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Who Was The First To Adopt Democracy?? by golddust6000(m): 11:07am On May 04, 2021
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IGBOS.
■They are the oldest Ethnic group in Nigeria

■They have a political system that is decentralised since ancient times.This means,its a well structured system where everyone have an opinion. The system ensured checks and balances and they are the first to practice democracy in the world .

■Most precolonial igbo community have chiefs who are custodians of there communities who settled disputes and punished crimes.

■Nri kingdom is the oldest kingdom in Nigeria. its inception is archeologically proven to date back to 900AD. Again,it was not built for wars or Domination,The kingdom was a haven for all those who had been rejected in their communities and also a place where slaves were set free from their bondage.They cleansed Abominations (Nso) ,punished crimes and took care of people who died of mysterious illness such as measles or suicide. Its influence extended to Benin where igbo market days was introduced and to igbos living there(igbanke,..),including Iwa-Ji or iri-ji yam festivals .

■There is no "absolute monarchy " in igboland,there is no emperor, there is no overlord. It was and it is still well organised.There was relative peace in precolonial igboland.

■Igbos settled over 100,000 years ,but by 900AD, there culture evolved and became apparent..

■The highest title in igboland is the Ozo title and this is the oldest title in Nigeria. Initiation into the aristocratic Nze na Ozo society marks the person as nobility. They sometimes bear the Ichi facial scarifications, described by Olaudah Equiano in 1745 as " Embrenche " or mburichi "

■Igbos received refugees fleeing from two overlaying kingdoms, Benin to the south and igala to the north.

■Because of there early spread,Igbo descendants are found in most parts of southern Nigeria (Rivers,Southern Benue, Edo,isoko,.Anioma, southeast, Part of akwa ibom and cross River.),Also, Eboe town Jamaica, Virginia, equatorial guinea .

■Igboland has the highest density in Nigeria, this was the reason for there early spread in search of vergin land to live and farm.

■Igboland extend from the confines of Benin (igbanke) on the south,Igala to her northern boundary, to the east the ibibios and ijaw there immediate southern Neighbours.

■As with most ancient tribes, the time igbos settled or evolved is lost to human mind.However Uranium studies of archeological tracings have identified human activities in igboland from a period between 250,000 to 100,000 years.

■Igbos are peace loving people, they value life,they are recalcitrant to oppression and highly driven for success.

■They have the highest female literacy rate in Nigeria.

Igbo ndi oma ❤
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Re: Who Was The First To Adopt Democracy?? by Amedak(m): 12:20pm On May 04, 2021
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Re: Who Was The First To Adopt Democracy?? by 143WaZoBia: 12:52pm On May 04, 2021
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