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after we cry racism. see what happens in our own backyard . . . . . . . . . and it took a white man to come to the rescue

ezeagu is right, no igbo guy in this day and age fully understands the osu thing. our parents/grand parents/uncles etc tell us conflicting stories. my mother said she does not even understand it fully. she heard it first when she was applying to be a teacher in the 60s. that na my mama o, wey be another generation.

this lends credence to my earlier statement that this thing will die off if no one talks about it. imagine if my mother never heard about it.

anyway, to answer ur question, in summary, there were igbos who were reserved to serve the gods (just like the jews had the levites) they were to live near the shrines and serve the juju/gods/amadioha _whatever. they were consecrated to serving these gods and to be separated from the people so they can focus. but no one wants that job. just like becoming a priest/nun/pastor/ today when young guys want to do business and make money. so they decided to force some people to do the job. usually people conquered in battle . . bla . . bla . . bla . . that was how the separetion began

then somewhere along the centuries, separation mysteriously became segregation . .etc . .etc . .etc things were abused, evil kings came and went and differetn blends were given to culture and then there was stigmatisation. then came the 20th century and toshmann was born. 1st heard about it when i was 20yrs old and i never knew they were there in my village until i lost my mum. i noticed some people were not allowed to come close to my mum's  funeral stuff. when i asked, i got muffled answers and i got the message.

ask another igbo guy about this osu thing and i bet u'll get a different story. meaning, we dont really know what happened. and  . . wait for it . . . it's not only osu o  (this is no laughing matter) there is also umeh, . . i hear those ones are even worse off, osus will not interact with them at all _{(toshmann stop laughing)}

confusion

nigerians

country . . una no get
patriotism . . una no get
if una comot outside now, hear say nigerians dey here and here . . una go say . . no, i dont want to hang around nigerians abeg

how many of una fit carry naija flag hang for una houses for europe, or even the students carrying the naija flag. how many?

yet na una go 1st attack other people  

ndi naijiria sef

hmmn, another osu thread huh? there have been threads upon threads upon threads about this osu thingy, pls if you really wanted to read about them you shoulda done a little search even here in nairaland to get loads of info about it.

i have said it b4, and i say it again, this osu thing . . "the igbos' original sin" . . will only die away when people forget about it. each time we talk about it, it ressurrects. and nobody has the answer to this osu question. people can only come here to condemn it or to defend igbos or to abuse igbos but they dont offer real solutions to the problem.

stop talking about it, with education, modernization, etc it will die off slowly. it may take 100yrs or 200 yrs. but it will die off. however if we continue talking about it, it keeps coming alive. now ponder this . . .

200yrs ago, my ancestors will not eat or do business with osus. they wont live beside them etc. today, igbos do "everything" with osus. the only thing remaining is intermarriage. we sleep with them , live beside them (at least in the cities and students in schools) eat with them, work in the same offices with them . . some osus (names withheld) have become governors, some have become knights in the church etc. it will die off if nobody talks about it.

so please, help the igbos to bury their shame. . . stop talking about it.

unfortunately nobody will notice this. but history will vindicate that man

halleluyah

halleluyah

chineke m di mma


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjPqJj3UyLQ

chegharianu umu igbo nwa mama na agakwa eluigwe

nwa ogidi, oga eru 20 million by the next election. and toshmann nwa mama so na ndi bidoro threadia, gaa page one, i ga ahu aham there

@darfur

o'boy na me u slam worst person? i no mind being ur enemy but to put me for the same category as kobojunkie na wa o

u for try grade ur worst person sef. after all keith oberman de grade him own. some na 3rd, some na 2nd and one go be the original worst person. anyway, i take God beg u, no put me for the same level as kobojunkie abeg. read my posts, i remain a republican at heart, but you will not see anything in my posts that is anti obama the way kobojunkie or tayoD were.

today the republicans lost, fair game, it's not their year. but let's take a minute to give mccain some credit for having some votes in a year when most people will deny even being republican. and more importantly, he gallantly stepped forward and conceeded graciously and even the crowd in chicago were applauding. he turned a new leaf and showed he meant it when he said country first.

republicans are down today, sh-t happens, no thanx to Bush, anyway, they shall rise again.

Grand Old Party, GOP. shall rise again.

when Obama took Ohio, I went to sleep. U cant stop a movt. Obama deserves some praise too

But the winner is the american people, they have done what no nation on this earth can boast of, even us nigerians cant elect a yoruba man born in enugu as governor of enugu state. american people are the heroes today. white americans have displayed their superiority again. the world is watching

______________toshmann

whatever90:
tosh echemu na isi na gi ka otele nma,so ijoro ka otele?


igbo hello,jenny abiago ozo

bia jenesis,kedu nke imetere eji changie aha gi again?
anyway, a joro m njo eji eme advert but otele joro njo eji alu agha. njo n'ese okwu. njo otele di contagious. i gaghi acho ibia ya nso at all.

otele chisara mpkuru aka iri n'ala joo njo.

inshort otele wu akpa njo.

faketan, ihe no profile gi o bu foto gi? chei, faketan mara mma nwoke oooo

fake, imakwa eh, nwa mama jochara njo eji eme advertisement
m tinye foto m ebe a, computer m ga a-crashi
infact, m tinye foto m ebe ahu this website a laa finally

hmmn, fake imakwara mma o. ichetaralam london , obodo feli chei, lekwa westminster

faketan onye gwara gi na 'nga' wu asusu imo? ndi obula nwere nke ha, onweghi ihe dika asusu imo. maka m bute akirika mbano m, onye owerre(owerri) ebute nke ya o ga apu iche.

ndi ufodu ga asi 'nga', ndi ufodu asi 'ngakele' ufodu si 'ngala' . . echetaram echetaghim(etc)

nwa mama makwa igbo o o o

sorry, off topic

@kobojunkie,

what was that stuff nigerians were doing in columbus (sheraton hotel?) lats weekend? just to collect data from some individuals took the whole weekend. and they had only one computer. this nigerian factor thing is in all of us, nigerians. it was soo frustrating and yet, some did not suceed in getting their data for the e-passport. shame

@thread users
sorry for deviating from ur topic. a useless topic if u ask me

ifyalways:
Romy posted this before
i wrote some fine essays there,i don't know what happened to it, it just vanished fiam!
ole ndi ma o bu onye mere ya?.
ka o di nke gi

ify, nke a gosiri na ihe i dere bu ihe ndi bekee na akpo okwu adigboloja

na mbano, o ihe anyi na akpo . . inyo

@negro_nuts

thank you very much. like say i get $20, i for fax am to you. how many of these people supported john kerry like this? and their policies are very similar (kerry and obama) , it's all about skin color. anyway, 4th november will send shock waves across the globe b/c america will honor her war hero in the ballot.

as for ohio, obama can forget it everwhere i go, i see mccain/palin posts. i went to columbus last weekend and interviewed some ohio state uni students (who by the way are still recovering from the shocking defeat at home by penn state in college football ) and they tell me majority of their classmates are for mccain. one black dental student told me he is the only one for obama in his class. he he heeeeee. . . . bradley dey o

sorry fans hic . . hic . . .hic . . . , i'm . . hic . . still . . .hic . . . drinking

lol. . . . . . . . . . . . . enough time to waste for u . . . lol . . . even reading this thread was a waste of time

Laurnetta:
I still insist I would rather Powell just sit on the fence!!!!!

i agree . . . i agree . . . . . . . .

laurnetta, na ur picture be that in ur profile?
. . pls where are you?
. . . can we be friends

choro nu m condom, hoha . . ihe osoro unu, kpoo nu m, but biko choronu nwa mama condom b4 onwu emee. unu ahubeghi winter na abianu. congy ga ebutara m akwukwu. kpowa m onye ara, achoghi m ima, but choronum condom tupu mwa mama alaa skin dive oyi winter nke afo a nwere ike igbu nwa mama. . . . oyi . . oyi,oyi,oyi ooooooo. . . . .

choronu m condom ooooo . . .

olee ebe asi na felimbombo gara sef? . . .
chei . . . . . nwa mama naha anwu ooo . . . . oleenu condom o o o

[size=28pt]i need condoms[/size] . . . _{abeg, winter a-bia-la}

DeepZone:
From Jeremiah wright to Ayers and other shady shady aspects of his life. Is he the only black man in America?. I may want a black president but not a shady one. Will the African Americans support him wholly when he is scarcely one of them?. Obama is a sexist racist who used sexism to bully Hilary out of the race and is trying to use that ploy again but thank God sarah palin has a thuggish side of her preety self. I still can't get it why women destroy other women that are trying to make a difference. Let us watch and pray.

this is where i differ strongly with some fellow republican leaning nairaland users. this kind of hateful statements go nowhere. if anything it is this kind of statements that has helped obama climb up in the polls.

i believe both men are honorable. i believe both can do better than poor george did. but i just dont like democratic principles. period.

@ricky

all i'm saying, keep his private life out of it. clinton was one of the best presidents in recent times, we know as his private life is. or kennedy. keep his private life out of this. na jehova go judge that one. e no concern us.

@jeny_kady(is this jennykadri?)

i am not envious of obama. i admire his courage and his story has motivated me to an extent. he is a great guy. that i'm supporting his opponent does not mean i hate him. it's only a policy issue and party loyalty. simple. must i bow to obama just b/c he is black? or half black? haba.

can u guys convince me that without being smart u can become great in america and yet america is de greatest nation on earth? how did dumbos reign in territories with wise men. if it's naija i'll claim godfatherism or rigging of elections, u mean american voters in california voted a dumbo, and those in alaska did the same, and those in the rest of the US put their hands together and put a dumbo from texas in the WH? and yet the US is the greatest.

r u telling me the american voter is a miserable entity? how did the US get so great with dumb leaders? hmmmmn, i'm listening

@karma, why u wan annouce say i get wife here? wetin dey worry u? and who tell u say i don marry sef? my man agaba4I9 will bear me withness. i dey very very very . . . .single. give me ur number and i'll prove it

anyway, life goes on

@karma

i wont vote, even in the UK where i could vote, and in naija where i could vote, I DID NOT , toshmann no get strenght to go line up for road to make another person Prime Minister or President , BUT as a human being i have a tendency to support one person or the other. i leaned towards conservative party in the UK, and republican party in the US,

@ karma, on a more serious note, ur pix no bad at all , how now?

@all, sarah palin should be left alone. how much did harry truman know b4 he became president. once u are in the white house, advisers will surround u and u may well be just a puppet. ask bush. however some president still make cerebral imputs e.g clinton. in summary, palin will survive.

note: all this politics is about being president, obama is not the saint u guys think he is, john aint the devil u think he is, sarah is not the dumbo u think she is, how did a dumbo become a governor? are there no sharp guys in alaska?

@osisi my sister

nelson mandela spent 27yrs in prison, when he was released he divorced his wife and married another. it didnt stop him from being a hero of global magnitude. why would mccain be painted evil for doing a similar thing. do i racism here? we dont know why they separated. details of divorce causes are usually kept secret. it's their private life. every successful marriage is by God's grace. one f-ck up by one person and the thing go scatter regardless of who is the villain and who is honest. and also, both may be good people but very incompatible. just leave them marriage outside this. . . . .

@deepzone

while both of us may be mccain supporters, i definitely do not share ur thoughts that obamas supporters use arabian politics. that kind of statement is repulsive, and that is being very polite. john mccain is an honorable man and this kind of republican politics do not describe him. his campaign was hijacked by the republicans but i still believe when this is over he'll establish himself as a maverick in the oval office. i support him b/c of his independence and morale. also i lean republican in principle. he is a good man, unlike rudy of romney. john will lead america. yes he will

we shall see

on 4th nov, we shall sing a new song.

and all of u shall vomit ur words,

and join our song

bradley country first  

fake amaghi m ebe feli no, achoola m ya na new jersey ahughi m ya, choo ya na cincinnatti m ji ga daba n'aka nwa tattoo, ahughi m ya, e sendikwara m message na texas, ha si na onoghi ebe ahu, m ji fedexia california, whosai,

agaba nani gi ma ebe idowere felimbombo. obi adighi umu guys mma, boys na ewere gi iwe, felimbombo na eme ora mma, ka i ji hide-ia somewhere. ka nani gi riwe
infact, last week, married men association of kentucky dere m letter of complaint na ha emebeghi first grade nkwa since this yr b/c ahughi feli. they are just managing nwunye ha since this yr and obi adighi ha mma. ha si m gwa gi that they are storming london to fight for their rights

fake, kpoputa feli o, lekwa ify gi were, hapuru ora mmadu feli ka umu guys gaa n'iru

KarmaMod:
Perhaps they can tell us how is ok to terminate one life over the other and I'D like examples from the New Testament as well showing why the death penalty is ok.

new testament? ananaias and saphira were killed instantly for lying before the holy ghost.(act chapter 5) got it.

http://bibleresources.bible.com/passagesearchresults2.php?passage1=Acts+5&book_id=51&version1=9&tp=28&c=5

old testament? sodom and gomorah were annihilated. any other testament?

perhaps the teacher was marking exam papers

lekwanu ihe umunwanyi na eme o, lekwa ihe christiana mere. umu guys gbakwaanu oso o, agaba . . . .


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zDfhTOcprs&feature=related