[Hpdovoxm]

Are there terms for the lightskinned Igbos and other Nigerians as there is for lightskinned afrodescendants in the Americas?

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Yea my mom knows these towns she says those border towns have Igbos where it starts to cross a bit.

Well Nigeria is the most ethnically diverse country in Africa, there is tons of heterogeneity

So are you guys a 'minority' because everywhere online they refer to yall as Delta Igbos. People don't really know about the non-Igbo Beninese descended Enuani. I've even seen this on the Naija forums.

[Seisyvose]

Are there terms for the lightskinned Igbos and other Nigerians as there is for lightskinned afrodescendants in the Americas?

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So are you guys a 'minority' because everywhere online they refer to yall as Delta Igbos. People don't really know about the non-Igbo Beninese descended Enuani. I've even seen this on the Naija forums.

Yes We are a minority, and a lot of people do know but The delta Igbo thing is a popular way of referring to people like us which isn't accurate. Maroon it is literally like A bunch of people speaking Spanish to the extreme southeast, and a group further south ad a bit more to the west Speaking Portuguese mixed with German, French, Romanian. And then everyone calling us SPaniards. Even Nigerians Are ignorant of Many minorities and if they cant put them in one of the bigger groups, like Hausa Igbo, or Yoruba it becomes a problem. Even for Afro Brazilian Nigerians I see the issues that a rise when they assert their Brazilian Identity. My sister is Afro Brazilian Nigerian. Enuani is not just Igbo mixed with Beni its a whole bunch of Small ethnicities, Urhobos, shekiris, etc. its a real Melange.

[hechicxxrr]

Yes We are a minority, and a lot of people do know but The delta Igbo thing is a popular way of referring to people like us which isn't accurate. Maroon it is literally like A bunch of people speaking Spanish to the extreme southeast, and a group further south ad a bit more to the west Speaking Portuguese mixed with German, French, Romanian. And then everyone calling us SPaniards. Even Nigerians Are ignorant of Many minorities and if they cant put them in one of the bigger groups, like Hausa Igbo, or Yoruba it becomes a problem. Even for Afro Brazilian Nigerians I see the issues that a rise when they assert their Brazilian Identity. My sister is Afro Brazilian Nigerian.

Your sister? Her dad is AfroBrazilian?

[OpVJokl8]

Your sister? Her dad is AfroBrazilian?

Yes Afro Brazilian Nigerian, Like Ya Ya Da costa, Taio Cruz and them. ANd yes there is a term for light skinned, um Yellow Paw Paw, or just Light skinned

[vipBrooriErok]

Yes Afro Brazilian Nigerian, Like Ya Ya Da costa, Taio Cruz and them. ANd yes there is a term for light skinned, um Yellow Paw Paw, or just Light skinned

LOL Idk where online, prolly this forum LMAO, but I have read about that term Yellow Paw Paw before.

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So he's Yoruba??

[BuyCheapest]

LOL Idk where online, prolly this forum LMAO, but I have read about that term Yellow Paw Paw before.

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So he's Yoruba??

Its hard to say if he is yoruba, They are all centered in Lagos so they speak yoruba, kinda like lingua franca, but in terms of them being ethnic yorubas in yoruba land….no they aren't they just maintain their Brazilian identity, but I think my sister also Identifies as yoruba as well as Brazilian. Though she is often not considered yoruba by other yorubas, usually just a mix of minorities is what she is seen as

[fubyFrery]

A lot of AfroBrazilians identify as Yoruba and some even sing in Yoruba. Is he not one of those?

[conurgenceDen]

A lot of AfroBrazilians identify as Yoruba and some even sing in Yoruba. Is he not one of those?

I didn't grow up with him I don't know him so I cant say for sure, He likely is but I cant say for sure, My sister identifies as yoruba as well though.

[Kemapreedasse]

Dang so she's Enuani, Yoruba and Brazilian that's hot lol

[CiccoineFed]

Dang so she's Enuani, Yoruba and Brazilian that's hot lol

YEa she knows, but I think because she's American (nationality) the Latino thing sometimes gets a little sticky because she kind of is one but not really, so it gets a little hairy. But Lets not forget the Enuani is Half of my moms heritage. My grandmother (mom's mom) is from Sierra Leone of two sierra Leonian ethnicities, Krio (creole), which is just a mix of a little euro ex slaves of the Americas and some other stuff(that's were the small portuguese heritage comes form), and Mende. So its literally. Enuani (which is a mix in its self), Yoruba, Brazilian, Krio, Mende, in fairly equal quantities.

[DJkillos]

YEa she knows, but I think because she's American (nationality) the Latino thing sometimes gets a little sticky because she kind of is one but not really, so it gets a little hairy. But Lets not forget the Enuani is Half of my moms heritage. My grandmother (mom's mom) is from Sierra Leone of two sierra Leonian ethnicities, Krio (creole), which is just a mix of a little euro ex slaves of the Americas and some other stuff(that's were the small portuguese heritage comes form), and Mende. So its literally. Enuani (which is a mix in its self), Yoruba, Brazilian, Krio, Mende, in fairly equal quantities.

She's American? I thought she was born in Nigeria and still lives there.

[refdhbgtd]

She's American? I thought she was born in Nigeria and still lives there.

lol born in Cali

[chuecfafresslds]

I'd propose to her. I wonder what a Yoruba Nigerian-Punjabi Pakistani would look like? :P...at least, they'd have the same national colours (white and green). My dad once met a Pakistani-Kenyan in Rawalpindi who he mistook for a Makrani/Sheedi who are almost exclusively in southern Pakistan, but spoke perfect potohari (our local dialect) and was amazed, actually his mother it turned out was Kenyan and his father Punjabi.

I love the tradtional dressing style of Yoruba women. It's very regal!

[tabcdyop]

I'd propose to her. I wonder what a Yoruba Nigerian-Punjabi Pakistani would look like? :P...at least, they'd have the same national colours (white and green). My dad once met a Pakistani-Kenyan in Rawalpindi who he mistook for a Makrani/Sheedi who are almost exclusively in southern Pakistan, but spoke perfect potohari (our local dialect) and was amazed, actually his mother it turned out was Kenyan and his father Punjabi.

I love the tradtional dressing style of Yoruba women. It's very regal!

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Like a Trini or Jamaican "Douglah". Most of those Afro folks in JA and TNT are Nigerian descended.

[rowneigerie]

Like a Trini or Jamaican "Douglah". Most of those Afro folks in JA and TNT are Nigerian descended.

Probably similar, but few of the Indo-caribbean people are from northwestern India/modern day Pakistan. And I don't think we look alike often.

I dated a girl for a while that was Indo-caribbean, she was really tall, 6'0", and didn't look like a typical Indo-Trini girl at all, very light skinned, but she had no idea about her background. ...then I read here some history here: http://www.guyana.org/features/afgha...se_muslim.html of a few migrants from South Asian being Afghans/Pathans.

"Immigration records indicate that the majority of Muslims who migrated to Guyana and Suriname came from the urban centres of Uttar Pradesh ... Small batches also came from Karachi in Sind, Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi in the Punjab, Hyderabad, in the Deccan, Srinagar in Kashmir, and Peshawar and Mardan in the Northwest Frontier (Afghan areas)."

Anyway, it's interesting.

[hellencomstar]

Probably similar, but few of the Indo-caribbean people are from northwestern India/modern day Pakistan. And I don't think we look alike often.

I dated a girl for a while that was Indo-caribbean, she was really tall, 6'0", and didn't look like a typical Indo-Trini girl at all, very light skinned, but she had no idea about her background. ...then I read here some history here: http://www.guyana.org/features/afgha...se_muslim.html of a few migrants from South Asian being Afghans/Pathans.

"Immigration records indicate that the majority of Muslims who migrated to Guyana and Suriname came from the urban centres of Uttar Pradesh ... Small batches also came from Karachi in Sind, Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi in the Punjab, Hyderabad, in the Deccan, Srinagar in Kashmir, and Peshawar and Mardan in the Northwest Frontier (Afghan areas)."

Anyway, it's interesting.

A lot of Indo-Caribbeans are from MADRAS!!! Even in Trinidad when you are a really dark Indian they call you A MADRAS INDIAN!!!!

[Buhoutsoupfap]

A lot of Indo-Caribbeans are from MADRAS!!! Even in Trinidad when you are a really dark Indian they call you A MADRAS INDIAN!!!!

That's true for the non-muslims. Overall, the main areas for import were UP, Bihar, and Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

[Hervams]

That's true for the non-muslims. Overall, the main areas for import were UP, Bihar, and Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

did you see the thread I did today on Jamaican Hindus?

[Coellacag]

I'd propose to her. I wonder what a Yoruba Nigerian-Punjabi Pakistani would look like? :P...at least, they'd have the same national colours (white and green). My dad once met a Pakistani-Kenyan in Rawalpindi who he mistook for a Makrani/Sheedi who are almost exclusively in southern Pakistan, but spoke perfect potohari (our local dialect) and was amazed, actually his mother it turned out was Kenyan and his father Punjabi.

I love the tradtional dressing style of Yoruba women. It's very regal!

Thats Wassup You seem like a tall person from ur pic so The kids would be quite brown almond shaped Eyes And Tall maybe idk

[Fegasderty]

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