During the war once you identify yourself as an Igbo before Benjamin Adekunle, black scorpion, you are a goner. That was the beginning of the forced self denials.
This man Chinmenum Amadi will live a very long, peaceful, happy and prosperous life. There is actually a profound mind liberation when you live the truth. I wish this interview can be shared across all platforms. Truth can never be hidden forever.
I didn't learn Ikwerre dialect, I started speaking it. I understood Ikwerre from the first day I heard the language. (Rumuodara to be precised, but I can speak more of Igwuruta now) I was also shocked the first day I heard someone say they are not Igbo. Ikwerre not being Igbo is the cheapest deceit ever.
We all know that they're confused with their claim that they' came from Benin kingdom 👑, even an illiterate can understand that something is wrong with these guys who claimed that they're not igbo, but speaks, bearing igbo name and observe four market days, Nkwo, Orie, Afor nä Eke. This man said it all, NIGERIAN govt brainwashed them all to drop their culture and history to get oil 🛢️ money, the oil they don't see shishi from..
Ancestry DNA done in THE USA will prove the truth. I am from delta state, and my result came out as igbo 58%THE rest Benin and the Bantus in central Africa. My mothers family came from BENIN.
Proudly Awgu man from Enugu state, Oyibo changed our name from OGU to Awgu, my town is where the white coal miners lived, it’s also where the Enugu NYSC orientation camp is located, we are known for dragging our words, our dialects sounds like French, Yoruba and okigwe sometimes. Example: standard igbo:kunie . English: stand, awgu: koite Standard Igbo: noro English: stay Awgu: loide Standard Igbo: ukwu English: leg Awgu: okpa Standard Igbo: ofe English: soup Awgu: ovee Standard Igbo: ihe nke a English: this thing Awgu: ivelele or ivenkele Standard Igbo: akpu English: pounded cassava Awgu: igbolo some call it utara And so on, but we have our new yam festival known as IKEJI Have the four market days( orie, afo, nkwo, eke) our major market is ORIE You see our dialects are different that doesn’t mean we are not Igbos or should I say I want to be identified as an awgu man or should I say I’m not igbo because My dialect is different? My local government has more than 15 different dialects that if you don’t take time as awgu man you may not understand anything they speak
You are right bro, as someone who grew up in Awgu and Mgbidi I observed all these dialects back in the days when I was growing up living with my uncle in NA area, everything you said is fact and nothing but the truth
The way you mention somethings in awgu is exactly how the ezza people in Ebonyi do mention it, words like okpa (leg), utara or egburu (fufu) and so on, igbos speaks same language with deferent dialect.
Formerly owerre now Owerri Ahaba now asaba Enugwu now Enugu Ugwuocha now port hacourt Igbo changed it to ibo Onicha now onitshaa This are names I can remember,. How the British government changed this names to suit themselves 😪😪😪 Wata tragedy
Mazi Chinmenum Amadi, Your Ancestors will be proud of you , and will be resting blissfully in their graves , for having a Son like Mazi Amadi , who has represented them well before Men and their Creator God. !
This is one of your best interviews. The main issue as he rightly said is total ignorance, and our people are not to blame because this was a result of the Biafran war.
He,s confused. The Bini,s where like the Romans in Europe, conquer both Eastern and Western Nigeria.If you ask the Yorubas, many will tell you they,re from Bini like the Oba of Lagos,the Oba of Egbaland or all Royal in Yorubaland who claims Oduduwa as the father of both the Binis and Yorubas Royal family.Agbor,Asaba and Onitsha has the Names of the traditional rulers like those in Bini.The obi of Agbor sees the Oba of Bini as his senior brother because they,re from the same Dynasty like myself.The Name EZE is a royal greetings in Bini, try to do a research from the palace, if you really want to know the truth or build a good relationship with other Ethnic groups, we are all related,
@@kimberlymarion7447here comes the serpent! We are not one! We are not from Benin! We are igbos! You liars and usurpers will be disgraced! The truth cannot be hidden nor will evil prevail! Present benin were Yoruba invaders with their Juju they used to capture the land and chase the original owners the igbos, yes! Igodomigodo ala Idu was occupied by igbos! It’s Ado before you wicked usurpers changed it to Edo! The remnants of igbo tradition is still in Edo! And there are still igbos in edo state! You wicked deceitful tribe lie to sow discord amongst igbo and capture the igbos their cos YOU ARE MINORITY! You claim Benin is origin of everyone YET your language and culture ISNOT visible in igbo land instead igbo culture still exist in Edo state! Thank God for internet, your lies and distortion of history won’t work anymore!
The kings of anioma pay homage to the Oba of Benin because Anioma was conquered by The Edo. Why else would an Igbo speaking people in the hinterland pay homage to Oba of Benin. Or the people of anioma are Igbo but there rulers were of Benin ancestry. Benin was only Edo,Delta,and Ondo. Some areas in Anambra are related with that of Delta Igbo
Nigeria army wore Biafra soliders uniform to come and intimidated you people, even killing your people and you all believe that igbos did it, no wonder they are still doing the same in Igbo land militia from Sahel will wear ipob uniform to kill igbos.
Great job Mr Amadi. Hoeever i insist that i am always irritated by these Igbo/Ikwerre talk these days. Let each group move into where they're comfortable. If the Ikwerre's want to be Bini's so be it. The Igbo nation is a 35-40m population, larger than most European nations, including African nations. Thay should be ok. For peace to reign, let each group be. These talks is annoying.
My friend, you are doing a very good job. We are now in the last battle of our liberation as Buhari called us a circle in a hole. They are now cutting the edge of Igbo people before our liberation. Watch as soon as there was agreement between the Ambazonia and Biafra. These is an attempt to cut the Biafra into pieces. Let no one lose hope because 2025 will be a time for REFERENDUM, and the battle to have Benin as the agenda in 1963 has reawakening again. I have said it for a long time, and that time has come . From the current prophet of Umuezumezu . Remember God has given us access to the ocean, and we are blessed with our forefathers ( Abraham) blessi g
U just stay online and blab. U hv no idea where OPOBO is located. Else u won't include OPOBO in ur map. After OPOBO, u pass tru Ogoni, Okrika or Kalabari b4 u get to Ikwerre or Etche territory/land wich is Igbo. Opobo language is IBANI. It's a dialect of IJAW. Ndoki spoken by som OPOBO ppl was only learnt by our forefathers 4 bizness transactions during d slave trade era. Names of individuals, towns in Opobo r ALL PURE IJAW. Titles, masquerades, marriage rites, womanhood ceremonies, monarchy, family unit/systems in OPOBO r pure IJAW. Y do u Igbos always want 2claim Opobo? D governor of Rivers State - SENIBO SIMINIALAYI FUBARA is an Opobo man. Maybe u shud tell us d Igbo meaning of his names. ALL his names r IJAW names. Same goes 4 every Opobo indegene. Nobody frm Opobo has an Igbo name or surname. We all bear IJAW names & surnames. So how is Opobo Igbo? Stay in ur lane. U can claim Ikwerre cos they r Igbo. Not Bonny or Opobo
I applaud Mr Amadi for giving a more plausible and rational origin of his people because I can't understand a man in Imo will answer "Amadi" while another will answer the same name in Rivers and have no Kinship among each other. Also I believe these communities including the Ikwerre's with their Traditional rulers need to understand that you are setting up the members of your communities to "Emotional damage" like how Mr Amadi was given a proper dress down by a Bini man. Most Binis are very hospitable and will let certain things slide but once it comes to your origins they will become suspicious of your intentions.
The bini Landlord comment or statement should be put subjected to condemnation. Infact he actually made out brother to question his existence and the lies deceit that has survived for decades. Thank you Sir at the bini Landlord for telling him to his face "you are not one of us " 🤔💯
It beats my imagination that Igbo leader of Rivers State origin didn't summon the courage to return Ikwere towns to their original names. The names were changed during the war by the military governor of Rivers State in the name of Dieta Stiff
It's time for ikwerres to embrace their igbo heritage and stop this Benin lies , as an ikwerre man you're more likely to be helped and saved by an Igbo man if you find yourself in trouble in an unknown land because an average Igbo considers ikwerre his brother , but an average Benin man does not even know what is ikwerre and gives less fuck . How can you claim to be from a place but there's no connection in culture and language , BLOOD IS thicker than water , the war is over 50 years ago ikwerres should wake up and smell the coffee..Igbos have large numbers and international influence aswell .. if there's any tribe to standby ikwerre in times of trouble it's an Igbo not Benin .. ikwerre use your akonuche ..meka
The Ikwere issue is a very complex one, that is the reason why different Ikwere people respond to the issue differently. I am not an Ikwere man but I know about the history of the origin of Ikwere people. Though, history of people is better told or narrated by the people themselves. What I know about the history of Ikwere people is the reason why they have different tunes in their language. Tunes that differ from community to community. When I mean community to community, I'm talking about traditional community not political created communities. They are amalgamated people from different Igbo communities and I have the history of how the amalgamation took place at different times of the past.
Please I am interested in this history you want to make a private chat. Please do share it publicly because you are not committing any crime except you think so. We are all learning and I also have a strong desire to learn so do some of us the favor of saying it in a written form so we can read it. A chat will definitely be inconvenient because we are always doing one thing or the other. Thanks for your understanding. Chibuzo ( Asaba)
You are right it was the civil war that made the entire upland Rivers state stop saying they were Igbos, because of how they were treated when they ran to Owerri and Enugu. My parents said they had to return home and take the bull by the horns when the people in Ngor Okakpala started calling them sabo.
Please, Mr..Amadi ,take your time, Google and research Bini descendants. It cut across all tribes in Nigeria and other tribes in Africa. That will satisfy your curiosity. Stay blessed...
You guys are decentants of Benin, ur people were war mogul, they conquered people that doesn't sound like them, they knew nothing execpt war, u deny ur Yoruba ancestry but u want ikwerre that doesn't speak same thing, culture, and doesn't share anything with u to claim Benin ancersry
Sir you made your ancestors proud by stating that " you can deceive people but not everytime.. you cannot run away from your name culture language traditions.... The youth of the generation kws better. Thank you sir for this mind-blowing historical facts that has made many keep living in self denial all in the name of selfish interest and politics... History will be kind to you for saying the truth and to that bini man that made you realise yourslf identity... Good or bad he spoke the truth of your identity 🧠💯🤔
Please try interview the elders in the community. Nnamdi Azikiwe book throws light into the onitsha Benin connection. Elders in the community may have another perspective to this ikwerre analogy
You will be shocked what they will say. Many Ikwerre eders are in Ohaneze NDIGBO. One of them was one time Ohaneze NDIGBO president. They are disgruntled because of what happened during the civil war. We only have settle the issues between ourselves. As for Nnamdi Azikiwe, he mentioned the names of his ancestors in his "odyssey article" and their names were all IGBO names but not benin names, all the way through till Eze Chime, their patriarch.
Ikwere language is close to ohaji language of IMO state. An Igbo dialect. I as Igbo understand anything an Ikwere man speaks. Once you pay attention. It’s foolish to bear same name, burial , marriage, market etc culture are all Igbo. His story is very true. My Mom is from Etche in Rivers State. The civil war created the entire problem. The Nigerian soldiers sold the division and fear of survival took over. So the Biafran soldiers then treated the Ikwere and most part of rivers as saboteurs.
Those bini observe Igbo four market days afor eke orie nkwo 😊😊 the answer is no Do they bear Ezeship loloobi etc as kings queens.. the answer is no Do they call chukwu okike abiama the God of all Igbo nation the answer is now Do they carry palm wine during. Traditional marriage the answer is no 70percent of Igbo names giving to their children are mostly Chi Chu chy ... In every 5igbo man 3 bears chi .. if you doubt me Lok around you and ask any Igbo man his name n be shocked. This list is endless 😊😊
Rivers people denied their Igboness after the war,I was in Rivers State then It was then they changed..many names of towns, in Rivers State,,They denied their Igboness out of fear of the atrocities being meted out on Igbo in Nigeria after the war.
Of ikwere people against their own brothers the IGBOS. No wonder why they reclaim IGBO properties without any apologies. This is time for us to put everything behind us and form a formidable united IGBO. Benin Kingdom hmmm! I fear Benin Kingdom
The real tragedy is the fact that this is even an argument in the 21st century... I'll never get over the experience with ikwerre folks.. Their hate for the so called Igbos (themselves) is unreal.. I don't care whether it's out of pain of whatever as for me I see an ikwerre person the same way I see a fulani from funta jalon.. Lost without identity therefore whatever they want me to call them I'll call them...
I had heard everything this man Mr Amadi said in this interview before from Barrister Uche Okwukwu, he had cleared all these arguments in the past, he said it clearly that he had carried out research that dated back to 300 years ago and above of Ikwerre history and that there is no single traces of Benins in Ikwerre ancestry and that Ikwerre are 100% Igbos that even the late oba of Benin clearly stated it that Ikwerres are 100% Igbos
Boss the ikwerre ancestors where forced to change their name from what to what... Where does ighwuruoha originate? There are lot of questions to ask. But the history of igbos, Ikwerrians, Benin, are still undefined.
people still fail to realize that migration can change the language and demographic of a place. look at Lagos state today. does that mean the origins are not benin. Look at Warri, its origins are benin they dont even speak the language. Language was not important to the benin kingdom. other tribe were allowed to flourish within the empire. People say maybe bein should've just forced their language on everyone. THe ikwerre situation can be explained by the igbo domination of the eastern region created by the british. ev en onitsha was given to the igbos by the oba of benin go and verify.
Yes my mother is from Ikwerre (I am Igbo) and she was told these stories of how Nigerian soldiers usually camouflage wearing Biafran insignias, using to terrorise the people on other to engender hate btw the groups, and they succeeded. I will not sit here to deny that Biafrans could have committed some things too bcos it was a war situation. The truth is somewhere in between. My mum marrying my Dad was tug of war. The father of the girl knew my Dad as a young man who will take care of his child and handed over my mum. He loved my Dad bcos he could vouch for his character.
This story is not real,no body changes name during Biafra war, because many Biafra came to Edo state in my place to live, they didn't change their names, they went back after war,
You do not really have a good information of your historical back,you are talking about yesterday civil war when we are talking about history of over a century.Pls am not disputing what you are saying rather i wish to redirect you to make a better research and pls take your historical search net beyond the civil war bcos the ikwerre history is not tied to the civil war of yesterday,so i advise that you make a deeper research,thx for the information.
It is not your fault. We destroyed the strength by buried alive last prophet 510 years ago in jealousy. Hear it open , the throne has been rebuilt. All that belonged to us must come to us. Even those in far away America's islands and European countries. God has promised to rebuild us, and we have come back to love, share, and care for each other again
@Nnaa mehn tv I want to suggest something. It's going to cost money, but I believe we can raise money through one way or the other since it is for a good cause. If you meet hardcore believers in the Benin theory, undertake to take some on a journey to 2 or 3 Igbo states, take them to different villages in the same state and let him hear different Igbo tribes speak in their tongues. This will make them understand that food alone can be pronounced in multiple ways. E.g Wuri, Nri, Nli, Nnyi Ndi, unyi eri, etc. Most of them always claim that the central Igbo sounds different from their dialect and for that, the they are not Igbo. They should understand that we are singularly a tribe and collectively Ndigbo. Those people don't travel, and they really don't know much
Pls in your comments you said difference igbo tribe pls we don't have anything like difference igbo tribe what we have is only but one igbo tribe in this world again ikwere people are not a single tribe their are igbo people igbo community like owerri and others
@@denniskcobi3470igbo is not a tribe! It is a nation of different tribes. The term that is close enough is ethnic group. If you study sociology you would get the distinction better’ . It’s just like jacobs sons making twelve tribes of Israel. Meaning same brothers but forming different tribes. This is why we have different dialects in igbo land
@@todayworldpost pls same brothers don't form different tribes instead same brothers are the same blood but different names at the end their are not different in tribes but they are only but one tribe that what igbo biafra tribe are God only created one igbo tribe not two
Nnaa mehn, infact i don't know the real adjectives to use, to qualify these so called Ikwere people of River state how can a governor of a state including the chairman of a locale government come out in public to say that Ikwere people is not igbos and did not originated from the igbos rather their from Benin and there was no traditional elders that can call him to an other. Well, is quite a pity
Ikuere origin is benin, they where influenced by the igbo culture it doesn't mean that they are igbo, what about the owan, afemaie, igede, isoko and urhobo and so on, oga stop have you not see brother's that kill themselves
Amadi is also a benin name. Iwuoha looks like an adultration of UWOHA, a benin word for BUSH OR UNDEVELOPED AREA. So your name and the name of where you came from link you to Benin
Really you don't where you came from, what is the full meaning of your name, amadi that typically benin language, let me tell you the full meaning of your name.( AMADI AYANGBON ) IN BENIN LANGUAGE Meaning if you are not fully heartedly you cannot leave in this world.
If you are a real Ikwerre origin you can´t denounce your linage because of house rent and is like you have problem with money don´t be sold out. What happens to your hair painted white or what? Your name is not Ama it´s Amadi. Anambra and Enugu have Edo origin people as majority.
Lies! It was a Nick name called igwecha a Nick name by the Ikwerrians. The igbos corrupted it to igweocha. Pitakwa , garden city are also a Nick name given to Porthacourt by strangers. Liars
Mr. Amadi, be careful not to use the contemporary to interpret the ancient history. The lbo are about twenty some dialects. A civilization of the 9th century as supported by antiquities. people migrate to centers of civilization on account war, discontent, disputes, search for green pasture etc the lgbos may not be exceptions. They settle with host communities, assimilate the culture, musicology, personal names , language ,and cosmology,and diety. Name the ecosystem a mixture of the first languge and the second language, speak the host language according to the syllables, synthax ,semantics of their original language to form a dialect of the assimilated language .Nigerians for example speak a dialect of English bear their names. Italians speak a dialect of English according to sylables, synthax, semantics of of Italian language, bear same names. Listen to Italian English and tell the difference. Listen to Ekwerre lgbo and Onisha, Nsuka, Owerre Igbo . Read the history of Aboh kingdom from Benin, the connection of that kingdom to far away Mbaise. You may see the picture of what happened in the past relative to Ekwere. There are lgala tribe's of lgbo, and Nembe, look at their names The town name Emuoha of Ekwerre has Edoid name to it. There are about 400 tribe's in Nigeria, assimilated into one anther culture and stereo type. Ammadi's land lord may have spoken out of ignorance, DNA ,and antiquities may not support the claim.
If Emuoha sounds Edoic, it is actually pure Igbo. 'Enuoha'. To the best of my knowledge Bini's have denied any connections with Ikwerre people except perhaps in trade across that big empire. I am Igbo and actually very irritated these days by my people's concern about Ikwerre people's origin. We know where they migrated from in Igboland. However, If Ikwerre's want to be Bini's, I see nothing wrong with that. The Igbo nation is already too large. We are larger than most African nations (in population) even most European nations. A 35-40m Igbo nation shouldn't be bothered about anyone who doesn't want to be part of it. Let each group move into where they're comfortable. I respect the man above who's spewing his own truth. But it changes nothing really.
apologies for barging in again to once again spoil your skewed half truth deceits. Firstly the word igbo is only a reference about 200yrears old even the earlier eboh which derived from the Abohs an ukwuani group who have told anyone who cares to listen that they are not an 'igbo' group is only about 400 years old. It means references like ikwerre , Aniocha, Aboh, Agbor , Onitsha etc referencing relative groups or then tribes are far more older references. Then to help you again appreciate on your skewed account of history, the three de facto realms between the 11th and 13th centuries in these parts were the Yarbar, the Benin and the Biafran realms. The Benin realm in addition being the de facto power block. The Yarbar now know as the Yoruba had subgroups as the Oyo, the egbas, ijebus and of course eko. There was a recent debate as to who actually established eko but thats for another day. Further more towns like onitsha were established by the Benin kingdom. Onitsha being derived from 'ono chie' meaning an occupied space occupied by the then Benin Oba via one of his princes. Yes the Benin realm and the de facto power block of those days as different from the Benin of today stretched as far as Onitsha and exerted influences within the Yarbar group. Question one how then does the most recent reference 'igbo' of any of the relative groups become what is chosen as one a super group and two a super name or reference for all the relative groups. Question two if names like ikwerre , Aniocha, Ukwuani , Agbor, Aboh etc have stuck with people for far more centuries if not millenias how do you imply rather callously and egoistically that they should bear 'igbo' as their appropriate name. Question three if you are looking for a super name for all the groups while not choose from one of the more earlier and ancient references like Aboh, Aniocha, ikwerre etc?
I am of the edoic speaking tribes of the Benin kingdom. That being said, the main igbo should also stop discriminating against their own people. We the isokos, urhobos, we don't deny our Benin heritage. same thing with the Beninese, esans and afemai people we all speak the same language.
I don't know where you're getting your information from. No Igbo man will discriminate against his brother anywhere. Infact others who are related to us are usually the ones who doesn't want to relate with us, like the Ikwerre's and a few communities from the West Igbo. Of course there are usually some scoundrels among us who want to profile some of these people, but that doesn't represent the igbos. Like I always say, no Igbo man has the mandate to confer Igbo citizenship on another. You are born with It and you claim it if you believe in it period. That your narrative is false.
@@osakweog Anambra and imo people discriminate against Ebonyi people. I have seen it in my office. Even the imo people discriminate against Anambra. It happened in my office live and direct. The imo lady told me point blank not to have anything with the Anambra guy. It was a cultural shock for me. Anyway, to cut the story, I didn't go with her stupid advice.
@@shemovrere7431 You are totally wrong. That narrative is dead on arrival. These are crap narratives being sold by outsiders to make it look as if we don't love ourselves. Total BS ! How exactly will an Anambra or Imo man discriminate against Ebonyi man when we don't feed them? There's nothing an Anambra or Imo people enjoy as ndi Igbo that Ebonyi person doesn't enjoy too. Name one. If it's about calling of names we all have names we use on each other to sometimes denigrate each other, (but usually in a light hearted play mode). That is no hate. Just like Lagos and other Yorubas look down on Ibadan people, Ijebu and Ijesha etc These things are no domination, neither is it hate. They are what they are..... Perjorative or endomyn slangs used on each other. Nothing more. Outsiders who don't really know us just work so hard to make it look like hate on each other. BS. We are the only tribe that help lift persons who are not related to us and help him become a millionaire. Poverty level in Igbo land is lower bcos we actually do spread our wealth unlike most other tribes. Sorry I ain't buying what you're selling.
The Benin didn't say you are Benins, it is the father's of ikewre that said they are Benins because they are the once who knows there history. This young guys who are now fighting there father's view of there history.
During the war once you identify yourself as an Igbo before Benjamin Adekunle, black scorpion, you are a goner. That was the beginning of the forced self denials.
Proudly Igbo man as a benue ❤
Chaii I really wan meet una one love nwannem ❤
Wow❤
You didn't make yourself Venue, Nigerian made you Benue to frustrate you. We love you and we will never abandon you
Wow benue has igbos too 😮😮
@@okwyfrank6726yeah the ebonyi people
I always love this man with his stand as an Ikwere Igbo man because he had a life said experience with his Benin Land Lord.
This man Chinmenum Amadi will live a very long, peaceful, happy and prosperous life. There is actually a profound mind liberation when you live the truth. I wish this interview can be shared across all platforms. Truth can never be hidden forever.
Just how the truth reveals that Jesus was a black man.
@@tonyakubue7192 On point Yes he is
I didn't learn Ikwerre dialect, I started speaking it. I understood Ikwerre from the first day I heard the language. (Rumuodara to be precised, but I can speak more of Igwuruta now) I was also shocked the first day I heard someone say they are not Igbo. Ikwerre not being Igbo is the cheapest deceit ever.
Lol. You might not be saying the truth. Lol
We all know that they're confused with their claim that they' came from Benin kingdom 👑, even an illiterate can understand that something is wrong with these guys who claimed that they're not igbo, but speaks, bearing igbo name and observe four market days, Nkwo, Orie, Afor nä Eke. This man said it all, NIGERIAN govt brainwashed them all to drop their culture and history to get oil 🛢️ money, the oil they don't see shishi from..
Am from Omoku Rivers State but to be honest am more related to Igbos than any other tribe in Nigeria. Thanks to nna mehn tv
You are just clueless
Ancestry DNA done in THE USA will prove the truth.
I am from delta state, and my result came out as igbo 58%THE rest Benin and the Bantus in central Africa.
My mothers family came from BENIN.
Not just related but a typical Igbo man.
Proudly Awgu man from Enugu state, Oyibo changed our name from OGU to Awgu, my town is where the white coal miners lived, it’s also where the Enugu NYSC orientation camp is located, we are known for dragging our words, our dialects sounds like French, Yoruba and okigwe sometimes.
Example: standard igbo:kunie . English: stand,
awgu: koite
Standard Igbo: noro
English: stay
Awgu: loide
Standard Igbo: ukwu
English: leg
Awgu: okpa
Standard Igbo: ofe
English: soup
Awgu: ovee
Standard Igbo: ihe nke a
English: this thing
Awgu: ivelele or ivenkele
Standard Igbo: akpu
English: pounded cassava
Awgu: igbolo some call it utara
And so on, but we have our new yam festival known as IKEJI
Have the four market days( orie, afo, nkwo, eke) our major market is ORIE
You see our dialects are different that doesn’t mean we are not Igbos or should I say I want to be identified as an awgu man or should I say I’m not igbo because My dialect is different? My local government has more than 15 different dialects that if you don’t take time as awgu man you may not understand anything they speak
You are right bro, as someone who grew up in Awgu and Mgbidi I observed all these dialects back in the days when I was growing up living with my uncle in NA area, everything you said is fact and nothing but the truth
The way you mention somethings in awgu is exactly how the ezza people in Ebonyi do mention it, words like okpa (leg), utara or egburu (fufu) and so on, igbos speaks same language with deferent dialect.
Yes we from Akaeze in ivo local gouvernment area of ebonyi state speak same dialect
Good insight Brother. Am also from Awgu EGBELELI
My brother this must continueooo with this intelligent brother of ours
Formerly owerre now Owerri
Ahaba now asaba
Enugwu now Enugu
Ugwuocha now port hacourt
Igbo changed it to ibo
Onicha now onitshaa
This are names I can remember,.
How the British government changed this names to suit themselves 😪😪😪
Wata tragedy
Mazi Chinmenum Amadi, Your Ancestors will be proud of you , and will be resting blissfully in their graves , for having a Son like Mazi Amadi , who has represented them well before Men and their Creator God. !
This is a smart man who do not want the notion of Benin liars
Sadly we've allowed it go on for too long, we are the generation that will correct it
Correction: benins are not liers but great people.
My name sake I am proudly to be am ikwerre man nbun nwan ibaa emouha local government
I'm also in rumuji, the man is rumuewhor
This is one of your best interviews.
The main issue as he rightly said is total ignorance, and our people are not to blame because this was a result of the Biafran war.
He,s confused. The Bini,s where like the Romans in Europe, conquer both Eastern and Western Nigeria.If you ask the Yorubas, many will tell you they,re from Bini like the Oba of Lagos,the Oba of Egbaland or all Royal in Yorubaland who claims Oduduwa as the father of both the Binis and Yorubas Royal family.Agbor,Asaba and Onitsha has the Names of the traditional rulers like those in Bini.The obi of Agbor sees the Oba of Bini as his senior brother because they,re from the same Dynasty like myself.The Name EZE is a royal greetings in Bini, try to do a research from the palace, if you really want to know the truth or build a good relationship with other Ethnic groups, we are all related,
@@kimberlymarion7447here comes the serpent! We are not one! We are not from Benin! We are igbos! You liars and usurpers will be disgraced! The truth cannot be hidden nor will evil prevail! Present benin were Yoruba invaders with their Juju they used to capture the land and chase the original owners the igbos, yes! Igodomigodo ala Idu was occupied by igbos! It’s Ado before you wicked usurpers changed it to Edo! The remnants of igbo tradition is still in Edo! And there are still igbos in edo state! You wicked deceitful tribe lie to sow discord amongst igbo and capture the igbos their cos YOU ARE MINORITY! You claim Benin is origin of everyone YET your language and culture ISNOT visible in igbo land instead igbo culture still exist in Edo state! Thank God for internet, your lies and distortion of history won’t work anymore!
The kings of anioma pay homage to the Oba of Benin because Anioma was conquered by The Edo. Why else would an Igbo speaking people in the hinterland pay homage to Oba of Benin. Or the people of anioma are Igbo but there rulers were of Benin ancestry. Benin was only Edo,Delta,and Ondo. Some areas in Anambra are related with that of Delta Igbo
Nigeria army wore Biafra soliders uniform to come and intimidated you people, even killing your people and you all believe that igbos did it, no wonder they are still doing the same in Igbo land militia from Sahel will wear ipob uniform to kill igbos.
God we bless you for speaking up on the subject
Opobo is igbo i am an opobo man this us still making me sad
My brother everything will be good
Coconut head generation I know we will fix one day
Igbo land cut across Delta north and Rivers
You are a settler as an Igbo of slave trade in Bonny and later Opobo.
Great job Mr Amadi.
Hoeever i insist that i am always irritated by these Igbo/Ikwerre talk these days. Let each group move into where they're comfortable. If the Ikwerre's want to be Bini's so be it. The Igbo nation is a 35-40m population, larger than most European nations, including African nations. Thay should be ok. For peace to reign, let each group be. These talks is annoying.
Na MehnTV...CHUKWU OKIKE ABIAMA be with you, bless you as you continue to unify umu igbo
God bless you Nna mehn❤..can't forget our year in Abiapoly 2013.
Very informative, very historical..
My friend, you are doing a very good job. We are now in the last battle of our liberation as Buhari called us a circle in a hole. They are now cutting the edge of Igbo people before our liberation. Watch as soon as there was agreement between the Ambazonia and Biafra. These is an attempt to cut the Biafra into pieces. Let no one lose hope because 2025 will be a time for REFERENDUM, and the battle to have Benin as the agenda in 1963 has reawakening again. I have said it for a long time, and that time has come . From the current prophet of Umuezumezu . Remember God has given us access to the ocean, and we are blessed with our forefathers ( Abraham) blessi g
Nice interview
Let those that are deceiving themselves keep fooling themselves, time shall come when they will realize what they have done to their generation.
wow wow wow i really love the way this man speaks for our self's i thank you so much nnaa meen thanks please keep it up we move ✊✊
From Opobo to Agbor is igbo land. We shall reclaim our lost family
U just stay online and blab.
U hv no idea where OPOBO is located. Else u won't include OPOBO in ur map.
After OPOBO, u pass tru Ogoni, Okrika or Kalabari b4 u get to Ikwerre or Etche territory/land wich is Igbo. Opobo language is IBANI. It's a dialect of IJAW.
Ndoki spoken by som OPOBO ppl was only learnt by our forefathers 4 bizness transactions during d slave trade era. Names of individuals, towns in Opobo r ALL PURE IJAW.
Titles, masquerades, marriage rites, womanhood ceremonies, monarchy, family unit/systems in OPOBO r pure IJAW.
Y do u Igbos always want 2claim Opobo?
D governor of Rivers State - SENIBO SIMINIALAYI FUBARA is an Opobo man. Maybe u shud tell us d Igbo meaning of his names. ALL his names r IJAW names. Same goes 4 every Opobo indegene. Nobody frm Opobo has an Igbo name or surname. We all bear IJAW names & surnames. So how is Opobo Igbo?
Stay in ur lane. U can claim Ikwerre cos they r Igbo. Not Bonny or Opobo
ua-cam.com/video/DCPKHyhdYD8/v-deo.html
I am a kalabari and opobo person in my village we speak Igbo some people speaks ibani but they are very few
I believe we are Igbo because everyone in my family have Igbo names
@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 My best friend is from Opobo. He speaks IGBO and identifies as one. I don't get your point.
I applaud Mr Amadi for giving a more plausible and rational origin of his people because I can't understand a man in Imo will answer "Amadi" while another will answer the same name in Rivers and have no Kinship among each other. Also I believe these communities including the Ikwerre's with their Traditional rulers need to understand that you are setting up the members of your communities to "Emotional damage" like how Mr Amadi was given a proper dress down by a Bini man. Most Binis are very hospitable and will let certain things slide but once it comes to your origins they will become suspicious of your intentions.
One love brother...together we are stronga
So much information
Glad you think so!
This man is 100% truthfull may he live long
This man understand the whole situation here.
It is very unfortunate that any Ikwerre man will get up and deny being Igbo, just like that drunk called Nyesom Wike did, but it is what it is.
This is purely truth in a very clarity
Amadi is smart he get it ...
Jisie Ike nnaa for the unifications of the igbos around Nigeria especially
He's a living legend
The bini Landlord comment or statement should be put subjected to condemnation.
Infact he actually made out brother to question his existence and the lies deceit that has survived for decades.
Thank you Sir at the bini Landlord for telling him to his face "you are not one of us " 🤔💯
This a lie because AUCHI is not Benin City. The inhabitants of AUCHI are different from Bini people.
It beats my imagination that Igbo leader of Rivers State origin didn't summon the courage to return Ikwere towns to their original names. The names were changed during the war by the military governor of Rivers State in the name of Dieta Stiff
It's time for ikwerres to embrace their igbo heritage and stop this Benin lies , as an ikwerre man you're more likely to be helped and saved by an Igbo man if you find yourself in trouble in an unknown land because an average Igbo considers ikwerre his brother , but an average Benin man does not even know what is ikwerre and gives less fuck . How can you claim to be from a place but there's no connection in culture and language , BLOOD IS thicker than water , the war is over 50 years ago ikwerres should wake up and smell the coffee..Igbos have large numbers and international influence aswell .. if there's any tribe to standby ikwerre in times of trouble it's an Igbo not Benin .. ikwerre use your akonuche ..meka
Well spoken
Not only Rivers but also Delta north too
This man will live long iseeee❤
My brother I would like to talk with you about Benin please
You can write us at nnaamehntv@gmail.com
Or WhatsApp: 07026166468
I understand that during Ikwrrre burial, they sing songs as the Benin's do. Can you throw light to this?
The Ikwere issue is a very complex one, that is the reason why different Ikwere people respond to the issue differently. I am not an Ikwere man but I know about the history of the origin of Ikwere people. Though, history of people is better told or narrated by the people themselves. What I know about the history of Ikwere people is the reason why they have different tunes in their language. Tunes that differ from community to community. When I mean community to community, I'm talking about traditional community not political created communities. They are amalgamated people from different Igbo communities and I have the history of how the amalgamation took place at different times of the past.
Can you share with us? Are you accessible for a media chat?
I can give you a little of the information but preferably through a private chat.
@@ezennamdi474 07051198395
Please I am interested in this history you want to make a private chat. Please do share it publicly because you are not committing any crime except you think so. We are all learning and I also have a strong desire to learn so do some of us the favor of saying it in a written form so we can read it. A chat will definitely be inconvenient because we are always doing one thing or the other. Thanks for your understanding. Chibuzo ( Asaba)
You are right it was the civil war that made the entire upland Rivers state stop saying they were Igbos, because of how they were treated when they ran to Owerri and Enugu. My parents said they had to return home and take the bull by the horns when the people in Ngor Okakpala started calling them sabo.
God bless this young man and protect him, long live nna mehn.
This man is intelligent
KEEP IT COMING TRUTH WILL BE MADE KNOWN WHEATHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT.
Please, Mr..Amadi ,take your time, Google and research Bini descendants. It cut across all tribes in Nigeria and other tribes in Africa. That will satisfy your curiosity. Stay blessed...
Shut up Benin jamjaweed
😂😂😂😂
Whc kind rubbish this one dey talk. Bini way from Yoruba
You guys are decentants of Benin, ur people were war mogul, they conquered people that doesn't sound like them, they knew nothing execpt war, u deny ur Yoruba ancestry but u want ikwerre that doesn't speak same thing, culture, and doesn't share anything with u to claim Benin ancersry
@@chimeremezelove1041couldn't have said it any better. Tell the hippo..
Sir you made your ancestors proud by stating that " you can deceive people but not everytime.. you cannot run away from your name culture language traditions....
The youth of the generation kws better.
Thank you sir for this mind-blowing historical facts that has made many keep living in self denial all in the name of selfish interest and politics...
History will be kind to you for saying the truth and to that bini man that made you realise yourslf identity... Good or bad he spoke the truth of your identity 🧠💯🤔
Please try interview the elders in the community. Nnamdi Azikiwe book throws light into the onitsha Benin connection. Elders in the community may have another perspective to this ikwerre analogy
You will be shocked what they will say. Many Ikwerre eders are in Ohaneze NDIGBO. One of them was one time Ohaneze NDIGBO president. They are disgruntled because of what happened during the civil war. We only have settle the issues between ourselves. As for Nnamdi Azikiwe, he mentioned the names of his ancestors in his "odyssey article" and their names were all IGBO names but not benin names, all the way through till Eze Chime, their patriarch.
Ikwere language is close to ohaji language of IMO state. An Igbo dialect. I as Igbo understand anything an Ikwere man speaks. Once you pay attention. It’s foolish to bear same name, burial , marriage, market etc culture are all Igbo. His story is very true. My Mom is from Etche in Rivers State. The civil war created the entire problem. The Nigerian soldiers sold the division and fear of survival took over. So the Biafran soldiers then treated the Ikwere and most part of rivers as saboteurs.
Thank you for your response
Thank you "nwa akanu" like you are known in Etche. I am from Etche. Your mother is right what she told you is also what my parents told me.
We Igbo people have truly suffered in this country
Those bini observe Igbo four market days afor eke orie nkwo 😊😊 the answer is no
Do they bear Ezeship loloobi etc as kings queens.. the answer is no
Do they call chukwu okike abiama the God of all Igbo
nation the answer is now
Do they carry palm wine during. Traditional marriage the answer is no
70percent of Igbo names giving to their children are mostly Chi Chu chy ... In every 5igbo man 3 bears chi .. if you doubt me Lok around you and ask any Igbo man his name n be shocked.
This list is endless 😊😊
Yes,These is a royal greetings in Bini called LAVBIEZE, which means EZE,s Children.
Please be informed that the Romo in Ikwere towns was changed after the war. It was umu
Rivers people denied their Igboness after the war,I was in Rivers State then It was then they changed..many names of towns, in Rivers State,,They denied their Igboness out of fear of the atrocities being meted out on Igbo in Nigeria after the war.
If the historical link is not sure why not apply the medical test of DNA
Of ikwere people against their own brothers the IGBOS. No wonder why they reclaim IGBO properties without any apologies. This is time for us to put everything behind us and form a formidable united IGBO. Benin Kingdom hmmm! I fear Benin Kingdom
The real tragedy is the fact that this is even an argument in the 21st century...
I'll never get over the experience with ikwerre folks.. Their hate for the so called Igbos (themselves) is unreal..
I don't care whether it's out of pain of whatever as for me I see an ikwerre person the same way I see a fulani from funta jalon..
Lost without identity therefore whatever they want me to call them I'll call them...
I had heard everything this man Mr Amadi said in this interview before from Barrister Uche Okwukwu, he had cleared all these arguments in the past, he said it clearly that he had carried out research that dated back to 300 years ago and above of Ikwerre history and that there is no single traces of Benins in Ikwerre ancestry and that Ikwerre are 100% Igbos that even the late oba of Benin clearly stated it that Ikwerres are 100% Igbos
The cause of western Igbo identity crisis was Nigeria civil war.
😢
Coconut head generation 😂I know we will fix the mess one day 💯💯💯💯🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
What is Sosochiso?
SOSOCARE
you can visit the sosocare.com/nnaa-mehn
Pls igbo is only one tribe not two and ikwere is not a single tribe ikwere and owerri and other communities are the same in igbo land
So, this is how Bonny and Opobo personal or peopled names where changed? 😢
He's rightly right, even the igbos that went there returned
Boss the ikwerre ancestors where forced to change their name from what to what...
Where does ighwuruoha originate?
There are lot of questions to ask. But the history of igbos, Ikwerrians, Benin, are still undefined.
people still fail to realize that migration can change the language and demographic of a place. look at Lagos state today. does that mean the origins are not benin. Look at Warri, its origins are benin they dont even speak the language. Language was not important to the benin kingdom. other tribe were allowed to flourish within the empire. People say maybe bein should've just forced their language on everyone. THe ikwerre situation can be explained by the igbo domination of the eastern region created by the british. ev en onitsha was given to the igbos by the oba of benin go and verify.
I know from the onset that there is no way that ikwerre brothers can be traced to benin
These things should be documented, Nigerian armies also did camouflage to kill and make it look like biafrians.
Yes my mother is from Ikwerre (I am Igbo) and she was told these stories of how Nigerian soldiers usually camouflage wearing Biafran insignias, using to terrorise the people on other to engender hate btw the groups, and they succeeded. I will not sit here to deny that Biafrans could have committed some things too bcos it was a war situation. The truth is somewhere in between. My mum marrying my Dad was tug of war. The father of the girl knew my Dad as a young man who will take care of his child and handed over my mum. He loved my Dad bcos he could vouch for his character.
This is a true son of the soil. He shall live long for being able to investigate and also bold to speak up.
We are waiting for the continuation
This guys is telling the truth.
I jave heard the story before
You're the original son of your father
Ahuchi is not a Benin speaking language, but there in Edo state, there under benin
You don't know Amadin is a Benin name, even Benin to Benin can still call me am not his brother If there's matters. What is the meaning of ikwerre.
Ikwerre means do you agree!
It is not amadin it is amadi. There is no "N" and amadi is igbo
Land mass doesn't matter. Where Igbos close to Bonny before slave trade.
This story is not real,no body changes name during Biafra war, because many Biafra came to Edo state in my place to live, they didn't change their names, they went back after war,
Say what you know! Stop talking rubbish
What you said is out of contex. The Igbos that run out of Igbo land were not the target during that time but the ones in the oil areas of the rivers
The names were changed go and check the map Walter Egerton draw you will see the original names
You do not really have a good information of your historical back,you are talking about yesterday civil war when we are talking about history of over a century.Pls am not disputing what you are saying rather i wish to redirect you to make a better research and pls take your historical search net beyond the civil war bcos the ikwerre history is not tied to the civil war of yesterday,so i advise that you make a deeper research,thx for the information.
It is tied to the civil war, I have watch like 5 interviews where ikwerre very old men said same thing. Their ancestor is AKALAKA whc is Igbo
Go and sit down,you don't knew history,fulani blood
Are you on Facebook?
Search for Nnaa Mehn TV
It is not your fault. We destroyed the strength by buried alive last prophet 510 years ago in jealousy. Hear it open , the throne has been rebuilt. All that belonged to us must come to us. Even those in far away America's islands and European countries. God has promised to rebuild us, and we have come back to love, share, and care for each other again
Keep crying 😭 go and confront this elder that say he is not bini
The spirit are awakened
Please read history Amadi is Benin Name
Funny man
False! Amadi is igbo name
🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢
@Nnaa mehn tv I want to suggest something. It's going to cost money, but I believe we can raise money through one way or the other since it is for a good cause. If you meet hardcore believers in the Benin theory, undertake to take some on a journey to 2 or 3 Igbo states, take them to different villages in the same state and let him hear different Igbo tribes speak in their tongues. This will make them understand that food alone can be pronounced in multiple ways. E.g Wuri, Nri, Nli, Nnyi Ndi, unyi eri, etc.
Most of them always claim that the central Igbo sounds different from their dialect and for that, the they are not Igbo. They should understand that we are singularly a tribe and collectively Ndigbo. Those people don't travel, and they really don't know much
Pls in your comments you said difference igbo tribe pls we don't have anything like difference igbo tribe what we have is only but one igbo tribe in this world again ikwere people are not a single tribe their are igbo people igbo community like owerri and others
@@denniskcobi3470igbo is not a tribe! It is a nation of different tribes. The term that is close enough is ethnic group. If you study sociology you would get the distinction better’ . It’s just like jacobs sons making twelve tribes of Israel. Meaning same brothers but forming different tribes. This is why we have different dialects in igbo land
@@todayworldpost so pls which tribe are you and what is the name of your tribe and where are they located
@@todayworldpost pls same brothers don't form different tribes instead same brothers are the same blood but different names at the end their are not different in tribes but they are only but one tribe that what igbo biafra tribe are God only created one igbo tribe not two
Owerri are related to ikwere people.
Clean up your mouth
The ikwerre people are Igbo's. Three quarter of river state are Igbo. Ikwerre, indoni, ogba, egbema, etche etc
Bro same with Delta north
Oga wether u like it or not ikwerrians are from Benin go n read
Bro stop wasting your energy for fools who is not aware of his blood group
Ikwerre abughi Igbo Biko
Tell them moo ooh please
Prove am na, he just gave you history you drop your own history
U just spoke Igbo nwannem
Nnaa mehn, infact i don't know the real adjectives to use, to qualify these so called Ikwere people of River state how can a governor of a state including the chairman of a locale government come out in public to say that Ikwere people is not igbos and did not originated from the igbos rather their from Benin and there was no traditional elders that can call him to an other. Well, is quite a pity
Who brought this drunker again please show him road to his father's house
Ikuere origin is benin, they where influenced by the igbo culture it doesn't mean that they are igbo, what about the owan, afemaie, igede, isoko and urhobo and so on, oga stop have you not see brother's that kill themselves
My dear, it's not by force to be benin, abi now. Everyone should be free to choose where he feels at home.
@babaaaron nobody is forcing you ok
@@bigiiyke2640 it's not about me, ok
P R O M O S M 😇
Amadi is also a benin name. Iwuoha looks like an adultration of UWOHA, a benin word for BUSH OR UNDEVELOPED AREA. So your name and the name of where you came from link you to Benin
Go and ready your history
Ihuruoha means front face of the clan, am I right?
Really you don't where you came from, what is the full meaning of your name, amadi that typically benin language, let me tell you the full meaning of your name.( AMADI AYANGBON ) IN BENIN LANGUAGE Meaning if you are not fully heartedly you cannot leave in this world.
Stop deceiving yourself.
Cheapest and Smart deceit by Nigerian troops and Benin troops to divide the people of ikwere against their own people yhe IGBOs
Oba Iku apolopolo will sure reclaim his territories long live Edo kingdom Oba a pe ee
If you are a real Ikwerre origin you can´t denounce your linage because of house rent and is like you have problem with money don´t be sold
out. What happens to your hair painted white or what? Your name is not Ama it´s Amadi.
Anambra and Enugu have Edo origin people as majority.
Port Harcourt real name is Igweocha
Lies! It was a Nick name called igwecha a Nick name by the Ikwerrians. The igbos corrupted it to igweocha. Pitakwa , garden city are also a Nick name given to Porthacourt by strangers. Liars
Mr. Amadi, be careful not to use the contemporary to interpret the ancient history. The lbo are about twenty some dialects. A civilization of the 9th century as supported by antiquities. people migrate to centers of civilization on account war, discontent, disputes, search for green pasture etc the lgbos may not be exceptions. They settle with host communities, assimilate the culture, musicology, personal names , language ,and cosmology,and diety. Name the ecosystem a mixture of the first languge and the second language, speak the host language according to the syllables, synthax ,semantics of their original language to form a dialect of the assimilated language .Nigerians for example speak a dialect of English bear their names. Italians speak a dialect of English according to sylables, synthax, semantics of of Italian language, bear same names. Listen to Italian English and tell the difference. Listen to Ekwerre lgbo and Onisha, Nsuka, Owerre Igbo . Read the history of Aboh kingdom from Benin, the connection of that kingdom to far away Mbaise. You may see the picture of what happened in the past relative to Ekwere. There are lgala tribe's of lgbo, and Nembe, look at their names The town name Emuoha of Ekwerre has Edoid name to it. There are about 400 tribe's in Nigeria, assimilated into one anther culture and stereo type. Ammadi's land lord may have spoken out of ignorance, DNA ,and antiquities may not support the claim.
If Emuoha sounds Edoic, it is actually pure Igbo. 'Enuoha'. To the best of my knowledge Bini's have denied any connections with Ikwerre people except perhaps in trade across that big empire.
I am Igbo and actually very irritated these days by my people's concern about Ikwerre people's origin. We know where they migrated from in Igboland. However, If Ikwerre's want to be Bini's, I see nothing wrong with that. The Igbo nation is already too large. We are larger than most African nations (in population) even most European nations. A 35-40m Igbo nation shouldn't be bothered about anyone who doesn't want to be part of it. Let each group move into where they're comfortable. I respect the man above who's spewing his own truth. But it changes nothing really.
Liar!!ikwerre is not Benin! Imagine you usurpers claiming ikwerre when no similarity whatsoever in culture tradition and language
apologies for barging in again to once again spoil your skewed half truth deceits. Firstly the word igbo is only a reference about 200yrears old even the earlier eboh which derived from the Abohs an ukwuani group who have told anyone who cares to listen that they are not an 'igbo' group is only about 400 years old. It means references like ikwerre , Aniocha, Aboh, Agbor , Onitsha etc referencing relative groups or then tribes are far more older references. Then to help you again appreciate on your skewed account of history, the three de facto realms between the 11th and 13th centuries in these parts were the Yarbar, the Benin and the Biafran realms. The Benin realm in addition being the de facto power block. The Yarbar now know as the Yoruba had subgroups as the Oyo, the egbas, ijebus and of course eko. There was a recent debate as to who actually established eko but thats for another day. Further more towns like onitsha were established by the Benin kingdom. Onitsha being derived from 'ono chie' meaning an occupied space occupied by the then Benin Oba via one of his princes. Yes the Benin realm and the de facto power block of those days as different from the Benin of today stretched as far as Onitsha and exerted influences within the Yarbar group. Question one how then does the most recent reference 'igbo' of any of the relative groups become what is chosen as one a super group and two a super name or reference for all the relative groups. Question two if names like ikwerre , Aniocha, Ukwuani , Agbor, Aboh etc have stuck with people for far more centuries if not millenias how do you imply rather callously and egoistically that they should bear 'igbo' as their appropriate name. Question three if you are looking for a super name for all the groups while not choose from one of the more earlier and ancient references like Aboh, Aniocha, ikwerre etc?
I am of the edoic speaking tribes of the Benin kingdom. That being said, the main igbo should also stop discriminating against their own people. We the isokos, urhobos, we don't deny our Benin heritage. same thing with the Beninese, esans and afemai people we all speak the same language.
I don't know where you're getting your information from. No Igbo man will discriminate against his brother anywhere. Infact others who are related to us are usually the ones who doesn't want to relate with us, like the Ikwerre's and a few communities from the West Igbo. Of course there are usually some scoundrels among us who want to profile some of these people, but that doesn't represent the igbos. Like I always say, no Igbo man has the mandate to confer Igbo citizenship on another. You are born with It and you claim it if you believe in it period. That your narrative is false.
@@osakweogyou igbo people discriminate ebonyi people. Call them all sorts of name's.
@@osakweog Anambra and imo people discriminate against Ebonyi people. I have seen it in my office. Even the imo people discriminate against Anambra. It happened in my office live and direct. The imo lady told me point blank not to have anything with the Anambra guy. It was a cultural shock for me. Anyway, to cut the story, I didn't go with her stupid advice.
@@shemovrere7431 You are totally wrong. That narrative is dead on arrival. These are crap narratives being sold by outsiders to make it look as if we don't love ourselves. Total BS !
How exactly will an Anambra or Imo man discriminate against Ebonyi man when we don't feed them? There's nothing an Anambra or Imo people enjoy as ndi Igbo that Ebonyi person doesn't enjoy too. Name one. If it's about calling of names we all have names we use on each other to sometimes denigrate each other, (but usually in a light hearted play mode). That is no hate. Just like Lagos and other Yorubas look down on Ibadan people, Ijebu and Ijesha etc These things are no domination, neither is it hate. They are what they are..... Perjorative or endomyn slangs used on each other. Nothing more. Outsiders who don't really know us just work so hard to make it look like hate on each other. BS. We are the only tribe that help lift persons who are not related to us and help him become a millionaire. Poverty level in Igbo land is lower bcos we actually do spread our wealth unlike most other tribes. Sorry I ain't buying what you're selling.
@@ECAbraham How be specific. Stop with the general statements. How does that happen? I am waiting
Quiet talk activities, na you go come tell us our history, never born.
Iwhụrụọha people not benin but other Igbo subgroup cousins
Ikwerres are not and can never be subgroup of Igbos but Igbo people in river state. Mind your tongue
@@willyboy4248whatever you call it the fact is that they are igbos simple.
They are pure Igbos not cousins thank you
You are deceiving your self
Cry me a river, ikwerres can never be Benin.
The Benin didn't say you are Benins, it is the father's of ikewre that said they are Benins because they are the once who knows there history. This young guys who are now fighting there father's view of there history.