When did this happen? First of all there is no such thing as the "Anioma ethnic group". Second of all, what are the 12 different languages? The only dialects spoken in Anioma are Enuani and Ika which are both a part of the Igbo language so what are the other 11 languages aside from Igbo?

You said "agreed to join the union of Anioma with the rest of their neighbouring communities". When was this? The term "Anioma" was formed to make distinctions between the Igbo speaking people of Northern Delta and the Edoid speaking peoples of southern Delta.

Agian there are no Edoid or Yoruba speaking people in Northern Delta. Like I stated earlier, the two main dialects spoken in Delta North are Ika and Enuani.
With the origin of the Olukumi(that is i they really exist), I doubt they are have any relationship with the Yoruba, most likely they haveytheir origins in Edo. Some other things to consider are their population. What is the population of the Olukumi now? I doubt if it is over 10 thousand epople. Now go back sixty years to 1951, around the time the Anioma political umbrella was set up, what wouldve been theur population then? 100? I think that the Olukumi might be the descendants iof a single family or man who emigrated from the Edo speaking regions.

Mz_Ochei: You obviously are the one who needs to get the facts straight sir. OLUKUMI DOES INFACT EXIST, in a town called Ugbodu under the aniocha north lg which i believe and which everyone who comes from Delta State knows is under the Anioma ethnic group. And we (Olukumis) do have a relationship with the yorubas. AND WE ARE NOT DESENDANTS OF A SINGLE MAN. So before you contradict what someone else knows, gather your information first.

tpia@:


highly doubtful and only a fairly recent concocted story.



going by oral history, tradition and patterns of migration to say the least, oduduwa [who btw wasnt the first ooni in ife] was from another yoruba or yoruboid group somewhere.

you're free to disagree with this without being rude.

we already know yorubas interacted with their eastern neighbours in ancient times.

Mz_Ochei: You obviously are the one who needs to get the facts straight sir. OLUKUMI DOES INFACT EXIST, in a town called Ugbodu under the aniocha north lg which i believe and which everyone who comes from Delta State knows is under the Anioma ethnic group. And we (Olukumis) do have a relationship with the yorubas. AND WE ARE NOT DESENDANTS OF A SINGLE MAN. So before you contradict what someone else knows, gather your information first.

Mz_Ochei: You obviously are the one who needs to get the facts straight sir. OLUKUMI DOES INFACT EXIST, in a town called Ugbodu under the aniocha north lg which i believe and which everyone who comes from Delta State knows is under the Anioma ethnic group. And we (Olukumis) do have a relationship with the yorubas. AND WE ARE NOT DESENDANTS OF A SINGLE MAN. So before you contradict what someone else knows, gather your information first.

aljharem3:
Ogaga or Ogoga actually means king in Ekiti yoruba dialect

In urhobo it means Power

Hmm

for example Ogaga or Ogoga of Ikere

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/p/pair_of_door_panels_and_a_lint.aspx

tpia5:
^^not aware of this ogoga title.

what's the pronounciation?

there seems to be two kings in ikere- an olukere [of ife origin] and the ogoga [who seems to have migrated from benin]. Got this from a quick search.

never heard of this conflict before.

as per the ogoga/ogaga meaning- that's entirely possible.

we also have juba in yoruba which means worship or respect, and juba happens to be the name of a roman emperor of african origin.

so, there's really a lot that needs to be looked into by informed minds with the right training and experience.

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igbodefender:
Olukwumi is an Igbo sub group. They are part of the Igbo aborigines of Ile Ife.

Probz:
Your moniker no be igbodefender for nothing, clearly. Why don't you go ahead and claim Itsekiri and Hausa? Have they all got ancient links to Agukwu Nri?

Probz:
Your moniker no be igbodefender for nothing, clearly. Why don't you go ahead and claim Itsekiri and Hausa? Have they all got ancient links to Agukwu Nri?

igbodefender:
Itshekiri is Yoruba. That is the truth, and nothing but the truth

Probz:
Your moniker no be igbodefender for nothing, clearly. Why don't you go ahead and claim Itsekiri and Hausa? Have they all got ancient links to Agukwu Nri?

igbodefender:
Hausa is Hausa. Igbo is Igbo. Yoruba is Yoruba. Olukwumi is Igbo.

RedboneSmith:


Hausa and Itsekiri are too close. Igbodefender has gone international. Mozambicans, Zambians, all the Bantu people, in short; plus the Japanese are Igbo.

RedboneSmith:


Hausa and Itsekiri are too close. Igbodefender has gone international. Mozambicans, Zambians, all the Bantu people, in short; plus the Japanese are Igbo.

Probz:
I thing Redbone's comment just *might've* been tongue-in-cheek. Learn to take things with a pinch of salt.

Probz:
I'm everywhere tata.

ChinenyeN:
*smiles*

igbodefender:
ChinenyeN is that you?

RedboneSmith:


Funny. You think Chinenye is the only one who finds most of your conclusions on Igbo history absurd?