scholes0:
Isn't "SOSO" the Yoruba word for Only?

aljharem:
So many false statement here. Alaia and moi moi are borrowed words from Yoruba. Until the amalgamation of Nigeria there was nothing like bean in igbo land. The demography does not favour such!!!!. So how did they get food made from beans. Haha!!!!!

aljharem:
So many false statement here. Alaia and moi moi are borrowed words from Yoruba. Until the amalgamation of Nigeria there was nothing like bean in igbo land. The demography does not favour such!!!!. So how did they get food made from beans. Haha!!!!!

Probz:


I just thought it was one of those shared words between the languages. Just like ogiri, egusi and mai mai/moyin-moyin (moin moin).

GavelSlam:
Akara is the same meaning in Bahia, Brazil.

The Bahia people just like some Cubans and Haitis worship Ifa and Yoruba gods.

Trinidad and Tobago has some Yoruba influence.

It's safe to say the carribeans were taking from West Africa .

One cannot rule out Igbo presence in such places but the influence of Yoruba is beyond doubt.

Mynd44:

The article is flawed in many ways

Guyman02:
Wah gwaan bredrin, everyting ire ?

Ever heard the word “red ibo ” in Jamaica? Your suspicion is true, “red ibo” was used to refer to the Igbo slaves in Jamaica because of their light skin .
The land of Jamaica witnessed the influx of the Igbo race between 1790 and 1809 during the transatlantic slave trade .
The modern Igbo race dwelt in the Bight of Biafra in Nigeria . It was from here that the Igbos who were kidnapped and sold as slaves by the Europeans were taken to work on plantations .
During this period, the Igbos , due to their inability to speak the language , introduced some of their words which have now become infused in the Jamaican Patois .
Some of these words include:
Unu– You people
Ima oso (Jamaica) Ima osu (Igbo) - to hiss by sucking your teeth
Akara (Jamaica) Akàrà ( Igbo)– bean cake
Soso (Jamaica) Sọsọ (Igbo ) - only

Jamaica’s historical culture cannot be mentioned without the influence of the Igbo’s. The Igbo ’s influenced the culture, music , the pouring of libation , the “ ibo” style, idioms and way of life of the Jamaicans . Their yam festival 'the Jonkonnu' was introduced by the Igbos. There is a town allegedly named after them , the Ibu Town .

The Jamaicans are akin to the ways of the Igbos such that it is not uncommon to see Jamaicans watch Igbo Nollywood movies . Some of their rural areas resemble the Igbo ’s in Eastern Nigeria.
Known for their pride, the Igbos are said to have unwritten rules that even the slave owners were made to abide by. Out of this people came individuals who left a mark in that period. A popular example is author, Olaudah Equiano, who was very instrumental in maintaining law and order among the Igbos in Jamaica during the 1776 Mosquito Shore Scheme. He is also credited as being one of the campaigners of the abolition of slave trade (Google celebrated his 272 birthday last year).

The Igbos were also popular for committing suicides to go back to their homeland. This suicide was what made most slave traders skeptical of having them as slaves.
When they could no longer bear the slavery, 250 Igbo men conspired to kill every white man in the land. Although they failed, their song for freedom cannot be forgotten:

Oh me good friend , Mr Wilberforce, make we free!
God Almighty thank ye ! God Almighty thank ye!
God Almighty, make we free !
Buckra in this country no make we free:
What Negro for to do ? What Negro for to do?
Take force by force! Take force by force!
ALL
To be sure! to be sure! to be sure!

https://m.guardian.ng/life/a-brief-profile-of-the-igbo-people-of-jamaica/
BY NJIDEKA AGBO

Pix: Olaudah -Equiano . Photo credit : Daily Mail

baby124:
Akara, moin moin and egusi are Yoruba. There are also Yoruba settlements in Jamaica

Guyman02:


This thread is about Igbos in Jamaica and not about Yoruba, can we stick to that?

maestroferddi:
Ogiri abd egusi/egwusi are exclusive Igbo words.

Any language using them loaned them from Igbo...

grandstar:
I love history.

At a time in America, there were up to 30,000 Igbo slaves in Maryland and Virginia. There were always posters of runaway igbo slaves.

They were call Eboe or Bights by the Americans

It is estimated that as many as 60% of African Americans have Igbo blood.

RedboneSmith:


One of those shared words. Around Anambra it is 'soso', too. In much of Imo it is 'naani'.

RedboneSmith:


One of those shared words. Around Anambra it is 'soso', too. In much of Imo it is 'naani'.

RedboneSmith:


One of those shared words. Around Anambra it is 'soso', too. In much of Imo it is 'naani'.

scholes0:


That word Agwa for beans too looks very similar to what the Yoruba version of the word would be.

Sure it isn't from Igala?

cc: Probz

scholes0:


The fact that it isn't even a universally shared Igbo word points more in the direction of it diffusing into the Anambra axis from an external language source.

vioment:
Akara is not bean cake, bean cake is moi moi. Think of it, how many cakes do you eat that are fried; At least, moi moi can be put in the oven.

About the african linage in regards to igbos is interesting, i will be reading more on this.

RedboneSmith:


I knew you were gong to say that. Ajo, Esusu. Do you think the Yoruba borrowed one from an external language?

baby124:
Akara, moin moin and egusi are Yoruba. There are also Yoruba settlements in Jamaica

BabaIbo:


Go back to school, egwusi/egusi and ogiri are exclusively igbo words borrowed by yorubas

BabaIbo:


Go back to school, egwusi/egusi and ogiri are exclusively igbo words borrowed by yorubas

RedboneSmith:
'Imu oso' is not a Jamaican patois expression. The post where you got this from misinterpreted the source material.

'Akara' is also not Igbo. It is Yoruba.

Other Igbo words in Jamaican Patois that could have been added are:

Attoo (chewing stick) from Igbo 'atu' and chinch/chink (bedbug) from Igbo 'chinchi.'

scholes0:


That word Agwa for beans too looks very similar to what the Yoruba version of the word would be.

Sure it isn't from Igala?

cc: Probz

baby124:

Igala were once under the larger Yoruba family. They have a lot of similar words. Though separation of the group has been for long. Agwa and Ewa is similar. Even Igbos and Yoruba at some point were probably related or some words were infused into Igbo language through Igala. We have some similar words.

IjeleNwa:
you lied, "Akara" is originally gotten from igbo before it become a lingua word. Same as "oyibo" which Yoruba pronounced as "oyinbo" bcus they adopted it. It either u talking as a tribalist or as a naïve writer. Pls make findings from proper source before u write.

Probz:


Is akara not a shared word between Yoruba and Igbo?

Probz:


Is akara not a shared word between Yoruba and Igbo?

IjeleNwa:
you lied, "Akara" is originally gotten from igbo before it become a lingua word. Same as "oyibo" which Yoruba pronounced as "oyinbo" bcus they adopted it. It either u talking as a tribalist or as a naïve writer. Pls make findings from proper source before u write.

GavelSlam:
Akara is the same meaning in Bahia, Brazil.

The Bahia people just like some Cubans and Haitis worship Ifa and Yoruba gods.

Trinidad and Tobago has some Yoruba influence.

It's safe to say the carribeans were taking from West Africa .

One cannot rule out Igbo presence in such places but the influence of Yoruba is beyond doubt.