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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by Pangea: 5:56am On May 21, 2015
King jaja was Igbo?

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by Nobody: 6:06am On May 21, 2015
VickyRotex:
Seriously? And those women were comfortable that way? angry

Thanks to Civilization undecided
"Then, there were morals and communal living; civilization took that and brought competition, finally turning us against each other"

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by eightsin(m): 6:21am On May 21, 2015
saintneo:
The tallest of the wives, the second standing from the right has a modern babe's body. Flat tummy, good bréãsts, tall, an hourglass shape; she could pass for a model.
King Jaja has eyes for good women.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2432273_jaja_jpeg070321c466aff3fbdab1b2765b26a296

I think she is pregnant.

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by fr3do(m): 6:39am On May 21, 2015
VickyRotex:
Seriously? And those women were comfortable that way? angry

Thanks to Civilization undecided


Slave mentality!
The white man did not bring civilization, we have always had it, in those days,hardly was there crime,morality reigned hard.

The white maltreated your ancestors and put them into slavery.

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by Ghost01(m): 6:52am On May 21, 2015
Proudly African!

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by saintneo(m): 6:53am On May 21, 2015
eightsin:

I think she is pregnant.
If she is pregnant with such figure, then she is the bomb.



Hope we are looking at the same woman....the tallest one.

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by saintneo(m): 6:54am On May 21, 2015
lonelydora:


I see no hour glass shape in any of them
Look and you shall see.
Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by eightsin(m): 7:01am On May 21, 2015
saintneo:


If she is pregnant with such figure, then she is the bomb.




Hope we are looking at the same woman....the tallest one.

No we weren't looking at d same pic. The tallest is 2nd from the left n not right. She got nice boobs.. des cucumber boobs.

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by Truckpusher(m): 7:12am On May 21, 2015
Ishilove:
Why is it that 90% of the posters on this thread are men?

Men ehn, una no dey use eye see boobs. Una must vibrate. Mscheeeew.
Just the same way women eyes dey shine like policeman torchlight when dem see fat bank account and 7 inches pipe . tongue

Women and money be like shiit and flies. grin

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by Ihuomadinihu: 7:18am On May 21, 2015
baby124:
Oh, Igbo women are naturally light skinned wink. I feel like mocking the tribalists today
This is a black and white picture. I have seen black/white picture where the igbo individual was described as being extremely lighskinned. Apparently,photographers have better things to do than focus on skin shades.

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by 1shortblackboy: 7:18am On May 21, 2015
nwaanambra1:


wao! thats good to know. are they still among the ruling class in their region? are they still recognised as princes and princess in their region? where they able to maintain their great grand fathers wealth [back then king jaja was almost richer than the queen of england].

pls do they still have personal details of king jaja?
the jaja family in opobo are a popular family in rivers state. They bear the ssurname jaja. I know a lot of them. They still produce d Amanyanabo of Opobo till date

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by TheRealAdonye(m): 7:33am On May 21, 2015
Tamuno e.. Ibalafa..

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by david22uu(m): 7:35am On May 21, 2015
VickyRotex:
Seriously? And those women were comfortable that way? angry

Thanks to Civilization undecided


If not ur.... wld have been flat liike thiers
Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by TheRealAdonye(m): 7:37am On May 21, 2015
That's true. Our Igbo isn't mainstream but we hear other dialects.
And the Igbo we speak was formed because of the trade in Palm oil with the people of Ndoki and Azumini. We learnt the language because of trade.

The main language in Opobo is supposed to be Ibani which is akin to what is spoken by the Kalabari but Alas, almost everyone speaks our dialect of Igbo now.
However, a conscious effort is being made to bring back Ibani as a language understood and spoken by Opobians.
zendy:



Some people may not know it but King Jaja of Opobo was an Igbo slave from Orlu in present day Imo state who was sold into slavery. I read somewhere that they still speak some form of Igbo in Opobo.

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by hassinoh(m): 7:37am On May 21, 2015
Nice shot
Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by TheRealAdonye(m): 7:38am On May 21, 2015
The present Amanyanabo of Opobo is a direct descendant of King Jaja. He's the fifth person to seat on the throne. King Jaja was the first.
nwaanambra1:
where are his blood lineage today? do they still exist? or the British wiped them all out? undecided

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by TheRealAdonye(m): 7:39am On May 21, 2015
Not all Jajas are direct descendants of King Jaja. A lot of people who accompanied him on the trip to found Opobo took his surname as a sign of respect.

1shortblackboy:
the jaja family in opobo are a popular family in rivers state. They bear the ssurname jaja. I know a lot of them. They still produce d Amanyanabo of Opobo till date

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by tigonana: 7:40am On May 21, 2015
Tank God say bra was invented,na so my wife go dey waka up and down without bra.
Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by kelvyn7: 7:40am On May 21, 2015
those wives no be here ooo grin

I think ladies are getting prettier




although, thanks to marykay for most ladies, but some few are naturally pretty, I mean very pretty.

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by Dollyak(f): 7:41am On May 21, 2015
BOWOTO:
And someone will say, black girls rock.
I am sorry but your statement screams ignorance. I wonder if you hold the same thought towards your family.

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by Skoopy(m): 7:43am On May 21, 2015
And those were the most classy chicks in his (king jaja's) time.
Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by CountDracula(m): 7:43am On May 21, 2015
customized07:
The women look like men, why?
Enter d picture and ask dem

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by Chukwutobi: 7:46am On May 21, 2015
saintneo:
The tallest of the wives, the second standing from the right has a modern babe's body. Flat tummy, good bréãsts, tall, an hourglass shape; she could pass for a model.
King Jaja has eyes for good women.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2432273_jaja_jpeg070321c466aff3fbdab1b2765b26a296

These were the biggest girls those days.

Wondering how the girls of today will look in the next 100years

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by Ihuomadinihu: 7:46am On May 21, 2015
No igbo dialect is mainstream apart the ones adopted as central igbo dialects. There are opobians with igbo ancestry,i don't expect them to take up Ibani language.
TheRealAdonye:
That's true. Our Igbo isn't mainstream but we hear other dialects.
And the Igbo we speak was formed because of the trade in Palm oil with the people of Ndoki and Azumini. We learnt the language because of trade.

The main language in Opobo is supposed to be Ibani which is akin to what is spoken by the Kalabari but Alas, almost everyone speaks out dialect of Igbo now.
However, a conscious effort is being made to bring back Ibani as a language understood and spoken by Opobians.

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by ichidodo: 7:48am On May 21, 2015
Pangea:
King jaja was Igbo?
Ofcourse yes,He was an igbo from our own river basin,how do you suppose he became a big chief middleman with exclusive european trading rights on firearms,firewhisky,slaves and palmoil?Only a strategic business thinker can have extensive contacts reaching deep into the igbo heartland down to the coast across different clans and trade routes up to the ports of Liverpool,Rotterdam,Southampton,Lisbon etc.Even to this day,his birthplace people and region are still in the business of supplyin 100% of Nigeria's palm oil need.

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by ClintonDal(m): 7:48am On May 21, 2015
Beremx:
God bless whoever invented Bra. I just can't imagine walking without a bra. I just can't imagine that!
Because say ur breast don fall yakata na.
Lol...no vex o grin

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by xreal: 7:48am On May 21, 2015
Black Man indeed.

Jaja of Opobo

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by callmeSwit(m): 7:51am On May 21, 2015
baddoo king
Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by lexy2014: 7:51am On May 21, 2015
VickyRotex:
Seriously? And those women were comfortable that way? angry

Thanks to Civilization undecided
supposing na that time dem born u, na so u 4 fine like those cheeks

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by misreal(m): 7:51am On May 21, 2015
VickyRotex:
Seriously? And those women were comfortable that way? angry

Thanks to Civilization undecided
so??what is the significant difference between them and the ladies that walk the street totally naked.mtchww.
Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by Sholah96(m): 7:52am On May 21, 2015
Dem too resemble males

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Re: King Jaja Of Opobo And Wives In The 1870s [ Location: Rivers State ] by lexy2014: 7:53am On May 21, 2015
Chukwutobi:


These were the biggest girls those days.

Wondering how the girls of today will look in the next 100years
bros no b lie...first ladies

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