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macof:
Genetically? What is the genetic difference between Bini and Igbo?

You need a dna for that

figure007:
you really know little of the bible but with poor understanding of the word ... Ever since you've been worshipping idol what good has your life yield ? Its just a question...if you know me you will discover we are not of the same level or match not gain saying but telling you what God has done in my life ... The door is still open my brother , you are not condemn ...why not surrender your life to Jesus and see him lift you off that terribly situation to high top. You will have encounter with him in Jesus name . amen .. We love you my brother

Why not surrender you self to the free thought of life instead of religion....
I do more good deed than the so called religious people....
I am not an atr or a christan or muslim
They are all scam i believe in humanity and not religion like folks like you....
You religious go around killing and causing noise pollutant in the name of your rsligion....i better not be the president of this country i will arrrest all of you religious fanatics starting from you....

Christans fight the atrs
The atrs fight the christans and muslim
Muslim fight both
Them hamanity suffers the most

catphuckers:
Very late response on my part. I'm sure most Nigerians would scoff at a white man speaking pidgin so that explains the question. I am white, and I understand the issue now with speaking pidgin. When Indians and Blacks speak American English, it's the most uncanny and unnatural looking shit ever, but then again, pidgin is appropriated from the language my Anglo ancestors brought to Africa, so I'd like to learn it just for lingual studies as opposed to speaking it. If I ever travel to Nigeria, I would be doing it to study the West African voodoo and juju rituals, so speaking to natives would be necessary. If somebody can close this thread it would be appreciated.

Dont seem offended we just only wanted to know your race.... To give a better guide in the country learning pidgin would be nice and easy it was coined mostly frim english lingual and local lingual it will be fun when you learn it and speak it to your friends in the u.s it is the best way to full understand nigerians
Mind you we have so many languages and many pidgin ,the one they speak in lagos is more of the local language than the English language if you fully want to kearn the central pidgin come to the southern part of nigeria “benin city" only then you can hear the central pidgin

christopher123:
Anioma didn't migrate from Benin. If you tell me there are some pockets of anioma that migrated from Benin I may agree but if you tell me that the entire Anioma migrated from Benin that I will disagree with you. Moreover those that migrated from Benin are very little and if we reason logically, these few Bini migrants of Anioma claiming to have found a town and yet lose its language is simply a hoax.

That can only happen when there is already a large settlement of a particular group in Anioma which is Igbo. No Igbo man (Anioma) speaks Bini language unless it's learnt and no traditional ruler in Anioma goes by the title Oba but Obi or Eze. Even Agbor people with its proximity are not wholly migrants from Benin as Pa Iduwe wrote on the history of Ika people.

Ichi Mmor which is prevalent does not exist in Benin. Nobody has said Ezechime did not migrate from Benin, but his origin was definitely not Benin. There are copies of the narratives of Obi Chukwumalieze of Onicha Ugbo in that regard.

How can Eze Chime with Igbo names, traditions and customs migrate from Bini? This is a fallacy of the highest order. He sojourned into Bini and made his way back after encountering trouble, simple. I can understand that some Aniomas, a very small number, are of different cognates while a very huge percentage of Aniomas have Igbo progenitors. This explains why the choice of the Igbo word Anioma (good land) or Igbo language is made.

In all of the Anioma towns and villages, Igbo language is predominantly spoken with different accents. The name is a very pure Igbo name or better still a typical Igbo word with the same meaning all across Igbo nation. My conclusion: If they agree to be Anioma, why can't they agree to be Igbo? Aniomas are Igbos, by ancestry or by evolution.

One fallacy we often here is that we were always under the Oba of Benin until the British punitive expedition of 1897.

From all available documents, the power of Benin had long collapsed in Anioma land. In fact, from available documents, it was difficult for Benin and their Oba to impose tributes on Anioma towns. This was documented in N.W Thomas, 1913. The American anthropologist in his Igbo speaking people of Asaba hinterland, noted from observation that Anioma people were not paying homage to the Oba and that the people usually sent from Benin to come such tributes had stopped since the 1840s.

In fact, he noted that this probably stopped following the defeat of the Benin army by the Ishan confederacy that had imposed their choice as the Oba of Benin. The collapsing power of Benin was firstly reflected in the Adesuwa wars between 1750-55, when the Ubulus, supported by virtually all Anioma towns put up a strong defense including Obior.

Another evidence of weak Benin influence in Anioma land comes from the Ekumeku wars. Unlike Ishan land where the fall of Benin in 1897, led to a complete surrender to British forces with feeble opposition here and there, the Anioma people arose up and fought.

We fought because we were not under Benin nor were we paying homage to the Oba who had been deposed. We fought because we felt we could defeat the white man which the Benins our rivals could not.

Every Benin identity in Anioma towns came as a result of colonialism which lasted over 400 yrs from conquests by Oba Eware the Great.

b) Ezechime left Igboland and wandered down to d Benin enclave, loved d community there, so, settled & married there, but when his family grew, he searched for a place, which is d present Anioma area.

c) If he was bini, at least, 50% of d bini lingua will remain. But Obomkpa people have a contrary opinion to that.. Anagba was a son of Ezechima as well, or was it not Anagba who founded Obomkpa? In Obomkpa for instance, Ezechima is traced to Ogidi east of the Niger.
Indeed listed the five children of Ezechime, Ukpali, Oligbo, Onicha, Anagba and Ifite are Igbo names. They can never be derived from a corrupt form of Edo in any form.
Ifite remains one of the foremost clan in Igboland. The dominant village in Nnobi is Ifite. Oraifite (people of Ifite) is a town in Anambra the grandson of Nri. Ifite is not just Igbo clan but is among the foremost clan in Igboland. There are other towns on communities of ifite in Igboland. Ifitedunu near Awka in Anambra State is a Town of its own. Now, Ifiteuboma is a Local Government that connects many towns in Imo State. Osuifiteakwa and Ifitenanse are saperete towns in Imo State also. These are not withstanding that sub villages in virtually all the villages have Ifite.

What do you have to say about the name Chime? If you care it is a common name in Igboland. Better still, the name of the Governor of Enugu State. For a person to have an Igbo name as Chime, and give Igbo name to his direct son as Ifite can never be an accident unless Igbo origin theory by Onitsha Ugbo tradition and Obomkpa is better than that of the remaining towns of Umuezechime.

In Oraeli clan that is in Uruagu village in Nnewi is a clan known as Ukpa or Oraeli Onisha. Onisha clans also exist in Enugu state near Mbu town. I won’t go further because you will have to explain why this man (Eze Chime) and all his children bore Igbo names. Better still you will have to show us how these names could be accepted as Edo names. Oligbo or Origbo was the third child, but second son of Eze Chima. Eze Chima's first child was a female, and was named "Ada Eze"; his second child, was his first son, "Okpala Eze". However, his first son had a genetic defect of "albinism" and was named "Onye Ocha".

That name, "Onye Ocha" was varied as "Onicha". His second son was "dark and comely" lack the father, and was affectionately named "Onye Igbo". That name was then varied as "Onigbo, Oligbo, or Origbo".

Onitsha people of Anambra who claimed to have been of Bini origin initially following the dictates of Bini Mythology have reversed their history because they reasoned that Chima cannot be a Bini man. Recently, Jews invented hi- tech means of detecting their brothers. This is a test done in peoples DNA. Every tribe is expected to have the same Haplogroup. Interestingly, most of Delta Igbos was sold as slaves during colonial period.

There has never been a claim that some were of Delta origin because during those days slave trader wanted only Igbos. Our Haplogroup is EIB1A. Unbelievably, Late Dr Acholonu on a blessed memory carried over this research in an attempt to discover the Igbo-Americans and discovered that Edo people have close link to Igbos. I once enquired from His Royal Majesty Ezechukwuemeka Eri 34 of Enugu Aguleri about the Bini people.

His response was that a man from Ugwuogodo Ibezuno Aguleri. However, the name he mentioned was never found in the Histories of Edo people or Anioma Igbos. Late Mr Odiakachukwu on a blessed memory even went on to see my contribution to Anioma history as strange.

In Ogwashi Uku for instance is Ogbeonicha. Generally, it is believed that it came from Onitsha in Anambra State. This is possible of course based on the names. However, the story of the settlement of Ogbeonicha suggests that it came before Adaigbo, the first Obi of Ogwashi Uku. This would mean that the Onitsha which Ogbeonicha in Ogwashi Uku came from cannot be the Onitsha in Anambra State because Ogwashi is a much older community.

There are many ways of reaching this conclusion. In Issele Uku is Ogboli. Ogboli people directly came from Nri and there were there before Oligbo settled in that land. Yet Ogboli and Ogwashi were founded by relatives.

This is just an example that exposes the flaws of oral tradition. Evidently, there is an argument that Ogboli in Iselle Uku may not be from the descendant of Ogboli Nri. A scholar from Issele implied that it refers to Ogbe oriri but insisted that Issele Uku like original Agbo people is older than Benin.

Some of the towns however did not even go to Binin at all. Asaba are people that migrated from Nteje while Ibuzo, Oko and one other town were from Isu clan of Owerri Area. Ogwashiuku is a people from Nri town.

Even Kwale people are also Igbo by their origin. Their actual name is Ukwuani. Most of them came from Igbo towns but others still joined them from Edo state.

You can see the stricking relationship between the Delta Igbo and Ezike people in the following ways. They share the same names like Osai. They both have Onitsha. Unlike others that say 'ITA AZU' when they want to take fish, Ezike and Anioma people say 'IRI AZU'.

Down into non Igbo speaking near Warri is Igbede town which is Mgbidi people from Imo state.

Ika, Ukwuani, Enuani, and Ndoshumili are all subsets of Anioma and indeed Anioma is a subset of the larger Igbo nation. And going further the Igbo nation is a subset of the larger black race.
Meanwhile, I don’t even want to claim that every clan in Anioma had Igbo origin. For example, Ogwashiuku has Ikelike qtrs. That is the major section of Ogwashi Uku with Bini origin (along with Ogbe Ishago).

The other sections of Ogwashi Uku are mainly of Igbo origin (7 sub clans in all). Now you make the comparison yourself in the sizes of these two sections (by origin). Umudei, Azungwu, Agidiase, Agidiahe , Ogbeonicha etc all are of Igbo origin. Daike was the name of this Esan hunter,so,Umudaike are his descendants.

Ukwumege in Illah Town is also a descendant of an Esan hunter, who was so powerful, that he single-handedly helped the inhabitants wade off attacks from the Idah trouble-makers, who constantly wrecked havoc in d area. He was begged to remain in the area and gifted with a land (present day Ukumege) and a woman as wife. Daike is a corrupt form of Edaiken, a Benin title. Otulukpa clans are also noted to be of Edo origin.

Anioma people from their oral traditions are a blend of people of different origins. We did not only migrate from Benin...in fact a good percentage of us came from the east. Ogwashi Uku is a good example. It founder came from Nri in Anambra State. Issele Uku belongs to the Umuezechima clan who possibly as the name implies is of Igbo origin but settled for a considerable period of time in Benin before settling in Delta and Anambra States. Ubulu Uku was founded by a magician called Ezemu.

Ezemu came from Afor which is somewhere within Anioma land. Asaba came from Nteje in Anambra State. Ukwu-Oba directly came from Benin while Agbor does not have a tradition of migration from anywhere and many historians believe its the oldest Anioma clan.

Some Anioma have Igala, Yoruba, Ijaw , Ishan , Urhobo and Isoko origins though the two dominant cultures were the eastern Igbo and Benin. In Igbo heart land, we have many towns and even towns especially in Ebonyi State that are not of Igbo origin. A friend from Awka told me that their clans were of Igala origin and informed me that kindred in Umuzuocha near Amenyi Awka were receiving their Igala relations up to 1994. Of course nobody tells these people that they are not Igbos.

Bini people, following the defeat of Anioma towns, expelled many people of Igbo origin from both Old Bendel towns especially under the empire of Eware the Great. The people that returned from Old Bendel are now living in the hearthland of Igbos. Some of them are: Ohofia, Abam, Ihechiowa, Ututu Ezike (Enugu Ezike), Ozubulu and some Ikwere towns. Nobody tells them that they are not Igbo because they believe that they are Igbo without questions.

The only people that have mixed feelings about their ethnic identity are the Ikwerres. However, it is evidently a creation of Nigerian politics. These people always saw themselves as Igbos before Biafra war. It was in 1979 that they were officially made to deny their Igbo identity.
Many Anioma towns themselves adopt Benin origin for many reasons.

(1) For prestige purposes.....Benin was a powerful kingdom and as such any sort of connection is projected. Therefore for many of our towns whose ancestors were sojourners to Benin (even though there were not originally of Benin origin), there will be more emphasis on that connection with Benin which would eventually lead to claiming Benin origin.

(2) To appear more independent. This point is perhaps the most important reason many Anioma towns claim they came from Benin. In reality, some of them are offshoots of existing ANIOMA communities. In this category of towns, rather than mentioning the Anioma clans they migrated from they will say they came from Benin just to claim they have broken from the parent town. Akumazi is an example. It was founded by a son of the Obi of Mbiri now they say they came from Benin, Umunede was founded by Ede a son of the Obi of Agbor but because Umunede believes that Agbor would claim her, she now says she came from Benin, Ekwuoma founded by the Ubuluku warrior Aghufa also claims Benin origin etc.

(3) To identify with a more powerful neighbour this has some connections with Benin. This is very true for some communities in Ndokwa East. Take Akarai clan for example, it claims as well that it came from Benin simply because Aboh the powerful kingdom was founded by a Benin warrior. The true origin of Akarai people has been traced to Nri-Awka and they were four groups that arrived, one settled in Ndoni , one at Aboh, another in Ossomala and lastly another in Onyah.The Akarai group were the oldest and were in charge of all the deities in the Niger. This was before the arrival of Aboh people. This does not mean that there are not Anioma towns with Benin examples include such places like Ogume, Mbiri, Ejeme, Nsukwa etc a some other places. But these Bini arrivals came to a land already settled earlier by Igbo adventurers.

The resemblance of d Benin culture you see in those areas you mentioned are relics of colonialism by the Binis for hundreds of yrs, and not a product of migration or being descendants of d Binis.
As for the Igwe festival in Ukwuoba, that is partly the reason. Even towns that did not come from Benin especially in the Ika area do mark Igwe. But there are stark differences between the Igwe celebrated in some Anioma towns and the Igue festival of Benin. Fine, people use the Ewere (which we call Akwukwo-Egbo} leaves in the Igwe festivals; however it is different in many respects. In Umunede, it is similar to Benin and it's usually marked in October or Sept.

In Agbor, it is just a cleansing feast, the main festival in Agbor is Osiezi, in Owa the Igwe is completely different from the way it’s celebrated in Benin and it's marked in December. It's usually celebrated in March or April and it’s a ritual to cleanse the land before farming commences. UBILOR changes I think to ULOR which is the name used in other Anioma areas. For most Aniomas except for Umunede, IGWE or UBILOR or ULOR festival is basically for cleansing purposes and not commemorative purpose which is the case in Benin.

In my conclusion, every Anioma man is taking to be an Igbo by non Igbo speaking Deltans depending on the political interests and force Anioma people to reject their Igbo identity when igboness constitutes a threat to their tribal interests.


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You forgot to add that even the core easterners still practise the igue festival

Obi of onitscha migrated from one of the anioma town to the present anambra state were he took along the anioma culture which was similar to the edos and not the way you are telling it there
The ikweres also are igbos who also migrated fron anioma towns to presents river state...the bottim line is before the over mifration benin had already had influence over all anioma towns before migration way commerced....
And you cant neglect the fact that the Benin's didnt migrate over to anioma towns
Benins who migrated to anioma towns were few and the aniomas can't be called igbos because genetically they are already mixed....

figure007:
for your information my Jesus reigns ... And he is the one you need ... I pray you have encounter with Jesus and your life shall be transformed... There is no protection or joy in Ifa or the sango you worship ... They are dump and useless ... Come to christ please. We love you

Who said christ is not dump too your forefathers who worshiped ifa and sango were foolish abi didnt they converse with sango, and give them directive
Or is it the jesus who commited genocide against the Philistines using Samson to committe high rank murder and yet the people of Philistines ended up becoming a muslim didnt he loose ? At the end....

Or is it the jesus that keep seeking attention from men with force ....

The Israelite were placed by God to the hands of their enemies severally to be killed.... Just because they refuse to worship him...would your earthly father do that to you....
You need to know Christianity is fake just like everyother religion the best you can do is stick to your ancestoral religion
The same British colonized indian but didn't tell the indians to convert because they know all religions are scam but the britsh colonised africa and you all through your religions away for asslicking

herakles:
nice research work. I am quoting it for reference purposes. I too had the same opinion about our relationship with the Benin empire. At least you have provided some information that the Aniomas were colonized by the Benins at a particular point in history, this fills in the blank spaces for me and explains similarities in culture of the Benins and Aniomas

Benin had conauest over the entire of what is now called delta state but as you know migration happens and settlement break apart and the bsnins can't keep rwcord of that ,so settlement which were ubder control qould break apart and carry the culture of thier original settlement and later be free from payinv homage because of there unawareness by the benins so this new settlements remain independent....
Now it could be before the arrival of the bdnins this people were originally ibos by tribe but the benin conquest influenced them cultural and the result became the change of language and cultures....
The popular obi of Onitsha didn't just directly migrate from benin but from one of the already anioma vassap state benin had already had influence on ....
And has the anioma break up to form new settlement they become rulers among the new settlement just thesame way the obi of onitscha had migrated from one of the anioma towns in delta state to anambra and established a kingdom at anambra....


The bottomline is benin influence spread all over all the anioma towns and the benins blood trait had bddn mixed with the original igbo people so they are not pure igbos....

Am also having an extra year over here in Uniben but was the big deal...
I respect the intelligent people but i fear the non intelligent minds they are full of surorises just as me....

Am currently studying geography but i have
Plans after school to be a writter and that is what i will never fail

figure007:
I know some will still come and antagonise this ... Whenever they see or hear anything church/christianity they develop headache and hatred immediately ... Whats your gain self? Those of you critisizing? When you critisize the developments in christiandom it shows how frustrated your life is. You need Jesus ! Quote me and i pray for you

I dont need him ....but you need ifa and ssngo quote me and let sango strike you

According to the map the people surrounding the ikweres are the igbos and delta .... Benin was the mid- point between yorubas and igbos instead of both influencing her...it both influenced them...

Back to the map of nigeria it would be wise to say the ikwere people are one of ediod sub group who migrated out of delta state and was later influenced by neighbouring eastern state around just like the ikas people in delta state....

For the anambra the obi of onitscha migrated out of the ika people in delta state which were already influenced by both edo and igbo and later established himself as a king in anambra...with ths cultural affinity to edo

It is also to be noted that Benin word for agree sounds similar to the ikwere word

Benin disagree: ikwe
Agree: ikweyo

Ikwere agree: A KWERULEM

It is obviuos this people were edoid who migrated from the delat region and was influenced politically and linguistically by the surrounding Igbo's around thier region....

ROYALD:
Please what is the meaning of the name of the grand ancestor of Ikwere Akalaka.In Benin Laguage

We have words like atalakpa : hardned criminial
Asaka: ant...
Akalaka sounds edo name too but it sounds like a Guy's " name .it could mean strong man only the person who was given the name xan attribute the meaning of the name but witg no doubt its an edo name i could go on giving similar names sounding like that in Benin

NRIPRIEST:
This thing you wrote belong to the trash can!

Lol....my head you wan kill me with lafff

Raintaker:
Lol
Bullshit.
The Oluyares are imsn indigenous Yoruba group and can be found in present day Ondo State.
Their king is Oba Fredrick Akinruntan and they still retain their name till date.

How do you guys just sit down and fabricate history?
Lol

Lol....it Wonder me....

Otiti= a benin name

Wurola= Yoruba name

Where is the igbo here.....
And how come she has both a benin name and yoruba name

DOMINGOPAPI:
I am a Lawyer and I am 32. From a struggling home. I had a modest growing up and I worked hard to make a 3rd Class Degree at a Federal University, I didn't go to Law school afterward but eventually got called to Bar years after.

My uncle that promised me a placement died Months before I got called to the Nigeria Bar.

Prior to that I have an ACCA Certificate in International Financial Reporting. I have done all I can to get a job but I have been unlucky with that too.

Last year I managed raise over 400,000 to travel to Europe and I was duped.

I worked with few Lawyers here in a sleepy state capital in the South West of the Country and I am living terribly ,maybe worse than a lot of school leavers. All I have to myself is a small office space, my certificates and my strong but failing heart.

I am tired, depressed, frustrated and suicidal. I don't know how to continue living. I am fed up and fast going down the drain.

I need Prayers, Job, encouragement advice and any support and assistance whatsoever.

I am at a very dark position in my life and I am weary and presently secluded from people.

Please Help.

You should think of sucide...i advise
It will send a better message to buhari that the country is hard....

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kokomilala:
Yes,we've created a hermetic world that can't be breached .It's about time that Nigeria started throwing her weight around.If not for the dismantling of the colonial empires and the establishment of the UN after WW2 ,Nigeria should be colonising countries like Niger,Benin,Ghana etc.
Anyway, we've sent all of them a message of intent ,that we're not to be trampled upon. Their corporate insufferable arrogance, particularly,that of Ghanaians towards,us has stopped.

Stop ranting.....
Like a lizard praising himself south africa killed your people and all what you guys said “was dont destory thier business we will be affected the most"
Can we now say south africa is bigger than nigeria
The earlier you see the policy had failed from the onset the more most of you will stop spilling trash.....
To praise nigerians....

The u.s vs china economic war some months most nigerians took side with china and called americans bullies ....


You all are hypocrate and you all deserve buhari regime

spokesboy:
Let's keep a list of those people bragging here that it's a good policy. By December, they will all start crying like canary bird when the thing bite their pockets well well.
Why on earth will you support a policy that puts the deadweight loss on the citizens.
If truly we are self sufficient and efficient in producing rice locally, it will be in abundance and the price will crash naturally without any border closure but in this case, the price of local and imported rice have skyrocketed and hovering around 25k - 30k from 15k level.
This shows there is a deliberate policy to strangle the masses and they are ignorantly coming here to sing praises of a bizarre policy.
Can someone tell me who banned foreign music in the 90s before the local music and artists took over and flooded the entertainment industry. Today, Nigerians don't even keep track of what P.diddy or Beyonce is singing. That's the natural painless way things should go.
By Christmas, I hope Nigerians won't swallow their pride and go to Benin and Ghana govt. On bended knees to apologize for closing the border.
For those people too young here, please ask your uncles or aunts about the previous failures of ban on the importation of rice in the 80s - it only created wealth for the smugglers and poverty for the masses.
Let's pray these countries don't gang up and retaliate against Nigeria because we will be the biggest loser - starting from the banning of Dangote Sugar and Cement exports to the west coast which outweighs alot of our imports from the same region.

Nice ...

Hipsofagoddess:
@ op

Your wife feels unfulfilled which is the reason for all her negative behaviors. And until she gets a job or her business starts booming, she will continue accusing you of cheating, keep the house dirty, and so on.

Why do you think she stays till 10pm at the shop? She wants to see her business make a headway.

She doesn't want to be a house wife like you almost forced her to be, and that is partly the reason she resents you.

I might be wrong...

Definitely you are ....

Even refusing him sex.....
She probably not feeling the marriage anymore ....she is probably a lady who ia not used in staying one place loves to have fun ....and marriage had restricted her

If it was a benin man she would have been sent home back home with her kids to her fathers house to learn manners.....
For some months or years ....
When she goes back to her fathers house for that period and she gets disrespected by her younger siblings and shamed by family members it will rest her brains....

But still yet are you sure another man has not colonized your wives head,

You are one of those men who marries for beauty and not for brain....you may offend her one day and she hit you and you are gone or you hit her and she is gone what you could have avoided if you had looked for a responsible lady....

He forgot to Account that benin had military power over some Yoruba states
But he quickly added benin were yorubas...

The tunder that will kill some yoruba historians ...is still at oluku waiting for postal permissions

JB4life:
Akpu with egusi + Bitterleaf soup remains the favorite food

Are you edo ....

Your food combo is a typical edo native food

OlawaleBammie:
Lol, but am from ekiti; D the tin is dat money dey inside bush here, I saw something inside the bush here Dat is why I left Lagos for here in d first place

Hmm nor go they do skull mining edo people.for bush oooh
What the yorubas can do and undo for money ehnn .....i need to report you to the state police as a skul minner who wants to open branch in benin....

OlawaleBammie:
Lol, can't stop laughing, am nt a uniben student tho, am just living in one of edo state villages.. as there is not town here talk more of city

You are looking for touble ....

You left your comfortable city in your hometown and came to a village called benin to stay ..... Trying to get the sense....

Oya go back to your osun state

OlawaleBammie:
See you?? as if I don't know Benin people again if I see one, una no sabi cook joor, una soup no dey get pepper, palm oyel no dey dey, d egunsi self no dey get cohesion, watery soup like Dat. dem go come join am with one stone Santana.

Lol....guy eblike say u be Uniben student ....

Oga leave our egusi for us go eat ur amala and ewedu haba

OlawaleBammie:
as if no b ur state a dey reside so...

Oga ....you havnt eating the real traditional delicacy of the benin egusi....

Those ones cooked are prepared by foreigners

midnighter:
Interesting...thanks

But I thought that one you people cook there was called "melon soup"? Is it the same egusi seed?

Yes...na...
Melon is the seed egusi is the soup

Benin has like four indigenous soup

Egusi soap, cotton soup,black soup,
The others are borrowed
Ogbonor is esan and groundnut soup etsako

OlawaleBammie:
Soup wey una no sabi cook...

Our own original soup na we nor sabi cook

midnighter:
Isn't it "black soup"

Yea....that too....

I keep on correcting people egusi soup is an indigenous food to benin....

The real owner of egusi are the edos(benin) to be precise ,unlike the other soup ,bitter leaf soup,cotton soup which are eating by edo commoners on daily bases, eguisi was a special soup eating on special days like
the igue festival ,or during ancestoral prayers ,it is giving to the gods to eat at the ancestral alter alongside one hand of pounded yam....
It is normally cooked with no oil and no ingrident it is still practise religiously in benin till today

So anyone eating eguisi soup is indirectly eating the food of the gods

Sambaby7640:
It's true they exist like they don't. But there was a case of the Osun river goddess (A mermaid) threatening to drown its people if they don't reignite their lost communication as it was broken I.e the people stopped communicating with the mermaid.They had to rally around to appease it.

What do you think of this

Note: I saw it online

Have also heard from locals in the village
About a mermaid who requested for blood of people to appease it and locals refused....because the sacrifice was too expensive...and it started killing babies in the villages and the king summoned it to the palace and threatened it....and told him to parkout of that village and he left
This marmaid can be killed or poisned the are things they are allergic to like oil in the water ,or anything they forbid ...they are powerless....if you know thier trick...

If those villagers comeout in mass and revolte against it and even capture it ....
Like the popular one in benin that was captured by the whitemen....

Sambaby7640:
In as much I doubt their existence cus I have not seen one and I believe in what I see I think they might just exist.I have seen a video of a live mermaid caught swimming on YouTube but the downside of those videos is they are not really clear.

I agree with you that they might not be half-human half-fish as movies portrait them to be.

I have heard whitemen come with technologies to catch them in villages in nigeria and take them to thier countries ....
The fact is they existence seem non existence

Sambaby7640:
Lol,Nice Analysis..but,I doubt Mermaids are dead beings roaming around cus those are ghost.

Nice write up once again

The stories.of how people turn into rivers cannot be overlooked i tried to disprove it but couldnt, even when am an atheist... Spirituality ,naturality and humanity is what the world is made the world is made of

Spirituality is the least powerless of all thier non existence doesnt affect human thier existence can ulter the gowth of a nation...like nigeria

Naturality...is the most important both spirituality and humanity depend on it ,it encompasses of all life forms ,like trees ,animals,man ,spirit,rivers anything natural without it man and spirit or demos the christans call it will cease to exist

Humanity is man ,The existence of man. And the survival of man on earth our feeling ,our actions ,and humanity dont need spirituality to exist we need humanity to exist ,men have killed humanity through spreading of islam through ritual killings because is what a spirit says ....

The truth is there is no need to be checking of thier existence because they hide in the dark and cant comeout to face man to man ,they are powerless if only people could see
The white knows this and decided not to think they exist.....

owunabastard:
Give me bitter leaf and fufu anytime

You be edo man

Sambaby7640:
Nice one....I thought as much.

So have you heard of Osun river in Osun state where people go see the Osun Mermaid?

Truly they maybe a spirit there and so fucking what....men put themselves into mess by giving them attention and not letting them to die ....if they have mind let the spirit come out if they are so powerful

Note Marmaid doesnt exist only unrest spirit which are posesed ...

Sambaby7640:
Nice one....I thought as much.

So have you heard of Osun river in Osun state where people go see the Osun Mermaid?

Like i said spiritual being exist everywhere stop giving them attention and they will fade...and die of lack of attention....
We should start giving humans mote of this attention we give this things be aise they are really powerless to we humans ....
They need us to sirvive ...and we dont need them....
This is the rrasons ritual killing still rampant because peope give hears to this powerless beings including Christianity and islam

Modified what we call mermaid are sprit creature who die and dont rest and men begin to worship them ,keeps giving them attention....they dont have tails ,or scales like the movies and they are very useless to today society .....

Stop asking if they exist and focus on how to improve human lives

Religion is scam