Hard facts.
Everyone talk about Benin bronzes. Have u asked where they got the materials?..are there copper deposits in Benin today ? was there any copper refining company in Benin in 15th century?..How did they filter and process the copper to produce the bronzes?..if you've ever thought of that, then you are reasoning well..lets answer the question. Benin claim to have fought 200 battle, have u asked who they fought?.
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Benin was very hostile to there neighbours,especially with the coming of the Portuguese in 15th century which brought about proliferation of light arms .this made alot of people to run from within and around the vicinity of Benin. Igbos close to Benin suffered the most.igbanke, Agbor etc were haunted and kidnapped for slavery. Those slaves were sold to Portuguese in exchange for manilla which Benin melted (dissolved) and used for bronze making. Remember manilla is already processed in Portugal so all it just needs is to melt and reshape it..so every Benin bronze you see represent slaves sold in cold blood, some killed in the process.othere were used for ritual purposes. Infact igbanke( Igbontor) all igbo speaking communities in Benin was called slave camp. Igbon according to Benin means slave.this is what igbos who have lived close to Benin suffered. It was many of these reasons that made igbos to flee from that vicinity, returning back to east (Onitsha and the rest)..many of these igbo communities fought back ,like agbor and Ubulu-Ukwu. Even down to igbuzor (ibusa) have many recorded wars with Benin.Agbor is the only igbo community that could withstand Benin/Portuguese military might because its there closest neighbour. Kingship monarchy were also forcefully installed in some of those Anioma igbo communities you see today carrying Ada and Eben which was not originally there.Many other people suffered same problems too.some Yoruba within that vicinity were also victims of slavery and Urhobo. Infact Urhobo was a best choice for slavery by Benin people. Unfortunately history is being revised, many of these communities there ancestors were victims of Benin slavery are same people erroneously claiming to have migrated from Benin.
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In conclusion. When you see Benin bronzes, they represent ancestors crying for vengeance, killed and brutally taken away from there homes.All those claiming Benin descendants were actually those running for there lifes away from the vicinity of Benin.

Oduduwa dashed oba of Benin when oba of Benin was still loyal to the Yoruba kingdom

I am tired of this oba of bini nonsense...the stool of bini is a local stool...it has no relevance outside Edo state.

Nawa