IGBO NATIONAL ANTHEM
Gregg Ukaegbu
Afam,
Please allow me piggyback on your posting to seek clarification to a
term recently applied to Ndi Igbo which I think is in error or maybe
that I do not understand. Are Ndi Igbo a nation or are they a tribe
within a nation called Nigeria?
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Here we are a nation of over 27 million people
> (Ndigbo) without a national anthem.
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Since Ndi Igbo do not have an independent territorial space and a
constitutionally instituted government recognized internationally, is
appropriate to refer to them as a nation?
I understand that nations can exist in the mind without sovereignty,
and that nations can be a collection of diverse peoples under one
geo-political set up, and yet can also exist as other understandable
anomalies justified by persuasion, nostalgia, and sentiments chosen
as a bonding device by people wanting nation status. As many times as
I have read on this net of Ndi Igbo being referred to as a nation, I
don't seem to be able to make the connection. I will appreciate
someone clarifying this issue for me.
Happy Weekend.
*gregg*
Ukaegbu, Gregg E.
Planner
Data & Policy Analysis
Texas Dept. of Health
Austin Tx 78756-3199
guka...@tdh.state.tx.us
ALEXANDER E. J. UKOH, M.D.,F.A.C.S.
Gregg.,
In answer to your question Ndi Igbo are not a tribe, Ndi Igbo
make up an ETHNIC group.
Mazi Ukoh.
njo...@wku.edu
Umu Igbo Ibe m:
I like to submit the following verses for consideration as text for
Enyimba (Igbo national) anthem:
Onye na-acho Ndiigbo
Ya bia lere ENYIMBA
Onye na-acho ENYIMBA
Ya bia lere Ndiigbo
Igbo bu enyi
Enyimba bu enyi
Enyi bu mba
Igbo kwe, enyimba
Igbo kwe, Igbo kwe
Enyimba enyi
Enyi mba bu enyi
ENYIMBA.
Mkpa Igbo haka enyi
Edebe uzo debe enyi
Igbo ewere uzo
Uzo di nma
Igbo egbobe mkpa
Igbo bu enyi
Enyimba bu enyi
Enyi bu mba
Igbo kwe, enyimba
Igbo kwe, Igbo kwe
Enyimba enyi
Enyi mba bu enyi
ENYIMBA.
I am working on setting it to a tune.
cpc <c...@primanet.com> writes:
>
>As I was quietly driving to work early this morning, something hit me
>like a ton of brick. I was dazed. The voice came like this:"You guys
>(Ndigbo) have been working to come together, but you dont have anything
>to bind you together". True or false, this got me thinking, and when I >woke up, all I could say was…"whaoooooow".
>
>Suddenly I realized that I have attended a lot of ceremonies by clubs,
>associations, organizations, universities and that most, if not all of
>them have an anthem. Here we are a nation of over 27 million people
>(Ndigbo) without a national anthem. Something was missing, and has to be >taken care of immediately; nke ta-ta, echi-echi.
>
>Ngwa nu! Yes, we need something every living Igbo son or daughter can
>identify with. A songs that is reinvigorating, that can motivate, give a >sense of pride and above all, HOPE. We need it, we deserve it.
>
>Umuibe na Igbo--net, I think if we can give Ndigbo a national anthem
>that history will be kind to us. I know we can do it, because we have
>what it takes, here on this forum. Was is it not just a few days ago
>that one of us, Dibia mahadum na-egwu Igbo(ethnomusicologist) surfaced?
>Yes, we can do it. Please, say a resounding YES! Igbo ga'di,
>na-aganiru, ruo mgbe ebiebi. Ekenem unu.
>
>Umuibe, as a first step, we would need a volunteer to coordinate this
>project, on the assumption that we all agree that Ndigbo deserve a
>national anthem. Think of the day we will present this anthem to Ndigbo
>nile. Your imagination is as good as mine.
>
>Ndibe-anyi, ogwu ka oham. Udo diri unu.
>
>
>Afam Agwu
ALEXANDER E. J. UKOH, M.D.,F.A.C.S.
Mazi Njoku,
Your Igbo national anthem for ENYIMBA is very
interesting. I would hope the musicologists among us can develop the song
that can go with the lyrics.
Ndewo.
Mazi Ukoh.
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From: njo...@wku.edu <njo...@wku.edu>
To: C...@primanet.com <C...@primanet.com>; IGBO...@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
<IGBO...@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>
Date: Saturday, May 02, 1998 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: IGBO NATIONAL ANTHEM
cpc
Mazi Gregg,
You have a valid question. Let me attempt to give my "own" simple
definition of Igbo nation:..." people bound together in thesame
geographical area by common language and culture". Sovereignty is not a
consideration.
Webster and Oxford dictionary can define it as they wish. For me, this
is it.
Afam Agwu
Gregg Ukaegbu wrote:
>
> Afam,
>
> Please allow me piggyback on your posting to seek clarification to a
> term recently applied to Ndi Igbo which I think is in error or maybe
> that I do not understand. Are Ndi Igbo a nation or are they a tribe
> within a nation called Nigeria?
>
> ##################################################################
> Here we are a nation of over 27 million people
> > (Ndigbo) without a national anthem.
IFEANYI ADIBE
Nwanna Afam i ji okwu, obu ife melu eme na ndiigbo kwesilu inwe ife ga
ejikota anyi onu nu udi egwu ofu obi. Asi m kwue obi m, a si m na eche m na
ndi igbo enwe goli nya bu egwu i na ekwu maka ya mana ife anyi ga eme bu imu
ka esi agu ya maka ndi amubero oge agulu ya. O bulu maka egwu ndi dike anyi
ji we zoo anyi na oge "ha" si ka ekpochapu anyi. Egwu a bu nke BIAFARA anyi,
nkpuru okwu di na egwu a ma asi m kwue di omimi, eziokwu ebelu m akwa ubochi
mbu m'fulu egwu a.
Ka anyi nee yi anya ozo.
BIAFRAN NATIONAL ANTHEM
Land of the Rising Sun
Land of the rising sun, we love and cherish,
Beloved homeland of our brave heroes;
We must defend our lives or we shall perish,
We shall protect our hearts from all our foes;
But if the price is death for all we hold dear,
Then let us die without a shred of fear.
Hail to Biafra, consecrated nation,
Oh fatherland, this be our solemn pledge:
Defending thee shall be a dedication,
Spilling our blood we'll count a privilege;
The waving standard which emboldens the free
Shall always be our flag of liberty.
We shall emerge triumphant from this ordeal,
And through the crucible unscathed we'll pass;
When we are poised the wounds of battle to heal,
We shall remember those who died in mass;
Then shall our trumpets peal the glorious song
Of victory we scored o'er might and wrong.
Oh God, protect us from the hidden pitfall,
Guide all our movements lest we go astray;
Give us the strength to heed the humanist call:
To give and not to count the cost' each day;
Bless those who rule to serve with resoluteness,
To make this clime a land of righteousness.
To reply Maazi Gregg his question on whether ndiigbo is a nation of its own
or not. the answer is just simple YES! of course what we call ourselves is
what the world will call us, I think it is insulting to continue referring
to ndi Igbo as a "TRIBE" after all why do we have to waste our time with
this our discussions and so on if we are not fighting to be recognised as an
official INDEPENDENT NATION which we have and always will be.
Nya gazie nu ndi nwe mmadu.
Ifeanyi.
Denmark.
John Nwoke
Gregg nwanna:
In my opinion, all elements of your characterizations of a nation status
fully describe the people. We are a nation within nations.
NWOKE
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