1. The ORU PEOPLE they were mainly an aquatic based culture, settling the banks of rivers and watersides. They were indigenous to the Nile Valley and Lake Chad regions before migrating to the Niger/Benue region in antiquity.

The KUMONI (a part of the ancient ORU)

2. The KWA PEOPLE, made up of the; Ugbo and Efa

3. The UGBO/IGBO they were land based. They were originally indigenous to East Africa, before migrating to the Niger/Benue region in antiquity.

The OOYELAGBO (a branch of the Ugbo)

4. The EFA, they were also land based. The EFA & UGBO descended from a people once known as the KWA or KWARA people, who inhabited the Middle Niger region (hence its original name of Kwara river).

5. The BANTU & SEMI BANTU of unknown names, also from east and central Africa.




Of the above the ORU and KUMONI were aquatic previously living in the Nile-Valley Upper Niger and Lake Chad regions. While the KWA and BANTU formally lived in the East Africa and Nok regions.

Scientifically speaking, in the Southern Nigeria region these people fused in the following manner to produce the following major ethnic groupings.

In the Niger Delta - KUMONI + ORU = IJO (some intermarriage with EFA women and Bantu). The historical birth of the Ijo People is in the following manner. Their ORU ancestors originated from the Sudan and settled the Lake Chad region then, Nupe region, then Benin region, Lower Niger and Central Niger Delta in antiquity. They were joined by other ancestors (KUMONI) from Upper Egypt via Borgu, Ife and Benin region in about 650 AD. In about the 12th and 16th centuries AD the remaining ORU and KUMONI ancestors who lived at Benin settled with their relatives in the Niger Delta. (Ruled by the Pere?s and Ala?s) They collectively gave birth to the Ijo People as we know them today.

In the Ile-Ife region - KUMONI + OOYELAGBO + UGBO + OTHERS = YORUBA (some of the sub groups are less mixed than others). The historical birth of the Yoruba Peoples is in the following manner. Their UGBO ancestors originated from East Africa and settled the Niger/Benue (North) region in antiquity. Then finally they settled the Ile-Ife region. They were joined by other ancestors (KUMONI) from Upper Egypt, via Borgu region in about 650 AD. This was the 1st kingdom of Yoba with capital at Ile-Ife (the Ala-Afins ruled). In about the 12th century AD they were joined by other ancestral UGBO from the Niger/Benue and Igala regions. This was the 2nd kingdom of Yoba with capital at Oyo (the Ala-Afins ruled at Oyo, while at Ile-Ife title changed to Ooni). Plus other immigrants they collectively gave birth to the Yoruba People as we know them today.

In the Benin region - KUMONI + EFA + UGBO + OTHERS = EDO (Bini, etc). The historical birth of the Edo People is in the following manner. Their Efa ancestors originated from the Niger/Benue (North) region in antiquity after splitting from the UGBO. They settled the Benin region about the same time as the ORU. They were joined by other ancestors (KUMONI) from Upper Egypt, via Borgu and Ile-Ife in about 650 AD. This was the 1st kingdom of Beni (ruled by the Ogisos). In about the 12th century AD they were joined by other ancestral UGBO from the Niger/Benue and Igala region who had established themselves the new rulers of the Yoba (Yoruba) kingdom of Ife. This was the 2nd kingdom of Beni (ruled by the Obas). Plus other immigrants they collectively gave birth to the Edo People as we know them today.

In the north-west delta region - KUMONI + ORU + EFA + IGBO = URHOBO & ISOKO (Oru men marrying Efa women and children speaking mother tongue!). The historical birth of the Urhobo People is in the following manner. Their ORU ancestors originated from the Sudan and settled the Lake Chad region then, Nupe region, then Benin region in antiquity. They intermarried with the Efa. Their Efa ancestors originated from the Niger/Benue (North) region in antiquity after splitting from the UGBO. They settled the Benin region about the same time as the ORU. They were joined by other ancestors (KUMONI) from Upper Egypt, via Borgu and Ife in about 650 AD. During the 12-16th centuries many of these people left Benin and settled the southern forest region, to be joined by Ijos from the Niger Delta, and Igbos from east of the Niger. They collectively gave birth to the URHOBO (ORUBO) and ISOKO Peoples as we know them today.

East of the Niger - ORU + EFA + UGBO + BANTU + OTHERS = IGBO. Their UGBO ancestors originated from East Africa and settled the Niger/Benue (North) region in antiquity. Before settling in the eastern region. . Their ORU ancestors originated from the Sudan and settled the Lake Chad region then, Nupe region, then Benin region, Lower Niger. Their Efa ancestors originated from the Niger/Benue (North) region in antiquity after splitting from the UGBO. Their Bantu ancestors originated from east and central Africa in antiquity. While others originated from ancient Palestine. They collectively gave birth to the Igbo People as we know them today.

If this was true, then that could help explain why the Ijaw language is not similar to other Southern Nigerian groups; there was no Ugbo in their formation.

This is funny.

ChinenyeN:

This is funny.

lol!Sounds as childish as most recently crafted stories to justify a self imposed complex.Very much like the Eri own.

Abagworo:

lol!Sounds as childish as most recently crafted stories to justify a self imposed complex.Very much like the Eri own.

l'ezi. It just makes you wonder sometimes.

Abagworo:

lol!Sounds as childish as most recently crafted stories to justify a self imposed complex.Very much like the Eri own.

Why do you think so?
Looking at it, there may be some truth in it.

The saying that "Oru na Igbo bu nwanne" comes to mind. Maybe the Oru (a riverine group) were more concentrated in the Riverine/Southern Igboland and Ugbo (unadulterated Igbo) in the Northern Igboland all mixed with the local or west migrating Bantus and Efa of the Midwest that were expanding east and southward.

Another is the absence of Kumoni in the Igbo. With Ijaw migrating eastward and their settlement in the east of the niger occuring in later centuries, it might likely mean the bulk of what is now Ijaw were of Kumoni stock.

The presence of Efa in the Igbo, Bini and Urhobo might have brought word and name commonality among them which is absent in Yoruba and Ijaw. The Efa might have a larger percentage in Western Igbo than they are in Eastern Igbo hence the heavy word commonality between the Bini and the Western Igbo. This could mean those Bini sounding words in Western Igbo were not borrowed from the Bini but was part of them from antiquity.

The Yoruba obviously were mainly of Ooyelagbo stock (a branch of Ugbo). Making up their number were the Ugbo themselves and Kumoni.

Then looking at Bini and Urhobo, supposedly an Edo group, the difference in their make-up is the presence of Oru in the Urhobo. Also, Bini being formed from "pure" Ugbo (unadulterated Igbo) while Urhobo have the already modern or adulterated Igbo instead.


I'll conclude that the Ooyelagbo made Yoruba who they are today, Kumoni made Ijaw who they are today, the Bantu adulterated the Ugbo and made the Igbo who they are today, the Efa made Bini and Urhobo who they are today.

Obiagu1:

I'll conclude that the Ooyelagbo made Yoruba who they are today, Kumoni made Ijaw who they are today, the Bantu adulterated the Ugbo and made the Igbo who they are today, the Efa made Bini and Urhobo who they are today.

ChinenyeN:

This could well settle the discussion why Igbo (Ugbo) is more prevalent in Northern Igboland than Southern Igboland.
Also it helps reinforce my stance that Igbo, as a word, is as ancient as the people themselves.

The Nri clan could possibly still be of the pure Igbo/Ugbo stock, hence the saying "the core Igbo" or "Igbo bu Igbo" (meaning Igbo that is the true Igbo, this is actually the meaning in Anambra) different from "Igbo bu Igbo" (Igbo is the same) used to show oneness and a sense of unity. "The core Igbo" slogan often causes rift with other clans.

Also, the story of Queen Moremi and the Igbo, could make the Ijaw story of the Igbo a fact and help answer the speculation that the Igbo once lived or dominated the entire southern Nigeria.

I guess. . .

1. What is "OTHERS"? (In the Ile-Ife region, Benin region, East of the Niger)

2. Where are the Igala? Or are they being considered Northerners, despite the fact that they're clearly not originally Northerners?

3. Ugbo is just a small indigenous group that were absorbed into the Yorubas when they got there, from what I've read.

4. Efa is just a small indigenous group that were absorbed into the Binis when they got there:


"According to P A Talbot (The People’s of Southern Nigeria 1926 pp31-153 “The Benin country appears to have been inhabited by a people called Efa, the ancestors of the present Edo and ruled by a large number of petty chiefs, those at Benin City being the Ogiame, and the Uzama Nihino (The seven Uzama)”


The title Ogiefa (meaning chief/duke/king of the Efa) is a reference to this group. Of course now some (but certainly not all) Ijaws are claiming that this is a reference to them.  

Some people are making all sorts of claims about the seven Uzama, about places being prefixed with the word idumu/idumwun (an Edoid word, found among the Bini, Esan, Owan, etc.), about the name of the first Ogiso (Igodo/Obagodo) being an Ijaw name, and other claims which I think are due to a lack of knowledge about the peoples whose history they are delving into.

PhysicsMHD:

1. What is "OTHERS"? (In the Ile-Ife region, Benin region, East of the Niger)

Maybe they were very small in number.

PhysicsMHD:

2. Where are the Igala? Or are they being considered Northerners, despite the fact that they're clearly not originally Northerners

The source didn't discourse the  Igala in detail but they are obviously of the Ugbo stock including the Idoma. The Igala seems to have a very high proportion of Ooyelagbo among them, a proportion that is significantly smaller in the Idoma. Both groups must have other groups too.

PhysicsMHD:

3. Ugbo is just a small indigenous group that were absorbed into the Yorubas when they got there, from what I've read.

True, the Ugbo were mainly in the East and had smaller population in the West. I'll say that the varying proportion of Ooyelagbo among the native Ugbo is the major difference between the  Yoruba and  the Igala.

PhysicsMHD:

4. Efa is just a small indigenous group that were absorbed into the Binis when they got there:

I wouldn't think so, there was nothing like Bini in those days. The Efa are small in a sense compared the the population of Ugbo and Ooyelagbo hence the Bini is smaller than both the Yoruba and the Igbo, but in terms of the mixture in Bini/Edo proper, the Efa are more than the Ugbo.

If you guys believe this,then Isuama is one of the sons of Ijaw.That's the story.

^^^

Maybe, then tell us the story or show us a link to the story.

This is why I say you should stay up north, Obiagu and not worry about us southerners. See how easily you're eating this up. It's like you don't know any better.

.

So if for example, tomorrow an egbira/jukun man becomes president of nigeria and/or oil is found in ebira or jukun land, are we then going to have an egbira or jukun-centric history of nigeria.

I'm not aware of this state of affairs in any civilized country in general.

America doesnt do that, unless it involves africa.

PhysicsMHD:

Some people are making all sorts of claims

haha. I remember when I first read the content on that site. I really had no words for it. All I just kept thinking was, 'you cannot be serious'.

^^^^^

Another claim from that same website:


"At that conference Prince Adumu was declared the LORD OF THE FORTRESS ‘ALA – AFIN’ (ALA-lord or chief, AFIN-fortress) and henceforth addressed as “ALA-AFIN ADUMU-ALA”. (ALA is still a Chief title amongst the Ijaws). He also took on the alias ‘ODUDUWA’, as it was the term in the Ooyelagbo language for the Mother Goddess of which he was a priest.

In order to unite the opposing factions intermarriage was decreed. This is told in the tradition as the marriage between Obatala & Oduduwa with the birth of the sixteen gods and goddesses. Indeed Prince Adumu took several wives from the local Ooyelagbo women as well as his own Kumoni/Oru women. This policy was adhered to by his successors. Prince (now King) Adumu administered the new City state (military, theocratic confederacy) so skilfully that he was remembered in ancestral tradition as the ancestor of the YOBA NATION, meaning the ORIGINATOR OF THE YOBA NATION. This was how the first Yoba nation came into being and how Ife became the centre of the 1st dynastic city-state in Southern Nigeria. This was also the Ife of the 1st dynastic period. Later on YOBA was corrupted to YORUBA and the term applied to all the people who spoke related dialects/languages, who had centuries later integrated to become one people. The original Kumoni language spoken by the king and his people (Kumoni-Oru) was later on absorbed into the Ooyelagbo language to give rise to Yoruba language and its various dialects."



Really strange stuff.

I know. Some seem to think they can insert themselves to the early histories of the various people, without a problem.

Who ever wrote this is very creative and should think about writing books, fictional writing in Nigeria is low.

ezeagu:

Who ever wrote this is very creative and should think about writing books, fictional writing in Nigeria is low.

ROTFLMFAO!!!!!

ijaw people are too much.  

for example in dna studies the some of the ppl of agbor will be neare to the binis than to their igbo cousins across the niger

nigeria is too racially multivalent to be doing all this rubbish , if it was in norway or a scandinavian country then i would agree

they are less diverse and most can trace their ancestry to a few but in nigeria nobody can trace anything

Whobemumu,

Maybe you cannot, but I can trace my ancestry.

Obiagu,
This story belong in disney, not in NL.

How can you count on Ijaw to tell the story of Nigerians when he already believes any time he come out of water for some rest the soil he steps foot on, never mind that it could be in Cotonou, is his community.

@whobemumu, what do you mean by "multivalent" and what is your yardstick for arriving at "too racially multivalent". Just like Negro_Ntns I can also trace my ancestry and I'm positive that many others can. What do you think is "oriki" for? Do you think its hard to find find little or no diversity among direct royal and priestly descendants?

eh

Afanna1:
ijaw people are too much.  

Underestimate at your own risk.