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Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by TonyeBarcanista(m): 7:34am On Nov 05, 2015 |
IGBOPRINCE:they speak ibani and not igbo 1 Like |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by Nobody: 7:53am On Nov 05, 2015 |
TonyeBarcanista: Obiagu1: 1 Like |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by Nobody: 7:55am On Nov 05, 2015 |
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Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by IGBOPRINCE: 8:52am On Nov 05, 2015 |
TonyeBarcanista:ok all the bonny dey speak ibani abi all the opobo and bonny dey speak ibani no igbo at all? Abeg I want dey clear. Tanx |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by fratermathy(m): 8:53am On Nov 05, 2015 |
HopeAtHand: Nothing takes me to PH except going THROUGH it for at most 45mins. As for all your insults to me, I say SHALOM! If you want to document Ikwerre, don't be bitter about me. You are free to write about them or post pictures here. Don't worry I'd do you the favour of documenting YOUR PEOPLE in my next thread. I'd mention you once I'm done. |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by bigfrancis21: 8:54am On Nov 05, 2015 |
nextdoor84: Wene su badu, eli ikwerre mara mma. Ikwerre meka nu! |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by bigfrancis21: 8:55am On Nov 05, 2015 |
IGBOPRINCE: Lol. You're asking the wrong person for the truth. Well, let's see what he has to say. 1 Like |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by bigfrancis21: 8:57am On Nov 05, 2015 |
Xpaz: You mean Dakuku Peterside? The same person who openly declared himself as an Igbo man descended from King Jaja of Opobo? |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by HopeAtHand: 9:01am On Nov 05, 2015 |
fratermathy: I did not see my insult..point it out. I wanted to post some pictures here but decided against it, afterall, what's the point when your mind is already made up. And SHALOM to you too. |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by fratermathy(m): 9:16am On Nov 05, 2015 |
HopeAtHand: My mind is not made up on anything. You said I am biased. I take offence to that. I acknowledge Ikwerre as a distinct cultural and ethnic group. However, I maintain my grounds that Ikwerre language belongs to the Igbo language clusters. My argument is strictly on the language. Arguing against this fact is like seeing the Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin and saying God didn't write it. 2 Likes |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by bummyla(m): 9:21am On Nov 05, 2015 |
Thank You LORD For Making Me A Nigerian! http://www.bummyla.com |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by cheruv: 9:30am On Nov 05, 2015 |
TonyeBarcanista:Enyi ga nodu ala. The OP merely reported things as he saw them...and those things are 1]bonny is an Igbo speaking enclave in ijawland 2]opobo is an Igbo speaking enclave in Obololand(obolos are from the Ibibio/efik cluster). Stop causing issues where they're none |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by cheruv: 9:43am On Nov 05, 2015 |
fratermathy:Brother, In Rivers state there's a coastline called Igwenga and its defined as the seaboard lying btwn the mouth of bonny river in the West and the mouth of Imo river in the East. The first people to settle here are the Otams who came from present day Abia state. The ijos came later and the two communities coexisted together till the advent of the slave trade.the trade in slaves was what tipped the balance here into a definitive Igbo one as the main slave stocks were Igbos from the orlu okigwe axis. All these info is for bonny alone.as for opobo,its simply the property of Jaja and his descendants and everybody knows that Jaja is Igbo 1 Like |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by cheruv: 9:45am On Nov 05, 2015 |
fratermathy:Overamwen was exiled to Atakpa(that's what we Igbos call calabar) so its not surprising they dress like efiks |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by cheruv: 9:57am On Nov 05, 2015 |
Xpaz:I donno why the guy is spreading lies here |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by IGBOPRINCE: 11:42am On Nov 05, 2015 |
bigfrancis21:I don't think I'm asking the wrong person, I ve listened so much from my people so I want to understand tonyebarcanista's views. So that s why I asked him those questions but it seem he can't denied the stands of igbos in opobo cos he has kept mute since then. |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by Heartibaby(f): 12:02pm On Nov 05, 2015 |
fratermathy: As much as wikipedia tries to be, it isnt always correct. We are telling you the history of these people based on EXPERIENCE and you are talking based on internet RESEARCH. Who do you honestly think is more accurate? U talked about fattening room in annang and then posted a picture a photographer took of a calabar girl and u are saying u didnt label the picture so its not ur fault? Ah don gerrit. The reason why u cant find an actual picture of an annang girl being fattenend is because the annang people do not have that culture. U did a good job. Please dont spoil it by refusing to correct these errors. U are misleading people 1 Like |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by bigfrancis21: 1:42pm On Nov 05, 2015 |
IGBOPRINCE: Yea I get you. By wrong person i meant someone who would not give you the objective truth nor provide you with the truth as it is. These people find it difficult to admit to the simple fact that Opobo and Bonny (descendants of Ndoki founders) speak Igbo. Notice that in their story versions of these places they are intentionally silent on the language spoken in these areas or outright claim them as Ibani speaking. Do not be surprised if TonyeBarcanista is from one of these places and he speaks fluent Igbo. Bad misrepresentation of facts. 1 Like |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by Xpaz: 8:20pm On Nov 05, 2015 |
bigfrancis21:wanne open your eyes. Nkorro shares border with Opobo. don't allow this ijaw people to use you guys again like jona did with Azikiwe |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by IamaNigerianGuy(m): 12:00pm On Jun 22, 2017 |
Very informative ! Need more of these. |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by Kirigidi(m): 8:14pm On Jun 22, 2017 |
biafranqueen:The mention of "Going to Udo" caught my attention and reminded me of ancient "UDO" the capital of AKA KINGDOM [later re-named Benin Empire] during the "OGISO DYNASTY". Or was it actually a ceremonial rehearsal pointing to where the Obi Kingship authority came from which is the ancient Udo of the OGISOS? |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by Kirigidi(m): 8:34pm On Jun 22, 2017 |
Thanks for knowingly or unknowing exposing the hidden evil agenda of Igbo Biafra and your forceful inclusion of Niger-Delta minorities in your Biafra map. But it won't work out. We Niger-Deltans are fully aware of Igbo expansionist plans due to their lack of sufficient land and access to the sea, but we won't succumb to it. We refused to be Biafrans. 2 Likes |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by Kirigidi(m): 9:59pm On Jun 22, 2017 |
VickJames:Friend! Language alone does not determine or tell the real origin of a people. This is because language is dynamic and people of a place can switch language at any point in history. Let me give you examples in Urhoboland. Orogun is an Urhobo clan with several towns and villages but since time immemorial they were fond of marrying Ukwuani-Igbo women. And because children spend more time with mothers than fathers, they tend to learn quickly whatever language the mothers teach them. As a result of maternal influences, the whole Orogun clan is presently bi-lingual; speaking both Urhobo and Ukwuani-Igbo. Furthermore, do you know that some of these Orogun villages [e.g. Arhagba] have virtually lost their Urhobo language and speak mainly Ukwuani-Igbo? Do you know that their children now find it difficult to speak or understand Urhobo but they can speak and understand Igbo [Ukwuani] fluently? I visited Arhagba-Orogun town in 2011 during INEC Voters Registration Exercise and was taken aback by what I saw. Every where in the community I reached the people were speaking Igbo, playing Igbo musics and rarely heard someone spoke Urhobo. It was so overwhelming that I had to asked my companion that day if we were still actually in Urhoboland and had not wandered into Igboland by mistake. The Igbo influence was so strong in Arhagba town that even church programs were been conducted in English and Igbo languages alone, and not in Urhobo their supposed indigenous language. I tell you, the only feature that still identify Arhagba as an Urhobo town are just their native surnames and culture. Even then, some of them have started bearing Igbo names and if this trend continues in the next 50 years, Igbo culture may completely take over the community and there may not be any trace of Urhobo culture or heritage in Arhagba again. In summary, if we should use language spoken in a place as sole yardstick for ethnic grouping, then in the next coming years Arhagba and other Orogun communities may no longer be classified or regarded as Urhobo but rather Igbo. I suppose that was the same case with Bonny, Ekpeye and others who now speak more of Igboid languages. Do you known that even in Rwanda Hutu and Tutsi are two separate ethnic groups but speak the same language? This was because the Tutsis presumably lost their language in the course of history and adopted the language of the Hutus. 2 Likes |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by AworiLagosian: 11:38pm On Jun 22, 2017 |
Kirigidi: How come Udo now is just a tiny insignificant village of not even up to an hamlet? Udo can't even be seen on a map Wth happened |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by fratermathy(m): 12:18am On Jun 23, 2017 |
AworiLagosian: Things change over time historically. Cities fall, empires go to dust, languages die and new things may or may not arise from their ashes. Greece and Rome were once centres of global civilisations but are today shadows of themselves. The capital of Igodomigodo (old Benin) somehow changed to modern day Benin City (with the end of the Ogiso dynasty and the rise of Eweka I as the Oba of modern Benin). With the focus on Benin City as the centre of Benin Kingdom, Udo gradually reduced in status, size and prestige. Many more groups may have left at this point to found other Edo communities. 1 Like |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by AworiLagosian: 12:26am On Jun 23, 2017 |
fratermathy: Yes, but at least there should be ruins, artefacts, signs of an old settlement etc. Instead all we have is just a tiny bunch of houses. Udo may not have been all that. 1 Like |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by fratermathy(m): 1:04am On Jun 23, 2017 |
AworiLagosian: Have any known excavations been done that you know of? A lot could be buried underneath. Pompei used to be a centre for Roman culture but most of it is buried in ash now. 1 Like |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by AworiLagosian: 1:08am On Jun 23, 2017 |
fratermathy: Well, the earliest Benin artefacts don't far back enough to the time Udo was the capital of early Edo. Udo was not an imperial capital, and some have even mentioned that the palace sites of the Ogisos were in Benin. The only thing I can remember is that one of the earlier rulers of Benin during the time of was it (Eweka?) tried to set up a parallel government there, but of course, Eweka came out triumphant. 1 Like |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by Kirigidi(m): 9:52am On Jun 23, 2017 |
AworiLagosian:Time changes things! "UDO" was a flourishing town during the "OGISO DYNASTY" era. The "OGISOS" made "UDO" the Capital of ancient "AKA KINGDOM" and was home to a vast number Edoid people including the Urhobo-Isokos, Ishans, Etsakos, Epie-Atissas, Ikas, Engennis, Degemas, etc. At the height of the reigns of the "OGISOS" between 600-900 AD, UDO was a power house in the region sending rulers to different lands to reign. For example, "ERE" who was one of the early OGISOS was the founder of "Ughelli Kingdom" in Urhoboland. And it was also during the Ogisos reigns that kings were crowned to rule in Onitsha, Asaba and Agbor. It was after the collapse of the "OGISO DYNASTY" in "900 AD" that Udo town started declining in population and influence. Consequently, the various peoples who made Udo their home abandoned the town and fled to establish new settlements elsewhere as a result of chaos and civil strives which trailed the fall of the "AKA KINGDOM". The Igbos so-much boast-about "ERI" was one of such people who left to found new communities elsewhere. The first settlement "ERI" established on arrival in Igboland was named "ERI-AKA" in memory/ remembrance of where he migrated from; "AKA" land. I do laugh whenever some Igbos claim that 'ERI" migrated from ISRAEL. That is a big lie as there was no such thing! Igbos take note of this: ERI's origin lies in ancient UDO and AKA land of the OGISO KINGS and not ISRAEL. Following the emergence of a new Dynasty [the "Oba Dynasty"] after years of interregnum, "Oranmiyan" who came from "UHE" ["IFE"] was scared to reign from "Udo". Fearing for his life, he transferred the Capital to a new settlement and renamed the Kingdom "BENIN". Relatively, "Udo" is older than "Benin City". If you could remember, the people of UDO refused to accept the authorities of the early OBAS of the OBA DYNASTY and fought several battles gallantly against the Obas until the were finally subdued during the reign of possibly Oba Ewuare the Great [Ogidigan] in about the fifteen Century. It was the many battles Udo waged against the authorities of the Obas that brought the town down. They probably regarded the emerging Obas as strangers and intruders to the land and resisted their over-lordship. Even till date, UDO though now reduced to a small community, still enjoy some autonomous status within the Benin Kingdom. 2 Likes |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by Konquest: 1:18am On Jul 07, 2017 |
biafranqueen:^^^^^^^^^^ Onicha Ado ni Idu... |
Re: Some Old Pictures Of Nigerian Ethnic Groups And People by Konquest: 1:36am On Jul 07, 2017 |
UnimkeAk:^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ... he wore two crowns? Colonial mentality... . |
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