AkinPhysicist:
But Igbos say they don't have kings so what is this about?

carmag:

there are kings in Igbo lands but decentralised
it allows for checks and balances

Okeikpu:
Igbo Amaka!

AkinPhysicist:


not according to many Igbos who say "Igbos have no kings."

AgentGoat:
Who be that girl sitting there?

RedboneSmith:

The Egba also say, " Egba ko l'olu, gbogbo nwon ni nse bi Oba". Doesn't mean they don't have the Alake and all that.
The saying simply means that they don't give their leaders and rulers absolute power.

omooba969:


Your gf.

AkinPhysicist:


not according to many Igbos who say "Igbos have no kings."

AkinPhysicist:


nse bi oba - means behave as kings NOT are kings (nse oba). However, Igbos say they have no kings. Its different.

martineinstein:
and one ipob will claim delta ibos are ibos..when we can clearly see Benin culture

fippycbk:

Igbos had no kings before the white man. There were Nzes, Ozors. These people formed something more like a senate. Not one man had absolute power.

carmag:

of course that literally means there is no a single empire that dictate for the entire igbos compare to other regions
it's democratic in nature (decentralised )

AkinPhysicist:

Exactly what I thought. Royalty is foreign to Igbo culture. It is a very recent development.

fippycbk:


Igbos had no kings before the white man. There were Nzes, Ozors. These people formed something more like a senate. Not one man had absolute power.

AkinPhysicist:


no it means Igbos have no kings - so anybody that claims Igbo royalty is a fraud.

BornStunner1:


THE BENIN PRINCES WHO WENT AWAY FROM THE BENIN EMPIRE DURING OBA OZOLUA'S RULE FOUNDED THE KINGDOMS IN DELTA AND THE OBI IN ONITCHA

christejames:
He is young and already leading a society. How I wish our anachronistic leaders will take a leaf from him and allow the youth to man the affairs of this country.


Happy New Year, and congratulations to the new king, I pray the good Lord bestows him with wisdom; the 'solomonic wisdom'.

carmag:

No kings in any region that puts food on other people's table so it's not worth bragging

chibecan:
Do little research about Eze NRI. The throne is older than many non Igbo throne around Nigeria. There are few monarchies in Igboland anyway

chibecan:
Do little research about Eze NRI. The throne is older than many non Igbo throne around Nigeria. There are few monarchies in Igboland anyway

BornStunner1:




NICE SEEING THE SPREAD OF THE GREAT BENIN EMPIRE AND CULTURE ALL ROUND NIGERIA

LONG LIVE THE OBI........ MORE PROSPERITY TO ALL EDIOD KINGDOMS IN NIGERIA AND BEYOND!!

THE OBI WAS IN THE OBA OF BENINS PALACE LAST WEEK TO CONFIRM HIS LEGITIMACY


OBA GHA TO KPEHE Iseeeee!!!!

AkinPhysicist:

Exactly what I thought. Royalty is foreign to Igbo culture. It is a very recent development.

awelekiti:
You can say that again. All the needless supremacy fights and arguments can only be seen on the social media, e.g NL. Everybody knows where they belong. On the 23rd of December (a few days ago) as I was driving out of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, I noticed something like siren, blowing behind me. As every vehicle was giving way, I had to follow suit. Guess what I saw, 2 SUVs with the Oba of Benin number plate affixed on each of the vehicles and somebody holding a staff of office inside each vehicle, in the convoy of 5 vehicles obviously coming from Benin to see the Ooni as they were heading towards his palace. I wounded down and shouted...Oba gha to kpehereeee, they all said iseeeee and zoomed past me. Tomorrow, some people here would be fighting unnecessarily over Ooni and Oba of Benin's supremacy as if their lives depend on it.

masseratti:
okay but Why did they change their languages and names? kinda weird they should still be speaking and bearing edo names, how come their names and language were lost to another ethnic group.