₦airaland Forum

[size=18pt]My
first experience
in the Ibo Country began
in 1900. At that time
Onitsha Waterside was little better than
"
bush." There was not a
single
road in the country.[/size] Except
for a few neighbouring
towns the hinterland
was unknown territory. Only fragmentary
information could be
gleaned
from the natives, travelling
not being
a healthy occupation
in those days.
Onitsha was the only place marked on the maps,
and therefore it was a
virgin
field for the pioneer?missionary
or otherwise. . .

Despite the absence of industrialization
and ethnic heterogeneity and despite the
continued importance of kinship units,[size=18pt] the
Yoruba had cities even before European
penetration. They had cities because they
had large, dense, permanent communities
whose inhabitants were economically inde-
pendent, socially stratified, and politically
unified.[/size] These cities were based on farming,
craft specialization, and trading. Only Lagos
represents the common type of recent
growth of African cities as ports, mining and
trading centers, and colonial administrative
headquarters. Some Yoruba cities were
metropolitan, serving as capitals and cen-
ters of the Yoruba kingdoms; others were
nonmetropolitan. . .

ezeagu:
All I understand is "overgrown village" which is not attractive to anyone.

The  estimated index of urbanization of
Yoruba cities falls between that of the
United States and Canada, and the distribu-
tion of population in urban centers is re-
markably similar to that in France.


[size=18pt]Urbanization can therefore  be considered
a  traditional Yoruba pattern and not the
outgrowth of European acculturation.[/size] It
cannot be explained in terms of the develop-
ment of colonial administrative centers,
ports, mines, or industry. The real basis of
the Yoruba economy is, and was, farming.
Yet the farmers are city dwellers, and the
city is not really a "nonfarm area" as we
view it. A belt of peripheral farms which are
visited regularly  surrounds  the city, extend-
ing as much as fifteen miles or more outside
it. Families whose farms are more distant
may have farm huts, where they spend sev-
eral days at a time during the height of the
farming activity, but they maintain a resi-
dence in the city and regard it as their real
home. Some Yoruba, of course, live on farms
or in very small villages.

Nekai:
If u were my husband I would beat myself.

aribisala0:
quite disappointing really .smacks of insecurity if you need to validate your position by bragging about degrees and schools.save that for your cv and next employer. schooling and education aren't quite the same.your input here is outstanding only in its vacuosness.i have not read anything to make me wish i had gone to UMD whatever that stands for.university degrees or any other type of training should provide tools for thinking.really  do you really believe you are more intelligent than anyone here because of a degree.did they really teach you that there?

Nekai:

Ileke-IdI:
Did you get my text? You no dey even show face anymore. Try to get intouch. . . .  how are my "men"?

Busy_body:
Were tutu ni e, let Tpiah catch you Sowwy my hands are full this weekend till Easter sef, but I know the perfect woman for you, she is free, single and always gagging for it - presenting my identical twin Sister Jennykadry, its your lucky day too that the solitary confinement cell in yabaleft opposite to Jenny's is vacant. Is this fate or is this fate Ori lo ma porun, what God has joined together

aribisala0:
not so basic sir .even if the economy of china were to treble per capita income will not be half of the US's.not likely in a long time.plus in order to think about exporting manufacturing you must have some technological fall back position,what would china do.china still imports most machines/engines from germany/US and does not have this edge.

Busy_body:
Akoba adaba, olorunmaje ari Abeg commot road make i see front jare, you think say i no know say na that amazon Tpia you get the hots for and you are suffering from unrequited love and you are only here to use me for practise runs O ba furo e for trying to pass on Tpia's ajeku to me

Odunnu:
Dont you have respect for elders?

PhysicsMHD:
It means he just came.

ezeagu:
Eh, I believe what I said was that if the east is a slum (as a poster said the whole of the east is a slum) then the rest of Nigeria is for rubbish. To make it clear, the east of Nigeria probably has the least slums. And people hustling in Alaba doesn't change the fact that eastern people are not known for begging.

kandiikane:
lool

Why are you so concerned with my lips. wetin e do u?

I do not suck

Tpiah do you need some attention I can give you some if you like

tpiah!:
please dont spoil the thread, gosh.

do the mods have to constantly follow you people around to clean up your mess?

kandiikane:
lol lies you did not catch me,

Cost me? Abeg I can get juice from my fridge for free

tpiah!:
^^hey, mamagee got busted.

big deal!!!!

go and cry if it pains you.

now, scram.

tpiah!:
by african standards they're not overweight, but by western standards they are.

tpiah!:
you dont "eat" cassava for goodness sake. It has to be processed before being consumed.