₦airaland Forum

congrats to the new parents.

about 1,000 rioters were arrested and when they where interviewed most of them said they do not know where they are from, they only remember coming to study in the state and they grew up in the street.

that's terrible.

when they cause riots and kill Nigerians, they have nothing to loose, its not their country, their families are not affected.

really bad.

my boyfreind is obsessed with touching me im public. he puts his arm around my shoulder so that his hand can grab my bosom. he also puts his hands inside the back of my jeans pocket. he does this all the time! once, he slapped my a$$ like five times on 5th and 34th st in manhattran, in front of EVERYONE!!!!! he continued to do in randomly!!!!  i was so embarrased, what should i do? help!!

good lord!!!!!

slapped your butt 5 times on 5th and 34th in manhattan?

na only him dey there?

what a Viewer.

sarkozy is french through his mother, not just place of birth or residence.

the op is just trying to confuse himself.

ethnicity is much more than wearing clothes.

america and the culture of laughing at people.

na wa.

Eko Ile:
This has nothing to do with language, it's about culture and way of life. There are a lot of Yoruba speaking easterners in Yoruba land, but we don't label them Yoruba, we know they are easterners speaking Yoruba.

yorubanized edo may mingle quite well with yorubas- it doesnt mean they forgot or dont acknowledge their origins.

some edos feel yorubas force them to adopt a yoruba identity [i read that somewhere]. I think that's quite wrong and the misconception should be cleared up.

as far as I know, even yorubas with partial non-yoruba ancestry up to the third or fourth generation, still know their non-yoruba history, how much more non-integrated ones.

and just for the record, edos also mingle equally well with a lot of other tribes too- igbo and hausa for instance.

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=657276.msg8237525#msg8237525 date=1304220515]@PhysicsMHD: For me, Yoruba isn't a race, like most people's conception of white, black, asian.

It is an ethnic group. . . a group of people who share a culture. Sort of like how American identity isn't really racial/tribal/etc, but more shared culture and values.

People are free to enter and leave ethnic/cultural groups, in my opinion.

You don't have to be from one of those sub-groups to be Yoruba. Certainly, at least a few of these Saro returnees didn't know much about those sub-groups.[/quote]^^as i pointed out before, most of the returnees were yorubas who still remembered where they were from in yorubaland.

dont know why people insist on presenting a wrong picture of history.

and outside of lagos, immigrants do not easily blend into the wider yoruba community just like that.

there must be a drought.

those cows arent representative of typical cows in nigeria.

they're half starved and something is obviously seriously wrong.

my best guess is food is scarce.

nigerian cows arent as fat as western ones, but they're not usually that malnourished either.

if i remember correctly sha.

let's not make this a big issue.

there are many non-yorubas who can say the same, that doesnt mean they have to start claiming yoruba if they dont want to.

and neither do they have to.

i think people are just getting emotional over dele giwa because of the way he died, as well as his high profile life.

i personally do not know any yorubanized non-yoruba who totally ignores his/her origins, and that says a lot. They may interact easily with other yorubas, but that's not all there is to it.

outside of lagos, it's not that easy to melt into yoruba because people keep tally of where and when folks' ancestors migrated to the area.

true talk.

it also seems the wedding wasnt considered an official state affair since william wasnt the immediate heir to the throne.

i dont know much about all these protocols.

no biggie.

it's tempting sometimes to group everybody with yoruba as long as they speak the language.

zstranger:
You dont get it, do you?

He worked all his life with Yoruba people. He was made in the SW. He became a man in the SW. After his death, where were his people? We stood by him when he was alive, we fought for him in death, and when he was no more, the Yorubas took great care of his family. We will never forget him.

Anyway, that article did not add anything of value to your point.

that doesnt necessarily mean you should force him to be yoruba.

or create unnecessary problems where there are none.

zstranger:
Another one of your senseless posts

Say that to Bob Dee and Sophie Oluwole.

As a mark of honour, the Edo State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) at the weekend paid a visit to Giwa's graveside in Ekperi, Etsako East Council of Edo State

http://news.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=9185




you cant separate someone from their roots in this manner.

and i just checked sophie oluwole's story [never heard of her before]- what's your point? She said her hometown had ten families of edo origin. So?

are you by any chance a yorubanized edo, cos that would explain a lot.

dele giwa is edo.

no matter how yorubanized a person may be, they still identify with their origin.

they only invited traditional heads of state, not elected ones.

or so i heard.

i'm not sure, however- that info could be wrong.

in any case, not a big deal.

i dont know why dayokanu likes taking breaks from his official nl duties of sexing up women.

does he not know it's a round the clock job?

i think anywhere can be good for a honeymoon.

doesnt necessarily have to be a fancy place per se though i guess exotic locations are considered more romantic.

Why can't they be heroes or villains sometimes?

arent i both?

anyway, the story of moremi is also there.

she went from victim to hero then back to victim again.

^^tpiah was on the other thread.

^^are you communicating with her ghost, and did she tell you to ask this question?

the matter seems to be paining you.

well, if kate can have a prince then why cant mercy.

me sef e be like say i go find prince oh.

not swazi-style one sha, but a properly princely prince.

i have to say, that was one of the best photos of david beckham i've ever seen.

i didnt even recognize the guy at first.

vic was also not bad, all things considered.


pippa middleton's gown and appearance was stunning.


very graceful and surprisingly nice wedding, i must say, even though i'd thought i wasnt that into weddings sometimes.