Igbo people, Culture and History

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Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria, their culture and their history summarised in a 4 minute video.

Igbo diaspora in order of appearance:

Africanus Horton, (1835 — 1883) - Sierra Leonean surgeon, scientist, soldier, and a political thinker who worked toward African independence.

Edward James Roye, (February 3, 1815 — February 11, 1872) fifth President of Liberia.

William Drew Robeson I, (July 27, 1844 May 17, 1918) the father of Paul Robeson and the minister of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey from 1880 to 1901.

Edward Wilmot Blyden, (3 August 1832 7 February 1912) Americo-Liberian educator, writer, diplomat, and politician in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Maria Louisa Bustill, (November 8, 1853 January 20, 1904) Quaker schoolteacher; the mother of Paul Robeson; and the wife of the Reverend William Drew Robeson.

Paul Robeson, (April 9, 1898 January 23, 1976) American actor of film and stage, All-American and professional athlete, writer, multi-lingual orator, lawyer, and basso profondo concert singer who was also noted for his wide-ranging social justice activism.

T. D. Jakes, minister

Archibald Monteath

Forest Whitaker, actor

Blair Underwood, actor

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[chung1chu]

Ifuru ka ndi Igbo si ekwutosi onwe ha. Obu maka na ndi Igbo hiri nne kwetere na Uka Kraist ka unu jiri choo i si na unu si Obodo ozo? Obodo di na akwukwo ndi uka Kraist? Unu na ezuzu ezuzu o. Ayi bu nde Igbo. Ayi si ana Igbo. Ayi esihi ebe ozo. Unu ekwutosizina nde IGBO. Igbo Kwezuonu!

[OftheSoil]

@chung1chu O bughi naani ndi Igbo na sị ndi igbo shì ebe ọzọ. É kwerem ihnye Í dèrè.

[vera747]

they are hebrews,,,,biblical descendants of abraham

[OftheSoil]

@vera747 ...or Hebrews are descendants of the Igbo.

[OftheSoil]

@fmcneillii Not most overall, but a good number of them. The North American African Diaspora is mostly made up of people who are of Mande, Igbo, and Angola/Congo descent.

[Destinay4lyf]

@vianka881 You must consider their possible origins....one of them, ETHIOPIAN!

[freekaleekalick]

@vianka881 are you for real? you tell this guy you is African American.....you tell me you is white...... yes please watch the tribal videos.....learn......then you wont be typing shit like...." id suck the dick of a Klans man hanging a Black Man from a tree".... just one question my dear....do you have a split personallity?

[vianka881]

@NollywoodRocksCinema hello! im african american,and i dont need a test to tell me that african americans are igbos.even without talking,i see the striking similarities our body language.ive been watching tribal videos all day today,and it made me cry.this is the 1st time that i feel the pain in knowing my culture was stripped away from me.im crying now! what religion do we practice? 

[shieldsff]

thanks - this was excellent !

[childofconvenant]

@OftheSoil HEE-BREW = EE- BOW

[obifromsouthlondon]

@chung1chu ya!

[KingAfro88]

@333cated You can't hate the roots of a tree. For many black americans have Igbo in them. You could very well be hating yourself.

[KingAfro88]

@333cated I don't think you are a black american.

[Shimaryah]

@vera747 ....of course they are hebrews!