techmo:
Then you have never seen the north rever and worship there kings

Emilokoiyawon:


Awon oloshis

gregyboy:

I smell hate this early morning...... From the Weaklings

TAO12:
Yes, you must pray for him because all his Edo subjects are his slaves.

The Yoruba-Obas of Benin consider their Edo subjects as their slaves.

These Yoruba-kings of Benin and the Edo people whom they rule over till date (and forever) are from different ethno-linguistic stocks.

See an instance of what I'm talking about in Roth (1903), p.103 below:

"The royal right of abuse seems to have survived to the last days, for Gallwey (p. 129) mentions that “the Benin people are free, but are treated as slaves by the king, the title of king's slave being considered an honour." We have seen above that for different reasons the king claimed male children, widows and slaves belonging to deceased subjects; he could hardly get much more, so that the mass of the people were practically slaves to the king, and those who were not to the king were so to their chiefs."

No king considers his subjects to be his slaves if indeed they are one and the same people. Food for thought!

cc: Igbos, OhanaezeNdigbo, NnamdiKanu, IPOB, MASSOB, Biafra

IDENNAA:


Like I said, its their culture even if you thought it deamening. And , in order for respect and peace to prevail I will tolerate Bini and their reverence to their king and hope they do same and respect the Igbo "every man is created equally" philosophy.

Emilokoiyawon:


e pain am...kee yasef. A village can never be a country.

gregyboy:
[s]Lol....... Weaklings will always live at shadow of the strong....[/s].

Emilokoiyawon:


I can see the shadow of your inconsequential Bini/Edo village BUT where is the strong? Kee yasef joor

gregyboy:

Yes we are the village of the strong, and the yorubas is a country full of weaklings....... I wish you could take rat poison like your ancestors who couldn't face the rot of thier masters

gregyboy:



No the benins is worse in everything they do,
You need to stay in benin to see it

The word oba gha to kpere means god bless the oba its a prayer not a greeting

gregyboy:



Yes we are the village of the strong, and the yorubas is a country full of weaklings....... I wish you could take rat poison like your ancestors who couldn't face the rot of thier masters

Emperordynasty:
I [s]don't support the worship of a man in anyway...but I love the way the Benins show respect to their king and it also shows that values and respect is ingrained in their nature as people...

But why does TAO12 want to kill herself over this fact...
First you blindly made a claim that your yo.robber people brought the mornachy to Benin,and that the oba sees his subjects as slave....how does this you stupid claim affect the topic..

Why do you tribalistic idiots always go about to insult the cultures of others and when you get blasted you say that "they are attacking yorubas".

Why does anything Benin give you heart attack misses TAO12...I so much dispise your irritating behaviour....if you don't like the post just get the hell out of the thread...[/s]

TAO12:


In every ancient culture of the world, the king is shown respect, and almost literally worshipped.

However, default enslavement is another ball game completely. You can't white-wash that!

No king (who is of same stock as the people) regards same people as his slaves in such a default manner as the Yoruba-Kings of Benin regard their Edo subjects.

This speaks to one fact -- that is, the Obas of Benin are from a different paternal ethno-linguistic stock (Yoruba), while their subjects are from another ethno-linguistic stock (Edo).

In fact, it is not simply the people who merely lowered themselves, rather it is the royal right of the Yoruba-King of Benin to abuse his Edo subjects. It is he who must regard them as his slaves wether they like it, or they like it.

Refresh your mind again:

"The royal right of abuse seems to have survived to the last days, for Gallwey (p. 129) mentions that “the Benin people ... are treated as slaves by the king, the title of king's slave being considered an honour." We have seen above that for different reasons ... the mass of the people were practically slaves to the king, ..."

This documentation points again to the same historical fact I've proving severally to the effect that, while the subjects and commoners are Edos, their Kings (from Oranmiyan/Eweka till date and forever) are Yorubas, and they must always seal their ascension rites at certain sites in Ife.

The truth itches.

gregyboy:
[s]You have gone mad again.... You need to be tamed[/s]

TAO12:


Thank you for admitting the fact that you (as an Edo) are a slave (by default) to the Yoruba-Oba of Benin.

Thank you for admitting the fact that he is not one of you -- that is, for admitting that he simply came, saw, and conquered.

gregyboy:

The mythical ife composed by samuel johnson i loved his novel history of yorubas, and he said a yorubas came from oduduwa and how oduduwa came from egypt... Is novel was top notch

gregyboy:


The mythical ife composed by samuel johnson i loved his novel history of yorubas, and he said a yorubas came from oduduwa and how oduduwa came from egypt... Is novel was top notch

gregyboy:

The mythical ife composed by samuel johnson i loved his novel history of yorubas, and he said a yorubas came from oduduwa and how oduduwa came from egypt... Is novel was top notch

TAO12:


But in any case:

Thank you for continuing to admit the fact that you (as an Edo) are a slave (by default) to the Yoruba-Oba of Benin.

Thank you for admitting the fact that he is not one of you -- that is, for admitting that he simply came, saw, and conquered

TAO12:


(1) Why does Benin continue to pay homage to a mYtHiCaL non-existent Ife?? Ask Ewuare!

(2) Having said that, Erediauwa said that Benin was founded by its first Oba.

He added that this Oba was given birth to by the Supreme God Almighty as his last-born son >

But he forgot to mention the name of God's wife whom this mythical founder was born through.

MythicalBenin -- first made-up by Erediauwa.