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

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

Marriage in Igbo land

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.

    

    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.

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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