Izu ka mma na Nne ji. Bia oo bia oooo!🎵 Igbo amaka, HO! HA!

[Abraham Madu]

Izu ka mma na Nne ji, da!

Eddie Quansa was one of the popular musics  released after the Biafra war.

The most interesting thing about this song is the back story behind it.

So after the Biafra/Nigeria Civil war, four brothers from Owerri, Imo state decided to sell their father's land which was situated in Porthacourt.

They agreed to share the proceeds from the land into four equal parts.

After the land was sold, the oldest threes shared the money amongst themselves leaving their youngest brother, John Obikwe out of it.

When John found out what his brothers had done, he confronted them, but they told him he was too young and would get his share when he clocks 40.

Out of anger, John Obikwe sold his personal belongings.

With the help of a friend he travelled to Ghana where he started a menial job for himself.

John Obikwe, amongst his brothers was a talented singer.

So, when he reached Ghana his love for music was quickened seeing a good number of Ghana's fine musicians.

Obikwe got a guitar and joined a high life band in Accra.

He grew successful and married a Ghanian woman named Meena Sarpong.

Obikwe changed his name to Eddie Quansa.

Some source has it that the name Eddie Quansa was a nick name he got from Porthacourt.

Back to the story, his brothers saw how successful and popular their baby brother turned and they wanted him back.

They tried many ways but John Obikwe, now Eddie Quansa refused identifying with them.

The brothers came up with an ultimate plan which gave rise to the music, Eddie Quansa.

His three brothers payed a high life band in Owerri -Peacocks Guitar band to help them sing to their brother to come back home.

The song turned out to be a hit track in the whole of Igbo land.

🎵Eddie Quansa bia bia o

(Eddie Quansa come come o)

Izu ka mma na nne ji

(Dialogue is supreme amongst siblings)

Bia oo bia oooo!🎵

(Come oo come oooo!).

Eddie Quansa heard the song, he understood his brothers were appealing to him.

Guess what Eddie did?

Man mastered the song with his band and played it in his live shows.

The song made wave in Ghana.

His brothers saw him vibing to the song in Ghana and making more money off it,

Worst of it all, the same song made the Peacock guitar band popular and they made lots of money off the song.

And most painful part of it all, Nigerians and Ghanians danced to the song without understanding the message.

One source has it that Eddie Quansa has nationalised with Ghana.

Some source claims he is living a quiet life with his family in India,

One other source claims he died and was buried in Ghana, but his spirit is roaming in Owerri.

They claim that if one sings the song 'Eddie Quansa...' at night, that they would see him.

Well, I am not sure of this claims and I shall appreciate if any one from Owerri tries this out.

The song turned out to be a hit track in the whole of Igbo land.

🎵Eddie Quansa bịa bịa oo o

(Eddie Quansa come come o)

Izu ka mma na nne ji

(Dialogue is supreme amongst siblings)

Bịa oo bịa oooo!🎵

(Come oo come oooo!).

Eddie Quansa heard the song, he understood his brothers were appealing to him.

Guess what Eddie did?

Man mastered the song with his band and played it in his live shows.

The song made wave in Ghana.

His brothers saw him vibing to the song in Ghana and making more money off it,

Worst of it all, the same song made the Peacock guitar band popular and they made lots of money off the song.

Ya kpọtụba!

Ya gazie.

Ụmụ nne Abrahamụọgụ Aṅụsiobi Madụ.

[Abraham Madu]

Izu ka mma na Nne ji.Bịa oo bịa oooo!
(Come oo come oooo!).
Kọọọmụ. Ya Kpọtụba!

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[Nebukadineze Adiele]

Nwanna,

If I were you, I would be careful with repeating this silly story because it has no source (Nze Dan Orji who wrote this song never said anything of the sort of this story) and there is nothing in the lyrics that is suggestive of this silly story. In fact, that the peddlers of this story are distorting the meaning of "Izu" exposes their immaturity to understanding Owere dialect or deciphering a poem. Izu, as used in this song, is not dialogue, it is confidential/secretive agreement. Their claiming that "izu ka mma na nnneji" is an appeal to Eddie Quansa to return makes this story even more stupid; were their claim the case, the appeal would have been "iwe nwanne ejila eru n'ọkpukpu (a sibling's anger towards another never exceeds the flesh to reaching the bone)."Izu ka mma na nnneji" means: confidential/secretive matters are better held/secured between siblings -- specifically siblings from the same womb.

The Eddie Quansa/John Obikwe story is a fabrication that makes no sense. Again, there is nothing in the lyrics that would lead any mature adult to fabricate this story -- this has the handiwork of youngsters who know nothing about Igbo language and who cannot read poems in Igbo language. Dan Orji began the song by summoning Eddie Quansa with "izu ka mma na nneji" -- implying that he was addressing those who can read between the lines/keep secret; Eddie Quansa could mean, "to whomever it may concern". He followed up that sentence with telling what was done to Igbo, in coded language, as follows:

Echeruo uyọ, echeruo uyọ, cheruo onye di ya mma [In ruminating over the home front, one ruminates over a loved one] 

Ya wu oke ruola nnemenibe ya eruo na mmegba [when it got to sharing the portion -- according to siblings of the same mother -- vengeance/vindictiveness was deployed/set in]

Dan Orji was referencing what Igbo went through about the 20 pounds rip off by Nigeria to Igbos who left money in Nigerian banks. He was hailing Igbos who had become millionaires from doing business in Aba and Owere within four years of the war's end, and despite having been shortchanged. All the names he reeled out, after setting up the coded message above, were men of timber and caliber financially and intellectually within Owere and Aba of 1974, he was not singing about any nonsensical Eddie Quansa who went to Ghana. That some dumb young Igbos, born maybe in the 1980s/1990s, would distort and reduce Igbo's heftiness of mannerisms to the stupidity of bragging on YouTube/Tik-Tok with a fabricated story is vexatious and troubling. What type of Igbos are we leaving behind, those who cannot understand or properly interpret adages, those who cannot read between the lines? 

Nwanna, please don't inadvertently help them propagate this foolery by circulating their silliness to your greater audiences. A few years ago, I straightened out a few money conscious Igbos who were propagating this foolishness for attracting views to their channel but I didn't know that others are still doing the same thing until today. 

Ọdikwa egwu!

Nebukadineze Adiele

[TAJUDEEN RAJI]

gwo gwo gwo ngo

😂 

Thanks,

Tajudeen Raji

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On Aug 26, 2024, at 4:35 PM, 'Nebukadineze Adiele' via Corporate Nigeria <corporat...@googlegroups.com> wrote:



Nwanna,

If I were you, I would be careful with repeating this silly story because it has no source (Nze Dan Orji who wrote this song never said anything of the sort of this story) and there is nothing in the lyrics that is suggestive of this silly story. In fact, that the peddlers of this story are distorting the meaning of "Izu" exposes their immaturity to understanding Owere dialect or deciphering a poem. Izu, as used in this song, is not dialogue, it is confidential/secretive agreement. Their claiming that "izu ka mma na nnneji" is an appeal to Eddie Quansa to return makes this story even more stupid; were their claim the case, the appeal would have been "iwe nwanne ejila eru n'ọkpukpu (a sibling's anger towards another never exceeds the flesh to reaching the bone)."Izu ka mma na nnneji" means: confidential/secretive matters are better held/secured between siblings -- specifically siblings from the same womb.

The Eddie Quansa/John Obikwe story is a fabrication that makes no sense. Again, there is nothing in the lyrics that would lead any mature adult to fabricate this story -- this has the handiwork of youngsters who know nothing about Igbo language and who cannot read poems in Igbo language. Dan Orji began the song by summoning Eddie Quansa with "izu ka mma na nneji" -- implying that he was addressing those who can read between the lines/keep secret; Eddie Quansa could mean, "to whomever it may concern". He followed up that sentence with telling what was done to Igbo, in coded language, as follows:

Echeruo uyọ, echeruo uyọ, cheruo onye di ya mma [In ruminating over the home front, one ruminates over a loved one] 

Ya wu oke ruola nnemenibe ya eruo na mmegba [when it got to sharing the portion -- according to siblings of the same mother -- vengeance/vindictiveness was deployed/set in]

Dan Orji was referencing what Igbo went through about the 20 pounds rip off by Nigeria to Igbos who left money in Nigerian banks. He was hailing Igbos who had become millionaires from doing business in Aba and Owere within four years of the war's end, and despite having been shortchanged. All the names he reeled out, after setting up the coded message above, were men of timber and caliber financially and intellectually within Owere and Aba of 1974, he was not singing about any nonsensical Eddie Quansa who went to Ghana. That some dumb young Igbos, born maybe in the 1980s/1990s, would distort and reduce Igbo's heftiness of mannerisms to the stupidity of bragging on YouTube/Tik-Tok with a fabricated story is vexatious and troubling. What type of Igbos are we leaving behind, those who cannot understand or properly interpret adages, those who cannot read between the lines? 

Nwanna, please don't inadvertently help them propagate this foolery by circulating their silliness to your greater audiences. A few years ago, I straightened out a few money conscious Igbos who were propagating this foolishness for attracting views to their channel but I didn't know that others are still doing the same thing until today. 

Ọdikwa egwu!

Nebukadineze Adiele

On Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 02:29:01 PM EDT, Abraham Madu <abraha...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Izu ka mma na Nne ji.Bịa oo bịa oooo!
(Come oo come oooo!).
Kọọọmụ. Ya Kpọtụba!

On Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 01:21:09 PM CDT, 'Abraham Madu' via Corporate Nigeria <corporat...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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