Thursday, 1 September 2016
Friday, 26 August 2016
Decreasing Unity Among the Igbo:
Osi onye na-aka?
Onye hara mmiri na-ezo n'obodo anyi?
Onye ukwu na-aju, onye nta na-ju
Soro mmuo gbuo mmadu, soro mmadu gaa mgbaru
I na-aju onye?
Osi gi na-aka, osighi m na-aka
Onye Politiki,
Irea'na obodo gi?
I sikwa na-ihuru ala Igbo n'anya?
Keduzi ka I ji si na onye'Igbo eluyi ogo ibu
onye'siala?
Okwo m n'azu ma okpa akpu n'ala
Osi gi na-aka, osighi m na-aka
Oji Igbo atu mgbere
Isi na Igbo enweghi eze?
Imakwa na onye fee eze, eze eru ya
Ndi abanyi di egwu
Egbupu isi, nti eso ya
Osi gi na-aka, osighi m na-aka
Adi abua eketa oke ato
Ichetekwara na anya ka-eji eke ihe di n'ofe?
Akwa okuko bu oku, nke ogazi
buru anu
Mere mere n'ihu, kwampiti n'azu
Ka ima nkea, ima nke-ozo
Osi gi na-aka, osighi m na-aka
Onye onokpom!
Iriala oke ndi'Igbo nani n’afo gi?
Okwa I gbanaala Abuja ugbua
Anu gbalaa taa echi bu nta
Echi bia choo votu anyi ozo
Osi gi na-aka,
osighi m na-aka
Okamma na-mba
Keezi ka iji
si na ezi ka ulo mma?
Ighaghi ihu ihe I mere onwe gi
Oji akwa awu ahu marakwa onwe ya
Ubochi nta ka achuo n'owere nchi
Osi gi na-aka, osighi m na-aka
Enyi mere enyi ya!
I si na agwo eloghi ibe ya o gaghi ebu?
Obu na imaghi na Igwe-bu-ike?
Aka-nri kwoo aka-ekpe, aka-ekpe akwoo aka-nri
Ube jichaa o dibara uguru
Osi gi na-aka, osighi m na-aka
Gi bu oke-uno
Okwa gi gwara oke-ofia na azu di n'ngiga?
Ofeke na-amaghi mgbe ekere nku ukwa
Oji akwa asa ahu mara onwe ya
Ndi oso chi egbu
Osi gi na-aka, osighi m na-aka
Isi na onye bu igu ka ewu na-eso?
Odi mma, I ga-eji na unwu di
Wee si na isi-ede ka isi nne gi?
Tufia kwa
Ka be-onye adina, o ga-anariri
Osi gi na-aka, osighi m na-aka
Ukpara okpoko buuru, nti chiri ya
Mgbe ikuku kuru, anya ga-ahunu ike okuko
Ubochi ndi abughi ahia
Ha oga-azu eke umu ndi-mmuo?
Ekesia n'ama, eburu gaba n'obi
Osi gi na-aka, osighi m na-aka
Gi bu ofeke
Obu na imaghi na egbuo dike na-ogu uno,
O rue na-ogu ezi achoba ya
Onye iro gbuo agu, asi na o gburu aturu
Were ire gua eze gi onu
Osi gi na-aka,
osighi m na-aka
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| Okey Emmanuel |
Nwa-afo Igbo
IGBO PROVERBS
Proverb is the oil with which words are eaten in the Igbo Language. Thus, speaking without proverbs in Igbo is like eating a meal cooked without oil.
Unfortunately, most Igbo find it difficult to make a complete sentence in Igbo language without mixing it up with other languages, how much more adding proverbs to their speechs. And
our fathers say that when you make a proverb for man and have to explain the proverb for him, it means that the dowry paid on the man's mother's head is a waste. In simple terms, such a man is an ofeke.
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| Marriage in Igbo land |
For my brothers who sincerely wish to learn Igbo proverbs, here is a few of them.
Okenye anaghi ano n’ulo ewu amua nwa na-ogbiri
2.
Ihe okenye no na-ala hu, nwata ria elu ogaghi
ahu ya
3.
Nwata kwochaa aka, osoro okenye rie nri
4.
Nwata etoghi eto wara ogodo, ikuku buru ya, o
buru ogodo ya
5.
Ofeke amaghi mgbe e kere nku ukwa
6.
Okokporo gbachaa elu gbachaa ala, ntu ututu
na-eche ya
7.
Ana-agwa nti ma onughi, egbupu isi, nti esobe ya
8.
Nwata hu ogu egboro-egbo osi ka ogu kpo ya ihu
9.
Akwaa nwa-agadi nwanyi ajo aka, ajo mkpu apu ya
n’onu
10.
Ekwughi-ekwu mere okenye, ekwue anughi mere
nwata
11.
Anapu okuko kwom, gini ka o ga-eji zuo umu ya?
12.
Nwata kwuru oto gwujie ji, onodu ala gwuputa odu
ya
13.
Onye na-anoghi ebe elirir ozu na-esi n’okpa avo
ya
14.
Eburu ozu onye-ozo odi ka ebu ukwu nku
15.
Mmiri ebughi ogwe na-uje, a gaghi ebu ya na-ula
16.
Onye na-amaghi ebe mmiri bidoro maba ya anaghi
ama ebe okwusiri
17.
Ijiji na-enweghi onye ndumodu na-eso ozu ala
n’ili
18.
Ana-esi na eju ama okuko ga-abu oke
19.
Ubuchi ndi abughi ahia, ha anaghi azu eke
umundi-mmuo.
20.
Ato na nwata, oka ndi-iro mma.
21.
Anu na-enweghi odu, ji ya na-achuru ya ijiji.
22.
Ugbogiri gbara m, ya gbakwara nwunyedi mu.
23.
Egbe bere, ugo bere, nke si ibe ya ebela nku
kwaa ya.
24.
Onodu ugo anaghi adi egbe mma.
25.
Ube jichaa, odibara uguru.
26.
Okuko adighi ebe akwa ka ihe ji ya hapu ya, kama
obu ka elu na ala nuru onu ya.
27.
Mmiri zochaa amara ka okpa okuko ra.
28.
Nwa dibia wakwachaa ogodo ya, owere wakwaa akpa
afia ya.
29.
Ekwe-ekwe na-ekwe n’uta ekwere.
30.
Okwa si umu ya onye turu ji, ya turu mgborogwu,
onye new ji gwuru ji ya ha aturiba mgborogwu.
31.
Egwu anaghi atu afo owee buru uzo.
32.
Anyukoo nwamiri onu o gbaa ufufu.
33.
Nkita richaa nsi eze erebe aturu.
34.
Nkita si na ndi nwere ike amaghi ano onodu.
35.
Onye rere enwe gota nkita ihe ntukwu ka no be
ya.
36.
Ngwere nile mmakpu mmakpu, ejighi ya ama nke isi
na-awa na nke afo na-aru.
37.
Gbata gbata anaghi ako be ogo ngwere.
38.
Ehi si na obu nsopuru ka ji-eso onye nwe ya.
39.
Agwo adighi ahapu umu nwa ogologo.
40.
Ihe na-ahughi n’ikpu nne ewu, ahu ya na nke
nwaya oburu aru.
41.
Osisi na-abu o mia mkpuru mmadu anwuo, oka mma
ka egbue ya mgbe obidoro haba ifuru.
42.
Arusi na-eri asaa, inye ya asato oju.
43.
Ire ka eji agu eze onu.
44.
Ana-esi n’odu ama ihe di nkita mma.
45.
Okwa sin a onye ya riri ji ya kotakarichara.
46.
Onye umunna ya gburu adighi agba obara.
47.
Out-onye siere oha, ha erichaa, ma oha siere ya
ogaghi ericha.
48.
Obu osisi ka-asi na aga-egbu okwuru.
49.
Ihe noro utara arachaala ofe.
50.
Onye bu igu ka ewu na-eso.
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| Okey Emmanuel |
Many Firsts of
Ndi Igbo in Nigeria
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Ndigbo are certainly in the forefront of every aspect of life in Nigeria, and indeed in Africa. Igbo have produced world class peronalities, many who are pacesetters in Nigeria.
Below is a list of some of the many firsts of Nd'Igbo in Nigeria.
1.
Nnamdi Azikiwe
a. First Nigerian
Governor-general (Nov. 16, 1960)
b. First president of
Nigeria (1963)
c. The only man in
history whose name appeared in the Constitution of his country (Nigeria's
Republican Constitution of 1963)
2.
Nwafor Orizu
a. First Senate
President of the Federal republic of Nigeria (1960-1966)
b. First Acting
President of the federation (1965-1966)
3.
Aguiyi Ironsi - First Nigerian officer to the position of
General Officer Commanding (GOC) Nigeria Army (Feb. 9, 1965)
4.
Sir Louis Odumegwu
Ojukwu - First African multi-millionaire
5.
Chike Obi - First Nigerian Professor of
Mathematics (1970)
6.
Kenneth Dike - First Nigerian VC of a University
(University of Ibadan)
7.
Eugene Akosa
Keazor - Former Nigerian police officer in the
colonial years who held the most senior police rank ever held by an African in
the British colony
8.
Emeka Odumegwu
Ojukwu - First graduate
to enlist in the Nigerian army
9.
Chinua Achebe - First African writer whose books are standard
curricula in schools and universities across the world
10.
Emeka Anyaoku - First black
Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
11.
Alex Ekwueme
a. First executive
vice president of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria (1979)
b. First to run
indigenous Architectural firm in Nigeria
12.
F. C. Nwokedi - First Nigerian Permanent Secretary
13.
Cardinal Arinze - Cardinal at the Vatican who was first
Nigerian to be in contest in conclave to succeed a Pope
14.
Father Owena Tansi - First Nigerian
to be beatified a Saint in the Catholic Church
15.
Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna - First black African to win a gold medal in an
international games competition; winning
gold in high jump at the 1954 Commonwealth games)
16.
Oby Ezekwesili - First World Bank Vice President
17.
Pius Okigbo - First Nigerian Economic Adviser to the
Federal Government of Nigeria
18.
Chinwe
Chukwuogo-Roy - First black artist to officially paint the Portrait of the Queen
of England
19.
Samuel Okoye - Black Africa's first PhD in Radio Astronomy
who along with Anthony Hewish of the
University of Cambridge discovered the radio source of Crab Nebula neutron star
20.
Chief Mike Okpala aka Power Mike -
Nigeria's First World Heavyweight wrestling champion
21.
Jaja Nwachukwu - First Speaker of Nigerian Federal
House of Assembly
22.
Leo Stan Ekeh
(Chairman/CEO Zinox Technologies
Limited) -Manufacturer of Nigeria's First Internationally Certified Branded
Computers
23.
Chile Eboe-Osuji - first Nigerian Judge of the International
Criminal Court
24.
Prof Chike Obi - First Nigerian to receive a PhD in
mathematics (in 1950)
25.
Emmanuel Okala - Nigeria's First African Footballer of the
year
26.
Innocent Chukwuma,
(Innoson) - Built Nigeria's
first private vehicle manufacturing plant
27.
Ifeanyi Okoye
(Juhel) - Built the first
and the biggest WHO standard Pharmaceutical plant in Nigeria
28.
African
Continental Bank - First indigenous bank in
Nigeria established by the Eastern Govt
29.
University of
Nigeria - Nigeria’s First
indigenous University
30.
Prof Ben Nwabueze - First academic
lawyer to be made a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)
31.
Christian Chukwu - First Nigerian
Football captain to lift the African Nations
Cup
32.
Uzoamaka Nwizu - First woman
Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs
33.
Joseph Ikem
Odumodu - First Nigerian
to be elected President of African Organisation for Standardisation.
Am sure you may have other entries that can make the list of many firsts of Ndi Igbo in Nigeria. Your comment is welcome.
Igbo Nwere Mmadu
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A big masquerade needs no introduction. When he
appears at the arena, he is the connoisseur of all eyes. Everyone in the arena
begins to take proper position to catch an apt view of the name that makes the
day's news. Necks stretch and the eye balls enlarge for a clear glimpse.
Igbo nwere mmadu;
big masquerades, larger-than-life
personalities. Their names reverberate anytime they are mentioned - at Akure, Kafanchan, Ikot-Ekpene, Fernando
Po, Holland - their names ring a bell. Wherever they lift their feet, they
command attention.
Their achievements have marked them out of the
crowd. They have indelible footprints in the sands of time. They make Nd'Igbo
proud in Nigeria, nay, the world over.
Igbo nwere mmadu. Personalities that are richly
endowed. Their impacts in the development of Nigeria are to a large extent
responsible to what we have today as the Giant of Africa. From the days of Lord
Lugard to the days of MacPherson, from Independent to computer-age Nigeria,
they are pace-setters of Nigeria History.
Igbo nwere mmadu. In governance, arts, science,
academia, economics, industry, trade, music, sports, name them; Nd'Igbo are
trail blazers.
This compendium of biographies attempts to chronicle
these larger-than-life personalities, Igbos that epitomize “the metamorphosis
of 20 pounds”, the life theorem that Nd'Igbo taught the world after the
Biafran-Nigeria war.
It is a celebration of the men that bestrode the
nation like mythical figures; men like Galileo who stopped the sun and moved
the earth; men that have ruled their space and the world gave them their place.
Let's celebrate them. Kilibe Ijele Nd’Igbo!
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