One_Naira: To end all this cry-babies from the yoruba clan. Crayola and Bliss, you two are African-Americans and both of ya'll seem to love history. Can one of you please write a book or an article online about some resistance from slaves up north america and include yoruba in it. Even if you have to fib, just fib, so we can all stop this low self esteem manifesting up here from some people. Thank you.

Hating on slaves. Na wa ooo!! Wetin man no go see.

@bigfrancis1 and crayola
I learned alot from you. Thank you for the history lesson.

@bolded:
Okwa ya? Before 'em yoruba 'slaves' on NL here will die of low self-esteem.
Honestly, why do the yoruba people on NL here cringe and crack up each time they see or read any thread/post on the effects of the Igbo people on the transatlantic slave trade, or the Igbo-jewish historical connection, or any thread symbolizing the great and rich historical past of the Igbo? For so many years the world has been blindsided into the yoruba-dominance-in-slave-trade theory only for slave records to be dug up into and the actual truth exposed at the turn of the 21st century. All along they've been wrongfully in the limelight and now they are scared shyte of losing all the attention to the Igbo. .

Interesting!

IGBO SLAVE REVOLTS IN THE CARIBBEAN.

Igbo slaves, along with 'Angolas' and 'Congoes' were
most prone to be runaways. In slave runaway
advertisements held in Jamaica workhouses in 1803,
out of 1046 Africans, 284 were described as 'Eboes
and Mocoes', 185 'Congoes', 259 'Angolas', 101
'Mandingoes', 70 Coromantees, 60 'Chamba' of
Sierra Leone, 57 'Nagoes and Pawpaws', and 30
'scattering'. 187 were 'unclassified' and 488 were
'American born negroes and mulattoes'.[18]

Some popular slave rebellions involving Igbo people
include:
1) The 1815 Igbo conspiracy in Jamaica's Saint
Elizabeth Parish which involved around 250 Igbo
slaves,[19] described as one of the revolts that
contributed to a climate for abolition.[20] A letter by
the Governor of Manchester to Bathurst on April 13,
1816[21] quoted the leaders of the rebellion on trial
as saying "that 'he had all the Eboes in his hand',
meaning to insinuate that all the Negroes from that
Country were under his controul".[22] The plot was
thwarted and several slaves were executed.

2) The 1816 Black River rebellion plot which according to Lewis (1834:227—28) only people of 'Eboe' origin were involved. [23] This plot was uncovered on March 22, 1816 by a novelist and absentee planter named Matthew Gregory 'Monk' Lewis, when he had recorded what Hayward (1985) calls a proto- Calypso revolutionary hymn, sung by a group of Igbo slaves led by the 'King of the Eboes'. They sung:
Oh me Good friend, Mr. Wilberforce, make we
free!
God Almighty thank ye! God Almighty thank ye!
God Almighty, make we free!
Buckra in this country no make we free:
What Negro for to do? What Negro for to do?
Take force by force! Take force by force! [24]
'Mr. Wilberforce' was in reference to William
Wilberforce a British politician who was a leader of
the movement to abolish the slave trade. 'Buckra'
was a term introduced by Igbo and Efik slaves in
Jamaica to refer to white slave masters.[25]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_people_in_Jamaica

Feel the penchant quest for freedom in the freedom song sung by the Igbo slaves.

PhysicsQED: I can't claim any expertise on the Haitian revolution, but it looks to me like religion might have been one of the most important factors behind the uprising, so I don't think it's importance should be minimized. Probably, if they had all accepted Christianity, there might not even have been a revolution.

I agree with you on the Haitian revolution
I can't speak for the eboes though. they were busy committing suicides in Savannah Georgia that's their definition of heroism. I wonder why the loudmouths among them aren't committing suicides now. that would help a lot.

c.fours:



I agree with you on the Haitian revolution
I can't speak for the eboes though. they were busy committing suicides in Savannah Georgia that's their definition of heroism. I wonder why the loudmouths among them aren't committing suicides now. that would help a lot.

You just need to prove that you were unloved as a child

The source from a university mentioned Hausa before Yoruba and your mouth still wags lmao.

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Nke a Bụ Ọkwa Dị Ezigbo Nkpa, nke sitere n'aka ndị ONAIgbo.


Igbo bụ Igbo, ekelee m ụnụ.

Ọ bụ oke ihe nwute na anyị hapụrụ asụsụ anyị, o wee na achọ ila n’efu . Ọkwa mba dị iche iche na asụ asụsụ ha? Asụsụ ndị Bekee dịrị ha, nke ndị Japanụ dịrị ha. Ndị Chaina, ndị Fụrenchị, nakwa ndị Ndia na asụgbado asụsụ ha n’otu n’otu.

A bịa na obodo Naijiriya, asụsụ ndị Yoruba dịrị ha, nke ndị Awụsa dịrị ha. Ndi Ịjọ n’asụ be ha, ndị Tivi nakwa asụ be ha.

Igbo bụ Igbo bikonụ, a sịrị m ka m jụọ; gịnị mere asụsụ anyị? Kedụ ka anyị ga esi na aza ndị Igbo, mana anyị amaghị Igbo asụ? Igbo bụ Igbo, ọ bụrụ na anyị ejighị ehihie were chọọ ewu dị oji, ọbụ na chi jie ka anyị ga achọtanwu ya? Igbo na aba aha sị, AHAMEFỤLA! Ndị asụsụ ha furu efu, bụ ndị aha ha furu efu. Ọ bụrụ na asụsụ Igbo fue, ndị Igbo efuela!

Chineke ekwela ihe ọjọọ. Ọ ga ajọgbu udele na njọ, ma sigbukwa nkakwụ na isi, ma ọ bụrụ na anyị hapụ asụsụ anyị ka ọ nwụọ.

Ọ na bụ m hụcha, edemede ụfọdụ a na edezi ugbua na aha asụsụ Igbo, anya miri anachọzị ịgba m. Echekwara m na anyị bụ ndị nwere akọ na uche? Biko nụ, ka anyị were otu obi, were neba okwua anya.

ONAIgbo (Otu Nzọpụta Asụsụ Igbo), bụ otu ndị ihe gbasara ya bụ ajọ ọnọdụ asụsụ anyị nọ ugbua na e metụ n'obi rinne.

Na mgbe na adịghị anya, anyị ga eme ka ụnụ mata atụmatụ nakwa ebu m n'obi anyi gbasara ihe anyị nile ga eme, ka asụsụ anyị were dikwa ndụ ọzọ.


Ndewo nụ!

ONAIgbo kwenu! Igbo bụ asụsụ ọma!
ONAIgbo kwenu! Asụsụ anyị ga adịrị anyị!.
Igbo kwezuenu! Ọ gadịrị Igbo nma.


Kwado ONAIgbo.
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Detara anyị ozi na "onaigbo@yahoo.com".
Anyị nọkwa na Akwụkwọ Ihu (www.facebook.com/ONAIgbo)
Alo gi ga abara anyị ulu.

Dalu Nwanne m!
A na m asu Igbo ma na ede kwa ya ede. Out ihe mu ma bu nnochi uzo, tinyere Umu agbara ofuru Ide Igbo bu ntupo ndi ocha katholic tinyere na edemede ya. Echere m, na oga Abu ezigbo ihe, ma gi na ndi out gi tinye anya in ihe a. Ka anyi choputa ka a ga esi were dochie mkpuru edemede ọ ụ na ị. Ma wepu ntupo di na ha. Ugbua onye obula na ede mana blacki berri, to go, yahuu na msn Messinja, asusu anyi kwesiri in na eto ogo, ma obulu godi na obu so ndi na asu ya na ede ya ede na chati. Mu nwa na ede kwa ya na chati mu na umu nnem. Mana anaghi m etinye ntupo obula, na ihi na o na afia alu. Echerem na obu ntupo mere na umu agbara ofuru Igbo anaghi acho I de ya ede.

Crayola1:


The source from a university mentioned Hausa before Yoruba and your mouth still wags lmao.

better go and find a wet transformer and hug it tightly before I catch you. maybe then you can be celebrated for heroism in your village for escaping my wrath

Genius100:

What a bunch of BS. How about the thousands of Igbo slaves that did not commit suicide and simply succumbed to slavery? I don't know why Nigerians like to deceive themselves,

Well the original poster made it sound that all of them committed suicide, so he didn't expect the kind of response he got, therefore you can't have it both ways.

The Igbo Values Of Success, Education And Hardwork: A Case Of The Robeson Family

It is quite known that the Igbo people are a success-oriented people who have a penchant for hardwork, success, education and achievement. They are known to be well-traveled, often traveling to distant places where they make good living for themselves. They are also known to be business-minded, financially savvy and determined, taking pride in what they do and often distinguishing themselves in what ever field endeavor they find themselves in.

The aim of this essay is to showcase the unique trait for success and achievement which the Igbo people value no matter where they find themselves in using the Robeson family of North Carolina/Philadelphia as a case study.

The Robeson Family are an Igbo-African American family from North Carolina. The man, Mr. William Drew Robeson was born into slavery and later escaped from slavery in 1860 at 15 years, together with his brother, Ezekiel Robeson. His father, Benjamin Robeson, was born into slavery on the Roberson plantation near Cross Road Township and Raleigh, Martin County, North Carolina. William Robeson was of Igbo descent, having descended, through his Igbo father, from Igbo slaves enslaved from the Bight of Biafra and shipped to the Americas(North, Central and South America).

Mrs Maria Louisa Bustill-Robeson was born in 1853 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of Igbo African, Native American, and Anglo-American descent. She was a descendant of the Igbo people on her paternal side through her great-grand father, Cyrus Bustill, an Eboe slave who had bought his freedom since mid 1700s.

The Robeson and Bustill families lived during the peak of the slave trade era, which was characterized by difficult living conditions for blacks and racial discrimination against black people(people of color). Despite the circumstances which they found themselves in, these two distinguished Eboe families worked hard and achieved success. Mr. William distinguished himself from many blacks of his time by attending college (Lincoln University) and obtaining an undergraduate degree, and later another one in Theology. Maria(often called Louisa as a child) also attended university, Lincoln University. Her great-grand father, Bustill, after escaping from slavery moved to Philadelphia where he opened a bakery business. Active with other free black leaders, Mr. Bustill became one of the founders in Philadelphia of the Free African Society in 1787, "the first mutual aid organization of African Americans. Through the years, the Bustill Eboe family achieved success and merit by becoming teachers, artists, business people, and pioneers in many professions.

Louisa was was already teaching when she met Robeson. She married Robeson in 1878 after which they had 7 children together, two of which died in infancy.

Both the Robesons emphasized education and advancement for their children. Their first daughter, Gertrude Lascet Robeson (1880), died as an infant. It was an "upwardly mobile" family; all but one of their sons were highly successful as adults, with two having professional careers. William Drew (Bill) Robeson, Jr.(1881-1927) became a physician in Washington, DC. Their daughter Marian M. Robeson (1894-1977) married Dr. William Forsythe and moved to Philadelphia; her husband became a successful businessman. Benjamin C. Robeson (1892-1966), became a minister at 'Mother Zion" African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Harlem, which was the second independent African-American denomination in the nation. John Bunyan Reeve Robeson (1886-1930) aka Reed Robeson, after being sent from home by his father for his propensity for getting into altercations with whites, married and moved to Detroit, where he worked as a laborer and may have worked at a hotel, but he died young and in poverty.

The youngest surviving child, Paul LeRoy Robeson, better known as Paul Robeson (1898-1976), became an internationally known athlete, orator, singer and actor. He also became an activist for civil rights. Another child died at birth, but the name is not known.

Noteworthy about these two notable Eboe families is that they found themselves living in the peak of slavery and surrounded by racism and difficult living circumstances for black people and despite the odds they distinguished themselves in their respective fields of endeavor. A symbolic feat for many blacks of that time.

Reading through the write up, one would notice the Igbo values of hard work, success, business mind, achievement, education, determination, and perseverance playing out in the lives of the families and their descendants.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Drew_Robeson_I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Louisa_Bustill#cite_note-boyle-5

Drop your comments here:
https://www.nairaland.com/1430511/igbo-values-success-education-hardwork

@Frances21
Am here to prove u again oooo.

Genius100:

What a bunch of BS. How about the thousands of Igbo slaves that did not commit suicide and simply succumbed to slavery? I don't know why Nigerians like to deceive themselves,

Its ok 2 be jealous but don't let that bother u. Igbos are really a glorious race of people, same with other tribes in nigeria.

Igbos were the most rebellious, we lost that tradition from losing so much.

nduchucks:
I think those who gave Igbos that name were spot on.  These people are some of the most stubborn human beings I’ve ever met. I say stubborn in a good way.   These people lost a war 45 years ago but are still fighting the same way today

A lot of people on NL keep saying this ridiculous statement that the Igbos should never think of war because they lost the first one.

And so blooody what?!!

Freedom some times takes several battles and many wars to achieve. 45 years has gone by and things have changed. The Nigerian state will surely witness another war unless it starts to acknowledge that the Igbos must granted their God given right to exit Nigeria and form their own country.

Interesting thread