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lol interesting.
Don't forget Equatorial Guinea - Paña.

Freesia:
Thanks for the link Abagworo,Like someone mentioned above looks like clothes were really worn by royals,chiefs or priests.I'm obsessed with African history before the coming of the Europeans to the Motherland but unfortunately those people to tell us more have been gone  for years,Most of the info we get is based on or during the African revolution.

What's the African revolution?

Ndiigbo inyi naha emeka. Eze inyi di na aka inyi.

My people, you're doing well. Your king is in your hands.

Scoreboard:
Ify 6

Andre 2

The part about Arochukwu blossoming into a bustling city resembles the story of Aba
Anyway, Ezeagu come and finish what you started. We demand you write everything from then to the present.

ezeagu:
With WWI, Britain had to drop all engagements in the region which was already starting to strain the empire. The barrier of the Nun and Forcados was loosened up as a result, and Onicha gradually began to recover. With the capital at Onicha, several states in the region merged to form Ohazuru, or better known as Iboe state. Iboe was unrecognised by most European states, although trade was still established. The Aro state was also on it's own with some related groups, and also largely unrecognised. The oracle in Arochukwu had also declined, and the religion became fragmented.

The leaders of Ungualand, Bendeland, and Ikwerriland saw this time as an opportunity to request sovereignty, and in 1916, the leaders met with the British to negotiate troops for the freedom of the states. The British agreed to sign a treaty promising the sovereignty of the three lands after each were to provide 500 soldiers each to help in the campaign against the Ottoman empire in North Africa. The treaty was also modified to ensure that Britain had an established base in the regions and that the countries would be part of the Commonwealth. The leaders agreed, and in 1919, Ungualand, Ikwerriland, and Bendeland became sovereign states in the region.

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Port Victoria, 1918[/center]

1920
In Arochukwu, the earlier barricade had lead to the collapse of the Aro confederacy and Western missionaries had already started to reach the surrounding communities. But by now, the Aro people felt a deep resentment against Westerners and their ideas which lead to the collapse of their once prosperous empire. The missionaries efforts at conversion weren't very successful, although Western eduction began to rise in the region along with Onicha. With Western education, Arochukwu became even more modernised which was both a positive and negative. The positive was industrialisation, and the negative were the powerful organised crime groups that arose to replace the traditional lords of the land of old. The once powerful oracle was used by the crime families to intimidate the majority. A quarter of the Aro state had now become industrialised and Arochukwu grew from its traditional village structure to a booming city drawing immigrants from around the region to reach a population of 550,000. Onicha's monarchial structure was more intact than that of Arochukwu, but industrialisation was also present.

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Onicha port, 1917[/center]

With WWI over the three states in the southern part of the region were sovereign nations in the Commonwealth. For economic reasons, the three states decide to form one sovereign state, with each state having its own parliament and capital. This became known as Biafra, after the Bight of Biafra which it was a part of. The Industrialisation witnessed by other regions was also present in these states, and a railway was created to link the regions major towns to Port Victoria. The oil palm trade in Onicha had declined after Ahaba in the British Beninland had taken up all the business. This was a major set back until the discovery of coal was made in the northern region of Iboe by expatriates working for the British. The area where this coal reserve was discovered was in an area known as Ngwo, and became the town of Enugwu after the village which the coal was discovered. The coal was exported through the Niger at first, but negotiations were made with Biafra to export through Port Victoria and so the railway, built with the help of the British, was extended to Enugu. As a result Enugu grew and the importance of Onicha was lessened.

Ifyalways 5

Andre Uweh 2

@Afam
You can only nominate one person.

Ifyalways 4
Andre Uweh 1

More nominations people!

Ifyalways 3

No opposition?

I vote Onlytruth

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I nominate High chief

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mbatuku2:
Chinenye, I'm not calling anyone out. I am simply stating the most most likely relationship we could have at that time since the two parties involved were opponents.

How could we have cooperated with a people who come into our communities to raid our kinsmen to unknown destinations of no return? It's near impossible to have such a cooperation, except we become their cohorts, which was not a honourable act.

But today? Sure, we can cooperate. Which is even the case anyway.

I believe he(odumchi) understands what I driving at by now.

Slave trading was not morally a wrong thing to do at that time. It's not as if the Aro sold Ngwa slaves out of hatred for the Ngwa. Slave trading is slave trading despite the parties involved. The main reason Aros sold people was because they were not diplomatically aligned with them. So, by this I mean that diplomatic relations between the Ngwa and the Aro were not at strong in the first place. Had the two been friendlier from the start, the map of Nigeria would have looked different, or atleast there would have been a different story behind the colonization of the Igbos. Digressingly, if you noticed, the Aro didn't bother their allies in places like Afikpo, Ohafia, and etc.

I do understand what your saying. I just wanted to clarify that "slave trading" wasn't as looked down upon as it is seems, especially when it was a lucrative business.

^^^
Ya dirikwagi.

EzeUche:
Na wa o! On the other thread I was in the running, but now I am not.

PointB, come hia now! 

What happened to all my support? Did it evaporate?

The Aro delegation is not happy o!

Nwannem, I still dey.

mbatuku2:
It would have been more shameful to cooperate with Aros at the time, going by their nefarious activities.

I'm guessing you must be Ngwa. So how were the Aros "nefarious"? And if so, what was shameful about it?

musiwa,,.:
PROUD-IGBO ,  you make me laugh.   The western Niger of Nigerian has the most population than any part of Nigeria.  The only airport , you can claim is lagos.

Ibadan is the second largest city in Nigeria from satellite picture, followed by Benin city which is the third largest cities.   Ibadan and Benin cities do not have real airport, it makes it hard for the government to build in Enugu because even the one in Enugu now is better than tha Ibadan airport or the benin airport or the akure airport or the ilorin airport.  All of this cities are basically bigger than enugu from satellite pictures. You can call your igbo family who live abroad to telll you, if I am telling you lies.

This is benin city airport.

https://www.leadership.ng/nga/sites/default/files/articleimages/benin-airport.jpg

The East holds nearly 45 % of Nigeria's population based on ethnicity percentages. Anambra is also the third most populous state in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano. The largest city in the east is Onitsha. PH city has a bit more people than Ibadan.

Our journey is not yet over. Our image is in your hands!

Ok that's two for Ifyalways. I sense more.

Ha ha, where's Eko Ile?

Very interesting, Ezeagu. It was so convincing that I found myself believing it at times. However, I must say it's a shame that the Ngwa and Aro couldn't cooperate.

Igbo nma nmannu! The race is still on.

@ Afam

Haha o ta ka'm bidoro?

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tadelara:
@Odumchi Thanks for your words of encouragement. I do apologize for not disclosing the tribe that my father is from within my post. My father is from the Yoruba tribe, and the state he is from is Ondo.

Ah, Ondo. Yoruba culture, like other Nigerian cultures, is very deep and rich. You'll have more than enough to learn and I'm sure you'll find this culture section very useful.

ChinenyeN:
Evolution of language isn't even the right word for it; loss of speech is. This topic gets me upset.

Why?

The evolution of language is amazing. Despite the fact that "Osebuluwa" or "ose/osa/olisa/oliseh" is not as popular as it used to be (in terms of speech use), it can still be found in the dialects of certain groups. For example if you see the Onicha people, who I believe don't say "Chukwu", you'll notice how sound their dialect is. Onicha was originally the dialect in which Christian books, prayers, and etc were printed in, making it a widely read dialect.

When I observe people praying in Igbo (I mean mouthing of formal prayers), I often notice that they speak Onicha dialect and often use "Osebuluwa" instead of "Chukwu", despite the fact that Chukwu is central Igbo. So in short, religion has had a hand in the dialectal scheme.

wesley80:
Sorrowful cry has gone/ended
Ukwuani - Ekwa alili ana
Aboh/Ndoni - Akwa alrilri ana

Wont you eat?
Ukwuani - ye ke li?
Aboh/Ndoni - e jeke lri?

She came to eat
Aboh - Obianibelri (used to be my sisters name but the last time I saw her document, her name had morphed into Obiageli! I asked her why and she simply said it was easier on the tongue, well I couldnt really fault her choice cos just as my parents would refer to God as Oliseh Osobulue my generation would simply end the discussion at 'Chukwu' and communication would be guaranteed. The gradual fusion and 'corruption' of languages seems pretty much undeniable.

I agree with Andre. It's very, very interesting.

What are the duties of the "Eze"? Or is it just a title?