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AnambraDota:
Eshinwaju forget all your lies, me too I don't like violence or killing by any way but Yorubas are liars, criminal ones for that matter.

Why was Enshinwaju banned

Don't think you can fool anybody here don't forget to provide me with links of your defence, replies and attacks oooooo

I guess people like you got him banned again......Eshinwaju is like a brother to me but we are different people..... ...I don't know why he was banned again after only one day..... shameful moderating that allows your likes post trash and bans intelligent people like him..... .....

I have never made fun or thanked any post showing pictures of biafran victims of war and I have......not called for their killing......I want them to have their Biafra and leave us well alone......

Tkester:
Hahahahahaha

What a transgendered!

Your flat.head......you only can hate me for exposing your lies.........

barcanista:
Thanks for the bold! It remains a baseless accusation.



@Thread: Thanks, I so appreciate!

Oh shut it Barcanista or whatever......you know the truth deep down in your shameless soul..... ....we know your type for what they are.... ...pray tell us what security you were demanding from Gbawe....

Demmocrats:
Op apart from that what I respect about him is the way he reply hate talks.

I believe in life he is an intelligent and mature guy



Kudos bro

The guy is a twit.......and a bloody chameleon.........he is what you call a loser.......

AnambraDota:
Eshinwaju is this all you have to say ??

You never glory violence but you were celebrating the killing of Aguleri farmers by Kogi militia, you were celebrating during election riot thing only Igbos were been killed.

Eshinwaju provide me a link now or I will keep doing that

Get lost......you hateful dummy....Buddhamankey..... ....I have never supported the killing of anyone..... ...who does not support violence....I am not Eshinwaju for the last time...

mcvaeey:
you know I've never been spoken to in this manner before. You sound very mature. I promise from now on I'll stop promoting tribalism. Even though I don't know you but this is my promise to you. Nigeria would be a better place if they were more like you.

Hmmmmmmnnnnn.......I hope not to cross path with him on NL......

ekenedegreat:
GREEDY eshinjuju, you think I don't know you're the same person? stup1d thing!!

Ekenethevillagegoat...........go and die with ur lies.........

ekenedegreat:
GREEDY eshinjuju!!! Radio Biafra is your tribes nightmare very sorry.

Shut it.....l know you are behind his ban again....after only a day back.......shameless Arrow.......

Why did the murderators ban Eshinwaju from the 'Ambode removes fashola's name from the list of past governors' thread. All he said was that it was rumours orchestrated by the PDP.

This is not moderating the website but persecution......the youngman has only been back for one day and someone is picking on him... ...I suspect a certain member of a certain tribe.

anambradota = bhuddamankey.......

yorubas are not animals.....we don't just start killing like the flat.heads.......we believe in live and let live but if you mess with us....we give you the adekunle response......even if you are our ibo brothers or like we dealt with our hausa brothers in mile 2, shagamu and oyo........we never glorify violence....

I rest my cases.......a huge knock has been delivered to the lying Igbos today......time to enter my fav bar in maitama with my peeps...

tonychristopher:
can you rest in peace now






Agbor is an Igbo town in Delta state, Nigeria. The indigenes of Agbor town are of Ika descent, an Igbo-speaking group with some Bini influence. The people of Agbor were affiliated with the Kingdom of Nri and may have been founded by settlers from there; the Nze na Ozo titles exist among them as well as other Nri cultural connections.[1] The people of Agbor have traditionally relied on farming and fishing for their food and commerce. Its history is dominated by the many warriors it has produced. Agbor was once affiliated with the Benin Empire before the British conquered Benin, although the idea of Agbor being a colony of Benin is disputed.[2]

According to Mr. Egwabor Iduwe, oral tradition says that “Ogele was the patriarch of the earliest native inhabitants of Agbor land.” Mr. Iduwe elaborates, “Ika was Ogele’s wife the first lady of our land to whom we owe the dialect we speak as the mother tongue. Her four children were named Eke, Orie, Afo and Nkwo, traditionally immortalized as the names of the four market days in the native four day week.”[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agbor

lollllllllll....you want me to burst this lie too as I see you have dropped the trash about Philip emeagwali....the ibo fraudster

Enjoy.......http://www.edoworld.net/Origin_Of_Delta_Igbo_Indisputable.html

[b]Re: Origin Of Delta Igbo Indisputable -Uwuechue

I will like to state that the people of eka and agbor have always guarded their culture with fiercely in the face of all oppositions , we as eka people know where we come from and we are proud of our origin , we have a long history of kingship and culture that is why many people will not let us be , it is not new for a tribe to have two or more ancestory , e. g . take itshekiri , they have both benin and yoruba ancestory , but that does not make them benin or yoruba , today , they are know as itshekiris . but the founding father of their tribe was the a benin prince called iginua , son of oba olua of benin . we as ika people of agbor and owa will not wish to be drawn into stupid arguements with those who do not know our history and who do not know our culture and whose sole arguements rely on nearness of language as a proof of where a people come from , if he is a historian then he or she will know that changes in language can occur due to large migrations or trade or due to other factors .
please can any one tell me what agbor means in igbo language ? going back to history agbor was called ogungunagbon or agbon , which means earth in benin language and the british changed it to agbor in 1906 . ,most eka founders or founders of agbon were benin princes and people from ishan land in ancient times and later other groups of migrants came from igbo land , some from yorubaland e. t. c . it will interest you to note that most of agbor and ika culture and traditions came from benin and edo areas . we call GOD- oselobue , we believe in ehi as our guardian spirit as the benin do, we perfom festivals like igue -new year , ogbanigbe , osi-ezi and ugboze . we dress like binis and maintain same dances like ojerima, okangan and uje like binis . our traditional gods are same as theirs like ovia, uhunmwunde, idigun, olokun e. t. c . we believe our kings are devine beings from the lineage of olokun and oselobue .
our chiefthanct titles are same as benin , iyase, obasogie, obaseki , ihondor , ihama , ezomor , ologbosere et. c .
our towns are divided into ebon (umu), idumu and ogbe ,
in agbor there are two languages spoken ozara and ika , ozara is edoid while ika is a mix of bini and igbo , each town has her history of founding fathers and they are well kept, there are still some titles that if you want to take in some villages today in agbor you must go to benin , where the original founder came from to collect things and receive blessings of approval . it will interest you to note that all ika and agbor kings are benin princes and the present dein of agbor is same royal blood family with the omonoba of benin .
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Even in super computing this is what it says......

A secondary problem is that Emeagwali's contributions to supercomputing just weren't all that significant. He didn't invent the Connection Machine, and he didn't build the fastest supercomputer constructed in the year in which he won the Gordon Bell Prize— not even the fastest based on the Connection Machine. His machine was only the second fastest. Normally, the prize was given out both to the fastest overall supercomputer and to the most cost-effective. In that year, however, the fastest computer was built by a team at Mobil... and that computer was also the most cost-effective. The judges decided not to award both prizes to the same computer. So Emeagwali won for his second-place entry

tonychristopher:
I think that you have a serious challenge in comprehension and mental assimilation...ok let us assume that he did not invent it but your father can not compete with him...oh

The noted black inventor received acclaim based, at least in part, on his study of nature, specifically bees. Emeagwali saw an inherent efficiency in the way bees construct and work with honeycomb and determined computers that emulate this process could be the most efficient and powerful. In 1989, emulating the bees' honeycomb construction, Emeagwali used 65,000 processors to invent the world's fastest computer, which performs computations at 3.1 billion calculations per second.

http://www.black-inventor.com/Dr-Philip-Emeagwali.asp

now i know that you lack the capacity to read...giving you these links is like giving a pig a roll on...its just pointless and useless but pls tell anybody near you to check this link out...they are credible links internationally

http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/afrikan-world-news/44467-phillip-emeagwali-father-internet.html

Let me destroy this ibo lie one more time...... .....http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/history/emeagwali.html.......boutell.com..... is an authoritative website recognised as a leader on workings of the worldwide web.....

[b]
2007-02-23: No. Philip Emeagwali was never a "father of the Internet" and made no significant contributions to the Internet's development. Philip Emeagwali did not invent the Internet.
Philip Emeagwali did work in supercomputing in the eighties, making improvements to the "Connection Machine" parallel supercomputer design. But supercomputing and the Internet are very different areas. And Emeagwali did not contribute to even one of the hundreds of Internet standards, or RFCs (Requests For Comments), that were created in the early decades of the Internet— an open process that anyone could participate in. His supercomputing research was completely unrelated to the Internet.

Unfortunately, Emeagwali has promoted himself as a "father of the Internet." This is based on Emeagwali's claim that "the Supercomputer is the father of the Internet," because both are networks of computers working together.

The biggest problem with this is that Emeagwali did his work in the late eighties, and the core standards for communication on the Internet already existed by then. Yes, further improvements to the Internet have certainly been made since then— but Emeagwali did not make them. His research simply wasn't relevant to the Internet's growth.

A secondary problem is that Emeagwali's contributions to supercomputing just weren't all that significant. He didn't invent the Connection Machine, and he didn't build the fastest supercomputer constructed in the year in which he won the Gordon Bell Prize— not even the fastest based on the Connection Machine. His machine was only the second fastest. Normally, the prize was given out both to the fastest overall supercomputer and to the most cost-effective. In that year, however, the fastest computer was built by a team at Mobil... and that computer was also the most cost-effective. The judges decided not to award both prizes to the same computer. So Emeagwali won for his second-place entry.

I won't mince words here: Emeagwali has no credibility as a "father of the Internet," and his ongoing public claims to that effect don't do him any credit. They only serve to damage the credibility of those groups and individuals who take his claims seriously. [/b]

Amaechi is a fighter against corruption...... ....his statement meant that those that fight against corruption must be more serious..... ...try and understand the guy....

tonychristopher:
may you live long...the advent of internet is making the world to know their types and lies peddled so do not worry...but what I just cant get is why they are always scared of IGBO unity.....the whole thing is disturbing


you will see a non igbo telling an igbo man that a man from igbo akiri in edo state that his name is Obinna Oliseh is not an igbo man you will just look at him imn amazement and ask if the man is okay


WE ARE HAPPY FOR INTERNET AND THANK LORD FOR THOSE THAT INVENTED THE INTERNET INCLUDING THE IGBO MAN PHILIP EMEAGWALI...Do you know the kind of fallacious report they did on that Igbo man philip...do you know what they did to Ngozi Okonjo when Mit GAVE HER award few months ago


ndi ofe di egwu really#

what agbor speak is igbo dialect called ika it is same with owerri dialect just like ukwuani and oguta speaks same dialect and Asaba with Onitsha and Abatete areas speak same dialect just like Ohaji and Ikwerre speaking same dialect


I wonder how these non igbo will understand this?


chukwu gozie igbo nine ebe obuna anyi noo

please stop lying....Philip emeagwali did not invent the internet...... .....he only won the gordon bell award for improving the speed of supercomputers...... ...a feat accomplished before him and after him.... ....the award itself is not even one of the highest in his field....u Igbos lie too much and leave for fraud...

tonychristopher:
NNA BIKO CHEFUO ONYE ALA AHU BIKO

back to sender.......

tonychristopher:
OK LET US AGREE THAT ANIOMA IS BENIN, WHICH IS VERY FOOLISH TO ADMIT, HOW COME THEY SPEAK IGBO, HOW COME THEY BEAR IGBO NAMES, HOW COME THEIR MARKET DAYS ARE EKE , AFOR AND NKWO AND ORIE. HOW COME THEIR IS OFOR AND OGU , HOW COME ANIOMA IS WHAT THEY ARE CALLED JUST LIKE ENUANI AND UKWUANI..WHY NOT ONE FUNNY BENIN NAME LIKE OGIDA, OLIHA ETC


DID IGBO COLONISE THE ANIOMA TO CHANGE THEIR LANGUAGE TO IGBO, EVEN IF THE IGBO COLONISED THEM WHY DID THEY NOT REMEMBER TO NAME THEIR NAMES ORIGINAL BENIN NAMES...IGBO MUST BE A SUPER RACE TO MAKE THE ANIOMA CHANGE ALL THEIR NUANCES IN LESS THAT A DECADE



SO YOU CAN SEE THAT YOUR LOGIC IS ILOGICAL AND SOUND VERY CRAZY AND BIZZARE...I THINK A PSYCHO ANALYSIS WILL BE GREAT FOR YOU...ID CRISIS IS TERRIBLE

I am not azikiwe....not keshi.....not oliseh.....not oba of agbor....not anioma.....all claim they are not igbos......all claim to be from benin.....their market days are not Igbo market days....stop lying....some have ibo names but they also have their native names....and their language is different from urs...

tonychristopher:
you must have not been seeing your mensis and that is why you seems to be like this


bia nwanyi ifele mee gi, mee onye na ala gi ikpu mezie onye mulu yi

#

I am sure there are rules against speaking bush languages...... ...this man should be banned..

razfad10:
na wa and u b woman

And so.......I shd be abused......

IgboGoat:
Tell them. I am an Igbo for life.

yes u are....another ibogoat....ewuuuuu.......

AustineE1:
A singaporean based in Dubai said he was surfing for a Nigerian website because he wanted to know more about Nigeria,since he intends coming to Nigeria and probably setting up some Eateries with his Nigerian friends.Lo and behold,he said he is a guest on Nairaland and often times,he logs in to the investment and politics section.
So we got discussing and he asked me what part of Nigeria am i from,I said South-East and he quickly said;you are an Igbo man and i answered in the affirmative.He said that he was almost meant to believe that Igbos are 80-85% total population of Nigeria.Since almost all Nigerians he has come across in his many travels around the world are Igbos.Infact that every other day he logs in to politics section on Nairaland,its always two or more thread on Igbos.
But that on wikipedia,Igbos population is put only about 25% of the entire Nigerian population.Then,he questioned;how was it possible that the Igbo ethnic group could make up for almost all the business men,professionals,entertainers and sports men and women of Nigerian descent he has come across. In his words,He said 'Igbos must be a phenomenon and an enigma,what a great people'.
At that point some other people came to join us at our table,we started discussing other things.
I learnt one thing from the encounter,that the more people discuss about the Igbos,the more popular we are and it becomes our selling point. 'Our detractors are our helpers',forward ever and backward never,we must as a people remain focus and make use of our cultural advantage of hardwork over others.
God bless us.

Check news media the world over.....bad news makes the most news.....hence in Nigeria....we have the Igbos aka ibos.....making the news...by the way...the real population of ibos in Nigeria is not more than 12.5%....

ikechu1278:
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Emeka Esogbue is this nigga source. The shame of Aniomaland. The biggest rewriter of anioma history and equally the laughing stock of anioma right now. LMFAOOOO You might as well used kanuirum, ofili or okafor as your source

While I'm at it, Emeka Esogbue is from Ibusa, not ubulu uku.

The name of the book of anene and co is called sociology of ubulu-uku, I'll once again ask you to provide a quote from that book where ife was ever mentioned. In addition, Anioma:a social history of western Igbo by don ohadike. Once again provide one quote from that book with Ife in it. BTW: this two books are from ubulu sons. One of which is where the book your quote referenced. I'll be waiting and next time don't make me laugh directing me to Emeka Esogbue.

You can twist it as much as you want...... ...I have given u enuff references....written by ibos stating the clear truth that anioma is benin.....even dumie another anioma sister has said the same.. .......BTW....I never stated where Emeka is from.... .....even the king of agbor has said the same.....nnamdi azikiwe has said the same....but u anambra flat'heads will be coming here to twist history

The truth will set you free...... ....when Biafra is formed....we will expel you into your hinterland from whence you bigots came..... ...namely....anambra and Enugu....shikena....

Exploits Of Ezemu, Founder Of Ubulu-Uku



By Emeka Esogbue
The oral tradition which credits Ezemu with the foundation of Ubulu is well-known but what is little known about his background is the myth which affirms his grandparents as migrating from Israel and first settling in Ile-Ife of the Yorubas. The legend did not state any further the period of this migration, his genealogical history and did not also offer any more historical account regarding his kinfolk. However, it added that from Ife, Ezemu and his family moved to Afor in Ndokwa where they were to later settle . It was from Afor in Ndokwa that Ezemu, Alibo, Obodo, Aniga and Ekelie left carrying a pot of charms on their head which was prepared for them by their father with the instruction to settle wherever it dropped. This pot was to drop in Ubulu-Unor where they settled before Ezemu later moved to settle in Ubulu-Uku. Ezemu had now founded a new home now called Ubulu-Uku which means Large Ubulu in the people’s dialect.
Ezemu was said to be a powerful medicine man whose fame had now spread beyond Ubululand. He was particularly feared and respected even in Benin Empire. He was a hunter and marksman of no mean repute but it was his prowess in the preparation of charms that brought him deference. Ezemu in his life time established a great diplomatic relations between Benin Empire and Ubulu-Uku and also brokered peace between the empire and his community. He visited Benin regularly where he prepared powerful charms for the Oba to win terrifying wars. The victory of Benin over Igala was attributed to the powerful charms prepared him. Within the period, Igala rose to become the headache of Benin Empire, constantly posing threats to the existence of the empire and the Oba of Benin needed the magical prowess of Ezemu to assist him to containing the Igala people and he got it.
Tradition also credits him with preparing charms which elongated the lives of the Obas of Benin. This endeared him to the Oba and his people and brought Ubulu-Uku closer to Benin. One of Ezemu’s achievements was that he made Ubulu-Uku an actor in the affairs of Benin and Anioma, ensuring that Ubulu-Uku was indirectly involved in the war policies of Benin. He won credits for this.
Ezemu had two children he named Ijedinka-jezie (male) and Ozim (female). The name ‘Ijedinka-jezie’ sounds regretful. Whether this is a suggestion that Ezemu looked back on his travails with regret or not is a matter of interpretation for Anioma historians. Some writers are of the opinion that Ezemu historically believed to be the first Obi of Ubulu-Uku Kingdom had hoped that Ijedinka-jezie succeeded him. He therefore religiously pursued it.
Controversy trails the now popular claim that Ezemu founded Ubulu-Uku considering the fact that there were some groups of settlers he met in the present area of Ubulu-Uku. The story is told of how he discovered a smoke at a place around Abuedo Village he then went there only to find Ekei and his group of settlers.
It would appear that there were different groups that made up Ubulu-Uku before Ezemu eventually united them. It may be further argued that Ezemu united them into a single settlement for self-purpose of becoming the king of the entire settlement. Well whether he founded Ubulu-Uku or not, what now matters is that Ezemu grew so powerful above other actors so that crediting him with the foundation of Ubulu-Uku matters less. After all, he is not alone in this. In Ogwashi-Uku, the people of Ikelike said to have journeyed from Benin are believed to be the original settlers of that settlement but history now credits Odaigbo with the foundation of Ogwashi-Uku. Elsewhere in Akwukwu-Igbo, Okolie Agu the now acclaimed founder of the community was said to have also met a group of Opu people in the area still history regards him as the founder of the Kingdom.
The question is was Eze Chima the founder of Obior? Wasn’t he said to have met the people of Ovior he dispossessed but the history of the foundation of the area to Eze Chima. Ibusa presents another case, in which Umejei is seen as the founder of the town against the existence of other progenitors namely Edini, Anyalla-Obum and Omuoha. Who between Umejei and Edini was the first to arrive the present site of Ibusa? This is because of the great popularity and significance attached to the wave of migration led by Prince Umejei from Isu. In faraway America, Amerigo Vespucci discovered America and had the continents of North and South America named after him but history rather regards the more popular Italian-born Spanish navigator, Christopher Columbus as the one that discovered America. In history, it would seem that
As Anioma historians have posited, Ezemu may not be the definite founder of Ubulu-Uku because he met some groups on ground but in all credit should be given to Ezemu for laying the solid socio-political foundation that exists in Ubulu-Uku today. For one, Ubulu-Uku became so powerful that Benin accorded it the diplomatic rights and privileges it deserved as an entity and when relationship went sour it adeptly confronted the same Benin in a battle that has a place in African history. Such was the might of Ubulu-Uku the great community of Ezemu.

Another article written by an ibo man showing he was from Ile-Ife and by extension......anioma is truly Yoruba....... .....no be me write am o......

ikechu1278:
This illiterate can't read. First, was written by a Yoruba, the only portion from that quote that is actually from ikemfuna and anene was the first portion, the rest are propaganda. I actually know those two actors and I've actually read their book hence the reason I stated those quote can't be found anywhere else. You copied the quote from NL, who copied it from herehttp://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-74653.html ironically, the first plave where that statement was ever made and funny enough on a yoloba discussion none the less. Based on the fact it's from a yoloba discussion, and showing the person diatorted what anene wrote inorder to include "ife" into it, it's safe to conclude na typical yoloba attache. That quote have never been referenced anywhere else but forums and ....FACT. Before you say Google, maybe you should have actually done that Google search yourself before making a f00l of yourself again. Unlike your ass, I gave you a direct quote from an anioma/ubulu writer, chudi. Secondly, since the post came from a yoloba discussion, is safe to conclude the BS story came from a yolova attache by force who desperately needed to attached yoloba in anioma. There are three origin fights of Ezemu origin and in all I've read, none of which has ever had ife in it whatsoever. I've read from Chudi, isidore okpewho, don ohadike, Chumezie Nnamdi, aguleri omobala, anene, etc and in each history, there have been two narrative of Ezemu which states he is either from NRI kingdom or he is from the neighboring ubulu-unor. Neither history buff, be it from ubulu or neighboring community ever included IFE in any of it hence I know for sure the quote came from an attache by force yoloba. If you need history books regarding ezemu written by ubulu ukwu indigenous, I'll be more than EMPHASIS on MORE THAN happy to provide you ones to read. If you need the book/author in which the person you quoted claim they got their quote from, I'll once again more than, Emphasis on MORE THAN happy provide and you can point out to me where ife ever mentioned in the entire book.
It's similar to how you monkey tried to rewrite idemuje history online claiming they descended from benin and their obi was forced to write a book debunking that rubbish

Secondly, just because i know na attache by force wrote what you provided does not mean i won't dissecr it for your limited braincell. Once again, monkey reread your quote again. It said he was popular in the all over and even in Benin kingdom, not that he is from Benin. Secondly it equally stated he migrated from isreal to I've, not that he is from Ife. Learn how to f2king read. Kim kardashian is popular worldwide and invited all over the world, in fact wasn't she invited to Niggeria several years ago, does that now make her niggerian? I moved from Nigeria to America does that bow make me an American? You're so dimwitted, it's ridiculous how dimwitted you are.

Dear Mr. F. Guobadia, please forward this to Francis from Atani.

To: Francis (from Atani in Anambra)

Re: "The question is how can other Igbos be alien when we speak almost
exactly the same language?"

In truth Igbos do not speak "almost exactly the same language". Back in
1919, when Lugard was trying to make a language policy he wrote: "Ibo
is said to be spoken by over two millions, but its dialects differ so
greatly that for practical purposes they are separate languages, and the
attempt to create a standard Ibo has so far had little success."

Having said that, let me share some information below that will bridge
your position and that of Dr.Eweka. In those days migration patterns
were very loose and settlements were frequently made up of immigrant
groups with varying backgrounds who lived side by side peacefully. They
intermarried and their languages and cultures influenced one another
deeply. They shared the same rituals and had the same religion, which
as you rightly pointed out frequently involved shrines and rites in
Benin. It is the British that forced many mixed communities in "western
Igbo" land to make categorical and mutually exclusive choices about
"tribe" for administrative reasons. But those communities have always
known that their ancestry was mixed. You are absolutely right about the
fusion of Edo, Igala and Igbo cultures in Atani.

As another example, Prof. Anene (page 12) states that "The Ibo along the
Niger and to the west of it were absorbed into a different political
system of which Benin was the center..............dominated perhaps for
centuries by Benin, (they) trace their origin variously from Benin
itself and from localities east of the Niger. For instance, Issele-Uku
claims Benin ancestry. So do Onicha-Olona and Agbor. On the other hand
, many clans in the Asaba district believe that their ancestors
descended from an IBO woman of NTEJE across the Niger, although she also
had IGALA blood in her veins and finally married a BENIN husband (page
20)." {See also "Intelligence Report, Asaba Division (1935)", with
covering report by HFM White}

It is important not take the word "dominated" out of context. In that
era the political economy was feudal.

Before the white man came, the "Ibo" or "Igbo" of modern Nigeria had no
common name. Village groups were referred to by the name of their
ancestral founder. In fact the word `Ibo" was used condescendingly by
the Oru to describe forest dwelling hinterland Ibos. The term may also
have come from an Igala word "onigbo" meaning slave people. In fact
`Ibo' or `Heebo' first appeared in European lingo early in the slave
trade to refer to any Ibo-speaking groups. To avoid confusion the
Ibibios (who were intially classified as Ibos) were later called "kwa-
Ibo" after the river.

Based on distinctive features, according to Jones (1945) there are five
(5) main divisions:

a. Northern (Onitsha) Ibo, including Nri-Awka, Elugu, and Onitsha
proper. b. Southern (Owerri) ibo including Isu-Ama, Oratta-Ikwerri,
Ohuhu-Ngwa and Isu-Item. c. Western Ibo including Northern Ika,
southern Ika (Kwale) and riverain (scattered in Ogwashi-Uku, Onitsha,
Owerri, and Ahoada divisions). d. Eastern (Cross-River) Ibo including
Ada, Abam-Ohafia, and Aro. e. North-Eastern Ibo (Ogu Uku)

Benin influence reached its peak in the 15th and 16th centuries
extending into not only so-called "western" but also "southern" Ibo
areas. (Try asking an old man from Oguta to speak his "real" dialect).
Although 'western Ibo area' had become relatively independent in the
19th century, the centralizaing influence of Benin remained very strong
. Aboh (with a Bini ruling house) was the dominant regional trading
power on the lower Niger until the latter part of the nineteenth century
. [NB: In the 16th century Portuguese made it as far as Arochuku. ]

Bonny in particular, was a huge slave market on the coast and was
dominated by Ibos. In 1790, for example, 16,000 of the 20,000 slaves
sold there annually were Ibos. Although the British stopped trading in
Ibo slaves in 1808, slavery continued until 1841. But by 1846, palm-oil
trade had taken over as the most lucrative economic activity. Other
major slave markets were Bende, Uzuakoli and Akwete.

The first mission in the area was CMS Onitsha, established in 1856 at
the same time Macgregor Laird was opening a trading station. Bishop
Crowther was opened at Bonny in 1864. UAC opened a trading station at
Onitsha in 1879 while the Royal Niger Company did so in 1886. After the
Aro expedition of 1901-2, Bende, Owerri and Aba divisions were brought
under British control under full authority was not established until
1907. (These campaigns were coordinated with the suppression of the
Ekumeku movement on the western side of the Niger, while Oba Ovoranwen
was detained in Calabar.) Even then insurgency broke out in 1914 in Aba,
Okigwi and Bende and again in 1929 when Aba women rioted.

Government schools were not opened in Iboland until 1906 in Owerri and
Onitsha. By 1935, christian penetration of Iboland had reached over 600
,000. To provide a widely read Bible, "Union Ibo" was designed from
Bonny, Owerri, Arochuku, Ngwana and Onitsha and used by protestant
missionaries in their schools. Since it was not embraced by Catholic
schools it failed to gain wide acceptance. Another problem with it was
its artificial phonetics and grammar.

The dialects of Ibo that became prominent were `Owerri Ibo' and `Onitsha
Ibo', both used for vernacular writing. It is these dialects of Ibo
that are now called "Ibo" in modern Nigeria.

"WESTERN IBO"

Western Iboland is a hybrid with much influence and admixture from other
groups. The following table lists main village groups and their origins
:

NORTHERN IKA (Nnuani (or highland people) as they are called by Onitsha
people), for example, have many Bini features, not only in social
organization, but also vocabulary, architecture and customs.

1. Agbor - founded by Chima who migrated from Benin to Onitsha and back
to Ozarra-Agbor. 2. Abavo - Ibo origin (Eze Avo) 3. Owa - Nri (Ibo) and
Bini immigrants 4. Idumu Asa - Migrants from Ugboha in Ishan (Edo) area
5. Ute Okpu - Bini and Ibo settlers 6. Ute Ogbeji - 7. Otolokpu - Benin
8. Akumazi - Benin 9. Umunede - Benin. (Also regarded as an Agbor
offshoot) 10. Igbodo - Benin 11. Mbiri - Benin 12. Ezechima - Benin 13.
Ogwash-Uku - Oda Igbe from Nri Ibo 14. Uburuku - Kwale migrants (Obodo
and Ezemu) 15. Okpanam - migrants from Uchi in Aboh district 16. Ibusa -
Umejei of Isu (southern Ibo) and 3 brothers from Nri-Ibo 17. Akuku Atuma
- mixed ancestry (Ibo, Bini and Aboh) 18. Illah - Nteje, Idah and Benin
19. Odiani - Yoruba, Ishan. They actually speak Akua Yoruba dialect. 20
. Idumuje - founded by Bayi from Benin. Settlers from Asaba and Benin.
21. Nsukwa - Bini ancestry.


SOUTHERN IKA (KWALE) are mixed Edo and Ibo. There were three waves of
migration - wave 1 aboriginal (umuakasi-ada, abedei and umunkwata), wave
2 Benin (Orogun, Akoko and Utagba) and wave 3 Benin (Ogume). Southern
Ikas also have many Urhobo/Isoko features.

1. Umuakasiada - Bini
2. Umunkwata - Bini
3. Abedei - Bini
4. Orogun - Effe from Benin (Ute) married an Urhobo woman
5. Abbi - Effe from Benin (Ute) married an Urhobo woman
6. Amai - Effe from Benin (Ute) married an Urhobo woman
7. Akoko - Ute, Igala, Abbi and Ogwash-Uku
8. Utagba - Onitsha, Nsukwa, Okpai, Umuachi Afor
9. Onicha - Otagba Uno and Onitsha
10. Emu - Onicha
11. Ogume - late arrivals from Benin and Aboh

RIVERAIN IBO (Oru) have language, culture and ritual elements from Ijaw
and Igala. They are also of mixed descent - Bini (Aboh), Igala (Osomari
) and others.

1. Nzam - Nri-Awka, Ibo and Igala
2. Anam - Nri-Awka (Nteje) and Igala
3. Asaba - Achalla and Nteje (maternal)
4. Oko Okwe - Idah and Benin
5. Atani - Benin, Idah and Ibo
6. Osomari - Idah and Benin
7. Ossissa - Benin (part of Aboh migration)
8. Abarra - Idah, Nri-Ibo, Onitsha and Isu
9. Umuabarra Utchi - Utchi, Inyi and Onuabo
10. Okpai -
11. Aboh - Founder came from Benin through Ossissa, Ashaka and Aboh
driving away Akoi people who were the original inhabitants
12. Ndoni - predecessors of Aboh
13. Afor - Obetim and others along Ase river
14. Ase - closely linked to Isoko
15. Ashaka
16. Ibrede
17. Eight unclassified villages
18. Oguta - Trading town with 7 villages
19. Izombe
20. Awarra, Asa and Ikwerede
21. Egbema - including Okwuzi and others
22. Oba - Trading town. Egi, Osomini and Iburu subtribes.
23. Ekpeya (Ekpaffia) - peculiar dialect of uncertain origin

REFERENCES

Darryl Forde & GI Jones: The Ibo and Ibibio speaking peoples of South-
Eastern Nigeria, in 'Ethnographic Survey of Africa (Western Africa Part
III)' International African Institute, London 1950.

Anene JC: Southern Nigeria in Transition 1885-1906. Cambridge
University Press 1966

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neurologist:
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I call on the moderators to ban this goat......

UmuEri:
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Chukwu abiama, may I not die until I see Biafra!

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