pokur:

I noticed that already.
Somebody who confuses Anaedo with its dependent towns of old and a superficial construct,thinks Otolo is a town and Nkwo is all there is to Nnewi.

Ya of course. Thanks for listening.

UtuhMbadike1:



There’re the Aro; a great history AND a modest people. They could even, if they please, submit a credible case of being descendants of the biblical Arodi.

(Incidentally, I read a quality article many years ago which said that Ojoto in Idemmili is either partly or fully Aro. It then dawned on me that Africa’s greatest poet, Christopher Okigbo, is from Ojoto. Note his name—Okigbo—being typically Aro. But as the fervent Nri noise swept through much of northern Anambra in recent times, a new history was launched of how Ojoto is no longer Aro but Nri. The vendors of this Nri version admit that their town was founded by two brothers named Ojo and Oto, yet unbeknownst to them, I guess, is that 1. Ojo as an original name isn’t Nri but Abia—think Ojo Mmaduekwe. 2. Ohafia/Orofia villages are scattered across Njikoka, Dunukofia, Oyi and Idemmili. 3. Under Obosi history we find the following: “Oral history shows that Obosi people originated from Arochukwu via Ojoto. Some ancient people of Arochukwu migrated into Oze, Ora-Eshi, and Nri, then founded Ojoto, Ihiala, and Alor. Some Ojoto people that left then founded Obosi, Nnewi-Umudim, Ibuzo and Umuru-Ukpo. The founder of Obosi was a hunter named Adike from Ojoto.”)

Anyway, towns and villages linked to the Aro are scattered across Anambra, Abia and Imo, and these folks have so much to be proud of—and they usually are, but always through the handsome agent of modesty. Always a successful people in culture, education and monetary wealth. I have a lot of respect for the peoples originally from that region: Bende through Ohafia down to Arochukwu. Great-great peoples. They rarely blow their own trumpet, or attempt claiming what they aren’t. The Aro of Arochukwu even admit to being somewhat mixed with the non-Igbo ethnicities across the borders. But this honesty and modesty only serves to make them even more attractive and easy to embrace. You exuberant Nri folks should take a leaf from the Aro book.

This is just a heap of garbage. Now, Chris Okigbo is from Arochukwu? This is what happens when you have no identity.

NRIPRIEST:


This is just a heap of garbage. Now, Chris Okigbo is from Arochukwu? This is what happens when you have no identity.

Why are you replying that poster, when it is clear he is looking for some unnecessary argument? Sometimes you need not reply certain arguments posed to you. Please ignore him, even if he responds to you.

Hmm.

Revealing.

This is one of the reasons Ikwerre, Ogba,Etche and Ekpeye find it difficult to accept being igbo.

ChinenyeN:
Most importantly, it would seem that the actual traditions of various communities were either misinterpreted, misrepresented, or blatantly ignored as 'Igbo historians' endeavored to reconstruct precolonial settlement history, in line with such misconclusions. A number of southern Igbo communities felt this misrepresentation, when classified as brances of Isuama, irrespective of the fact that their traditions recognize the Isu (whom they call Isoma) as a separate people with which they share no affiliation.

oyatz:
This is one of the reasons Ikwerre, Ogba,Etche and Ekpeye find it difficult to accept being igbo.

Ekpeye speech form is not really Igbo. Their dialect is a recognized divergent standalone Igboid language of its own. Etche, Ogba and Ikwerre are pure Igbo dialects, though the people do not accept being Igbo.

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UtuhMbadike1:


It’s a shame you failed to notice that “Nkwo”, a market, was used purely symbolically in my text. It’s even a bigger shame that you assume I could be so ignorant as to not know that Otolo is a quarter and not an independent town. Dude I am not an efulefu—despite my English language proficiency. You know that Nkwo Triangle whereat the huge mall is currently being erected? It was my daily playground 20 – 15 years ago, when it was yet a sandy, dirty open place, littered with make-shift shops and buses ferrying passengers to Aba and other cities. I was at that Triangle as recently as two months ago, and will be there again December third week; I have to monitor the progress of the work, because I aim to purchase/rent a shop or an office there. I said that I lived in Otolo merely to be exact. You can’t be that silly as to not get my point, I trust.

Anyway, despite signs that it won’t evolve beyond a “my word against your word” scenerio, here goes:

Our ancestors who share boundaries with Otolo taught us that Anaedo has within it more varying tribes than could be counted in one hand’s fingers. Even Otolo, Anaedo’s leading clan/quarter, isn’t a homogeneous group and this is no secret. I won’t call names because you know this to be true as an Anaedo person.

Instead I will give here three mentions with which you may not agree—but that wouldn’t matter:

1.
Anaedo is linked to Ndoni/Ukwuani/Ndokwa (around the Aboh area) via a certain figure known as Mmaku and without whom the Nnewi monarch may not exist today. It is believed that Anaedo’s use of “Obi” is directly connected to this forebear. This isn’t debatable as it’s the widely accepted version of Anaedo history.

But what you are now left to grapple with is the truism that there were three waves of migration which formed the population of the Ukwuani people. The first wave originated from the Benin Kingdom, and in Ukwuani today they are called Umu-akashiada, Ebedei, and Akarai. Then there were the second set, arriving Ukwuani from Nri, and they include Umu-obarauchi, Ndoni, Onya, and Adawai. And then the final wave, involving Benin conquerors and they include the Aboh, Amai, Umukwata, and Ogbe-ani in Utagba-uno clan. The Igala are also present among the Ukwuani. How, now, can you factually and successfully debate the genealogy/ethnicity of Nnewi’s foremost forebear—in the person of Mmaku? He hails from an ethnically diverse place, and could be anything from full Igbo to full Edo/Bini, to multi-ethnic, etc. We may never know. Aboh, his place of origin, is primarily inhabited by the Ukwuani group of Bini/Edo origin. Now put that in your back pocket, and let’s fill up the two remaining front ones.

2.
There exists in Anaedo the Orsu and the Isu—the truly aboriginal Igbo—and let me explain how: Anaedo, as mentioned, was formed by folks arriving from varying directions and origins. There are even those from Agbaja in Abatete—and although the Abatete peoples agree that their town was founded by Okolie Otie, the man’s origin remains disputed. So you will perhaps also have to figure that out: the true origin of Okolie Otie, which to me sounds Aro.

What I am more interested in, is proving to you the existence of both the aboriginal Orsu and Isu in Anaedo—both genealogically and culturally. True intellectuals see beyond the superficial State lines. They get atop their emotions and look facts/markers in the eye. They subdue their Anambra nationalism in search of the truth, because State lines are recent and only skin-deep. The Orsu presence in Anaedo is represented by the “Awor-Oraifite people”. All “Awors”—Awor-Oraifite, Awor-Omamma, Awor-Ezinifite—are unmistakably linked to their ancient Orsu homeland of the aboriginal Igbo—i.e. the Awor-Idemili area of Imo-Anambra border.

With the Orsu presence explained, here’s Anaedo’s Isu connection: the Isu are arguably the largest Igbo tribe and, along with the Orsu and the Orlu peoples, forms the preeminent aboriginal Igbo group.

Sometime in the past, the following remark was shared here on Nairaland, by an Anaedo indigene who, in my unbiased view, has been consistently intellectual with his submissions:

“The Isu founder of Igbouzo was called Umejei, which is interesting, because I noticed in John Alutu’s book that a lot of people in Nnewi’s early history had the prefix ‘Ume’ in their names. I’m convinced it was some of the aboriginal Isu elements in Uruagu who fled during the Isu dispersal that crossed the Niger and founded Igbouzo. I’m not sure mainstream historians have fully recognized this yet, because they keep writing that Umejei came from the Isu north of Awka (Isu-Anaocha).” Link: https://www.nairaland.com/1829096/brief-history-nnewi/4

Now, whether Anaedo’s “Isu” is “indigenous” to Anaedo or migrated from Isu-Anaocha or from some other Isu base, to my Utuh-Mbadike ancestors and elders there’s only one Isu tribe in Igbo-land, and they are found predominantly in Anambra, Imo, and Abia States. As mentioned, they are the largest of all aboriginal Igbo tribes, and are related to the Orsu and Orlu peoples. All three tribes (Orsu/Isu/Orlu) have their ancient/original homeland in the same Orlu axis of Imo State.

3.
To conclude:

Recall that “Ume” prefix mention by our Anaedo intellectual? Keep it in mind, and then read the following Wikipedia excerpt:

“Azia [town in Ihiala LGA] was named after the founder and the father of the inhabitants of the town, Azia Alamatugiugele who according to oral history lived about 1,400 years ago (470-585 A.D). Azia, Orsumoghu, Mbosi and Isseke were the sons of Osunano by his first wife who is the owner of the portion of land that cuts across Azia and Orsumoghu known as Ama-Lolo (Lolo’s farm land). Osunano in turn is a son of Igbonano. Before the coming of the white men, there was a region of the Igbo country called Igbonano. A conglomeration of clans, Igbonano was supposedly located in the area now occupied by some thirty autonomous communities from both Anambra and Imo states. These communities on the western axis of Anambra-Imo border area, till today still have many things in common e.g. similar names of idols ... a set of ozo title prefixes: Ezike, Dara, Duru, Dim, Ume, Ezeani, Ezeahia, Ezeloma and Okpara) etc.”

Lessons/cultural markers from the excerpt:

1) The “Ume” prefix in ancient Anaedo was a cultural feature shared by the Orsu (Azia is Orsu) and Orsu is related to Isu. But beyond the Orsu, the “Ume” prefix is equally commonly used in the entire Nnewi South LGA.
2) The Orsu also bear the prefix “Dim”, which we know is Ikemba Ojukwu’s choice affix (Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu). Another popular Dim in the region is “Dim Agwu-agwu of Ezinifite Nnewi South”.
3) The Nri claim that their Kingdom was founded 900AD, while the founder of the ancient Orsu town of Azia (Azia Alamatugiugele) is said to have lived before 600AD.

Finally:

When you realise that Anaedo, by some definitions, includes Ozubulu (or parts of Ozubulu), then you must equally take into account that parts of Ozubulu is inhabited by a clan originally from my own Utuh-Mbadike.

There you have it. Anaedo is large, and far from being a homogeneous land geneologically and culturally.

I probably won’t have more to share with you guys on this, since you aren't paying for my time.

Share more. I thought mmaku birthed isu((daughter)

We learned that mmaku came from ndoni and birthed 4 children; ifite, ikenga, isu,ichi