truthspeaks:
Not jst Benin city, Do we even value our country's history as a whole? I wonder if history of nig is still being taught in skuls not to talk of d preservation of certain artefacts. Countries find inspiration n hope in their history n I pray nig is nt any difft

DeRay98:


It was not destroyed by mother nature but by the British in 1897, what they could not loot they destroyed to break the will of the bini people and deface the well known and documented historical facts other greatness and exploits of the Ancient kingdom.

Obiagelli:

Where is the peace today that they are all xtians and muslims

tbaba1234:


I am from Edo too and i am muslim. The Benin kingdom extended past what we know as benin today.

VirginFinder:


You are a dullard!
Oba Ehengbuda died in battle in a bid to annex Owo. Since then, Obas stopped going to war.
If Benin could not annex Owo, how can you rank it above ancient Ife, Ibadan, Oyo etc
Yorubas have always lived in big, planned towns.

erusen:
woow rare to see a Bini Muslim am a bini too,how did it happen?(na joke oh),what am saying is I have no idea we had contact with the arab or islam most Muslims in Bini relocated from other states,perhaps a wikipedia link will do,but the Bini king during 1500AD had contact with purtugal and even sent his son there,that was the first contact with christainity to benin kingdom

tbaba1234:


Islam was through trade interactions with muslim traders not necessarily Arab.

saintdennis:


Benin punitive expedition... worse still is all nollywood can conjure up is 'blackberry babe ' karashika etc..no historical movies lols. Naija wahala too many.

autolearner:
How could we lose such treasure?
Even the Great of Wall of China is still standing.

Reminds me of when #memeHistory was trending on Twitter.
Nigerians had no other history to share save Bible Stories.....Was Such a Shame!
Could we reinstate Nigerian History back into our core courses in Junior and Secondary Classes Please!?

ycat:
It's because the great wall of China was real and the Benin was built in their mouths. There are walls like the ones mind1 showed all over Nigeria today though beaten up but still standing.

Something a people never had can't magically appear just because they wish and believe their own lies.

erusen:
see this one you are backward in history,there are countless traces of that wall in former Benin empire,even the Europeans testify to that,don't you know that Benin empire was destroyed by the British in 1897

erusen:
okay I will like a link

ycat:
You are just trying to cover your inferiority making yourselves feel good.
Benin wasn't the only city that fought with British, what you once had you is what you still have.

truthspeaks:
Not jst Benin city, Do we even value our country's history as a whole? I wonder if history of nig is still being taught in skuls not to talk of d preservation of certain artefacts. Countries find inspiration n hope in their history n I pray nig is nt any difft

klimson:
No! History won't be thought so that younger Igbo generations won't learn about Biafran war. History won't be thought so that the larger Nigerian population will be ignorant of the causes of the war and the perculiarities of ethnic groups in Nigeria that could have necessitated the war. The game is simple--leave as much ignorance as possible, so that younger Yoruba and Hausa generations will live on heresay and wonder just why the Igbo man wants a separate existence. Promote ignorance so that the Igbo man won't be seen as a freedom fighter he is, but a villain. But we are all paying the bitter price of ignorance. Tell me any country that has succeeded without a recourse to history. One day, we shall all wake up to the bitter reality. And then, we will curse our so-called leaders.

IkpuMmadu:


Oh not again ....this attaché things ain't working again

ycat:
It's because the great wall of China was real and still is. But the Benin own was imaginary and built in their mouths. There are walls like the ones mind1 showed all over Nigeria where they were built still today though beaten up but standing.

Something a people never had can't magically appear just because they wish and believe their own lies.

erusen:
see guy I see u have hatred for the binis(which is really unnecessary)but just a little tourism to Edo will save your ignorance ,places like udo esako,etc still have a lot ancient infrastructures or if u can't come just do a wikepedia research on Benin empire interaction with the Europeans,that is if you are a knowledge seeker,it seems you are just making unnessecary noise our of hatred for Bini history?

VirginFinder:


Exactly!
The 'great walls of Benin' NEVER existed.

erusen:
whf are u saying do u know the bini tribe dates back way longer than the Yoruba's and who the hell told you they can relate to youruba,abeg wherever you are take the next bus to Edo state,the closest language related to edo language are esan language the difference is "e" for the binis and "I"for the esans,what the Bleep are even saying about dressing,really you a clown,bini dressing is like that of Igbo or let's urhobo,the religion aspect nor just go there at all,the binis get original juju

VirginFinder:

Exactly!
The 'great walls of Benin' NEVER existed.

tbaba1234:


Based on your whims?

Gaddafithe2nd:
Great wall of Benin.... I smell lies

VirginFinder:


Let me break it down:

1. Yoruba language is to Binis what English is to Nigerians.

2. Agbada/Buba & Sokoto(Yoruba outfit) is to Binis what suit, shirt and trouser is to Nigerians.

3. Ifa/Ogboni(Yoruba religion) is to Binis what Christianity is Nigerians.

Got it?

VirginFinder:
Ancient Bini people saw Yorubas as big brothers to be proud of.

There are Yoruba traces (dressing/language/religion) in core Benin.
But you can't find any trace of Benin in core Yorubaland.

Also, many Binis can relate to Yoruba language.

However, the larger majority of Yorubas dont even know what the Bini dialect sounds like.

Come on!!

scholes0:
This picture is not that of Benin City, but the walls of Sungbo Eredo, an ancient Yoruba civilization in Ogun state.....take note.

tbaba1234:


Based on what?

VirginFinder:

Bini/Benin is overhyped.
Just face it.