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Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by Fighttillvictory: 1:17pm On May 04 |
Post See new posts Conversation Elochukwu Ohagi @ElochukwuOhagi Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free Written By Elochukwu Nicholas Ohagi, No one in his or her right senses prides with the name 'Niger Delta' as an identity. Niger Delta as a name, describes a place where the British government, through the help of the Fulani, are stealing natural resources belonging to the indigenous people in Biafra land. In places they merged and named Niger Delta, you would see Ijaw, Efik, Igbo, Uroboh etc. So when one say, 'I am Niger Deltan', you can't interpret exactly who such a person is or where he comes from. You don't know if he is Igbo, Ijaw or Efik. Niger Delta is just A BUSINESS NAME bestowed on us by the trickish British government so as to perfectly insert their divide and rule strategy. No one that thinks deep about his real origin will ever describe himself as a Niger Deltan. The name automatically overshadows who you truly are and hides your identity. Some feel that shouting Niger Delta makes the Igbo people carved into it become different from other Igbo people. That is why you see some misguided Hausa Fulani and Yoruba people always lament that Igbo people should leave Niger Delta alone. But who is a Niger Deltan? Is it that Efik man? The Ijaw man or the Igbo man? What makes the Igbo man from Egbema, Elele, Asaba, Ogwashiukwu, Ndoni etc different from an Igbo man from Nnewi, Urualla and Ngwa? Some would say that they are in the so called 'South South' region, while others are in South East. But again, the Ijaws in South-south are exactly the same with the Ijaws they carved into the Western part of the country. This is exactly how Nigeria have used years of misinformation to distort brains of lots of people and forced them to carry badges of slavery and even brag with it. They made them to fight each other and never to unite as one. This is because in their disunity, those for whom Nigeria was created continue to gain massively. Britain in their wisdom refused to fight wars to suppress the move for independence in Nigeria. They have really studied the space they called Northern and Southern protectorates and understood that for them to keep ruling indirectly, they need to merge the spaces together. It is never to help feed the North with southern resources as they claimed. It was solely for the interest of Britain. How can you feed a Northern region that has fertile land for agriculture? Agricultural lands that when harnessed can produce food that can feed the entire Africa. A region with lands filled with lots of natural resources. How can you say you are merging the two distinct regions to feed a people capable of feeding the entire Africa? The problem with us is that we continue teaching our young ones lies written by minds brainwashedby the whites without asking proper questions. That's why we still teach people how Mongo Park discovered River Niger. A river our forefathers navigated many years before the so called Mongo Park was born. I have started putting everything I was told into scrutiny. The words of Ahmadu Bello comes to mind here. This descendant of Uthman Dan Fodio confidently said: “The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our grandfather, Othman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We must use the minorities in the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us or have control over their future.” These words from Ahmadu Bello isn't directly from this man. It is the handiwork of Britain. Britain have seen that the only way to keep their hold on their colony and still dictate what happens is to empower the Fulani. So Britain became the friends of the Fulani and makes them think they are favoring them. Till this day, the Fulani have been following the mandate of Bello, without knowing that they are indeed following the plans of Britain, destroying the North while making sure the British government keeps ruling indirectly. After the war, Britain effectively used the Fulani to divide the East into South South and South East; and further divided them into Niger Deltans and non-Niger Deltans. Tell me how the Fulani who are majorly cattle rearers managed to think out in 1967/70 how to divide the East and make brothers fight against each other, while Britain and the Fulani elites steal them dry. They were simply carrying out the plans of the British government, who feared the intelligence of Biafrans in the East and desperately want to keep them down. Today, while the Fulani are being used by Britain to keep the entire East down, 87% of poor people according to World Bank survey are in their Northern Region. The North has become the poverty capital of the world. With terrorism destroying the entire region. Like I said earlier, Niger Delta is never an identity. They are two English words that have no place in our language and culture. It is a tool of slavery and marginalization. It is a name that was used to force people to carry their badge of slavery with pride and honor. You that still pride yourself as a Niger Deltan, when you rediscover yourself, you will understand how foolish you were, when you help foreigners bury your identity. Elochukwu Ohagi is a Philosopher, Teacher and Activist. 11 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by ForValour: 1:24pm On May 04 |
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Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by AuschwitzPrefec: 1:24pm On May 04 |
Niger Delta is not a tribe but that does not make it in anyway or form part of Ibo land. The word "Niger Delta" is like kryptonite to you Ibos who are the only one complaining bitterly of it and it's geopolitcal nomenclature South-South. Why ? Because Niger Delta signifies and promotes unity among the peoples of the SS . This is dangerous to Biafra expansionism since a united Niger Delta will never accept to be part of Biafra and will fight shoulder to shoulder to resist any repeat of Ibo annexation of the SS as was the case in 1967. You say we are not one tribe and so can not be yoked under one umbrella but you are advocating for same SS to be annexed by you Ibos under Biafra. This is where your foolishness only matches your stinking hypocrisy. 26 Likes |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by Zulu11zulu: 1:32pm On May 04 |
And some people killing thire self to identify as a Niger delta I'm from Niger delta I'm from Niger delta just to be proud for nothing. The oil in soo call Niger delta you and your family never benefited it ,just to proud of the name fulani gave to you and make you feel spacial against the igbo. Come here in foreign country and see how the fulani children are leaving lage and see our soo call Niger delta children's suffering in the street 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by AuschwitzPrefec: 1:39pm On May 04 |
Zulu11zulu: The day you people stop taking panadol for SS that is the day you will face your backward region. Same SS that you and your grandparents have been eyeing since forever is what you are calling useless. I don't blame you people at all. 22 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by Zulu11zulu: 1:49pm On May 04 |
AuschwitzPrefec:is like you they mad who are you to talk to me go and look for your typ school children 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by Sprinklepee: 1:55pm On May 04 |
Weytin dat op dey yarn for mouth, lemme say 60% of niger delta are located at the riverine area which consist of the ijaws, ilaje, itsekiri and so on, if we talk niger delta nor dey add igbo dem nor join, because all waiting you dey talk since i nor understand, i was born and brought in ondo state riverine area along the costal communities in niger delta, all this one wey you dey talk so na you know dat one concern me. 10 Likes |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by Fighttillvictory: 2:10pm On May 04 |
Sprinklepee:then you shouldn't be talking when national matter are being discussed, if igbo on that side no follow why was their area joined to form your ND 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by Sprinklepee: 2:35pm On May 04 |
Fighttillvictory:nor obj regime dem con add the igbo, they were not niger delta originally, which riverine area did they have? 4 Likes |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by paramakina202: 2:46pm On May 04 |
Fighttillvictory: Biafra is also a slave name given by the Portugues. 8 Likes |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by jude79(m): 2:54pm On May 04 |
Sprinklepee: Bala blu, bulaba, an ibo man from the niger delta in question, addressing fellow tribes from the area in question, then you, a non entity from western nigeria, com chuk mouth, de yarn opata, wetin be this. 1 Like
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Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by MindHacker9009(m): 2:59pm On May 04 |
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Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by LOVEALAIGBO: 3:01pm On May 04 |
Sprinklepee: Will you zip it! You’re ok stealing large hydrocarbon-rich parts of Alaigbo to add to Rivers state, yet you still see them as ‘inferior’ to your lot who you argue are the ‘real Niger-Deltans’! This was exactly how Peter Odili was rejected by the likes of Edwin Clark when he wanted to run for president, yet at no point do the likes of Clark, you and other insecure Igbo-haters demand those Igbo parts of Rivers are returned back in Imo and Abia states where they rightly belong! Doing so will cut into your 13% derivation receipts and make redundant the silly argument that Alaigbo is landlocked, and you don’t want that do you!? 16 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by Fighttillvictory: 3:22pm On May 04 |
Sprinklepee:Non and that's how we arrive to the truth that your nig is a terrorist state and a thief. As it live on divide and rule 2 Likes |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by AuschwitzPrefec: 3:32pm On May 04 |
paramakina202: You mind the useless OP. Biafra was originally named after the Bight of Mafra . The word Biafra came about from how it was rendered in short hand on old Portuguese maps of the current coastal waters as : Bi Mafra just as Isles was used to represent islands. Mafra in this case was a Portuguese slaving port in Cameroun named after a major port in Portugal where these slave merchants were concentrated. The irony that is lost on the stupid OP is that his useless Biafra nation was named in honour of the slaving exploits of Marrano Jews operating out of Portugal whose major source of slaves was from the adjourning coastal areas in question which his own people formed the bulk . Let them continue to wallow in filth over Niger Delta. 9 Likes |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by Fighttillvictory: 3:33pm On May 04 |
paramakina202:you mean nigeria is also a slave name given by british. Find any portuguese that can you the meaning of biafra and get a cash reward |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by AuschwitzPrefec: 3:33pm On May 04 |
Fighttillvictory: Niger Delta is not Biafra or Ibo territory. The sooner you understand this the better off you will be. 12 Likes |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by AuschwitzPrefec: 3:35pm On May 04 |
Fighttillvictory:Biafra: from Bight of Mafra named after a Portuguese slaving port in modern day Cameroun which in turn was named after a major port city in Portugal that was notorious for the Atlantic slave trade and dominated by Marrano Jews from Portugal. The real slaves are those who named their country after Jewish slavers and their exploits. 9 Likes |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by Fighttillvictory: 3:43pm On May 04 |
AuschwitzPrefec:Keep your ND Natural Disaster to your self and pick the message from the text 1 Like |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by paramakina202: 3:46pm On May 04 |
Fighttillvictory: Tell me the indigenous meaning of Biafra in any language spoken in the East. It is on record that Portuguese slave sailors gave that name Biafra and you loved it but have problem with another slave name given by another slave masters.You want them to accept being Biafrans instead of Niger Delta. Both names are foreign to us. 8 Likes |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by guysbewise: 3:51pm On May 04 |
Fighttillvictory: Because the Ibos left Nnewi, Urualla and Ngwa to go and learn a trade in the Niger Delta long ago. 7 Likes |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by guysbewise: 3:53pm On May 04 |
paramakina202: And also their slave master's winter woolly hat they now call their tradition. Their slave masters could not use their winter woolly hat in Nigeria because of the heat in Nigeria and they had the throw them away but the Igbos decided to turn the unwated winter woolly hat into an Igbo tradition. 9 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by Almaigaa: 3:58pm On May 04 |
Fighttillvictory: Igbo man leave Niger Delta alone. Focus your energy on Enugu wey Fulani Bandits don dey pursue people from their Communities 5 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by faceland: 3:59pm On May 04 |
It is descriptive. The delta of river Niger. May be you should dump English language too, stop using their alphabet while writing in your language. 2 Likes |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by paramakina202: 4:02pm On May 04 |
guysbewise: All the tribes in East use that hat from Igbo, Efik, Ibibio, Ijaw etc. |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by guysbewise: 4:12pm On May 04 |
paramakina202: The tribe using it in the Niger Delta are the Igbos that came to the Niger Delta. The woolly winter hat is not a tradition of the Niger Delta, look at a photo of Bonny Chiefs in 1896. 1 Like
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Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by AcadaWriter: 4:16pm On May 04 |
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Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by paramakina202: 4:19pm On May 04 |
guysbewise: You mean Efik and Ibibio are the Igbos that came to Niger delta because that is their cultural hat too. Say what you know. That cap is widely used in East by every tribe. |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by guysbewise: 4:25pm On May 04 |
paramakina202: Because you will find an Igbo man in every village and town in the Niger Delta looking to make money. The woolly winter hat is not a tradition of the Niger Delta, look at a photo of Bonny Chiefs in 1896. 2 Likes
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Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by Fighttillvictory: 4:26pm On May 04 |
paramakina202:Biafra came from two root words , Bia meaning “come” and Afara which has two different substantive root contexts. Afara is a name of a native west african tree found in igbo land, yoruba, southern cameroon/ ambazonia and some other rain forest tribes of west africa. each tribe may have their own name for it. 1 Like |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by Fighttillvictory: 4:27pm On May 04 |
AuschwitzPrefec:Biafra came from two root words , Bia meaning “come” and Afara which has two different substantive root contexts. Afara is a name of a native west african tree found in igbo land, yoruba, southern cameroon/ ambazonia and some other rain forest tribes of west africa. each tribe may have their own name for it. 1 Like |
Re: Niger Delta; A Slave Name We Must Get Rid Of In Order To Be Truly Free by guysbewise: 4:30pm On May 04 |
Fighttillvictory: That will give you Biafara. But this make more sense: Biafra: from Bight of Mafra named after a Portuguese slaving port in modern day Cameroun |
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