sesan85:
Oga, Akara is a Yoruba word, not Igbo.

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@sesan85

I'm glad you also spotted that LIE from the female Guardian journalist
[Njideka Agbo] as well which is now being spread by uninformed people.
I was beginning to think that I was the only one until I spotted your post.


Yup! Akara is a Yoruba word which is even used among the Yoruba Diaspora
community in Bahia, Brazil as Akara je [Akara Ijesa] because Ijesas were
among the Yoruba sub-groups that were deported on slave ships in the late 1700s
and 1800s to Brazil, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Westmoreland in Jamaica where
Bekuta or Abeokuta is located, Venezuela, Columbia, Guyana, etc, ... the
Yoruba language, culture and religion are still strong and respected as
of today!




This is how one fool of Ibo origin wrote a long and FALSE
article that went viral claiming that Abeokuta and Egbas are
Ibos. My knowledge of world history of more than 40 years now
clearly indicates that the Egbas are a branch of the Oyo people
who used to live in Ibadan before they left and sellted in Abeokuta
in the 1830s... and Abeokuta means under the rock.

Of course because of the nearness of the Igalas to Anambra
and Enugu States, these areas have Igala bloodlines mixed with
the aborigines of that area. Some Yoruboid words [Igala is a Yoruboid
language with up to 65% of the words derived from Yoruba]
have found their ways into northern Iboland usage.
Egungun which is masquerade in Yoruba is called Egwugwu
by the Igalas of Kogi and of the Enugu area like Nsukka axis.
Southern Ibos have a different name for "masquerade."

It will interest you and everyone to know that Yoruba
bloodlines flows or exists among the Igala via a group
called "Akpoto Yoruba" mixed with "Ebira Koto." Even the Igalas
emphatically state that they are RELATED to Igalas.
This is why over 65% of Igala language is very similar
to core Yoruba[words such as Ogede, Egungun and more].
But Ibo language which is directly south of Igalaland
does not have even the kind of Yoruba words or
close affinity with Yoruba language.


It is via the Igala military conquests and migrations to the present
Anambra and Enugu States that Yoruboid words[words derived from
Yoruba] got into northern Ibolands via the Igala-associated
communities such as Nsukka, Enugu-Ezike. Indirectly
via Igala bloodline presence in Anambra and Enugu axis,
Yoruba bloodlines exist among the northern Ibos such
as Aguleri and other Igala-associated communities
but some misinformed Ibos and tribal jingoists
do not even realise this fact!


An Attah of Igala [Attah Idoko] also invited craftsmen from Nupe
and Hausa lands to Igalaland and they have become Igala as well.
So Igalas according to the current Attah Michael Oboni have Yoruba,
Edo, Taraba axis, and some Ibo bloodlines, BUT Ebiraland has
bloodlines as well according to an elderly Ebira man that
I saw on FB who criticised some of the younger Igalas
of not knowing that Igala evolved from
"Akpoto Yoruba" mixed with "Ebira Koto."


The concept of Ibo NEVER existed until the arrival of the British
who created a central Ibo language. The groups in Ibo today
did NOT call themselves Ibo prior to the arrival of the British
but identified themselves based on the names of their clans
or sub-clans... NOTHING like Ibo or Igbo ethnic group!


I have written my full response to this distortion of
etymology of Akara and the history of Yoruba.

There are many Yoruba words that have entered
global usage that some young generation of people
do not even know that they are of Yoruba origin.


Words such as:
1. Oga [boss] with variants like Olusoga, Ikorodu Oga
[the full name of Ikorodu named after the male founder]

2. Asewo [a prostitute who is a money changer] which has
a mispelled pidgin English corruption to "ashawo."


I have observed that some Ibos online are very notorious
for claiming words and cultures that did not originate
from them. Not all Ibos do this because there are those who
are culturally grounded especially in the Owerri axis
which is regarded as one of the main epicentres of Ibo
origin.


History has to be brought back to schools otherwise some
misinformed journalists and ethnic jingoists will mislead
others about African history with blatant, falsified history
of theirs.

All the best!

[quote author=simonfynboi post=86708927][/quote] You're not serious. There is a Yoruba village called Ileife in Trinidad and. Tobiago. you're

Konquest:

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This is crazy and irresponsible! Akara is NOT an Ibo word
but of Yoruba origin. Akara is called Kosai in the Hausa
language.



Read more here:
==>https://www.gounesco.com/how-to-prepare-beans-cake-akara-or-kosai/
==>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akara


The female writer [Njideka Agbo] of this Guardian article of 18 January
2018 is peddling FALSEHOOD. She is a cut-and-paste person and a very
unprofessional journalist! I wonder why people like pilfering or falsifying
other people's histories just to make themselves feel good? I have always
insisted that some journalists are a DANGER to world history because
they just copy FAKE or vandalized Wikipedia entries without dues
diligence! Her article is even riddled with more historical errors
as well.


While not denying that "Eboes" were one of those tribes/ethnicities
taken to Jamaica from the AREA between Nigeria, Cameroon,
Gabon, etc from the former Bight of Biafra totalling
1,391,000 people based on the official information from the
Slave Trade Database from the 1700s.



Again majority of Ibos are NOT light in completion but dark brown
skinned.

I do know from my personal observations when I worked with a major
multinational oil and gas firm while also living in Port Harcourt,
Nigeria that some folks from the Umuahia axis can be light skinned,
but over 97% of Ibos are dark brown-skinned or have different shades
of brown skins from the 5 core Ibo-speaking states because I have
always paid attention to little details. The idea by some people
[who have not travelled widely or are unexposed] that most Ibos are
light is the most stupid thing to ever come out of Nigeria.
It is just a ridiculous stereotype since you will find Yorubas, Esan
Edos, Bini Edos, Idomas, Efiks, Ibibios, Annangs, Congolese,
Angolans, Taroks who are naturally light skinned and dark brown
as well.



The etymology or origin of the word AKARA is Yoruba.
Even in Brazil and several countries of the Diaspora.
Akara Ijesha is still eaten in Bahia, Brazil till today.
The Yorubas brought Akara to Brazil and it also spread
to other Caribbean countries where Yorubas were
deported to on slave schooners or ships in the
1700s and 1800s. It is a major fact that the Yoruba
are credited with the word Akara and they even introduced it
to Ghana because Yorubas of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo
engagesd in long-distance trading and have had business
dealings with Ghana since the days of the Oyo Empire
which extended to Togo.

Many Yoruba descendants still live in Ghana for over 200 years
now and many are Ghanain citizens.



PLEASE read the link here: https://www.196flavors.com/nigeria-akara/

The origin of the word acarajé is interesting. Yoruba people (an ethnic group of Nigeria and Benin) shout “acará -je” when they sell akaras on the roadsides. This can be translated to: “I have akara” or “come and eat akara”, and that is what the Baianas women who sell it typically shout.

In Bahia, acarajé is deep-fried in palm oil, also known as dendé oil, then sliced and served with various sides such as vatapá (dried shrimp paste), camarão (small sundried shrimp), pimenta (hot pepper sauce), caruru (okra stew) or salada.


But back to West Africa, where this snack was originally created. It is called akara by the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria, but also kosai by the Hausa people of Nigeria or also koose in Ghana where it is a popular breakfast dish.

Source: https://www.196flavors.com/nigeria-akara/




Last but not least, majority of those brought to Jamaica
were of Akan origins [Coromantees or Fante/Asante, etc]and
of Angola/Congo origins as well but Africans were brought
from 8 Regions of Africa including Mozambique and Madagascar.
Several Jamaicans have also taken Haplogroup and Autosomal
DNA tests from AfricanAncestry and AncestryDNA which reveal
that a lot Jamaicans are 100% Africans without white bloodlines
and they come from very diverse ethnic origins.


I hope this helps to clear up the misleading information
from that female journalist.

Cc:sesan85

No matter how you try to correct certain people, they will never yield because of mischievousness.


Cheers.

jeromedee:
Ethnicity of wailers and blackmailers calling another wailers funny lots. You guys rants and wail uncontrollably even when a topic has nothing to do with Afonjas.

Somedays back you were burying your ancestors but The mention of afonjas and Yorubas dominated instead.

When it comestibles to chest beating,Hypocrisy and blackmailing. You have no rival . Una go chestbeat tire. Na small remain make the clearance take place

Lol!
Chest beating no dey tire person, because it gives joy while boasting.
Only a person, full of confidence, proud person and conqueror can boast and chest beat.
A timid and low self-esteem can not chest beat.
Again! Chest beating is not a crime anywhere, if can't chest beat/boast when you conquer,
Then continue to wail in bitterness while we chest beat.
Chest beating is a thing of joy.
A loser cannot chest beat.
Keep on wailing, whenever I chest beat.

alfredilly:


If you are not familiar with Soso as a Yoruba word, it is only because you don't understand the language. Soso meaning only is a commonly used words and it has appeared in song. Haven't you heard Asa song that say, Iwo, Iwo nikan soso- You, You only

What does nikan in Yoruba mean in English?

bigfrancis21:


What does nikan in Yoruba mean in English?

This word can be defined or interpreted according to diacritic sign on it. Though, nikan can mean the following: only,have one etc.

giftedben:


Imagine their King selling land, is that not poverty?. The funny part. These lands will be sold off to the Igbos. Soon all Western States will become a no man's island. Colonisation on the move

Igbo Amaka

But do you have to be tribalistic? If you travel out of the country, you would know that it doesn't matter what tribe you are from, as long as you are black, you are black no difference.
One of the things that give northern Nigeria the edge is there togetherness. The south is very divided but my movement would involve togetherness but with mind set of fighting for your people. If SE is developed, it is also an advantage to me and my children as they can go there to live and do business and also vice versa for SW.