₦airaland Forum

alablec:
Notwithstanding, Igbo in Anambra and Oguta just like Igala, Ebira, Nupe, Ika, kwale, urobo, and particularly, Itsekiri, Edos share a lot with the Yoruba, we must see them as our distance cousins. Awolowo was in Obi of Onitsha's palace for the purpose of unity; the ruling houses in Onitsha ( former Igala village), Asaba, Agbor, etc are being ruled up till this day by Benin princes, children of Eweka- son of Oromiyan , grandson of O'dua, father of Yorubas.

Sorry, but for Agbor, they are not being ruled by Bini people, they adopted much Bini customs and traditions, particularly the government, however the Obi of Agbor is also know as Dein, which is an Igbo word for master, head etc (also dede or dei). If you go to Agbor they will laugh at you if you call them ndi Idu, not that there's anything wrong with being Bini. Also, The Aniocha (Asaba, Igbuzor, etc) people have even less Bini and outside influence, their root is firmly among the Nri Igbo, the origins of Agbor are mostly around those areas as well judging from their use of Nze and Ikenga cult, etc. Agbor is more like a frontier town of Igbo culture, althoguh a few families trace their ancestry to Ishan, Edo, etc. Also, the Benin Empire had Igbo influence as well, just to note.

Onitsha is just an Igbo town with Bini governmental influence, same as Ugwuta and Obosi, etc.

Not trying to stir the pot, but I always found it funny how some ancient landmarks and peoples name (which are undecipherable today) can be translated into Igbo. For example Ife in Igbo is 'light' and 'civilisation', and Odudu nwa in Igbo is the last child. No assumptions o!

Before
https://s27.postimg.org/reh1h4js3/tumblr_m6yrf7_KQt61qjh37to1_1280.jpg

After
https://s27.postimg.org/z8hn2irkz/tumblr_m6yrf7_KQt61qjh37to2_1280.jpg

From: http://ukpuru.tumblr.com/post/26928663007/seclusion-of-girls-among-the-efik-old-calabar

Obasanjo was the only personality that could match his. They're like the same person.

akinegba1:
most times its the choice of the parents to have these marks on their children.

It should be the choice of the child when they become adults, is what I'm saying.

They should be a choice rather than a birth mark.

lordhugo:
Summary= Some Igbo leaders are begging for contracts like dogs.

You can not reap where you did not sow

https://www.gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/bolty_c684030c8608e8fb4dade6642f180a73.gif


P.S. I am Igbo

That's just it. They're begging. LOL.

https://s14.postimg.org/ocxdjs4bl/6d10f32b1251e6fb.gif

SirShymexx:
I believe Yorubas came via different migration waves, with Igalas and Edos, but I can't really say much about Igbos due to how unclear Igbo history is. Too many intra-Igbo supremacist groups trying to out-do one another, thus making their history too vague. However, I'd say Igalas had a lot of influence on the Nri/Eri axis, and a lot of today's Igbos from that axis used to be Igala. And the link between Igbos and Yorubas go through Igala. Then you've the Bini ones in Onitsha. I can't speak much about the ones from the Arochukwu axis, but they look more Bantu. If we're to go by DNA - then they're like 66% similar to Yorubas and other major West African ethnic groups, with Bantu and other things making up the rest of the admixture. However, if we're to go by the language - then you can put everyone in the same Niger–Congo languages. And a lot of Bantus also fall under Niger–Congo, so that will make it inconclusive.

This is completely made up, for anyone reading.

LOL at people contributing more to this thread than I am.

AbuMaryam1:
Igbo warriors


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ0BgtG07hE

Thanks for keeping this page bumped right at the top of this section. More people get to see history because of you.

AbuMaryam1:
Igbo warriors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tMEUzguVzg

Still not blowing shit up and massacring farmers. Try again. (He's not Igbo by the way).

citizenY:
To be more precise U wanted to know if those folks also fought or participated in the Crusades, real war , not this skirmish where you use the same cutlass you take to farm.

Sorry, I don't understand what you're saying. Maybe reword it.

EdCure:
And what's with this addiction to cassava sticks?

You mean the cassava sticks that held up your countries military for three years with no country fighting its battles?

EdCure:
Aba women riot is what you call war?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_War

"The Aba Women's Riot, also known as the Women's War"
http://www.revolutionprotestencyclopedia.com/fragr_image/media/IEO_Womens_War_of_1929

Across Igboland, the campaign began to take shape. The women called their campaign the ogu umunwanye, or, “the Women’s War.” This referred to the fact that women were ‘making war on the men,’
http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/igbo-women-campaign-rights-womens-war-nigeria-1929

"Aba Riots" Or "women's War": British Ideology and Eastern Nigerian Women's Political Action by Judith Van Allen
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tj5DPgAACAAJ

The Women's War of 1929: A History of Anti-colonial Resistance in Eastern Nigeria by Toyin Falola, Adam Paddock
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vm-mKQEACAAJ

https://s18.postimg.org/4gyv5gexz/giphy.gif

liberty300:
epic shade bro

AbuMaryam1 takes all the credit for their uselessness.

AbuMaryam1:
What convinced me that Igbo never had any leadership in their pre-colonial life is their present day political mis-calculations.
They felt to align themselves with majority to lead the nation, they always use hatred to justify their political allies. Don't prosecute, I'm entitle to my opinion useless people.

Of course you're entitled to your opinion as a useless person, but, although you're useless, this is the wrong thread for that.

liberty300:
Yeap. Igbos chased out the British. The yorubas hated it. The Hausas were given power because they welcome the Brits with open arms and obeyed every command without any question

It was more of the British taking over the Fulani Sokoto Caliphate, you see after the British the Emirs and co were just puppet states so they were left with power to their thing.

citizenY:
@op

Just curious... any records from the Crusades??..who were the generals?

Wrong thread, here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades

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raumdeuter:
We salute the bravery of Benjamin Adekunle Black Scorpion ekun oko Y1bo

Who was unceremoniously dumped in the wilderness and left to die untended. Is that how you salute your brave?

falseman:
129 Spartans that didn't dare to shoot or cough hahahahaha the man didn't even give account to any shootout and when he said Biafra soldiers he could be talking about 50 soldiers I mean the whole Biafran soldiers can't be at a spot.

They also missed where he was complaining about being abandoned along with the other military officers. They were so eager to find a story that they ended up exposing the Nigerian militaries nyash. Guys that literally fought and died for nothing.

SirShymexx:
Let's be honest: a war between Yorubas and Igbos would be so one-sided that the whole of Igboland might end getting destroyed the same way the Romans destroyed Carthage. But I noticed Yorubas, throughout history, don't go to the extreme after defeating an opponent in a war. They just defeat them - and leave them running for their lives.

Yorubas have fought so many wars. Unlike Igbos who throughout history only engaged in mgba akpukpa village wrestling in the village square, while wearing wrappers and wooly hat in the sun. Experience is the key here. Igbos are no match, regardless of the noise they pollute cyberspace with. They might win a shouting match with tears and ultimatums - but not a real war that requires experience and cerebral tactical approach.

What wars have the Yoruba had?

noblezone:
That is very fat lie!
Go back on threads bout Biafra!

People were not pushing for secession like this in GEJ's term. People are only remembering it now that Buhari is to be their president.