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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by GreenCap: 12:25pm On Oct 16, 2017
BakireBulmaker:
What does Olaudah mean in Igbo language?

Olaude Ekwualo is from Imo State, Orlu District precisely

Iboe slave routes at that time:

from OnuImo to Uburu next Aro then Calabar

or Obuaku to Opobo

Bonny and so on

his great grand nephews alive today look exactly like him

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Humulity: 12:25pm On Oct 16, 2017
This is of lineage of Ekweanua (Equiano- being Americanized spelling ). My late distance Uncle - SDC Ufondu once told the story. Had met with the Equiano family in America, engaged them on their family history. If we are to go by what SDC Ufondu said the Equiano's are from the Ekweanua family of the Ezeoguine - Royal Family - Obiuno Ototlo, Nnewi in Anamabra State. Ezeoguine Dynasty is the Nnewi Royal Family which Orizu Royal family is the head, hence Igwe Kenneth Orizu, is the Igwe of Nnewi.

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Pigsandidiots: 12:25pm On Oct 16, 2017
bestview:
Read below to be informed. We are dealing with facts here. See the highlighted part.





The hall was silent. The atmosphere was tense. Screams and wailings of children, women and men filled the air. Heads bowed in deep reflection. Some raised their eyes upwards looking at the ceiling. Many tried hard to fight back tears.

It was no funeral wake but the screening of a film, entitled: The Slave Route: The Soul of Resistance. The 36-minute documentary showed the sufferings of the era, focused on the transatlantic slave trade. It reconciled the history, influences and rationale behind the various characters involved in the era.

The screening was part of the activities marking this year’s International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic slave trade organised by the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), Lagos, in collaboration with African Anti-Slavery Coalition (ASLAC).

This year’s theme: Forever Free: Celebrating Emancipations reechoed the age-long advocacy for freedom, especially by the victims of slavery.


As guests walked into the lecture hall, they were first confronted with the pictures and stories of some of the heroes of emancipation like Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Olaudah Equiano (an ex-lbo slave who was kidnapped from Isseke Village in present-day Anambra State), Frederick Douglas and more. But nothing prepared them for the film.

According to the organisers, the screening was meant to involve the young generation in the campaign against slavery. UNIC Officer in-charge, Mrs Olajumoke Araba, who read the UN chief’s speech, said: “The film paints an apt picture. And we can see that there are lessons for everybody learn from what happened during the period, especially the pupils. It is hoped that involving the young ones would ignite in them the need to carry on the fight against all forms of racism and slavery. Even though the programme fell during their examination period and when many schools are on holiday, we were glad for the ones that came. Each watched with deep concentration and I’m sure it has improved their knowledge of history.”

The era, sad as it was, produced great minds like Wheatley who became one of the most accomplished writers, it was learnt. She published her first poem at age 12. Born in Senegambia in 1753, she was sold into slavery at the age of 7 and transported to North America. She was purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston, who taught her to read and write, and encouraged her poetry when they saw her talent.

Despite the rare opportunities she had as a slave, she probably would have preferred to be free, it was said. Perhaps that is why the United Nations (UN) chief Ban Ki-moon describes slavery “as a global crime against humanity”. Wheatley and other key figures, who fought to eliminate slavery, with many losing their lives in the process, he said, are heroes and heroines of the emancipation. And the day is a tribute to the struggles of that era.

Ki-moon said: “On the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, we tell the world to never forget this global crime against humanity… As we reflect on the contemporary consequences of this tragedy, let us remember the bravery of those who risked everything for freedom and those who helped them on that perilous path.

“Their courage should inspire us as we struggle against contemporary forms of slavery, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance. On this day, let us pledge to honour and restore the dignity of affected people and to intensify efforts to eliminate the slavery that persists in our world”.




Advocating through film

The film’s heartbreaking scenes of sufferings and maltreatment of African slaves not only painted a vivid picture and degradation of the era, but also buttressed Mr Olufemi Phillips, a human rights activist’s the lecture by on the theme at a forum before the screening.

Beyond the academic rigour, Philips, who is the co-founder of ASLAC, had a unique story to tell. He is a descendant of one of the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, who returned during the abolition. Reflecting on the period, he said, brought back sad memories that are better forgotten.

He recounted: “The transatlantic slave trade can never be erased from the memories of some Africans, especially those whose great-great-great-grandparents or ancestors were victims. My late great grandmother was captured during the Ogedengbe war at Ikole-Ekiti. She was a princess from lloti compound, forced to trek from Ikole-Ekiti up to Badagry coastal area, where she was sold to Brazilian slave traders that transported her and others to Bahia, Brazil. My great-grandmother survived the slavery and during the abolition of slave trade in Brazil, she returned back to West Africa where she first settled at Greenhouse present day Republic of Benin and later on traced her son’s home at 177, Igbosere Road, Lagos Island. There are many returnee slaves such as Do-Regos, De-Souza, Delfonso, Pinheiro, Da-Rocha, Jorge Campos, Da -Silva, Da-Costa, Martins, Ferreira, Pereira etc.”

He described the era as being an “ugly incident that had brought Africa back retrogressively”. He, however, lamented that unfortunately Africans are still experiencing all sorts of enslavement, noting that the worst of it is, “self-enslavement”, which he linked to bad governance. He said there is the need for all-round emancipation, while calling for a proactive approach involving the government, civil societies and the public, so that better results can be achieved.

He said: “However, it is sad that Africans are no longer sold against their will or forced into slavery but are freely giving themselves to all forms of enslavement. Every day, many, especially the young, are constantly crossing their borders to enslave themselves because of poverty. We see history repeating itself with the case of Equiano, who was kidnapped from his homeland into slavery; centuries later, nothing has changed. The place is still plagued with many cases of kidnappings.

“Young ladies are constantly being tricked into enslavement in the guise of employment. And this is the offshoot of bad governance and corruption in Africa. Africans are not enjoying the dividend of democracy that is why many are freely opting for enslavement abroad. Corruption has become a dreaded virus in our system. We, members of the civil societies, in collaboration with government, security operatives and the public, need to do more in our campaigns, to address the precedence.”

The film, he said, brought to life the pains of that period. As the audience, who were mainly pupils, history teachers, diplomats and the media, watched with mixed emotions, it was evident that scenes borrowed from diverse slavery films, such as Roots, perhaps helped to drive the plot. But unlike those films, its characters, consisting slaves (women, men and children), those born into slavery, man hunters, slave traders and more, told their sides of the story as if trying to convince the audience in a debate scenario.

The accounts of Juan, a boy born into slavery in Cuba that saw his father, who had made several escape attempts, hanged; Lala, a girl from the kingdom of Congo, was captured by man hunters while trying to gather firewood to cook dinner and Musa, who was waiting for his initiation to become a hunter like his ancestors, was captured and sold to an Arab merchant and died during the operation when he was being castrated to become a eunuch, which was very expensive in those days.



The young speak out for emancipation

At the end of the screening, guests, especially the pupils did not take the experience with a pinch of salt. Apparently moved by the film, they spoke with deep emotions against slavery.

After watching the film, Tolulope Oke, SS Three, Kings College, was heartbroken. “Going by what we saw, it was also embarrassing to see that people were treated like animals,” he said. “I asked myself: “how would they have felt then?’ It was quite heartbreaking to see an African being maltreated like that. It enlightened me more. It also taught me how to fight back when being oppressed and how to face challenges of life.”

Tofunmi Ajao, Dowen College, was enraged. She said: “Watching the film has helped me acquire more understanding of the period. I felt very sorrowful watching it. It is an experience you’d wish the whites would never start all over again for whatsoever reasons. And for some reasons, you’d wish that we could retaliate because it’s just as if they went away with it. I heard certain mitigation was made, especially financially; but money is not enough, did you see what they did; money can’t cover all the pain they caused.”

On the part of Olayemi Awolade SS2, Dowen College, the film awakened in him a sense of advocacy. “Watching the film, we saw the slavery in a different light; and that it is our time to change things and end all forms of slavery.”

For History tutor, Dowen College, Ogundeji Elijah, the film is a good teaching aid where the pupils were able to see what they were taught in class. This, he said, would give them a better understanding of how to tackle the period.



The celebrations of emancipation

In the same vein, this year’s celebration was particularly unique as it marked several global milestones in the eradication of slavery. They include the 150th year anniversary of Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing millions of African-Americans from enslavement; the 180th anniversary of the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 in the British Empire; also in 1833, slavery ended in Canada, the British West Indies and the Cape of Good Hope. Others include the Indian Slavery Act of 1843 signed some 170 years ago; in France, slavery was abolished 165 years ago; Argentina (160 years ago) and the former Dutch colonies (150 years ago), among others


https://www.google.com.ng/amp/thenationonlineng.net/sad-memories-of-slavery/amp/

Isseke ko, issiki ni. Check his wikki, no where near anambra was mention. That I was born in a particular village does not mean I am from there. He's is edo man.
Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Chukazu: 12:26pm On Oct 16, 2017
comos:
Oladuah Equiano was never an Igbo man.

Early life and enslavement[edit]
Equiano recounted an incident when an attempted kidnapping of children was foiled by adults in his villages in Benin, Nigeria. When he was around the age of eleven, he and his sister were left alone to look after their family's premises, as was common when adults went out of the house to work. They were both kidnapped and taken far away from their hometown of Etsako, separated, and sold to slave traders.

source: Wikipedia

and you don't know there are people of Igbo extraction from Edo ?

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Sapiosexuality(m): 12:28pm On Oct 16, 2017
bakynes:
Is obvious the guy himself was confused about his Origin, even articles links on Google Search said there is a controversy over his Origin so who are we to say he is Edo, Eboe or whatever abeg make we rest, he was a great man from West Africa, Nigeria simple as ABC.
I don't think he was confused. I think we are the ones complicating the issue. Reading his autobiography, understanding of geography in his time and understanding of semantics in his time, will point at where he hails from.

So I must participate in this thread. Okay.

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by einsteine(m): 12:28pm On Oct 16, 2017
Isn't Olaudah Equiano Edo? Most narrations say he was. His knowledge of Igbo language though helped in chronicling the history of the Igbo. Where was it written that he was from Anambra? In any case, where he was from is not of importance. Why is it that some people always want to live life vicariously through the deeds of other people? If your tribesman has an achievement, it's not your achievement.

Go and make your own name.
Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by bakynes(m): 12:29pm On Oct 16, 2017
IamLaura:

OLAUDAH means fortune or someone well favored in igbo language.
It's one of those ancient igbo names that sadly modern day igbos have replaced for the "chinedu" and "Chukwuebuka" ones.
Other examples are "Olanna" which means my fathers fortune or "Unoaku" which is house of wealth or gold.
We need to bring these names back
But somebody else said Oladuah means Loud voice in Igbo, you see why everything is twisted.

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Nobody: 12:30pm On Oct 16, 2017
bakynes:

But somebody else said Oladuah means Loud voice in Igbo, you see why everything is twisted.
Tell us the meaning of Olaudah in Etsako/Bini/Yoruba
Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by STILESGANG: 12:30pm On Oct 16, 2017
Amarabae:
is that what your ogbomosho school curriculum taught you guys?
Lols,
He remains an autentic Igbo man, twistng history chnges nothing
Authentic IBO man lol,You are the one twisting history madam.Is there Any place in iboland called eboe?

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Pigsandidiots: 12:31pm On Oct 16, 2017
bestview:
Read below to be informed. We are dealing with facts here. See the highlighted part.





The hall was silent. The atmosphere was tense. Screams and wailings of children, women and men filled the air. Heads bowed in deep reflection. Some raised their eyes upwards looking at the ceiling. Many tried hard to fight back tears.

It was no funeral wake but the screening of a film, entitled: The Slave Route: The Soul of Resistance. The 36-minute documentary showed the sufferings of the era, focused on the transatlantic slave trade. It reconciled the history, influences and rationale behind the various characters involved in the era.

The screening was part of the activities marking this year’s International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic slave trade organised by the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), Lagos, in collaboration with African Anti-Slavery Coalition (ASLAC).

This year’s theme: Forever Free: Celebrating Emancipations reechoed the age-long advocacy for freedom, especially by the victims of slavery.


As guests walked into the lecture hall, they were first confronted with the pictures and stories of some of the heroes of emancipation like Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Olaudah Equiano (an ex-lbo slave who was kidnapped from Isseke Village in present-day Anambra State), Frederick Douglas and more. But nothing prepared them for the film.

According to the organisers, the screening was meant to involve the young generation in the campaign against slavery. UNIC Officer in-charge, Mrs Olajumoke Araba, who read the UN chief’s speech, said: “The film paints an apt picture. And we can see that there are lessons for everybody learn from what happened during the period, especially the pupils. It is hoped that involving the young ones would ignite in them the need to carry on the fight against all forms of racism and slavery. Even though the programme fell during their examination period and when many schools are on holiday, we were glad for the ones that came. Each watched with deep concentration and I’m sure it has improved their knowledge of history.”

The era, sad as it was, produced great minds like Wheatley who became one of the most accomplished writers, it was learnt. She published her first poem at age 12. Born in Senegambia in 1753, she was sold into slavery at the age of 7 and transported to North America. She was purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston, who taught her to read and write, and encouraged her poetry when they saw her talent.

Despite the rare opportunities she had as a slave, she probably would have preferred to be free, it was said. Perhaps that is why the United Nations (UN) chief Ban Ki-moon describes slavery “as a global crime against humanity”. Wheatley and other key figures, who fought to eliminate slavery, with many losing their lives in the process, he said, are heroes and heroines of the emancipation. And the day is a tribute to the struggles of that era.

Ki-moon said: “On the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, we tell the world to never forget this global crime against humanity… As we reflect on the contemporary consequences of this tragedy, let us remember the bravery of those who risked everything for freedom and those who helped them on that perilous path.

“Their courage should inspire us as we struggle against contemporary forms of slavery, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance. On this day, let us pledge to honour and restore the dignity of affected people and to intensify efforts to eliminate the slavery that persists in our world”.




Advocating through film

The film’s heartbreaking scenes of sufferings and maltreatment of African slaves not only painted a vivid picture and degradation of the era, but also buttressed Mr Olufemi Phillips, a human rights activist’s the lecture by on the theme at a forum before the screening.

Beyond the academic rigour, Philips, who is the co-founder of ASLAC, had a unique story to tell. He is a descendant of one of the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, who returned during the abolition. Reflecting on the period, he said, brought back sad memories that are better forgotten.

He recounted: “The transatlantic slave trade can never be erased from the memories of some Africans, especially those whose great-great-great-grandparents or ancestors were victims. My late great grandmother was captured during the Ogedengbe war at Ikole-Ekiti. She was a princess from lloti compound, forced to trek from Ikole-Ekiti up to Badagry coastal area, where she was sold to Brazilian slave traders that transported her and others to Bahia, Brazil. My great-grandmother survived the slavery and during the abolition of slave trade in Brazil, she returned back to West Africa where she first settled at Greenhouse present day Republic of Benin and later on traced her son’s home at 177, Igbosere Road, Lagos Island. There are many returnee slaves such as Do-Regos, De-Souza, Delfonso, Pinheiro, Da-Rocha, Jorge Campos, Da -Silva, Da-Costa, Martins, Ferreira, Pereira etc.”

He described the era as being an “ugly incident that had brought Africa back retrogressively”. He, however, lamented that unfortunately Africans are still experiencing all sorts of enslavement, noting that the worst of it is, “self-enslavement”, which he linked to bad governance. He said there is the need for all-round emancipation, while calling for a proactive approach involving the government, civil societies and the public, so that better results can be achieved.

He said: “However, it is sad that Africans are no longer sold against their will or forced into slavery but are freely giving themselves to all forms of enslavement. Every day, many, especially the young, are constantly crossing their borders to enslave themselves because of poverty. We see history repeating itself with the case of Equiano, who was kidnapped from his homeland into slavery; centuries later, nothing has changed. The place is still plagued with many cases of kidnappings.

“Young ladies are constantly being tricked into enslavement in the guise of employment. And this is the offshoot of bad governance and corruption in Africa. Africans are not enjoying the dividend of democracy that is why many are freely opting for enslavement abroad. Corruption has become a dreaded virus in our system. We, members of the civil societies, in collaboration with government, security operatives and the public, need to do more in our campaigns, to address the precedence.”

The film, he said, brought to life the pains of that period. As the audience, who were mainly pupils, history teachers, diplomats and the media, watched with mixed emotions, it was evident that scenes borrowed from diverse slavery films, such as Roots, perhaps helped to drive the plot. But unlike those films, its characters, consisting slaves (women, men and children), those born into slavery, man hunters, slave traders and more, told their sides of the story as if trying to convince the audience in a debate scenario.

The accounts of Juan, a boy born into slavery in Cuba that saw his father, who had made several escape attempts, hanged; Lala, a girl from the kingdom of Congo, was captured by man hunters while trying to gather firewood to cook dinner and Musa, who was waiting for his initiation to become a hunter like his ancestors, was captured and sold to an Arab merchant and died during the operation when he was being castrated to become a eunuch, which was very expensive in those days.



The young speak out for emancipation

At the end of the screening, guests, especially the pupils did not take the experience with a pinch of salt. Apparently moved by the film, they spoke with deep emotions against slavery.

After watching the film, Tolulope Oke, SS Three, Kings College, was heartbroken. “Going by what we saw, it was also embarrassing to see that people were treated like animals,” he said. “I asked myself: “how would they have felt then?’ It was quite heartbreaking to see an African being maltreated like that. It enlightened me more. It also taught me how to fight back when being oppressed and how to face challenges of life.”

Tofunmi Ajao, Dowen College, was enraged. She said: “Watching the film has helped me acquire more understanding of the period. I felt very sorrowful watching it. It is an experience you’d wish the whites would never start all over again for whatsoever reasons. And for some reasons, you’d wish that we could retaliate because it’s just as if they went away with it. I heard certain mitigation was made, especially financially; but money is not enough, did you see what they did; money can’t cover all the pain they caused.”

On the part of Olayemi Awolade SS2, Dowen College, the film awakened in him a sense of advocacy. “Watching the film, we saw the slavery in a different light; and that it is our time to change things and end all forms of slavery.”

For History tutor, Dowen College, Ogundeji Elijah, the film is a good teaching aid where the pupils were able to see what they were taught in class. This, he said, would give them a better understanding of how to tackle the period.



The celebrations of emancipation

In the same vein, this year’s celebration was particularly unique as it marked several global milestones in the eradication of slavery. They include the 150th year anniversary of Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing millions of African-Americans from enslavement; the 180th anniversary of the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 in the British Empire; also in 1833, slavery ended in Canada, the British West Indies and the Cape of Good Hope. Others include the Indian Slavery Act of 1843 signed some 170 years ago; in France, slavery was abolished 165 years ago; Argentina (160 years ago) and the former Dutch colonies (150 years ago), among others


https://www.google.com.ng/amp/thenationonlineng.net/sad-memories-of-slavery/amp/

Look well and read the fact from his wikki.

Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by einsteine(m): 12:31pm On Oct 16, 2017
"Equiano recounted an incident when an attempted kidnapping of children was foiled by adults in his villages in Benin, Nigeria. When he was around the age of eleven, he and his sister were left alone to look after their family's premises, as was common when adults went out of the house to work. They were both kidnapped and taken far away from their hometown of Etsako, separated, and sold to slave traders. After changing ownership several times, Equiano met his sister again, but they were separated and he was taken across a large river to the coast, where he was held by European slave trader"


That is from his biography.

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Chukazu: 12:32pm On Oct 16, 2017
GavelSlam:
He was not Igbo.

Trust the same attache by force people to once again claim anything from the undiscerning.

I read his biography in my teenage years and he was most likely Bini.

The main reference to anything relating to Igbo was that he said he was from a place called Eboe.

Is there any place in Igbo land called Eboe?

Now, I may accept that the term Eboe is a convoluted form of a place like maybe Ebor, or something similar in Ijaw language.

Olaudah Equiano was not igbo.

Eboe is another translation for "Igbo"

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by bakynes(m): 12:32pm On Oct 16, 2017
giftq:

Tell us the meaning of Olaudah in Etsako/Bini/Yoruba
I am Yoruba nobody said anything about him been Yoruba.

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Nobody: 12:34pm On Oct 16, 2017
bakynes:

I am Yoruba nobody said anything about him been Yoruba.
Ok
So Tell us the meaning of Olaudah in Etsako/Bini/Igala

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by TEYA: 12:35pm On Oct 16, 2017
blaqoracle:
olauda equano never, in his narration claim Igbo. In fact he asserted his Edo origin. Equano only described the existence of Igbo, as a their person.
Chinua Achebe was the the one that invented fraudulent oluada-igbo propaganda.
I wonder o! This is a man that clearly said he was kidnapped in his home in Benin but these guys are going gaga about him being igbo.

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Pigsandidiots: 12:35pm On Oct 16, 2017
Chukazu:


and you don't know there are people of Igbo extraction from Edo ?
Oga, etsako is not igbo extraction.

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Amarabae(f): 12:35pm On Oct 16, 2017
STILESGANG:
Authentic IBO man lol,You are the one twisting history madam
the man in question confirmed it himself that he was a citizen of benin empire and from the Igbo by tribe.
Which means he was from the Igbo stock that lived close to benin and his village was under the influence of bini.
So whats there to twist?

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by IamLaura(f): 12:37pm On Oct 16, 2017
bakynes:

But somebody else said Oladuah means Loud voice in Igbo, you see why everything is twisted.
The person is correct,sometimes a name may have different meanings depending on the pronunciations and intonations.
According to his book....

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by bakynes(m): 12:37pm On Oct 16, 2017
giftq:

Ok
So Tell us the meaning of Olaudah in Etsako/Bini/Igala
I don't want this to result to insults I am neither Bini or Igala so why ask me this question. Best way to prove he his Igbo and shut everyone out is to post the link of his own writing of his origin.
Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by dominique(f): 12:37pm On Oct 16, 2017
Sapiosexuality:
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I'm afraid I can't do that. Have you unfollowed it via the followed topics link? Just click on the (x) sign, that ought to do the trick
Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Chukazu: 12:37pm On Oct 16, 2017
AreaFada2:


I understand it a bit differently.

He wrote that he was a citizen of Benin Kingdom. But Ibo/Igbo by tribe. That would have been quite normal by them. The Kingdom/empire had many tribes. A considerable number of Yoruba people & a fair amount of Igbo. But in recent decades where tribal supremacy battle got into full swing (see Conini/Igbo spats here on NL), many now say Benin never had Igbo or Yoruba people. Ethnicity became the focus, not nationality that was once anchored on Kingdom/land one lived in.

Benin has been gradually written out of Equiano's story. Thank God his original book is still there to read.

the most concise opinion thus far

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Amarabae(f): 12:37pm On Oct 16, 2017
TEYA:

I wonder o! This is a man that clearly said he was kidnapped in his home in Benin but these guys are going gaga about him being igbo.
you sound so pained,
equaino confirmed it in his autobiography that he is Igbo who lived in benin.
So why the painment?
The world have recognised him as an IGBO MAN and there is nothing you can do about it.

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by IamLaura(f): 12:38pm On Oct 16, 2017
einsteine:
"Equiano recounted an incident when an attempted kidnapping of children was foiled by adults in his villages in Benin, Nigeria. When he was around the age of eleven, he and his sister were left alone to look after their family's premises, as was common when adults went out of the house to work. They were both kidnapped and taken far away from their hometown of Etsako, separated, and sold to slave traders. After changing ownership several times, Equiano met his sister again, but they were separated and he was taken across a large river to the coast, where he was held by European slave trader"


That is from his biography.
Link to this biography pls and don't dare quote Wikipedia
Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Nobody: 12:39pm On Oct 16, 2017
bakynes:

I don't want this to result to insults I am neither Bini or Igala so why ask me this question. Best way to prove he his Igbo and shut everyone out is to post the link of his own writing of his origin.
They have been showing you proofs that he is Igbo by Igbo-phobia is not allowing you to process the information.

Example ===>
The "year" was called "ah-affoe" in Olaudah's language. In Igbo the 'year' is called 'áfọ̀'

************************************************************
"They calculated our time, and foretold events, as their name imported, for we called them Ah-affoe-way-cah, which signifies calculators or yearly men, our year being called Ah-affoe"

---- The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, page 11

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Chukazu: 12:39pm On Oct 16, 2017
Pigsandidiots:
Oga, etsako is not igbo extraction.

and where did he mention the name "etsako"?

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by IamLaura(f): 12:41pm On Oct 16, 2017
comos:


Chineke,

How did Olaudah translate to Chinedu or Chukwuebuka,

Olaudah seems more like a yoruba name which is mostly bear by people from Edo state especially Estako and Afemaih people
Pls shut up And read carefully before rushing to quote.
When did I say OLAUDAH translates to Chukwuebuka??
I said it's one of those ancient names that igbo pple hardly use and replaced with the chi And Chukwu names
If I may ask what's the meaning of OLAUDAH in edo??

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by bakynes(m): 12:41pm On Oct 16, 2017
IamLaura:

The person is correct,sometimes a name may have different meanings depending on the pronunciations and intonations.
According to his book....
Send me that link let me read I will like to know where he is actually from.
Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by IamLaura(f): 12:43pm On Oct 16, 2017
comos:


How is it possible for me to edit Wikipedia, when I don't have access o their admin
Pple do that a lot,I've done it once self.
Research

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Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Nobody: 12:43pm On Oct 16, 2017
IamLaura:

If I may ask what's the meaning of OLAUDAH in edo??
@ comos
Please answer this question
Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by Guyman02: 12:43pm On Oct 16, 2017
ipoblogic:


"All slaves are advised to buy their freedom and leave our lands on before Oct 1st or face the consequences" Areas Youths.

"Those calling for abolishment of slavery trade were not born during the war" Buhari

"Calls for abolishment of slave trading is mischievous" APC

"Igbo's love being slaves" Okorocha

".

Ojukwu slept in my house for one week and he was against the abolishment of slavery = Buhari Independence day broadcast grin
Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by IamLaura(f): 12:43pm On Oct 16, 2017
bakynes:

Send me that link let me read I will like to know where he is actually from.
It's his book,you have to buy it and read.
Re: Google Clebrates Olaudah Equiano's 272nd Birthday With Image by tishbite41(m): 12:44pm On Oct 16, 2017
giftq:

When Anioma itself is and Igbo word that means beautiful (oma) land (ani).
e tire me sef

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