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Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by bigfrancis21: 3:39am On Jul 03, 2016 |
Fisfrank: Thanks so much for this first-hand narrative. Do your two parents speak Igbo? Which language do they communicate in mostly? Did your parents give you any Igbo name? |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by bigfrancis21: 3:43am On Jul 03, 2016 |
Hey guys, in Igbo language, 'onuku'/'oluku' is used to refer to someone stupid. That word sounds so much alike to oluku mi. Could there be any correlation between the two words? ![]() |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by bigfrancis21: 3:56am On Jul 03, 2016 |
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Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by AjaanaOka(m): 7:55am On Jul 03, 2016 |
bigfrancis21: In some Yoruba dialects (especially along the eastern axis of Yoruba land and in some of the Okun areas, 'Oluku' means 'friend'. In Igala it is 'Onuku'. 'Oluku mi/ Onuku mi' means my friend in Yoruba/Igala. The story of how 'Onuku' came to mean fool to some Igbo groups is tied to Igala-Igbo interactions along the Niger and is similar to how the Hausa word for friend (abokï) came to be used in some southern areas to designate a fool. 1 Like |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Fisfrank(m): 8:34am On Jul 03, 2016 |
bigfrancis21:yes dey do but the language they speak most in olukumi, but when a Yoruba person is there the speak Igbo they they won't understand what they are saying. And in other ways too when an Igbo person is there they speak olukumi. |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Fisfrank(m): 8:45am On Jul 03, 2016 |
bigfrancis21:yes they speak Igbo but speak olukumi mostly. They also gave me an Igbo name and olukumi name. This is just like when your great grand parent leave your country for Spain and they want to nationalize and your parents gave birth to you over there won't they give you a Spanish name ? |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Fisfrank(m): 8:50am On Jul 03, 2016 |
bigfrancis21:no onuku is for igbo, it just like when you say asiri in Yoruba and hausa it means secret but in Igbo is head tie |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by bigfrancis21: 1:39pm On Jul 03, 2016 |
Fisfrank: Got you. You have both Igbo and Olukumi names. You're a true one Nigerian! Is your surname Igbo? |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by bigfrancis21: 1:40pm On Jul 03, 2016 |
Fisfrank: I think you mean 'asiri' in Igbo means 'gossip'. Head tie is 'ichafu' or 'ichafu isi'. |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by bigfrancis21: 1:42pm On Jul 03, 2016 |
Fisfrank: This is great, their being able to switch between both languages depending on the situation! Can your parents communicate fluently in Yoruba with an average Yoruba person? |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by bigfrancis21: 1:46pm On Jul 03, 2016 |
AjaanaOka: @bold...could it mean that ancient Igbos saw the Igalas as 'stupid' people such that when they spoke 'onuku mi' to the Igbos, the Igbos captured the phrase to refer to those 'stupid-acting' people? ![]() |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Fisfrank(m): 8:46am On Jul 05, 2016 |
bigfrancis21:yes they can, I myself I understand ijebu and ondo when they talk too with the help of olukumi 1 Like |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Fisfrank(m): 8:48am On Jul 05, 2016 |
bigfrancis21:yes that in olukumi I'd head tie |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Fisfrank(m): 8:51am On Jul 05, 2016 |
bigfrancis21:no my surname is English |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by SUNNYsparkle: 11:18am On Jul 09, 2016 |
OROSUNBOLB:The history is different from that of Itsekiri, in the sense that itsekiris came from Benin noble families and mixed with a proto- Ilaje speaking people. This Ulukwumi or whatever are slaves that were brought into Benin from Owo/Ondo areas of probably Yorubaland, Igala or Ebira. They escaped slavery and ran into a enclave to avert slavery. There's nothing that could've much connected to this. People write history, put lies here and there making history to be so sophisticated and difficult to understand/phantom. |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by lawani: 11:45am On Jul 09, 2016 |
SUNNYsparkle: FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME, THE BENIN WERE YORUBAS WHO WERE ADDRESSED ONLY IN YORUBA. NOT THESAME AS THE BENIN OF TODAY WHO DO NOT SPEAK YORUBA. SO WHEN YOU HEAR YORUBA ORIKIS SAYING OMO OBA ADO!. THEY ARE REFERRING TO BENIN KINGS WHO WERE YORUBA PEOPLE WHO USED YORUBA IN THEIR COURTS AND WERE ADDRESSED ONLY IN THE YORUBA LANGU-AGE------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by OROSUNBOLB(m): 5:50pm On Jul 09, 2016 |
SUNNYsparkle: Can you please put more light on how the Ulukumi were brought to Benin as slaves? Were they bought by Binis from their masters or were conquered during any war? And which war? What I know for sure is that Yoruba people fought intra-tribal war more than any other tribe in Present day Nigeria. As a result, lots of original Yoruba people (Itshekiri,Ulukumi etc) left their ancestral homes. |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by OROSUNBOLB(m): 6:17pm On Jul 09, 2016 |
lawani: Fact! |
Re: Facts About The Yoruba Enclave In The Heart Of Aniocha In Delta State by Syogbe(m): 10:19pm On Dec 24, 2018 |
Ilajes are from Ile Ife while Ijaws are from Bayelsa . .Ilajes have been in their present location as early as 10th century to 16th century and Ijaw came to Ondo state around 20th century. They were tenants of Olugbo.They live along the creek while Ilajes live along the coast, rivers and on the land. |
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