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Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by tyrannysucks: 8:38pm On May 03, 2015 |
Will you get banned? tobtap: |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by bigfrancis21: 8:38pm On May 03, 2015 |
PPAngel: Also in Jamaica, they refer to the people from the country side as 'country ibo' till today. 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by tyrannysucks: 8:39pm On May 03, 2015 |
Silly Igbos, you said? Will you get banned? OgagaMic: 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by AlienStar: 8:40pm On May 03, 2015 |
psalmizt:but it only bgan wen d whites came (literally) cos nobody cn gv full acct of wot hapend b4 dem. |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by pinkguy(m): 8:41pm On May 03, 2015 |
Chiso. !!!!! Igbo want steal ibibo n efik history again we knew the real origin of that hand writen google with help, just the way the steal the ikot epene riot and name its aba riot 4 Likes |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by scholes0(m): 8:41pm On May 03, 2015 |
Bight of biafra does not just signify Igbo ancestry, but also Ejagham, Efik, Ijaw, Cameroonian, Gabonese etc Also those ideograms actually belong to the Ekoi/Ejaghams and the Efiks. Although some eastern Igbo (Like Arochukwu) groups may have also used it, it actually wasn't their creation. 5 Likes |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by ezeagu(m): 8:42pm On May 03, 2015 |
bigfrancis21: I think 'Country Ibo' is a type of yam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jamaican_Patois_words_of_African_origin 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by tobtap: 8:43pm On May 03, 2015 |
ezeagu:thanks 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by ezeagu(m): 8:43pm On May 03, 2015 |
scholes0: Nsibidi comes from the Ejagham, everyone else borrowed it and made their own variations to it which is part of their culture. The Bight of Biafra had many different people, but the majority taken were Igbo. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by AlienStar: 8:43pm On May 03, 2015 |
We neva knew we had ideogram, dey r cool if only dey r real n y ddn't dey bother to teach us.(alil doubt) |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by bigfrancis21: 8:45pm On May 03, 2015 |
tyrannysucks: What is my offence that calls for my banning? |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by Malawian(m): 8:45pm On May 03, 2015 |
PPAngel:actually, haiti is more of igbo than yoruba. 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by InnocentMind(m): 8:46pm On May 03, 2015 |
Emmanuel247: U mean WERE everywhere? |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by scholes0(m): 8:49pm On May 03, 2015 |
ezeagu: but the table did not state their tribes, but just their port of export only. Also, who else borrowed Nsibiri except for the Eastern Igbos? It is just like the Ibibio hat Igbos wear, which they have also today made their own, without acknowledging it's actual origins |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by Goddyj(m): 8:49pm On May 03, 2015 |
I'm just smiling |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by ezeagu(m): 8:49pm On May 03, 2015 |
pinkguy: If we start mentioning things ethnic groups have borrowed from even Arabs and take it as their core culture, you will not like it. |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by hamilton62(m): 8:50pm On May 03, 2015 |
tzoracle:You might think you are but a true igbo is smelled from a distance... Really, I don't think you are! A man's words makes him who he is in the public! Imela 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by bigfrancis21: 8:52pm On May 03, 2015 |
scholes0: The tribe taken out of bight of biafra was mostly Igbo, followed by the Ibibios/Efiks of Mokos, and much less Ijaws. Research shows that at least 60% of AAs have Igbo blood running in them. That is the lowest amount of african americans who have Igbo blood running in them is 60%. The population of african americans today is estimated at 45 million people, 60% of those translates to 27 million AAs having Igbo blood (partial or full) running in them. For African Americans in particular, the ethnic groups that make up them are mostly Igbo, Akan, Mandingo, and Kongo. DNA testing evidence has proven this fact correct. DNA cannot lie. There are very very few DNA testing results pointing to Ibibio/Efik, in line with slave records kept that have shown over and over that Igbo were a majority taken out of Biafra. At one time, out of 37,000 slaves taken out of bight of biafra, 30,000 were Igbos. Igbos were favoured mostly by the british/English slave traders and were shipped out the most by the english than the portuguese to english-speaking colonies, as you can see from the records below: This explains why Igbo presence in the americas is felt mostly in English speaing countries today - Jamaica, US, Barbados, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, Carriacou etc. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by MPEROR: 8:53pm On May 03, 2015 |
NSIBIDI IS NOT IGBO LANGUAGE IT belong to EFIK,IBIBIO OGOJA PEOPLE 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by psalmizt(m): 8:53pm On May 03, 2015 |
AlienStar: I don't think so. There's an account that dates back to 1400s of the Benin Kingdom's interaction with the Portuguese. I believe the white man knows some of this and is unwilling to share. Trust me it is better for us to piece this little puzzles together than carry on as if we had no past. I yearn for movies that depicts some of these history. Sick and tired of knowing about medieval Europe and nothing about my fatherland. If we don't cherish whatever history we have, no one will do it for us. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by tzoracle: 8:53pm On May 03, 2015 |
hamilton62: Nwanne m maka zi na abu m onye igbo ichoghi ka m kwuo ihe di m na uche Because I'm igbo I can't speak my thoughts 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by PPAngel(f): 8:53pm On May 03, 2015 |
duni04: Google no dey collect money. Igbo uprisings in Jamaica and the surronding caribean greatly influenced abolition of slavery. The Igbos were more than ever to run away and suicide was also rampant among Igbo and Efik slaves who preferred death than slavery. But typical in today's world the Yoruba slave was very much subservient to his or her white masters. In haiti igbos also dominated the rebellion that ousted the French and made Haiti the first independent black nation in the northern hemisphere. So before you beat your foul chest that they speak Yoruba in Haiti know that your people where not trusted among the slaves back then. The only reason Yoruba language was encouraged was to stiffle the rebellious Igbo language which was used by mutious slaves to plan their revolt Slave so when ever you see rihanna know you are seeing Nkechi 13 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by ezeagu(m): 8:54pm On May 03, 2015 |
scholes0: Because a lot of the times the slaves ethnicity (although sometimes generalised) were noted. If you look up some books you will see the the main ethnic group from the Bight was Igbo. Nsibidi is used by other Cross River groups like Ibibio, Efik, and as far as Idoma, etc. How can they not acknowledge its origins when the hats variations carry Ibibio names or the occasions when its used are Ibibio cultures like Ekpe? The hat spread out and was picked up by different Igbo groups as fashion, but the Aro people, Ohafia and other Cross River Igbo groups are not drawing or debating any cultures with Ibibio, Annang, Ekoi and other groups who they have connected with. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by TheReborn(f): 8:54pm On May 03, 2015 |
scholes0: Please tell them. Nsibidi originated from the tribes of Cross River. It was adopted in Igboland, but it was not created by the Igbo. This is a silly misrepresentation that annoys one to no end. 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by ezeagu(m): 8:55pm On May 03, 2015 |
duni04: Jamaican Poet/Dub artist Oku Nagbala Ozara Onuora. 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by Ufranklin92(m): 8:56pm On May 03, 2015 |
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