bigfrancis21:


I don't want to post it here, for it would lack substance and appreciation. I will open a separate thread for that and will tag you in that post. The website is saved under my bookmarks and I just looked over it few minutes ago. The evidence is there.

Okay my friend, take your time.

TheReborn:


And this link http://ugrrquilt.hartcottagequilts.com/woods proves you are a liar.

Yes we borrow languages, but I won't go as far as claiming that the engravings made by the originators of my borrowed language were done by members of my tribe or country. It smacks of mischief.

So what is your point? That the nsibidi writings on the grave stones in virginia, a place known to have at least 70% Igbos of all african tribes in the state, were written by the ejagham?

Second, in your ease and quest to pull out 'websites', please pull out a link showing where ejaghams were recorded in slavery or ever sold out of biafra. Then we can start a new line of inquiry that ejagham slaves, not igbo slaves, wrote the nsibidi writings on those grave stones.

Third, why will you turn your anger towards Igbos, instead of being thankful for spreading your writing system beyond nigeria - a feat the ejaghams themselves were unable to do? Are the writers of those websites attributing the nsibidi works on the gravestones to Igbo slaves Igbos themselves or american researchers? Weren't the white american researchers themselves the ones who did and published the research and findings, and posted it on the net, of which you are now knowing? Was the website writing done by Igbos? Why suddenly pointing fingers at Igbos for no just cause?

You are pathetically slow.

Egosizila onwe gi, ona abazi ihe iberibe

tzoracle:


I knew u would quote me again
'Grown up'
Tsk tsk

bigfrancis21:


I was just about to post that image!

It is a well-known fact that up until 1970 some african american families bore 'ibo' as family last name, in accordance to their Igbo ancestral heritage.

Maybe an Igbo diaspora thread should be opened. Piss these guys off even more.

ezeagu:


Jamaican Poet/Dub artist Oku Nagbala Ozara Onuora.

You're a fuckîng fraud!
This guy has no Igbo roots whatsoever. He only changed his name to identify with his African ancestry. You guys are just lucky he chose to identify with d Igbo's. See how you're now claiming him as your own. You people are a tribe of fraudstars honestly!

Onuora married Adugo (née Phyllis Ranglin) in 1978, in preparation for which he had a name change, the name being chosen by his bride-to-be (who did not want to be identified as Mrs. Wong) with the help of an Afrikan Professor Umona. Their names were chosen from the Igbo language from the southeastern region of Nigeria. "Oku" means Fire / Light which burns oppression, while "Onuora" means voice of the people. His full name, Oku Nagba Ozala Onuora, translates as everlasting fire or light which burns oppression.[6] Together with Adugo, Onuora founded the "Prugresiv Aartis Muvmant".[1]

CaptainOjemba:
Egosizila onwe gi, ona abazi ihe iberibe

Ina akoro onwe gi

ezeagu:


Maybe an Igbo diaspora thread should be opened. Piss these guys off even more.

Yea bro.

The lack of objective reasoning and uunreasonable anti-igbo hate shown by many on this thread is pathetic.

tobtap:
only peeps with INFERIORITY COMPLEX will claim the 75% of the entire slaves in another place,yet no visible proof thru(CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND CUISINE ) to back up their claims.
my candid opinion

all u mentioned here were outlawed so it will no be too easy to pass it on.

tobtap:
only peeps with INFERIORITY COMPLEX will claim the 75% of the entire slaves in another place,yet no visible proof thru(CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND CUISINE ) to back up their claims.
my candid opinion

To the contrary. Only a people with a healthy view of themselves would acknowledge that they were slaves. Because their is no fear that their former status would detract from their current achievements.

Indeed only a psychologically well adjusted people would engage seriously in an inquiry to their origins, rather than subscribe to grandiose superstitions which trace their descent from gods or bogus heroes.

psalmizt:


I don't think so. There's an account that dates back to 1400s of the Benin Kingdom's interaction with the Portuguese. I believe the white man knows some of this and is unwilling to share. Trust me it is better for us to piece this little puzzles together than carry on as if we had no past. I yearn for movies that depicts some of these history. Sick and tired of knowing about medieval Europe and nothing about my fatherland. If we don't cherish whatever history we have, no one will do it for us.

Seconded

Jamaica has one of the highest crime rates in the world.

Now I hear that 70% of Jamos are Igbo...

bigfrancis21:


Mostly due to the survival of ifa divination. Many of the people interested in ifa or its adherents are not ancestrally yoruba but follow the popularity ifa has gained all over the carribean and the quest to reconnect to mama africa.

It is to a major extent but not totally as there are folks who sign up to learn the language who have no interest in Ifa.There are many Black Caribbean folks who show interest in Africa economically and from there they decide which country.Mostly Ghana is chosen and Nigeria.Also I never said that those who are interested in Yoruba culture are ancestrally Yorubas.The Caribbean is literally a melting a pot...we have too many different races though we are majority African.Even amongst the Africans our stock is not merely Igbo or Yoruba but from a wide array of different African Ethnic Groups.

firebrand01:

You're a fuckîng fraud!
This guy has no Igbo roots whatsoever. [size=15pt]He only changed his name to identify with his African ancestry.[/size] You guys are just lucky he chose to identify with d Igbo's. See how you're now claiming him as your own. You people are a tribe of fraudstars honestly!

Onuora married Adugo (née Phyllis Ranglin) in 1978, in preparation for which he had a name change, the name being chosen by his bride-to-be (who did not want to be identified as Mrs. Wong) with the help of an Afrikan Professor Umona. Their names were chosen from the Igbo language from the southeastern region of Nigeria. "Oku" means Fire / Light which burns oppression, while "Onuora" means voice of the people. His full name, Oku Nagba Ozala Onuora, translates as everlasting fire or light which burns oppression.[6] Together with Adugo, Onuora founded the "Prugresiv Aartis Muvmant".[1]

I like how you're getting excited like you've made a major revelation. I don't even know why or how I should reply to an instance of such stupidity, so I'll summarise: [size=14pt]That's the fu[/size][size=14pt]ck[/size][size=14pt]ing point![/size]

bigfrancis21:


So what is your point? That the nsibidi writings on the grave stones in virginia, a place known to have at least 70% Igbos of all african tribes in the state, were written by the ejagham?

Second, in your ease and quest to pull out 'websites', please pull out a link showing where ejaghams were recorded in slavery or ever sold out of biafra. Then we can start a new line of inquiry that ejagham slaves, not igbo slaves, wrote the nsibidi writings on those grave stones.

Third, why will you turn your anger towards Igbos, instead of being thankful for spreading your writing system beyond nigeria - a feat the ejaghams themselves were unable to do? Are the writers of those websites attributing the nsibidi works on the gravestones to Igbo slaves Igbos themselves or american researchers? Weren't the white american researchers themselves the ones who did and published the research and findings, and posted it on the net, of which you are now knowing? Was the website writing done by Igbos? Why suddenly pointing fingers at Igbos for no just cause?

You are pathetically slow.

You and your entire family are slow.

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/23267213?uid=3738720&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21106686753233

Read the link above showing other tribes taken out of the Bight of Biafra. If you are not blinded by your idiotic arrogance, you might just see Ejagham listed there.

Igbos this, Igbos that. The Igbos spread the use of English language na. Ode.

ezeagu:


Jamaican musician Michael "Ibo" Cooper

I've googled and checked everywhere. There is no association between the Igbo's and this guy. Because there's "IBO" in his name suddenly means he's Igbo? Justt like they were claiming the "igbo" in ijebu-igbo means igbos own ijebu igbo.
Igbo's are fraudsters honestly!

firebrand01:

I've googled and checked everywhere. There is no association between the Igbo's and this guy. Because there's "IBO" in his name suddenly means he's Igbo? Justt like they were claiming the "igbo" in ijebu-igbo means igbos own ijebu igbo.
Igbo's are fraudsters honestly!

Your ignorance is epic.

tzoracle:
Nawa o

All dis igbo posts are starting to annoy me
It shows inferiority complex,stop digging out all this facts like like u need anyones validation

And before u judge
I'm igbo
Full blooded

It is this your comment that is full of inferiority complex. Your comment smacks of academic laziness and childishness.

What those cultural posts show is what every serious people should endeavour to know. History is a vital tool for the wise. I'm sorry if you don't get my point cos given your above comment, I don't see how you can comprehend the importance of academic research...in history and culture.

ezeagu:


Your ignorance is epic.

Your aptitude for fraud is epic!

People are so stupid, I can't reason! If someone from a country with a significant Igbo population that were forcefully stripped of their names and culture changes their name back to Igbo, what those that tell you?

Fools.

Ma oburu na imaghi ihe iga ekwu, ga emechitu onu we guo ihe ndi ozo n'ede

tzoracle:


Ina akoro onwe gi

ndumodu ka m nenye gi.

How on earth the moderator moved a useless topic like this, without a link or any form of documentary evidence, to the front page beats me. It means I can wake up tomorrow and open a thread about Obama being a Nigerian and it'll hit the front page? Seun needs to do something about this. We have idiots as moderators on Nairaland.

firebrand01:
How on earth the moderator moved a useless topic like this, without a link or any form of documentary evidence, to the front page beats me. It means I can wake upo tomorrow and open a thread about Obama beating a Nigerian and it'll hit the front page? Seun needs to do something about this. We have idiots as moderators on Nairaland.

You're soooo pained! It's sooo obvious. Because of a history thread? What a wuss.

TheReborn:


You and your entire family are slow.

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/23267213?uid=3738720&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21106686753233

Read the link above showing other tribes taken out of the Bight of Biafra. If you are not blinded by your idiotic arrogance, you might just see Ejagham listed there.

Igbos this, Igbos that. The Igbos spread the use of English language na. Ode.

How many Ejaghams were taken to Virginia? At the end of the day,it was the white Americans that made the postulations not igbos. This one is just transfer of aggression. Who will even take you serious. Wait! Igbos are currently modernising nsibidi for igbo people.

ezeagu:


You're soooo pained! It's sooo obvious. Because of history thread? What a wuss.

Yea pained at the foolishness on display here. In the afternoon someone pushed a stupid thread about the Igbo's owning ife to the front page with no link or evidence. Its amazing the level of ignorance, stupidity and foolishness that seun has allowed to flourish here.

CaptainOjemba:
Ma oburu na imaghi ihe iga ekwu, ga emechitu onu we guo ihe ndi ozo n'ede ndumodu ka m nenye gi.

Nna anyi ukwu
anula m

Nihilist:
Jamaica has one of the highest crime rates in the world.

Now I hear that 70% of Jamos are Igbo...

San Pedro Sula,Honduras is the most dangerous city in the world. I think they are Igbos....

enzony:


It is this your comment that is full of inferiority complex. Your comment smacks of academic laziness and childishness.

What those cultural posts show is what every serious people should endeavour to know. History is a vital tool for the wise. I'm sorry if you don't get my point cos given your above comment, I don't see how you can comprehend the importance of academic research...in history and culture.

I get ur point
I'm entitled to my opinion and you yours
Stop attacking mine and make yours

Ka udo chia

tzoracle:


Nna anyi ukwu
anula m

tzoracle:
Nawa o

All dis igbo posts are starting to annoy me
It shows inferiority complex,stop digging out all this facts like like u need anyones validation

And before u judge
I'm igbo
Full blooded

Why do keep reading them and even stop to comment. Your struggle is with your self identity.

Ndigbo is probably the biggest and most vast nation on earth.

I was shocked but not surprised to know there is a large indegenious Igbo community in Surinam, a South American country. Their Igbo language and accent is a bit different but understandable to a typical Igbo person.

Fieryfly:


Why do keep reading them and even stop to comment. Your struggle is with your self identity.

I keep reading them cos I'm igbo but 4-5 igbo threads in d space of a day on fp
Smacks of deep research for validation

PPAngel:



Jealousy and envy of everything Igbo no go kill una

Say amen!

Seeing your intelligent replies on this thread but this one just made me laugh. I'm falling in love with you at no sight.
BTW, hope i can say "Amen" for the igbophobic nigga? Lol
Nwafor ka i bu nwanne.