viodemus:
most Brazilians are genetically falling to the igbos and calabar side of Nigeria.


But the twist was/is, SW especially Lagos, was the place that hundred of thousands of Brazilian blacks settled in the SW. Another twist is that the chances of a good percentage of igbos among those returnees is high.


igbos alone were almost 5 million slaves taken. We were the forefront of fighting against islamic expansion. The whole Angola was almost 2 million slaves taken. The yorubas were traditional like the igbos, calabar, and even Benin. But when islam was pressing up on the yorubas, and oyibo people had already started their conquest; one of the deals that oyibos did with arabs during their african conquest years was that they will not enslave the muslims to Europe or wherever they were.vBut the arabs were still enslaving Africans. So, the yorubas began doing tribal marks to make the slave traders differentiate between them and other tribes that were not converting, because they (yorubas) were still newly converting to islam, but were being traded if caught in the wrong places. So, they decided to find a way to differentiate from others.


One of the cases of two street gangs wey be like cult, underground but very valid, many people know about them in Brazil, Ade gang vs mgba mgba gang. Bloody drug and territorial war. They run cool down now like 3 or so years ago, now peace organizations are building skating boards, basket ball courts, etc for their neighborhoods. Before that, serious something. Steady back to back hits.


The Brazilians are now knowing that they are from many parts of Africa and many tribes, so this oni visit, is not deeply emotional like it would have been just 10 years ago. Before that, they only knew about yoruba tribe. Am not saying yorubas were not enslaved to Brazil, but not that much. DNA is proving it as I speak, in Nigerian side alone igbos dey beat yoruba 4 to 1 or more, remember there is still Congo as a whole, with over 8 million slaves taken. Am going with realistic numbers, many books point this out. - The Europeans like to lower their numbers, to minimize their past damages.


Igbos should be reaching out to Brazilians more, and other countries. Our people taken as slaves are everywhere, and our people like to explore for other means of progress, so even in africa, igbos are genetically spread. Many igbos have been sucked in to other tribes, especially outside Nigeria. We need to be more creative with our tribal retainment. In Nigeria, out of fear, many igbos hide their identity. In foreign places, there is the case of lack of cooperation.
Remember, igbos were the first African tribe, to say they are going back to africa, when the slaves in north Carolina noticed they were igbos, they spoke the same language, then decided to go back by any means; when they found out that there was no way, they decided to die than continue to be slaves, so they walked into the water coast and many drowned, over 100 . - this was in the 1600. So, the whites did not put two igbos in the same farm field or sleeping quarters. But the twist to this, is that a few yoruba slaves, I think New Jersey, were the 1st slaves in the 1800, to organize in their slave town, to rebel against their masters. It lead to a mini war for a couple of days. They were not the only tribe that participated, but there were the leading people that did this. It was after this that returnees was passed to go back to africa, which ended up being liberia.


The igbos in north Carolina, and Virginia, also revolted many times and ended up joining with other igbos to form the country of Haiti. Igbos are also the leading dna on the Nigerian side, in jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, Dominican republic, mexico,, brazil, etc.

The yorubas hosted many returnees, who in turn, assist other returnees, and also the British at this time, preferred to relate with the returnees more than the locals, remember those were the equivalent of house slave - not field slaves who were mostly the locals, due to language and culture understanding. The yorubas hosted many returnees, not really by choice, but because the British ran things then. During this returnees period, igbos have always fought the colonizers, which made igbos susceptible to slavery. Any igbo caught were enslaved or killed, because they were fighting. The British was the only people that the igbos ended up surrendering to in the early 1900s. That's how christianity started getting in more and more, then the biafran war- really expanded christianity amongst the igbos. THe red cross and all these churches that were feeding people. The igbos didn't utilize war mines then.


Anyway, I think the igbos gave up after so much losses due to technology, but also the breakdown of Africa. Before the oyibos, igbos were giving the arabs and their african foot soldiers, a new look in africa. Impenetrable. No converting. Even when the Europeans came, igbos were not locally colonized until 1902.


Many yorubas, especially the Christian ones, were mostly the Brazilians, Returnee afrobeat europe, and other west Africans. Many igbos also need to realize that some yorubas are us, that flipped to yoruba due to environment. I mean every tribe has small flips, but am talking a little over small.


*disclaimer: these are my opinions, the way I understand them are from various books and research materials I had sought to understand; in the midst of my personal and professional life. Igbos should do some awareness and future direction reflections.

viodemus:



who cares.....

no be profound dunce i be

Gobengroup:

Keep your opinion to yourself and stop spreading lies on a public forum..

eroticecstasy:


It's called international relations, unlike the other tribe known as international refugees or Internationally Displaced Tribe that their son Emeka will swallow cocaine wrapped with condom with okro soup, only to poop on flight.

Phoen1X:
Your username has already betrayed your very low parental deficit....continue in your foolishness.

vannessa7:


Jealous much?

viodemus:



Thank God say many people fit research.


Truth denier, abi full time dunce, no fear, everybody get dem own history.

GeneralPula:
Eledumare Ma Gbe Wa o

Afoonja:


Illiteracy is traditional to you waste people. Thousands of people from US, UK, Jamaica, Haiti, Brazil have been coming to Nri and other Igbo villages to take land and reintegrate with their Homeland and they didn't even need any King to travel abroad to make it happen.

Unlike you people that have a centralized system of politics which is why your thinking is rigid and limited/restricted, Igbos are decentralized people with no central king.

Igbek76:
The yorubas are very calm, enlighten and very respectful responsible people.
Unlike the very proud, very arrogant and noisy good for nothing Igbos.

Obagreatdatoye:

That's why u would remain low and second class, as tribe in this country.... . Your value as a people is next to nothing.

Gobengroup:

Even without abusing you, see what you replied me with... You must think everyone here is ignorant...

Vast majority of black slave taken to Brazil were Yoruba, stop trying to change the narrative..

Are you guys not tired of always doing this whenever it involves the Yoruba?

OriOko88:

If Yoruba were to be a country,would have the best passport in Africa. We would have the best human resources of any African country.

Nigeria contraption has really dragged us 100 years behind. Sad

seunmsg:
Some people will still be angry over this.

Gobengroup:

Even without abusing you, see what you replied me with... You must think everyone here is ignorant...

Vast majority of black slave taken to Brazil were Yoruba, stop trying to change the narrative..

Are you guys not tired of always doing this whenever it involves the Yoruba?

OriOko88:

If Yoruba were to be a country,would have the best passport in Africa. We would have the best human resources of any African country.

Nigeria contraption has really dragged us 100 years behind. Sad

deeva2:


My inlaw, Its Okitipupa.

Hope she dey prepare better pupuru for you.

GeneralPula:

What Awolowo did was one of the best thing any black man has ever done for his country - Free Education!

Instead of Nnamdi Azikwe to do the same for his people, no he didn’t. Instead, he came to tell the western leaders he wanted to become the western premier . Them lay bed, the mofo wan con sleep on it .. No be today Igbos don dey eye Yoruba land o. It started during their forefathers era..

These and many more are part of what made Sadauna warned the northerners about the Igbos. And till date, the Igbos are still proving everything Sadauna said to be true..

haybhi1:
I'm extremely proud to be a Yoruba man, and be born and raised therein, especially through healthy and pious Islamic idiosyncrasies.

Great an ethnic group, tremendous in knowledge, cordial in relationships, yet humble in deeds. Almighty Yoruba. Eledumare a gbe wa. Oke oke la ma ma re.

May God bless Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, and every minority tribes.

Asee.

☺☺🥰

OriOko88:

If Yoruba were to be a country,would have the best passport in Africa. We would have the best human resources of any African country.

Nigeria contraption has really dragged us 100 years behind. Sad

Invictuse:
Being a Yoruba is the greatest gift I can ever wish for as a Nigerian. No wonder haters want to die n perish in Yoruba land claiming it's no man's land.

Ibrahimcoomasie:
Despite the high number of Yoruba descendants in these countries, we have not heard pim.

If it were that other tribe, we no go hear word. We would have been harrased with stuffs like

we developed Brazil
we developed South America
we developed the Carribean
we developed Latin America.

Empty drums indeed make the loudest noise.


Ps. Former President of Cuba, Fidel Castro and Ooni of Ife, Sijuwade below

OriOko88:

If Yoruba were to be a country,would have the best passport in Africa. We would have the best human resources of any African country.

Nigeria contraption has really dragged us 100 years behind. Sad

Sltp:
This is not something to be proud of. Igbo slaves were more rebellious that's something to be proud of

Obagreatdatoye:
Let Obi of onitsha go and try this first...