₦airaland Forum

SlyDev:
Those were the civilized tribe in those day. Smh agidi will not allow our lost tribe or Kongo Jews gree for their senior

BKayy:
Civilised slaves you mean? Because one (Britain) can't force his equal (Ndigbo) to sign something against his will

SlyDev:
Those were the civilized tribe in those day. Smh agidi will not allow our lost tribe or Kongo Jews gree for their senior

Psoul:
Many Nigerians have asked if there were parties from the southern and northern Protectorate that partook in the declaration of Nigeria, or did the British on their own sign the document in the absence of the people involved?

Southern and Northern Protectorate were joined to form Nigeria in 1914. By then the nationalist we know of now were still little to know what happened. Nnamdi Azikiwe was only 10 years old, Ahmadu Bello was 4 years, Awolowo was 5 years then. Which Nigerian signed the Amalgamation document?

There were only 28 individuals involved in the forceful Amalgamation of the South and the North Protectorate. Out of the 28, only 6 were Nigerians. The rest were all British citizens. Lord lugard the first governor general led the Amalgamation (he was one the one to propose it first) and the final signature was his. Sir Kitoyi Ajasa

The six Nigerians are;


1. HRH Maiturare Sarkin Mussulumi and Sultan of Sokoto

2. Usuman Dan Maje who later became Emir of Kano

3. Sir Kitoyi Ajasa a lawyer

4. HRH Oladugbolu Alaafin of Oyo

5. HRH R Henshaw (Obong of Calabar)

6. Abubakar Shehu of Borno

These are the Nigerians present at the amalgamation. They were there ceremoniously. From the names above, you would notice that no Igbo man was present in the amalgamation of Nigeria despite the Igbos having powerful Kings like the Obi Okosi of Onitsha, Eze Nri òbalíke etc The reason is not far-fetched. The Igbos fought strongly against the British rule and they were never in support of their systems. Lagos colony was also against the amalgamation as at then.

The British were more comfortable to deal with Fulani/Northerners. The reason there were more fulani/northerners during the amalgamation. So, the saying that Northerners wants to always rule Nigeria did not just start. It was positioned so by the British. Even the location of the amalgamation was also located in the North.

Nigeria was not formed by consensus but by Force.



https://www.binnabook.com/2020/02/those-who-signed-nigeria-amalgamation.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR3itl6hxfIg3ImRT9iTNW_HoiQ7kXTd5rCa_rEidb2R6t3cSuge4CCT2OI

SlyDev:
Ibo equal of Britain? your master Israel no reach Britain level talk more about you a nonenity. Some minor tribes are even more civilised than Ibos, na population una get uno get anything

Igboid:
The Igbo self-assurance frightened the British
.
"True democrats, no one was better than themselves but yet they were somehow better than anyone else. This self-assurance was sometimes a little frightening. The Ibo men and women are so continually in the right and so busy proving that everyone else is in the wrong. They want to learn from us but only such things as may be materially productive as soon as possible. They tolerate us because they need us. They do not look upon us resentfully as conquerors but complacently as stepping-stones. What will happen when they can, or think they can mount it alone and no further use of the stepping-stones, no one can tell."
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AFRICAN WOMEN: A Study of the Ibo of Nigeria, Sylvia Leith-Ross, page 357, published 1939

Blackfire:
E no concern us



All we know is North2023 and North2023 North2023 North2023 North2023 North2023 North2023


Relax bro, Atiku/Makinde is the deal




Anyway I sell cows

SlyDev:
Self assurance but you got all your civilization from British, igbo that they had to teach them how to plant crops properly, getaway u

Igboid:
Lol!
E shock you right?
The British themselves knew that Igbos never considered them as superiors, but rather as stepping Stones to a higher pedestal.
But an African from a probably slavish group like yourself is here tearing your pants over Igbo matter.
Lol!
People learn from each other when they meet.
The British learnt alot from the Romans and the Vikings.
The Greeks learnt from Persians, Arab, and Egypt.
The Chinese learnt alot from Americans.
Everyone learns from each other.
We saw the British as nothing but a people to learn their technology from and never as superiors.
We had our own civilization. We had cloth making centres, we had Metallurgy centres with Iron ore minning sites at Lejja, you can look up Igbo ukwu artifacts and exploits of Awka blacksmiths.
The Igbo had perfect understanding of astronomy. We had our days and weeks and years that were perfectly aligned with the movement of the Moon.
We evolved our democracy before the Whites understood what it meant.
Teach Igbo how to plant crops properly? Are you mad? Look at Igbo population pre colonial era, we were a heavily and densely populated people. You don't achieve that without first and foremost conquering food production and preservation science, as you need food to keep humans alive.

SlyDev:
Your isagu was British invention
You cloth was British invention
Your kingship system was British invention
You had to be taught farming because the only food your fathers can plant was only tuber crops, that was why all your 19 century picture look kwashiokorish


Tell me something that's not british invention in ibo land? It got so much that Ibos felt so inferior that started bleaching first among Nigeria tribe to look like British

Self assurance, your score is L

"........The British cobbled together Northern and Southern Nigeria in 1914. They did it to save administrative costs at the eve of World War I.Only six individuals actually signed the Amalgamation document. They are:

-Siyanbola Oladigbolu(Alaafin of Oyo),
-R.Henshaw(Obong of Calabar),
-Muhammadu Maiturare,(Sultan of Sokoto),
-Abubakar Garbai el-Kanemi(Shehu of Borno),
-Usuman bin Abdullahi(Emir of Kano),
-Sir Kitoyi Ajasa(lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of the Crown Colony of Lagos.The latter, Sir Kitoyi, was largely an agent of the British.....)"

“It is only a matter of time before the strange amalgam of a unitary federation becomes fully blown........"

Igboid:
What are you on about?
Isiagu is sowed with multiple cloth materials, even Ankara is used. The most important thing is that it has imprints of a leopard reminiscent of how our ancestors wore the hides of leopards to show valour.

Ndiigbo had our woven clothes that were pre colonial.
Google "Akwete cloth weaving".

Which kingship? You mean warrant chiefs that the British imposed on Igbos who go about today parading themselves as traditional rulers?
Igbos are Democrats, Don't let Nollywood movies deceive you. We bow to no Eze or Igwe.
You are not okay.
Which Igbo precolonial picture look malnourished?
The British described Ndiigbo as "stocky" in build.
We planted traditional cereals like "Akidi" .
Our soil type predetermined the crop type we chose as stable.

I know you are jealous of Igbo skin color.
But even the colonials noted on first arrival how significant amount of Igbos were light skinned.
In the Americas, we became known as "red Eboe".

Igboid:
What are you on about?
Isiagu is sowed with multiple cloth materials, even Ankara is used. The most important thing is that it has imprints of a leopard reminiscent of how our ancestors wore the hides of leopards to show valour.

Ndiigbo had our woven clothes that were pre colonial.
Google "Akwete cloth weaving".

Which kingship? You mean warrant chiefs that the British imposed on Igbos who go about today parading themselves as traditional rulers?
Igbos are Democrats, Don't let Nollywood movies deceive you. We bow to no Eze or Igwe.
You are not okay.
Which Igbo precolonial picture look malnourished?
The British described Ndiigbo as "stocky" in build.
We planted traditional cereals like "Akidi" .
Our soil type predetermined the crop type we chose as stable.

I know you are jealous of Igbo skin color.
But even the colonials noted on first arrival how significant amount of Igbos were light skinned.
In the Americas, we became known as "red Eboe".

Igboid:
Lol!
E shock you right?
The British themselves knew that Igbos never considered them as superiors, but rather as stepping Stones to a higher pedestal.
But an African from a probably slavish group like yourself is here tearing your pants over Igbo matter.
Lol!
People learn from each other when they meet.
The British learnt alot from the Romans and the Vikings.
The Greeks learnt from Persians, Arab, and Egypt.
The Chinese learnt alot from Americans.
Everyone learns from each other.
We saw the British as nothing but a people to learn their technology from and never as superiors.
We had our own civilization. We had cloth making centres, we had Metallurgy centres with Iron ore minning sites at Lejja, you can look up Igbo ukwu artifacts and exploits of Awka blacksmiths.
The Igbo had perfect understanding of astronomy. We had our days and weeks and years that were perfectly aligned with the movement of the Moon.
We evolved our democracy before the Whites understood what it meant.
Teach Igbo how to plant crops properly? Are you mad? Look at Igbo population pre colonial era, we were a heavily and densely populated people. You don't achieve that without first and foremost conquering food production and preservation science, as you need food to keep humans alive.

SlyDev:
Your isagu was British invention
You cloth was British invention
Your kingship system was British invention
You had to be taught farming because the only food your fathers can plant was only tuber crops, that was why all your 19 century picture look kwashiokorish


Tell me something that's not british invention in ibo land? It got so much that Ibos felt so inferior that started bleaching first among Nigeria tribe to look like British

Self assurance, your score is L

BKayy:
Civilised slaves you mean? Because one (Britain) can't force his equal (Ndigbo) to sign something against his will

SlyDev:
Ibo equal of Britain? your master Israel no reach Britain level talk more about you a nonenity. Some minor tribes are even more civilised than Ibos, na population una get uno get anything

SlyDev:
Red eboe was a fantasy written to massage ego of Ibos, majority of ibo lightskin are bleaching, Ibos know all the right cream to use

Ibo wear leaves, I have not seen any old igbo picture where they wear hide.

Igbos didn't wear clothes but leaves

Dead it

Psoul:
Those were the people Britain could easily deceive and brainwashed.
Igbos knew what they were up to as at that time, hence the exclusion.
The people that were convinced for the amalgamation did not even understand what they were even told.
They were those that will always jump to their feet whenever a Whiteman's name is mentioned around them.

emapeteum:
The Igbos were not civilized enough to be part of the signatories. Be truthful for once please

muykem:
South East has always insignificant in decision making in Nigeria.

Igboid:
Lol!
E shock you right?
The British themselves knew that Igbos never considered them as superiors, but rather as stepping Stones to a higher pedestal.
But an African from a probably slavish group like yourself is here tearing your pants over Igbo matter.
Lol!
People learn from each other when they meet.
The British learnt alot from the Romans and the Vikings.
The Greeks learnt from Persians, Arab, and Egypt.
The Chinese learnt alot from Americans.
Everyone learns from each other.
We saw the British as nothing but a people to learn their technology from and never as superiors.
We had our own civilization. We had cloth making centres, we had Metallurgy centres with Iron ore minning sites at Lejja, you can look up Igbo ukwu artifacts and exploits of Awka blacksmiths.
The Igbo had perfect understanding of astronomy. We had our days and weeks and years that were perfectly aligned with the movement of the Moon.
We evolved our democracy before the Whites understood what it meant.
Teach Igbo how to plant crops properly? Are you mad? Look at Igbo population pre colonial era, we were a heavily and densely populated people. You don't achieve that without first and foremost conquering food production and preservation science, as you need food to keep humans alive.

Christistruth00:
It was Rev Samuel Ajayi Crowther who first took Cassava and Garri to Onitsha, to help overcome a very serious food shortage as the population was near Starvation
Garri became an Instant Smash hit and Super Star in Igboland because Cassava grew everywhere it was planted whether the soil was fertile or not and it Sustained the Population

The same effort that produced one tonne of Yams produced 20 tonnes of Cassava and in shorter time
Your forefathers were so grateful for it

Igboid:
Nonsense as usual.
The Igbo were very populous before any slave called Ajayi crowther set foot in Igboland.
Ofcourse we are grateful for the introduction of Cassava by the colonials just as Europeans were grateful for the introduction of potatoes.
Who doesn't like more food especially one that requires less strength to cultivate and less soil fertility to yield.