As an Abua girl, I’m so happy to see this beautiful representation of Abua culture. My grandpa would have been really glad to see this. Amazing work 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
A people without culture are not A people. Love is giving. It takes a village to raise a child. So many gems in here, may we never forget. Thank you for sharing with us, thank you for reminding us. This documentary is a necessity, we will not forget our heritage.
Omg I'm literally crying right now!!! To think that coming across my fellow Abuan on the road is so hard, I can watch this??? Hearing abua legit gave me chills. Madighi ohh🥺.
I felt chills all over my body hearing my language on UA-cam... I understood every single thing!! I actually wished everything was spoken in abua instead!!!🥺 I love Abua and I'm proud to be an Abua guy... thanks a lot
Everything about this video is beautiful , from the the culture to the land to the people . It makes me more appreciative of living and existing in an African community . Thank you , this documentary is pure gold.
As a Nigerian, this was so comforting to watch and learn about a minority group of the country. I get tired of watching the yoruba people and igbo people, shaa 😂😂
Naturally, I'm a wordsmith. Unfortunately, I'm inept in finding the exact words from my ocean of vocabularies to describe the ecstacy with which I watched the documentary. My children, grand children, great-grandchildren etc will be pleased with such work. God bless you my dear sister. You know, I'm really happy as I'm tired of telling some myopic people that I'm not Igbo, my name "Ilode" isn't "Igboish". It's sad some people hold on to the somewhat absurd believe that if you aren't Yoruba or Hausa then you must be Igbo. Thank you so much Asiyami Gold and Mr Wekulom for carving our existence into the cores of earth bad planting our essence into the hearts of men. I really feel honoured. It has moreso ignited a surge of optimism in me as regards my people. I remain a full fledged Abuan son. God bless you once more.
Ilode you are not alone. People always say I'm Ibo. I'm not Ibo, my people are not Ibos, my language is not Ibo and my forefathers were never Ibos. I'm so excited to find this on UA-cam. Funny the whiteman made the biggest mistake by grouping everyone from this area of the Niger as Ibos.
Your names are obviously igbo Ilode and Eke are igbo names just like Mr. Wekulom's name Ojike. There's no doubt about the the distinctiveness of the Abuau people yet you cannot deny the igbo influence and considering the geo proximity.
@@kingsleyamadi2508 Don't raise settled dust! There's nothing in my comment (either implied or express) that highlights my denial of the influence of the Igbo ethnic group. Kindly eschew this ethnocentricism claded in overzealous assertions. You would have been happier if I raised the Igbo ethnic group to the high heavens and somewhat align my origin with it. Learn to respect people's views Sir.
A go find me account should be open for projects like this... I think we should develop on more stories so we have enough documentaries. Thank you for the good work here.
This’s just awesome I’m originally from senegal 🇸🇳 but my mom is mixte cap verde and Bissau Guinée I’m all about culture mean a lot for me .i was rised in my dad culture serere.
This was really interesting to watch. With Awesome storytelling visuals. I visited Rivers state for the first time in 2016 during Nysc and lived there for one whole year. This brings back memories of the unforgettable experiences I had there.
Nice visual narrative. It makes you yearn for more about especially about Africa’s Heritage pre-colonial era. Great job Asiyami! I will be referring an African scholar to you soon to help him narrate his revised history book in this fashion. Thank you for sharing your beautiful heritage!
This was a nostalgic and beautifully made documentary on our Naija diverse communities. I'm blown away and was that periwinkle omggggg! This was stunning! 💞💞💞 I've shared it ! Here for it! Tell our stories by us!
I literally smiled throughout the whole film Africa is filled with so much beauty and it was amazing to see the culture of Abua people. The visuals were outstanding and the story was so fluid. Your hometown must be so proud of you.
I have come back to this video so many times since its debut. There was always something about it that I connected to deeply. On the second or third watch, I became emotional at the part where Grandma speaks about God and God living up to his name where all others have failed. That entire section, her conviction - I cried. I wanted to have such a relationship with God and more so as I came to realise the truth of that moment in time. This video continues to give to me every time I watch and listen. Thank you Asiyami, and God bless you and yours.
This has given me a new excitement for when next I visit home...To be totally honest, I have never explored Abua all the at least 50 times I've visited but now I see differently and thus will do differently. I can't lie, apitaka and abua groundnut are forever a delight to eat🤤🤤....Madighi ooo
Like I said, you and Corey make magic together! The cinematography + narration really shines a light on the purity of this story. Thank you for sharing your story and a little piece of your HOME with us Asi! I am indeed inspired!
This so lovely. Hearing a first had account of Abua people. I had an Abua school mate and I have always erroneously assum they were Ijaws. Thanks for putting this out here. We need to see similar videos of other cultures. By the way I love the quality of your video.
Whatever earthly awards that are possible to receive, YOU NEED ALL OF THEM! Sis this is beyond... and words cannot describe. What a beautiful way to visually articulate your people, our people. I mean the thought and hard work really shows...simply stunning ✨
Congrats on the birth of your new creative direction. Great movie and storytelling and filming too! I would expect nothing less. It’s rich in colour, dialogue and meaning.
Thank you. This is just the beginning. I don't know you personally, but I feel so proud of you as my big sister. For trusting and executing your creative energy, and as a by product, creating a safe and important space for us to connect back home over and over again.
@Asiyami, this is a beautiful story about your family, culture and home. I especially loved the last four questions when you day reflections on why he left home and defined love. Simply beautiful. Thank you sharing with us 🤗
this is wonderful thank you for showing us your beautiful community and language!!!!! II cannot wait to see more of your vids. Please make a follow up to this one the community elders telling about the culture, traditions, myths, stories passed on from generations etc
This is beautiful. Its inspires me to go to Nigeria again as an adult now to dig more into my culture! Especially as coming from a minority tribe as well. Its nice to see that you are from the same region as my family is from. Thanks for sharing
This is so profound and timely, especially as we all deal with the aftermath of COVID. A focus on community and our roots---the power of unity and community responsibility vs separatism (a worldview and mentality of which I feel is very prevalent in the West) is important. Visuals and storytelling are on point!
This is a beautiful love letter to Adua, to culture and to something very dear to African people : our sense of community. Giving back and having everyone move forward is how most of us (in the African diaspora) have been raised... May we never forget that. I am really inspired and humbled by this, thank you Asiyami 🥂😘
Who is here with me in 2024❤
This is beautiful
I'm proud to be an Abua man proudly ijaw ❤️
Proudly Abuan!!! Proudly Ijaw😍❤️❤️
Am a proudy Abua man, son of the soil ❤, Aké Abuan guild the land
I am Nigerian, from Rivers state as well, but living in SA. It's so refreshing to minorities in Nigeria coming to the limelight
I hope this documentary is a start to our generation telling the stories of our forefathers. Our heritage will not be forgotten!
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Pls subscribe .... another sister with Abua video 🙏🙏
This actually made me tear up, cause i always felt like no one even knew about us, to see this is actually a lot, big ups to you Asiyami straight
This video gave me chills, I am so proud to be an Abua girl
This is commendable ✊🖤
I can finally learn Abua from here😁😁😍😍😍this is a beautiful masterpiece
As an Abua girl, I’m so happy to see this beautiful representation of Abua culture. My grandpa would have been really glad to see this. Amazing work 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@Hen_Lx yes we are considered Ijaw even though we do not speak the language
I’m Kalabari and I hope I can do this one day for my people. ❤️
If you’re too critical you cannot love . Whew , Daddy spoke a word .
This hit me too! Like, come on Dad!
I like this Daddy make me remember village
This is so true
A people without culture are not A people. Love is giving. It takes a village to raise a child. So many gems in here, may we never forget. Thank you for sharing with us, thank you for reminding us. This documentary is a necessity, we will not forget our heritage.
Omg I'm literally crying right now!!! To think that coming across my fellow Abuan on the road is so hard, I can watch this??? Hearing abua legit gave me chills. Madighi ohh🥺.
Like... do you get???
It's really rare to find an abuan on the road
Great, thanks for telling our story.
I felt chills all over my body hearing my language on UA-cam... I understood every single thing!! I actually wished everything was spoken in abua instead!!!🥺 I love Abua and I'm proud to be an Abua guy... thanks a lot
The Abua languages sound so much like the Ogbia language in Bayelsa state.
This is such beautiful storytelling. I love it.
Same language, different dialects.
Ogbia
Abua
Kugbò
History has it that we are the same people but some migrated further.
Wonderful documentary. So much of my Caribbean culture is embedded in our African roots. The cultural similarities are evidence of this.
Yes, being Haitian... I saw too many connections! So heartwarming
Thanks for this content...
It really helped ..
I'm an Abuan and also a UA-camr I just stumbled on your channel..
I'm glad I found this channel
Everything about this video is beautiful , from the the culture to the land to the people . It makes me more appreciative of living and existing in an African community . Thank you , this documentary is pure gold.
As a Nigerian, this was so comforting to watch and learn about a minority group of the country. I get tired of watching the yoruba people and igbo people, shaa 😂😂
Finally I have seen a documentary about abua❤️❤️. Much love
Naturally, I'm a wordsmith. Unfortunately, I'm inept in finding the exact words from my ocean of vocabularies to describe the ecstacy with which I watched the documentary. My children, grand children, great-grandchildren etc will be pleased with such work. God bless you my dear sister. You know, I'm really happy as I'm tired of telling some myopic people that I'm not Igbo, my name "Ilode" isn't "Igboish". It's sad some people hold on to the somewhat absurd believe that if you aren't Yoruba or Hausa then you must be Igbo. Thank you so much Asiyami Gold and Mr Wekulom for carving our existence into the cores of earth bad planting our essence into the hearts of men. I really feel honoured. It has moreso ignited a surge of optimism in me as regards my people. I remain a full fledged Abuan son. God bless you once more.
"Bad" should be replaced with "and" (typo error)
Ilode you are not alone. People always say I'm Ibo. I'm not Ibo, my people are not Ibos, my language is not Ibo and my forefathers were never Ibos. I'm so excited to find this on UA-cam. Funny the whiteman made the biggest mistake by grouping everyone from this area of the Niger as Ibos.
@@ekinematics Nice one brother. That is how it should be. We should make concerted efforts towards embracing our identity.
Your names are obviously igbo Ilode and Eke are igbo names just like Mr. Wekulom's name Ojike. There's no doubt about the the distinctiveness of the Abuau people yet you cannot deny the igbo influence and considering the geo proximity.
@@kingsleyamadi2508 Don't raise settled dust! There's nothing in my comment (either implied or express) that highlights my denial of the influence of the Igbo ethnic group. Kindly eschew this ethnocentricism claded in overzealous assertions. You would have been happier if I raised the Igbo ethnic group to the high heavens and somewhat align my origin with it. Learn to respect people's views Sir.
This is so beautiful. "People without culture are not a people". Loved this documentary!
I loved this! Thank you so much
A go find me account should be open for projects like this... I think we should develop on more stories so we have enough documentaries. Thank you for the good work here.
God bless you for this.
Wow. The land of my birth. Feels so good to find this on UA-cam.
Lovely. I am also a creative(photograpther)from abua/odual. Okana to be exact. Just glad to see that we are out here represented and we winning.
I'm here for the immaculate storytelling visuals. Been following Asiyami for years. So excited for this new creative season for you, sis xx
Well done
This made me nostalgic of something I never lived. Thanks for this wonderful documentary. Your dad is a wonderful storyteller
So proud of you Asi. This was inspiring and made me proud to be from Abua. ❤️❤️❤️🇳🇬
It’s rachael btw x
This’s just awesome I’m originally from senegal 🇸🇳 but my mom is mixte cap verde and Bissau Guinée I’m all about culture mean a lot for me .i was rised in my dad culture serere.
God bless you for this documentary
Keep it on okay when I come to Nigeria I will see you
Abua to the world abeg!!!!. This is too beautiful. How did i just find about this just now
This is such a powerful video. Please make this a series. Your dad has such wisdom. This has really touched my heart today
This is awesome!!! Radighi
This was really interesting to watch. With Awesome storytelling visuals. I visited Rivers state for the first time in 2016 during Nysc and lived there for one whole year. This brings back memories of the unforgettable experiences I had there.
Omg this was amazing! I’m from Abua Central and very few people even know where Abua is, I haven’t been back in years but this was beautiful!
Amazing, I'm from Abua too
This is an exceptional work of all round art! I commend your generosity, sister. Keep it up.
Mr Wekulom is such a fine story teller. I could listen to him for hours. 😁
“It is important to hold on to our history because without history there is no home” such a beautiful documentary. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏾
This is so amazing. Well done dear sister.
Keep up the good work. I love the simplicity of the video most importantly, the knowledge that was shared.
Nice visual narrative. It makes you yearn for more about especially about Africa’s Heritage pre-colonial era. Great job Asiyami! I will be referring an African scholar to you soon to help him narrate his revised history book in this fashion. Thank you for sharing your beautiful heritage!
This was a nostalgic and beautifully made documentary on our Naija diverse communities. I'm blown away and was that periwinkle omggggg! This was stunning! 💞💞💞 I've shared it ! Here for it! Tell our stories by us!
What a great job this documentary is beautiful
Lovely documentary thank you sharing
Beautiful documentary.
Love means correction and acceptance. If you are too critical, you can not love! Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece Asiyami
Such a work of art. Gratitude for this offering!
look at culture, absolutely breathtaking !
Proudly an Abuan, anywhere anytime 🔥
I literally smiled throughout the whole film Africa is filled with so much beauty and it was amazing to see the culture of Abua people. The visuals were outstanding and the story was so fluid. Your hometown must be so proud of you.
Here in 2025 this is amazing!! So inspiring and excellently done
I have come back to this video so many times since its debut. There was always something about it that I connected to deeply. On the second or third watch, I became emotional at the part where Grandma speaks about God and God living up to his name where all others have failed. That entire section, her conviction - I cried. I wanted to have such a relationship with God and more so as I came to realise the truth of that moment in time. This video continues to give to me every time I watch and listen. Thank you Asiyami, and God bless you and yours.
This has given me a new excitement for when next I visit home...To be totally honest, I have never explored Abua all the at least 50 times I've visited but now I see differently and thus will do differently. I can't lie, apitaka and abua groundnut are forever a delight to eat🤤🤤....Madighi ooo
Everyone calls it abua groundnut automatically 😂😂😂❤
This is AMAZING!!! WAY TO GO COREY!!
#SpinksIII
Oh now I have stories to tell my kids.
wow wow wow unbelievably stunning. thank you for sharing the beauty of your people. this is epic
Beautifully done!
So powerful love it
Love it, well done 👏
I am glad there are many more tries in Nigeria other than the main two
Breathtaking...
Nice one Asiyami! Thanks for the inspiration.
The language sounds like it was made for this poem. This was quite interesting !!
Like I said, you and Corey make magic together! The cinematography + narration really shines a light on the purity of this story. Thank you for sharing your story and a little piece of your HOME with us Asi! I am indeed inspired!
Really good stuff, the visuals is a 💯. Here's to sharing beautiful stories of our heritage and changing the negative narrative of Nigeria as a whole.
Audio, cinematography, colour grading and content A1 💖
This so lovely. Hearing a first had account of Abua people. I had an Abua school mate and I have always erroneously assum they were Ijaws. Thanks for putting this out here. We need to see similar videos of other cultures.
By the way I love the quality of your video.
Fantastic!! That was 100% well executed. Bravo to both Asi and Corey! #ProudNigerian
I loved this so much and the story. I hope we can all share our stories because Nigeria is beautiful. ❤️
I love this! So vibrant and captivating!
This is mind-blowing
Absolutely love this! The Nigerian culture is so rich in its history and story telling 🌍👏🏾
This was so beautiful to watch sis. Thank you so much for sharing your culture with us. I am also a proud Nigerian, from the Edo tribe!!
Whatever earthly awards that are possible to receive, YOU NEED ALL OF THEM! Sis this is beyond... and words cannot describe. What a beautiful way to visually articulate your people, our people. I mean the thought and hard work really shows...simply stunning ✨
Appreciate it .it is very interesting the documentary
This was so beautifully done and aesthetically pleasing. Thank you for sharing your story and taking me on a journey. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Wow!
Congrats on the birth of your new creative direction. Great movie and storytelling and filming too! I would expect nothing less. It’s rich in colour, dialogue and meaning.
Its so beautiful the way that you showed your home to us. I love it. Congratulations.
Great work
Fantastic OMG! This documentary gave me chills ❤️
What a beautiful community. I truly loved every minute of this. I hope you create more content like this and share with the world. Thank you!
love this!!
Thank you. This is just the beginning. I don't know you personally, but I feel so proud of you as my big sister. For trusting and executing your creative energy, and as a by product, creating a safe and important space for us to connect back home over and over again.
I have never been more proud to be an Abua girl. This is beautiful ❤️❤️
@Asiyami, this is a beautiful story about your family, culture and home. I especially loved the last four questions when you day reflections on why he left home and defined love. Simply beautiful. Thank you sharing with us 🤗
This is an absolute masterpiece. So beautifully shot and touching ❤️
this is wonderful thank you for showing us your beautiful community and language!!!!! II cannot wait to see more of your vids. Please make a follow up to this one the community elders telling about the culture, traditions, myths, stories passed on from generations etc
This is beautiful. Its inspires me to go to Nigeria again as an adult now to dig more into my culture! Especially as coming from a minority tribe as well. Its nice to see that you are from the same region as my family is from. Thanks for sharing
This is so profound and timely, especially as we all deal with the aftermath of COVID. A focus on community and our roots---the power of unity and community responsibility vs separatism (a worldview and mentality of which I feel is very prevalent in the West) is important. Visuals and storytelling are on point!
This is a beautiful love letter to Adua, to culture and to something very dear to African people : our sense of community. Giving back and having everyone move forward is how most of us (in the African diaspora) have been raised... May we never forget that.
I am really inspired and humbled by this, thank you Asiyami 🥂😘
Absolutely stunning! Rich imagery. Full of emotion. Outstanding cinematography. Thank you for giving an account of the Abua people!
You look just like your dad, this was a great documentary I love, I'm crazy to know Africa I'm from the Caribbean.
Where in Caribbean are you from?
This is the true definition of a real Influencer 🧡 Your Work is amazing !
I would love to see more this was beautiful so beautiful.