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JOIN US AT OUR FLAGSHIP FESTIVAL THIS SUMMER AUGUST 10TH.
TICKETS:
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Vivica Fox and Patience Ozokwor??
Mama G has entered Hollywood!
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Igbo men and romance! 😂🖤
Our brother from Anambra has this South African lady speaking in Igbo.
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Happy Independence Day our cousins in Jamaica.🇯🇲
DID YOU KNOW:
It was the Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey who came up with the blueprint for the Biafran flag.
The Biafran flag is based on the red, black & green UNIA flag that represents black unity, nationhood & wealth.
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A lot of what Nigerians think is our culture is moreso just "post-colonial orthodoxy".
Long male hair and tattooing are two very good examples.
Both of these were normal and widespread amongst Igbos before colonialism.
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When your Igbo parents come to your graduation with the right energy! 🔥👩🏿🎓
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The AAAAY that flew out of my mouth❗❗❗
Igbo bridesmaids squad goals🙌🏿
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NARUTO x IGBO by Okwu ID
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With many of you DMing us about the similarities between Japanese and Igbo naming schemes. We decided to try something fun
We translated as many names as we could from the popular anime Naruto into Igbo.
Hope you enjoy 😅
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WHAT IS OMUGWO?
Omugwo is Igbo after birth care, when a mother/mother in law stays with the new mother to assist and allow for full recovery.
It was created because our ancestors understood that women need a robust support network after a life changing event like childbirth.
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Bishop TD Jakes is Igbo.🙌🏿
He gives me strong Igbo elder vibes. You them uncles with the deep voices that always sit at the high table and if you don't greet them it's long.😆
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😂🙌🏿🙌🏿 that last one.
How do you say 'How are you' in your Igbo dialect?
Mbieri: Ole otu i mere?
Arochukwu: Nda aga i mere?
🎥
@IkembaGetsReal
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If they ever tell Igbo people to 'get over' the Biafran war again...
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🥺🥺Listen, if anyone is doing a Nollywood themed party, biko send us an invite 🙌🏿😭
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DRC 🇨🇩 players protest the ongoing genocide in East Congo. 🙏🏿
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Igbo is a very diverse language.
A good way of telling North Igbo (Anambra, Enugu etc) from Southern Igbo (Imo, Abia etc)
F = north
H = south
North: Ifeanyi, ifeoma, ifeyinwa
South: Iheanyi, iheoma, iheyinwa
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Comedian Godfrey goes back to Nigeria to connect with his Igbo roots.
🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿 🧡
Village: Ndianiche
Clan: Arondizuogu (Aro)
State : Imo State
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If it walks like a duck, acts like a duck and quacks like a duck.....
Igbo bu Igbo (Igbo is Igbo) 💚
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Okwu ID presents ARCHETYPES vol 1
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There is great diversity among humanities belief systems. However some concepts appear in many cultures.
Through our "Archetypes" project we hope to educate on how human ideas can transcend national boundaries.
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Okwa i ma etu esi agba egwu a 🔥🔥
📝Bookmark for Igba nkwu day prep lol
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I’m Igbo, of course I’m gonna be Biafran when Nigeria disgraces me 😭😭💔💔💔
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The breakfast club learns about the Nigeria-Biafra war.
Great to hear this talked about on this platform.
@breakfastclubam
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If they dropped you in the middle of Owerri. You would be indistinguishable from the general population. 😂
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After the Biafran war Igbo people were given just £20 to rebuild their lives. Igbo women who had lost husbands and had their homes destroyed had to pull through to make things work.
Chineke soro gi nne 🙏🏿
BREAKING: Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed as the new Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), headquartered in Geneva Switzerland.
She is the first African and the first woman to head the WTO.
Let's RETWEET to celebrate her 🙏
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Caribbean carnivals are a direct descendant of Igbo masquerades.
These are our people, who survived through some of the most violent inhumanity in recorded history.
And still maintained their Africanity.
Who taught you that anything that looks "too African" is demonic? 👀
WTF are you saying? There’s nothing I have to ask about A man painted in all black kissing a wig headed skeleton. This is demonic/satanic.
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Burna Boy takes heavy inspiration from Igbo culture in his new single "Odogwu".
Odogwu is an Igbo word that roughly translates into "hero".
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Always found it interesting that 'Chi' in Igbo (i.e. 'life force/ personal spirit') is so similar in concept to: Ch'i or qi (氣), "energy force" in Eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea & Vietnam).
Chi is a Chinese word meaning aliveness, life force energy. or life breath -
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Igbo Crooning
/ˈiːbəʊ kruːnɪŋ/
𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣
A genetic ability to hum or sing in a nasally, vibrating voice, especially in a sentimental manner typically associated with Igbo people.
😭🤣
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Happy Independence Day our cousins in Cote D'ivoire.🇨🇮
DID YOU KNOW:
After the Nigerian civil war it was Cote D'ivoire that granted General Ojukwu (the leader of Biafra) safe refuge and political asylum.
Ojukwu stayed safe under the protections of the Ivorians for 12 years.
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Colourised Images of Igbo masquerade (Nkporo-Igbo) Nigeria, 1930s - Photo: G. I. Jones 1/3
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So many Igbo diaspora groups and initiatives being started up.
Podcasts, language classes, events, YouTube shows, blogs, panels, meetings. etc etc
So proud to see it. 🙌🏿🖤🖤🖤
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Nnewi Museum (2020) Otolo, Nnewi
Although we visited whilst it was still under construction. It was great to see African inspired architectural themes.
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Happy Independence Day our cousins in Zambia. 🇿🇲
DID YOU KNOW:
In 1967 the state of Biafra was created to protect eastern Nigerians from brutal ethnic cleansing.
In 1968 Zambia stood alone with Tanzania as the first two African nations to recognise Biafran sovereignty
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@amaka_kofo
We explored this on our platform!
NARUTO x IGBO by Okwu ID
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With many of you DMing us about the similarities between Japanese and Igbo naming schemes. We decided to try something fun
We translated as many names as we could from the popular anime Naruto into Igbo.
Hope you enjoy 😅
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Happy Birthday to our beautiful, smart, hardworking and super talented sister
@genovevaumeh
!!! If you haven't seen her kill her role in
#BloodSisters
, what are you doing?!
Chineke gozie gi o! ❤️
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BKchat's Chioma showing why Igbo women never carry last!
Igbo Amaka 🎉🎉🎉
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IGBO KINGDOMS (vol 1)
(Arochukwu & Nri)
This infographic aims to give an introductory breakdown of two of the most prominent kingdoms in Igbo history.
(THREAD BELOW)
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Eziokwu, for example "love" in Igbo is "Ifunanya". To say I love you is "a fụrụ m gị n'anya" meaning "I've seen you through/with my eyes" it's almost like saying I've observed, I recognise and appreciate you.
Same goes for Igbo. Our literal translations and the metaphors behind them are so cool because it has much more of a meaning/story/message. If you deadass translate it word for word back to English, it doesn’t hit the same or just doesn’t make sense.
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A Happy Independence Day our cousins in Tanzania 🇹🇿
DID YOU KNOW:
Tanzania was the first nation in the world the recognise the independence of Biafra.
Under Julius Nyerere Tanzania took a humanist approach to the Biafran conflict, citing Nigeria's "rejection" of Igbos.
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When you do adlibs for nne ochie 💗💗
Biko, shower your grandparents with love if they're still in your life.
🎥@ nick.abengowe (ig)
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DEEP IT:
They don't care about human lives.
Over 2 MILLION people died during the Nigerian Civil war.
Backed by the UK government.
This same Buhari (a Cadet trained in Aldershot UK and the US Army War College) was a commander during the Biafran war...
#EndSars
#NewNigeria
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@WizkidSource
@Drake
Love Drake, he does give shine but this is a reach. One Dance came out in 2016 and is barely afrobeats.
Afrobeats was already popular by then.
The Azonto movement, Afroswing..etc
He legit jumped on a wave.
Biko, make a song in Igbo, will give props for that.
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Happy Independence Day our cousins in Zimbabwe. 🇿🇼
DID YOU KNOW:
The most famous archeological finds in Africa are the ruins of Great Zimbabwe & the Igbo Ukwu artefacts.
• The Great Zimbabwe are ancient Shona stone ruins.
• Igbo-Ukwu are highly sophisticated bronze artifacts.
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Happy Independence Day our cousins in Grenada.🇬🇩
DID YOU KNOW:
The Carriacou people perform the "Big Drum" dance to celebrate the ancestors of the 9 African nations brought to the island.
The Igbo are one of these nations
"Igbo Le Le" is sang by the Igbo nation of Carriacou.
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ORIAKU = Consumer of wealth
Oriaku is one the most common titles Igbo men use to refer to their wives.
It is a reminder that a man's pride is his wife and that her maintenance is key in his role as a husband.
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Oil was discovered by Shell+British Petroleum in 1956 colonial Nigeria, at Oloibiri (Niger Delta) after half a century of exploration.
During the Biafran war, Shell-BP quietly gave the Nigerian Gov £5.5 million for weapons.
At the time Shell-BP controlled 84% of Nigeria's oil.
Nigeria ranks in the top 20 oil producing countries in the world.
Yet the average citizen sees no benefit.
In fact, the exploitation of oil has caused stagnated growth, atrocious environmental damage and systematic corruption.
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"The aunties that comment on your weight but are built like a puff puff."
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Ichafụ = head tie (Igbo)
Igbo women have worn head ties for hundreds of years.
Head ties are not exclusive to one African group.
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I hope our generation of Igbo youth....
• Just like young Igbos are dumping the false Igbo-Hebrew narrative.
• Just like the young Igbo generation are challenging colonial narratives against natural hair.
I also hope we dump English names en massse for our children.
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You always have to examine your views and your instinctive reactions.
Why does anything indigenously African make you feel uneasy?
Where did that idea come from?
Queen idia mask/REMA isn’t demonic as a matter of fact she is a national hero to Nigerian & the benin kingdom
She lived in the 15th century
She was the first edo woman to go to war
She defeated a giant for a son to become king
She was the first queen mother in benin his
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Buhari threatened a whole ethnic group and it’s Twitter that sends people crazy tho. Deep.
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A THREAD OF UNCOMMON IGBO NAMES.
(That you may or may not have heard of.)
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In Igbo culture there is an intrinsic understanding of genetic inheritance.
This concept is understood through "Iju ese" (marriage inquiry).
Before marriage both parties inquire about the other’s family background. Looking at health, fertility, divorce traces & family history.
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There is a reason why you can sit down in the cinema to see the Avengers and watch a depiction of Thor for 3 hours, without feeling it compromises your Christianity.
But even the mention of "Amadioha" makes your skin crawl.
It's the racist demonisation of African spirituality.
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😂😂😂😂😂
When the bride price gives you hypertension 😩😩
Another hilarious piece from
@magiccarpetng
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Who remembers Lemar?
Ever thought what he'd sound like singing Igbo?
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