Now let us talk about history & migration. There are many reasons I don't believe in state. I don't confine my Igboness to mere geographical and political boundary called state. That's why when some ask me where I come from I tell them Igbo land. State has limited us as a people.
Take for instance, someone from Igboụzọ (Ibuza) will be claiming Delta Igbo or not Igbo at all because they are in Delta not knowing that the progenitor of Igboụzọ was from Isuama Igbo (now Imo State).
A man from Ọgwashị-Ukwu mightl be claiming Delta and not Igbo not knowing the progenitor was from Nshi (the original name of Nri)
Do you know that Ọrọfịa in Anambra State were descendants of Ọhafịa in Abịa State? Do you know that Ezza-Mpụ in Aninri Enugwu State migrated
Do you know that Ọrọfịa in Anambra State were descendants of Ọhafịa in Abịa State? Do you know that Ezza-Mpụ in Aninri Enugwu State migrated
from the Ezza people who settled predominantly in the northern part of Ebọnyị State?
Do you know that many people from Ebọnyị State are carved into Benue? Do you know that some parts of Abịa were carved into Akwa Ibom and Rivers?
Do you know that many people from Ebọnyị State are carved into Benue? Do you know that some parts of Abịa were carved into Akwa Ibom and Rivers?
Igbo-Echee suppose to be in Imo but now in Rivers. Ọhaji-Egbema is in Imo, but it's divided, some Ọhaji in Rivers and some in Imo. Those in Rivers will say they aren't Igbo but Rivers. Rivers is it an identity? Rivers mean water.
In Arọchukwu, there is Ibom.
In Arọchukwu, there is Ibom.
There is Ọrọ in Arọchukwu. These are Ibibio language. But because of contact and linguistic as well as cultural assimilation, they speak Igbo. History has it that the Arọ had a fight with them, chase them as it was in the olden days, survival of the fittest.
If you war with a community and win you take over the territory. But what we can't take away is the proximity of Arọchukwu with Akwa Ibom. You can go to Ikot Ekpene by ọkara from Arọchukwu. If you are going to Arọchukwu from Bende, you must pass Itu. Itu is in Akwa ibom.
It's also a boundary of Igbo land—Itu Mbaụzọ.
In Ọhafịa, some bear names like Mfong, Inyang, Mong, Akpan, etc. They are Igbo. They eat also Efik food. The proximity gave in to cultural borrowing. Even the Ibini Ụkpaabi of Arọchukwu was an Efik/Ibibio deity.
In Ọhafịa, some bear names like Mfong, Inyang, Mong, Akpan, etc. They are Igbo. They eat also Efik food. The proximity gave in to cultural borrowing. Even the Ibini Ụkpaabi of Arọchukwu was an Efik/Ibibio deity.
Some parts of Ọkpọsị migrated from Ikwo, Ụmụakụma migrated from Uturu Abia State, some migrated from Ọmọkụ Rivers State from a town called Ọkpọsị; some migrated from Anịnri, some migrated from Benue and settled in Ọkpọsị,
assimilate into one culture and language known as Ọkpọsị language.
Igbo bụ Igbo. No one is more Igbo than another. We all at one time traveled from one place to another and settle there.
In my village, some kindreds migrated from Akpụọha.
Igbo bụ Igbo. No one is more Igbo than another. We all at one time traveled from one place to another and settle there.
In my village, some kindreds migrated from Akpụọha.
Akpụọha has a boundary with Afikpo and Cross River State. We are now one family except some elders tell you as I got information and researched about the migration of every kindred in my village. We are one community now with the same ideology, culture and mindset.
Human nature is beautiful and complex.
I look at you as a fool when you laugh at me because divide-and-rule system say I am from Ebọnyị State. One once asked me when I told her my state according to them is Ebọnyị: "Hmm, are you guys Igbo?"
I replied: "No, Fulani".
I look at you as a fool when you laugh at me because divide-and-rule system say I am from Ebọnyị State. One once asked me when I told her my state according to them is Ebọnyị: "Hmm, are you guys Igbo?"
I replied: "No, Fulani".
If our grandfathers who died in 1966 wake up now and hear Anambra, Imo, Abịa, Ebonyi, Enugwu, they will ask us: "what is that?"
It was because the Igbo wanted to leave Nigeria made Gowon and co as advised by the British government, to create state.
It was because the Igbo wanted to leave Nigeria made Gowon and co as advised by the British government, to create state.
They really achieved their aim. Now you can look down on someone because he comes from a different state that's not yours.
You see why history should be told. Igbo bụ ofu.
You see why history should be told. Igbo bụ ofu.
If we should dig your history, where you are claiming as your ancestral home now must have been where your ancestors migrated to. That's why I don't believe in that osu stigmatization shit. One or two persons made the rule. It should be disconnected from our head.
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