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Itsekiris and the Binis had Igbo slaves for centuries before British colonialism.

After the British banned slavery, we were forced to set them free. Some of them returned to Igbo land, others remained with us and gradually formed a new language called ******* (an Itsekiri word which we used to call them while they were our slaves). There are about 200,000 ******* still with us.

(I will not reveal the name of this tribe called *******, because I do not want to offend them, but they are in Delta state)
If they speak, an Igbo person will understand some of what they say, while Itsekiris, Binis and even European Portuguese people will understand them too.

Those of them who chose to return to Igbo land have Igbo names that sound like Itsekiri or Benin names, for example Iweka, and many names beginning with Oba or Iken.
That is how some of our names and also Benin names went into the Igbo lexicon.

We have century old carvings in Ode Itsekiri and Benin depicting Igbo slaves, which we sold to the Portuguese via our ancient pre colonial port called Ogidigben. The grandfather of the present Oba of Benin showed some of these carvings to the world famous British anthropologist, Sir David Attenborough in 1973. The video is on YouTube. When you see the carving, even you will have no doubt that the person is Igbo.

Because of the sheer number of Igbo slaves we sold at Ogidigben, the Portuguese named the town Escravos, which means slave in Portuguese. Till today, many people still call Ogidigben Escravos.

We also sold slaves in another town called Burutu, which the Portuguese renamed Forcados (meaning forced labourer, which is a nicer way of saying slaves).

Obviously, I am not too proud of this history. I wish it never happened. History is not always pleasant. I am only revealing it to you because you are getting the wrong idea of linkages between our two peoples.

Documentary Evidence Of Precolonial Benin-Itsekiri Relations With Igbos.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05d287NGqp8

akanke79:
The coward ancestors taken as slaves by fellow neighbours calling people who built great empires cowards.Tufiakwa
No wonder they see the whiteman as god and have the smallest landmass in Nigger area.

SATANICALLY666:
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Itsekiris and the Binis had Igbo slaves for centuries before British colonialism.

After the British banned slavery, we were forced to set them free. Some of them returned to Igbo land, others remained with us and gradually formed a new language called ******* (an Itsekiri word which we used to call them while they were our slaves). There are about 200,000 ******* still with us.

(I will not reveal the name of this tribe called *******, because I do not want to offend them, but they are in Delta state)
If they speak, an Igbo person will understand some of what they say, while Itsekiris, Binis and even European Portuguese people will understand them too.

Those of them who chose to return to Igbo land have Igbo names that sound like Itsekiri or Benin names, for example Iweka, and many names beginning with Oba or Iken.
That is how some of our names and also Benin names went into the Igbo lexicon.

We have century old carvings in Ode Itsekiri and Benin depicting Igbo slaves, which we sold to the Portuguese via our ancient pre colonial port called Ogidigben. The grandfather of the present Oba of Benin showed some of these carvings to the world famous British anthropologist, Sir David Attenborough in 1973. The video is on YouTube. When you see the carving, even you will have no doubt that the person is Igbo.

Because of the sheer number of Igbo slaves we sold at Ogidigben, the Portuguese named the town Escravos, which means slave in Portuguese. Till today, many people still call Ogidigben Escravos.

We also sold slaves in another town called Burutu, which the Portuguese renamed Forcados (meaning forced labourer, which is a nicer way of saying slaves).

Obviously, I am not too proud of this history. I wish it never happened. History is not always pleasant. I am only revealing it to you because you are getting the wrong idea of linkages between our two peoples.[/s]7

akanke79:
Children of weak and coward ancestors taken as slaves by fellow neighbours calling people who built great empires cowards.Tufiakwa
No wonder they see the whiteman as god and have the smallest landmass in Nigger area.

Shiver99:
Goodness, what is it with mushroom tribes and trying to falsify history?

Mushroom tribes never had the guts to enslave the great Igbo race.

The times of war and strife in Igbo countries allowed Igbo merchants to sell other Igbos to foreigners. This is why as far down Igboland, some Igbos had hausa slaves. Not that they invaded hausaland.

It took decades for Europeans with sophisticated weapons to technically 'defeat' the Igbos. Mushrooms trying to do the same would have been wiped out from history.

oluztx:
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aribisala0:
This explains why the SE is overcrowded. The Ijaws , Bini and Efik used the place like a huge slave farm/poultry for slaves.


When the slave trade ended abruptly there was aglut of slaves much more tan their land could carry

aribisala0:
This explains why the SE is overcrowded. The Ijaws , Bini and Efik used the place like a huge slave farm/poultry for slaves.


When the slave trade ended abruptly there was aglut of slaves much more tan their land could carry

johnmartus:
Igalamela also enslaved them for many years that is why Anambra and Enugu still dominated by igala people.the present governor of Anambra is a igala man.

ProudImolite:
Na wetin your airheaded papa tell you?