Igbo woman are not wicked but they are straight forward. Igbo people knows that the best way you can survive in Nigeria /world is to create self employment. Am proud to be igbo
You’re gorgeous! I’m only 30% Nigerian But I don’t want an American grill I am so happy about what I’m hearing about Nigerian women I can go get one And I’m not an asshole.... Well, Unless you’re the government
Same here! I have yam legs too. But here in the abroad people see it as sexy as you mentioned. Some have calf implants just to achieve that look. I love God giving 'mbaji' legs biko lol
I am Igbo and the biggest misconception that gets to me is the whole disrespect thing. We don't kneel or genuflex or prostrate to show respect. We greet respectfully. I find that highly irritating especially when I'm dealing with the Yorubas. I told one that you condemn me for not kneeling but you find nothing wrong with your 30 year wife calling your 16 year old sister "auntie". I don't condemn aspects of your culture so please do not condemn mine. Lets be open minded and tolerant of each other's diverse culture.
Eji afufu anyị isi? Mba. I like money! If you see me, cally me onye Igbo maka na abụ m onye Igboo! Igbo Amaka, igbo Amaka. Ndị Igbo nọ na university,ndị Igbo nọ ime afia, ndị Igbo nọ na government, ndị Igbo nọ na ebe niile. Igbo ndị ọma!
I grew up in the Igboland and moved to Canada at age 13. I noticed that some of the Yorubas that I met here In Canada view me as a snob or disrespectful because I don't kneel down and greet their elders like my Yoruba peers do. I am not disrespectful at all, I just greet people the way i know how. I am not used to laying on the floor or kneeling down each time I greet an elder person. Its just not part of my culture and I am not going to start doing it now to make people happy.
Chinenyenwa Ndukwe I’m Yoruba. Grew up in Nigeria and I don’t kneel down to greet no one. I used to when I was younger for my dad but now I don’t anymore. I’ve never knelt down to greet my mum for one day.
@@saraben383 I agree. Every culture is unique. I don't have a problem with their culture sis.... I just don't want to be judged for mine. As God may have it, I married an Igbo man.
This video can easily be titled “Misconceptions about Xhosa women”. The conversations/stereotypes are similar to the ones given Xhosa (a tribe from SA) women in South Africa (except the hairy one 🙃). It just goes to show we are all more similar than we are different!!🇿🇦 🇳🇬
Xhosa women are my role models 😂. They are really assertive just like Igbo women 🙌🙌... And as for the wickedness stereotype it comes from men who try to mess them up but they are always 2 steps ahead. I know alot of SA guys are scared of Xhosa girls. I stan 🙌🙌
Yes yhuu all the stereotypes are also about Xhosa women🤷🏾♀️. Then if Xhosa people were from Nigeria we would be Igbo 😃. The misconceptions are very annoying
The Blackest Beauty no such thing as African American when you really dig and study you’ll find out the Carib Indians as well as north and South American Indians looked just like the African negro and were enslaved and racially reclassified as black colored negro hence no one was ever called African until The 1980s
One thing I find annoying, is this overwhelming sense of pressure, many Nigerians especially Igbo women are faced with to young marry and be married by a certain age. If you aren't married by a certain age, aunties will begin to look at you or in my own personal case tell me that at my age they already had their first child. They don't take into consideration: mental state, goals, career, or life aspirations. To them it's MARRY, MARRY, MARRY!! And a lot of beautiful, amazing women because of this pressure, start to develop low-esteem, doubt their own life's paths, or date guys that may not even be good for them and rush into a marriage just because of this. It's truly a shame.
I am Etsako but Nigerians either think I am from Warri, Yoruba OR Igbo, depending on who is running commentary. It's funny when I see Nigerians talk about racism when we are one of the biggest set of tribalistic people. Tueh!
“Igbo women being disrespectful“ I hear this everyday and infact a lot of people regard me to be disrespectful especially the way I relate/communicate with my parents. And yes igbo women, myself personal have a very small threshold for taking bullshit. I really enjoyed watching this, shows a lot of how intelligent you are.
Yes, I'm part Igbo, and most of the Igbo women I know are "no nonsense, no bs" type of women. And that's not a bad thing at all!! Ain't nobody gat time for dat!! lol
Haq Haq Haq... they don’t know.... *they don’t know what is going on around Igbo women* . It’s a good thing you spoke about this. Really happy to see Igbo youths taking time to lecture people on our true culture and way of life. Thanks for sharing
That someone is different doesnt mean he or she is wrong. Im yoruba and i like money. Also, my husband also used to say lagos is not nigeria. I think its cos we dont have the culture of traveling around to know our different cities and towns in nigeria.
I absolutely enjoyed it. There is a lot of tribalism and stereotyping in Nigeria. I always end arguments with "a person is a person irrespective of where they come from" And it really does come from lack of exposure and tolerance to other people's culture and experiences. Reading Achebe, Chimamanda, Buchi Emecheta and others made really fall in love with the Igbo culture. I'm Yoruba and live in Jos and understand Hausa, so it's a little of almost everything here and there. Every culture has it's uniqueness and that is what makes us beautiful. We just can't all be the same, life would be absolutely boring that way.
I'm Yoruba and i absolutely love how industrious igbo people are. One big one i've heard and seen sometimes is that igbo men like marrying girls from the village, the business men especially LOL
Funmi Ville The way you say that village women is confusing...It depends on what you meant by "Village"... because does women you call village are the most purely beautiful and they are very educated...don't forget the business men wives are the ones that drives the most expensive cars in Nigeria...they are the ones that lives in the most poshest places In any city in Nigeria...they are the ones that have maids serving them...They are not village girls as you put it...Igbo mothers are the ones that always do that to their sons...they tend to be watching over a girl for her son's...so no matter where they brought any girl...the parents will insist it's the one they choosed personally...Igbo men are the most un_freedom men on Earth in terms of marriage...Igbo men don't just marry anyhow women...they don't have much freedom making choices... that's why they hardly marry outside...99.9% Igbo men marries from Homeland...despite they are the most travelling people on Earth and well exposed...they always return home to marry... it's about culture that is beyond their power to control...so don't get it twisted...I'm not IGBO nor Nigerian or even African...but living in Nigeria for over 10 years I have got to learn every culture and tells it all without been biased.
Igbo women, from what I learn from Chimamanda Adichie writings, is that they stand out and express themselves, I guess that's where disrespect thing come from. They are misunderstood
Igbo women aren't wicked although some of them i know are strict they don't joke with their BUSINESS at all mbah .👌 which is a good thing. So when a business is owned by an igbo lady and you intend to buy on credit she says no does that make her wicked? I'm from the Southern part of Nigeria and we are known for making tasty food.😋
First time I went to the east I expected everyone in Enugu to be fair. Loool, I won't even lie I was shocked. Thinking about it now is just silly right now
Wow, this video just made me proud of knowing Dimma, my fellow igbo sister. See me saying yes as you were explaining how igbo commodities were so autonomous with no kings..like I'm proud that there are people that know our history. Which is something that's gradually getting lost in the cracks, they don't even teach these things in school...so sad #proudigbogirl I wish I can speak igbo as well as you do though, so sad. Thank you Dimma for this video👍🏽
@@saharasun3862 Very condescending way to speak about other people's cultures. Having a king is actually not the ultimate. Even the bible makes that pretty clear.
I once told someone I was going to see a movie in the cinema and he said “wow are there cinemas in Port Harcourt?” I was legit shocked. Like why won’t there be cinemas? Am I living in a jungle?
The one misconception I've heard severally is that Igbo people are fair and I'm dark skin and almost every time I tell people that I'm Igbo they are like ehnnn as if to say that my being dark is strange even a Yoruba friend of mine who is fair had been told that she looks Igbo just because of her skin colour and I've been called Ghanian severally and also I schooled in Ghana and even in Ghana that stereotype is still said they it was very very funny to me And I actually have heard everything you've said at least once as well
@@MslaCrissy same I get jamaican first...then when I say I'm Nigerian they say Igbo right because I am Naturally light skin and I have shoulder length hair...I say Nope Proudly Yoruba. But we are all one sha.
MslaCrissy I am nigerian as well living in America as soon as I say I’m nigerian it’s like the whole Igbo community wants to claim me I’m like nahhh just because I’m light skin and I’m pretty they all assume I’m Igbo like chill. Even one time some Igbo girl told me my parents are Igbo even after I told them I’m Edo. my parents are edo specifically esan 100% like how are you going to tell me what my family is, granted I lived in nigeria before and then moved back to America. Like is it by force to be Igbo. Not everyone who is light skin is Igbo
Igbo language, tradition and people are the most BEAUTIFUL in Nigeria and African. You can't beat it. You can't compare other tribes in Nigeria with Igbo. Look how Beautiful this Lady is. You can tell she's well kept.
Don't mind them my mum has her shop in aspamda at trade fair in Lagos and she is a dealer my mum is a very hardworking woman and the majority are more hardworking
One thing I don't like that people say about my tribe is that 'yoruba people are very dirty' .Like seriously what has dirtiness got to do with being yoruba lool
Babe I'm not igbo but igbo women are highly business oriented, maybe the men are more business inclined but igbo women dont slack in business unless by choice. As for the igbo men go to trafik rant on TH-cam she explained the pros and cons of igbo men
It's is disheartening how myopic people can be sometimes, people talk about how that there is racism and zenophobia in other places while tribalism is eating deep into them too, ,stop all these nonsrnse and generalization ,Love don't hate, the world will be a better place when we realise that we are one irrespective of tribes,tongues,colour ,race and culture.
A big misconception people have about my tribe is that it doesn't exist. Sigh. I am from the Mbula tribe in Adamawa state and its painful when the whole Northern Nigeria is classified as Hausa, like no we aren't. We have hundreds of tribes and languages.
A lot of Lagosians I’ve met tend to be ignorant. They think that Lagos is the only place that works. And everyone else comes from the village. And they think because they’ve met people from other tribes living in Lagos, that means they know shit about those tribes. Also, a misconception I hated was how one girl kept insisting that everything Igbo and Igbo states were local. When I wanted to move back to Enugu, my yoruba friends were low key feeling sorry for me. Biko, for what? They’ll be like you’re going to the East?. I’m not going to the East, I’m going to Enugu is always my reply. Or the people legit trying to classify over 250 tribes into Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba.
Ah! Ndị a egbuo ndị a oo. Bikonu anyị aga-ahapụ omee anyị tupu ndị a emechinata Ọnụ ha. Ndị Igbo umunne m gbakỌtanụ ebe a k'anyi sechara obere foto. Dimma nwaanyị mara mma, uri nke a ị tere n'onyonyo a bụ nỌỌ mbido na njedebe
People... A lot of people think hausa women marry young! Like that use to be not know because a lot of us are getting good education and things have actually change considering different generation.
My dear ooo, I don't even know where to start. In Akwa Ibom State, among the 3 tribes - Ibibio, Annang and Oron, you hear them say women from my tribe, Oron, are sexually hyperactive. One time, I met a guy who couldn't hide his excitement when I told him where I was from, like he was literally hoping to get some right there. 😒
I heard this one too growing up. Maybe not promiscuous, but very sexually aware and well informed. Also that Calabar parents find it very easy to talk with their kids about sex. Thinking about it now as an adult, those are all pluses in my book.
I am not Igbo, I’m Ijaw I schooled in Igboland and the way I see igbos, they’re are industrious. The women are just as hardworking as the men. My only concern is the fact that the ladies are pushed to marriage too early. People look at me and say I’m Igbo, I look like Igbo that’s what people always tell me. In all I love Igbo people. Well for one people always say that ijaw people are local 😂😂😂 I just don’t argue or say a word, I only look and say that’s your opinion, oga to be oriented travel more or do your research. That’s what internet is for. I’m all I love how you addressed everything I feel like people just don’t do a lot of research and say things like they’re not learned. Thank you Dimma.
Kay Bakare lol......I just don’t listen to what people say about my people. I do my thing to prove them wrong and not be the type of person you viewed the others to be 😍😍
I came to Lagos and I experienced tribalism for the first time. Sometimes i had to settle "fights" between Igbo and Yoruba colleagues. Then, I also realised I am "Igbo" from Bendel since I am not Yoruba. Please I am from Edo State with towns such as Ekpoma, Auchi, Okada, Benin, etc. We do not live only in mud houses, we actually have tertiary institutions in these towns/city.
My sister a colleague told me that since I'm Auchi, I'm igbo and that's why when an argument pops up, anything I say is perceived as countering the Yoruba guys and being on the side of the enugu lady. And I have tried to make them understand that I'm not even igbo ooo🤷♀️
lol and I'm a girl from Edo state but for them i'm yoruba because we have itsekiri and yoruba names in our family? LWKMD. the tribalism I have experienced from Igbos is disgusting! Mostly it came from a place of insecurity...no matter how hard you try they think you feel you are better!! tiring
When I moved to Ibadan a few years ago, a lot of people will assume I'm Igbo once I say I'm from South-south. The ignorance is on another level. Meanwhile, I'm Esan from Edo.
This is as a result of what is thought, The three main tribes being yoruba, Igbo and Hausa. And when any one is not Yoruba or hausa, people beleive then they should be igbo.
Living in Nigeria before for over 10 years as a non Nigeria...I got to tell you straight without been biased that all the stereotypes about the Igbos are just mere jealousy and envy...all that was just been created...99% of people don't even encounter it but just follow to the trend...but one thing i like about Igbo people is that they don't even care or gives a F**k...they should not ever try putting that in their head...I have never seen people whom love themselves and support each other like Igbo people in this world...but funny thing when I was in Nigeria, people try to create a confusion among Igbos telling them they don't like themselves...I laugh whenever I hear that..Igbo people need to know that is just to create a division within them...I once ask someone the bokoharam that has been killing themselves for years now were they Igbos...the Yorubas that has been battling baddoos deadly groups killing themselves for years were they Igbos...but still they are the ones that always say otherwise..what a contradiction..I enjoyed my time while in Nigeria and I have lived in Different cities..but Nigeria's major problem is Ethnical differences...and this is the same thing we are battling in my own country India.
I guess my tribe is African American/Black American/ American Descendant of Slavery... Aggressive, Money Hungry, not Businesswoman. I can go on and on but those are the main ones. Everything you said except for hairy.
Thanks for starting the conversation Dimma. The one about Ibo women not being business minded is new to me. All the others are not. Maybe because I grew up being Ibo in the SW so I heard them all A LOT. About the hairiness though - there might be some truth in that. All my years in Ibadan, Abeokuta, and Lagos I never saw hairy women (sideburns, forehead, legs, chin and head) the way I saw in Nsukka, Onitsha and Enugu and Calabar. Not just the hairiness - the density of the hair too. It may very well be something about the food we eat? I dunno. But by the same token I know several women from those same places that don't have that much hair either. So, not to say that all Ibo and Calabar women are hairy (that's just ignorant) but that more often than not hairiness, where it does exist, is more often seen in women from these areas (again, in my own experience). And yes, Ibo people generally (not just the women) are definitely very outspoken and you are right - when I think of all my aunties and older female relatives, their threshold for bullshit is really low Is that wickedness? - no. Wickedness is making someone think you're okay with them, or smiling in their face and then stabbing them in the back or talking bad about them behind their back. With the older Ibo woman you know EXACTLY where you stand. If she likes you, she likes you; and if she doesn't you'll know. No guessing required.
My young dear I really enjoyed this video as a woman in her 50s I find you truly inspiring a breathe of fresh air. I grew up in Nigeria in the 70s and 80s born in England and bred in Lagos and I just want to say that the ignorance thing is a new thing or should I say it's a millennial generation thing also aided by the government who enjoy the divide and rule! As a young person we went on holidays to Onitsha( got lost in Onitsha market), Enugu, Ibuzo, Benin, Sapele Warri etc. Nigeria was a lovely country you could travel by road or go by plane. As regards to this terrible tribalism it really took very deep roots when austerity started biting deeply. The Unitary system ingrained by our military has made poverty the national economy of Nigerians now they turn and blame one another. Growing up in Surulere in the 70s there were no divisions at all! This was in the days when history was taught in our schools just after the civil war. In school in Lagos I learnt many Igbo songs and stories. It's now time to stop pointing out tribal differences and instead point to the things that make us the same. Our initial National anthem pointed to this when it said "Though tribe and tongue may differ in brotherhood we stand, Nigerians all are proud to serve our sovereign national land"
Someone once told me that I would be wicked because i have a hairy face and I was like... Seriously?? What has that got to do with wickedness?? 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for sharing this video Dimma 🤗🤗
The funny thing is we have exactly the same misconceptions about each other. Some Igbo people also think the yorubas aren't cultured at all and they are tribalistic and automatically hate them because of that
Generalizing people or things is part of Human Evolution, when people see a repeated pattern occur frequently, the assume a everybody from that Ethnicity or tribe are like that.
On the hairy stereotypes, I am actually a very very very hairy individual but interestingly enough no one in my family that I know of is. The thing is many women are hairy and many are not it is not a tribal thing.
Dimma, people have a misconception that Bayelsa women and all dark and ugly...lol. they are shocked when I tell them i am from bayelsa state, because I am neither of those things😂
Lol, I'm Bayelsan and certainly I've heard the part of us being "very" dark. I constantly keep getting asked why my daughter is so light skinned. So annoying!
Yayyy... what’s TGIF without Dimma 🥳 Another misconception about Igbo women I’ve heard countless times is that all Igbo women are light skinned. I’m light skinned and everywhere I go people just assume I’m Igbo (even Igbo people) especially in the market... you’ll hear them calling out ‘nwanyi ocha’ or ‘asa oyibo’ as I pass by and because I understand Igbo I don’t take offense I just smile and walk pass. Most importantly I’m Yoruba and I grew up in the north, growing up people always made bants about Yoruba women being dirty, that’s a huge misconception and is quite annoying. I for one I’m an extremely neat person (+ OCD 😁) and I know a lot of neat Yoruba people too. Please Let’s ditch the misconceptions, cleanliness has nothing to do with the tribe. Btw... Dimma you look gorgeous, love the makeup 💕💕
Wow it's Pretty Dimma. For me i think there are always good and bad side for every tribes. The point were you talked about Igbo women being wicked really got me laughing because i actually know an igbo lady who is very kind at heart and straight forward and those are the kind of people one should really keep around.
I just watched this video today 🤦♀️ I loved it and I also agree with what you said, people can be ignorant, to generalize on a whole tribe just because of personal experiences is ridiculous. I once saw a post on Instagram saying igbo men are heartless cheats, at first, I didn't believe someone would even consider putting it up for discussion, cause that's nonsense, different people from different tribes, races, countries cheat, but the comments baffled me the most, with women coming to share their own Igbo Man experience 🤦♀️ E tire me🤦♀️ We should learn to stop judging each other's tribes so we can move forward in this country... Love your Videos Dinma💖💖💖
I think it’s because Igbo women are smart and very hardworking, it’s in an Igbo woman’s culture to be with a man who can provide for her and she will also support him by helping him build the family and manage his investment, the Igbo woman, it’s just a stereotype that Nigerians don’t want to let go when the classify Igbo women in a certain way.
😂😂😂 You always crack me up! Dimma @0:38 there will be nothing like deep or bashing Dimma @8:18 just stop this nonsense!!! and use your brain please !!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 One misconception I will never understand is why a lot of Nigerians believe all Edo people are witches. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard this one.
Tribalism is a thing in Nigeria for sure. People go around thinking they are better than others, culture is culture and not one culture is better. To address the issue about respect, it depends on where you are, if I am in Enugu I will be expected to respect their culture, if I am in Kaduna I will be expected to do the same. I am sure a Yoruba person in Enugu will not expect to be greeted with a bent kneel because that’s not the culture of the land. Tolerance is understanding the culture of the land that you are in and respecting it. I agree that most Nigerians do not travel within the country however, most places in Nigeria are not as welcoming as others and people gravitate to where they feel welcomed. This is a good conversation, I really enjoyed it.
On the contrary, I think Igbo women are very enterprising so I don’t even know where that misconception came from. Omg I agree with you. In my neighborhood, there’s this woman that has a store and her husband has a store just right beside her as well 🤣
Who else is proud to be Igbo? 😍😍😍 👋 proudly #Anambra
I am an igbo woman. I love money. Why shouldn't I love money? Who wants to suffer?
Yessssssss!!!
😂😂eziokwu ka i kwulu nne!
Lol! You know how many people I've said that to!
Not me!!!
Hmmmmm 😂😂😂😂😂
Is someone liking that accent and the makeup 😍😍
Igbo woman are not wicked but they are straight forward. Igbo people knows that the best way you can survive in Nigeria /world is to create self employment. Am proud to be igbo
Most tribalistic people haven't even had bad personal experience with other tribes it's all based on mere hear say
You’re gorgeous!
I’m only 30% Nigerian
But I don’t want an American grill
I am so happy about what I’m hearing about Nigerian women
I can go get one
And I’m not an asshole....
Well, Unless you’re the government
They think Igbo babes are wicked because we match their energy when they start messing up!
Yam leg 🍠 🦵🤣🤣 !! In naija, they use to yab me, now in yankee it’s called sexy calf muscles 🤣🤣 #proudigbogirl
B_Chrissy 😂😂😂😂LIFE.
B_Chrissy I’m telling you!!!
Same here! I have yam legs too. But here in the abroad people see it as sexy as you mentioned. Some have calf implants just to achieve that look. I love God giving 'mbaji' legs biko lol
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TGIF is incomplete without Dimma dropping a video.
Nzube Ezudo ❤️❤️
Yeah you're absolutely right
I like the way you pronounce the "IGBO" love you so much!!
I'm now relearning how to pronounce 'Igbo' as Dimma does♥
I am Igbo and the biggest misconception that gets to me is the whole disrespect thing. We don't kneel or genuflex or prostrate to show respect. We greet respectfully. I find that highly irritating especially when I'm dealing with the Yorubas. I told one that you condemn me for not kneeling but you find nothing wrong with your 30 year wife calling your 16 year old sister "auntie". I don't condemn aspects of your culture so please do not condemn mine. Lets be open minded and tolerant of each other's diverse culture.
Eji afufu anyị isi? Mba.
I like money!
If you see me, cally me onye Igbo maka na abụ m onye Igboo! Igbo Amaka, igbo Amaka. Ndị Igbo nọ na university,ndị Igbo nọ ime afia, ndị Igbo nọ na government, ndị Igbo nọ na ebe niile.
Igbo ndị ọma!
I grew up in the Igboland and moved to Canada at age 13. I noticed that some of the Yorubas that I met here In Canada view me as a snob or disrespectful because I don't kneel down and greet their elders like my Yoruba peers do. I am not disrespectful at all, I just greet people the way i know how. I am not used to laying on the floor or kneeling down each time I greet an elder person. Its just not part of my culture and I am not going to start doing it now to make people happy.
Chinenyenwa Ndukwe Had a personal experience as well from a coworker and felt the same way. I’ll greet you the way I know how.
Chinenyenwa Ndukwe I’m Yoruba. Grew up in Nigeria and I don’t kneel down to greet no one. I used to when I was younger for my dad but now I don’t anymore. I’ve never knelt down to greet my mum for one day.
Chinenyenwa Ndukwe God bless you. I don’t understand the misconception..it’s crazy.
I guess if you marry a Yoruba man, you can't tell me you won't kneel to greet your inlaws, that's their culture sis.. every culture is unique.
@@saraben383 I agree. Every culture is unique. I don't have a problem with their culture sis.... I just don't want to be judged for mine. As God may have it, I married an Igbo man.
This video can easily be titled “Misconceptions about Xhosa women”. The conversations/stereotypes are similar to the ones given Xhosa (a tribe from SA) women in South Africa (except the hairy one 🙃). It just goes to show we are all more similar than we are different!!🇿🇦 🇳🇬
Xhosa women are my role models 😂. They are really assertive just like Igbo women 🙌🙌... And as for the wickedness stereotype it comes from men who try to mess them up but they are always 2 steps ahead. I know alot of SA guys are scared of Xhosa girls. I stan 🙌🙌
Yes yhuu all the stereotypes are also about Xhosa women🤷🏾♀️. Then if Xhosa people were from Nigeria we would be Igbo 😃. The misconceptions are very annoying
African American women as well minus the hairy one.
The Blackest Beauty no such thing as African American when you really dig and study you’ll find out the Carib Indians as well as north and South American Indians looked just like the African negro and were enslaved and racially reclassified as black colored negro hence no one was ever called African until
The 1980s
Yonelani yes! Xhosa women have a bit of colored in them so hairy can still pass
One thing I find annoying, is this overwhelming sense of pressure, many Nigerians especially Igbo women are faced with to young marry and be married by a certain age. If you aren't married by a certain age, aunties will begin to look at you or in my own personal case tell me that at my age they already had their first child. They don't take into consideration: mental state, goals, career, or life aspirations. To them it's MARRY, MARRY, MARRY!! And a lot of beautiful, amazing women because of this pressure, start to develop low-esteem, doubt their own life's paths, or date guys that may not even be good for them and rush into a marriage just because of this. It's truly a shame.
I am Etsako but Nigerians either think I am from Warri, Yoruba OR Igbo, depending on who is running commentary. It's funny when I see Nigerians talk about racism when we are one of the biggest set of tribalistic people. Tueh!
When they say Igbo girls like money i always say the money should come to us only since you people have agreed only us like money.
“Igbo women being disrespectful“ I hear this everyday and infact a lot of people regard me to be disrespectful especially the way I relate/communicate with my parents.
And yes igbo women, myself personal have a very small threshold for taking bullshit.
I really enjoyed watching this, shows a lot of how intelligent you are.
Chi Zoba 🔨🔨🔨 relationship with parents!! They tell me I have no home training because of how I speak with my parents😂😂😂😂
Yes, I'm part Igbo, and most of the Igbo women I know are "no nonsense, no bs" type of women. And that's not a bad thing at all!! Ain't nobody gat time for dat!! lol
Your name sounds Ogoni, are you from Rivers as well?
Tribalism is such a huge problem for us African...
Omg who just realized they have missed seeing Dimma on her short hair.
Haq Haq Haq... they don’t know.... *they don’t know what is going on around Igbo women* . It’s a good thing you spoke about this. Really happy to see Igbo youths taking time to lecture people on our true culture and way of life. Thanks for sharing
I love your consistency 😍
That someone is different doesnt mean he or she is wrong. Im yoruba and i like money. Also, my husband also used to say lagos is not nigeria. I think its cos we dont have the culture of traveling around to know our different cities and towns in nigeria.
I absolutely enjoyed it. There is a lot of tribalism and stereotyping in Nigeria. I always end arguments with "a person is a person irrespective of where they come from" And it really does come from lack of exposure and tolerance to other people's culture and experiences. Reading Achebe, Chimamanda, Buchi Emecheta and others made really fall in love with the Igbo culture. I'm Yoruba and live in Jos and understand Hausa, so it's a little of almost everything here and there. Every culture has it's uniqueness and that is what makes us beautiful. We just can't all be the same, life would be absolutely boring that way.
I'm Yoruba and i absolutely love how industrious igbo people are. One big one i've heard and seen sometimes is that igbo men like marrying girls from the village, the business men especially LOL
😀 yes some of them but the percentage is high
Lmao usually the insecure ones that can't handle a woman on their level. It's not just Igbo.
Yes my dear! because we dont believe in divorce.. In igbo culture everything is all about family family family.
Funmi Ville The way you say that village women is confusing...It depends on what you meant by "Village"... because does women you call village are the most purely beautiful and they are very educated...don't forget the business men wives are the ones that drives the most expensive cars in Nigeria...they are the ones that lives in the most poshest places In any city in Nigeria...they are the ones that have maids serving them...They are not village girls as you put it...Igbo mothers are the ones that always do that to their sons...they tend to be watching over a girl for her son's...so no matter where they brought any girl...the parents will insist it's the one they choosed personally...Igbo men are the most un_freedom men on Earth in terms of marriage...Igbo men don't just marry anyhow women...they don't have much freedom making choices... that's why they hardly marry outside...99.9% Igbo men marries from Homeland...despite they are the most travelling people on Earth and well exposed...they always return home to marry... it's about culture that is beyond their power to control...so don't get it twisted...I'm not IGBO nor Nigerian or even African...but living in Nigeria for over 10 years I have got to learn every culture and tells it all without been biased.
Igbo women, from what I learn from Chimamanda Adichie writings, is that they stand out and express themselves, I guess that's where disrespect thing come from. They are misunderstood
So other women don’t stand up and express themselves 😂 they are mute
Igbo women aren't wicked although some of them i know are strict they don't joke with their BUSINESS at all mbah .👌 which is a good thing. So when a business is owned by an igbo lady and you intend to buy on credit she says no does that make her wicked?
I'm from the Southern part of Nigeria and we are known for making tasty food.😋
''respecting the way that they know how to'' people need to really understand this. We show respect in very distinct ways
When did the rest of Nigeria conclude that Igbo people are light skinned? I'm still lost on that one.
I think Nollywood played a huge role in perpetuating this notion. Before and even after Genevieve, a lot of Igbo actresses were all light-skinned.
First time I went to the east I expected everyone in Enugu to be fair. Loool, I won't even lie I was shocked. Thinking about it now is just silly right now
@@arinolaoduniyi74 true
please help me ask oooo
I've heard that so many times and as a dark skinned Igbo girl with many dark skinned relatives, it's just confusing.
Wow, this video just made me proud of knowing Dimma, my fellow igbo sister. See me saying yes as you were explaining how igbo commodities were so autonomous with no kings..like I'm proud that there are people that know our history. Which is something that's gradually getting lost in the cracks, they don't even teach these things in school...so sad #proudigbogirl I wish I can speak igbo as well as you do though, so sad. Thank you Dimma for this video👍🏽
ONITSHA has always had an OBI. The others didn't have the wisdom and civilization to organise themselves.
@@saharasun3862 having an Obi doesn't equal wisdom
Every area had their way of doing things and it worked for them
@@saharasun3862 Very condescending way to speak about other people's cultures. Having a king is actually not the ultimate. Even the bible makes that pretty clear.
I once told someone I was going to see a movie in the cinema and he said “wow are there cinemas in Port Harcourt?” I was legit shocked. Like why won’t there be cinemas? Am I living in a jungle?
People seriously think that? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He is very mad msscchhhheeeeewwwww what nonsense.
😂😂😂😂The ignorance. I cannot tonight
Seriously, He's insane..
Kechi Ehinome I swear. I was so shocked
Hahaha Xhosa women in South Africa and Igbo women same misconceptions really everything you said, they say about us here! Great content Dimma
where's my popcorn ? this is gonna be interesting. 💛💛💛 from a Nigerian youtuber
I won’t even lie, I use to be afraid of my Ibo sisters 👯. On the business aspect, the Ibo women are the best.
Please, it is igbo not ibo.
Igbo sis.
@@janeakunna @ yes it is igbo
@@janeakunna What does IGBO means?
Igbo, not Ibo.
Dimmaaa!!!! Schooling us since kamgbe. That “umunna” explanation hit different. Thanks girl. And yes, we are as straight as arrows. ✅
At 6:04 you know Dimma is really Igbo 😅😅
Lindi-Ikeji (Linda Ikeji)
I’ve heard Misti-Ibu (Mister Ibu), but this is new 😂😂
Olilo uda ume.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Patience is always wicked in movies, always!!!
The one misconception I've heard severally is that Igbo people are fair and I'm dark skin and almost every time I tell people that I'm Igbo they are like ehnnn as if to say that my being dark is strange even a Yoruba friend of mine who is fair had been told that she looks Igbo just because of her skin colour and I've been called Ghanian severally and also I schooled in Ghana and even in Ghana that stereotype is still said they it was very very funny to me
And I actually have heard everything you've said at least once as well
Definitely assumed to be Igbo even though I'm Yoruba, in light of what you said
@@MslaCrissy same I get jamaican first...then when I say I'm Nigerian they say Igbo right because I am Naturally light skin and I have shoulder length hair...I say Nope Proudly Yoruba. But we are all one sha.
MslaCrissy I am nigerian as well living in America as soon as I say I’m nigerian it’s like the whole Igbo community wants to claim me I’m like nahhh just because I’m light skin and I’m pretty they all assume I’m Igbo like chill. Even one time some Igbo girl told me my parents are Igbo even after I told them I’m Edo. my parents are edo specifically esan 100% like how are you going to tell me what my family is, granted I lived in nigeria before and then moved back to America. Like is it by force to be Igbo. Not everyone who is light skin is Igbo
Has to do with majority, majority of igbo girls are lightskin. Come to Futo and see for ya self
Sheesh, every time - can we bow to this make up slay and hair 🚨🚨🚨
That respect one gets to me all the time! Living in lagos, they expect me to kneel down to greet, I do it half way and it's disrespect.
Igbo language, tradition and people are the most BEAUTIFUL in Nigeria and African. You can't beat it. You can't compare other tribes in Nigeria with Igbo. Look how Beautiful this Lady is. You can tell she's well kept.
Don't mind them my mum has her shop in aspamda at trade fair in Lagos and she is a dealer my mum is a very hardworking woman and the majority are more hardworking
One thing I don't like that people say about my tribe is that 'yoruba people are very dirty' .Like seriously what has dirtiness got to do with being yoruba lool
Honestly😂
It’s really upsetting
Babe I'm not igbo but igbo women are highly business oriented, maybe the men are more business inclined but igbo women dont slack in business unless by choice. As for the igbo men go to trafik rant on TH-cam she explained the pros and cons of igbo men
Igbo Amaka!!! 😍😍😍
It's is disheartening how myopic people can be sometimes, people talk about how that there is racism and zenophobia in other places while tribalism is eating deep into them too, ,stop all these nonsrnse and generalization ,Love don't hate, the world will be a better place when we realise that we are one irrespective of tribes,tongues,colour ,race and culture.
A big misconception people have about my tribe is that it doesn't exist. Sigh. I am from the Mbula tribe in Adamawa state and its painful when the whole Northern Nigeria is classified as Hausa, like no we aren't. We have hundreds of tribes and languages.
It's sad about the northern ethnic groups. It looks like they are being generalized as all Hausa/Fulani and losing their unique heritage.
A lot of Lagosians I’ve met tend to be ignorant. They think that Lagos is the only place that works. And everyone else comes from the village. And they think because they’ve met people from other tribes living in Lagos, that means they know shit about those tribes. Also, a misconception I hated was how one girl kept insisting that everything Igbo and Igbo states were local. When I wanted to move back to Enugu, my yoruba friends were low key feeling sorry for me. Biko, for what? They’ll be like you’re going to the East?. I’m not going to the East, I’m going to Enugu is always my reply. Or the people legit trying to classify over 250 tribes into Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba.
Forget Igbo talk, THIS MAKEUP LOOK!! GUUUURLLLL😍😍😍😍
Wow Dimma, thank you for this video ❤️
Oh dear this really resonated with me. Lived in owerri my whole life before relocating outside Nigeria. People don’t believe we have an airport either
Hiiii Okwuchi!
Your make up is flawless!
Proudly Igbo
Ah! Ndị a egbuo ndị a oo. Bikonu anyị aga-ahapụ omee anyị tupu ndị a emechinata Ọnụ ha. Ndị Igbo umunne m gbakỌtanụ ebe a k'anyi sechara obere foto. Dimma nwaanyị mara mma, uri nke a ị tere n'onyonyo a bụ nỌỌ mbido na njedebe
Chaaaiiii! Kuku kee me with this ya igbo writing! Excellent!
now I know how to pronounce igbo properly☺️❤️
People... A lot of people think hausa women marry young! Like that use to be not know because a lot of us are getting good education and things have actually change considering different generation.
The misconception that gets to me is the thought by many that calabar women are promiscuous. 🤦♀️
This actually annoys me too 🙄
My dear ooo, I don't even know where to start. In Akwa Ibom State, among the 3 tribes - Ibibio, Annang and Oron, you hear them say women from my tribe, Oron, are sexually hyperactive. One time, I met a guy who couldn't hide his excitement when I told him where I was from, like he was literally hoping to get some right there. 😒
I've heard this one too and it's just silly
I heard this one too growing up. Maybe not promiscuous, but very sexually aware and well informed. Also that Calabar parents find it very easy to talk with their kids about sex. Thinking about it now as an adult, those are all pluses in my book.
@@peacebassey197 I'm ibibio and I HATE that soooooo much!
I am not Igbo, I’m Ijaw I schooled in Igboland and the way I see igbos, they’re are industrious. The women are just as hardworking as the men. My only concern is the fact that the ladies are pushed to marriage too early. People look at me and say I’m Igbo, I look like Igbo that’s what people always tell me. In all I love Igbo people. Well for one people always say that ijaw people are local 😂😂😂 I just don’t argue or say a word, I only look and say that’s your opinion, oga to be oriented travel more or do your research. That’s what internet is for. I’m all I love how you addressed everything I feel like people just don’t do a lot of research and say things like they’re not learned. Thank you Dimma.
Ijaw too
My Ijaw sister....yes, I hear that stereotype about Ijaws too that we're unlearned and smell of fish.
Kay Bakare lol......I just don’t listen to what people say about my people. I do my thing to prove them wrong and not be the type of person you viewed the others to be 😍😍
Ophelia Jackson oh wow. What part of the ijaw are you. I mean state
Ebikake Lisaa as your name sounds I can guess from your name.
I came to Lagos and I experienced tribalism for the first time. Sometimes i had to settle "fights" between Igbo and Yoruba colleagues.
Then, I also realised I am "Igbo" from Bendel since I am not Yoruba.
Please I am from Edo State with towns such as Ekpoma, Auchi, Okada, Benin, etc. We do not live only in mud houses, we actually have tertiary institutions in these towns/city.
My sister a colleague told me that since I'm Auchi, I'm igbo and that's why when an argument pops up, anything I say is perceived as countering the Yoruba guys and being on the side of the enugu lady. And I have tried to make them understand that I'm not even igbo ooo🤷♀️
lol and I'm a girl from Edo state but for them i'm yoruba because we have itsekiri and yoruba names in our family? LWKMD. the tribalism I have experienced from Igbos is disgusting! Mostly it came from a place of insecurity...no matter how hard you try they think you feel you are better!! tiring
When I moved to Ibadan a few years ago, a lot of people will assume I'm Igbo once I say I'm from South-south. The ignorance is on another level. Meanwhile, I'm Esan from Edo.
I’m edo too and stereotypes against us are no joke
This is as a result of what is thought,
The three main tribes being yoruba, Igbo and Hausa.
And when any one is not Yoruba or hausa, people beleive then they should be igbo.
Living in Nigeria before for over 10 years as a non Nigeria...I got to tell you straight without been biased that all the stereotypes about the Igbos are just mere jealousy and envy...all that was just been created...99% of people don't even encounter it but just follow to the trend...but one thing i like about Igbo people is that they don't even care or gives a F**k...they should not ever try putting that in their head...I have never seen people whom love themselves and support each other like Igbo people in this world...but funny thing when I was in Nigeria, people try to create a confusion among Igbos telling them they don't like themselves...I laugh whenever I hear that..Igbo people need to know that is just to create a division within them...I once ask someone the bokoharam that has been killing themselves for years now were they Igbos...the Yorubas that has been battling baddoos deadly groups killing themselves for years were they Igbos...but still they are the ones that always say otherwise..what a contradiction..I enjoyed my time while in Nigeria and I have lived in Different cities..but Nigeria's major problem is Ethnical differences...and this is the same thing we are battling in my own country India.
Wow, u really mastered everything accurately.. Wow u said u are not a Nigerian?
I guess my tribe is African American/Black American/ American Descendant of Slavery... Aggressive, Money Hungry, not Businesswoman. I can go on and on but those are the main ones. Everything you said except for hairy.
Thanks for starting the conversation Dimma. The one about Ibo women not being business minded is new to me. All the others are not. Maybe because I grew up being Ibo in the SW so I heard them all A LOT. About the hairiness though - there might be some truth in that. All my years in Ibadan, Abeokuta, and Lagos I never saw hairy women (sideburns, forehead, legs, chin and head) the way I saw in Nsukka, Onitsha and Enugu and Calabar. Not just the hairiness - the density of the hair too. It may very well be something about the food we eat? I dunno. But by the same token I know several women from those same places that don't have that much hair either. So, not to say that all Ibo and Calabar women are hairy (that's just ignorant) but that more often than not hairiness, where it does exist, is more often seen in women from these areas (again, in my own experience). And yes, Ibo people generally (not just the women) are definitely very outspoken and you are right - when I think of all my aunties and older female relatives, their threshold for bullshit is really low Is that wickedness? - no. Wickedness is making someone think you're okay with them, or smiling in their face and then stabbing them in the back or talking bad about them behind their back. With the older Ibo woman you know EXACTLY where you stand. If she likes you, she likes you; and if she doesn't you'll know. No guessing required.
My young dear I really enjoyed this video as a woman in her 50s I find you truly inspiring a breathe of fresh air. I grew up in Nigeria in the 70s and 80s born in England and bred in Lagos and I just want to say that the ignorance thing is a new thing or should I say it's a millennial generation thing also aided by the government who enjoy the divide and rule! As a young person we went on holidays to Onitsha( got lost in Onitsha market), Enugu, Ibuzo, Benin, Sapele Warri etc. Nigeria was a lovely country you could travel by road or go by plane. As regards to this terrible tribalism it really took very deep roots when austerity started biting deeply. The Unitary system ingrained by our military has made poverty the national economy of Nigerians now they turn and blame one another. Growing up in Surulere in the 70s there were no divisions at all! This was in the days when history was taught in our schools just after the civil war. In school in Lagos I learnt many Igbo songs and stories. It's now time to stop pointing out tribal differences and instead point to the things that make us the same. Our initial National anthem pointed to this when it said "Though tribe and tongue may differ in brotherhood we stand, Nigerians all are proud to serve our sovereign national land"
Someone once told me that I would be wicked because i have a hairy face and I was like... Seriously?? What has that got to do with wickedness?? 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for sharing this video Dimma 🤗🤗
I had my Nysc in enugu and I was Inspired by women who were very hardworking and business minded.
They claim yoruba people are dirty😭😂😂😂😂
I´m a white guy (germany) and learn Igbo just for fun... with an teacher like her, i will learn it in the half of the time.....:)
This was so educative and needed. Love it!
The funny thing is we have exactly the same misconceptions about each other. Some Igbo people also think the yorubas aren't cultured at all and they are tribalistic and automatically hate them because of that
Yoruba are trabalistic take it to the bank.
They are actually very tribalistic and I'm not igbo
I think you should make a video of what to do in enugu. I tried searching online for activities but could not find anything. Thanks!!!!
Igbo women not business minded???? Haq haq, my mumsy that was a trader in balogun.
You are absolutely right dimma!!! A lot of people tend to generalize and intentionally close-minded.
Another annoying misconception I get is that "Calabar girls are housemaids" 🙄🙄🙄
Generalizing people or things is part of Human Evolution, when people see a repeated pattern occur frequently, the assume a everybody from that Ethnicity or tribe are like that.
Being an edo girl I find it totally ignorant when people say "Edo people are witches/ wizards". CALLING US EVIL.
Can you make a video speaking Igbo?
I flipping loved this video that I'm sharing it in all my social media platforms ❤️❤️❤️❤️
On the hairy stereotypes, I am actually a very very very hairy individual but interestingly enough no one in my family that I know of is. The thing is many women are hairy and many are not it is not a tribal thing.
I'm Igbo and hairy too. Many Igbo women i know are also hairy.
Igbo kwenu.... Eeh! Eeeeeh!! Eeeeeeeeeeee!!! Proudly Igbo❤❤❤
Dimma, people have a misconception that Bayelsa women and all dark and ugly...lol. they are shocked when I tell them i am from bayelsa state, because I am neither of those things😂
Girl I am Bayelsan, dark but certainly not ugly. People are so dumb with their assumptions. My mom is not dark skinned and she is so beautiful
Lol, I'm Bayelsan and certainly I've heard the part of us being "very" dark. I constantly keep getting asked why my daughter is so light skinned. So annoying!
Igbo girls like money?😯,. All Nigerian girls love money way past the western woman. Experience is the best teacher
Even Cardi B sang ~ MONEY
Yayyy... what’s TGIF without Dimma 🥳
Another misconception about Igbo women I’ve heard countless times is that all Igbo women are light skinned. I’m light skinned and everywhere I go people just assume I’m Igbo (even Igbo people) especially in the market... you’ll hear them calling out ‘nwanyi ocha’ or ‘asa oyibo’ as I pass by and because I understand Igbo I don’t take offense I just smile and walk pass.
Most importantly I’m Yoruba and I grew up in the north, growing up people always made bants about Yoruba women being dirty, that’s a huge misconception and is quite annoying. I for one I’m an extremely neat person (+ OCD 😁) and I know a lot of neat Yoruba people too.
Please Let’s ditch the misconceptions, cleanliness has nothing to do with the tribe.
Btw... Dimma you look gorgeous, love the makeup 💕💕
I am an igbo woman and I love business.. We are not lazy jor
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Always looking flawless, Igbo women are great
Yeah, and how people talk about mbaise women being so cunning
Well stated! Great video! I would love to see this makeup look! Gorgeous!
My experience, the ones in the village are sweet, the ones in the city are mean especially to their maids!
Wow it's Pretty Dimma.
For me i think there are always good and bad side for every tribes. The point were you talked about Igbo women being wicked really got me laughing because i actually know an igbo lady who is very kind at heart and straight forward and those are the kind of people one should really keep around.
Also, igbo women are not bred to be subservient, hence all the misconceptions.
Yuv actually said it all!
Your blush application issa mood. As an authentic igbo sombori, I don't take nonsense so don't try me. Lol #nojoke
I just watched this video today 🤦♀️ I loved it and I also agree with what you said, people can be ignorant, to generalize on a whole tribe just because of personal experiences is ridiculous. I once saw a post on Instagram saying igbo men are heartless cheats, at first, I didn't believe someone would even consider putting it up for discussion, cause that's nonsense, different people from different tribes, races, countries cheat, but the comments baffled me the most, with women coming to share their own Igbo Man experience 🤦♀️ E tire me🤦♀️ We should learn to stop judging each other's tribes so we can move forward in this country... Love your Videos Dinma💖💖💖
I think it’s because Igbo women are smart and very hardworking, it’s in an Igbo woman’s culture to be with a man who can provide for her and she will also support him by helping him build the family and manage his investment, the Igbo woman, it’s just a stereotype that Nigerians don’t want to let go when the classify Igbo women in a certain way.
Lol don’t know why people are always attacking Igbo women
😂😂😂 You always crack me up!
Dimma @0:38 there will be nothing like deep or bashing
Dimma @8:18 just stop this nonsense!!! and use your brain please !!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
One misconception I will never understand is why a lot of Nigerians believe all Edo people are witches. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard this one.
Please we wanna see you style this your hair - start to finish. That's all I'm looking at! O make sense gaan!
Tribalism is a thing in Nigeria for sure. People go around thinking they are better than others, culture is culture and not one culture is better. To address the issue about respect, it depends on where you are, if I am in Enugu I will be expected to respect their culture, if I am in Kaduna I will be expected to do the same. I am sure a Yoruba person in Enugu will not expect to be greeted with a bent kneel because that’s not the culture of the land.
Tolerance is understanding the culture of the land that you are in and respecting it.
I agree that most Nigerians do not travel within the country however, most places in Nigeria are not as welcoming as others and people gravitate to where they feel welcomed. This is a good conversation, I really enjoyed it.
Igbo amaka!! Period!! 👍🏻
On the contrary, I think Igbo women are very enterprising so I don’t even know where that misconception came from. Omg I agree with you. In my neighborhood, there’s this woman that has a store and her husband has a store just right beside her as well 🤣