River State is a marriage between The Igbos and the Ijaws. Two cultures merged together there
@MaziBiafra Жыл бұрын
Not true "ijaws" are tiny in rivers state, Igbos are the majority in rivers state and brass in Bayelsa state
@zeribeitumo8902 Жыл бұрын
@@MaziBiafra Odi egwu! I'm an Abakaliki man. And just like the Ikwerre, Nsukka, Etche, Ika/Delta Igbo, Afikpo and most other Igbo subgroups that lives in the border between the Igbo tribe and other tribes, there was intertribal marriages and cultural /language assimilation that led to the adulteration of the Igbo language and culture in the aforementioned places. These are verifiable facts.
@MaziBiafra Жыл бұрын
@@zeribeitumo8902 where is this "assimilation or adulteration" of Igbo and "ijaw" language spoken?
@zeribeitumo8902 Жыл бұрын
@@MaziBiafra The version of Igbo language spoken in Opobo, Etche and Ikwerre can better be classified as a dialect of the Igbo language cuz of its deviation from the Central Igbo (Igbo Izugbe)
@tamunoj543711 ай бұрын
@@zeribeitumo8902 Opubo ama was established as an Ijaw Settlement of a breakaway group from bonny belonging to Opubo Annie pepple and as a flourishing town at that time attracted people from other tribes like igbo, ibibio, andoni beside the main ibani- ijaw group that left bonny .. This explained why the family names are of Ibani Origin. Names like Kieprima, Kuke, Gberengeko, Owujie, Dappa, Biriye, Fubarakworo, Fubara, Juo-Juo, Kala-omusu, tolofari, Diri. Epelle, these are the original Families that produced most of the other smaller house. which where basically trade houses.