₦airaland Forum

SlyDev:
Stop this pathetic rumors u call history, black Jews had no clothing textiles. They were enslaved by igala, Ijaw, Bini and itsekiri until British came and help them.

What was the population of the four people you mentioned put together compare to Igbo population then ?

If your father did give you this as a history, stay away from him, he is a fool and has no legacy for you

Sergio101:
Captain of hate, what's really faulty with people reaching out to their brethren elsewhere. You think igbos are the inconsequential ijaw that are just stagnant in bayelsa

sagio raska: Ijaw is moving faster than speeding bullet oo.....

i still can't see how Igbo is moving forward..guy....

bomb24:
ijo sewage rat u pukes are worst than a vomit u got nothing us. bunch of 21-century neanderthal primates.

taar!! only abba kyari a yahoo yahoo man used silent ipob and used their ugm to get many ranks....

bomb24:
ijo sewage rat u pukes are worst than a vomit u got nothing us. bunch of 21-century neanderthal primates.

leave Ijo out of this and face the topic....... Igbos have started another relationship beg......

zickyclef:
Na dem Oduduwa spiderman Gods people...

ok...

We divided Nigerians at home.

Divided Africans at home.

We are now dividing Africans in Diaspora.

Ko le work!

Again, what did I say.

E nor go wok!

bomb24:
In the Republic of Haiti (French Caribbean) there's a National Religio-cultural festival celebrated annually known as IBO LOA

This is in honor of the Igbos; who mostly inhabited that country during the slave trade era and for their role in Haiti's Independence in 1804.

There's a popular saying in Haiti; "Nous se Ibo", when translated from French means "We are Igbos".

There's also a major street in the Capital (Route Ibo lélé), a popular Ibo dance known as dansé Ibo. And there exist a Radio station: Radio Ibo 98.5 Fm.

They also have a National folklore song honoring them; Ibo grandmoun (Igbos are their own authority).

During the Nigeria-Biafra War,(1967-1970) Haiti was the first country to recognize the Republic of Biafra as an Independent country, thru a highly publicized Presidential letter.

true,
hush puppy is IBO but he originally from Haiti. his uncle, chike is a famos haiti cheif!

bomb24:
drug dealers are far better than your accursed brothers from the west that mine human skulls and harvest human parts and sell them for 500 naira so that they can gulp that pit latrine soup (ewedu) that is been stirred by toilet broom.

piggy race.

Chineke see finishing

Obamaofusa:
True but give a genuine source for doubting Thomases.

From Wiki....



The Igbo, whose traditional territory is called the Bight of Biafra (also known as the Bight of Bonny),[1] became one of the principal ethnic groups to be enslaved during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.[2] An estimated 14.6% of all slaves were taken from the Bight of Biafra between 1650 and 1900. The Bight’s major slave trading ports were located in Bonny and Calabar.[3] The majority of Igbo slaves were kidnapped during village raids. The journey for Igbo slaves often began in the ancient Cave Temple that was located in Arochukwu Kingdom. [4] During this period, the three Igbo Kingdoms followed the same culture and religion, yet tended to operate very differently from each other. The Kingdom of Nri and the Independent Igbo States (confederation of independently ruled Igbo states) did not practice slavery, and slaves from neighbouring lands would often flee to these kingdoms in order to be set free. Arochukwu, on the other hand, practiced a system of indentured servitude that was remarkably different from chattel slavery in the Americas. Eventually, with Europeans beginning to encroach on Igbo territory, causing the kingdoms to desire weaponry to defend themselves. In order to obtain European goods and weaponry, Arochukwu began to raid villages of the other Igbo kingdoms - primarily those located in the Igbo hinterlands. People would be captured, regardless of gender, social status, or age. Slaves could have been originally farmers, nobility, or even people who had committed petty crimes. [5] These captured slaves would be taken and sold to European slave traders on the coast. Another way people were enslaved was through the divine oracle who resided in the Cave Temple complex. [6] All Igbos practiced divination called Afa, but the Kingdom of Arochukwu was different because it was headed by a divine oracle who was in charge of making decisions for the king. During this time, if someone committed a crime, was in debt, or did something considered an "abomination" (for example, the killing of certain kinds of animals was considered an abomination due to its association with certain deities), they would be taken to the cave complex to face the oracle for sentencing. The oracle, who was also influenced by the demands of European slave traders, would sentence these people to slavery, even for small crimes. The victim would be commanded to walk further into the cave so that the spirits could "devour" them, but, in reality, they were taken to an opening on the other side and loaded directly onto a waiting boat. This boat would take them to a slave ship en route to the Americas...






Number of Igbo transported
It is estimated that a total of 1.4 million Igbo people were transported via European slave ships across the Atlantic during the transatlantic slave trade.[7][8]

Dispersal
Some recorded populations of people of African descent on Caribbean islands recorded 2,863 Igbo on Trinidad and Tobago in an 1813 census;[9] 894 in Saint Lucia in an 1815 census;[10] 440 on Saint Kitts and Nevis in an 1817 census;[11] and 111 in Guyana in an 1819 census.[12][N 1]

Barbados
The Igbo were dispersed to Barbados in large numbers. Olaudah Equiano, a famous Igbo author, abolitionist and ex-slave, was dropped off there after being kidnapped from his hometown near the Bight of Biafra. After arriving in Barbados he was promptly shipped to Virginia.[13] At his time, 44 percent of the 90,000 Africans disembarking on the island (between 1751 and 1775) were from the bight. These Africans were therefore mainly of Igbo origin. The links between Barbados and the Bight of Biafra had begun in the mid-seventeenth century, with half of the African captives arriving on the island originating from there.[14]

Haiti
Haiti had many Igbo slaves. There is still the Creole saying of Nou se Igbo (We are Igbos).[15] Aspects of Haitian culture that exhibit this can be seen in the loa, a Haitian loa (or deity) created by the in the Vodun religion.[16]

Jamaica
Main article: Igbo people in Jamaica
Bonny and Calabar emerged as major embarkation points of enslaved West Africans destined for Jamaica's slave markets in the 18th century.[17] Dominated by Bristol and Liverpool slave ships, these ports were used primarily for the supply of slaves to British colonies in the Americas. In Jamaica, the bulk of Igbo slaves arrived relatively later than the rest of other arrivals of Africans on the Island in the period after the 1750s. There was a general rise in the number of enslaved people arriving to the Americas, particularly British colonies, from the Bight of Biafra in the 18th century; the heaviest of these forced migrations occurred between 1790 and 1807.[18] The result of such slaving patterns made Jamaica, after Virginia, the second most common destination for slaves arriving from the Bight of Biafra; as the Igbo formed the majority from the Bight, they became largely represented in Jamaica in the 18th and 19th century.[19]

United States
The Igbo presence in United States goes back to the country's earliest days and remains in the hearts of African Americans who are their modern descendants. From the mid-1600s to 1830, the US imported a large amount of Igbo slaves to the states of Virginia and Maryland in order to provide labour for tobacco plantations. The presence of the Igbo in this region was so profound that the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia decided to erect a full-scale traditional Igbo village in Staunton, Virginia.[20] This is why the majority of African Americans, who have some ancestral connections to this region of the country, have a significant amount of genetically verifiable Nigerian ancestry. It has been hypothesized that, at least, 60% of all African Americans have at least one ancestor who originated from the Igbo kingdoms. Many African Americans are now tracing their Igbo heritage with the help of genetic testing and historical evidence. They are able to reconnect with their living relatives in Nigeria and reestablish links with their ancestral ethnic group.

In the United States the Igbo slaves were known for being rebellious. In some states such as Georgia, the Igbo had a high suicide rate.

Greed runs deep within the Igbo culture. Anyone begging for Biafra is a fool.

Africans are so tribal conscious that they have lost their sense of bearing.

Captain8:
they have started again o.... relationship begging igbos.....

Igbos don't need to beg, they are the greatest tribe in Nigeria, and we all know it

ThickSharon123:
Igbos don't need to beg, they are the greatest tribe in Nigeria, and we all know it

greatest my foot...... igbos that are pleading for people related them.....
igbo is the least tribe in nigeria....

Captain8:
greatest my foot...... igbos that are pleading for people related them.....
igbo is the least tribe in nigeria....

So what tribe are you if I may ask, dear? I guess is Izon, so who wants to be associated with Izon? Do tell me.

And is Izon an important tribe? Stop disgracing Izon people, and associating yourself in petty quarrels.

Igbos are great, and the only relation they ask from others is people who answer and share the same culture as them, and if they don't accept they move on as you do see. While the Igbos increase in numbers and wealth. They don't need people who add little to share something with them. It is even a privilege to say you're Igbo

The ones who answer the name of Igbos, share culture but deny their origin, is their loss--so as your kinsmen and the rest say that you're from Oba of Benin, so be it. Let it rest and let my Igbo people continue in their greatness and rule the world, by contributing in different sectors.

I love them xoxo.

ThickSharon123:
So what tribe are you if I may ask, dear? I guess is Izon, so who wants to be associated with Izon? Do tell me.

And is Izon an important tribe? Stop disgracing Izon people, and associating yourself in petty quarrels.

Igbos are great, and the only relation they ask from others is people who answer and share the same culture as them, and if they don't accept they move on as you do see. While the Igbos increase in numbers and wealth. They don't need people who add little to share something with them. It is even a privilege to say you're Igbo

The ones who answer the name of Igbos, share culture but deny their origin.

are you ok? igbo a semi-death tribe..?..

Izon is the greatest tribe thats why Igbos are on kneels begging us from 1967 till now...

Igbo is an insignificant and inconsequential tribe that everybody they beg turned down their requests..

igbos that were born by ashawo mothers.... thats they running drugs and baby selling everywh