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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by BABANGBALI: 10:00am On Jul 27
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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by NwaliE01: 10:01am On Jul 27
pongwa:
something is amiss here. Same story existed in Yoruba land long ago, even 'gwo gwo gwo ngwo' sounds like 'ogo lugo'. The former makes no sense but the latter fits the narrative of the story. My opinion is that the singer got the story from Yoruba land but sang the ibo version. Respect to the actual source
Like serious!!!

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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by phantom(m): 10:02am On Jul 27
pongwa:
something is amiss here. Same story existed in Yoruba land long ago, even 'gwo gwo gwo ngwo' sounds like 'ogo lugo'. The former makes no sense but the latter fits the narrative of the story. My opinion is that the singer got the story from Yoruba land but sang the ibo version. Respect to the actual source

Na wa o! Sewer rats running all over the place! Nairaland used to be a place where intellectuals gathered to discuss enlightening and deep issues. Even the worst of us in the early days make the best of today look like dunces! 🤦🏾‍♂️

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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by elipheleh(m): 10:03am On Jul 27
pongwa:
something is amiss here. Same story existed in Yoruba land long ago, even 'gwo gwo gwo ngwo' sounds like 'ogo lugo'. The former makes no sense but the latter fits the narrative of the story. My opinion is that the singer got the story from Yoruba land but sang the ibo version. Respect to the actual source

Haaaa. Low self esteem will kill this SW tribe. Always trying to steal everything Igbo has.
Stole houses.
Stole food.
Stole lands. Edo owns Lagos.
Stole Nigerian election.
Stole Donald Duke childhood picture.
Stole people's skull for rituals.
Even steals from the graves.
Now stealing Igbo songs.

Land of thieves and low esteem mothafuckers

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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by ElSudani: 10:03am On Jul 27
AlfaSeltzer:


I get am before no be property.

A o merin Joba is a Yoruba folklore, one of probably thousands.

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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by OBIDIENTNAIJA: 10:04am On Jul 27
Nice sorry. Message passed
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by jumpandpas(m): 10:08am On Jul 27
pongwa:
something is amiss here. Same story existed in Yoruba land long ago, even 'gwo gwo gwo ngwo' sounds like 'ogo lugo'. The former makes no sense but the latter fits the narrative of the story. My opinion is that the singer got the story from Yoruba land but sang the ibo version. Respect to the actual source

Taa! mechie onu nsi gi ebe ahu.

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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Afonja007: 10:08am On Jul 27
Please know the type of forum you post about this gwo gwo ngwo song before they will tag it ipob song , you know some people at not happy that 41 years old song is trending, theirs will come out before ending of this month watch and see

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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by nedekid: 10:10am On Jul 27
Nice story. But how does the dance relate to it?
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Observer23: 10:13am On Jul 27
What does gwo gwo gwo mean?
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by wizod(m): 10:14am On Jul 27
Akuko Mike Ejeagha

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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Greenfaces: 10:15am On Jul 27
I have questions

1. How come the elephant didn't know that the Kings daughter required an elephant as bride price
2. How did the King or anyone think they can hold an elephant by a rope? I've seen an elephant in kano zoo eating a whole branch of tree 🌳. So who could hold a big elephant by the rope
3. Why does the story not tell us the dearest wishes of the Kings other children. Why does it focus on only the greedy daughter
4. So what now happened? The tortoise married a Kings daughter? Haba nao.... tortis oooo.... married a human being because she felt it Is rich? Are you saying a female human being will marry a monkey if it brings a rolce Royce?
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Smartcitizen: 10:16am On Jul 27
pongwa:
something is amiss here. Same story existed in Yoruba land long ago, even 'gwo gwo gwo ngwo' sounds like 'ogo lugo'. The former makes no sense but the latter fits the narrative of the story. My opinion is that the singer got the story from Yoruba land but sang the ibo version. Respect to the actual source


You wan start abi?

You no go allow peace to reign in this house this morning?

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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Smartcitizen: 10:17am On Jul 27
jumpandpas:


Taa! mechie onu nsi gi ebe ahu.



🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Smartcitizen: 10:18am On Jul 27
Greenfaces:
I have questions

1. How come the elephant didn't know that the Kings daughter required an elephant as bride price
2. How did the King or anyone think they can hold an elephant by a rope? I've seen an elephant in kano zoo eating a whole branch of tree 🌳. So who could hold a big elephant by the rope
3. Why does the story not tell us the dearest wishes of the Kings other children. Why does it focus on only the greedy daughter
4. So what now happened? The tortoise married a Kings daughter? Haba nao.... tortis oooo.... married a human being because she felt it Is rich? Are you saying a female human being will marry a monkey if it brings a rolce Royce?



This is exactly the question everybody is asking around the world.


HOW CAN LITTLE NUMBER OF NIGERIAN LEADERS HOLD OVER HUNDRED MILLION AT RANSOM?

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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Emyogalanya: 10:26am On Jul 27
Warmaterial:
Moral lesson... never give up find a solution to that problem, nothing is impossible, think deeper change the modus operandi and adopt your own patterns and strategies.
No you got it wrong the moral is on the Elephant don't allow anyone to use your head to achieve his goal.
1 he did not got the Invitation from the king. Go and verify
2 he heard his friend say oh king i've brought the Elephant for the marriage he should have turned back at once
lesson no let your friend use you do Sacrifice
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Emyogalanya: 10:27am On Jul 27
Warmaterial:
Moral lesson... never give up find a solution to that problem, nothing is impossible, think deeper change the modus operandi and adopt your own patterns and strategies.
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Onyi90(m): 10:28am On Jul 27
Addendum; The King's daughter has been constantly rejecting marriage suitors, which is the main reason for the meeting
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Millimann: 10:28am On Jul 27
pongwa:
something is amiss here. Same story existed in Yoruba land long ago, even 'gwo gwo gwo ngwo' sounds like 'ogo lugo'. The former makes no sense but the latter fits the narrative of the story. My opinion is that the singer got the story from Yoruba land but sang the ibo version. Respect to the actual source
They have landed!
Inferiority complex.
We know the people that "grab, snatch and run away".
Next month now they will try to recreate a song to rival Mike Ejeagha.

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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Bantino(m): 10:28am On Jul 27
owukpa:


https://idomavoice.com/enyi-ga-achi-the-story-behind-mike-ejeaghas-trending-song-popuralised-by-brainjotter/

Very correct
👍🏻
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by NaijaCover(m): 10:31am On Jul 27
Money Is Really Good ooooo
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by femi4: 10:32am On Jul 27
owukpa:


https://idomavoice.com/enyi-ga-achi-the-story-behind-mike-ejeaghas-trending-song-popuralised-by-brainjotter/
Finally, the post I have been looking for

Similar to A o merin jọba
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Walai(m): 10:39am On Jul 27
This fellow right here was raised by a single mother. No father figure.
I know them from their reasoning irrespective of their level of academic background




Greenfaces:
I have questions

1. How come the elephant didn't know that the Kings daughter required an elephant as bride price
2. How did the King or anyone think they can hold an elephant by a rope? I've seen an elephant in kano zoo eating a whole branch of tree 🌳. So who could hold a big elephant by the rope
3. Why does the story not tell us the dearest wishes of the Kings other children. Why does it focus on only the greedy daughter
4. So what now happened? The tortoise married a Kings daughter? Haba nao.... tortis oooo.... married a human being because she felt it Is rich? Are you saying a female human being will marry a monkey if it brings a rolce Royce?

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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by noskcid(m): 10:44am On Jul 27
This nairaland sef I no understand

Post of 20/7/24

Na 27/07/24 E dey enter front page

Una for no dey add date for post then
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Mayeldah(m): 10:46am On Jul 27
Fuvk these folklores, you can imagine we used to believe they happened when we were young.

Unfortunately we have realized that the tortoise has all along been a dull, slow and unwise animal.

Well then we enjoyed those stories because there were no TVs or social media grin
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Gajagojo: 10:48am On Jul 27
Hmm
Ibo tale
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by GorillaApp(m): 10:50am On Jul 27
Warmaterial:
Moral lesson... never give up find a solution to that problem, nothing is impossible, think deeper change the modus operandi and adopt your own patterns and strategies.
Na where my mind go too.
I have a big task coming up in the coming months. I must think of every way conceivable to achieve it so help me God
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by GorillaApp(m): 10:54am On Jul 27
pongwa:
something is amiss here. Same story existed in Yoruba land long ago, even 'gwo gwo gwo ngwo' sounds like 'ogo lugo'. The former makes no sense but the latter fits the narrative of the story. My opinion is that the singer got the story from Yoruba land but sang the ibo version. Respect to the actual source
Gwo gwo gwo gwom made sense to an igbo man not to you. That you don't understand it or that the writer didn't expound on it does not mean it was borrowed.
Why can't you guys just resist the urge of this "my car is bigger than yours" syndrome. It's beginning to look silly

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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by musicwriter(m): 10:54am On Jul 27
Emperormartin:
There were many folklores in igboland...

These kind of folklores groomed the kind of story writers we later have to become recognized international standards.

Powerful story writers like Chinua Achebe, Cyprian ekwensi, Christopher okigbo, chimamanda Adichie, Buchi emecheta, Flora nwapa, Elechi Amadi et al were all groomed by these kind of folktales being told by there parents and grandparents and thus they became international acclaimed writers.

Mike ejeagha only carved his niche of the same folklore stories through his music.

Sadly, the folklore stories is eroding fastly in Igboland as cartoons and other children online programs has replaced it...

No wonder we now produce Dancers, musicians and actors at the expense of Story writers we were once acknowledged with

The folklorists also existed in literature. Example; the author of the Igbo book Omenuko, wrote that book many years before anybody heard of Chinua Achebe. And so did many authors write in Yourubaland before anybody heard of Wole Soyinka.

It was the "Powerful story writers like Chinua Achebe, Cyprian ekwensi, Christopher okigbo, chimamanda Adichie, Buchi emecheta, Flora nwapa, Elechi Amadi" that actually bastardized the tradition by adoption of an unnatural language to tell an African story.

Just listen to that Mike Ejeagha song, for example, and you'll hear certain things he said which can only be truly understood as an Igbo man or woman.

Be rest assured that these "powerful writers" have no place in future. Their works would not stand the test of time because it's not rooted in culture, therefore, culture would not carry them along in same way as Mike Ejeagha.

There were many authors writing before William Shakespeare in England but you don't hear about them today, except in a historical mention by academics. Why? Because their works were not rooted in English culture, therefore, they were forgotten. They wrote in Greek, French, Latin and when England went back to their native Angles language, they became forgotten.

I can bet you my life that Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka and co would be forgotten. Culture won't carry them along like Mike Ejeagha.

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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by bluefilm: 10:55am On Jul 27
The Tilumbu and Buhari version I watched recently on social media got me rolling on the floor in an unending laughter
Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by GorillaApp(m): 10:57am On Jul 27
BluntCrazeMan:
Story Well told..

Lessons Learnt..

According to Rufai-Oseni of Arise-TV,, this is what our politicians do to us every election year..

The Elephant is “The Masses”..
The small tortoise is “The Politicians”..

This is how the politicians craftily deceive the masses every election cycle, and grab their goodies, and leave the masses confused and emptier.

Did rufai actually say this? Crazy fella cheesy

But his analogy fits the description though.

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Re: Enyi Ga Achi: Story Behind Mike Ejeagha’s Song Popuralised By Brainjotter by Gajagojo: 11:01am On Jul 27
Millimann:

They have landed!
Inferiority complex.
We know the people that "grab, snatch and run away".
Next month now they will try to recreate a song to rival Mike Ejeagha.
No frsk of that happening
Yoruba are trend setters in culture simple truth
Not everything is stronghead
Rival Ejeagha? You are getting carried away
When it comes to music there is no competition not to talk of rivalry
As far as music in Nigeria goes Ibos are not even in second place?
Unfortunately the language is harsh and painful on the ears of nonIbos

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