cheruv: this is further proof that the Igbos came from the East around the region of Kemet(Egypt) and Israel,passing through those cultures and imbibing parts of them.the thing that can't be established with certainty is the period when this happened... but pundits place it between 1440BC when Moshe left Egypt and 950AD when the supreme ancestor,Eri established the Nri dynasty that now rules Igbo land

TonySpike: Interesting research here. I really think this Eri connection is very related to the priests of Horus from Lower Egypt. Check this pattern among Nigerian ethnic groups:

Horus - Orisha, Oritshe, Aro, Eri, Arusi

There is a reoccurrence of the letter R (or RA) which stills point to an Egyptian/Sudan origin.

Danrizzle: Op in which Igboid dialect is "ose" translated as God. Pls no offence, am just like..... WTF!!!

Ihuomadinihu:
Wash your eyes with bleach before commenting.
I wrote ''Osa'' not ose.

Danrizzle: okay sorry... Where in igbo is "osa" translated as God?. I just want to know.

cheruv: this is further proof that the Igbos came from the East around the region of Kemet(Egypt) and Israel,passing through those cultures and imbibing parts of them.the thing that can't be established with certainty is the period when this happened... but pundits place it between 1440BC when Moshe left Egypt and 950AD when the supreme ancestor,Eri established the Nri dynasty that now rules Igbo land

Ihuomadinihu: Well,this thread is not about Eri but i will say a few things about this issue.

From all oral accounts of Igbo people, Eri happens to have migrated into igbo land from the Northern igbo axis. His initial origin has not been established, some accounts point to Egypt,others to Sudan and Israel.
Am of the opinion that the language he spoke wasn't really different from Igbo in view of the names of his desendants and clans. Was he an Igbo returnee in the mold of Eze Chima and co?
Anyway,he established his kingdom amongst the local people he met. Am of the opinion that Eri was a Charismatic person,probably a Warrior,King/Prince and was probably deifed amongst Gusaii people.

Ihuomadinihu: This thread is for people that are interested in the igbo/bantu linguistic connection.
While it has been established by linguists and anthropologists that igbos are not Bantus,it is interesting to note that Igbo language share linguistic similarities with some Bantu and bantu related languages.
One forumite rather called for a cursive study of neighbouring ''Bantu related languages'',and here is my contribution.
An Igbo name for God is Obasi.
Yako(Bantu) - Ubasi.
Ekoi(Bantu like) - Nsi.
Duala(coastal bantu) - Ebasi.
Bamileke(Semi bantu) - Si and Owasi.
Bambuti(Bantu) -Baatsi.
Ibibio(Bantu like) -Abasi.
It seems like the operating rootword here is ''Si''

igbodefender: With courageous threads like this the great past of the Igbos will not remain hidden forever. I will post a link to it on the other thread and a link will also be posted on Igbodefender.com, so that it will get its deserved traffic. Ihuomadinihu de me.

macof:

Lmao you must be deluded. Which Nri dynasty?

You should know that Igbo land has no exact hierarchy of kings because you all have different histories. Eze Nri cannot be head of Amaigbo, Umueri clans yes but not the whole Igbo

cheruv:
talking nonsense!!!
the nri dynasty wasn't militaristic but religious in nature.. something like the holy roman empire. its glory waned with the establishment of arochukwu in 1690 and its growth in 1700 till the demise of the aro Confederacy with the Anglo-Aro wars in 1902.
as a yoloba hater I expect you to backbite...

macof:

what sense have you just made?
and wat is yoloba the name ur parents call u?

cheruv:
just as I expected to you backbite you never failed in doing just that. and I think its high time yolobas remove their eyes from Igbo affairs.. that we cohabit the same geographical expression doesn't give your nation that right!!
as per the yoloba,that's my accent... just as you guys doesn't have CH,V and H sounds in your vocabulary

Ihuomadinihu: This thread is for people that are interested in the igbo/bantu linguistic connection.
While it has been established by linguists and anthropologists that igbos are not Bantus,it is interesting to note that Igbo language share linguistic similarities with some Bantu and bantu related languages.
One forumite rather called for a cursive study of neighbouring ''Bantu related languages'',and here is my contribution.
An Igbo name for God is Obasi.
Yako(Bantu) - Ubasi.
Ekoi(Bantu like) - Nsi.
Duala(coastal bantu) - Ebasi.
Bamileke(Semi bantu) - Si and Owasi.
Bambuti(Bantu) -Baatsi.
Ibibio(Bantu like) -Abasi.
It seems like the operating rootword here is ''Si''

somegirl1:

God is Obasi is Igbo groups close to Ibibio etc not across
Igbo land.

Ihuomadinihu:
Obasi stands for God in Igboland.

somegirl1:

Not where I come from and not in all of Igbo land, which I am sure you know every well.

Ihuomadinihu:
You got the entire issue wrong. No one is searching for Igbos in Bantu nations. You can see that i traced the 'Si' word in Nigeria down to Cameron our closest bantu neighbours,this shows that Igbo had contact with bantu languages.
Obasi is God in Igbo,i don't care where it is used. Just like Chiokike and Olisa bi n'igwe stands for God in Igbo but they are not used throughout Igboland. Must we share the same name for God? I am trying to illustrate and discover the reason why Obasi/Si is used in Igbo,Efik and Cameron even up to Egypt.

TonySpike:

The truth is that most parts of Africa, except the Egyptian/Sudan/Ethiopia axis, were mostly uninhabited about 3000 years ago.

Ihuomadinihu:
Obasi stands for God in Igboland.

Radoillo:

This seems to me a little strange. 3000 years ago = 1000 BC. May I ask why you believe sub-Saharan and Northwestern Africa were largely uninhabited by 1000 BC?

TonySpike:

Sir, the truth is that some people will not buy the idea of your research on this forum. This is very obvious and you don't have to go to and fro with them. The person you responded to, if I remember very well, resisted these ideas of Igbo interactions with Bantus in ancient times on another old thread. The truth is that most parts of Africa, except the Egyptian/Sudan/Ethiopia axis, were mostly uninhabited about 3000 years ago. People came from somewhere, interacted and migrated as they travelled inward Africa. This has led to substantial and dramatic changes in African languages, even though some similarities still exist. Religion and some cultural practices, however, did change as much as the languages over these years. Hence, these clues are still present. I personally know that Africa got populated from three major genetic pools: Nilotes, Ethiopian and Khoisans. So, it is very valid to say that population migration was a norm in classical Africa.