₦airaland Forum

okpouman:
The Yoruba never fought the British, except the ijebu who were easily defeated.The Yoruba corporated with the British, infact they willingly sold their sovereignty to the British like the efiks did

gregyboy:
The britsh did not respect any African tribe your bravery were all seen as foolishness the ones that didn't fight may have even been more
Respected and seen as wise, get thst into your skull

T9ksy:
Geez! Why are you deliberately lying against the yorubas? I bet, you will be the first to accuse others of bigotry whilst your post above reeks of ethnic bigotry.

I wonder, which history you read, prolly from some isewu joint in upper awka. .

Reflect7:
Are you aware the Ashanti resisted and fought the British for nearly a century?

They would be extremely proud of their resilience and bravery, and so would you if you actually had something in your skull.

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:
According to you!

And the Ijebus are not Yorubas àbí? Who fought the Adubi war? Who fought the wars attached in screenshots?

The British eventually employed a different tactics for the Yoruba. Taking advantage of the internal crises, they supported different factions against others. And when their supported section wins, they started ruling through the king of the winning faction, using subtilty. Yorùbá was not subjugated like they did other tribes. They came in as friends, helped in warexcjange trades, and then, ruled by proxy until colonialism became deeply entrenched.

Baronthecelebri:
The reason they defeated Nigeria easily is because of greed, and they were no love among the tribe.

Arda1000:
it’s like ure blind ?
From the write ups did u see any mention of any other ethnicities apart from Igbo?

adekunle0000:
Counter me with facts and not emotions. Well... being mad to the truth is your right. It is also my right not to dignify your madness by going down the same road went. So go in peace and sin no more boy!

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

gregyboy:
Nope because they feared the benins, the benins controlled the full Nigeria at that time, they knew benin had weapons that could match their weapons and the cost of war with the Niger coast would have been too expensive to risk if they were to risk it, when they finally invaded benin to bring down Nigeria, they alresdy invented the maxim machine gun of 1884 few years later in 1897 the struck benin and the weapon they use in striking benin was what tgey use in bring down the full Nigeria and taken to Ghana and South Africa they had been fighting for years with crude weapons, that they wouldn't have dare to try to usebwith the benins

KingCold:
Yet those same people are doing better than you in every index.. let that sink in.... You have worse poverty rates, worse infrastructure, worse electricity, Worse literacy rates, worse life expectancy, Worse health sector, worse standards of living, water and sanitation, worse, etc.. You can talk bad about South Africans all you want, the fact is they're still in a better position than you.. Tell me, when have you ever seen a black South African drowning in oceans fleeing to Europe? You claim to have land and yet you can't stay put in that same land. What's the point? If you wanna weep, save the tears for your people. They're in a worse state. Imagine risking drowning, just to have a semblance of a respectable life elsewhere..

gregyboy:
Edo were easily defeated how?

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.

okpouman:
It took nine days for the British to capture and burn down Benin, that is easy defeat

gregyboy:
9days were did you read that from.... From igbo ukwu dictionary, the question yoy should is that why didn't the britsh dared invade benim before the invention of maxim weapons

okpouman:
Partially true but the Benin were not in control of all Nigeria ,they were not even in control of Edo state as it is today,you people forget that the Nupe under Fulani leadership invaded up to esan land,is it the British whom the Nupe feared that would now be afraid of BENIN?

gregyboy:
Truth be told the britsh attacked weaker nationalities and weaker tribes, Ghanaian and South Africans were seen as weaker compared to the benins thats why they attempted to invade them with common weapons in thier disposal they only dare to bring down benin when they invented the maxim weapons that was to their advantage and they never dared to strike until the weapons was brought to shores of the Niger coast, the maxim weapon was invented in 1884 and benin invasion was 1897, they had to write letters to get acess to the machine guns before thry could dare invade benin, and the weapons they got from yhe letters sealed the whole of west african fate because after benin had fallen guess who fell next south Africa and Ghanaian

gregyboy:
Nupe invasion of esan....

KingCold:
Yet those same people are doing better than you in every index.. let that sink in.... You have worse poverty rates, worse infrastructure, worse electricity, Worse literacy rates, worse life expectancy, Worse health sector, worse standards of living, water and sanitation, worse, etc.. You can talk bad about South Africans all you want, the fact is they're still in a better position than you.. Tell me, when have you ever seen a black South African drowning in oceans fleeing to Europe? You claim to have land and yet you can't stay put in that same land. What's the point? If you wanna weep, save the tears for your people. They're in a worse state. Imagine risking drowning, just to have a semblance of a respectable life elsewhere..

gr8ofnnetwork:
At least, part of your Lamentations has been cured today. I am happy to help you. [b]Again, God bless all the Muzumgus that kept South Africa going. [/b]When they finally leaves, we shall handover SA to AU to manage because the blacks (apart from Malema and co) can't manage themselves

okpouman:
But note that there's this wrong impression that Nigerians are the main people drowning in oceans to Europe, point of correction should be made that Nigerians actually constitute a minority of people drowning in the Mediterranean sea to get to Europe,most of the victims are people from French speaking countries like Senegal,Mali,guinea,few from Gambia( English speaking) .NIGERIANS despites is large population constitute a minority

okpouman:
Yes

okpouman:
You people like to twist narratives, the adubi war was more or less just riots an uprising not a war in REAL sense.not a single white man was killed in that war.infact there was no war against the British in all yorubaland were a single WHITE man was killed.

okpouman:
Wikipedia is not HISTORY, anybody can edit it to suit their narratives, taking out what does suit them

GothamCities:
Since you were there, you are the one who is not changing the narratives.

I even attached screenshots, yet to rah ne as changing the narratives. Who cares what you say?

Arda1000:
ok drop your own history link that proves the Ekumeku war was fought by non Igbo

okpouman:
No white man was killed in all Yoruba wars.pls give me proof that a white man was killed.that is real WAR