Iamgrey5:
Igbos in Equatorial Guinea only left Nigeria after 1960 to Equatorial Guinea.

Yorubas have been in Togo before there was a country named Togo

Yorubas are seen as indigenous people in Sierra Leone and Guinea


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oku_people_(Sierra_Leone)

Igbos in Equatorial guinea have been there before 1960 and are now registered as indigenous group there, consisting 5% of the population there.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea

I dont see Yoruba recognized officially as an ethnic group in Togo.

As for Sierra Leone. The Yorubas were as much as Igbos there. The two groups were rivals and well balanced.
See this thread :https://www.nairaland.com/997451/early-colonial-views-igbos-yorubas

Igbos amaka Yorubas ntor

Iamgrey5:
Igbos in Equatorial Guinea only left Nigeria after 1960 to Equatorial Guinea.

Yorubas have been in Togo before there was a country named Togo

Yorubas are seen as indigenous people in Sierra Leone and Guinea


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oku_people_(Sierra_Leone)

Don't forget Brazil.

MetaPhysical:


Immigrants are found everywhere.

They are talking about language. Even though you travel everywhere you actually help increase the spread of your host language, not yours.

Indigenesouly Igbo is only found in Nigeria. Your language is not dispersed across boundary lines.

Indigeneously the following are spread across West Africa and their languages are widespread.

Yoruba and Hausa languages colonized others.

Kanuri - Nigeria, Chad
Hausa - Nigeria, Niger, Benin
Bariba - Nigeria Benin
Yoruba - Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Sierra Leone.
Fulani - Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Mali, Ghana, Guinea,

Igbo is officially recognized as an ethnic group in Equatorial guinea.
Yoruba is not officially recognized in Togo , Ghana or Sierra Leone.
Only Nigeria and Benin Republic is Yoruba recognized as an indigenous ethnic group.

pazienza:


Igbos in Equatorial guinea have been there before 1960 and are now registered as indigenous group there, consisting 5% of the population there.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea

I dont see Yoruba recognized officially as an ethnic group in SW.

As for Sierra Leone. The Yorubas were as much as Igbos there.

Bruv, please check out your own igbo defender places the population of Igbos in Equatorial guinea at 33,000 people out of the 1,200,000 million people in the country.

And they migrated from Arochuku in Abia state from late 1800

https://igbodefender.com/2018/08/19/the-native-igbos-of-equatorial-guinea/

I'm � Igbo but whoever wrote this is not high but mad
How can the Igbos be more populous than the Yorubas?
Is the writer aware that Yorubas are found in Benin Republic and some other countries?

Iamgrey5:


Bruv, please check out your own igbo defender places the population of Igbos in Equatorial guinea at 33,000 people out of the 1,200,000 million people in the country.

And they migrated from Arochuku in Abia state from late 1800

https://igbodefender.com/2018/08/19/the-native-igbos-of-equatorial-guinea/

Brazil and cuba

Iamgrey5:


Bruv, please check out your own igbo defender places the population of Igbos in Equatorial guinea at 33,000 people out of the 1,200,000 million people in the country.

And they migrated from Arochuku in Abia state from late 1800

https://igbodefender.com/2018/08/19/the-native-igbos-of-equatorial-guinea/

The info is erroneous. They were not only from Arochukwu, they are from all parts of Igboland. In Igbo folklore, Equatorial guinea is known as PANYA. Our grandfathers all have stories to tell about Panya.

See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea

Iamgrey5:
Which igbos are in Equatorial guinea?

They went to Equatorial guinea after western civilization had come to Africa

In any case, the whole population of Equatorial guinea is not more than 1.2 million as at 2015.

PS: We have large numbers of Yorubas in Ivory coast, Ghana, Sierra lone, Liberia and Gambia.

The world is celebrating Igbo business acumen you are here hating kindly go and read Secret of Igbo business written by your brother and stop fooling yourself only.
What is Yoruba know for

pazienza:


Igbo is officially recognized as an ethnic group in Equatorial guinea.
Yoruba is not officially recognized in Togo , Ghana or Sierra Leone.
Only Nigeria and Sierra Leone is Yoruba recognized as an indigenous ethnic group.

Sir they bear different names in those places. The world Yoruba was not used to generalize Yorubas until 1900s

Oku in Sierra Leone

Ana in Togo

pazienza:


The Igbos in equatorial guinea like Yorubas in Togo are recognized as indigenous group.
They have been there long enough to earn indigenous status.

Igbos are in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, etc too.
Not only Yorubas.

are Igbos decleared an indigenous in those countries you typed

pazienza:


The info is erroneous. They were not only from Arochukwu, they are from all parts of Igboland. In Igbo folklore, Equatorial guinea is known as PANYA. Our grandfathers all have stories to tell about Panya.

See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea

Bruv, igbodefender is the most igbocentric blog out there.

https://igbodefender.com/2018/08/19/the-native-igbos-of-equatorial-guinea/

Igbos don't even share any natural boundary with Equatorial Guinea

Give it up already!

Meanwhile, the Yoruba palace in Ghana

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/inside-palace-of-ghanas-yoruba-monarch.html

Sammy07:


Don't forget Brazil.

There are no official Yorubas in Brazil.
Just black slaves from all parts of Africa practicing Yoruba traditional religion, as a means to reach out to Mama Africa, since Yorubas were the last set of slaves to arrive South America from Africa, at a time most Slaves from Congo, Igbo, Mandika, Angola, etc who were brought there earlier had all lost their link to Africa due to the slave masters initial strict rules of trying to "deAfricanize" them.
The Yoruba slaves arrived at a time the white slave masters had relaxed their initial rules that stripped the earlier slaves of their Africa names, religion, etc.
This allowed Yoruba slaves retain their traditional religion, while other blacks who had lost their religion decided to copy Yoruba religion and even names in bid to reconnect to Mama Africa.

Not every black in Brazil practicing Yoruba religion is of Yoruba descent.
Yorubas are not the major black group taken to Brazil.

Igbo's are actually far more visible than yorubas in Nigeria and elsewhere.. Except we have audio Yorubas.. . like one yoruba poster said earlier.. That igbos are visible because of gragra and trades Even in the southwest of Nigeria, we have a huge presence of Igbo speakers..,whereas u can hardly see anybody speaking Yoruba in the southeast and most parts of the south south... Let us not even go to west African countries ,..and even the entire Africa as a whole..

post=90066373:

The world is celebrating Igbo business acumen you are here hating kindly go and read Secret of Igbo business written by your brother and stop fooling yourself only.
What is Yoruba know for

Not praising ourselves that is for sure

pazienza:


There are no official Igbos in Brazil.
Just black slaves from all parts of Africa practicing Igbos traditional religion, since Igbos were the among the set of slaves to arrive South America from Africa, at a time most Slaves from Congo, Yoruba, Mandika, Angola, etc who were brought there earlier had all lost their link to Africa due to the slave masters initial strict rules of trying to "deAfricanize" them.
The igbo slaves arrived at a time the white slave masters had relaxed their initial rules that stripped the earlier slaves of their Africa names, religion, etc.
This allowed igbo slaves not to retain their traditional religion, while other blacks who had lost their religion decided to copy Yoruba religion and even names in bid to reconnect to Mama Africa.

Yorubas are major black group taken to Brazil.

Okay bro.

Iamgrey5:
Sir they bear different names in those places. The world Yoruba was not used to generalize Yorubas until 1900s

Oku in Sierra Leone

Ana in Togo

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone

Nothing like Okun in Sierra Leone. By the way, all colonial archives called Yoruba slaves in Sierra Leone "Aku" and not Okun, and they were always matched in number and influence by Igbo slaves in Sierra Leone as well.

Today descendants of Igbo and Yoruba slaves in Sierra had been assimilated as KRIOS. There no more Ibos or Aku as groups indigenous to Sierra Leone.

I see no Ana in Togo too.

kennysbst:


are Igbos decleared an indigenous in those countries you typed

In equatorial guinea, yes! We are indigenous there.

Iamgrey5:
Not praising ourselves that is for sure

Show me one area you guys are doing great.
Kindlywatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO7pX6ojJQ0

pazienza:


Igbo is officially recognized as an ethnic group in Equatorial guinea.
Yoruba is not officially recognized in Togo , Ghana or Sierra Leone.
Only Nigeria and Sierra Leone is Yoruba recognized as an indigenous ethnic group.

Yorubas are recognized officially in Benin.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin

Yorubas are called Oku people in SierraLeone and they are officially recognized too.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oku_people_(Sierra_Leone)

Cherez:
I'm � Igbo but whoever wrote this is not high but mad
How can the Igbos be more populous than the Yorubas?
Is the writer aware that Yorubas are found in Benin Republic and some other countries?

so Yorubas are more populous because they are found in Benin..? What is the population of the entire Benin?


Do u know the population of Igbo traders in port novo alone?

Mightyhaiz:
so Yorubas are more populous because they are found in Benin..? What is the population of the entire Benin?


Do u know the population of Igbo traders in port novo alone?

What is the population of Igbo traders in Porto Novo?

Can you bring us a reference to show their actual population?

Iamgrey5:
Sir they bear different names in those places. The world Yoruba was not used to generalize Yorubas until 1900s

Oku in Sierra Leone

Ana in Togo

Well, hope you know what you posted is highly illogical to what you wanted to prove.

Your reply doesn't answer his questions or defeat the argument.

Salewa97:


Yorubas are recognized officially in Benin.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin

Yorubas are called Oku people in SierraLeone and they are officially recognized too.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oku_people_(Sierra_Leone)

There is nothing like Oku in Sierra Leone today.
The Igbos in Sierra Leone like the Akus (Yorubas,) have been assimilated as Krios there.

pazienza:


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone

Nothing like Okun in Sierra Leone. By the way, all colonial archives called Yoruba slaves in Sierra Leone "Aku" and not Okun, and they were always matched in number and influence by Igbo slaves in Sierra Leone as well.

Today descendants of Igbo and Yoruba slaves in Sierra had been assimilated as KRIOS. There no more Ibos or Aku as groups indigenous to Sierra Leone.

I see no Ana in Togo too.

Living in Denial is not a good way to live your life

Oku people are also referred to as Aku Muhammadian

Juliusmalema:



Well, hope you know what you posted is highly illogical to what you wanted to prove.

Your reply doesn't answer his questions or defeat the argument.

Please stop giving me brain dead comments and go through our conversation to see enough evidence based on Newspaper publications

Salewa97:


Yorubas are recognized officially in Benin.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin

Yorubas are called Oku people in SierraLeone and they are officially recognized too.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oku_people_(Sierra_Leone)

Oku people are also found in Gambia.
According to the link

Mightyhaiz:
Igbo's are actually far more visible than yorubas in Nigeria and elsewhere.. Except we have audio Yorubas.. . like one yoruba poster said earlier.. That igbos are visible because of gragra and trades Even in the southwest of Nigeria, we have a huge presence of Igbo speakers..,whereas u can hardly see anybody speaking Yoruba in the southeast and most parts of the south south... Let us not even go to west African countries ,..and even the entire Africa as a whole..

They enjoy deceiving themselves online, across Nigeria during election you see politicians going round begging for Igbo voters, from north, west and south, have you seen any governor in Southsouth, North and East soliciting for Yoruba voters outside Yoruba land .

pazienza:


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone

Nothing like Okun in Sierra Leone. By the way, all colonial archives called Yoruba slaves in Sierra Leone "Aku" and not Okun, and they were always matched in number and influence by Igbo slaves in Sierra Leone as well.

Today descendants of Igbo and Yoruba slaves in Sierra had been assimilated as KRIOS. There no more Ibos or Aku as groups indigenous to Sierra Leone.

I see no Ana in Togo too.

Gambia even listed this Aku Muhammadian

You can click on it

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambia

Salewa97:


What is the population of Igbo traders in Porto Novo?

Can you bring us a reference to show their actual population?

funny request..


Can u bring a reference to show actual populations of your group in your own very country Nigeria?


I encounter lots of Igbo traders in port novo ..far more than any other Nigerians there.. If u have ever visited benin,u can attest too

MetaPhysical:


Immigrants are found everywhere.

They are talking about language. Even though you travel everywhere you actually help increase the spread of your host language, not yours.

Indigenesouly Igbo is only found in Nigeria. Your language is not dispersed across boundary lines.

Indigeneously the following are spread across West Africa and their languages are widespread.

Yoruba and Hausa languages colonized others.

Kanuri - Nigeria, Chad
Hausa - Nigeria, Niger, Benin
Bariba - Nigeria Benin
Yoruba - Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Sierra Leone.
Fulani - Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Mali, Ghana, Guinea,

Spread of language is not a yardstick for population. English is spoken in more than 80 countries by more than 3 billion people but the English are less than 55 million people. Kanuri is spoken in Cameroon, Niger, Chad and Nigeria but they are still a minority tribe.

Jukunland is bigger in geographical spread than the South East but the Jukuns remain a tiny minority.

In Nigeria, the Ibos are the most travelled people, they see the whole world as their space and move without hindrance to live and settle in strange lands. That bravery is what makes the Igbos more populous than the yoruba.

Argue as you may, the Ibos are dominant in their land and are the second most dominant after the indigenous population outside their regions within nigeria.

Outside Nigeria within Africa, the Ibos are found in large population in EVERY African country and outside Africa are easily the most populous Nigerians found in other non-African countries cummulatively. 2 in every 5 Africans in diaspora are Nigerians, 1 out of that two is usually an Igbo, the other 1 could come from any other 350 tribes within nigeria.

These are facts laid bare, not your Ewe Ironyin or Yemi kale statistical jargons.

post=90066965:

They enjoy deceiving themselves online, across Nigeria during election you see politicians going round begging for Igbo voters, from north, west and south, have you seen any governor in Southsouth, North and East soliciting for Yoruba voters outside Yoruba land .

That means, you guys agreed that you're the one that voted Fulanis into power since 1960.

Anyways, let's not go offpoint.