In the Republic of Haiti (French Caribbean) there's a National Religio-cultural festival celebrated annually known as IBO LOA

This is in honor of the Igbos; who mostly inhabited that country during the slave trade era and for their role in Haiti's Independence in 1804.

There's a popular saying in Haiti; "Nous se Ibo", when translated from French means "We are Igbos".

There's also a major street in the Capital (Route Ibo lélé), a popular Ibo dance known as dansé Ibo. And there exist a Radio station: Radio Ibo 98.5 Fm.

They also have a National folklore song honoring them; Ibo grandmoun (Igbos are their own authority).

During the Nigeria-Biafra War,(1967-1970) Haiti was the first country to recognize the Republic of Biafra as an Independent country, thru a highly publicized Presidential letter.

Ok

haiti Igbo dance.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U82mGHBIa-s



Afoutayi --Ibo Lele


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvMtvx9LeXM

Wow

they have started again o.... relationship begging igbos.....

Nice one.

Captain8:
they have started again o.... relationship begging igbos.....

Na dem Oduduwa spiderman Gods people...

okay

bomb24:
In the Republic of Haiti (French Caribbean) there's a National Religio-cultural festival celebrated annually known as IBO LOA

This is in h3onor of the Igbos; who mostly inhabited that country during the slave trade era and for their role in Haiti's Independence in 1804.

There's a popular saying in Haiti; "Nous se Ibo", when translated from French means "We are Igbos".

There's also a major street in the Capital (Route Ibo lélé), a popular Ibo dance known as dansé Ibo. And there exist a Radio station: Radio Ibo 98.5 Fm.

They also have a National folklore song honoring them; Ibo grandmoun (Igbos are their own authority).

During the Nigeria-Biafra War,(1967-1970) Haiti was the first country to recognize the Republic of Biafra as an Independent country, thru a highly publicized Presidential letter.

True but give a genuine source for doubting Thomases.

From Wiki....



The Igbo, whose traditional territory is called the Bight of Biafra (also known as the Bight of Bonny),[1] became one of the principal ethnic groups to be enslaved during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.[2] An estimated 14.6% of all slaves were taken from the Bight of Biafra between 1650 and 1900. The Bight’s major slave trading ports were located in Bonny and Calabar.[3] The majority of Igbo slaves were kidnapped during village raids. The journey for Igbo slaves often began in the ancient Cave Temple that was located in Arochukwu Kingdom. [4] During this period, the three Igbo Kingdoms followed the same culture and religion, yet tended to operate very differently from each other. The Kingdom of Nri and the Independent Igbo States (confederation of independently ruled Igbo states) did not practice slavery, and slaves from neighbouring lands would often flee to these kingdoms in order to be set free. Arochukwu, on the other hand, practiced a system of indentured servitude that was remarkably different from chattel slavery in the Americas. Eventually, with Europeans beginning to encroach on Igbo territory, causing the kingdoms to desire weaponry to defend themselves. In order to obtain European goods and weaponry, Arochukwu began to raid villages of the other Igbo kingdoms - primarily those located in the Igbo hinterlands. People would be captured, regardless of gender, social status, or age. Slaves could have been originally farmers, nobility, or even people who had committed petty crimes. [5] These captured slaves would be taken and sold to European slave traders on the coast. Another way people were enslaved was through the divine oracle who resided in the Cave Temple complex. [6] All Igbos practiced divination called Afa, but the Kingdom of Arochukwu was different because it was headed by a divine oracle who was in charge of making decisions for the king. During this time, if someone committed a crime, was in debt, or did something considered an "abomination" (for example, the killing of certain kinds of animals was considered an abomination due to its association with certain deities), they would be taken to the cave complex to face the oracle for sentencing. The oracle, who was also influenced by the demands of European slave traders, would sentence these people to slavery, even for small crimes. The victim would be commanded to walk further into the cave so that the spirits could "devour" them, but, in reality, they were taken to an opening on the other side and loaded directly onto a waiting boat. This boat would take them to a slave ship en route to the Americas...






Number of Igbo transported
It is estimated that a total of 1.4 million Igbo people were transported via European slave ships across the Atlantic during the transatlantic slave trade.[7][8]

Dispersal
Some recorded populations of people of African descent on Caribbean islands recorded 2,863 Igbo on Trinidad and Tobago in an 1813 census;[9] 894 in Saint Lucia in an 1815 census;[10] 440 on Saint Kitts and Nevis in an 1817 census;[11] and 111 in Guyana in an 1819 census.[12][N 1]

Barbados
The Igbo were dispersed to Barbados in large numbers. Olaudah Equiano, a famous Igbo author, abolitionist and ex-slave, was dropped off there after being kidnapped from his hometown near the Bight of Biafra. After arriving in Barbados he was promptly shipped to Virginia.[13] At his time, 44 percent of the 90,000 Africans disembarking on the island (between 1751 and 1775) were from the bight. These Africans were therefore mainly of Igbo origin. The links between Barbados and the Bight of Biafra had begun in the mid-seventeenth century, with half of the African captives arriving on the island originating from there.[14]

Haiti
Haiti had many Igbo slaves. There is still the Creole saying of Nou se Igbo (We are Igbos).[15] Aspects of Haitian culture that exhibit this can be seen in the loa, a Haitian loa (or deity) created by the in the Vodun religion.[16]

Jamaica
Main article: Igbo people in Jamaica
Bonny and Calabar emerged as major embarkation points of enslaved West Africans destined for Jamaica's slave markets in the 18th century.[17] Dominated by Bristol and Liverpool slave ships, these ports were used primarily for the supply of slaves to British colonies in the Americas. In Jamaica, the bulk of Igbo slaves arrived relatively later than the rest of other arrivals of Africans on the Island in the period after the 1750s. There was a general rise in the number of enslaved people arriving to the Americas, particularly British colonies, from the Bight of Biafra in the 18th century; the heaviest of these forced migrations occurred between 1790 and 1807.[18] The result of such slaving patterns made Jamaica, after Virginia, the second most common destination for slaves arriving from the Bight of Biafra; as the Igbo formed the majority from the Bight, they became largely represented in Jamaica in the 18th and 19th century.[19]

United States
The Igbo presence in United States goes back to the country's earliest days and remains in the hearts of African Americans who are their modern descendants. From the mid-1600s to 1830, the US imported a large amount of Igbo slaves to the states of Virginia and Maryland in order to provide labour for tobacco plantations. The presence of the Igbo in this region was so profound that the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia decided to erect a full-scale traditional Igbo village in Staunton, Virginia.[20] This is why the majority of African Americans, who have some ancestral connections to this region of the country, have a significant amount of genetically verifiable Nigerian ancestry. It has been hypothesized that, at least, 60% of all African Americans have at least one ancestor who originated from the Igbo kingdoms. Many African Americans are now tracing their Igbo heritage with the help of genetic testing and historical evidence. They are able to reconnect with their living relatives in Nigeria and reestablish links with their ancestral ethnic group.

In the United States the Igbo slaves were known for being rebellious. In some states such as Georgia, the Igbo had a high suicide rate.

OP be very watchful of this beautiful thread. Afonjas are coming to distort and derail it. Their job is to always derail every positive Igbo thread to hide Igbo history. See as dey wan die because of the rumor that Rihanna claimed Igbo.

Captain8:
they have started again o.... relationship begging igbos.....

ijo sewage rat u pukes are worst than a vomit u got nothing us. bunch of 21-century neanderthal primates.

Oh here will come again Rihanna has caused another problem for them I'm not even sure if Rihanna made that statement .And when did igbo turn to ibo la?

oluztx:
OP be very watchful of this beautiful thread. Afonjas are coming to distort and derail it. Their job is to always derail every positive Igbo thread to hide Igbo history.

Mostly these kind of threads are posted by fulani terrorists.
Just to cause disunity between Yorubas and Igbos.

Tinubuadvocate:
Oh here will come again Rihanna has caused another problem for them I'm not even sure if Rihanna made that statement .And when did igbo turn to ibo la?

bloody abobaku in severe pains. I don't need to explain bullshiit to skull miners u can wallow in your pains under the heat emanating from your brown roof.

Obamaofusa:


True but give a genuine source for doubting Thomases.

From Wiki....



The Igbo, whose traditional territory is called the Bight of Biafra (also known as the Bight of Bonny),[1] became one of the principal ethnic groups to be enslaved during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.[2] An estimated 14.6% of all slaves were taken from the Bight of Biafra between 1650 and 1900. The Bight’s major slave trading ports were located in Bonny and Calabar.[3] The majority of Igbo slaves were kidnapped during village raids. The journey for Igbo slaves often began in the ancient Cave Temple that was located in Arochukwu Kingdom. [4] During this period, the three Igbo Kingdoms followed the same culture and religion, yet tended to operate very differently from each other. The Kingdom of Nri and the Independent Igbo States (confederation of independently ruled Igbo states) did not practice slavery, and slaves from neighbouring lands would often flee to these kingdoms in order to be set free. Arochukwu, on the other hand, practiced a system of indentured servitude that was remarkably different from chattel slavery in the Americas. Eventually, with Europeans beginning to encroach on Igbo territory, causing the kingdoms to desire weaponry to defend themselves. In order to obtain European goods and weaponry, Arochukwu began to raid villages of the other Igbo kingdoms - primarily those located in the Igbo hinterlands. People would be captured, regardless of gender, social status, or age. Slaves could have been originally farmers, nobility, or even people who had committed petty crimes. [5] These captured slaves would be taken and sold to European slave traders on the coast. Another way people were enslaved was through the divine oracle who resided in the Cave Temple complex. [6] All Igbos practiced divination called Afa, but the Kingdom of Arochukwu was different because it was headed by a divine oracle who was in charge of making decisions for the king. During this time, if someone committed a crime, was in debt, or did something considered an "abomination" (for example, the killing of certain kinds of animals was considered an abomination due to its association with certain deities), they would be taken to the cave complex to face the oracle for sentencing. The oracle, who was also influenced by the demands of European slave traders, would sentence these people to slavery, even for small crimes. The victim would be commanded to walk further into the cave so that the spirits could "devour" them, but, in reality, they were taken to an opening on the other side and loaded directly onto a waiting boat. This boat would take them to a slave ship en route to the Americas...






Number of Igbo transported
It is estimated that a total of 1.4 million Igbo people were transported via European slave ships across the Atlantic during the transatlantic slave trade.[7][8]

Dispersal
Some recorded populations of people of African descent on Caribbean islands recorded 2,863 Igbo on Trinidad and Tobago in an 1813 census;[9] 894 in Saint Lucia in an 1815 census;[10] 440 on Saint Kitts and Nevis in an 1817 census;[11] and 111 in Guyana in an 1819 census.[12][N 1]

Barbados
The Igbo were dispersed to Barbados in large numbers. Olaudah Equiano, a famous Igbo author, abolitionist and ex-slave, was dropped off there after being kidnapped from his hometown near the Bight of Biafra. After arriving in Barbados he was promptly shipped to Virginia.[13] At his time, 44 percent of the 90,000 Africans disembarking on the island (between 1751 and 1775) were from the bight. These Africans were therefore mainly of Igbo origin. The links between Barbados and the Bight of Biafra had begun in the mid-seventeenth century, with half of the African captives arriving on the island originating from there.[14]

Haiti
Haiti had many Igbo slaves. There is still the Creole saying of Nou se Igbo (We are Igbos).[15] Aspects of Haitian culture that exhibit this can be seen in the loa, a Haitian loa (or deity) created by the in the Vodun religion.[16]

Jamaica
Main article: Igbo people in Jamaica
Bonny and Calabar emerged as major embarkation points of enslaved West Africans destined for Jamaica's slave markets in the 18th century.[17] Dominated by Bristol and Liverpool slave ships, these ports were used primarily for the supply of slaves to British colonies in the Americas. In Jamaica, the bulk of Igbo slaves arrived relatively later than the rest of other arrivals of Africans on the Island in the period after the 1750s. There was a general rise in the number of enslaved people arriving to the Americas, particularly British colonies, from the Bight of Biafra in the 18th century; the heaviest of these forced migrations occurred between 1790 and 1807.[18] The result of such slaving patterns made Jamaica, after Virginia, the second most common destination for slaves arriving from the Bight of Biafra; as the Igbo formed the majority from the Bight, they became largely represented in Jamaica in the 18th and 19th century.[19]

United States
The Igbo presence in United States goes back to the country's earliest days and remains in the hearts of African Americans who are their modern descendants. From the mid-1600s to 1830, the US imported a large amount of Igbo slaves to the states of Virginia and Maryland in order to provide labour for tobacco plantations. The presence of the Igbo in this region was so profound that the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia decided to erect a full-scale traditional Igbo village in Staunton, Virginia.[20] This is why the majority of African Americans, who have some ancestral connections to this region of the country, have a significant amount of genetically verifiable Nigerian ancestry. It has been hypothesized that, at least, 60% of all African Americans have at least one ancestor who originated from the Igbo kingdoms. Many African Americans are now tracing their Igbo heritage with the help of genetic testing and historical evidence. They are able to reconnect with their living relatives in Nigeria and reestablish links with their ancestral ethnic group.

In the United States the Igbo slaves were known for being rebellious. In some states such as Georgia, the Igbo had a high suicide rate.

How are they able to reconnect with there living relatives?

Acient Igbos are present globally, modern Igbos own the world.
Time will tell

Obamaofusa:

Mostly these kind of threads are posted by fulani terrorists. Just to cause disunity between Yorubas and Igbos.

Na lie

Igbo of Haiti and ibo of 8 no be d same. But why is she wearing cloth? She need to put on some leaves like her ancestors

This post will need serious authorities before it is pushed further or taken as a reference so it won't turn out false like the false statement credited to Rihanna.

bomb24:



bloody abobaku in severe pains. I don't need to explain bullshiit to skull miners u can wallow in your pains under the heat emanating from your brown roof.

osu and ohu everywhere

SlyDev:
Igbo of Haiti and ibo of 8 no be d same. But why is she wearing cloth? She need to put on some leaves like her ancestors

I do not entertain conquered alimi slave slum candidates. at least her ancestors were civilized had one of the oldest clothing textiles aji and akwete. unlike the yariban*za puke race that was conquered and clothed by the Fulanis from futa jalon.

theTranscriber:
osu and ohu everywhere

abobaku slum-dwelling candidates.

bomb24:


abobaku slum-dwelling candidates.

osu baby factories products everywhere

theTranscriber:
lol
Igbos were naked before the white man
dont start this
you will cry

Igbo were civilized when the white men came unlike when the white men saw the yolobas who were still under chains from their Fulani masters and bare-breasted Dahomey female fighters.

theTranscriber:
n'di drug dealers lolz

drug dealers are far better than your accursed brothers from the west that mine human skulls and harvest human parts and sell them for 500 naira so that they can gulp that pit latrine soup (ewedu) that is been stirred by toilet broom.

piggy race.

bomb24:


Igbo were civilized when the white men came unlike when the white men saw the yolobas who were still under chains from their Fulani masters and bare-breasted Dahomey female fighters.

just wait
tomorrow I will make all Ndigbo on nairaland cry
check out https://www.nairaland.com/thetranslator/topics
only Egba defeated dahomey twice lol
kill yourself
naked egboe
I wan sleep

bomb24:



drug dealers are far better than your accursed brothers from the west that mine human skulls and harvest human parts and sell them for 500 naira so that they can gulp that pit latrine soup (ewedu) that is been stirred by toilet broom.

piggy race.

n'di pounding day old baby factory products for 10k

theTranscriber:
just wait
tomorrow I will make all Ndigbo on nairaland cry
check out https://www.nairaland.com/thetranslator/topics
only Egba defeated dahomey twice lol
kill yourself
naked egboe
I wan sleep

lol, I don't need to read any Lagos-Ibadan media news from the odourduwa cursed fools. your men were thoroughly beaten by females that it got to a point they raided Yoruba lands for slaves, beheaded yoruba men, and used their heads to decorate king gezas hall. yoruba people literally had to hide on rocks to avoid their attacks. can never be the Igbos.

theTranscriber:
n'di pounding day old baby factory products for 10k

stop spamming me with your weak and stale lines, go die from the heat emanating from your brown roof.