ChinenyeN ...
Please help me out.
Which is an NGWA word for African salad..
ABACHA or NSISA..
Secondly...
If Nsisa is African salad then what is UGBA.

Someone might have to correct me if I’m wrong, but abacha and nsisa are technically the same thing (or made from the same thing). So when I hear Igbo people mention “African Salad”, I think of abacha/nsisa.

But we don’t do abacha/nsisa in our place. The one we do is “ogworo agwo ugba” or just simply “ugba” for short. I think I will say that ugba is the “African Salad” for Ngwa. I hardly (if ever) see anyone prepare abacha/nsisa for any of our Ngwa meetings, celebrations or events. It’s almost always guaranteed to be ugba.

Although, I know some places in Ngwa that do what they call “ogworo agwo jaapu” or “eberebe igboro a gworo agwo”. It’s similar to abacha/nsisa as a dish. My guess is that it is inspired by abacha/nsisa, but most Ngwa people think it if it as a non-Ngwa dish. Ugba is the “African Salad” of choice.

ChinenyeN:
Someone might have to correct me if I’m wrong, but abacha and nsisa are technically the same thing (or made from the same thing). So when I hear Igbo people mention “African Salad”, I think of abacha/nsisa.

But we don’t do abacha/nsisa in our place. The one we do is “ogworo agwo ugba” or just simply “ugba” for short. I think I will say that ugba is the “African Salad” for Ngwa. I hardly (if ever) see anyone prepare abacha/nsisa for any of our Ngwa meetings, celebrations or events. It’s almost always guaranteed to be ugba.

Although, I know some places in Ngwa that do what they call “ogworo agwo jaapu” or “eberebe igboro a gworo agwo”. It’s similar to abacha/nsisa as a dish. My guess is that it is inspired by abacha/nsisa, but most Ngwa people think it if it as a non-Ngwa dish. Ugba is the “African Salad” of choice.

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Ok .. thank you..
You seems to know much about south east..
are you a historian ?..

No. I'm not a historian. I just have always had a keen interest in history and the lessons it teaches (and stories it tells). I've been indulging my curiosity with Ngwa and Igbo (and a number of other cultures on this world) for well over a decade now. Reading peer-reviewed literature, interviewing people, studying and discussing with some contemporary historians who have studied African societies and histories. I don't know everything there is to know, but the things I do know, I am well-versed in.

ChinenyeN:
No. I'm not a historian. I just have always had a keen interest in history and the lessons it teaches (and stories it tells). I've been indulging my curiosity with Ngwa and Igbo (and a number of other cultures on this world) for well over a decade now. Reading peer-reviewed literature, interviewing people, studying and discussing with some contemporary historians who have studied African societies and histories. I don't know everything there is to know, but the things I do know, I am well-versed in.

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WOW... RARE GEM...

why don't you open a tread, and discuss our past, how we got separated from other Iwhuroha children..
Who is Diobu...
The displacement of Akwaibom and Cross River,
The false Umunoha story that has almost bastardized our history...
What you know about the Agha IDU NA OBA..
(Because I believe it a CODED true life story preserved in parables)..
Who are the Idu people,who are the obas..

Don't mind me ohh.
I'm a very curious young boy...
There are things I'm trying to crack..
I hope I'm not disturbing you..

It’s not every battle on NL that I care to fight. I have almost no interest in creating various culture and history topics that will attract some distasteful people on this platform (you’ve already experienced them firsthand). Thankfully, the topics that I am interested in though (that I do end up creating) seem to be beyond their reach. Since they have no room to contribute, I’m typically left alone to enjoy discussion with very specific people on this platform.

Maybe perhaps one day, when I can get some more like-minded historians, history and culture enthusiasts like myself to create a unique platform of our own, I will finally be able to fully dive into some of these topics you’ve mentioned here. People on NL almost always completely drain the joy of having such thought-provoking, insightful discussion.

ChinenyeN:
It’s not every battle on NL that I care to fight. I have almost no interest in creating various culture and history topics that will attract some distasteful people on this platform (you’ve already experienced them firsthand). Thankfully, the topics that I am interested in though (that I do end up creating) seem to be beyond their reach. Since they have no room to contribute, I’m typically left alone to enjoy discussion with very specific people on this platform.

Maybe perhaps one day, when I can get some more like-minded historians, history and culture enthusiasts like myself to create a unique platform of our own, I will finally be able to fully dive into some of these topics you’ve mentioned here. People on NL almost always completely drain the joy of having such thought-provoking, insightful discussion.

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Yeah.. it a pity..
But you can still achieve that using a blog..
Just create a blog..
There is a vacuum that needs to be filled...
Living it empty will create problems for the next Ngwa generation...
Our fathers made a mistake by been silent...
I'm afraid we are following the same track.

ChinenyeN:
It’s not every battle on NL that I care to fight. I have almost no interest in creating various culture and history topics that will attract some distasteful people on this platform (you’ve already experienced them firsthand). Thankfully, the topics that I am interested in though (that I do end up creating) seem to be beyond their reach. Since they have no room to contribute, I’m typically left alone to enjoy discussion with very specific people on this platform.

Maybe perhaps one day, when I can get some more like-minded historians, history and culture enthusiasts like myself to create a unique platform of our own, I will finally be able to fully dive into some of these topics you’ve mentioned here. People on NL almost always completely drain the joy of having such thought-provoking, insightful discussion.

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I won't mind if you just email it for me..