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motymop:
When the British came to Africa, they encountered several tribes that resisted colonization with intense brutality. Interestingly, the British often developed a certain level of admiration or respect for groups that put up a fierce fight even if those tribes were eventually defeated.

Take the Zulus, for example. They went all out against the British, engaging in multiple battles that made Shaka Zulu a legendary warrior-king. His fearless leadership earned the respect of both his people and his enemies. Even today in South Africa, the Zulu monarchy remains one of the most respected traditional institutions.

Another example is the Kikuyus of Kenya. They fiercely opposed British presence during the Mau Mau Uprising, a major revolt that played a key role in pushing the country toward independence. The resistance was so impactful that, in 2013, the British government issued a formal apology for its role in the brutal suppression of the rebellion.

In contrast, while there were pockets of resistance in Nigeria, none were as sustained or as intense as the Zulu or Kikuyu struggles. This may partly explain why many Nigerian tribes didn’t command the same level of reluctant respect from the British.

Resistance came at a price but in the eyes of the colonizers, those who fought back often earned a lasting legacy.

Teejay2033:
Dey play! Despite the so-called fierce resistance they were under apartheid until 1994. Besides, who cares about their respect?

Softmirror:
Shaka Zulu of Hollywood TV is just for entertainment. No country in the whole of Africa suffered suffered and is still suffering in the hands of Whites like the Blacks of South Africa. Just the other day we read how some whites feed the bodies of two black women to their pigs.

So, what is the end to the resistance you are talking about?! Do you know the meaning of apartheid?

adekunle0000:
What about the over 32 years Ekumeku resistance of the Igbo People of eastern Nigeria? There were also active resistance in Northern Nigeria, however shortlived it was. I think the only place there is no record of any skemishes against the colonialist is Yoruba land. The Benin kingdom under Oba Overamie actively fought the whiteman. Jaja of Opobo (an igboman from present day Abia State) put up a stubborn resistance.

Abeg make una dey try read history without sentiment.

adekunle0000:
What about the over 32 years Ekumeku resistance of the Igbo People of eastern Nigeria? There were also active resistance in Northern Nigeria, however shortlived it was. I think the only place there is no record of any skemishes against the colonialist is Yoruba land. The Benin kingdom under Oba Overamie actively fought the whiteman. Jaja of Opobo (an igboman from present day Abia State) put up a stubborn resistance.

Abeg make una dey try read history without sentiment.

GothamCities:
I don't know why you guys hate the Yorubas so.mucn that you must always lie to undermine the Yoruba race. The Yoruba of all people? A tribe that ruled from Nigeria to Ghana and still had regiments in iIvory Coast? What do you take the Yorubas for? Oyo empire ruled vast lands in an empire that lasted 600yrs, and was only defeated by the British in the late 1800s. The only luck the British had was that the Yorubas were engaged in internal wars among themselves as at the time the British invaded. The war would have extended much further into the 1900s.

The numerous civil wars within the Yoruba people at the time enabled the British to confront the Yoruba in sections and not as a whole army. Yet, the war still extended till 1918 when they fought the Adubi war in Ẹgba land.

What do you take the Yorubas for?

Arda1000:
So this one na joke to you?

okpouman:
The anioma are not mainstream Igbo there are Edo and igala elements even Yoruba element within their ranks

Softmirror:
Shaka Zulu of Hollywood TV is just for entertainment. No country in the whole of Africa suffered and is still suffering in the hands of Whites like the Blacks of South Africa. Just the other day we read how some whites feed the bodies of two black women to their pigs.

So, what is the end to the resistance you are talking about?! Do you know the meaning of apartheid?

Softmirror:
Shaka Zulu of Hollywood TV is just for entertainment. No country in the whole of Africa suffered and is still suffering in the hands of Whites like the Blacks of South Africa. Just the other day we read how some whites feed the bodies of two black women to their pigs.

So, what is the end to the resistance you are talking about?! Do you know the meaning of apartheid?

Softmirror:
Shaka Zulu of Hollywood TV is just for entertainment. No country in the whole of Africa suffered and is still suffering in the hands of Whites like the Blacks of South Africa. Just the other day we read how some whites feed the bodies of two black women to their pigs.

So, what is the end to the resistance you are talking about?! Do you know the meaning of apartheid?

adekunle0000:
What about the over 32 years Ekumeku resistance of the Igbo People of eastern Nigeria? There were also active resistance in Northern Nigeria, however shortlived it was. I think the only place there is no record of any skemishes against the colonialist is Yoruba land. The Benin kingdom under Oba Overamie actively fought the whiteman. Jaja of Opobo (an igboman from present day Abia State) put up a stubborn resistance.

Abeg make una dey try read history without sentiment.

Revealpanda:
Thunder fire u and the British.

After killing, stealing and doing and sorts of cruelty in Africa you're talking about their respect

Teejay2033:
Dey play! Despite the so-called fierce resistance they were under apartheid until 1994. Besides, who cares about their respect?

gr8ofnnetwork:
They are still under the same rulership till tomorrow. A country whose 80% land (over 1.22million KM²) is owned by the Muzumgus. 80-90% of their wealth, resources, politics, economy is controlled by the same people they claimed to have "resisted". Nigeria may be challenging but the fact that I have a nation I call my own, I have some pieces of land to my name, resources are can be proud of made be feel fulfilled.
Just checking TikTok you will weep for those black SA people. Reasons they resort to Xenoph

Revealpanda:
Thunder fire u and the British.

After killing, stealing and doing and sorts of cruelty in Africa you're talking about their respect

Reflect7:
Honestly Nigerian youths are so irritating in the way they reason.

These guys invaded here and massacred their ancestors, stole, colonised, and looted their resources for a century, leaving the country an undeveloped bush at independence.

And Nigerian youths are concerned about which “tribe” was “respected” by the invaders.

It’s just baffling.

Softmirror:
All of what you have described above is what blacks have been doing to each other and still do to each before the whites ever discovered Africa. So?

okpouman:
The Zulus resistance was more noted,the Kikuyu resistance was more like a protest riot it wasn't really WAR.

Most of the Nigerian tribes corporated with the British or were easily defeated.

It was mostly the very small minority tribes that resisted the British, albeit due to their size they could not have huge impact, most of the larger tribes like the Yorubas, Hausa-fulani, mainstream Igbo,Nupe,igala,jukun,efiks etc either capitulated easily or corporated with the British,

The Edo did not corporate with the British but we're easily defeated, the anioma,esan,somorika,bahumono,igede were the main groups that really fought the British and drew blood,felling many of the British officers and infantry.

The major tribes till today are coons,they are so subservient to the British and to whites in general yet funnily they brag the most about being fathom warriors and have the loudest mouths.

Reflect7:
According to ChatGPT AI calculations, Britain owes Nigeria $50 Trillion for its exploitation of the country.

You can go on it and request an itemised calculation.

Africa as a whole is owed $5,000 Trillion by the west according to AI calculations.

The world will know NO peace, until every African descended person is paid Reparations.

Go and tell that to the people who sent you.

motymop:
When the British came to Africa, they encountered several tribes that resisted colonization with intense brutality. Interestingly, the British often developed a certain level of admiration or respect for groups that put up a fierce fight even if those tribes were eventually defeated.

Take the Zulus, for example. They went all out against the British, engaging in multiple battles that made Shaka Zulu a legendary warrior-king. His fearless leadership earned the respect of both his people and his enemies. Even today in South Africa, the Zulu monarchy remains one of the most respected traditional institutions.

Another example is the Kikuyus of Kenya. They fiercely opposed British presence during the Mau Mau Uprising, a major revolt that played a key role in pushing the country toward independence. The resistance was so impactful that, in 2013, the British government issued a formal apology for its role in the brutal suppression of the rebellion.

In contrast, while there were pockets of resistance in Nigeria, none were as sustained or as intense as the Zulu or Kikuyu struggles. This may partly explain why many Nigerian tribes didn’t command the same level of reluctant respect from the British.

Resistance came at a price but in the eyes of the colonizers, those who fought back often earned a lasting legacy.