If not for your programs I would not know about igbanke people, Iam 50yrs Igbo man and never heard about igbanke in my life. This shows the relevance of what you are doing. Thank you
54 years ago igbanke was Igbo Akiri and was Igbo but due to the greed of Samuel ogbemudia ,, who later change his own name from chiedu to ogbemudia and carved out Igbo Akiri put it as part of Edo state
Diokpara, you don't change names like that, the father gave him Osaigbovo. The father is from Benin. Don't be emotional and tell lies, it is the mother that is from Igbanke. Infact Ogbemudia is his surname,not his name
I am from Igbanke and when we were under Bendel state we were called Bendel Igbo. These guys you interviewed are not learned or exposed to say. You should have ask them names of body parts in Igbanke dialect or ask them to count one to ten and see if there's any difference to the Igbo names. In Igbanke we have a community called Ngbidi which I believed is also found in Imo state. Igbanke are of the Igbo ancestory. Same 4 market days and new yam festival etc. You should have entered the village a little and see Igbos in numbers. All Bendel Igbos are all from the Igbo ancestory.
@@victorchukwuocha565 wrong, igbanke land is edo land so as part of delta, they where indigenous people before the migration of the igbos. They're edos from Benin kingdom.
@@ofonwannabugwu3763 most ibo culture is derived from Edo! Ibo culture na baby for where edo, ijaw, urhobo, itsekiri, ibibio, yoruba etc culture dey. U still dey breathe okoro man with empty isi
Igbanki people are original igbos. Ogbemudia, former military governor aligned them to benin people because his father is from benin while his mother is from Igbanki. We all speak ika igbo. We all are all proud igbos period.
As an Igbo man from Imo State, if I was lost and in my journey and I find myself in Igbanke, and hear them and see their cultures, I would immediately know I am in Igboland....period. Gowon and the Fulanis would be smiling now for a job well done in 1967. See how so many Igbo communities have lost their identities and have found themselves in a debate about their ethnic identity...
I am from Igbanke and our dialect is Ika Ibo. We understand everything our Igbo brothers speak. No Igbanke man that does not understand Igbo language. Though there may be variations. The guy you interviewed did not even know what our festival is called. It marks the beginning of new yam harvest called Iwa-gi while in Igbo language is called Iwa-ji
You're a doing a fantastic job brother. Our ancestors will be very proud of you. We all are Igbos and we are one people. Ohaneze and other Igbo groups has a lot of work to do sincerely.
First they changed from Igbo Akiri to Igbanke then they intimidated and brainwashed them to deny their identity. The effects of the Nigerian/Biafran war is off the chain.
I am from Igbanke please my brother I gbanke is purely originated from lgbo Our market week days are Eke ,Orie ,Afor ,Nkwor that is it All our tradition is connected to I gnome tradition we celebrate new yam festival which we call Egu festival all our kings title s name are call Eze like my clan which is Igbontor this are the names of the quarters (1) Ngbidi (2) obiegbe(3)Idumu igwe(4)Ohin (5)Oro (6)Iru .
@@chiozo11 Ignanke doesn’t call their king Enigie Is Oba of Benin that title come just to sweet their merging Every sons an daughters of do call their king Eze Pls I don’t who you are still continue your research if you want to know more than the native
This people are ikah people . Landlocked with in Edo state. Same dialect with the ikah they are igbos. Let's us visit cross river as our next stop. 💪 💪 💪
Igbos are one, nothing can divide it . We're going to be join together again, that's the hands work of British and Nigeria. Old Eastern region are one. Igbos in all part of Nigeria are one.
A way to convince pple like these further is for you to have a video collation of many Igbo ethnicities soeaking their dialects, their dressing and culture and tender it to these guys as food for thought. It should go a long way
Nnaa mehn you are doing an important sensitization and awareness campaign to many who do not know their lineage to the Igbos with the similar cultural identity and the similarities in the spoken language but highlighting clearly that it is a dialect of igbo, but it is igbo from the core because the culture and major aspects of dialect languages and identity is intact. Keep this igbo unifying mission up and continue to educate the unenlightened about the connection and their language origin. Love this.
Nnaa Mehn you are doing well.... For those who are calling for the so called Ohaneze should know that Ohaneze is long dead and gone they are now a political party who doesn't know their left from right.... For the past 53 years they haven't done anything good in working on the mandate of their name, they are only busy looking for pocket money..... Nnaa Mehn continue with the great work you are doing, mazi nnamdi kanu said it that all these people are one and igbos and he even made a prayer for it.....
GOD BLESS YOU SIR, but when you are finished with benue and kogi since they are close to benin, dpont forget south south, we have ukanafun lga akwa ibom state and some bayela and cross river villages , that re igbo
The first man was correct with the pronunciation of their community's name,he called it Igboakị which is more close to the original pronounciation"Igbo Akiri". When the former Bendel State was split into Edo and Delta states, Igbanke along with few other Igbo communities were carved into Edo state, the state's government failed to recognize Igbo as one of the languages of the state, resulting in Igbo not being taught in schools, so they started feeling a sense of isolate, also they were made to believe that Igbos are only those in the southeast. Since that time Igbanke and its neighbouring Igbo communities have been battling with identity crises, some of them will tell you that they speak Igbanke language, how can one community be an ethnic group? Some of them did not actually know that they belong to a major ethnic group in Nigeria. Thanks in part to the new generations of Igbanke, most of them now identify as Igbo and they have the Igbo spirit.
My respect! My respect man for your patience. According to a very smart Igbo writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, those Igbos who are denying their tribe are doing what she called "Political Identification" and not "Cultural Identification." When the going gets tough for them, they turn back to Cultural Identification. For example, I heard Governor Wike singing a hardcore Igbo traditional song used for Igbo burial rituals for men. All along, he has used Political Identification to enrich himself and denied that he is not an Igbo man. After squandering his loot trying to secure his party's nomination for the office of the president, reality set in when he got played and lost both getting the nomination and being chosen as a running mate. Who did he call, ghost buster?
History tit-bits! The boundaries that carved some Igbo communities in Northern Protectorate(Now Benue) were drawn by the British Authorities in 1902 under Tubman Goldie's Company by the creation of Southern Protectorate and Northern Protectorate before the name Nigeria was even suggested The second boundary that further split Igbos into western Region and Eastern Region was drawn by Benard Bourdillion in 1939 and was parts of 1946 Nigeria Richards Constitution (Then Western Region Capital was Ibadan, region includes present Edo and Delta States) After the Creation of Midwest Region in 1963 by Balewa Government, Igbo communities West of the Niger River was carved into Midwest Region. The third boundary that further split Igbos was again drawn by Yakubu Gowon as part of his War Efforts in 1967, Gowon Split the then Eastern Region into 3 States(East Central, Rivers and South Eastern States) The fourth boundary line was again drawn by Ibrahim Babangida in 1991 with Creation of Delta and Edo from Bendel States and dicing Igbanke to Edo State. Between Tubman Goldie, Benard Bourdillon, Tafawa Balewa, Yakubu Gowon and Ibrahim Babangida one thing seem common All bourdaries within Igboland were drawn without any Igbo input or suggestion some against Igbo interest, all by non-Igbos History Food for thought!
You did a wonderful job with your write up but you left out the one that was actually done to destroy the Igbo race(the boundary adjustment programme of 1976)created by Obasanjo and headed by one Fulani man called Nasir.
Great point Robinson 👍. They (most of them) need to step out of their environment. When organisms are caged, they misbehave. They most definitely 😁 need to step out of their comfort zone or they will perish.
The esan man don't do same thing with the bini man neither does the owan man nor the ika man...the so-called Benin empire is a collection of same blood line that started their own families. rumours have it we are hebrews and the igbos are nothing but renegades of that empire/family that's why the ika and ebanke can't say they are igbos. The igbos left because they wanted to be a different people of their own that's why to this day they have no form of leadership. Note a son can't carry his father so the igbos should stop trying to say ika and ebanke are igbos rather they should trace where they belong among the ika or the ebanke. Well I most state that the arrogance of the bini kingship cos this conflict that's eating us to this day if not this won't be happening.
Nnaa mehn you're doing a great job , God bless you, it's very unfortunate that this is happening to the Igbo tribe, somebody speaking Igbo will be telling you that he or she is not and Igbo, no be juju be that
God will surely connect Igbos, the problem is the Igbo leaders past and present who only look for what his stomach will eat and abandoned their divine duty to serve the people!
Love the work you are doing. Please continue this grand and noble mission of enlightenment and sensitization of igbo communities that have over the years branded themselves as not being Igbos, but the language and culture enriched with the core igbo signature and stamped with an identity could not conceal their denial and possible delusion that they are a totally different people with another unique language. The truth is hitting hard at their hearts and it is causing them to re-examin their position in terms of cultural identity and language similarities.
We call river (Iyi) the traditional dance for the new yam festival is call Uroko dance that is what IMO people call Okoriosha dance We believe Rencanation ,kolanut play very important role in any traditional things both for hosting visitor ,for prayer of any kind ,appealing of gods , praying to the ascestor , etc. Anything trading is call Afia These are where the origin of a people is being trace We also call Christmas (Ofara or Afara ) every names of any thing is same as Igbo Our God is call Chukwu We only have dialectical different which is in speaking,pronouncsation an spelling
The Igbo race last homeland before Arab Fulani invasion span across West Africa to the horn of Africa These tribes connived with invaders to attempt wiping out the Igbo race; the custodians of black culture The Igbo race is bouncing back and with it, the glory of the dark race
Honestly I feel sorry for the Igbos they are so scattered all over like the Isrealites when they were under captivity. Start looking for your brothers don't accept permanent displacement
this man answering does not know much about his origin i am from ika agbor I can tell u I am an Igbo man. and igbanki was part of Delta state before until some political idiots whose parents came from both igbanki Delta state and Edo state in the name of marriage and power then carve out igbanki to Edo state. That's y since those idiots left power in those days up until now igbanki people never experience good things much from Edo state. set aside that we all are old eastern Igbo region. one blood 💯
Evil Nigeria divide and rule is influencing this people big time God will surely connect/gather Igbos together, the problem is the Igbo leaders past and present who only look for what his/her stomach will eat and abandoned their divine duties to serve and Unite the people!
I can understand when igbanke and Agbor people say they are not Igbo, bcuz they literally are mixed with Bini, and have traces of Bini culture. But I think Ukwuani and Aniocha are predominately Igbo.
Bro, please adjust your thinking. As a community,they are not from Bini, their communities were established by Igbos which is indicated by their names. So they are Igbos. Even if there are some Bini people among them,it doesn't matter. For example,in Nnewi, you'll find Hausa people, does is mean that Nnewi should stop being Igbo? In Benin City,there are many Igbo people who live there, some have built houses, should that make Benin city to change ethnic identity? The same thing is true with ibadan, Calabar,uyo etc. Another possibility is intermarriage, those people that have Bini surname it could be that their great grandma was married from Bini. Above all,it is only one community that have a significant amount of Bini people, this community speaks a mixture of Igbo and Edoid,but other communities speaks normal ika Igbo dialect. We don't have to leave our own,reason Wella bro!
@@ndubuisiezeoye2099 we can only speculate. Nobody knows the exact facts. But if you use inference and dissect, it makes sense that the majority of Ika came from Igbo. Then, there was a significant migration wave from Bini, where they borrowed their customs and culture. But they couldn't borrow their language because the Igbo population was more. They have been under Bini's umbrella for centuries, that they probably forgot they came from Igbo. But some places like Igbodo and Umunede still remember that they came from the East.
@@chiozo11 what I'm saying is that, since those communities were established by Igbo people,any Bini migration in the area doesn't matter, You are not correct by saying that they've been under Bini umbrella for centuries, before, there was no such word like ika,all Igbo communities in the west of the Niger identify simply as Igbo even their Edo neighbors calls them ovbigbo(Ndị Igbo). It was in the 1860s when the Igbo language was being prepared to have a writing system that the word ika was formed, during that time there was nothing like state, so inorder to analyze their dialects so as to prepare a general standard Igbo for all the Igbos, Igbo language scholars divided them into three according to their dialects. They are; Igbanke region--I Kwale (Ụkwụanị) region--k Aniocha region--A This was how the word ika was formed, Igbo was added to it, that is Ika-Igbo,it was given to all of them in the west of the Niger as their general name, During the war in 1968, inorder to appear separate from Igbo because of the war,they desperately started looking for an identifying name, that former Igbanke region took that general name to themselves and removed that Igbo added to it, as a result of this Aniocha and kwale regions abandoned the name. After the war in1970, some of them started changing and rewriting history that was how they got under that "Bini umbrella", but actually they are not up to 30% Edotic, they are more Igbo than Edo. If your mother or grandma is from Bini and give you Bini name, should that make you Bini? No! Because you belong to your father. As for their festivals,it is a normal thing to borrow culture,afterall Edo also borrowed somethings from Igbo,and they are still bearing Edo. Akwa ibom people and Abia/Imo people does ekpe festival,we don't know the tribe that borrowed it from the other. As a matter of fact, most of those Igbanke festivals are actually Igbo culture, it's just that they were renamed during the time of ogbemudia who wanted to Edolize them. When it comes to that one community which is a mixture of Igbo and Edoid, there is no way one community will stand as an ethnic group, so they'll have to join Igbo which is their closest in language. Afterall, there is no tribe that you won't see other people who later become part of them.
@@ndubuisiezeoye2099 I've read in a book that was published before the war that Ika people said they migrated from Bini, which is probably false, but that is probably all they can remember. Now, and centuries before, they would have to answer to the Oba of Benin. Of course Ika came from Igbo, that's why their language follows an Igbo pattern. But they have probably branched off so far, and accepted so many Bini migrants, that they forgot about there migration from the East, and you cant blame them for what their parents told them. Only Igbodo and Umunede in Ikaland remember they came from the East.
I dont know why they put Igbanke in Edo State, they should have been put with their fellow Ika- Igbos in Delta State. However, tgere is nothing like Delta-Igbo, Igbo is Igbo
you are doing a great job, there is a lot to done, there are many delta igbos who have lost identity to other tribes in delta especially in isoko, how do one explain his great grand father's name is okorie, who then gave birth to onwuka, enedo, izugo, inelenya , chukwu etc, but now they claim to be isoko?, its really surprising.
Thanks NNAMENHNTV, God bless you. Pls go to mbiri close to this place you are now, from igbanke to mbiri is 100 naira, pls go there and tell them you're from Mbiri in Imo state, let it be loud Let them know that you came to visit your family members pls. My people are not helping matters at all
Nana Mehn.... You try in pronouncing Igbanke people Local Govt. The Igbanke people find it difficult to pronounce. Is like it was forced on them. Igbanke comprises of 1. Otah 2. Oligie 3. Igbontor/Idumu-Iru 4. Ake/Obiogba/Uwaya Ake 5. Omolua and Onu-iyi 6. Idumu-Odin Igbanke people call their King as Eze or Obi eg. Eze Ake, Eze Otah, Eze Idumu-Odin, Eze Oligie, Eze Omolua.. or Obi eyin (our king) But, the government gave their Eze as Enogie via Oba of Benin but most of them call their King Eze Their festival is called Egwu, if you are born during their this festival, you will be named Imegwu. Igue is Benin traditional festival that was imported. New generation Igbanke people don't bear Benin name. In their greetings, male and female greeting same greetings in the evening (Anyansi) while in the morning/afternoon, the greet separate greetings... Elieh for male and La wueze for female. Their Welcome is Aluah. 80 to 90% of Igbanke dialects are Igbo Language, They bear name like Azuka, Emeke, Ebonka, Imegwu, Ngozi, Ndidi, Emefiele, Omeke, Nwakaego, Amaechi, Nwaka, Okafor, Chukwuyem, Chukwuka, Nwachukwu They called their senior Diokpa. Male is called Okehen Female is called Okpoho. Who is your king is translated in Igbanke as Onye Wu Eze Onu. In the midnight is call Ime Abali in Igbanke. Evening is call Anyansi Morning is called Otuntun Fire is called Okun Yam is called Igi or Iji Suffering is called Afunfun. Iron is called Igwe Gasket is called Ekpetin In Benin, they called IGBANKE people.. Owi Igbo while in Igbanke they called Benin people ... Ndi Iduh. Asusu Igbanke is Complete Igbo... Don't debate it. If you debate it, go to Benin and tell them you are from Benin with such name like Eneke, Azuka, Obika, Ndidi. Cone back and tell us your experience. Me I am from Igbontor Igbanke, I remove my Benin surname. REASON: I don't know the meaning whenever I am asked. I am tired of explanation of the name because I can't speak Benin This is my option..
Thank you sir for this gracious admission. The people of Igbo Akiri will attain no political relevance in Edo state, they should align with their Igbo heritage and become the majority and stake holders in the grand scheme of things. Chiedo Ogbemudia used his people in Igbo Akiri as a political gambit after the war to gain political inclusion at the federal level by denouncing their Igbo identity. A united Igbo is unstoppable and this is what scares some people.
You are correct bro, my cousins is igbo- Akiri I have never seen them deny Igbo heritage, I went to Benin for my elder cousin burial, Benin traditions is so different from Agbor, they was even issue that day btw Agbor people and Benin people, we almost called boys from Agbor because of the way the benins where treating my dead cousin, they where calling us Igbo, most of them using bini language, some of them told us that we should stop quarrelling that our brothers are the one that occupy most of this areas in Benin, from ogan, igbankee etc. Benin and Agbor is very different in terms of traditions, Benin will call you Igbo weather you like it or not, cos they don't see any similarities in language and traditions etc.
@@leonardorjioffor6683 yea . Some of them. Exactly 💯, like this man uche chukwu, and ikwerre man but a core figure in the ohaneze . It was even from his speech I learnt that asari dokubo was formerly igbo. U see, the right solution to this is just referendum. A referendum should be conducted . Same thing that happened in the UK. While majorly Wales people and Scotland whom believe they are not England. Were give a nation and those who believed. Went ahead with their England nationality
Eze Chima from Arochukwu introduced the 4 market days to the Bini as he was a slave trader with the Oba. Eze Chima prayed with the Oba using kolanut for a successful a slave hunt.
I respect your view… however, that is not true…I can only accept that if the Benin historians had corroborated it. That is the only way a fact can be established… not one sided story. Thanks
@@nnfefe9451 ancient igodomigodo say's it all about the real owners of the land, the igbo 4 market's days has been in existence during the reign of ogiso's Note.... The first ogiso that ruled the land is an igbo man by the name igodo & the name igodomigodo is an igbo name
Well I think they said they go to school, all of us know that in any language there is dialect..... Even non igbos people that use to speak igbo language by leaning, understand that those people are making fool of them selves..... Most of them find if difficult to apologize for what they have done wrong against us.....
My community in Nsukka calls new yam festival "Iri Egu." Not every Igbo community calls new yam festival "Iri jii." So what Igbanke calls new yam festival isn't strange.
@@debest5181 Igbanke people should be included in Anioma state whenever Anioma state is created, as well as the Ukwuani communities of Ogba/Omoku/Ndoni in Rivers state.
When Ikwere people say that they are coming from Benin, this is what they mean. They are the Igbos who moved from this areas due to war. They were all part of the famous Benin Empire. Not all Igbo indigenes left that area.
As igbanke is under Edo state I never like it right from the one, we can not be called Edo and language is different is a mess to us, when ever I go I tell people am delta igbo or IKA igbo, am not from Edo state
You would be surprised to find out that even the elders are not free from this malady. There is one elderly man he interviewed in Etche. You need to see how clueless the man was
People don't understand meaning of tribe...that is reason why they using their ethnic group as tribe. Igbo is a tribe and in igbo, you will begin to have ethnic groups e.g nsuka, agbaru, ngwa, Ndoki, Anam, ikwere,igala, ibaji, and so on. Some people go to school but still uneducated
This is what the system of education in Nigeria has caused. A country where you don't teach history and some people don't know their identity and origin.
Most people interviewed here don't even know they are Igbo. Before Igbanke was cut into Orhionmwon LGA it was originally under Ika LGA. Ika is Igboland. Fulani and the colonial masters did it to further reduce and divide the Igbo race.
I thought praying with kolanut is a Nigerian thing, we in isoko land pray with kolanut, my mothers side from urhobo also pray with kolanut abd i know the bini's do it too ... are we all Igbo?
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 so they are speaking ibini? Do ibinis practice 4 market days, how do you say come, go, i want to eat? Speak in your language i want to compare it
@@uzopaul871 I haven't said Igbanke is not Igbo. I don't know about dem, but frm wot they hv said in dis video, their cultural practices, dialect, King, market days, all r Igbo. I don't understand ur point. Wot's hurting u? Hans Oreva made a point about "KOLANUT" & I only responded regarding dat particular point. Kolanut ALONE doesn't qualify ONE'S IDENTITY. One point or similarity in just one tin doesn't determine IDENTITY. A combination of practices, culture, tradition, Masquerades, language etc dat's wot I meant in my comment. But u just fly in begin blab anyhow as if I break ur egg or plate in ur former life. I wasn't talking of anytin else, so wetin b ur problem? D ppl clearly r Igbos & they demselves say so ! Y shud I say somtin I don't know, I'm not frm Igbanke, I don't know their history, culture or anything. Only heard about Igbo in Edo frm a friend recently. U think I'm lik som of u Igbos who lik 2insult ppl without evn knowing d ppl's history? If shud hug transformer, y don't u jump into d Atlantic? Shuoo ! By d way it's BINI, not IBINI. Learn 2know about places if u must talk about dem. U can't b spelling Bini as Ibini
@@chijinduchizoba7194 Chizoba, why the "Oba" if I were you, I will either go find out or ditch that name altogether, mumu! By the way, no one is saying anyone cannot come from Igbo, hausa, or ghana to Igbanke and claim Igbo, all we are saying is the foundation, the land, the ground belongs to Edo! Period!!
@@edoeugene8749 Please don't mind them. Thay are bent on usurping places. That was the cause of the Biafra war when Ahmedu Bello drove them all out of North; Nzegwu went to kill Almedu Bello causing the war of 1967!
Ever wonder why Anambra people neither spoke nor speak the Bini language? Could it be that the language was and is so guttural that it was recklessly abandoned?
Speaking a language does not make them from a tribe. We speak English but we are not from England or Britain. The influence of neighboring languages does no make people to be from a tribe. In Bayelsa state for example there are other minority tribes with the Ijaws in majority. But people outside Bayelsa state terms everyone as Ijaws which is wrong. Don't force people to accept where they are not from because of language.
Obigbo ,was chenge to oyibo .igweocha change to River ,okoloama was chenge to Bonny while that of cross river which did not Bear igbo name was not touch
What we are seeing among these Igbo communities is a well engineered ignorance, ignorance is the highest disease o,something that can make you work against yourself, the people don't know the difference between language and dialect.
There were indigenous Igbos living in Benin centuries ago, those market days in Benin are not customary to the Benin people. This is why they changed the names of the market days to; 1. AHO to AGBADO 2. EKEN 3. ORRIE to EKIOBA 4. OKUO to EKEN'AKA
@@ndubuisiezeoye2099 igbo's are first settlers of that land, that's why you have igbo 4 market's days over there The market days you commented on was corrupted, it was originally orie, afor, nkwo, eke
It's not actually true that every Igbanke person is Igbo...The people of Igbanke are mixture of the Bini and Agbor..You should have asked him the name of different quarters there...All the quarters are Bini names...In fact, I don't think Nnnah Mehn will understand the meaning of Idumu which is translated to quarters...They celebrate Igweh which is the Oba of Bini end of year cleansing feast..
Igbanke is pure Ika Igbo, even though they have incoporated aspects of Benin culture by being included in Edo state. But remember that Idumu is related to the same Igbo name--Umu. The word "Umu" is used to denote quaters or kindred in Igbo land. The word "Igwe" in Igbo land denotes a king, Igwe can also denote a crowd of people depending on the contest. Remember that it was Samuel Ogbemudia that incoporated Igbanke people (Igbo-akiri) into Edo state, because his mother was from there.
Those Benin name can be change drastically. In Igbontor Igbanke, we have the following quarter. Obiogbe, idumu-oro, Idumu-Ohin, idumu-Igwe, Mgbidi, Idumu-Esan (because of their violence nature, they called them idumu Esan)
@@mondayake1286 change for what.. This is edo state not Igbo land.. You can relocate them to igbo land because many are in other states .. You Igbo migrated from the east for live there that doesn't mean the land belong to Igbo people ok
The two men you interviewed pronounce the name of their local government differently. Reason: it is not their language. If you see any Igbanke person, ask him or her to Spell their local ? PROBLEMS Ohhhhhhh.
this guy can waka shaaa see the thing you are looking for I know. my advice is you can find it more easy semilarity in Ika land proper. I mean center of Ika go there let's see
This igbo boy is forcing people to be Igbo because some of them speak igbo language or something similar. The question i want to ask this small igbo boy is that..does it mean our black brothers and sisters whose forefathers were taken from Africa to other parte of the world are no longer black africans because they dont speak African indigenous language? Are they now whites because they speak english?
😂 igbos are nothing but part of the Benin empire that left but the ones with Sense still say dey are part of the kingdom. The greeting lavbieze in benin can be trace to that side of the clan. There's a ancient oral tradition that say we are all hebrews but the igbo part feel they can go their separate ways, so let them go. Just know a child can not take a father, the ika and ebanke are superior to the igbos that's why they can't agree they are igbos
IGBANKE is an Igbo language related to Ebonyi state Edda people. it is surprising though he is denying to be Igbo. we have IGBANKE people in Ebonyi state it is part of ikwu when you are talking about linage. this are the following ikwu in Edda and Ebonyi state Ewa-nkpori Igbanke etc. if i remember the rest i will list it.
If not for your programs I would not know about igbanke people, Iam 50yrs Igbo man and never heard about igbanke in my life. This shows the relevance of what you are doing. Thank you
54 years ago igbanke was Igbo Akiri and was Igbo but due to the greed of Samuel ogbemudia ,, who later change his own name from chiedu to ogbemudia and carved out Igbo Akiri put it as part of Edo state
Then you dont actively follow Biafra agitation, that is for sure. Radio Biafra teaches thus alot, Mazi Kanu does. Simon Ekpa too.
SAME TO ME. THANK YOU BROTHER. MORE GREESE TO YOUR ELBOWS.
Diokpara, you don't change names like that, the father gave him Osaigbovo. The father is from Benin. Don't be emotional and tell lies, it is the mother that is from Igbanke. Infact Ogbemudia is his surname,not his name
You are either Igbanke or ika so trace your ancestors igbos are renegades that left.
I am from Igbanke and when we were under Bendel state we were called Bendel Igbo.
These guys you interviewed are not learned or exposed to say. You should have ask them names of body parts in Igbanke dialect or ask them to count one to ten and see if there's any difference to the Igbo names.
In Igbanke we have a community called Ngbidi which I believed is also found in Imo state.
Igbanke are of the Igbo ancestory. Same 4 market days and new yam festival etc.
You should have entered the village a little and see Igbos in numbers.
All Bendel Igbos are all from the Igbo ancestory.
CORRECT.
@@victorchukwuocha565 wrong, igbanke land is edo land so as part of delta, they where indigenous people before the migration of the igbos. They're edos from Benin kingdom.
@@konfidojah-son6906 mumu
@@ofonwannabugwu3763 ur papa and ur mama! Isi ewu!
@@ofonwannabugwu3763 most ibo culture is derived from Edo! Ibo culture na baby for where edo, ijaw, urhobo, itsekiri, ibibio, yoruba etc culture dey. U still dey breathe okoro man with empty isi
Igbanki people are original igbos. Ogbemudia, former military governor aligned them to benin people because his father is from benin while his mother is from Igbanki. We all speak ika igbo. We all are all proud igbos period.
Where in Bini was, Ogbemudia's father from
It was called "Egban Eken" originally not "Igbanke" Thanks.
@@TheUhroboGuyIgbo akiri *
God will bless you, don’t listen to those Bini people oo
As an Igbo man from Imo State, if I was lost and in my journey and I find myself in Igbanke, and hear them and see their cultures, I would immediately know I am in Igboland....period. Gowon and the Fulanis would be smiling now for a job well done in 1967. See how so many Igbo communities have lost their identities and have found themselves in a debate about their ethnic identity...
True Igbo bu Igbo
Gowon and Fulanis finished us but thank God for Nnamdi Kanu.
Ihbanke is normally called lgboakiri ogbomudia Samuel Osai
Their name is not Igbanke but Igboakiri
@@dubemellit2932 you are right my brother. Please continue the enlightenment. Thanks!
I am from Igbanke and our dialect is Ika Ibo. We understand everything our Igbo brothers speak. No Igbanke man that does not understand Igbo language. Though there may be variations. The guy you interviewed did not even know what our festival is called. It marks the beginning of new yam harvest called Iwa-gi while in Igbo language is called Iwa-ji
You're a doing a fantastic job brother. Our ancestors will be very proud of you. We all are Igbos and we are one people. Ohaneze and other Igbo groups has a lot of work to do sincerely.
Igbanke is a corrupt name.... It was originally igboakiri & they're igbo's
No stop lieing it was egban anke. Igbos and propaganda
These peoples are one kind Funny 😁 IGBANKE ARE IGBO
First they changed from Igbo Akiri to Igbanke then they intimidated and brainwashed them to deny their identity. The effects of the Nigerian/Biafran war is off the chain.
Originally it was called "Egban Eken" not "Igbanke" Thanks.
Igbos and lies
@@TheUhroboGuymumu
@@Live_IT_ Foolish unity beggas.
I am from Igbanke please my brother I gbanke is purely originated from lgbo Our market week days are Eke ,Orie ,Afor
,Nkwor that is it All our tradition is connected to I gnome tradition we celebrate new yam festival which we call Egu festival all our kings title s name are call Eze like my clan which is Igbontor this are the names of the quarters (1)
Ngbidi (2) obiegbe(3)Idumu igwe(4)Ohin (5)Oro (6)Iru
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So what is Onigie? The traditional rulers of the 6 autonomous communities.
@@chiozo11 Ignanke doesn’t call their king Enigie Is Oba of Benin that title come just to sweet their merging Every sons an daughters of do call their king Eze Pls I don’t who you are still continue your research if you want to know more than the native
I mean Oba of Benin gave them that Enogie title
@@bl_shamzbob2226 so each quarter has an Eze and an Enigie?
There’s Ngbidi in Imo State too we are one
You are doing a great work continue to educate most of our misguided brothers whose British and Nigeria use divide and rule to separate out from us
Igbo will be great again, we must unite with our people.
This people are ikah people . Landlocked with in Edo state. Same dialect with the ikah they are igbos.
Let's us visit cross river as our next stop.
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He’s closer to kogi than cross river
Is not about visiting we must unite our people
please visit osakwenike community in bayelsa state, you will find many ukwani communities there, great job.
Are Osekwenike people a mixture of Ukwanis and Isokos?
Igbos are one, nothing can divide it . We're going to be join together again, that's the hands work of British and Nigeria. Old Eastern region are one. Igbos in all part of Nigeria are one.
A way to convince pple like these further is for you to have a video collation of many Igbo ethnicities soeaking their dialects, their dressing and culture and tender it to these guys as food for thought. It should go a long way
Exactly
Nnaa mehn you are doing an important sensitization and awareness campaign to many who do not know their lineage to the Igbos with the similar cultural identity and the similarities in the spoken language but highlighting clearly that it is a dialect of igbo, but it is igbo from the core because the culture and major aspects of dialect languages and identity is intact. Keep this igbo unifying mission up and continue to educate the unenlightened about the connection and their language origin. Love this.
You are doing a great job, history will never forget you 💙.
Nnaa Mehn you are doing well....
For those who are calling for the so called Ohaneze should know that Ohaneze is long dead and gone they are now a political party who doesn't know their left from right....
For the past 53 years they haven't done anything good in working on the mandate of their name, they are only busy looking for pocket money.....
Nnaa Mehn continue with the great work you are doing, mazi nnamdi kanu said it that all these people are one and igbos and he even made a prayer for it.....
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GOD BLESS YOU SIR, but when you are finished with benue and kogi since they are close to benin, dpont forget south south, we have ukanafun lga akwa ibom state and some bayela and cross river villages , that re igbo
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The first man was correct with the pronunciation of their community's name,he called it Igboakị which is more close to the original pronounciation"Igbo Akiri".
When the former Bendel State was split into Edo and Delta states, Igbanke along with few other Igbo communities were carved into Edo state, the state's government failed to recognize Igbo as one of the languages of the state, resulting in Igbo not being taught in schools, so they started feeling a sense of isolate, also they were made to believe that Igbos are only those in the southeast.
Since that time Igbanke and its neighbouring Igbo communities have been battling with identity crises, some of them will tell you that they speak Igbanke language, how can one community be an ethnic group? Some of them did not actually know that they belong to a major ethnic group in Nigeria.
Thanks in part to the new generations of Igbanke, most of them now identify as Igbo and they have the Igbo spirit.
He needs to interview that new generation so we can confirm for ourselves
@@chidumebiarukwe6436 What else do you need to know when they all identified with the Nnamdi Kanu led Biafra movement?
THANK GOOD
@@dermotwallace5533 yeah pain
They did what they did on purpose so that those igbos will be lost. The Fulani and Yoruba conspiracy against ndi Igbo.
My respect! My respect man for your patience. According to a very smart Igbo writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, those Igbos who are denying their tribe are doing what she called "Political Identification" and not "Cultural Identification." When the going gets tough for them, they turn back to Cultural Identification. For example, I heard Governor Wike singing a hardcore Igbo traditional song used for Igbo burial rituals for men. All along, he has used Political Identification to enrich himself and denied that he is not an Igbo man. After squandering his loot trying to secure his party's nomination for the office of the president, reality set in when he got played and lost both getting the nomination and being chosen as a running mate. Who did he call, ghost buster?
History tit-bits!
The boundaries that carved some Igbo communities in Northern Protectorate(Now Benue) were drawn by the British Authorities in 1902 under Tubman Goldie's Company by the creation of Southern Protectorate and Northern Protectorate before the name Nigeria was even suggested
The second boundary that further split Igbos into western Region and Eastern Region was drawn by Benard Bourdillion in 1939 and was parts of 1946 Nigeria Richards Constitution (Then Western Region Capital was Ibadan, region includes present Edo and Delta States)
After the Creation of Midwest Region in 1963 by Balewa Government, Igbo communities West of the Niger River was carved into Midwest Region.
The third boundary that further split Igbos was again drawn by Yakubu Gowon as part of his War Efforts in 1967, Gowon Split the then Eastern Region into 3 States(East Central, Rivers and South Eastern States)
The fourth boundary line was again drawn by Ibrahim Babangida in 1991 with Creation of Delta and Edo from Bendel States and dicing Igbanke to Edo State.
Between Tubman Goldie, Benard Bourdillon, Tafawa Balewa, Yakubu Gowon and Ibrahim Babangida one thing seem common
All bourdaries within Igboland were drawn without any Igbo input or suggestion some against Igbo interest, all by non-Igbos
History Food for thought!
goodafy,
"When you are surrounded by enemies, you sleep 😴 with one 👁️ eye open."
This is one of the best input I've read on this subject. Well researched and thanks a lot.
You did a wonderful job with your write up but you left out the one that was actually done to destroy the Igbo race(the boundary adjustment programme of 1976)created by Obasanjo and headed by one Fulani man called Nasir.
Very apt, thanks for your in depth analysis.
Wow bro, you get am
IGBANKE PEOPLE SHOULD TRAVEL OUT AND SEE
Great point Robinson 👍.
They (most of them) need to step out of their environment. When organisms are caged, they misbehave. They most definitely 😁 need to step out of their comfort zone or they will perish.
The esan man don't do same thing with the bini man neither does the owan man nor the ika man...the so-called Benin empire is a collection of same blood line that started their own families. rumours have it we are hebrews and the igbos are nothing but renegades of that empire/family that's why the ika and ebanke can't say they are igbos.
The igbos left because they wanted to be a different people of their own that's why to this day they have no form of leadership.
Note a son can't carry his father so the igbos should stop trying to say ika and ebanke are igbos rather they should trace where they belong among the ika or the ebanke.
Well I most state that the arrogance of the bini kingship cos this conflict that's eating us to this day if not this won't be happening.
Nnaa mehn you're doing a great job , God bless you, it's very unfortunate that this is happening to the Igbo tribe, somebody speaking Igbo will be telling you that he or she is not and Igbo, no be juju be that
God will surely connect Igbos, the problem is the Igbo leaders past and present who only look for what his stomach will eat and abandoned their divine duty to serve the people!
Your page deserves more traffic. This is really enlightening. Keep it up dude
Love the work you are doing. Please continue this grand and noble mission of enlightenment and sensitization of igbo communities that have over the years branded themselves as not being Igbos, but the language and culture enriched with the core igbo signature and stamped with an identity could not conceal their denial and possible delusion that they are a totally different people with another unique language. The truth is hitting hard at their hearts and it is causing them to re-examin their position in terms of cultural identity and language similarities.
We call river (Iyi) the traditional dance for the new yam festival is call Uroko dance that is what IMO people call Okoriosha dance We believe
Rencanation ,kolanut play very important role in any traditional things both for hosting visitor ,for prayer of any kind ,appealing of gods , praying to the ascestor , etc. Anything trading is call Afia
These are where the origin of a people is being trace
We also call Christmas (Ofara or Afara ) every names of any thing is same as Igbo Our God is call Chukwu We only have dialectical different which is in speaking,pronouncsation an spelling
correct iyi is river in my place, what is n'gele in your language?
The Igbo race last homeland before Arab Fulani invasion span across West Africa to the horn of Africa
These tribes connived with invaders to attempt wiping out the Igbo race; the custodians of black culture
The Igbo race is bouncing back and with it, the glory of the dark race
IGBOS, WE ARE A GREAT PEOPLE THE WORLD KNOWS IT. OUR PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL THAT PRIDE AGAIN WHERE EVER THEY ARE.
Honestly I feel sorry for the Igbos they are so scattered all over like the Isrealites when they were under captivity. Start looking for your brothers don't accept permanent displacement
They’re indigenous to that land, nothing like displacement
@@chidumebiarukwe6436 They can migrate to any place they like but don't forget who you are period.
@@chidumebiarukwe6436 there are not indigenous to the land..they all migrant that's why they confuse ok
this man answering does not know much about his origin i am from ika agbor I can tell u I am an Igbo man. and igbanki was part of Delta state before until some political idiots whose parents came from both igbanki Delta state and Edo state in the name of marriage and power then carve out igbanki to Edo state.
That's y since those idiots left power in those days up until now igbanki people never experience good things much from Edo state.
set aside that we all are old eastern Igbo region. one blood 💯
I love what NNA MEN TV is doing keep it up my brother and remain richly blessed..
This is a very intelligent 🧠 Engagement, discuss
Very vital. Keep it up!!
Evil Nigeria divide and rule is influencing this people big time
God will surely connect/gather Igbos together, the problem is the Igbo leaders past and present who only look for what his/her stomach will eat and abandoned their divine duties to serve and Unite the people!
Man, you are doing soooooo fine
God will bless you 🙏
You are doing a great job Bro. 👏 👏👏
This is wonderful interview
Good job
I can understand when igbanke and Agbor people say they are not Igbo, bcuz they literally are mixed with Bini, and have traces of Bini culture. But I think Ukwuani and Aniocha are predominately Igbo.
I have been saying that…they are admixture people…
Bro, please adjust your thinking.
As a community,they are not from Bini, their communities were established by Igbos which is indicated by their names. So they are Igbos.
Even if there are some Bini people among them,it doesn't matter. For example,in Nnewi, you'll find Hausa people, does is mean that Nnewi should stop being Igbo?
In Benin City,there are many Igbo people who live there, some have built houses, should that make Benin city to change ethnic identity?
The same thing is true with ibadan, Calabar,uyo etc.
Another possibility is intermarriage, those people that have Bini surname it could be that their great grandma was married from Bini.
Above all,it is only one community that have a significant amount of Bini people, this community speaks a mixture of Igbo and Edoid,but other communities speaks normal ika Igbo dialect.
We don't have to leave our own,reason Wella bro!
@@ndubuisiezeoye2099 we can only speculate. Nobody knows the exact facts. But if you use inference and dissect, it makes sense that the majority of Ika came from Igbo. Then, there was a significant migration wave from Bini, where they borrowed their customs and culture. But they couldn't borrow their language because the Igbo population was more. They have been under Bini's umbrella for centuries, that they probably forgot they came from Igbo. But some places like Igbodo and Umunede still remember that they came from the East.
@@chiozo11 what I'm saying is that, since those communities were established by Igbo people,any Bini migration in the area doesn't matter,
You are not correct by saying that they've been under Bini umbrella for centuries, before, there was no such word like ika,all Igbo communities in the west of the Niger identify simply as Igbo even their Edo neighbors calls them ovbigbo(Ndị Igbo).
It was in the 1860s when the Igbo language was being prepared to have a writing system that the word ika was formed, during that time there was nothing like state, so inorder to analyze their dialects so as to prepare a general standard Igbo for all the Igbos, Igbo language scholars divided them into three according to their dialects.
They are;
Igbanke region--I
Kwale (Ụkwụanị) region--k
Aniocha region--A
This was how the word ika was formed, Igbo was added to it, that is Ika-Igbo,it was given to all of them in the west of the Niger as their general name,
During the war in 1968, inorder to appear separate from Igbo because of the war,they desperately started looking for an identifying name, that former Igbanke region took that general name to themselves and removed that Igbo added to it, as a result of this Aniocha and kwale regions abandoned the name.
After the war in1970, some of them started changing and rewriting history that was how they got under that "Bini umbrella", but actually they are not up to 30% Edotic, they are more Igbo than Edo.
If your mother or grandma is from Bini and give you Bini name, should that make you Bini? No! Because you belong to your father.
As for their festivals,it is a normal thing to borrow culture,afterall Edo also borrowed somethings from Igbo,and they are still bearing Edo. Akwa ibom people and Abia/Imo people does ekpe festival,we don't know the tribe that borrowed it from the other.
As a matter of fact, most of those Igbanke festivals are actually Igbo culture, it's just that they were renamed during the time of ogbemudia who wanted to Edolize them.
When it comes to that one community which is a mixture of Igbo and Edoid, there is no way one community will stand as an ethnic group, so they'll have to join Igbo which is their closest in language.
Afterall, there is no tribe that you won't see other people who later become part of them.
@@ndubuisiezeoye2099 I've read in a book that was published before the war that Ika people said they migrated from Bini, which is probably false, but that is probably all they can remember. Now, and centuries before, they would have to answer to the Oba of Benin. Of course Ika came from Igbo, that's why their language follows an Igbo pattern. But they have probably branched off so far, and accepted so many Bini migrants, that they forgot about there migration from the East, and you cant blame them for what their parents told them. Only Igbodo and Umunede in Ikaland remember they came from the East.
I dont know why they put Igbanke in Edo State, they should have been put with their fellow Ika- Igbos in Delta State. However, tgere is nothing like Delta-Igbo, Igbo is Igbo
you are doing a great job, there is a lot to done, there are many delta igbos who have lost identity to other tribes in delta especially in isoko, how do one explain his great grand father's name is okorie, who then gave birth to onwuka, enedo, izugo, inelenya , chukwu etc, but now they claim to be isoko?, its really surprising.
Lol 😂 people Dey funny, please keep educating them, only 3 major language in 9ja
The man is confuse and need help to make him to understand that he's speaking one dialect of Igbo.
Thanks NNAMENHNTV, God bless you.
Pls go to mbiri close to this place you are now, from igbanke to mbiri is 100 naira, pls go there and tell them you're from Mbiri in Imo state, let it be loud
Let them know that you came to visit your family members pls. My people are not helping matters at all
Nana Mehn.... You try in pronouncing Igbanke people Local Govt. The Igbanke people find it difficult to pronounce. Is like it was forced on them.
Igbanke comprises of
1. Otah
2. Oligie
3. Igbontor/Idumu-Iru
4. Ake/Obiogba/Uwaya Ake
5. Omolua and Onu-iyi
6. Idumu-Odin
Igbanke people call their King as Eze or Obi eg. Eze Ake, Eze Otah, Eze Idumu-Odin, Eze Oligie, Eze Omolua.. or Obi eyin (our king) But, the government gave their Eze as Enogie via Oba of Benin but most of them call their King Eze
Their festival is called Egwu, if you are born during their this festival, you will be named Imegwu.
Igue is Benin traditional festival that was imported.
New generation Igbanke people don't bear Benin name.
In their greetings, male and female greeting same greetings in the evening (Anyansi) while in the morning/afternoon, the greet separate greetings... Elieh for male and La wueze for female.
Their Welcome is Aluah.
80 to 90% of Igbanke dialects are Igbo Language,
They bear name like
Azuka, Emeke, Ebonka, Imegwu, Ngozi, Ndidi, Emefiele, Omeke, Nwakaego, Amaechi, Nwaka, Okafor, Chukwuyem, Chukwuka, Nwachukwu
They called their senior Diokpa.
Male is called Okehen
Female is called Okpoho.
Who is your king is translated in Igbanke as Onye Wu Eze Onu.
In the midnight is call Ime Abali in Igbanke.
Evening is call Anyansi
Morning is called Otuntun
Fire is called Okun
Yam is called Igi or Iji
Suffering is called Afunfun.
Iron is called Igwe
Gasket is called Ekpetin
In Benin, they called IGBANKE people.. Owi Igbo while in Igbanke they called Benin people ... Ndi Iduh.
Asusu Igbanke is Complete Igbo... Don't debate it. If you debate it, go to Benin and tell them you are from Benin with such name like Eneke, Azuka, Obika, Ndidi. Cone back and tell us your experience.
Me I am from Igbontor Igbanke, I remove my Benin surname. REASON: I don't know the meaning whenever I am asked. I am tired of explanation of the name because I can't speak Benin
This is my option..
Please,help us tell your people, they belong to a major ethnic group in Nigeria
Thank you sir for this gracious admission. The people of Igbo Akiri will attain no political relevance in Edo state, they should align with their Igbo heritage and become the majority and stake holders in the grand scheme of things. Chiedo Ogbemudia used his people in Igbo Akiri as a political gambit after the war to gain political inclusion at the federal level by denouncing their Igbo identity. A united Igbo is unstoppable and this is what scares some people.
You are correct bro, my cousins is igbo- Akiri I have never seen them deny Igbo heritage, I went to Benin for my elder cousin burial, Benin traditions is so different from Agbor, they was even issue that day btw Agbor people and Benin people, we almost called boys from Agbor because of the way the benins where treating my dead cousin, they where calling us Igbo, most of them using bini language, some of them told us that we should stop quarrelling that our brothers are the one that occupy most of this areas in Benin, from ogan, igbankee etc. Benin and Agbor is very different in terms of traditions, Benin will call you Igbo weather you like it or not, cos they don't see any similarities in language and traditions etc.
Correct man Nna mann your doing a good job.
They just need little knowledge. To remind them that they are igbo. Ohaneze should do something iswear.
Have the Ikwerres accepted the offer of Ohaneze n'di Igbo talk less of the people of Igbanke
@@leonardorjioffor6683 yea . Some of them. Exactly 💯, like this man uche chukwu, and ikwerre man but a core figure in the ohaneze . It was even from his speech I learnt that asari dokubo was formerly igbo.
U see, the right solution to this is just referendum. A referendum should be conducted . Same thing that happened in the UK. While majorly Wales people and Scotland whom believe they are not England. Were give a nation and those who believed. Went ahead with their England nationality
OHAOUBU NDOKI COMMUNITY OF UKANAFUN LGA AKWA IBOM STATE
point of correction!!! The benin people pray with kolanut, and they also practice four market days...
Eze Chima from Arochukwu introduced the 4 market days to the Bini as he was a slave trader with the Oba. Eze Chima prayed with the Oba using kolanut for a successful a slave hunt.
I respect your view… however, that is not true…I can only accept that if the Benin historians had corroborated it. That is the only way a fact can be established… not one sided story. Thanks
I guess the Kingship system being practiced by the Eze chima lines of King was also introduced by him to the Oba.
@@nnfefe9451 ancient igodomigodo say's it all about the real owners of the land, the igbo 4 market's days has been in existence during the reign of ogiso's
Note.... The first ogiso that ruled the land is an igbo man by the name igodo & the name igodomigodo is an igbo name
@@eldinhodanielson6799 A you people ok.. Please take this your lies to some where else ok
Well I think they said they go to school, all of us know that in any language there is dialect..... Even non igbos people that use to speak igbo language by leaning, understand that those people are making fool of them selves..... Most of them find if difficult to apologize for what they have done wrong against us.....
My community in Nsukka calls new yam festival "Iri Egu." Not every Igbo community calls new yam festival "Iri jii." So what Igbanke calls new yam festival isn't strange.
That man does not speak the ika dialect well
When he was asked "where are your children " he said mgba le umu instead of "ebe umu ri"
U correct, I from Ika.
@@debest5181 Igbanke people should be included in Anioma state whenever Anioma state is created, as well as the Ukwuani communities of Ogba/Omoku/Ndoni in Rivers state.
@@cornelius9611 they’re are landlocked from anioma in delta. You’ll have to add some bini community into it
Oligie (Igbanke) Enogie (Edo)! Figure this out Nnaa Mehn TV!! They do Igwe which is 100% an Edo culture!!!
I wish the youths are been gather and educate.
When Ikwere people say that they are coming from Benin, this is what they mean. They are the Igbos who moved from this areas due to war. They were all part of the famous Benin Empire. Not all Igbo indigenes left that area.
As igbanke is under Edo state I never like it right from the one, we can not be called Edo and language is different is a mess to us, when ever I go I tell people am delta igbo or IKA igbo, am not from Edo state
First to comment. ❤
They are just afraid to say that they are igbo men, that’s the problem
Thank you for this video .
Shame on that man fulani have deceived them , if fulani can say I'm a fulani not Hausa man shame on them
God bless you brother
Nice video
If they are not Igbo make them get out
We don’t need this pls, we are trying to unite not divide
Stop this stop this stop
We don’t want someone like you on this platform. Pls respect yourself
Bro, you should have spoken to an elder. These men don’t seem to know much about their culture
You would be surprised to find out that even the elders are not free from this malady. There is one elderly man he interviewed in Etche. You need to see how clueless the man was
People don't understand meaning of tribe...that is reason why they using their ethnic group as tribe. Igbo is a tribe and in igbo, you will begin to have ethnic groups e.g nsuka, agbaru, ngwa, Ndoki, Anam, ikwere,igala, ibaji, and so on. Some people go to school but still uneducated
iganke was first called Igbo Akiri
Oga 2nd speaker na culture dem ask o, u dey talk of bizness. Na bizness b person identity?
Gv ur history, cultural practices, traditional doings, etc
My sister what's your handle let me add u in Facebook
@@kennybrown3302 Tharhy Agiri
That man is a trader
This is what the system of education in Nigeria has caused. A country where you don't teach history and some people don't know their identity and origin.
The problem of many of our people is poor Education I hope those in the leadership positions will do their job..
Igbanke is Igbo.Emmanuel is not talking right.emmanuel is Benin not igbanke .Eke, Afor,orie Nkwo are igbo words.He is speaking igbo."@
Most people interviewed here don't even know they are Igbo. Before Igbanke was cut into Orhionmwon LGA it was originally under Ika LGA. Ika is Igboland. Fulani and the colonial masters did it to further reduce and divide the Igbo race.
I thought praying with kolanut is a Nigerian thing, we in isoko land pray with kolanut, my mothers side from urhobo also pray with kolanut abd i know the bini's do it too ... are we all Igbo?
😅😅
Wahala.
Na so o.
They say anytin quacks lik a duck is a duck fowl.
Once u do anytin wey wan b lik say e resemble dem, fiiam ! Dem don carry u o
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 u won't kill me with laughter 🤣🤣🤣
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 so they are speaking ibini? Do ibinis practice 4 market days, how do you say come, go, i want to eat? Speak in your language i want to compare it
Is it only kolanut you heard there? At least they have acknowledged their IGBONESS you can go and hug transformer
@@uzopaul871 I haven't said Igbanke is not Igbo. I don't know about dem, but frm wot they hv said in dis video, their cultural practices, dialect, King, market days, all r Igbo.
I don't understand ur point. Wot's hurting u?
Hans Oreva made a point about "KOLANUT" & I only responded regarding dat particular point. Kolanut ALONE doesn't qualify ONE'S IDENTITY. One point or similarity in just one tin doesn't determine IDENTITY. A combination of practices, culture, tradition, Masquerades, language etc dat's wot I meant in my comment. But u just fly in begin blab anyhow as if I break ur egg or plate in ur former life.
I wasn't talking of anytin else, so wetin b ur problem? D ppl clearly r Igbos & they demselves say so ! Y shud I say somtin I don't know, I'm not frm Igbanke, I don't know their history, culture or anything. Only heard about Igbo in Edo frm a friend recently. U think I'm lik som of u Igbos who lik 2insult ppl without evn knowing d ppl's history?
If shud hug transformer, y don't u jump into d Atlantic? Shuoo !
By d way it's BINI, not IBINI.
Learn 2know about places if u must talk about dem. U can't b spelling Bini as Ibini
Nnaa MenTv may God bless you guys!
You hear that guy says we do IGUE festival (a Benin name and festival)! Market days, we call it IKEN (Benin name proper for the same day(s))
I'm from Igbanke, we are of ika which is Igbo. My name is Chizoba and father's is omenka while my grandfather was dinta.
This guy dey Fool himself.
@@chijinduchizoba7194 Chizoba, why the "Oba" if I were you, I will either go find out or ditch that name altogether, mumu!
By the way, no one is saying anyone cannot come from Igbo, hausa, or ghana to Igbanke and claim Igbo, all we are saying is the foundation, the land, the ground belongs to Edo! Period!!
@@edoeugene8749 Please don't mind them. Thay are bent on usurping places. That was the cause of the Biafra war when Ahmedu Bello drove them all out of North; Nzegwu went to kill Almedu Bello causing the war of 1967!
@@omobanedo9602you’re a clown to think it’s about the land. It’s about the people’s identity
Good one nwannem
phyna big brother winner is from this town
Benin people founded Anambra go and verify.
😂😂😂 Ewu
Benin people founded Germany.. ....
Very funny not only Anambra but the entire Nigeria.
Ever wonder why Anambra people neither spoke nor speak the Bini language? Could it be that the language was and is so guttural that it was recklessly abandoned?
😂
Speaking a language does not make them from a tribe. We speak English but we are not from England or Britain. The influence of neighboring languages does no make people to be from a tribe. In Bayelsa state for example there are other minority tribes with the Ijaws in majority. But people outside Bayelsa state terms everyone as Ijaws which is wrong. Don't force people to accept where they are not from because of language.
Obigbo ,was chenge to oyibo .igweocha change to River ,okoloama was chenge to Bonny while that of cross river which did not Bear igbo name was not touch
What we are seeing among these Igbo communities is a well engineered ignorance, ignorance is the highest disease o,something that can make you work against yourself, the people don't know the difference between language and dialect.
igbanke is ika
4 market days in Benin
1 EKEN
2 ORIE
3 OKUO
4 AHO
They adopted it from Igbo,have you not heard the story of "Agha Iduu na ọbá"?,but even at that their own is not the same with Igbo.
There were indigenous Igbos living in Benin centuries ago, those market days in Benin are not customary to the Benin people. This is why they changed the names of the market days to;
1. AHO to AGBADO
2. EKEN
3. ORRIE to EKIOBA
4. OKUO to EKEN'AKA
Ika have four market days,
Eke
ORIE
AFO
Nkwo.
@@ndubuisiezeoye2099 igbo's are first settlers of that land, that's why you have igbo 4 market's days over there
The market days you commented on was corrupted, it was originally orie, afor, nkwo, eke
@@eldinhodanielson6799 please say what you know you man or woman ok
Make leave people to live their lives, una just dey find one way or the other carry tribes to become igbo.
Nice Job
Wow...didnt know that Igbos were in Edo State. Did other people know this?
Igbo is trying to merge all similar tribes under one name. There are many Ibo words in Edo language are Edos also Igbo
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Lies m, name them.
I swear this guy you go still hear am !!! Very soon keep testing your luck!!
It's not actually true that every Igbanke person is Igbo...The people of Igbanke are mixture of the Bini and Agbor..You should have asked him the name of different quarters there...All the quarters are Bini names...In fact, I don't think Nnnah Mehn will understand the meaning of Idumu which is translated to quarters...They celebrate Igweh which is the Oba of Bini end of year cleansing feast..
igbanke is called igbo akiri before ogbemudia changed it and ogbemudia is half igbamke and his name is chinedu
Igbanke is pure Ika Igbo, even though they have incoporated aspects of Benin culture by being included in Edo state. But remember that Idumu is related to the same Igbo name--Umu. The word "Umu" is used to denote quaters or kindred in Igbo land. The word "Igwe" in Igbo land denotes a king, Igwe can also denote a crowd of people depending on the contest. Remember that it was Samuel Ogbemudia that incoporated Igbanke people (Igbo-akiri) into Edo state, because his mother was from there.
Those Benin name can be change drastically.
In Igbontor Igbanke, we have the following quarter.
Obiogbe, idumu-oro, Idumu-Ohin, idumu-Igwe, Mgbidi, Idumu-Esan (because of their violence nature, they called them idumu Esan)
All those were imposed on them..by the binis
@@mondayake1286 change for what.. This is edo state not Igbo land.. You can relocate them to igbo land because many are in other states .. You Igbo migrated from the east for live there that doesn't mean the land belong to Igbo people ok
They are simply IGBOS.
Mr man we are not the same with igbo please get it clear
The two men you interviewed pronounce the name of their local government differently. Reason: it is not their language.
If you see any Igbanke person, ask him or her to Spell their local ? PROBLEMS Ohhhhhhh.
this guy can waka shaaa see the thing you are looking for I know. my advice is you can find it more easy semilarity in Ika land proper. I mean center of Ika go there let's see
iganke is ika .. the name igbanke is the name of the town not an enthnic group
OBUAGU COMMUNITY OF INI LGA AKWA IBOM STATE
Our kings are called eze
This igbo boy is forcing people to be Igbo because some of them speak igbo language or something similar.
The question i want to ask this small igbo boy is that..does it mean our black brothers and sisters whose forefathers were taken from Africa to other parte of the world are no longer black africans because they dont speak African indigenous language?
Are they now whites because they speak english?
😂 igbos are nothing but part of the Benin empire that left but the ones with Sense still say dey are part of the kingdom. The greeting lavbieze in benin can be trace to that side of the clan.
There's a ancient oral tradition that say we are all hebrews but the igbo part feel they can go their separate ways, so let them go. Just know a child can not take a father, the ika and ebanke are superior to the igbos that's why they can't agree they are igbos
Mtcheew
IGBANKE is an Igbo language related to Ebonyi state Edda people. it is surprising though he is denying to be Igbo. we have IGBANKE people in Ebonyi state it is part of ikwu when you are talking about linage.
this are the following ikwu in Edda and Ebonyi state
Ewa-nkpori
Igbanke
etc. if i remember the rest i will list it.