Good topic. I’m Igbo. My father’s lineage was originally Ibibio/Efik/Ejagham and my mother’s lineage was originally Igala. I embrace the various groups and study their cultures and history.

Some of my relatives embrace our mixed ethnic origins and are apart of or affiliated with Igbo as well as Ibibio/Efik/Ejagham or Igala cultural organizations. Other relatives deny our mixed ethnic origins and only identify themselves as Igbo. I witnessed a lot of hilarious debates growing up lol. Nothing serious though. Ultimately, it is one’s personal choice on who they decide to identify with.

I just decided to. Anyone would ask the same question if i used a Bini moniker, right?

so you are a Benin man...what are you always doing on Igbo thread ?

popsy is half delta half imo
momsy is edo but raised in makurdi..she dnt knw her mother tongue

so you are Igbo

chukkz:


Ika is Igbo!

you are wrong!

There is Ika in Delta state, then Ika i.e Ika annang in akwa ibom state

mcfarlin:


you are wrong!

There is Ika in Delta state, then Ika i.e Ika annang in akwa ibom state

No. The Ika people of Delta State are a sub-group of the wider Igbo nation and are completely unaffiliated with Ika, a town in Ibibioland. You call yourself Ika but don't know basic common fact about your supposed roots. Sad.

chukkz:


No. The Ika people of Delta State are a sub-group of the wider Igbo nation and are completely unaffiliated with Ika, a town in Ibibioland. You call yourself Ika but don't know basic common fact about your supposed roots. Sad.

where did I say they are affiliated? , Annang are also separate from Ibibio!

I'm. Yoruba mixed with fulani since 1847