vicadex07:
If the ancient Benin kingdom was ever greater than the Almighty Yorubas, Why cant there population in present day Nigeria fill up at least one state?

Firefire:




I don't do this tribal talk stuff, but the truth remains that Benin Kingdom is a subset of Ile-Ife Empire.

Shalom!

vicadex07:
If the ancient Benin kingdom was ever greater than the Almighty Yorubas, Why cant there population in present day Nigeria fill up at least one state?

Firefire:




I don't do this tribal talk stuff, but the truth remains that Benin Kingdom is a subset of Ile-Ife Empire.

Shalom!

omonnakoda:
Idiotic and childish post.Shame!! You better grow up and find employment

vicadex07:


Lol... E pain am

crusadistic:
the ancient Benin empire covered different tribes.you can't compare the sort of power and influence the Benin empire wielded to that of any yoruba kingdom.

omonnakoda:
Omo ale ni e . Se wo fe je Omo Odu'a ju emi lo ni. Omo eran ko a layi ni iran.
Loju ara e o n gbe ja Yoruba pelu kati kati ti o n ba ka. O ma da ko ye e ni te te te

vicadex07:


Guy, those curses are for your parents. I no come here to fight. Am here to put benin people in their place. We are not your mates

omonnakoda:
And you got this truth from where? What is Ile-Ife Emipre exactly? please enlighten us

Firefire:



Directly from my forefather being a descendant of Oyo-Ile.

omonnakoda:
Sango lo ma paa iya mi. Beere lo ma rin lo won ko de ni ri mo. Dandan ni pee awon obi re o ni jere mi.

Only a bastard like me and not a true omoluabi will go picking unnecessary and foolish fights.

Edo are brothers of Yoruba one way or another . We do not have any dispute with them. If you think it is funny or a cheap thrill you better go and find something to do.

If there is any misunderstanding with Edo we will resolve it with Iwa pele that real Yoruba are know for not like the descendants of slave masquerading as Yoruba

omonnakoda:
What is Ile Ife Empire?

omonnakoda:
What is Ile Ife Empire?

TonyeBarcanista:
Please don't start... @OP!




Thanks!

Firefire:


Okay, you are cleared with my source of information right.

Now to Ile-Ife Empire.

You will need to do a lot of reading and research, but the below is well document.

"Oduduwa had sons, daughters, and a grandson who went on to found their own kingdoms and empires, namely Ila Orangun, Owu, Ketu, Sabe, Popo and Oyo. Oranmiyan, Oduduwa's last born, was one of his father's principal ministers and overseer of the nascent Edo empire after Oduduwa granted the plea of the Edo people for his governance".

Let me know if you have any superior argument to invalidate the above ancient assertion.

Shalom!.

vicadex07:


It is Yoruba dynasty not Ile Ife empire. Where have you ever heard of Ile ife empire before. Do you think by attaching the word "empire", a non indigenous English word to the "benin" that makes them great?

You're a slowpoke

vicadex07:

I thought you are from rivers? Or are you now bini again?

omonnakoda:
The person I quoted introduced the term "Ile-Ife" empire so he needs to educate us about it. You certainly have no manners and no upbringing that is why you keep spitting like a rabid dog.
I have no said anything about Benin Empire. What I do know and what I promote is good relations between Edo and Yoruba . Not childish sensationalism because you wish to create thread. Some of us see far ahead long after your idiotic thread and you will have returned to your deserved obscurity. Yoruba do not need gratuitous enemies
I can only apologize to Edo brothers and urge them to give you the treatment you deserve which is to ignore you as one would a mad man on the street

TonyeBarcanista:

I'm Ijaw not Bini but tired of seeing renewed ethnic clash...


I know where this will head to....

PeterKbaba:
[b]My simple questions for the Benins will be:

How long did a runaway price from Benin take to walk from Benin to Ife (Probably 3 months).
How did he survive without food and water for this period?
How can a man so dirty and tired after walking for months, be able to convince the people in Ife, he came from the sky (A better place lol)?
What language did their prince speak to the Yoruba's in Ife when he got there and how were they able to understand?
How did the Benin know that their prince was alive in Yorubaland?

If the Benin claim they own the OBA title, Why did they have to change from Ogiso Dynasty to a new Oba Dynasty?
If you believe that Oduduwa was a prince from Ogiso, there should be no reason for the Dynasty change, you guys would have continued with the Ogiso.....

My Opinion is that, the Benin knew that the was no royal Male blood to carry on from the last Ogiso Dynasty. The was serious trouble in the Kingdom, so they called for help from their closest Spiritual/Prosperous Ife people to send a Royal male to impregnate their Royal princess, so the kingship could continue (Since kingship is from the Male blood line).

Unfortunately, Since a new Male Royal Blood from Ife arrived, they had to change Dynasty from Ogiso to Obaship.
End of Story[/b]

vicadex07:
If the ancient Benin kingdom was ever greater than the Almighty Yorubas, Why cant there population in present day Nigeria fill up at least one state?

bigfrancis21:



For starters, power or influence is not necessarily about population or landmass. Israel, for example, has a small population of about 6 million jews and a tiny landmass country compared to the hundreds of millions of Arabs living in nations surrounding it with bigger landmass but it wields a very strong influence in the middle east region. A country's population is not necessarily a determinant of its power or influence.

It is well recorded in the annals of history that the kingdom of Benin DID wield huge influence and conquered neighbouring ethnic groups which were subjects to this kingdom. However, the kingdom did not think it imperative to impose their language on their conquered territories as they thought of the Bini language to be 'royal', and limited only to a few people and thus allowed the ethnic groups under them to keep onto their languages.

bigfrancis21:



For starters, power or influence is not necessarily about population or landmass. Israel, for example, has a small population of about 6 million jews and a tiny landmass country compared to the hundreds of millions of Arabs living in nations surrounding it with bigger landmass but it wields a very strong influence in the middle east region. A country's population is not necessarily a determinant of its power or influence.

It is well recorded in the annals of history that the kingdom of Benin DID wield huge influence and conquered neighbouring ethnic groups which were subjects to this kingdom. However, the kingdom did not think it imperative to impose their language on their conquered territories as they thought of the Bini language to be 'royal', and limited only to a few people and thus allowed the ethnic groups under them to keep onto their languages.