okenta2017:


Let me give you information that will surprise you. Majority of these people are Aro. Benue and IMO

yes, lots of them emigrated to "Panya" ... most never returned.

TimeManager:
This thread is so skeletal, the information therein is so shallow.
Igbos have always been known for their concentrated population across sub Saharan Africa.
Igbo shares no historical relevance in Equatorial Guinea.

kiss the truth!

Some of them who were living in payan before the civil war came back home after the civil. Could you believe it, most of them

came home with 'old News paper nothing more.' some of them could not trace their village because the land mark

'Trees' used in identifying their family house has all gone, many of them left when they were young.

Many of our youths,( graduates) has gone there presently and married payan Igbo girls. I personally have gone

there for a wedding ceremony from London to one of our son who married a politians daughter in payan they

met in a school in london way back in 2001. I can tell you most of the things used there are proudly made in Aba. I doubt if they will use

otherwise.

TimeManager:
For clarity purposes.

That statistic is wrong, it is not current. It is very cheap to go there. Cost of living is low. You will certify yourself with

variaties of plantain food. Go and try, you might even find made in aba products cheaper. Remember it is a soveign country

not Nigeria .

sajis:
Yes. Bia Ikaa sounds so much like bia ukaa in Nnewi dialect. They both have the same meaning. I have also seen a picture of the Gabonese president as a child in the midst of other refugee biafran children flown into Gabon during the civil war. His igbo origin was also part of the political topic debated by the oposition during their last election. Sao tome and cote devoire also have a population of biafran children who can no longer trace their families in Nigeria.

During the civil war we tagged those children by making sure each of them carry an identity card however maybe they were removed at

point of entry. or those who adopted them, decided it was no longer relevant that was why the boy who said he was from Imo couldn't

say more than that .Each time I remember this I weep for them.

War teaches us great lesson it is a period you will know who are realiy your enemies . Because in peace time you will never know

who your real friends are. That a man harbours you and you thrive does not mean he loves you. Your responsibility

is to show appreciation. by keeping to the law of that land.and saying thank you but don't get carried way. The Igbo men you find today

are quite different from the Igbo men before the civil war.. The igbo of today are sell out, they dont love each other only love for

quick money which was not there before. During the days of GBOMOGBOMO the Igbo's never experienced it.because

there were no need for that because they were hard working and they believe everything should come

through hard work.. If you are an Israelite among nations you will begin to pedal carefully. After the civil war 20pounds, everybody

wanted the Igbo man to remain that way. No appointment no support from any tribe of Nigeria (political) untill Babangida

could have it no more. When IPOB was drawing that their stupid map, I knew either there was no member of their family

that fought in the civil war that will tell them what really happen behind the secene . or they are just raising fund.

If you want to succeed in any thing, be constructive in your demand don't insult whoever does not agree with you

make him understand that your view differs from his, don't insult a whole tribe because you don't know who among

that tribe, that working behind the secene for you . Do you no that Wolesoyinka is a Yoruba man but he was lockup during

the civil war for supporting Biafra.. I personally do not support IPOB but I became sympathetic to them

when they were tagged terrorist leaving the Fulani herdsmen. When I discover that people around me want to take over my

sweats should there be crises, I will begin to be careful in all that I do.

Follow the Fulani's you will learn a lot from them. You will see that killing and slaugthering will increase very

soon in Benue and Jos environ , this has nothing to do with grassing but to achieve what Zik could not allow

them do then, by installing Emir of Jos and makudi. They now controll the army. General Bello is to make

sure that is achieved. Benue/platue are not weak as every body might think. They are only getting carried away by the slogan "WE THE

NORTH"" , not knowing that they are like igbos in the mist of ALELUYA. In war of genocide you create false hope

of security for the people you want to attack by firing on air , creating an impression that the people

who are coming to attack are being attacked, lets go to bed. When they are off guard they will be attack.and the casualty will be

maximum.

When next such thing happen forget sleep that night and don't disclose anything to the army. We dont know

who will pass your location to the people who will make the killing.


Please can any one tell me if General Gowon (my former lovely head of state) is still alive, how about David mark and the rest of the

Genera from this two state. There was a time they could boast of General

than any state in the world. We the North say "what is their stand on Restructuring"

victrick105:


did they tell you they are hungry?...forget how untidy they look. Many of them might be fishermen and farmers...and don't be surprised that they may feed better than you here in Nigeria.

The smallest among them should be more than sixty years old now.. France did a great job protecting the igbo race, that was why most

of them were sent to french colonies, while Britian were busy Protecting their oil with fourteen warship.

Already cameroun has been promised bakassi. If cameroun has done otherwise the war could have ended

differently. The Cameroonians are not happy because all the portion of land that was promised were not given.

When I was in Calabar, I was told that it takes 2 weeks by sea to reach there. Those who were using locally made boat, powered by engine.
I believe that most of them immigrated there through the sea.

Ladyjumong:
my side too, come here is bia kaa

You must be from ohaozara

scholes0:
According to wiki



334,463*0.07 = 23,412 Igbos in Bioko Island, circa (2015)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioko

Joshua project on its part says there are 36,000 Igbos in all Equatorial Guinea (Bioko plus the Mainland) in 2017, ranking fourth after Fang (545,000), Bubi/Fernandian (63,000), and Yoruba (72,000)

https://joshuaproject.net/countries/EK

^^^^^^^^^^
These Wiki figures cannot be trusted
because propagandists have hijacked
the editing of especially the political
and historical entries!

This is the reason why schools in the
Western world do not allow students
to give references from Wikipedia.

Konquest:

^^^^^^^^^^
These Wiki figures cannot be trusted
because propagandists have hijacked
the editing of especially the political
and historical entries!

This is the reason why schools in the
Western word do not allow students
to give references from Wikipedia.

Exactly.
I remember when I used to view EQG’s wiki article and there was nothing like Igbo in it.
Now some people have edited it and included Igbo there under the “others” category. I am not saying it is wrong though- but then, how true is it as well.
Sketchy things will always look somehow sketchy- and to be sincere with you this looks sketchy.

Yorubas in Benin and Togo is well documented, Efiks and Ejaghams in Cameroon arr well documented, Hausa in Niger isn’t even a question- why is the Igbo in EQG one just being discussed IN 2017 if it is a long established fact?

What do you have to say about the aecond entry I posted from joshua project?

scholes0:


Exactly.
I remember when I used to view EQG’s wiki article and there was nothing like Igbo in it.
Now some people have edited it and included Igbo there under the “others” category. I am not saying it is wrong though- but then, how true is it as well.
Sketchy things will always look somehow sketchy- and to be sincere with you this looks sketchy.

Yorubas in Benin and Togo is well documented, Efiks in Cameroon is well documented, Hausa in Niger isn’t even a question- why is the Igbo in EQG one just being discussed IN 2017 if it is a long established fact?

What do you have to say about the aecond entry I posted from joshua project?

^^^^^^^
@Scholes0

The Joshua Project entry is MORE
CREDIBLE than the so-called Wikipedia.


It is a fact that in the 1960s, a large number
of Nigerians and other foreign nationals
were deported from Equatorial Guinea
and it affected many ethnic groups from
Nigeria. Nigerian movie producer and icon, Zeb Ejiro's Isoko family from Delta State was one
of them and he shared this in a Saturday
Punch article this year(2017), and his
family that was prosperous in Equatorial
Guinea lost everything (cocoa farms etc) and had to relocate
to Ajegunle, Lagos State.


If there are Ibos in that country, they went
there as a result of migration in the post-1900
period. They are NOT indigenous to that
country at all! Ibos are only truely indigenous
to Nigeria regardless of the naturalisation
in other countries.


Also during the slave trade, I read from
credible historical materials/archives that the
British Naval Squadrons actually escorted
some intercepted slave schooners (ships)
to discharge the rescued human cargo
in Fernando Po or Freetown in Sierra Leone.
An example was Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther
who was rescued aboard a Portuguese
slave ship off the coast of West Africa and
liberated by the British Navy in Freetown.


These rescued Africans came from several
ethnic groups with the Yoruba and Congolese/
Angola region producing the largest figures
towards the 1850s.

okenta2017:


During the civil war we tagged those children by making sure each of them carry an identity card however maybe they were removed at

point of entry. or those who adopted them, decided it was no longer relevant that was why the boy who said he was from Imo couldn't

say more than that .Each time I remember this I weep for them.

War teaches us great lesson it is a period you will know who are realiy your enemies . Because in peace time you will never know

who your real friends are. That a man harbours you and you thrive does not mean he loves you. Your responsibility

is to show appreciation. by keeping to the law of that land.and saying thank you but don't get carried way. The Igbo men you find today

are quite different from the Igbo men before the civil war.. The igbo of today are sell out, they dont love each other only love for

quick money which was not there before. During the days of GBOMOGBOMO the Igbo's never experienced it.because

there were no need for that because they were hard working and they believe everything should come

through hard work.. If you are an Israelite among nations you will begin to pedal carefully. After the civil war 20pounds, everybody

wanted the Igbo man to remain that way. No appointment no support from any tribe of Nigeria (political) untill Babangida

could have it no more. When IPOB was drawing that their stupid map, I knew either there was no member of their family

that fought in the civil war that will tell them what really happen behind the secene . or they are just raising fund.

If you want to succeed in any thing, be constructive in your demand don't insult whoever does not agree with you

make him understand that your view differs from his, don't insult a whole tribe because you don't know who among

that tribe, that working behind the secene for you . Do you no that Wolesoyinka is a Yoruba man but he was lockup during

the civil war for supporting Biafra.. I personally do not support IPOB but I became sympathetic to them

when they were tagged terrorist leaving the Fulani herdsmen. When I discover that people around me want to take over my

sweats should there be crises, I will begin to be careful in all that I do.

Follow the Fulani's you will learn a lot from them. You will see that killing and slaugthering will increase very

soon in Benue and Jos environ , this has nothing to do with grassing but to achieve what Zik could not allow

them do then, by installing Emir of Jos and makudi. They now controll the army. General Bello is to make

sure that is achieved. Benue/platue are not weak as every body might think. They are only getting carried away by the slogan "WE THE

NORTH"" , not knowing that they are like igbos in the mist of ALELUYA. In war of genocide you create false hope

of security for the people you want to attack by firing on air , creating an impression that the people

who are coming to attack are being attacked, lets go to bed. When they are off guard they will be attack.and the casualty will be

maximum.

When next such thing happen forget sleep that night and don't disclose anything to the army. We dont know

who will pass your location to the people who will make the killing.


Please can any one tell me if General Gowon (my former lovely head of state) is still alive, how about David mark and the rest of the

Genera from this two state. There was a time they could boast of General

than any state in the world. We the North say "what is their stand on Restructuring"

Benue people are not carried away by anything, they know what they did and are doing. They supervised the massacre of Igbos in Makurdi in 1967, I thought you claim to know history, you should atleast have known that.

Wole Soyinka didn't get locked for Biafra, he got locked for Nigerian unity . He snuck into Biafra without the Nigerian government knowledge in vain attempt to convince Achebe and Okigbo to turn their backs on Biafra and persuade Ojukwu to concede defeat to Gowon. Achebe turned him down outrighly, and on his attempt to sneak out of Biafra into Nigeria, having failed on his mission, he was arrested by the Nigerian Army, and was imprisoned because they were not sure if he was working for Biafra or Nigeria.
Get your history right, man.

Igbos are not perfect, yes! We changed alot after the war, but the truth remains that amongst all Nigerian groups, non love themselves even as of today than Igbos. It was this love that translated to self and brotherly help, that enabled us all survive the post civil war devastation of our land and the post civil war economic strangulation our evil enemies plotted for us.
Today billions is being budgeted for rehabilitation of NE, none was budgeted for SE rehabilitation, we rebuilt ourselves and our region, ourselves, it takes a united people to achieve such.

On one hand you preach civility, condemning IPOB for returning hate speeches directed at Ndiigbo, to whatever corner the hate is coming from,and on the other hand, you say we should learn from Fulanis, a group who lack civility and are ready to kill the innocents to disposes them of their belongings, you sure suffer from a form of cognitive dissonance.

And did you assign the word "lovely" to Gowon? Lol! That is like a Jew assigning the word "lovely " to Hitler. Man, you sure were all over the place.

I agree with you, on one point though. IPOB should have restricted the Biafran struggle to Proudly Igbo speaking areas, and they needed to do in house cleaning of Igboland, getting our house in order by emasculating the political jobbers/sell outs, before going out to confront a perceived outside foe, they ignored the home fifth columnists, and went to confront an outside foe, that was their grave error.

They put the cat before the horse, and we all saw the consequences of that, its not bad, If we learn from that mistake and correct it in the future.

I love your advice that some one accommodating you does not in anyway translate to love for you or your group and that you get to know this during war situations. Many Igbos living outside non Igbo speaking parts of Nigeria, lack such wisdom, I'm impressed with that your line of thought.

Have a nice day.

Why some people from certain ethnic group would die on top of any good news pertaining Ndiigbo is fun to watch.

bigfrancis21:


I'm really serious about this. I would like to fly to Equatorial Guinea in a few years for a personal tour myself to meet this wonderful set of people and raise awareness about their existence to our brothers in Nigeria. They must not be forgotten.

hi good evening, frank..
I do read ur write-ups right from time. I have mentioned you severally but I don't know if you know my username..but I just want to let u know that there was a time either you or someone else posted about biafran currency in use in some part of west Africa..
Anyway, I have a job that enable me to travels outside west Africa and I was surprised the day I was going to Ghana, between the border of Togo and a place called afulawo, I don't know if I got the spelling well,they re demanding for Biafra currency as a means of exchange.
A man that is selling food and other things entered inside the bus said to me and other passenger inside the luxury bus that if we have biafran currency, it's acceptable as a medium of buying commodities here. I was surprised that a non existence Nation's currency is being use as a medium of exchange.
We moved to other border where someone who is selling Ghana native wears ,I told the guy I don't have money but I have biafran currency, he told me to bring it that he is going to exchange it here.
And it seems the money had so much value than other currencies in West Africa.
I pray I visit other countries like equatorial Guinea to see with my eyes. though we don't have branch there but Senegal, ivory coast and Kenya is certain.
Ghana 10cedi is 1000
Ghana 5cedi is 500
Changing 1000naira to ghana cedi will give u 12cedi.
Meanwhile changing ghana cedi to nigeria currency for example 10cedi will give u 800 or 700naira.
It shows that Nigeria money still have so much value than Ghana cedi base on my own experience.
Cos this is my second time to visit Ghana..

There's a lot of igbo culture being promoted within the igbo-British community. Have a look at the channel.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuZjPkvP-C8&list=PL1UutY7_uGmt-RkJ5NRGywNhmIMtIIjw9&index=3

Wow interesting, im sure its d central ibo dialect (anambra dialect) they speak in Equatorial Guinea

IPObians should relocate from the zoo to Equitorial Guinea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGeWAOklF-E


Outsiders have written many books and essays about Igbo and African religions.

A number of inaccurate and disparaging statements have been made in these publications. which has influenced many Igbo and Africans to adopt the same incorrect terminology and have the same beliefs.

Let us correct some of these inaccuracies.

African or Igbo religion is incorrectly referred to be ancestor worship.

This is incorrect because Africans do not revere their ancestors who have passed away.

It is true that long-dead relatives are said to live on and exhibit interest in their living relatives.

These families may demonstrate their faith by erecting shrines to the departed and leaving food or drink there or on their graves, as well as mentioning them in their prayers.

Also, once in a while, Igbo culture permits the celebration of Masquerade or mmanwu festivals, just like the one that happened in this video which took place in Agbgudu, Udi, Enugu state.

These expressions of reverence for the deceased, however, do not imply that they are being worshipped; rather, they demonstrate people's view that the departed of up to four or five generations should not be forgotten.

Acts of worship (such as sacrifices and prayers) are only a part of the African/Igbo religion.

A little element of a larger religious system cannot be considered whole.

Thus, it is incorrect to refer to the African/Igbo religion as "ancestor worship."

But wetin carry dem go dia?

Is it the civil war or what?

bigfrancis21:
Populations: 33,500
Rank: 3rd largest
Related tribes: Igbo People of Nigeria
Notable Personality: William Napoleon Barleycor de Fernando Poo, escribio el primer libro sobre la cultura bubi. Nacio en Santa Isabel (malabo). Murio en Inglaterra.

William Napoleon Barleycorn (1848–1925), born in Santa Isabel, Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea and a Krio Fernandino of Igbo descent,[1] was a Primitive Methodist missionary who went to Fernando Po (now known as Bioko) in Africa in the early 1880s. From there, he traveled to Edinburgh University.
.............................
HISTORY
Equatorial Guinea is located at the Eastern end of the Gulf of Guinea, West coast of Africa, the only African Country situated in the middle of the ocean, outside African map separated by water, the only Spanish speaking. Among the tribes are the Igbo people who also inhabit South Eastern Nigeria, off the Bight of Biafra, the Bubi and Fang ethnic groups and among other tribes.

The Igbo as officially declared by the government of Equatorial Guinea is third largest after Fang and Bubi tribes, and occupies a small area in Bioko, their communities are small compared to Bubi and Fang. Majority of them migrated to Bioko from Arochukwu Abia state.

Check 2012 report in Bioko,

'The Igbo of Equatorial Guinea, numbering 33,500, are No Longer unreached. They are part of the Igbo people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc, this group, though a minority of people rank third largest in Equatorial Guinea, a country with total population of 1.2Million people. Their primary language is Igbo. The primary religion practiced by the Igbo is marginal Christianity, a form of religion with roots in Christianity but not theologically Christian".

BIOKO
Formerly known as Fernando Po, is the largest region in Equatorial Guinea, they speak the Pigin English, Spanish foreign language, and Fang, Igbo and Bubi indigenous languages. The original inhabitants of Bioko are of a group called Bubi, descendants of mainland Bantu tribes, they are warlike, fought and defeated the Fang, and pushed them to inland part while they occupy the coastal areas, the Fang is also an ethnic group in Cameroon. Bioko also is home to descendants of former slaves who were freed in the nineteenth century. Many Bubi have recently immigrated to the continent, and along with other, smaller Bantu-speaking tribes, comprise the remaining 10 percent of the population in Río Muni. Minority tribes include the Kombe, Balengue, Bujebas.

Most people's daily lives are conducted in tribal languages, either Fang, Bubi, or Ibo, all of which are in the Bantu family of languages.
National Identity. Equatorial Guineans identify first with their tribe or ethnic group, second with the nation. The current country was formed during Spanish rule, linking the main island of Bioko with the mainland territory, despite the fact that the two were culturally distinct. Since the unification of the two, there has been some intermingling and migration, particularly of mainland Fang to Bubi-inhabited Bioko. The Fang tribe itself is not limited to the Río Muni area, but extends also north into Cameroon and south into Gabon.
Ethnic Relations. Legally there is no discrimination against ethnic or racial minorities, but in practice this is not the case. The Bubi have experienced persecution under the post-independence government. Prior to independence, the group formed a majority on Bioko. However, since 1968, many Fang migrated to the island, and a small subclan, the Mongomo, has dominated the government. There is resentment and violence not only between the Bubi and the Fang but also between the Mongomo and other Fang subgroups.

INDEPENDENCE OF BIOKO

The Bubi, a warlike tribe are leading the independence struggle, a proposed Country that includes the Igbo minority and Fang, though there is no record of any opposition to the demands for Republic of Bioko by Fang and the Igbo.

in ikwo dialect we say bia ekaa..come here

bigfrancis21:


I'm really serious about this. I would like to fly to Equatorial Guinea in a few years for a personal tour myself to meet this wonderful set of people and raise awareness about their existence to our brothers in Nigeria. They must not be forgotten.

Hello, bro. I greet you.

If you can read my comment, did you later try to reach our brothers in Guinea? Did you make any further awareness?

EdwardRandy:

Hello, bro. I greet you.

If you can read my comment, did you later try to reach our brothers in Guinea? Did you make any further awareness?

Not yet. Life got me extremely busy in the last few months/years. But I still have it on my mind.

bigfrancis21:
Populations: 33,500
Rank: 3rd largest
Related tribes: Igbo People of Nigeria
Notable Personality: William Napoleon Barleycor de Fernando Poo, escribio el primer libro sobre la cultura bubi. Nacio en Santa Isabel (malabo). Murio en Inglaterra.

William Napoleon Barleycorn (1848–1925), born in Santa Isabel, Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea and a Krio Fernandino of Igbo descent,[1] was a Primitive Methodist missionary who went to Fernando Po (now known as Bioko) in Africa in the early 1880s. From there, he traveled to Edinburgh University.
.............................
HISTORY
Equatorial Guinea is located at the Eastern end of the Gulf of Guinea, West coast of Africa, the only African Country situated in the middle of the ocean, outside African map separated by water, the only Spanish speaking. Among the tribes are the Igbo people who also inhabit South Eastern Nigeria, off the Bight of Biafra, the Bubi and Fang ethnic groups and among other tribes.

The Igbo as officially declared by the government of Equatorial Guinea is third largest after Fang and Bubi tribes, and occupies a small area in Bioko, their communities are small compared to Bubi and Fang. Majority of them migrated to Bioko from Arochukwu Abia state.

Check 2012 report in Bioko,

'The Igbo of Equatorial Guinea, numbering 33,500, are No Longer unreached. They are part of the Igbo people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc, this group, though a minority of people rank third largest in Equatorial Guinea, a country with total population of 1.2Million people. Their primary language is Igbo. The primary religion practiced by the Igbo is marginal Christianity, a form of religion with roots in Christianity but not theologically Christian".

BIOKO
Formerly known as Fernando Po, is the largest region in Equatorial Guinea, they speak the Pigin English, Spanish foreign language, and Fang, Igbo and Bubi indigenous languages. The original inhabitants of Bioko are of a group called Bubi, descendants of mainland Bantu tribes, they are warlike, fought and defeated the Fang, and pushed them to inland part while they occupy the coastal areas, the Fang is also an ethnic group in Cameroon. Bioko also is home to descendants of former slaves who were freed in the nineteenth century. Many Bubi have recently immigrated to the continent, and along with other, smaller Bantu-speaking tribes, comprise the remaining 10 percent of the population in Río Muni. Minority tribes include the Kombe, Balengue, Bujebas.

Most people's daily lives are conducted in tribal languages, either Fang, Bubi, or Ibo, all of which are in the Bantu family of languages.
National Identity. Equatorial Guineans identify first with their tribe or ethnic group, second with the nation. The current country was formed during Spanish rule, linking the main island of Bioko with the mainland territory, despite the fact that the two were culturally distinct. Since the unification of the two, there has been some intermingling and migration, particularly of mainland Fang to Bubi-inhabited Bioko. The Fang tribe itself is not limited to the Río Muni area, but extends also north into Cameroon and south into Gabon.
Ethnic Relations. Legally there is no discrimination against ethnic or racial minorities, but in practice this is not the case. The Bubi have experienced persecution under the post-independence government. Prior to independence, the group formed a majority on Bioko. However, since 1968, many Fang migrated to the island, and a small subclan, the Mongomo, has dominated the government. There is resentment and violence not only between the Bubi and the Fang but also between the Mongomo and other Fang subgroups.

INDEPENDENCE OF BIOKO

The Bubi, a warlike tribe are leading the independence struggle, a proposed Country that includes the Igbo minority and Fang, though there is no record of any opposition to the demands for Republic of Bioko by Fang and the Igbo.

THE WORD BIOKO SOUND LIKE A CORRUPT SPELLING OF BIKO.



NO DOUBT MALABO IS AN IGBO ISLAND.

hammerT:



THE WORD BIOKO SOUND LIKE A CORRUPT SPELLING OF BIKO.



NO DOUBT MALABO IS AN IGBO ISLAND.

U do una dis thing?

Ebonga looks like an Igbo man.