₦airaland Forum

Afam4eva: Igbo is spoken in almost every country of the world where u have Igbo people.

But if u mean Indegenous speaker then i only know of Cameroun and Equitorial guinea.

Eziachi: I think it stems from Igboman's versitality and ability to make the best out of his enviroment and secondly,purely business. In the seventies there was an Igbo guy, I can't remember his name now that had a one hit wonder in Hausa language and the song was called "Sanuku Megida" and it sold in thousands in the north and became an anthem during moslem festivals in the north. Oliver de coque has even a song in Hausa, Onyeka Onwenu has one in Yoruba.

Igbos are not and never slaves to their culture only and that is why during christmas in the 80s, go to many Igbo towns and villages you will likely meet the likes of Shina Peter, Barrister, Sunny Ade and othesr playing one gig after another. You are likely to to hear Juju music in an Igbo party purely because they like the music and nothing else. It highly unlikey to see an Igbo band playing a gig in Yoruba village or an Hausa town. The Oriental brothers nearly lost their lives in Jos in the 70s because they sang praise of Murtala Mohammed and MIDDLE BELT is where the likes of Dimka comes from.

Igbos wear other tribes clothes regularly, eats others food, eager to learn/speaks others language, when you think of it, if all Nigerians has the attitude of an Igbo man, things could have been different and more peaceful.

chibic: point of correction to khanye.100%artists in non yoruba lands does not sing in yoruba.then,only 60% artists in yoruba land sing in yoruba.and yorubas rule only in yoruba lands like ekiti,ondo and others I don't know.yorubas don't rule in lagos.bear that in mind.Ibos in lag speak ibo to their brothers.yorubas speak theirs too.but ibos are too smart to understand other peoples language so quick.that's why when u speak ur language to an ibo.he will understand and reply.[/b]but yorubas only understand their language.hausa artists based in north does not sing in yoruba.[b]ibos based in east does not sing in yoruba.only those based in lagos,but not all.all these are cos so many things are centered in lagos.over time.some headquarters and some other things will be moved to other places and will shall see if people will gravitate to lagos like before.it will be sooner than u think.

Dotman01: Thank God somone posted d direct link to yale uni web.'Yale program offers regular courses in 3 MAJOR AFRICAN LANGUAGES swahili, yoruba and zulu. These ard taught at elementary, intermediate and advanced levels using multimedia materials. (i.e it is taught frm d begining to d advance level)
however igbo is only taught through self-instruction program'
so why u dey tel us lie b4. Why u start dis topic when u know u dnt want to listen to d truth. Again na hw many times u want make dem schl u. Oh boi to add to where yoruba lang is spoken.
1.benin
2.togo
3.ghana
4.ivory coast
abi all dis ones na 'biscuit' countries too.

chibic: to me yoruba lang is easy as a.b.c.but yoruba lang is spoken in yoruba lands.no other place.ibos that use yoruba in songs are those that grow up in lag.or any other yoruba land.but these days,yoruba musicians are trying to inculcate ibo lang.into their songs cos they are trying to sound apealing to other listeners.but they end up puting only one word or two cos they cant pronounce the rest.nice said love nwantiti in ON MY WEDDING DAY.weird m.c put ibo in ijoya.d,banj was fabulous in his.but that was with the help of don jazzy and another ibo high life musician.these days,ibos are coming back to singing with ibo and leaving yoruba alone.kelly handsome never sang yoruba in his album.J MARTINS didn't.its left for us ibos to be cherishing a work done in our own language.timaya never pronounced yoruba in any song but he is the greatest now.nigga raw is a made star for those that said he's not.ONE HURTING TRUTH IS THAT IBO PRODUCE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF HIPHOP ARTISTS IN NIGERIA.i ain't tribalistic.save ur tribe if u want to.WE ARE THE GREATEST NO DOUBT.

~Sauron~:
Naivete in adults can be charming but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity!!!

Lagos is a semi-Yoruba city because there are Lagos indigenes that are not Yorubas.
London is a semi-English city because it houses 4 million Nigerians??
Is there any major city in the world devoid of non-indigenes??
Are you retarded??

hunman: igbo got talents thats why they speak different languages. So to me is been considerate and not selfish unlike u. they speak so can get the message. naija movie made by igbos is always english laguage so others can enjoy but, urs is always always yoruba now tell me who selfish

londoner: As much as Igbo's have English names due to religion, like John or Peter, in reality its no different from a Hausa or Yoruba muslim having a muslim name, the names  are not indegenous to Nigeria either are they? I have plenty of Igbo friends who have Igbo first names, and love those names, anyhoo.

As much as this thread was started to flag up an issue, it turned at times to the usual talking about Igbos as a "problem people". I dont like that, and it happens too much around here at the slightest opportunity.

I'm not trying to start anything, but I have to be honest and its something I've seen time and time again since I first joined the site. I know we all have free speech, but its quite uncomfortable at times, I just wanted to mention it thats all.

I do admit that this may be the wrong time and place to do it though, so I apologise in advance.

@Dereloaded, it was improvement in the picture. I really had never noticed it before. We all know there are steps to be made, but when small steps are made they should be applauded, for at least being steps in the right direction.

~Sauron~:
I dunno why Igbo people do it.
Me thinks it's their strong relationship with Christianity.
All ma Igbo friends have a native name and an English name they bear and most of em are always bewildered why most Yoruba dudes bear their native names without fear.

Afam4eva: Get it into skull that English is not our language, it's just an official language, na only us britain colonize?
Were the indians not colonized by the british as well? how many Bollywood have u seen acted in English.

*Kails*:
I understand that.
That too is a mystery for me...
I was debating the notion that there is no such thing as a soul.

Anyway...i was checking out this site earlier:

http://www.babycenter.com/fetal-development-week-by-week

i think people should check it out first before speaking on this issue.
what i got from it is that the human baby's organs are not fully developed prior to the first month with the exception of the heart which will beat by week 9.

Now as you said we don't know when the "soul" enters the body and that is the troubling part.

Billyonaire: At #5, change that breathe amniotic fluid. You cant 'breathe' fluid, oxygen from the mom goes into the blood stream for the functions of growth and metabolism. Its not breathing per sae. Dont believe every junk written out there by ANTI-ABORTION crusaders. I guess internet age is dangerous for truism.

Red-Light:
well based on the topic.. am not fully an atheist but am not pro-anyreligion

and i think abortion is not killing as some people want us to believe
the foetus doesn't have life and doesn't have a soul yet ... all measure we take everyday to prevent pregnancy are also abortions in disguise ...using comdoms or masturbating, wasting spermm that could lead to pregnancy... their is no much difference from this sperms and the foetus.. both dont have life.. the only difference is that the sperm has developed in woman to foetus while comdoms or sprayed away sperm has being denied the opportunity to develop into foetus which could lead to babies

st.okolie:
i'm not in support of infidelity but we should also ask. who do men cheat with?
Men dont cheat with men (except gays sha.) like bribe both the giver and receiver are equally guity.

cap28: stop posting crap the CIA regularly use their citizens as spies in countries that they are targeting for one thing or the other , if you look into those white people's background you will discover that they are intelligence operatives.

van bonattel: forum hijacked by igbo people

Shollypopz: Can't u see na only boys no dey wash their "pata". 2 days, 5 days, I week, One month.....

Haba! Una dey smell abeg!