Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Sultanchidi(m): 1:07pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
I still remember stories we read abt d great king jaja of opobo. I don't think kids born during d 90s we know of such stories |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Nobody: 1:07pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
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Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Beautifulsarah(f): 1:07pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
Jaja remains the one man who discerned from the beginning the palpable danger of christain missions to the social and political heritage of southern nigeria and he spared no efforts to destroy the new-fangled faith.
The greatest political figure in the bights of benin and biafra in 19th century.... Respect! |
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Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Kelliebright(m): 1:07pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
I never stopped looking at spiders making dia nest or tracing ants building dia colony.... great man... |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by anonymousbim(f): 1:08pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
Eh yaa Ills of the British on Nigerian soil |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by jamalchance(m): 1:08pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
sheedy407: I just like this man cos i can vividly remember how he helped me during my assignment in our class then Different craze dey nairaland oooo 4 Likes |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by SmartMugu: 1:08pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
sheedy407: I just like this man cos i can vividly remember how he helped me during my assignment in our class then Jaja of Opobo helped you with your assignments? Are you typing this from inside a grave? 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Nobody: 1:08pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
IntroVAT: King Jaja of Opobo flung himself down in a lonely mood to think... ![smiley](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/smiley.png) it's true he was a monarch and wore a crown but his heart was beginning to sink ![wink](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/wink.png) 1 Like |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by ridwanayo(m): 1:10pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
The great king jaja of opobo.I wonder when nigeria would produce great men like this again White men are nothing but destroyers God bless king jaja |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by kinibigdeal(m): 1:10pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
The only person am interested in seeing is Agbo who always live in the town of Lagoon not far from ibadan 2 Likes |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Ezeego1(m): 1:10pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
Adatob: Jaja of Opobo
I heard his name first from M.I Abaga You no go primary school? 1 Like |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Adatob(m): 1:16pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
Ezeego1: You no go primary school? Lol. I was in pry school when M.I I was released thats where i heard it first and coincindentaly my next class english text book had his story then 1 Like |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by BethelD1(m): 1:16pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
Another reason for us as Nigerians to avoid war at whatever cost .
The forieng countries dont really want our development and prosperity .
The destruction of the empires built by the hardwork of these men and women has left their children impoverished up till now .
Benin kingdom is another example .
Can we stop beating the drums of wars in Niger Delta ,please .
In the meantime let us negotiate with one another , let the agreement on development of Niger Delta be all binding and non partisan , so that no new government can change it if and when they come in .
Let also start addressing the unfairness in oil rig allocation (I dont know much about it , but appears its not fair). I suggest oil rigs can be given to states and not individuals , the criteria for awarding such should be made fair and open .
A conflict/war in the Niger Delta is one Nigeria cannot afford , Boko Haram will be a joke compared to it and might lead to total distingeration of the country .
The forieng countries are experts at selling guns to areas of conflicts and teaching them how to destroy existing infrastructures . The same forieng nations will bid to reconstruct the damaged infractures! It will leave the country a victim and in perpetual slavery . Libya was a properous country 5-6 years ago , paying benefits to her citizens . The war started and the western nation intervened . Presently ibyans are poor , trying to escape to Europe and dying daily in Mediteranean sea ! Very sad .
Lets us learn from the mistakes of others 3 Likes |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Ezeego1(m): 1:19pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
Adatob:
Lol. I was in pry school when M.I I was released thats where i heard it first and coincindentaly my next class english text book had his story then oh! Thats cool |
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Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Malawian(m): 1:22pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
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Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Eureka123(f): 1:26pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
sheedy407: I just like this man cos i can vividly remember how he helped me during my assignment in our class then ![cheesy](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/cheesy.png) |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Nobody: 1:27pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
Jubo Jubogha. |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Nobody: 1:28pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
Ezeego1: You no go primary school? I tire for him o! |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by delishpot: 1:33pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
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Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by nwachonum: 1:33pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
see him face, that man go like money ooo ;Dsee him face, that man go like money ooo |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by drkay(m): 1:38pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
How many times this thing go enter fp? |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by austino677(m): 1:40pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
encryptjay: Someone should brief me on his story I don forget I know how Google but I believe a Nairalander will help me ![angry](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/angry.png) |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Nobody: 1:43pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
Odunharry: ![cool](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/cool.png) He was the first known Nigerian richest man, nationalist, a merchant prince and the founder of Opobo city-state which now forms part of Nigeria`s River State. Jaja whose real name was Mbanaso Okwaraozurumbaa was also a savvy political and military strategist, brought to the Bonny Kingdom as a slave, who was perhaps the most troublesome thorn in the flesh of 19th-century British imperial ambition in southern Nigeria.
EARLY LIFE AND BACKGROUND Jubo Jubogba, also known as Jo Jo Ubam by the Igbo and as Jaja of Opobo, first, by the Europeans and later by most people, was born about 1821 at Úmuduruõha, Amaigbo village in the Orlu district, now Imo State of Eastern Nigeria (Isichei 1976:98). At birth he was given a native Igbo name Mbanaso Okwaraozurumba and was the third son of his parents, the Okwaraozurumba.
According to different oral sources, Jaja was sold into slavery in the Niger Delta under circumstances which are far from clear. One version of the oral traditions says that he was sold because, as a baby, he cut the upper teeth first, an abominable phenomenon in traditional Igbo society. Another version claims that he was captured and sold by his father's enemy. Regardless, he was bought by Chief Iganipughuma Allison of Bonny, by far the most powerful city-state on the Atlantic coast of Southeastern Nigeria before the rise of Opobo. To follow the Ja Ja story or, indeed, revolution, an explanatory note is necessary. Until the end of the 19th century, the Delta communities played a crucial role in European and American trade with Nigeria. Acting as middlemen, these communities carried into the interior markets the trade goods of European and American supercargoes stationed on the coast and brought back in exchange the export produce of the hinterland, basically palm oil. As the Delta is dominated by saline swamps and crisscrossed by a labyrinth of creeks and rivers, the canoe was indispensable for trade. The Delta society was organized in Canoe Houses. A Canoe House was the pivot of social organization and also, notes K.O. Dike, "a cooperative trading unit and a local government institution." It was usually composed of a wealthy merchant (its founder), his family, and numerous slaves owned by him. A prosperous house could comprise several thousand members, both free and bonded, owning hundreds of trade canoes. In this intensely competitive society, leadership by merit - not by birth or ascriptions - was necessary if a house was to make headway in the turbulent, cut- throat competition that existed between houses. Any person with the charisma and proven ability, even if of servile birth, could rise to the leadership of a house, but could never become king. Ja Ja would achieve this, and much more. Finding young Ja Ja too headstrong for his liking, Chief Allison made a gift of him to his friend, Madu, a chief of the Anna Pepple House, one of the two houses of the royal family (the other being the Manilla Pepple House). Ja Ja was slotted into the lowest rung of the Bonny slave society ladder, that of an imported slave, distinct from that of someone who was of slave parentage but born in the Delta. As a youth, he worked as a paddler on his owner's great trade canoes, traveling to and from the inland markets. Quite early, he demonstrated exceptional abilities and business acumen, quickly identified with the Ijo custom of the Delta, and won the hearts of the local people as well as those of the European supercargoes. It was unusual for a slave of his status to make the transition from canoe paddling to trading, but Ja Ja - through his honesty, business sense, and amiability - soon became prosperous. For a long while, Ja Ja turned his back on Bonny politics, concentrating his immense energies on accumulating wealth through trade, the single most important criterion to power in the Delta. At the time, Bonny politics were volatile as a result of the irreconcilable and acrimonious contest for supremacy between the Manilla Pepple House and the Anna Pepple House to which Ja Ja belonged. Coincidentally, both houses were led by remarkable characters of Igbo slave origins - Oko Jumbo of the Manilla House and Madu (after him Alali his son) of the Anna House. In 1863, Alali died, bequeathing to his house a frightening debt of between £10,000 and £15,000 owed to European supercargoes. Fearing bankruptcy, all of the eligible chiefs of the house declined nomination to head it. It was therefore a great relief when Ja Ja accepted to fill the void. With characteristic energy, he proceeded to put his house in order by reorganizing its finances. Conscious that the palm-oil markets in the hinterland and the wealth of the European trading community on the coast constituted the pivot of the Delta economy, he ingratiated himself with both sides. In a matter of two years, he had liquidated the debt left behind by his predecessor and launched his house on the path of prosperity. When less prosperous and insolvent houses sought incorporation into the Anna House, Ja Ja gradually absorbed one house after another.
For 18 years, Ja Ja ruled his kingdom with firmness and remarkable sagacity. He strengthened his relations with the hinterland palm-oil producers through judicious marriages and blood covenants which bound the parties into ritual kingship. He armed his traders with modern weapons for their own defense and that of the state. He thus monopolized trade with the palm-oil producers and punished severely any community that tried to trade directly with the European supercargoes. In 1873, the British recognized him as king of independent Opobo, and Ja Ja reciprocated by sending a contingent of his soldiers to help the British in their war against the Ashanti kingdom in the Gold Coast (now Ghana). Queen Victoria expressed her gratitude in 1875 by awarding him a sword of honor. It seemed a honeymoon had developed between Opobo and Britain. Ja Ja's reign has been described as a striking instance of selective modernization. He retained most of the sociopolitical and cultural institutions of Bonny, such as the house system, and stuck steadfastly to the religion of his fathers, arguing that Christianity was a serious ferment of societal destabilization. While recognizing the value of Western education and literacy, he objected to its religious component. Thus, he sent his two sons to school in Scotland but insisted they acquire only secular education. He established a secular school in Opobo and employed an African-American, Emma White, to run it. An Englishman who visited Opobo in 1885 stated that the standard of the pupils in the school compared quite favorably with that of English children of the same age. The honeymoon between Ja Ja and the British turned out to be meteoric: the ultimate ambitions of the two ran at cross-purposes. Ja Ja guarded his independence jealously, had a tight grip on the interior markets and confined British traders to Opobo, away from these markets. He made sure that the traders paid their comeys (customs and trade duties) as and when due.
www.takemetonaija.com/2015/07/nigerian-hero-king-jaja-of-opobo-full.html?m=1 la copy la paste... |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Nobody: 1:55pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
Keneking: Who em epp? ![angry](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/angry.png)
Guy, grow up. Dat trend is no longer in vogue.
Meanwhile, if u were to be in his generation, he'd hav helped u recvd sense ![tongue](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/tongue.png) |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Nobody: 1:55pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
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Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by Nobody: 2:07pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
He was the best Scientist...Back Then.... |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by similialayi(m): 2:13pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
Great man |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by blacq2009(m): 2:22pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
sukkot: make i book space. i smell tribal war in this thread
why the nigga no wear shoe though ? No be nigga. Na King Jaja of Opobo |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by sukkot: 2:29pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
blacq2009:
No be nigga. Na King Jaja of Opobo why the nigga got on no shoes though ? |
Re: Epic Photo Of King Jaja Of Opobo by kenoz(m): 2:46pm On Jun 10, 2016 |
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