Armaggedon:
well when i saw the write up i wanted to ask 'are you Edo'? But i refused for fear of being accused of 'attacking the person' instead of the argument.
I knew you were a benin supremacist when you said ikwerre is disputed as an igbo tribe. Yes There is the dispute but it is only political. Hence you hear such in political discourse.
cultural piece that is
well researched do not come to that conclusion. Only an edo supremacist who wants to prey on some fictitious claim of benin origin (for political reason) by few ikwerre pple will write that.

As for your claim of igbo system being modelled after benin, it simply shows the extent ethnicity is engraved into the psyche of an average Nigerian.

fr3do:
No. 1 is Ika dressing, also adopted by Esans.
And Igbo is too big and historic to be modelling things after tiny edo.
Coral beads are also owned by Igbos, only that we don't overuse it.

fr3do:
No. 1 is Ika dressing, also adopted by Esans.
And Igbo is too big and historic to be modelling things after tiny edo.
Coral beads are also owned by Igbos, only that we don't overuse it.

theDEVILisHERE:


No problem
This doesn't change the fact that the people in the country should be discussing the urgent issues regarding their co-existence together and how they will resolve that as quick as possible
This KUMBIA mentality is why most africans haven't solve their societal problems

fratermathy:


That is why I wrote disputed in brackets. Ikwerres are Igboid but not necessarily Igbos.

ezeagu:


Coral beads are imported, they're not tropical African.

fratermathy:


I am not Edo. I am from Delta State. I am not a supremacist! I have no ties with Edo in any way, I am even more in tandem with Igbo than Edo. I believe that Edo has an overarching influence in the tribes of the South and East, especially Anambra, Imo, Delta Igbo and Ikwerre. I wrote disputed in Ikwerre because I am aware that almost all Ikwerre people "claim" not to be Igbos.

kaura5000:
These are hausa attires

aim5:


Esans didn't adopt anything from Ika so just stop your ignorant claims. And I don't consider the Igbo coral beads to be similar to Edo.. there's always a weak,insecure group of Igbos ruining cultural threads. It's getting real annoying.

ezeagu:


Coral beads are imported, they're not tropical African.

tonychristopher:


Delta and edo is not the name if tribes pls


What tribe are u


Ikwerre is igboid and that is not disputable ...except in politics



Stop disgracing yourself here

ezeagu:


The current eze (warrant chiefs) are not of Aro descent, those are copied from the Edo axis. Even looking at their regalia (beaded crowns and fan), you'll see that.

fratermathy:


Au contraire, I am not disgracing myself because you are the one who seem not to harness the semantic import of my statements.
I never said Ikwerres are Igbos or not. I said Ikwerre is an Igboid group whose "Igboness" is contested by its people and the larger Igbo nation. They are more like the Isoko who proclaim themselves different from Urhobo whereas some perceive them to be the same. I have not made a personal statement on the matter so telling me that I am disgracing myself is a careless statement.

Ihuomadinihu:
Some people are spewing trash about Igbos borrowing Edo culture. What's the meaning of that??
I will point at some issues since i don't have enough time here.
Firstly, no African owns the coral beads. Coral beads are imported not manufactured in pre colonial 'Nigeria'. That being said,you find all sorts of people using the coral beads from Igbo to Yoruba to Edo to Ijaw to the Efiks. These groups have different ways of wearing the coral beads. Secondly, the oldest beads in West Africa have only been found in Igboland and Mali. I hope am correcting some fallacies here.

Ihuomadinihu:
Some people are spewing [b]trash [/b]about Igbos borrowing Edo culture. What's the meaning of that??
I will point at some issues since i don't have enough time here.
Firstly, no African owns the coral beads. Coral beads are imported not manufactured in pre colonial 'Nigeria'. That being said,you find all sorts of people using the coral beads from Igbo to Yoruba to Edo to Ijaw to the Efiks. These groups have different ways of wearing the coral beads. Secondly, the oldest beads in West Africa have only been found in Igboland and Mali. I hope am correcting some fallacies here.

Ihuomadinihu:
Secondly, no Igbo group is modelled after the Edo nation. What we have are regional kingships and royalty which do not cover the entire igboland. That being said,igbo people are not subject to any King. Even saying that Edo planted all pre colonial igbo kings is an overexaggeration. We have to understand that both Igbo, Yoruba and Edo were one people some 2,000yrs ago, the concept of kingship is not entirely alien to Igbos but the way they are set up,they would rather be kings unto themselves. Other than that, Edo kingdom at its prime set up benin frontiers and vassals in Igboland.
The other modern igbo kings are colonial imports.

Ihuomadinihu:
Secondly, no Igbo group is modelled after the Edo nation. What we have are regional kingships and royalty which do not cover the entire igboland. That being said,igbo people are not subject to any King. Even saying that Edo planted all pre colonial igbo kings is an overexaggeration. We have to understand that both Igbo, Yoruba and Edo were one people some 2,000yrs ago, the concept of kingship is not entirely alien to Igbos but the way they are set up,they would rather be kings unto themselves. Other than that, Edo kingdom at its prime set up benin frontiers and vassals in Igboland.
The other modern igbo kings are colonial imports.

axiliborha:
you can come and marry me but you must be God fearing and well manners

fratermathy:


Hian! Odikwa very serious...! Did you fall from the sky?

tonychristopher:



Oga go back and do a proper research


You have been found wanting in so many things

You said Igbo monarchy is fashioned after Benin then you turned to akin
I just don't get you
You said Igbo women dress like edo
I corrected you ..you won't accept


Oga you said you are delta

And I told you delta isn't a tribe but a name of a state


Why are you making mockery of yourself here



Before you talk about people

Pls and pls research them well

TrishaP:
Op you didn't see any beautiful ijaw picture to use just as you selectively selected that of the ibos.

tonychristopher:


Are you minding that dude

Has he checked archeological finding of NRI pyramids and Igbo art works which predates that of edo

fr3do:


I don't bloody care
what I know is that no. 1 is Ika attire and I saw it when I googled 'Anioma attires'.

Ihuomadinihu:
Thirdly, Igbo women dress like Igbos not Edo. All Southern Nigerian groups tie the wrapper either single or double as the case may be. This guy spread these assumptions and personal history should quit and stop shading igbos. Borrowed from Edo my foot. If you reach back into history, colonial historians will tell you that Edo and Igbo were alike because the white men saw clear similarities between them. Enough of this trash!

fratermathy:


Nri Pyramids and all about old Igbo culture has NOTHING to do with the cultural and political hegemony of some Igbo clans by Edo. This is a proven sociological theory. In most cases, it occurs as acculturation when an ethnic group with a stronger hegemonic influence is close to other groups. If acculturation doesn't occur, some adaptations are made. Edos adapted to their neighbours, mostly the Yoruba as Igbos also adapted to the Ibibios and the Edos. This has nothing to do with the age of Nri or its pyramids.

Ihuomadinihu:
Thirdly, Igbo women dress like Igbos not Edo. All Southern Nigerian groups tie the wrapper either single or double as the case may be. This guy spread these assumptions and personal history should quit and stop shading igbos. Borrowed from Edo my foot. If you reach back into history, colonial historians will tell you that Edo and Igbo were alike because the white men saw clear similarities between them. Enough of this trash!

fratermathy:


Nri Pyramids and all about old Igbo culture has NOTHING to do with the cultural and political hegemony of some Igbo clans by Edo. This is a proven sociological theory. In most cases, it occurs as acculturation when an ethnic group with a stronger hegemonic influence is close to other groups. If acculturation doesn't occur, some adaptations are made. Edos adapted to their neighbours, mostly the Yoruba as Igbos also adapted to the Ibibios and the Edos. This has nothing to do with the age of Nri or its pyramids.