kayfra:


You do. Eri migrated from Igala. Eze Chima migrated from Benin

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maestroferdi:
You are a virtual nobody trying to arrest the attention of seriously-minded people.

I blame those retorting to your palm-wine joint narrative.

The Igbos are like no other people so stop wasting your energy trying to compartmentalize them....It is condemned to be an exercise in futility.

kayfra:


In your alternative reality, historians and academic anthropologists concoct palm wine history anf Chinua Achebe must be the chief drunkard abi?

Nothing more to say to this one

maestroferdi:
Which silly historians and anthropologists are you talking about?

So we should accept subjective analyses and slanted viewpoints as bases for establishing fact?

BTW, Where did Achebe tell you that Igbos were conquered by the Igalas or that the Igbos were under Igala domination?

I think it is time you busy yourself with profitable ventures than indulge in this jejune and thankless activity....

kayfra:


May I prescribe you glasses in case you are not aware of your handicap. Brain swap isn't a possibility as of now.

Search for N.W. Thomas, J.S. Boston, V. Delancey, Chinua and Nwando Achebe, F. E. Egbunu, V. C. Oforka, John N. Orji, J. I. Ebeh, Austin J. Shelton, Okonkwo C. Eze, Paul C. Omeje, Uchenna C. Chinweuba etc all notable academic quoted

maestroferdi:
Are you this lazy?

All I asked you to do was corroborate your asinine hotchpotch of inconsistencies and all you could do was to go off at a tangent dropping names...

Are you not wasting my time?

thatigboman:
Kayfra, you should be more concerned about the dahomey women that decimated your great grandparents from cotonou to abeaokuta, where your ancient people ran and hid under a certain olumo rock.
In the northern part of the south west slaveland, fulani militia from futa jalon through sokoto to ilorin butchered every of ancient at sight, from ilorin to ogbomosho and then to oyo, which made your great grandfathers to run to a concentration camp later renamed ibadan and protected by the white men.
Thank the whiteman, every town in SW to lagos by now would have been ruled by fulani emir, like ilorin

kayfra:


You have nothing upstairs. Confirmed.

Now run along and let me discuss with someone coming from an academic or historically documented perspective. I have no time for petty insults and toddler tantrums with nothing of value to back it up.

thatigboman:
[s]Kayfra, you should be more concerned about the dahomey women that decimated your great grandparents from cotonou to abeaokuta, where your ancient people ran and hid under a certain olumo rock.
In the northern part of the south west slaveland, fulani militia from futa jalon through sokoto to ilorin butchered every of ancient at sight, from ilorin to ogbomosho and then to oyo, which made your great grandfathers to run to a concentration camp later renamed ibadan and protected by the white men.
Thank the whiteman, every town in SW to lagos by now would have been ruled by fulani emir, like ilorin[/s]

T9ksy:



Ol 'boy, no be by force na. If you have nothing constructive to add to the discourse, why don't you keep mute instead of vomiting the same rubbish , we have all heard for umpteen times.

ezenwajosh:
Igala never colonised Igbo

Is like saying Ibibio Colonised Igbo

Igala is the only daughter of ERI THE SON OF GAD

INFACT THE KING OF IGALA IS ATTAH OF IGALA AND ATTAH IS ALSO A CHIEFTAINCY TITLE IN OBOSI ANAMBRA STATE AND ALSO ENUGU(DID IGALA ALSO COLONISE THE TWO CITIES?)

I HAVE AN IGALA THAT SPEAKS IGBO AND ANSWERS OGAMBA( OGAMBA AS A SURNAME IS ANSWERED BY IGBOS IN ANAMBRA, ENUGU, IMO, ABIA AND ALSO RIVERS) DID IGALA ALSO CONQUERED RIVERS?

THE MAN YOU HEAR HIS NAME IWEKA(OF THE POPULAR UPPER IWEKA) IS AN IGALA MAN

IWEKA IS IGBO NAME(THERE'S MORE TO ANGER)

You know YOUR COUSINS BY NAME, LANGUAGE AND TRADITION

IGALANS TIE TWO PIECE WRAPPERS,SAME WITH IGBOS AND OTHER OF THEIR COUSINS

OUR HISTORY WAS AT A POINT CHANGED TO SELL THEIR DIVIDE AND CONQUER BUT I KNOW BETTER AND MY CHILDREN WILL DO SAME

IF YOU WANT TO KNIW THE TRUTB GO TI ERI KINGDOM AND ALL WILL BE SHOWN TO YOU

kayfra:
IGALA COLONISATION OF NORTHERN IGBO STATES* (1450–18th century). Michael Achile Umameh The Igala mega state attained the height of its fame during the mid-17th century. The rise of the Igala mega state disrupted and contributed to the shift of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade from the Bight of Benin to the Bight of Biafra and the decline of the Benin Empire between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Idah-Benin war (1515-1516) was a war of mutual independence. The Igala state reached its political and commercial supremacy afterwards, when it became a leading exporter of choral beads, horses, medicine, skills and of course, slaves to the coastal region. Its growing power, nevertheless, changed the dynamics of the earlier complex relationships with several northern Igbo communities. Joseph Hawkins in 1797 already captured the relentless raiding of the extreme northern Igboland by the Igalas. In his “A History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa” he noted the growing conflicts between the 'Ebo Country' and 'Galla'. By the late 17th century, the Igalas conquered and held socio-economic, political and religious control of the indigenous northern Igbo mini-states. From Opi, Nsukka, Nsugbe, several Igbo communities on the Anambra river, the lower Niger, through Okpanam to Asaba the Igala held sway. Trading out post with Onitsha and the Ijo middlemen were fully established. The mythical Omeppa, Inenyi Ogugu set up garrison at Opi and several Igala warlords played their part in the build up of the Igala colonial take over of these northern Igbo states. But no other individual played a greater role in shaping Igala-Igbo colonisation during the 18th century than Onoja Oboni, the legendary Igala warrior and slave trader. Onoja Oboni’s personality and heritage has been shrouded in mythical imagery over time. Ranging from being the Son of Eri, the grandson of Aganapoje to being a descendant of one of the Idah royal families; the priestly sub-clan of Obajeadaka in Okete-ochai-attah. The key areas of consensus are; he was a master strategist, slave raider and trader, conqueror, coloniser and imperialist. Added to these were his diplomacy, expansionist traits and the acculturation of conquered territories. He built himself a walled city in Ogurugu and recent archaeological findings of the remnant of the ruins of his fort on the grounds of the University of Nsukka confirm this. The Igala soldiers built forts and fortifications that stretched from Ete down to Opi and then to Anambra. Oboni’s rise to power affected the history of the North-western Nsukka and the Igbo communities on the Anambra River and the Lower Niger during the Igala commercial and socio-cultural ascendancy and domination. This was the reinforcing of the golden age of Igala imperial expansion. In this way, Igala mega state took control and allegiance were paid. Until the decline of Igala power, the Ezes of Enugu Ezike, Akpugo, Nkpologu, Ibagwa Ani and Opi continued to receive their titles from Idah; investiture, installation and confirmation of their office was only by the royal blessing of Attah Igala in Idah. The Eze were only validated when the returned home with Igala choral beads ‘aka’, staff of office believed to be imbued with protective charms to ensure longevity and security of the Eze as well as prestige animal (horse) to bolster up their ego. There were also periodic royal visits to the Atta Igala to pay tributes and as well intended to strengthen diplomatic ties and inter-group relations, renew allegiance, and assured insurance from slave raids.

In terms of indigenous technologies, the Igala soldiers built factories (forges) for manufacturing Dane-guns, ironworks, carving, introduced arrowheads with tip-poison from sting ray; cloth knitting, terracing of Nsukka hillsides and brought in a well developed political and social hierarchies. At this time Igala empire had become a cultural exchange hub for other merging states; the influence was felt as far north as the Nok civilisation and down east to Igbo-Ukwu civilisation. Till date many of the Igala-Nsukka borderland remain bilingual. On the religious level, the Igala installed their own priests- the Attama- as the custodian of the dangerous ‘alusi’ shrine, took control as mediators between the spirit and the Igbo communities, presided over divinations and fashioned ‘Ikenga’, ‘Okwute’ (ritual staffs) that combined both Igala and Igbo religious elements. The Attama thus became the major agents of Igala socio-cultural control. Several efforts to keep the Attama lineage Igala failed, eventually the priestly office have been greatly igbonized, even though the nominal Igala identification is still predominant. Many of the northern Igbo state settlements have lineages with Igala names, cultural practices with marked Igala modification and adaptations. The use of Igala circular basket in contrast to the Igbo rectangular types persists till this day. By the turn of the 19th century, the Igala empire was too large for any reliable and robust central control. Internal decay and implosion set in. The Fulani jihadists started contracting the Igala imperial power, conquered territories in the north switched tributes, forced or/and seceded from the Igala empire. The Bassa war added more pressure to the war-weary empire. The abolition of slave trade brought in untold economic recession. In 1914 the British burnt down Ibagwa and Obukpa as a punitive measure. By the 1920s, Igala empire was a spent force and a limping shadow, the British easily took over control of both Nsukka and the Igala territories.


https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319687582_IGALA_COLONISATION_OF_NORTHERN_IGBO_STATES_1450-18th_century

coolitempa:


Truth is bitter .....ibos were slaves.

Dedetwo:


Where were the Igala when Sokoto Caliphate came calling? There is no iota of trace of Igala's upper hand in Igbo land talk less colonization. This could not be said about the so-called Igala that every leadership household is converted Muslim. The power of Sokoto Caliphate was marked on every nook and cranny of Igala land. Yet Ndigbo forces Sokoto Caliphate to look elsewhere but Igbo land.

Dedetwo:


All these imaginary powers did not conquer or leave significant sign that Igbo people were conquered at ease. Even the might British overstepped all ethnic nationalities in what is known today as Nigeria except Ndigbo. British to had to settle on treaty with Igbo people as lately as 1913. Yet by 1904, every ethnic nationality in today's Nigeria has been subdued by the imperialistic power of Britain. Ndigbo stood and never wavered against Britain. Talk is really cheap.

kayfra:


The only group that put up any semblance of a fight were the Arochukwus. Not Igbos in general. Asaba, Onitsha, Enugu etc were always under the Brits

T9ksy:



Ol 'boy, no be by force na. If you have nothing constructive to add to the discourse, why don't you keep mute instead of vomiting the same rubbish , we have all heard for umpteen times.

davidodiba:
E dey our blood...As an IGALA, i am un-conquerable

kayfra:


Ironically Sokoto caliphate saved the Igbos from the Igalas. The Igalas were crushed by the Fulani wars. So the Northen Igbos have to thank Fulani for their independence

mynaijaforumcom:
Or maybe we should all admit that our people's had savage or subjugated pasts. Neither is should be prideable and maybe we shouldn't glory over these things and maybe focus on nation building instead

Dedetwo:


All these imaginary powers did not conquer or leave significant sign that Igbo people were conquered at ease. Even the might British overstepped all ethnic nationalities in what is known today as Nigeria except Ndigbo. British to had to settle on treaty with Igbo people as lately as 1913. Yet by 1904, every ethnic nationality in today's Nigeria has been subdued by the imperialistic power of Britain. Ndigbo stood and never wavered against Britain. Talk is really cheap.

GreyLaw:
What was "Northern Igbo states" in 1450? I know Nairaland makes people irrational, but what in the name of whatever you worship was "Northern Igbo states" during the timeline stated in this piece?

When did we even have the concept of states in Nigeria? If at all what was written in the research happened (Africans cannot even tell their fathers 4 generations ago let alone over 600 years ago), Igbos, or Eboes, or Ibos were residing in groups or hamlets and such groups could be attacked by anybody. Now those groups could have been in Nsukka or wherever.

Op, if the essence of this post was to gather likes and to help you fight the Igbos online, then I understand. No problem with that. However, if you want a healthy discussion, then you should know that this whole thing written up there, if ever correct, refers to wars and skirmishes between hamlets and small village fights where maybe the Igala won. Just like there were no United Yoruba in those years, there were no United Igbos also. People existed in family groups and hamlets.

Before you conquer a people in those days you needed severe numerical advantage. Pray tell, how many are the Igalas today? They don't even have a state to themselves.

kayfra:


The only group that put up any semblance of a fight were the Arochukwus. Not Igbos in general. Asaba, Onitsha, Enugu etc were always under the Brits

coolitempa:


Chest beating....where is the treaty they signed with ibos They was no evidence of anything in that part of the world so no reason to conquer emptiness.... ;

gwafaeziokwu:

kayfra:


Ironically Sokoto caliphate saved the Igbos from the Igalas. The Igalas were crushed by the Fulani wars. So the Northen Igbos have to thank Fulani for their independence

gwafaeziokwu:

kayfra:


The only group that put up any semblance of a fight were the Arochukwus. Not Igbos in general. Asaba, Onitsha, Enugu etc were always under the Brits