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CultureRe: Do You Believe That The Ancient Egyptians Descended From The Horn Of Africa? by RedboneSmith(m): 9:41am On Sep 09, 2017
Danielmoore:
An average Egyptian has the thick hairy skin which the Greeks also have
the idear of stone buildings started in ancient Greece before some labourer's crossed the Nile an migrated to present day Egypt
check out Egyptian architecture and compare with Greeks
Ethiopians don't have any similarities with Egyptians

hati13
Stone building started in ancient Greece?

What the hell are you talking about? The pyramids were built of stone at a time when there was no Greece to speak of. In the early phase of her history, Greece was learning from Egypt and not the other way around.
CultureRe: Do You Believe That The Ancient Egyptians Descended From The Horn Of Africa? by RedboneSmith(m): 7:04am On Sep 09, 2017
Ancient Egyptians were not 100% one-thing.

There were surely elements that came from the Horn, and it was this element that brought the Afro-Asiatic language of Ancient Egypt with them.

There was also elements that came from the drying-out Sahara Desert to the west, and this element is thought to have brought the tradition of mummification, a cow cult and some other aspects that went into the religion of the Ancient Egyptians.

There were other elements that came from Western Asia, and is thought to have introduced crops like wheat and barley and also the wheel to Egypt.

All these elements were drawn to the fertile Nile Valley very early in history, and they mixed there to produce the Ancient Egyptian people.
CultureRe: Ukwuani People, This Is For You by RedboneSmith(m): 1:34pm On Sep 07, 2017
sorextee:
Whats agogo?
Gong.

Yoruba call it agogo too. Edo call it egogo. Igbo call it ogene.
CultureRe: Meet The World Youngest King "Dein Of Agbor" And The History Of Agbor Delta Stat by RedboneSmith(m): 12:34am On Sep 06, 2017
ONCE-youngest king.
CultureRe: . by RedboneSmith(m): 8:37pm On Sep 04, 2017
If you understand why we call our native country motherland, it begins to make sense.

And yes, mother tongue, NOT mother's tongue.
CultureRe: Pictures Of African Traditional Clothing! by RedboneSmith(m): 12:58pm On Sep 03, 2017
Menase:
I am probably a fool but how and when did cloth and plastic feature as African? I'm on the Southern side of Afrique but i still don't see fabrics being a part of our
cultures until the redman's invasion. So everytime we point out to plastic and fabrics we accepting an edited black history. Am I wrong?
Fabrics have been here for well over a thousand years. There has been some changes in style and fashion, no doubt, but the whole point of culture is that it is dynamic.
CultureRe: Jollof Rice And Bigfrancis21 by RedboneSmith(m): 12:50pm On Sep 03, 2017
Troll level: 100000
PoliticsRe: We Never Laid Claim To Ownership Of Gelegele — Itsekiri In Edo by RedboneSmith(m): 9:08pm On Sep 02, 2017
nengibo:
RedboneSmith
huh
CultureRe: What Are Some Of The Weird And Funny Names In Your Language/Dialect? by RedboneSmith(m): 8:41am On Sep 01, 2017
Dhugal:
Tabansi means Keep enduring,haba.
How did you come up with that nonsense you wrote?
It's short form,Tansi,is more widely known now
Calm down, oga. I did add a caveat when I said it probably has a different meaning that eludes me. Others have already pointed out the actual meaning to me without being combative about it.

And Tabansi does sound like what I said, especially to other Igbos from outside the Aguleri area where the name appears to be from. The first person who interpreted the name like that to my hearing was actually Igbo, and every Igbo person in the room laughed about it. Calm down.
CultureRe: Afonja Was Not A Traitor! by RedboneSmith(m): 5:33pm On Aug 31, 2017
naijalander:
You can't call a man who fought and died for the freedom and liberty of his people a traitor. Should one remain a slave in the name of tribal brotherhood ?
Every traitor is also a freedom fighter from his people's point of view. Ojukwu was a freedom fighter from the Biafran point of view. George Washington was a traitor from the British point of view, and a liberator from the Colonists' point of view.

If you break faith with someone who you are supposed to owe allegiance to (your king, your emperor, your lord) for whatever reason, you are a traitor, from your liege lord's point of view. So, yes, from a Metropolitan Oyo point of view, Afonja was a traitor.

I am also kind of skeptical about any claims that Afonja broke from the Alaafin's authority because he was fighting for his people's freedom. Truth be told the man had his personal ambitions.


But he was not a sell-out to the Fulanis as he has been accused. Of that I am sure. He simply miscalculated Alimi and his unruly horde of Jamas, and it cost him.
CultureRe: Afonja Was Not A Traitor! by RedboneSmith(m): 4:23pm On Aug 31, 2017
Technically, he was a traitor to the Alaafin, like many other chiefs in that time of decline of Oyo imperial power.

But he wasn't a traitor in the larger sense that he has been accused today. He was just a general who miscalculated his strength and ability to control the band of Northern elements he gathered around him.
CultureRe: What Are Some Of The Weird And Funny Names In Your Language/Dialect? by RedboneSmith(m): 4:15pm On Aug 31, 2017
Another strange name I have encountered in Oshimili (Delta State) is Njokanma -Evil is Better. I am also hoping this one too has a deeper meaning that eludes me.
CultureRe: What Are Some Of The Weird And Funny Names In Your Language/Dialect? by RedboneSmith(m): 4:11pm On Aug 31, 2017
Tabansi is an Igbo name that literarily means Keep Eating Sh!t. But maybe it has a deeper meaning that isn't apparent to me.
CultureRe: What Are Some Of The Weird And Funny Names In Your Language/Dialect? by RedboneSmith(m): 2:42pm On Aug 31, 2017
Efewestern:
that name has no meaning in urhobo.

Maybe it's esan
More likely the poster is just pulling you people's legs.
CultureRe: The Ogiso Of Bini & Ijaw Came From Ile-ife by RedboneSmith(m): 10:28am On Aug 29, 2017
nengibo:
So Ijaw and Edos are Yorubas now? And I thought Igbos wer landgrabbers
I saw your name and I knew somehow somehow you go bring Igbos into it. You no disappoint. Wehdone.
CultureRe: Igede Names And Their Meaning by RedboneSmith(m): 7:04am On Aug 26, 2017
maxinvile:
Igede dialect has a link with the Igbo language. I once travel to Udi LGA of Enugu State, most of the names I heard there were more like the names the Igede people bear.
There is a town called Egede in that Udi area of Enugu State. I wonder if they have any connection with you people. They also have a kind of music they play around there called Igede music. It is played with big drums.
BusinessRe: Who Was The Richest Man In Nigeria Before Dangote? by RedboneSmith(m): 9:14pm On Aug 25, 2017
SAVAGEBETS:
The Ojukwus, Athur Nzeribe or MKO Abiola, I'm referencing business men not politicians.
Arthur Nzeribe?

C'mon, he was never that wealthy. We are talking about the single wealthiest individuals of their time in all of Nigeria.
BusinessRe: Who Was The Richest Man In Nigeria Before Dangote? by RedboneSmith(m): 6:29pm On Aug 25, 2017
maturemindsonly:
its King Solomon oga
Let me humour you a little. How much do you think Solomon was worth?
CultureRe: Dear Igbo People, Pls The Pronoucation Is Emirates Not Emilates. by RedboneSmith(m): 11:38pm On Aug 09, 2017
BiafranBushBoy:
Hahahaha

My dear Yoruba Muslim brother.

It is Eyes not Hayes cheesy

It is Heart not art grin
Not forgetting, it is Pressure not Preyyure. Measure, not Meayyure.
CultureRe: To You,is Kwara State A Yoruba Land Or Hausa? by RedboneSmith(m): 7:14am On Aug 03, 2017
Ajikobi1:
Kwara consists of many tribes... Yorubas are minority while the Barubas are the majority in land mass.... I will say Hausa sha
With a name like Ajikobi, it surprises me how you could say Yorubas are the minority and Baribas the majority in Kwara State.
CultureRe: Meaning Of Name by RedboneSmith(m): 5:53pm On Jul 31, 2017
Kachimkwu = As my God declared OR As (my) Fate would have it.

Maduemezia = Someone has set (it) right.
CultureRe: The History Of Ikwerre People by RedboneSmith(m): 6:05pm On Jul 30, 2017
The Akalaka episode is just a fraction of the Ikwerre story. Ochichi was not Akalaka's brother. Some Ikwerre people who had an agenda to pursue invented that brotherhood. Ochichi came from the opposite direction from Akalaka.

There are many other sides of Ikwerre origin that have been ignored and may soon be forgotten because many Ikwerre are determined to bury any recollections of their true historical connections.
CultureRe: 4 Northern Nigeria Elites Whose Daughters Don’t Wear Hijab (pictures) by RedboneSmith(m): 12:13am On Jul 25, 2017
Okay. Nothing to see here.

Except maybe for Saraki's children. That one surprised me a little, I will not lie. Apart from the complete lack of hair covering, look at the girl seated to the right. That plunging neckline, wtf! shocked

And the uncovered thighs of the other seated girl. A bit much for a Muslim family.
CultureRe: What Are The Basic Differences Between Hausas And Fulanis? by RedboneSmith(m): 10:14am On Jul 21, 2017
JikanBaura:
Just because his father was grandson of Dan FodiO grin That does not make him a FULANI. To be a Fulani you have to look like a one.

Anybody with Knowledge of whom Hausa or Fulani are ,will aggured Sir Ahmadu Bello is not a Fulani. (He might have little Fulani blood in him) But, But you can't ignore the fact that his Looks, Body structure is not of Fulani but of Hausa.


Like my Paternal and maternal grandmothers are pure Fulani descent and my merternal grandfather is a mixture of both (Hausa/Fulani). My Father happens to took after his father (who I will say he is a among the rear pure Hausawa) . Tho, in my family sometimes we jokingly point out who is more Hausa and who is more a Fulani. Honestly we all think of ourselves as Hausa

We speak hausa, leave with hausa ,share abode,Religion and culture with hausa. And some of my Kins will be pissed off if you were to call them none hausa. And that natural

Pure Hausa are very rear.Their intermarriage does not start with Fulani nor had it ever been Monopoly to any tribe grin lol(Allow me to use that word) .If hausa falls in love with you and you get married to him/her . You ,your Feature Children will probably gave up your Religion, Culture and most importantly your language to Hausa.


My argument is that you cannot call someone with typical hausa look a Fulani or call someone with typical Fulani look a Hausa. It's will be ridiculous for a Black Person with black mother and White Britsh father to call himself a whiteman grin



Sir Ahmadu Bello is more of a Hausa than he is a Fulani. His culture,His language, His looks/ structures all indicated that.

Present day Hausa is more of a language than it is an ethic.when I was 15 thought of my Zabarmawa childhood friends as Hausa smiley only lately I found out they are not. In west northern state it's not a big deal if you are Hausawa, Fulani, zabarmawa as long you speak hausa it's every Hausa and none hausa Will looks you as Hausa(to some extant) Sai in gardama ta tashi a tunama Kai Ba Hausa bane. Lol ;
The late Sardauna identified himself as a Fulani man when he was alive. I've read a conversation he had with a certain gentleman who thought he was Hausa. He replied him with an emphatic no; that he was Fulani.
CultureRe: Which is Easiest To Learn: Hausa, Igbo Or Yoruba? by RedboneSmith(m): 2:25pm On Jul 14, 2017
Most people I know think Hausa is the easiest, and I think there may be some truth to it. Maybe its easiness to acquire/learn may partly account for the way it is spreading rapidly and eating into the territory of other Northern Nigerian languages. I know an uneducated Igbo man in a village in Enugu State who learnt to speak very good Hausa (albeit with a heavy Igbo accent) without ever leaving his village, simply by interacting with passing Hausa shoemakers. I have a friend from Anambra that went to learn trading in Kano, but had to come back after four months because of disagreement with his master. In four months he had acquired enough Hausa to have conversations with Hausa okada riders in the Lagos.


A lot of people say Igbo is the most difficult. I think part of the reason is that most Igbos still speak dialects. The standard/General Igbo is not yet a Spoken language. The Yoruba and the Hausa have been more successful in coming up with Spoken Standards (while still retaining their dialects.) The kind of Igbo Emeka is teaching you may have some differences from the kind of Igbo the girl in the next shop is speaking. This isn't much of a problem for native-speakers (except in extreme cases), but for a learner, it could be quite a challenge; one could get quite confused and frustrated.
CultureRe: History Of The Ibos And The Jew In West Africa by RedboneSmith(m): 2:30pm On Jul 05, 2017
I repeat: Ndagi Abdullahi is crazy and despite the fact that he went to medical school, he is something of an illiterate.
CultureRe: History Of The Ibos by RedboneSmith(m): 2:28pm On Jul 05, 2017
I can't emphasize this enough: Ndagi Abdullahi is crazy.
CultureRe: Finding Nigerian Ethnic Group by RedboneSmith(m): 5:12pm On Jun 29, 2017
Oh, you look a lot more light-skinned and more 'mixed-race' here than in the picture in your previous post.
CultureRe: Top 10 Largest Ethnic Group In Africa by RedboneSmith(m): 11:09pm On Jun 24, 2017
If you are going to call the Akan an ethnic group (rather than the collection of ethnic groups that they really are) , then may I inform you that there is an African 'ethnic group' that is bigger than the Akan which does not appear in your list.

The Nguni number over 26 million people.
CultureRe: Some Igbo/yoruba Word Used In Urhobo/Isoko Language by RedboneSmith(m): 8:00pm On Jun 24, 2017
Mphumalanga:
Igbos mostly say Jesus. I have attended their catholic chapels.
Edos say Ijesu
Yorubas say Jesu.
Igbo Catholics say 'Jeeso'. They write it as 'Jesu', but pronounce it as 'Jeeso'.

The 'chapels' you attended must have been English-speaking ones.
CultureRe: Why Can't Ibos Make It In Their Land by RedboneSmith(m): 10:14am On Jun 22, 2017
AshiwajuFoward:
IMO, it's because the region generally lacks the robustness of other regions of the country in its offering. Unless your ambition in life is to become a trader, I don't see any other reason why any ambitious youth would risk going out there (or choose to remain there, in the case of their own youth) and gamble with his future.

If you are looking to establish a career or bright future in the mining sector for instance as an igbo youth, then you have to consider moving to Ogun state (the mining capital of Nigeria), if it's tech, or any other white collar opportunity Lagos is your best-bet. For commercial agriculture (crop farming that is) you must move to the North, Oyo is the Poultry-farming capital of Nigeria, PH and Uyo for Oil and Gas. So at the end of the day, the SE/igboland really has little to offer its indigenous folks, let alone an ambitious outsider/non-indigene.
Going by this explanation, Igbo migrants in the North should be largely commercial farmers, and those in Ogun and Oyo should be largely miners and poultry farmers.

Is that the case?

OP, there are many wealthy Igbos who are based in the Southeast; I have lived in the Southeast and I know. That a lot of Igbos migrate to other zones doesn't mean that only those who migrate make it. The main problem the southeast has is that they have a rather small landmass relative to their population size, and this has necessitated a culture of the 'excess' population having to move elsewhere to live and earn a living.

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