laudate:


Hmmnnn...least likely?? Dunno about that.

Er...you need to read through all the comments on this thread before jumping to this conclusion. Some folks from the South-east have actually concurred with the fact that they prefer to marry within their tribe for various reasons.



You have merely cited a few exceptions to the rule, and not the norm. Some folks marry foreigners to get their residency papers, not necessarily because they are in love, so please don't be quick to jump to conclusions by saying "Many Igbos are married to people of foreign nationalities and cultures." People from other cultures do the same thing, too.

Zik still came back home to marry an Igbo woman, named Flora Ogboegbunam who wedded Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1936, when he was 32 years. They both had one daughter and three sons, amongst whom are Chukuma, a Diplomat and Chukuemeka, a businessman.

The point is - there's no norm in igboland as regards ethnic preferences in choosing a spouse unlike it obtains in other places.
Various Igbos in the thread have given examples of their relatives who married from other tribes and nationalities, that gives credibility to my assertion that we're the least likely to marry someone of the same tribe when compared to the other two major tribes.

If you check the rates and statistics of Nigerians in inter-racial marriages, you'll find out that majority of them are Igbos.

More and more Igbos will continue to marry people of other tribes.
Majority of Igbos don't stay in the east, they only come rarely during festive seasons. This means many igbo children will continue to be born and bred outside the south east, which means the possibility of them (these children) getting married to a fellow Igbo is very slim. Also remember that Igbos are not too protective of their culture and traditions like the yoruba's and hausas.
You rarely see an igbo person born and bred outside igboland speaking Igbo or even wanting to identify with their being Igbo. I've seen many Igbo people say they can't or won't marry an Igbo person (mostly females) for reasons best known to them but you'll rarely see a yoruba/hausa person say he/she can't marry a yoruba/hausa.

Due to these trends peculiar to the igbos, (migration, cultural independence and education) many igbos won't end up marrying a fellow igbo in the nearest future. Igbo to Igbo marriages will reduce drastically.

Anybody who doesn't acknowledge this is lying to himself

Notyourb1tch:
I really hate tribalism. In this day and age is really ridiculous. At the end of the day we are all black. We should try and not generalise by the bad encounters one may have encountered by a certain tribe etc. It does not mean every single igbo/yoruba/edo person is like that.

There is really no need to be nasty and hateful towards one another, I just don't get it...

Tribalism, racism e.t.c... Makes the world go round we all have some degree of tribalism, racism in us.

We are not black we are Africans>(

redsquare:


Mister, the more you talk, the more stoopid you sound. Just STFU for once if you've got nothing meaningful to contribute. Igbos tend to marry fellow Igbos, and you've been here bleating since morning, from your above post, one can easily deduce that you are from South South, and you don't see anything wrong in marrying a fellow South southerner. Hypocrite.

What's this goat saying Are you sure u even read before you posted? iiiiidiot!!!

Our women feel more comfortable with us.i
can't marry a girl who is not from anambra. Proudly ANAMBRA

the truth remains that the yorubas are the father of tribalism.

laudate:


I would have let this comment slide waiting for the Yoruba people to respond to you, but it occurred to me that there may be more to your comment than meets the eye. What exactly are the Yoruba people doing in the banking industry?

Last time I checked, the CBN governor was an Igbo man. Diamond bank, Fidelity & Zenith are all owned by Igbo men.

As at today, any Igbo man can set up a bank, provided he can meet the CBN capitalisation requirements. So pray tell, what exactly is your point??

GodMode:


Tribalism, racism e.t.c... Makes the world go round we all have some degree of tribalism, racism in us.

We are not black we are Africans>(

whatever rocks your boat

CHM11:

Thank you...
Anybody who have served in the east or even rivers state(where east based igbos are the majority) know what I'm saying... Its very very hard to understand them... To them its right if they spit on you, but when you spit on them they want to start fighting....
Anyway, its better for them to live amongst themselves.
Whoever likes should hate my comment but I just spoke the truth.

EAST BASED IGBOS ARE A WEIRD...someone shoot me!!!!!!

if you have poor understanding, you 'll hardly understand anything! Which school did you even attend and what did you make before going for that your NYSC?

The idiotic OP has deactivated her account. She has succeeded in instigating tribal e-fight. When she is about to be dumped because of her bad manners, she will blame it on her soon-to-be ex tribe. Nonsense!

Notyourb1tch:
I really hate tribalism. In this day and age is really ridiculous. At the end of the day we are all black. We should try and not generalise by the bad encounters one may have encountered by a certain tribe etc. It does not mean every single igbo/yoruba/edo person is like that.

There is really no need to be nasty and hateful towards one another, I just don't get it...

No hate my brother.

Truth need be told. It's always right to correct a failing brother.

Call a spade a spade, and shovel a shovel.
Call a thief an oleh, and a crook corruption.

Hhn hnn hnn (Pete edochie laugh)

bigfrancis21:


You sound oddly bitter like you were ditched by an Igbo. I know how hurtful that must have been for you. One minute you hate Igbo the next minute you want to marry Igbo. What an obsession.

Hahahahahaha...marry igbo?...DREAM!!!!....lmao...hahahahahahahahahaha

megacity:


if you have poor understanding, you 'll hardly understand anything! Which school did you even attend and what did you make before going for that your NYSC?

The school you wish you attended and the grade you can only dream of having....

lies....telling someone that have not been in the midst of yorubas before.especially those ones who grew up there and attended their state university. their English,zero,hatred for Igbos..1st class but who cares......

Jamean:
The other room had more yoruba babes, but believe me, it didn't become a yoruba town hall.

J12:


The point is - there's no norm in igboland as regards ethnic preferences in choosing a spouse unlike it obtains in other places.
Various Igbos in the thread have given examples of their relatives who married from other tribes and nationalities, that gives credibility to my assertion that we're the least likely to marry someone of the same tribe when compared to the other two major tribes.

If you check the rates and statistics of Nigerians in inter-racial marriages, you'll find out that majority of them are Igbos.

More and more Igbos will continue to marry people of other tribes.
Majority of Igbos don't stay in the east, they only come rarely during festive seasons. This means many igbo children will continue to be born and bred outside the south east, which means the possibility of them (these children) getting married to a fellow Igbo is very slim. Also remember that Igbos are not too protective of their culture and traditions like the yoruba's and hausas.
You rarely see an igbo person born and bred outside igboland speaking Igbo or even wanting to identify with their being Igbo. I've seen many Igbo people say they can't or won't marry an Igbo person (mostly females) for reasons best known to them but you'll rarely see a yoruba/hausa person say he/she can't marry a yoruba/hausa.

Due to these trends peculiar to the igbos, (migration, cultural independence and education) many igbos won't end up marrying a fellow igbo in the nearest future. Igbo to Igbo marriages will reduce drastically.

Anybody who doesn't acknowledge this is lying to himself

You made salient points. Nice one

Sweetlemon:


The Igbos in my company have their own clique. You need to see how they constantly bash non-Igbos especially Yorubas. In any department with an Igbo executive, Yorubas are in trouble there! But Yoruba executives usually create level-playing field.

Lol @ your last sentence. This is another lie from the pit of hell served hot and sizzling.
The Yoruba are the most tribalistic bunch in Nigeria. I really don't blame them cos its the fallout of a structurally skewed Federation. Back to what you posted about your coy. In mine, you don't stand a chance with the top guns if you don't have an Adewale, Adeyemi or Adebayo to your name. A clear case in focus was the moving of the production of our leading brand from SE to Lagos and almost 80% of our factory operations as well which was essentially to spite the Igbos and now we have lost competitive advantage of that particular brand which the coy had leveraged on for years cos the quality of the said brand dropped significantly ever since its production was move to Lagos thereby losing its market leadership to our competitors. The Yoruba oligarchs running things in other to save face are strategizing on how to relocate the factory back to SE because of the steady decline in the brand's performance in the market.

Hmmm.

Peppyluv:
the truth remains that the yorubas are the father of tribalism.

Nigeria was a peaceful country but Nigeria's first coup was started by the igbos.

Then the Civil war was started by the igbos...

If yorubas are tribalists then there would be no igbo in yoruba region..

CHM11:

Hahahahahaha...marry igbo?...DREAM!!!!....lmao...hahahahahahahahahaha

Nne please oh, not all of us isi lik that oh baby.

hope u be baby.

Hhn hnn hnn (Pete edochie laugh)

Notyourb1tch:
whatever rocks your boat

You just showed your racist tendencies.

There are Caucasian Nigerians
There are Caucasian Africans.

Forgive my spellings..

nothing like uneducated its a matter of choice or should i remind you that Anambra now leads in education.

booket:
dear you all are refering to the uneducated ones.am frm Anambara.my dad married from Ebonyi state.i can marry frm any tribe once she posses d qualities i want in a woman.thnkz.

CHM11:

U started your comments on this thread as a really exposed person and I judged you thinking 'yeah he is based in the US so he should be well exposed and reason with a high IQ'...but the real 'igbo man' in you is just coming out now....dude, I aint obsessed about igbos, infact after NYSC I avoid igbo peeps based in the east except they give me reasons to see that they are not not what I assume. I don't have any issue with igbo tribe, I don't even notice them..left to me I would want them to be allowed to leave Nigeria and go form their Biafra but they should leave the Niger delta out of it...if Biafra was only imo, abia, anambra, enugu, and ebonyi states, I'm sure the gowon government wouldn't have bothered (but it was all about the oil)....
I'm only commenting on this thread because its a sunday, knowing fully well that I've got nothing new to learn from talking about tribal differences.......

Mumu, you started avoiding Igbos after your NYSC? As if an average Igbo person gives a rat ass what you think about him/her. Nonentity like you seeking online attention. Ogogoro drinking iiidiot.

CHM11:

The school you wish you attended and the grade you can only dream of having....

so how is that your understanding is so poor?

CFCfan:

Proverbs like "My daughter, the tortoise that strays from the river always has a bloody hell moment."

And what an adult see sitting, a child won't see it atop a tree.

Franchise21:
Wen we get married, dey shd leave us alone. A man shall leave his dad n mum n live wiv his wife n d two shall become one

Very true sir. My mum needs to hear this gospel. I love her allthe same.

Blitz888:
This is another lie from the pit of hell served hot and sizzling.
The Yoruba are the most tribalistic bunch in Nigeria. I really don't blame them cos its the fallout of a structurally skewed Federation. Back to what you posted about your coy. In mine, you don't stand a chance with the top guns if you don't have an Adewale, Adeyemi or Adebayo to your name. A clear case in focus was the moving of the production of our leading brand from SE to Lagos and almost 80% of our factory operations as well which was essentially to spite the Igbos and now we have lost competitive advantage of that particular brand which the coy had leveraged on for years cos the quality of the said brand dropped significantly ever since its production was move to Lagos thereby losing its market leadership to our competitors. The Yoruba oligarchs running things in other to save face are strategizing on how to relocate the factory back to SE because of the steady decline in the brand's performance in the market.

Why do lebanese/indian in Nigeria mistreat their employees

may amadioha disect your head for using the word igbo coup.

GodMode:


Nigeria was a peaceful country but Nigeria's first coup was started by the igbos.

Then the Civil war was started by the igbos...

If yorubas are tribalists then there would be no igbo in yoruba region..

megacity:


so how is that your understanding is so poor?

For your level?
Can an o'level holder understand the content of a FEED??

.

lol

redsquare:


Mumu, you started avoiding Igbos after your NYSC? As if an average Igbo person gives a rat ass what you think about him/her. Nonentity like you seeking online attention. Ogogoro drinking iiidiot.

Sweetlemon:


The Igbos in my company have their own clique. You need to see how they constantly bash non-Igbos especially Yorubas. In any department with an Igbo executive, Yorubas are in trouble there! But Yoruba executives usually create level-playing field.

You dirty tribal pig! Why are you always hating on the Igbos? I bet your life must be very pathetic and useless. If you continue having problems with all the Igbos you encounter then I will advise you take a look at your own character . stop choking yourself about Igbos matters so that you will live long

GodMode:


You just showed your racist tendencies.

There are Caucasian Nigerians
There are Caucasian Africans.

Forgive my spellings..

My racist tendencies? All because I said that we are all black and not African. Going by your same premise of Caucasian Nigerians, there are also Caucasian Africans so what was I supposed to call us non-Caucasians Einstein?

redsquare:


Mumu, you started avoiding Igbos after your NYSC? As if an average Igbo person gives a rat ass what you think about him/her. Nonentity like you seeking online attention. Ogogoro drinking iiidiot.

Hahahahaha oya I've quoted you,..u can go to the bank now.... See how you've been hustling for my quote!!!!...lmao

enkay4love:
@ OP,tell ur cousin to simply move on,he simply was pitching tent with her when he had nothing,& now that he has"hammered" he has become over classy to marry her,using the lame cover of "my momma said I shuld marry from my tribe"like seriously? Tell her to ensure he pays her off to compensate her for the time wasted,so that she does'nt lose on both ends. They are very tribalistic & very cunning about marrying outside of their tribe.Imagine som1 telling me once that if an Anambra man marries a non-Ibo,he'll be deemed as being under a spell,hehehe like seriously.It was really a funny scenario cos one expected the person in question to reason differently based on education & exposure. Ibos should marry themselves alone abeg,so that they can understand their complex nature. Ur cousin should just regard it as a mistake & just move on,life is too beautifuul to dwell on disapointment for long.

Pay her? Is she working for him?

I don't know why girls from other tribe too like us.
Is marriage by force?
We are not interested, thank you!

TeamAnambra.