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Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Nobody: 6:00am On Mar 19, 2016 |
macof: Tell us the history behind Sungbo eredo, I bet your ancestors knew nothing about that great master piece. 1 Like |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Nobody: 6:07am On Mar 19, 2016 |
VirginFinder: What a comical fellow. yoruba is not spoken in Benin, agbada is not benin traditional wear neither is it yoruba's ask the northerners more about agbada and there i no ifa in benin but IHA OGUEGA and yoruba is not used as in ifa corpus mind you most ifa words are not even yoruba beg for more info and i will enligthen you were you parents couldn't. Ogboni was a political tool used by the awolowo action group in the 50's and helped instead by the obaseki who was at logger head with the benin throne we all knew how he died. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Nobody: 6:11am On Mar 19, 2016 |
macof: They were severally defeated and taxed heavily until the british put a stop to it. Same goes for Owo,ask questions about ur history and stop this wanton display of ignorance **** 1 Like |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Nobody: 6:12am On Mar 19, 2016 |
scholes0: Why is it called EreEDO? |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Nobody: 6:16am On Mar 19, 2016 |
IkpuMmadu: Lol...benin was NEVER defeated by Biafra but Nigeria soldiers were defeated cos there was no Benin Empire in the 60's or will you say Hausa defeated Yoruba by taking over Ibadan,Abeokuta and lagos Barracks? Also do not forget 60% of the soldiers in Benin barrack were Ibos and the key to the armory were three two were held by Ibos of Anioma, no wonder the bloody asaba massacre where ur likes were slaughtered like chickens. Are forgetting the Benin resistance army that render the Biafrans soldiers useless and when the Nigerian army they were all slaughtered like pigs. Read ur history kid. 2 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Nobody: 6:23am On Mar 19, 2016 |
VirginFinder: You cannot find any trace of Yoruba in core Beninland, the Yoruba's always call on the Benin for military support ask Ogendegbe of Ekiti Parapo it was the benin soldiers among them that renders the invading Ibadan army useless and they never dare any Benin land. Religion nada comon kid grow up! What religion? There was NOTHING like Yoruba when BEnin Empire existed and Oyo was a garrison of criminals who were slave raiders hence the reason for the Kiriji war. Tell me one town outside the Yoruba speaking region was conquered by Oyo? Kids with no knowledge of their history trying to disrespect the tribe who made them. We gave you Oduduwa, we united you all with our support of the Kiriji war without Benin there is no Yoruba! 1 Like |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by autolearner: 7:05am On Mar 19, 2016 |
ycat: hmm.. Very Deep One! 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Funjosh(m): 7:16am On Mar 19, 2016 |
macof: And who will ban mynd44 for posting false information on NL Rule no.8 You people should stop giving yourself unnecessary headache over Yoruba and Benin, if you have stay in Benin you will know they worship Ogun, Atilala and even do Ifa so what the fuze about |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tpiar: 7:20am On Mar 19, 2016 |
opal4real: https://www.nairaland.com/2030955/see-kind-money-edo-big If you still doubt: http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2014/12/choi-see-kind-of-money-edo-big-boys.html |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tbaba1234: 7:20am On Mar 19, 2016 |
texanomaly: There is enough scholarly material about Benin history. Most of the people here are not learned and speak from predetermined prejudices. If history presents what is known from preserved records as opposed to myths of who descended from who, tribal rivalries will be reduced. Nothing in the piece is controversial at least from a scholarly point of view. |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by forgiveness: 7:25am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Mynd44: Is this picture not Ijebu Ode..,? |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Nobody: 7:50am On Mar 19, 2016 |
erusen:They had all those in Africa before the arrival external influence via religion 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by codemaniacs: 7:52am On Mar 19, 2016 |
opal4real: Yorubas existed long before the benin kingdom 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tbaba1234: 8:05am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Obiagelli: There were great Muslim empires in Africa that had great literacy, organization and military strength. Examples are: The Mali empire, The Songhai Empire The problem was not religion as you are trying to claim. |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tpiar: 8:11am On Mar 19, 2016 |
just to be certain, this is the comparison being made? I am not sure, hence my question. |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by codemaniacs: 8:11am On Mar 19, 2016 |
tbaba1234: Religion was a problem cos it turned people of the same tribe against each other. African countries did well with their own traditional religion. |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tbaba1234: 8:12am On Mar 19, 2016 |
tpiar: Scholars of history assert that the Benin wall was indeed longer than the wall of China. Yes. 2 Likes |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tpiar: 8:13am On Mar 19, 2016 |
tbaba1234: |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tpiar: 8:13am On Mar 19, 2016 |
tbaba1234: hm, what are the measurements on both? |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tbaba1234: 8:15am On Mar 19, 2016 |
codemaniacs: People of the same tribe have always fought each other. Even in the Benin kingdom, some of the towns in Edo state were formed by people who fled from the Oba . (When they felt oppressed). Throughout history, brothers have fought brothers for power. 1 Like |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by codemaniacs: 8:17am On Mar 19, 2016 |
tpiar: Benin kingdom was destroyed while china's great wall wasn't destroyed. |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tpiar: 8:18am On Mar 19, 2016 |
ok. |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by Nobody: 8:20am On Mar 19, 2016 |
tbaba1234:My point that africa was doing relatively well even with their "devilish" religion before the arrival of external influence. |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by codemaniacs: 8:24am On Mar 19, 2016 |
tbaba1234: You're contradicting yourself, the article says they were peaceful and didn't have doors, that means they never fought each other. In your bid to defend and promote your religion you're talking from two sides of your mouth. Brothers never fought each other. It was western and Arab religion that caused it. Africans had serious respect for morals and traditions. 1 Like |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by codemaniacs: 8:27am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Obiagelli: It wasn't devilish. The foreigners studied how Africans worshipped and wrote in their 'holy' books that it was a crime to worship objects. |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tbaba1234: 8:29am On Mar 19, 2016 |
codemaniacs: I am from Edo. I have read some of the history. Some towns in Etsako were formed by people who fled from an oppressive Oba. Do you think all the Obas were good and kind? Power is the same everywhere. Were empires not fighting each other? We're empires not breaking up within themselves? 1 Like |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by tbaba1234: 8:33am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Obiagelli: Islam for instance has been in Africa from the 7th century and was mostly spread through trade with arabs. |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by dejavski(m): 8:39am On Mar 19, 2016 |
erusen: Na we(ilajes) get am @ the bolded |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by erusen: 8:54am On Mar 19, 2016 |
ycat:dey go now |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by erusen: 8:54am On Mar 19, 2016 |
Obiagelli:okay oh |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by erusen: 8:57am On Mar 19, 2016 |
codemaniacs:are u say the books were written specifically for Africans?,the bible for instance dates backs to almost 3 thousand years back |
Re: Benin City, The Mighty Medieval Capital Now Lost Without Trace by erusen: 9:00am On Mar 19, 2016 |
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