagold:
Hello house. I want to contribute. Ukwani people are no igbo. Am an ogume woman, when I speak non of d igbos would understand me. Most of us have bini names. My father's name is ikuni(which is not an ibo name) my elder brother's name is esuoba,ojomo(which is not an ibo name) sometimes wen we want to tell u mbene(meaning thank u) then d ijaws in bayelsa uses mbana meaning thank u also. We greet aje and otofe. We also use bini attire during our traditional wedding! We use nwenete wen we want to say my kid brother or my kid sister. So we are not ibos.

tonychristopher:

.in my place we say deme for thank you while other Igbo say daalu

We greet Ada muo for a woman
We say ndonahu for well done
Now does that make me less Igbo
We say nge for what
While other Igbo say gini for what

I know ukwuani very well and I told u my wife is from ogume after novena university

Now during our traditional marriage I did not see any Benin culture mind you I lived in Benin siluko near ogida barracks so I am very versed here

You can blow blue lies to them not to me NNE

I never had. Any course for the services of an interpretation

But I know that you might be the offspring of a Benin refugee in ukwuani that is very understanding but we still have pure blood also in ukwuani

victor1464:
UKWUANI KWEEEEKENIOOOOOH!! Beneni mgburuke

euromilion:
No Igbo's are ukwuani.

Until an IBO's tell me what this words mean,ukwuanis are ukwuani and Igbo's are Igbo.

What does these words mean in English?

nbuuka
Ntune
Opkalaosa

pazienza:


I think the mistake you are making is that you tend to group everybody in the SE as the same,having the same language and culture,that's where you are making a mistake,in the SE we have groups who have many differences but choose to rather look at their similarities,i am an idemili man,and believe me,i can only understand about 40% of what an izzi man speaks,it will be so easy for me to point out the language and cultural differences between idemili and other igbo groups like abriba,aro,oru,isu,etc,but i choose not to,rather i look at the similarities,maybe ukwuani needs to start doing the same.

You people say uberegede for ozoemena,well in Ogidi,we say ufala for anuri(happiness),i dnt think any one outside idemili will understand that.

OdenigboAroli:


"Ufala"....ancient word of Idenmili. The last time I heard it was was some 15yrs ago....My father rarely use it.

tonychristopher:


We call ofala in nmewi it is a kind if merriment associated with festivities ..I don't think its ancient and ukwuani is Igbo so why still debate on this again