This is a historical fact before the British expanded Onitsha

Aboh was the primary point of trade on the Lower Niger they controlled all trade that went up and down the river, they were the naval power of the Niger River at the time with their influence going up to Igala Land and all the way down to the coast they traded in salt, cloth, iron, brass and many other goods, the products they traded reached as far as Ghana and Egypt.

Thei Naval power was so strong that they defeated the British in multiple battles from the 1840s till the 1880s after which the British overwhelmed them and took over the trading system of the Niger River and transferred it to Onitsha

But One day Aboh will again become a vital point of trade and a River Port along the Niger River for now we wait for when the time is right

Osaka70:
Good one

Don't bring this nonsense to my thread

K. Onwuka Dike an author wrote in his book " By the 1850s Aboh exercised what could be called an effective trade monopoly on the lower niger with war canoes capable of holding 80 men armed with iron and brass cannon"

Abohboy:
K. Onwuka Dike an author wrote in his book " By the 1850s Aboh exercised what could be called an effective trade monopoly on the lower niger with war canoes capable of holding 80 men armed with iron and brass cannon"

Which language do they speak in aboh?

vasel15:


Which language do they speak in aboh?

They Speak an Ndokwa-Ukwuani-Anioma type Language so they are essentially an Igbo and Bini Sub group but they were albeit an independent kingdom

Another one again?

Igbos nor dey tire?

Ishilove come see.

Abohs were the first people to be called igbos (Eboes)

Abohboy:
K. Onwuka Dike an author wrote in his book " By the 1850s Aboh exercised what could be called an effective trade monopoly on the lower niger with war canoes capable of holding 80 men armed with iron and brass cannon"

This would mean the war canoe tradition is not an Ijaw reserve or may even not have been originally Ijaw?


If you're conversant with the war canoe tradition throw more light on it please.

Abohboy:


They Speak an Ndokwa-Ukwuani-Anioma type Language so they are essentially an Igbo and Bini Sub group but they were albeit an independent kingdom

This is somehow naive to say. Every Igbo tribe was independent.

Abohboy:


They Speak an Ndokwa-Ukwuani-Anioma type Language so they are essentially an Igbo and Bini Sub group but they were albeit an independent kingdom

Obi Imegwu o Obi Imegwu bu Eze Aboh,
Chris Ijomah Christian Nwa Ijomah bu Onye Aboh.
Ali Nwa Chukwuma bu onye Aboh.

Lyrics from a popular Igbo musician Ali Chukwuma declaring Aboh's Igboness.

Marotzke:
Obi Imegwu o Obi Imegwu bu Eze Aboh,
Chris Ijomah Christian Nwa Ijomah bu Onye Aboh.
Ali Nwa Chukwuma bu onye Aboh.

Lyrics from a popular Igbo musician Ali Chukwuma declaring Aboh's Igboness.

But a lot of aboh or ika people are still vehemently rejecting that they are actually igbos maybe for political covenience.

Abohboy:
K. Onwuka Dike an author wrote in his book " By the 1850s Aboh exercised what could be called an effective trade monopoly on the lower niger with war canoes capable of holding 80 men armed with iron and brass cannon"

Trade monopoly on which people?
Is there any proof for that?

From your statement "Before the British expanded Onitsha"
I can deduce that the aim of this your lies is to throw your Shameless tentacles on Innocent Ndigbo minding their business.
Probably to make your Aboh people hit limelight by insulting Ndigbo like your colleagues Ikwerre and Ika have done successfully.
But let me burst your bubble "Ndigbo have changed"
Any attempt to iberibe on this thread will be met with more Shameless iberibe.

See his mouth "Before the British expanded Onitsha" as if Aboh is not the first recorded Igbo Community (When they were Igbo) to fall to Britain Shameless and declared a province when others were still fighting.

Onyema Nwachukwu.
Brigadier General and Nigerian Army's spokesman with complete and unashamed Igbo names bu onye Aboh.

Marotzke:
Onyema Nwachukwu.
Brigadier General and Nigerian Army's spokesman with complete and unashamed Igbo names bu onye Aboh.

Onyema Nwachukwu is from Aboh(Ndokwa ) precisely..and he is proudly IGBO

Admissionclass:
Abohs were the first people to be called igbos (Eboes)

Yes that's true but they also have bini blood in them so it's a mix

SlayerForever:



This is somehow naive to say. Every Igbo tribe was independent.

Nope some were conquered or assimilated into larger kingdoms the Nri took over more areas around them and the Aro took over lots of land such as those of the Ohafia and Edda

Mrexcell:



But a lot of aboh or ika people are still vehemently rejecting that they are actually igbos maybe for political covenience.

Because not all of them are Igbos some of them are bini and some are igbos so we consider ourselves an independent people

BKayy:
From your statement "Before the British expanded Onitsha"
I can deduce that the aim of this your lies is to throw your Shameless tentacles on Innocent Ndigbo minding their business.
Probably to make your Aboh people hit limelight by insulting Ndigbo like your colleagues Ikwerre and Ika have done successfully.
But let me burst your bubble "Ndigbo have changed"
Any attempt to iberibe on this thread will be met with more Shameless iberibe.

See his mouth "Before the British expanded Onitsha" as if Aboh is not the first recorded Igbo Community (When they were Igbo) to fall to Britain Shameless and declared a province when others were still fighting.

It's clear you know nothing about history go and read about the Political Economy of Aboh 1830-1857 you'll read in that book before 1850s Onitsha wasn't a waterside town and the people didn't really use boats that often it wasn't until the british set up a missionary school and trading post that Onitsha expanded to the riverside and started taking over Aboh's monopoly on trade.

They were not shamelessly defeated in any fight they were part of the Ekumeku Movement against the British and through out the 1800s they dealt with any british who tried to take away their power on the Niger River

AfricanColumbus:



This would mean the war canoe tradition is not an Ijaw reserve or may even not have been originally Ijaw?


If you're conversant with the war canoe tradition throw more light on it please.

It's not originally Ijaw based off of my research on the Lower Niger at the time thr Ijaw were simply salt makers and fishers not really concerned with war canoes unless it was an inter tribal thing it was the Igala and Aboh people that owned large war canoes able to fit 80+ people and armed with cannon and sophisticated guns this is why they were able to control trade all the way from ijaw land up to the confluence and beyond because of how strong their navy was.


I'm not exactly sure of how the tradition started but I know till this day in my village we still have these displays with our large canoes and our traditional war dances and songs along the Niger River

Abohboy:




Yes that's true but they also have bini blood in them so it's a mix

The binis amongst them were migrants refugees who fled Binni kingdom in large numbers to avoid being sacrificed,of course they intermarried with the indegenous igbos and lost their Binni heritage,it just like an Igbo child born and bred in Lagos everything about you will be Yoruba but you will know you are from the southeast..

BKayy:

Trade monopoly on which people?
Is there any proof for that?

Yes there is. Every single British person that came up through the Niger River found that the Aboh People through their King ( Obi ) was able to regulate all trade and movement on the Niger River and even as they moved up they were still able to see Aboh People trading in Hausaland. The Aboh were such amazing traders that it's said the trade volume that they had produced on the Niger River was twice as large as the one seen on the Rhine in Germany one of Europe's most powerful nations.

They even had their own bronze currency that they used all along the lower Niger

Admissionclass:


The binis amongst them were migrants refugees who fled Binni kingdom in large numbers to avoid being sacrificed,of course they intermarried with the indegenous igbos and lost their Binni heritage,it just like an Igbo child born and bred in Lagos everything about you will be Yoruba but you will know you are from the southeast..

I know that's what happened but for whatever reason my people consider themselves independent to a degree well not all of them those with obviously igbo backgrounds and names or those who know their ancestry very produly consider themselves Igbo but apart from them we simply call ourselves Aboh People or Ndokwa People

Abohboy:


Because not all of them are Igbos some of them are bini and some are igbos so we consider ourselves an independent people

Just like the ikwerres it's alright.

Abohboy:


They Speak an Ndokwa-Ukwuani-Anioma type Language so they are essentially an Igbo and Bini Sub group but they were albeit an independent kingdom

Spoken Ndokwa-Ukwuani-Anioma are dialects of Igbo and not languages. Thus the language spoken in Aboh is Igbo. What brings bini into this? That you have some bini migrants into those areas doesn't make their dialects related anyhow to bini language.

BiafraInc:

Spoken Ndokwa-Ukwuani-Anioma are dialects of Igbo and not languages. Thus the language spoken in Aboh is Igbo. What brings bini into this? That you have some bini migrants into those areas doesn't make their dialects related anyhow to bini language.

It does actually because a significant amount of Bini people came and their language became involved in ours we speak a dialect of the igbo language that's merged with aspects of the Bini language I can't give you examples because the language is dying out and only my late grandfather was able to speak it in our family

Abohboy:


Because not all of them are Igbos some of them are bini and some are igbos so we consider ourselves an independent people

Stop lying and misinforming the people. The correct word is MOST of them are Igbos and just a FEW of them are migrants from bini who are IleUbinu children from IleIfe yoruba land.

BiafraInc:

Stop lying and misinforming the people. The correct word is MOST of them are Igbos and just a FEW of them are migrants from bini who are IleUbinu children from IleIfe yoruba land.

Who says MOST there's no data for this so i'm not going to make a speculation when we do the enxt census under a good leader maybe then we will be able to do an ethnic breakdown of the population

Mrexcell:


Just like the ikwerres it's alright.

Stop being ignorant. There are no elements of bini amongst Ikwerre people. Stop reading propaganda from the lagos-ibadan expressway gutter media.

An example of a mid Sized Aboh War Canoes

Abohboy:


Who says MOST there's no data for this so i'm not going to make a speculation when we do the enxt census under a good leader maybe then we will be able to do an ethnic breakdown of the population

Don't sound dumb. When has ethnicity ever been included in your nigeria census forms? You want to leave reality to hope on hopelessness? You need data to determine the population of Igbos and their guests in Igbo people's land? What arrant nonsense.