Deathslater:
Honestly speaking i think the yolabaz are worse than the igbos, you need to visit lagos and see these egun people. they are seen as second class citizen in their land.

i wouldnt start insulting people and await from them to respect you back.that always back fires.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ososo
That's the history of ososo.



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igarra
That of the Igarra.

http://www.afemaipeople.com/ojah-a-scenic-town-in-akoko-edo/
Ojah



Ekpedo and the rest of Unemes have similar history.

http://www.afemaipeople.com/ekpedo-community-of-akoko-edo/

verydark:


i wouldnt start insulting people and await from them to respect you back.that always back fires.

They are many tiny ethnic groups facing extintion in Southwest but you wont see their media publishing articles like on their pages. they are just hypocrites.

verydark:


it will not matter.people will still call you yorubas because you are in west near yorubas.

you cant demand from us to exactly know all tribes in nigeria.thats like learning mathematics.keep your peace and move on.

***laughs***. But it does matters. Because any decision we make as a people is read with the "they are yorubas" view. It's true we are close to the Yorubas(geographically), but we are also close to the Ebiras, and even closer to the rest of our Edo brothers.

GuidoVanRossum:



***laughs***. But it does matters. Because any decision we make as a people is read with the "they are yorubas" view. It's true we are close to the Yorubas(geographically), but we are also close to the Ebiras, and even closer to the rest of our Edo brothers.

and i repeat.

it will not matter.

those trouble makers online care only about major tribes.whatever that means.

in their minds only hausa fulanis,yorubas and igbos exist in nigeria.the rest are minority tribes that should fit themselves into the major tribes.

thats reality.sorry.

Countless of times I've read on here how those who have never stepped a foot in Edo state easily refer to us as Yorubas. That is very risky as it takes our identities away from us. More than 80% of the villages there traced their origin back to the Bini Empire. Yoruba is a big nation, if people keep referring to us as Yorubas, with time, we will be prone to a total extinction. I remember when I first got admission, I was to do online registration and unfortunately, I couldn't find my local government in the list of lgas of Edo, I and a group of guys have to go fight for it inclusion in the list.

On Facebook, Ibillo ( a popular akoko Edo town) is regarded as being in Ondo state. These are misrepresentation.

igboland for example is not realy in the south.they are more to the east.

but you will always ear them talking about ss & se.

military goverment tried to solve this issue.but they are sooo resiliant that they called themselves south east to still clinge to that nonesense old eastern region.

i stopped calling my self south south.because i know the games igbos are playing.

am south,they are east.simple.

op,what you think over yourself is important,not what others think about you.

its good that you are saying something.let your voice be heared.dont allow them to put you in a category.

verydark:
op,what you think over yourself is important,not what others think about you.

its good that you are saying something.let your voice be heared.dont allow them to put you in a category.

Exactly my brother. You can't find a trace of yoruba in my language yet they categorise us as Yorubas.

verydark:


and i repeat.

it will not matter.

those trouble makers online care only about major tribes.whatever that means.

in their minds only hausa fulanis,yorubas and igbos exist in nigeria.the rest are minority tribes that should fit themselves into the major tribes.
I
thats reality.sorry.

It will not matter when we keep mum and allow them to continue with the categorisation.
But now, some of them know we are so not Yorubas (neither culturally nor language wise).

GuidoVanRossum:


Exactly my brother. You can't find a trace of yoruba in my language yet they categorise us as Yorubas.

they call me yoruba too.

and am urhobo.imagine.

then they ask me to prove it.insults upon insults.

GuidoVanRossum:


It will not matter when we keep mum and allow them to continue with the categorisation.
But now, some of them know we are so not Yorubas (neither culturally nor language wise).

well.i dont know about that.me,i only know am not igbo and am surely not becoming biafran.

they can forget that idea.

A lot of stupidity in this thread. Akoko people are Akoko people regardless of the state. There was no such thing as Edo or Ondo states as little as 60 years ago not to talk about hundreds of years ago.

A group of people influenced by two ancient empires probably have genetic makeup from both sides. You see the influence in names (Yoruba) and some demonstrative culture (Bini) and this varies from town to town or village to village. Let them have whatever identity of their choosing.


PS: some of the cultural pics look like something picked up in recent years. No ancestors wore all that polyester

GuidoVanRossum:


It will not matter when we keep mum and allow them to continue with the categorisation.
But now, some of them know we are so not Yorubas (neither culturally nor language wise).

there are also Yoruba land in akoko Edo,so be sure of what you are saying, and no Yoruba gives a Bleep about your people

verydark:


they call me yoruba too.

and am urhobo.imagine.

then they ask me to prove it.insults upon insults.

Lol.

verydark:


well.i dont know about that.me,i only know am not igbo and am surely not becoming biafran.

they can forget that idea.

Same way I and majority of my Akoko edo people feel. We are neither Yoruba nor Igbo.

GuidoVanRossum:



Same way I and majority of my Akoko edo people feel. We are neither Yoruba nor Igbo.

exactly.dont allow them to play games with you and your people.

omololu2020:
there are also Yoruba land in akoko Edo,so be sure of what you are saying, and no Yoruba gives a Bleep about your people

Yoruba land? I won't give a total no for that. But majority of us aren't Yoruba in any way. Yorubas do give a lot of bleeps. That's why they easily categorise all of us (including the Binis) as Yorubas. Although this is a political gimmick to claim population. I remember that since the days of regional government, we distinguished ourselves as mid-western. We've been distinct ever since. You lots just don't see it

verydark:


exactly.dont allow them to play games with you and your people.

In facts, a typical Akoko edo man relate with and understands an urhobo man than a Yoruba. Because we are culturally closer. Our language is even closer to urhobos than the Yorubas.

verydark:
igboland for example is not realy in the south.they are more to the east.

but you will always ear them talking about ss & se.

military goverment tried to solve this issue.but they are sooo resiliant that they called themselves south east to still clinge to that nonesense old eastern region.

i stopped calling my self south south.because i know the games igbos are playing.

am south,they are east.simple.

O.p is talking about Akoko Edo and Yoruba people but you still found a way to Rope Igbos to this thread
Are you guys cursed with Igbo?

I don't really blame Y'all,not your Faults at all,I blame IPOB,without them we won't have nonentity tribes trying to act like without them we are not gonna survive

GuidoVanRossum:


Yoruba land? I won't give a total no for that. But majority of us aren't Yoruba in any way. Yorubas do give a lot of bleeps. That's why they easily categorise all of us (including the Binis) as Yorubas. Although this is a political gimmick to claim population. I remember that since the days of regional government, we distinguished ourselves as mid-western. We've been distinct ever since. You lots just don't see it

very few and ignorant yorubas claim binis as Yoruba's, Yoruba need nothing in Edo state,except Yoruba lands in Edo.

There it's nothing in Edo state that people will wanna claim the state

The major problem we are having is that we are only looking at it from one anlge which is language. Don't forget that we can be differ in language but also have the so many things in common. If only you can proof why the similarities in your deities to your deities because i discovered that the Binis and Edos ways of Worship is the same. The same ancestors in Yoruba land are the same in most of this land. So why are we trying to make something out of nothing.
If Nigeria where to be divided by region which region do you think your elders will follow.

lol...some people are scared of going into extinction? like every human would not go into extinction at the end of the day. See the way he is crying like a baby. if not for low self esteem, some body calls you yoruba and you know you are not, why the crying?
they say you are yoruba, you reply i am not. simple as ABC. which one is crying all over the internet.

aremuforlife:
The major problem we are having is that we are only looking at it from one anlge which is language. Don't forget that we can be differ in language but also have the so many things in common. If only you can proof why the similarities in your deities to your deities because i discovered that the Binis and Edos ways of Worship is the same. The same ancestors in Yoruba land are the same in most of this land. So why are we trying to make something out of nothing.
If Nigeria where to be divided by region which region do you think your elders will follow.

if Nigeria divide,a lot of countries will merge from the south and north,almost every minority will wanna have their country

verydark:
northerners have the same problem too.not all northerners are the same.

blame igbos for trying to make everything look simple.

Your obsession for igbos is beyond me.
What concern Igbos here? Smh

verydark:


yorubas have the same issue too.blame igbos for putting everybody in a region in a category.

we never cared about this things till they started making noise upandan.afonja this,hausas fulanis that.

na them started this wahala online.

this people are sooo disrespectful.its very annoying.

na so dem dem added the ol delta to their biafra dreams without talking with people.

am urhobo.i dont remember going into a agreement with igbos.

What is Igbos business with Urhobos?
Receive your deliverance from igbo obsession in Jesus name Amen.

verydark:


well.i dont know about that.me,i only know am not igbo and am surely not becoming biafran.

they can forget that idea.

Abeg you well?
What has Igbo and Biafra got to do with this topic now, I am getting confused.
You need to treat your phobia.
See a psychiatrist please.

aremuforlife:
The major problem we are having is that we are only looking at it from one anlge which is language. Don't forget that we can be differ in language but also have the so many things in common. If only you can proof why the similarities in your deities to your deities because i discovered that the Binis and Edos ways of Worship is the same. The same ancestors in Yoruba land are the same in most of this land. So why are we trying to make something out of nothing.
If Nigeria where to be divided by region which region do you think your elders will follow.

If you look critically at the Benin and Yoruba history, you will have your answers starring straight at you. Since 12 century, Benin and Yorubas have got good relationship. But despite that, the two nations have their distinctive characteristics. The influence of that relationship is what you see in their ways of worship.

omololu2020:
very few and ignorant yorubas claim binis as Yoruba's, Yoruba need nothing in Edo state,except Yoruba lands in Edo.

There it's nothing in Edo state that people will wanna claim the state

Nope, not very few Yorubas. Majority of the Yorubas love laying claim to Edo people generally. Even your kings. I understand that this is due to the long time relationship we share. But then, it will be good if we accept our differences and appreciate one another's different but beautiful cultures. We might be minority today. But I can tell you from historical background that we once were regarded as powerhouse and powerful nation that could have stand alone.

GuidoVanRossum:



Nope, not very few Yorubas. Majority of the Yorubas love laying claim to Edo people generally. Even your kings. I understand that this is due to the long time relationship we share. But then, it will be good if we accept our differences and appreciate one another's different but beautiful cultures. We might be minority today. But I can tell you from historical background that we once were regarded as powerhouse and powerful nation that could have stand alone.

please can you show me 5 or 3 articles where Yoruba kings lay claim to akoko Edo,or Edo state