I am from plateau state North Central Nigeria but lived in port at some point and I remember the lovely and friendly neighbours we had are from opobo .i love their culture. I've witness many event in Opobo like celebration of womanhood etc. I love u all ❤️
@westinema12753 ай бұрын
One of my best Ijaw songs.
@opobojournal91642 жыл бұрын
It’s a fact that ejesilem was the biggest uke group back in the 60s and 70s! This song was recorded in the studio by Chief Emmanuel Ada Jim Jaja and Amaopusenibo Jerry Accra Jaja (both late) in 1976. One of the most influential members of Ejesilem inner circle in opobo town.
@tamunoj54372 жыл бұрын
I can hear Jerry's Wife's voice. Saying Ejesilem eeeeeeeh :)😄
@olusolabalogun25836 жыл бұрын
Feels my with nostalgia.....Owu e, Owu e, Owu eeee! From Bonny to Opobo l salute you all. God bless Ibani land.
@ataokilo5832 жыл бұрын
Our masquerade plays need a very good documentary to show the richness of the culture and help others see it for what it is, and not what people preach about. It should also be funded properly, so the south of Nigeria can also be a tourist attraction, so we can have a stable economy in the south if the government cannot do that for us. Such a shame that the government is sleeping on cultures like these. If you ever visit Bonny Island and its neighbours, you would notice its ability to house thousands of people to see masquerade plays. Any smart person would know that there is revenue to be made in such an environment.
@horacedan-jumbo29373 жыл бұрын
Our Culture is our identity!!!!
@michaelprince277911 ай бұрын
Am a proud descendant of ibani .. Daminabo
@bobfranklinmein4805 жыл бұрын
God bless the Ijaw Nation
@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri27674 жыл бұрын
God bless us big time !
@tamunoj54374 жыл бұрын
Sadly, Religion Destroying our culture, lots of young people know very little of Opobo, it people and culture. We have lost our language and now our culture is gradually going... shaking my head.
@apribogam38534 ай бұрын
What a sweet voice...... sweet music......
@minapepple59016 жыл бұрын
Proudly Opobian
@mindofkharljumbo73244 жыл бұрын
The sadness in the extinction of our language
@tamunoj54374 жыл бұрын
That why when they tell me am Igbo, I find it difficult to refute. very sad indeed. I once had to tell my Kalabari girl friend to interpret the meaning of the songs for me.
@tamunoj54373 жыл бұрын
@@igbounitedforum3386 Lots of opobo/bonny indigenes cant speak their mother tongue (ibani ijaw) except the the borrowed igbo language.
@mosesbroadbent14712 жыл бұрын
How comes the ibani of bonny can’t teach opoboians the language.
@zeetutors87952 жыл бұрын
@@tamunoj5437 Ndoki people were never sold as slaves to Bonny, the major dialect spoken in Bonny is not the dialect slaves speak, but the Ndoki dialect. At a time the Chiefs of Bonny rose against the church for teaching in central Igbo "as against the language they are familiar with (which is the Ndoki dialect" as narrated by Anglican church.
@tamunoj54372 жыл бұрын
@@zeetutors8795 But the Igbos were the majoy Commodity in the bonny and Calabar slave market. There was also a market in the Ndoki axis after slave trade was abolished.
@Ambimags.2 жыл бұрын
My dad was a member. I love these musics. Thanks for sharing.
@mathildahordor30943 жыл бұрын
😭😭😭😭 of joy. Proud to be an Opobian
@pepplemisa67345 жыл бұрын
Opobo luv my town
@tammybriggs78876 жыл бұрын
It tells our rich culture and tradition. God bless us all as we preserve it.
@jenniferjaja85604 жыл бұрын
i love opobo kingdom so much god bless opobo
@TheresaOgoloАй бұрын
Amen
@jasmineBenstoweTv4 жыл бұрын
Up ibani
@mildredjaja82332 жыл бұрын
I’m proud🥰
@luckybrown9418 Жыл бұрын
Am proud to b an opobian
@apribogam3853 Жыл бұрын
Out culture, our heritage.
@ellaadango82264 жыл бұрын
My people my people God bless the ibani people
@samsonokojie74512 жыл бұрын
Eastern Ijaw has a cool touch of Igbo unlike Western ijaw. I can hear alot of Igbo flutes and drums which wont be the case for a Western Ijaw musical group.
@ibanise78572 жыл бұрын
The native flute Oja is present across many cultures even Edo people make use of it
@harryd.ikiriko40252 жыл бұрын
The flute is due to slave trade - the left over igbo slave after the end slave trade. The drum is very typical of rivers ijaw.
@jenniferjaja85604 жыл бұрын
na so💕💕
@frankgreen61787 жыл бұрын
Nice one
@ereminanzekwe74552 жыл бұрын
Owu e 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
@enyinnavictor14324 жыл бұрын
bhiwi go dowlaod theis sng
@TheresaOgoloАй бұрын
1 45 pm
@tamunoj54373 жыл бұрын
You will never see the "Opobo is Igbo Crew here"
@tamunoj54373 жыл бұрын
@@ebusnneji5482 Because the Ibanis are accommodating, we have a culture "Enculturation". juo Juo was initiated into the Ijaw tradition and hence denounced his own culture. We do not discriminate, neither do we practice OSU in ijaw land. Apart from Juo juo, they where people from other tribes who became Ijaws by enculturation. Go read about jaja from Bonny to Opobo you will understand.
@adirchekiri9343 жыл бұрын
@@tamunoj5437 100% fact
@nnfefe94512 жыл бұрын
@@tamunoj5437 Nwafor Igbos frown at marrying others not being Igbos because of not being able to ascertain the lineage. Probably Igbos rejected your hand in marriage but don't blame them.
@tamunoj54372 жыл бұрын
@@nnfefe9451 I have never thought of marrying from Igbo, i am more comfortable with the ibibio and ijaws, very sure you where surprise when you got here and never understood a word. Yet this is Opobo
@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri27672 жыл бұрын
Wen it comes 2such, their mouth dey shut up. I surprise not 2c Cutting edge Tech here