Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,153,348 members, 7,819,236 topics. Date: Monday, 06 May 2024 at 01:10 PM

Onitsha was founded by Edo Prince.(by Nnamdi Azikiwe the zik of Africa) - Politics (4) - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Politics / Onitsha was founded by Edo Prince.(by Nnamdi Azikiwe the zik of Africa) (15418 Views)

How Onitsha Was Lockdown on Nnamdi Kanu's Visit (video) / Handwritten Statement By Nnamdi Kanu Containing Apology To PMB- Saharareporters / Deadly Bombings Reported In Nigerian City Where Boko Haram Was Founded- NY Times (2) (3) (4)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (Reply) (Go Down)

Re: Onitsha was founded by Edo Prince.(by Nnamdi Azikiwe the zik of Africa) by zendy: 3:20pm On Jan 25, 2016
It may interest some of you to know that present day England and indeed the English are decendants of Germanic people who migrated from the Engles and Saxony areas of Germany 5000 years ago. That's why the English are sometimes known as the 'Anglo-Saxons'. Infact, 'England' actually means 'land of the Engles'. However, the English rarely ever aknowledge their German heritage
Re: Onitsha was founded by Edo Prince.(by Nnamdi Azikiwe the zik of Africa) by lawani: 4:36pm On Apr 13, 2016
What happened in the past can be easily visualised. If Nri Igbos were 1 million in total, at leas 2 to 3 hundred thousand Ife people or at least a substantial number of Ife- Benin people must be stationed in the place including families, soldiers and etc as recently as a few centuries ago for them to have the Ife Benin culture, because without that, they would be overwhelmed by the Nri people who will convert them all to either Osus or slaves. The Nri are closely knit culturally and afraid of outsiders. So the Ife Benin- Igala people who settled in Onitsha, Anioma, Ogba land and etc were substantial in number and they spoke Yoruboid tongues originally but when they started dealing with Nri Igbos, going to their markets, intermarrying with them and etc, they dropped their Yoruboid dialects and assumed that of their neighbours as well as aspects of the culture which today makes them ethnic Igbos. In the case of Arochukwu, I think Efik elements of an Efik civilization were eliminated in a series of wars by Nri Igbos who then took over their civilization and rechristened it Arochukwu but today all are Igbos but different kinds of Igbos.
Re: Onitsha was founded by Edo Prince.(by Nnamdi Azikiwe the zik of Africa) by PFRB: 6:57pm On Apr 13, 2016
They left Benin and settled in Igbo land. That is why they speak Igbo today.
Texas was conquered by the Americans during their war with Mexico.
Re: Onitsha was founded by Edo Prince.(by Nnamdi Azikiwe the zik of Africa) by lawani: 7:14pm On Apr 13, 2016
zendy:
It may interest some of you to know that present day England and indeed the English are decendants of Germanic people who migrated from the Engles and Saxony areas of Germany 5000 years ago. That's why the English are sometimes known as the 'Anglo-Saxons'. Infact, 'England' actually means 'land of the Engles'. However, the English rarely ever aknowledge their German heritage

Genetically the British people are 70 percent Celtic and 30 percent Germanic. They are mainly Celts who took up a Germanic language.

1 Like

Re: Onitsha was founded by Edo Prince.(by Nnamdi Azikiwe the zik of Africa) by Scribymac: 12:20pm On Jul 15, 2018
lawani:
What happened in the past can be easily visualised. If Nri Igbos were 1 million in total, at leas 2 to 3 hundred thousand Ife people or at least a substantial number of Ife- Benin people must be stationed in the place including families, soldiers and etc as recently as a few centuries ago for them to have the Ife Benin culture, because without that, they would be overwhelmed by the Nri people who will convert them all to either Osus or slaves. The Nri are closely knit culturally and afraid of outsiders. So the Ife Benin- Igala people who settled in Onitsha, Anioma, Ogba land and etc were substantial in number and they spoke Yoruboid tongues originally but when they started dealing with Nri Igbos, going to their markets, intermarrying with them and etc, they dropped their Yoruboid dialects and assumed that of their neighbours as well as aspects of the culture which today makes them ethnic Igbos. In the case of Arochukwu, I think Efik elements of an Efik civilization were eliminated in a series of wars by Nri Igbos who then took over their civilization and rechristened it Arochukwu but today all are Igbos but different kinds of Igbos.
Watch what you write.. Arochukwu had and has no contact with NRI kingdom. Arochukwu is Arochukwu. Arochukwu conquered the ibibios... Long before the efiks migrated into Arochukwu and lived with them for five hundred years before moving down to Uruan(Ibibio) then later to their present abode... Note the first Ubong of Efik was an Igbo of Arochukwu extraction and his descendants still has the throne to this day...
Efik did not colonize Arochukwu rather it is the other way round....
Re: Onitsha was founded by Edo Prince.(by Nnamdi Azikiwe the zik of Africa) by Scribymac: 12:23pm On Jul 15, 2018
PFRB:
They left Benin and settled in Igbo land. That is why they speak Igbo today.
Texas was conquered by the Americans during their war with Mexico.

How come they speak Igbo...
Check well Texas still retain their native Mexico dialect... But speaks English as a lingua franca...

Ezechima is an Igbo man of Arochukwu/NRI extraction...
Re: Onitsha was founded by Edo Prince.(by Nnamdi Azikiwe the zik of Africa) by superstar1(m): 9:13am On Feb 13, 2020
Lol. This thread is still alive cheesy cheesy cheesy
Re: Onitsha was founded by Edo Prince.(by Nnamdi Azikiwe the zik of Africa) by wwwihy: 12:40pm On Feb 24, 2020
Biafrans are land grabbers grin grin

(1) (2) (3) (4) (Reply)

Femi Adesina Conferred With Chieftaincy Title Of Isimiri Of Mmaku In Enugu(pics) / You Are Politically Unstable: Secondus Blasts Shekarau / Governors Back CBN’s Cash Withdrawal Limit – Masari

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 23
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.