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Ashawo or ashewo is most def not an Igbo word. I even thought it was Yoruba sef.

IkpuMmadu:
You Lied, Anioma Is Igbo And Part Of Biafra, Traditional Ruler of Ukwuani Tells Gov. Okwwa

It is said that those who do not know their history always pick any story about who they are and run with it.

The effect of the military intelligence and propaganda onslaught during the Nigeria versus Biafra war by the Nigerian federal troop against the people of Igbo extraction, who were viewed, though erroneously, as the sole ethnic group that make up Biafra, has not been completely eliminated.. This created enormous distortion of pyschology and conmittant erroneous distortion of history amonsgt Igbo speaking people within the ancient Biafran region.

Recently, the governor of Delta State Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, was quoted of saying that Anioma, though they speak Igbo are not Igbo and so not part of Biafra. He warned the Biafran agitators to steer clear of his state, Delta.

Though, most or majority of Anioma people accept their Igbo ancestry, but so many ugly politics has been played since the war ended with the identity of Anioma or Ika people.

The best people to tell children who they are are indeed the elders, they are masters of history and custodians of tradtion and culture. So, who is the best person to tell it the way it is other than the traditional ruler of Ukwuani in Anioma?

The traditional ruler of Ukwuani in Anioma Local government of Delta state, Okpala Ukwu emphatically told the governor of Delta state that he lied about Anioma and their ancestry.

The aged traditional ruler seen here in the photo told the media that, the governor lied and said that Anioma people are Igbo and therefore part of Biafra.

But there is a saying that goes this way “those who where present during burial can tell where the head of the corpse lies”. Those who are custodians of tradition and masters of their history can veritably tell who they are and narrate their history.

Though many argued that Gov. Okowa has deep knowledge that Anioma is Igbo but he, as a sitting governor, cannot openly support those agitating for sovereign state. Some argued that the best thing was for him to remain mute about the agitation instead of making efforts to rewrite the history of Anioma people.

A great number of Anioma scholars both at home and in diaspora have been very emphatic about the Igbo ancestry of Anioma people. Though a small number of them have deep hatred traced to the wartime propaganda, which still eoches in some quarters till this day.

Though the words from the aged traditional ruler may reaffirm the stand of the majority of Anioma people, it will not douce the fire amongst those who do not want to be counted as Igbo and consequently Biafra.

https://therepublicannews./2016/06/07/you-lied-anioma-is-igbo-and-part-of-biafra-traditional-ruler-of-ukwuani-tells-gov-okwwa/

I call bovine excrement on this, sir. What is 'the Okpala Ukwu of Ukwuani'? That position does not exist. The different communites in Ukwuani have their different Okpala Ukus. It's just like saying the Obi of Ika or the Igwe of Igbo. So who is this 'Okpala Ukwu' of Ukwuani and what is his name? Why didn't that blogpost supply us with his name.

Pure cook-up from a desperate south-easterner.

scholes0:
Balogun Ndigbo....
Lol... These people ehn... eeeh!

What did 'these people' do? Did he give himself that title? Was it not conferred on him by the Olubadan himself?

And if I'm not mistaking don't we have Balogun Gambari and Balogun Fulani representing the Hausa and Fulani elements respectively in Ilorin? If Igbo settlers have become a conspicuous part of Ibadan what is wrong in the Monarch appointing a representative for the people?

The use of a Yoruba title would even mean that they would have to operate within the Yoruba political system and be subordinate to the Olubadan, rather than when they were using Eze Ndigbo and thinking they were independent kings in their own right.

macof:
Dr Tudor Parfitt is not a geneticist

I've read a lot about the Lemba...I just believe the Jewish connection is exaggerated. They are more converts to a form of Judaism than descendants of Jews

I did not say Parfitt was a geneticist. He was the anthropologist on ground who collected DNA samples. Geneticists at the University of London did the analysis. And their findings were published in peer-reviewed journals. If you have ever tried to get your work published in a peer-reviewed journal, you'll know it's not something anyone who isn't grounded in his subject matter can just wake up and do.

Here's the abstract from one of the articles written by geneticists (Spurdle and Jenkins) on this matter.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1914832/

This ship has sailed. No one in the scientific community contests that the Lemba have some Jewish ancestry anymore.

macof:
did you even read the link you shared?

those are converts of Judaism not descendants of Jews... this is what people do, in a few months or years maybe even already, people will claim this people in Uganda are Jewish descendants same for the Falasha in Ethiopia and Lemba in Zimbabwe.
ever wondered why the names of the geneticists who declared Lemba/Jewish DNA link aren't ever mentioned?

Dr Tudor Parfitt of the University of London took cheek swaps of Lemba men and the DNA analysis was done in the University's lab in London. There are several articles online as well as short documentaries on YouTube that mention this.

All right. But Nas is not of Yoruba origin.

Oga Sule, we want to go and sit down oo, but na chair be the problem.

Phut:
You are wrong!
Do you even understand Igbo, for you to make the statement you made?
Arianna is a 100% Igbo name. It means Fathers prized possession.

The European name you are referring to is Ariana which has only one "N" as opposed to two. Nna in Igbo means father. Omit one "n" and it becomes meaningless

Lol. Calm down. I understand Igbo very well thank you, and aria does not mean anything in the types of Igbo I understand. Maybe it's more of an Imo thing. I'm also sure there are words in the types of Igbo I speak that you have no idea what they mean. So, it means prized possession for you. Good, thank you, I have learnt that one today.

The European Arianna can be spelt with double n, for your info. There are many ways to spell it. There is Ariana, arianna, Aryana, ariane etc.

LOL! Is arianna even a nigerian name. As far as I know, it's european, and any similarity with an Igbo name is coincidental.

HalimaSadiya:
Kanuri from Maiduguri

This guy is from Maiduguri? Well, dang!

Are you sure the guy on a plane is kanuri. He looks caucasoid/middle eastern

They should also ban the Sarkin Hausawa of Ibadan, Alhaji Ahmadu Zungeru.

But we all know that is not going to happen.

Xiadnat:
Hell ya.......

tho, i can't say this is an issue for me. It's been a minute, but when I was active in the dating game, I have luckily dated men who craved it (or chop chop toto) if you will. But then again, most of these men are caucasian. So, I suppose to each its kind.

I have often being the one screaming "enough already". .

But ya....since coming to NL, I have learnt (among other really awful things) that nigerian men don't particularly like this for some reason. No idea why. Seeing Vjay is waaaay cleaner than the mouth.

Nigerian men should really loosen up. If you are worried about "it" being dirty, have her clean up before. Gosh. Is it STD? You can catch any STD with regular coita.l act, so what's the difference? HIV is HIV via oral or coitu.s. You can catch STD sucking the man appendage too.

Anyway, y'all should learn from the porn industry. If I do you, honey, you gotta do me. They don't call it a 'job' for nothing.

Hey,

Forget the kids here on NL. If it's clean, shaven and well-taken-care-of, a sizeable percentage of men (Nigerian or not) will eat it up. Granted, the sexual conservatism here won't let most admit to their male friends that they go down on their women (no one thinks 'c!unt licker' is a cool nickname'), but trust me when I tell ya that more Naija men than you'd reckon are willing to do it.

Attention seeking?

Didn't I hear about this story like AGES ago?

missKiffy:
These are people with great culture and heritage. Even the whites love the yoruba culture

Yes oh! That's a sure sign that you are doing it right, isn't it? When the white man approves.

I see.