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They (British) introduced new currencies in place of the old ones, as a result of which most of the latter in time became scrap metal to be broken up and used as projectiles in dane guns.

Apart from disappointment with the traditional culture and institutions, there were other factors making for change and unrest. As I earlier discussed, military conquest was quickly followed by the supression of the old political order by a new one in which many people who were neither titled elders nor lineage heads, and many who were upright nor even freeborn made good. The British not only turned the old political order upside down, they also changed the economic pattern of society. They fought against the slave trade and slave dealers, causing many ancient families to lose their sources of cheap labour.

It was not only the traditional military machinery that failed, but also the time-honoured gods and medicine men. These too had been evoked to fight against the British but to no avail. Thus the very fact of conquest shook the peoples' belief in the superiority of their culture, and in its adequacy for all occasions. Consequently on the morrow of conquest many people found themselves disposed to acquire the secret of the whiteman's power. This quest, reinforcing a traditional tendency to imbibe new ways as long as they worked, led to a widespread drive among the Igbo and their neighbours for the transformation of their society.

ChinenyeN:
I'm sure not every group offered resistance. . . Also, what do you mean by the "emergence of new societies"?

Aba, Port Harcourt, Enugu and etc emerged as a result of the new order.

One Cork:
If not for white men, Ibo people will still be living in the bush (no offence)

The above is an ignorant post. Ethiopians, Chinese, Japanese are not living inthe bushes.

What Port-Harcourt is today should be credited to Okpara. Yet he is not from P.H but from Umuahia.

pat utomi will get my vote any day.

Three years after the defeat of the Aro for instance, the Ezza of Abakiliki told the British in their area, that they have heard how the Aro were beaten, but then that they the Ezza were stronger than the Aro. The Ezza had never been conquered by anyone, they boasted. In the whole wild world, the Ezza recognised only the heavens above and the earth beneath. Again in few days campaign, the Ezza were beaten.

Let us discuss the coming of the whitemen and the influence on Igbo societies. Your kind opinions please.

Igbo societies, like other societies in Africa, underwent far-reaching transforrmations under the impact of colonial rule. The very fact of colonial conquest shook the foundations of traditional society. The full impact of this on the Igbo can be appreciated only when it is remembered that for the various autonomous communities in this area which prided themselves in their independence and had often boasted of their military invisibility, there was no case of alien conquest and rule previous to British occupation. Until the moment of British defeat, each village was sure it was equal to the British threat. The Aro for instance, before 1901, boasted to all and sundry that they would push the British back into the sea and, because this was generally believed, they found it easy to instigate resistance to the British advance in many Igbo villages. When subsequently they were beaten, it caused consternation and dismay throughout the Eastern provinces and people started asking how IBINUKPABI, the famed Aro oracle, could not protect its own shrines, and how the widely feared Abam, Ohafia and Edda warriors could not ward off the British attack. Still, few villages were overawed which explains why the British had to continue campaigning in the Eastern Provinces until the end of the First World War.

Jarus:
Interested in this topic, but posting from phone, can't post long.
I think we Yoruba are being unfair with this man. He should command the same respect with Awolowo. Due to the blind loyalty of our fathers and grandfathers to Awo, when the misunderstanding btw Awo and SLA broke out in 1963, SLA was portrayed as a traitor, and demonized. My Dad was also a core Awoist and I grew up hearing all sorts of tale about how SLA betrayed Awo, and grew up hating SLA myself. But a dispassionate study of pre-independence and first republic politics convinced me that SLA was not as bad as portrayed and Awo not as saintly as we are being told. The story of Akintola conniving with the northerners was exaggerated. With due respect to Awo, especially as he is to me the most visionary leader in Nigeria's history, selfishness was his bane.
He wanted to eat his cake and have it. In the north, Ahmadu Bello sent Tafawa Balewa to the centre while he remained the regional leader. Awo left regional premiership for his deputy, SLA, went to seek power at the centre but lost out, now he wanted his premiership back, leading to the 1963 political unrest in the 'wild,wild west', there was mass violence, arson, war songs, etc, and since Awo was more respected and had larger followership, public opinion and sympathy were in his favour,and SLA seen as a traitor, a belief that has been successfully transferred up to this generation.
In fact some of the visionary projects known today as Awo's legacy, like Unife,Cocoa House, first TV station in Africa etc were Akintola's ideas, according to some people, I don't know how true that is.
My main point is SLA deserves equal respoect in Yorubaland like Awo.

Well done Jarus. But your father's loyalty would not have been with Awo nor Akintola, because they represented the West.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=489026.msg6488666#msg6488666 date=1280620323]if igbo hold 50% population of lagos,hausa should have 15%,edo and others would have  20%. . . .at the end of the day,the actual yoruba in lagos are just 15%.is that laughable despite the fact that MOST IBO and other non-yoruba RELOCATED TO THE EAST and their places of origin DURING THE LAST CENSUS yet the population still stood at 15 million .how did it happen ?[/quote]The last census figures recorded 9 MILLION PLUS  for Lagos. I was in Nigeria during the 2006 enumeration, and I was counted as an Abuja resident. Yet am not from Abuja. At the same time, all my relatives in Lagos and Ibadan did not travel to the east but were counted as Lagos and Ibadan residents.
@Bluetooth, I have always detected your fallacies on nairaland

yes

LOL5566:
Wrestling is REAL but designed not to hurt whoever is giving the move or taking it wrestlers practice to do moves and learn how to fall or in wrestling terms bump if a move goes wrong it will most likely hurt.
wrestling is a mind bender that if the move looks good and looks like it hurt it most likley never.
if the move looks sht and looks soft it most likely never hurt.
the moves look sore because the person taking it will sell it aka make it look like it hurt and the person taking it will put aggression on their face.

ive been training to wrestle for awile now and can tell you that it sometimes hurts.

JUST LIKE EASTENDERS,ROCKY 1,2,3, AND LIVING IN BONDAGE FILMS ARE REAL.

saintneo:
not everyone subscribes to cultism

omamokta:
This is bullshit!

My people perish for lack of knowledge.

It is a pity I will not be there in person, but my spirit has sailed to the konverge already. Am looking forward to a similar one in the UK soon.

Instead of Quran burning, the novels should be recycled and if possible used for other purposes like toilet rolls, books etc.
I say no to the book burning.

bilymuse:
bilygoat is a bald headed coward and a fool

Surely, he will live longer than you.

agentchris:
@Andre Uweh,always think before you reply,don't just make conclusions out of nothing,am not here to defraud anybody,all am here to do is to look for talents i can work with.
I suggest you read my post again and give me reasons why you think this is a scam.


Did i mention i will get players without national team experience a pro club?

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It seems you do not know the laws of the land where you are operating from. Which British High commission in the world will approve work permits and visas for people coming to play for non pro clubs. Even at that, non-pro clubs do not go outside the U.K to recruit talents.
You can take your recruits to Belgium or other European countries with a different law. Stop attempting to put your hand in your finger.

elchux:
we ibos must we wash our dirty lining outside. what are the eastern governors doing with all the allocation they get every month. can this man be shown a little respect. what has he done so wrong that he be treated so disrespectfully. for once i hate being an ibo man

What a load of rubbish from an A.S.S CLOWN. Who cares if an a.s.s monkey called Elchux is an Igbo. The world will turn upside down the day you become Igbo. Gutter monkey, your attempt to become Igbo is an attempt by a monkey to become human. ID.I.O.T.

yes.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=488326.msg6483550#msg6483550 date=1280534245]Gbam!! Well-spoken.


But I think Eziachi is still waiting for an Igbo Messiah to drop dead first.[/quote]What do you not mean?.

sjeezy8:
small brain- its not about egba loss and another egba gain- its about Who won fair and square.

Obj is hater and wants to be the bigman in the West or Nigeria for that matter by all means-

Quit being silly, it is not about who won fair and square, but it's about Azikiwe's final resting place mr Big brain.

At first OBJ was in support of MKO. According to him, he was even dancing as the results of June 12 elections were being counted. I think, shortly after that, MKO did something that angered OBJ.
Anyway, it's an Egba issue. What one Egba lost, another Egba gained.

Are Ona Kakanfo: Is a sort of supreme military commander of of the ancient Oyo empire. But this days, non military men are made Are Ona Kakanfo e.g Abiola.

debosky:
Now that cracked me up.  

You cant beat nl tribalists.  

What a pretense, that does not crack you up when it comes from Bluetooth and co

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=488326.msg6482987#msg6482987 date=1280527375]yeah. . .i have always know that IGBO dont value him for long and that is what keeps baffling me.why ?[/quote]Is that what you learnt in school?, if so then your education is a waste.