na_so:

Ol boy try attach the document ASAP make i see wether your story resemble truth.

tpia.:

scribd is very difficult to embed- you probably have to be a subscriber or something to do that though I'm not sure.

The origins of the Ijaw are rather difficult to track, since the word Ijaw itself is a relatively recent construction generalized by the British. You have to check the history of the subgroups, instead of the group itself as a whole.

besides, they tend to take on many characteristics of neighboring tribes, since intermingling is common.


One author considers the Bonny Ijos an Igboid tribe (like Opobo). The same author says Igbos came from central Africa. (note: I'm simply repeating what I read- I didnt say this is my opinion)

The Ijaws who traded with Igbos obviously took on Igbo characteristics, while the Ijaws located further west, in Yorubaland, intermingled with Yoruba.

This same author also says the bulk of the Ijo were originally Bini.






Personally, I think Urhobos are Ijoid in addition to Igboid.

Abagworo:


@bolded.personally(though without evidence), i share that view.i have a lot of friends from angola and zambia whose names sound igbo.it is said that some igbo slaves were settled there but the language they speak is entirely different.there is repeated occurence of thesame words but with different meanings.Congo might be the actual root of most nigerian tribes and not middle east.

Abagworo:


@bolded.personally(though without evidence), i share that view.i have a lot of friends from angola and zambia whose names sound igbo.it is said that some igbo slaves were settled there but the language they speak is entirely different.there is repeated occurence of thesame words but with different meanings.Congo might be the actual root of most nigerian tribes and not middle east.

Abagworo:


@bolded.personally(though without evidence), i share that view.i have a lot of friends from angola and zambia whose names sound igbo.it is said that some igbo slaves were settled there but the language they speak is entirely different.there is repeated occurence of thesame words but with different meanings.Congo might be the actual root of most nigerian tribes and not middle east.