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Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by itstpia1: 1:06am On Oct 11, 2014
I havent.

Never been mistaken for anything but Yoruba and Nigerian.

However, i do hear people say they sometimes get asked if they're some other country or ethnic group (probably more common with light skinned people perhaps).

so, what nationalities have you been confused with by others?

i know the common ones include carribean (jamaican), AA, etc.

within Nigeria, have you ever experienced being thought of as another tribe or state?
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by fr3do(m): 1:41am On Oct 11, 2014
I'm Anioma but sometimes I'm mistaken as urhobo because of my first name.
But I quickly correct them and state the full form of my name in igbo, thereafter translate to english.

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Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by Spicylate(f): 4:03am On Oct 11, 2014
till date ooo... people place me in kaduna, benue or kogi. they say i dont look igbo at all.
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by skillzbae(f): 6:08am On Oct 11, 2014
when i was under 18yrs, pple say im fulani, nw im in my late 20s, pple see me nd speak igbo, if i tel them im nt, dey wil say, y am i denying my pple. Meanwhile, im frm d yoruba part of kogi state
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by Nobody: 6:47am On Oct 11, 2014
People always mistake me to be a northerner whereas I'm Proudly IBIBIO
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by pinkytee(f): 7:00am On Oct 11, 2014
People always refer to me as an igbo lady where as am frm edo
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by Pavore9: 10:19am On Oct 11, 2014
l am igbo but people don't even see me as Nigerian because my fair complexion shade leans more towards an European and Nigerians outside the country are always shocked when l speak lgbo or pidgin, some assume am of mixed race but am 100% Nigerian!
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by drkay(m): 2:38pm On Oct 11, 2014
I don't bother correcting ppl that mistaken me for an ibo man anymore, I am a nigerian.
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by itstpia1: 3:20pm On Oct 11, 2014
wow, i wonder how it feels to be mistaken for a different ethnicity or nationality.


not sure what i'd think.
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by Nobody: 3:36pm On Oct 11, 2014
People say I look igbo and their next guess is Edo. It doesn't even come close to where am from.
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by Blurr(m): 6:22pm On Oct 11, 2014
Pple seeinq me for d 1st tym do ask if i am an igbo, although im a yoruba...really frustratinq at times...
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by Phlota(f): 6:58pm On Oct 11, 2014
People often mistake me for Edo or Delta. Proud Ondo geh
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by onuwaje(m): 8:41pm On Oct 11, 2014
Firstly when dey hear my name dey think I'm yoruba... and when they see me they ask are u from the north?!
But I tell dem I'm an itsekiri from delta state
And they b like wow
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by BarryX(m): 10:05pm On Oct 11, 2014
Always mistaken for a Yoruba probably cos of my English intonation somewhat. But whenever I go pidgin,- Hardly, anyone need a soothsayer to tell them where my tree lies.
Surprisingly, I can easily come off as an Igbo to some very "Yorubaic" people who haven't left their enclaves. Which I'm so NOT.
In conclusion, I'm an all-rounded and well-mixed Nigerian with language versatility of four tongues.
Gboosh!! grin
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by tpiah2: 8:56am On Oct 12, 2014
I heard of someone who was always called another tribe in spite of all insistence to the contrary.

He was even told to stop pretending to be his own tribe, and why is he a pretender, lol.
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by Nobody: 12:10am On Oct 17, 2014
They think I'm Igbo ... Some think im fulani or Hausa... I've always known that my Caucasian nose speaks volumes.
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by deekseen(m): 6:24pm On Oct 17, 2014
People easily mistake me for Igbo, some even go ahead and speak in Igbo to me. I'm from Rivers and proudly Ijaw.

This Indian man where I work asked me if I was from a different country because of the texture of my hair!
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by itstpia1: 4:06am On Oct 18, 2014
that kind of hair is common around that side (Rivers), not so?
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by itstpia1: 5:44pm On Oct 24, 2014
Different state nko?


I think sometimes people might have mistaken me for ogun on occasion ( or vice versa), I seem to have a few lookalikes there, strange as that may appear.

I could be wrong though.
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by itstpia1: 5:47pm On Oct 24, 2014
BarryX:
Always mistaken for a Yoruba probably cos of my English intonation somewhat. But whenever I go pidgin,- Hardly, anyone need a soothsayer to tell them where my tree lies.
Surprisingly, I can easily come off as an Igbo to some very "Yorubaic" people who haven't left their enclaves. Which I'm so NOT.
In conclusion, I'm an all-rounded and well-mixed Nigerian with language versatility of four tongues.
Gboosh!! grin



Are you middle belt, midwest, southsouth?
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by itstpia1: 5:47pm On Oct 24, 2014
Silkmoth33:
They think I'm Igbo ... Some think im fulani or Hausa... I've always known that my Caucasian nose speaks volumes.


I guess you mean people think you're biracial?
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by BarryX(m): 8:12pm On Oct 24, 2014
itstpia1:




Are you middle belt, midwest, southsouth?
[size=14pt]One of the aforementioned obviously!!!

But the realest of them all.
Don't get Midwest and South-south though![/size]
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by itstpia1: 8:16pm On Oct 24, 2014
So, middle belt.
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by kliva6(f): 4:44am On Dec 30, 2014
This is a funny post! I always tell people to guess where I'm from and the answers they give me are ridiculous sometimes..I've get Trinidadian a lot, sometimes Brazilian or even Ethiopian (?) when I speak Spanish I get Colombian or Dominican, people have even asked me if my mother is Chinese -_- then some people said Fulani and another girl said kanuri...I tire jor
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by tpia1982: 4:46am On Dec 30, 2014
your own na real kaleidoscope o
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by kliva6(f): 5:14am On Dec 30, 2014
tpia1982:
your own na real kaleidoscope o
Lol no mind dem abeg dem no fit see say I be original Naija gehll grin grin
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by tpia1982: 5:20am On Dec 30, 2014
probably they'll know sooner or later.
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by Nobody: 8:43am On Dec 30, 2014
i am an Ijaw from Bayelsa ,yet people mistake me for a aboki cos i speak hausa too ,some even call me Igbo or urhrobo too.
Re: Nigerians:Have U Ever Been Mistaken For Any Nationality/Ethnicity Besides Yours? by londoner: 6:50pm On Jan 08, 2015
Yep, hardly do people guess that I'm Nigerian, except if they are Igbo.

I usually get mistaken for being Caribbean, Zambian, Ghanaian, South African, African American and even Eritrean.

I suppose because I have a British accent, they just assume. All my sistrs and my mum, are always mistaken for another nationailty.

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