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vedaxcool:
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Reissued - check the meaning

What reissued? Original one nko?

THe ones in archives?

Ozibe:
Another poor attempt. I'm not sure I mentioned Enugu.. I mentioned Igbo ukwu art.

And Igbo ukwu was the capital of NRI kingdom. And it was established 10th century , while Igbo ukwu art was dated to 9th century. ...


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Nri

You are too intellectually lazy. How do we explain this to you.

You copied Igbo artifact and copy Ile ife town.

Ile ife town is new. But the artifact their are older than the town. Stop dating Ile ife. You date Igbo art, but dated Ile ife town.

Jeez I'm tired. Bye

Again please lets not derail this thread. We are discussing influential African tribes during the slave trade. Not which tribe is the best.

This is not a competition.

Thanks.

Sardauna24:
Thank Allah my tribe no dey the list.

Hausa abi? Them dey their but not in top 10. Have you forgotten the usman danfodio conquest?

allaboutobed:
What about d Binis.

Benins were not victims as such. They don't make the top 10.

Ozibe:
I'm actually suprised that off all that I wrote , all you picked on was about age of the different cultures, does it mean, u aren't disputing others. meaning u have accepted ur write up about the Yoruba's was flawed, biased and only aimed a propagation falsehood about the Yoruba's?

As for the ages of the cultures. Well. Stop shaming uraef and exposing ur oluwole research works because, even Wikipedia is not saving ur ass.


As u can see Igbo ukwu art which is the oldest discovered artifact is of the 9th century.

Now check that of Benin which is even older than life. Now I understand why u have been attaching Yoruba's and Benin in ur write up. U wanna tap from the history to represent the Yoruba's...Ole. Thief


Igbo ukwu 1 and 2

Benin 3

Ile lfe 4

Mr fraud. Why are you this dubious. You went and quote Ile ife city page. Ile ife was formed in the 1100 bc. But the artifact there were dated into 11bc.

Please don't let your bigotry and tribalism derail this thread. Why didn't you date Enugu as a town. Oya go to wikipedia and copy Enugu page. You will cry.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_art

You are just a fraud.

Please back to the topic. We are talking about influence.

How did Igbo ifluence American continent.

Answer this and stop dribbling. I get time for your fraud a***ss today.

And your ignoramus copied the picture of obalufon. Obalufon is a modern day chieftien in ile ife.

And my Igbo brother arguing blindly here. If you read the Igbo section. It says 13% of slaves captured from Africa are igbos.

Meaning Igbo were many in America. But Igbos did not influence American continent. They were absolved easily as against the yorubas.

I just wish you understand logic. Free your mind off sentiment and hate. You will understand this article.

Taraby:
There's no way I will agree to this, because of Hausa popularity it's being offered in Yale University and Harvard University, so don't be selfish because you belong to Yoruba tribe

Both hausas and Yorubas will not ranked in top ten of world ranking. Yoruba langue is also being taught in British schools. Infact its going mainstream in UK. But that does not mean Yoruba culture is the best.

Ozibe:
How do mean influence? What makes Yoruba more influencial than the igbos. The igbos were the most sort after slaves and most expensive because of the hard work and fair complexion. The igbos were seen as superior race. www.nairaland.com/attachments/3606242_img20150921052004edit_jpeg1e50872f539456818f3b813301de20e3

Mind u, 60% of the Black's you see in america today originated from bight of biafra (through the port of calabar and bonny) which composed of the ijaws, efiks, Ibibio and majority igbos. What notable slave of Yoruba origin was more influential than Olaudah Equiano, who born his freedom, rallied round to work to abolishment of slavery. And he is the reason slave trade was abolished? Which Yoruba's slave was more notable than James Africanus B Horton, whose works was recommended to the British house of common for the establishment of self government?

www.nairaland.com/attachments/3606203_265940620150722195618jpeg4f3d8eea0d927617038a897e4bd7efd1_jpeg_jpegceaf32e4c1a92c7bcec4254f46e42d8a

What notable historical event, action or activities was taken by the Yoruba's slaves like the Igbo landing at St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia.which today is a historical tourist site and has been used to teach about black history in america till this day.

What of Nat Turner, the rebel Igbo slave who fought against white oppression and his story has been adapted into a movie "Birth of a Nation".

What of the word Ebony? Do you know it was adopted from the word EBO as it was called then? ...op if you are new to nairaland. Just stay humble before u are disgraced out of here.

Another big lie from you, Yoruba's and Fulani's are not the largest ethnic group in African. I don't know which is the largest but I know the by 1920 populations census, igbos were not only almost double Yoruba's, they were 2/3 of southern Nigerian. (Check physical anthropology of southern Nigeria). www.nairaland.com/attachments/3606711_img20160415205559_jpeg6889d8ed59c6c554cfd840f11f842271

Again, another lie, Yoruba's are not older than igbos. Igbos are the oldest ethnic group, to inhabit nigeria. Don't worry, I will post all for you. You are a fake researcher, a bias one and you know nothing. Shame.

This is the same way you all deceived yourselves with most educated, most professors, most doctors, lawyers and engineers. Yet facts and documents keep showing that you guys are far behind the igbos. You guys cant make an objective research without being biased. What are u guys ashame of, why do you like lying to urselves

Ok so it has descended to the level of ethnic clashes. I won't be part of it.

All African tribes have monuments or evidence of slavery. You can continue to quote for passages all you want. Other tribes also have similar stories and historical evidence.

I will just address some of your points factually.

1. Igbo are local to South of Nigeria. Yorubas are indigenous to North Central Nigeria, south of Nigeria, Togo, Benin Republic, abidjan. Yorubas are influencia outside the coast of Nigeria.

You said Igbo culture is older than Yorubas. This is too low from you. All artifacts in Benin/Edo + Ile-ife are the oldest in Nigeria. Thanks to science and archeology. You can argue with professors of archeology, even igbos scholars did not argue this. I wonder why you are disputing this despite having little knowledge of history and research.

The influence in this writeup talked about how slaves dominate and influence their land of captive. Only bias person will argued the fact that yoruba spiritualism and cultural symbolism is not making waves in America continents. There are loads of nairaland topic showing how white people are converting to orisa religion.
No other African tribe has this influence.

Take your bias out of this thread. You can go to politics thread to continue your Igbo superiority argument. This is for education purpose.

Thanks.

ImperialYoruba:
Yoruba is the most SUPERIOR race on this Earth. It is clear to see.

Thats not fatcual.
1. Jews
2. Arabs
3. Asians


Maybe Yorubas will make 20th position.

Jews are the most influential race on the planet.

ImperialYoruba:
The OP is mischievious. This is why i asked him to define realm of influence for which this is graded. The Original production says "taken into slavery" but op said "influential".

Mods, please degrade this thread from front page, the OP mischieviously mis represented history.

The video influenced my work. And the video you watched placed Yoruba as 2nd too. Ofcourse I know the owner of the video, we belong to the same group. However, I didnt influence his decision.

Let me ask you. Which of the tribes in Africa is known for any religion in Americas? Only Yorubas. Yoruba is now a religion in American Continent.

They influence their host. I dont know why this is debatable to anyone.

You are the one who is clearly bias here. A simple search through wikipedia will even shut your mouth.

Let me restate that this is for education purpose. If you feel aggrieved that your ethnic group is not well represented, kindly rewrite your own history and push it to wikipedia.

Ikio:
I still believe where the ijaws because most of there names are english names.

Oga, please read history well oooo.

You guffed there. English did not come to NIgeria for slave trade. They came for colonization.

Colonization is not in the scope of this writeup.

chiboy1116:
wtf are u saying man , be forming u know shit when u don't .

You are correct. Even Usman Danfodio adopted Hausa language after conquering them. Its evident in his scripts in London Museum

People mentioning Ijaws...Hausas...

These tribes are not as infuential as Zulu.

The list is top 10. If we are to continue. Zulu will make 11th position.

engrsyer:
Ijaw

There are many more tribes more affected in Africa. Ijaw will not make top 20 trust me.

Hotfreezer:
Hahahaha
See this gala hawker asking dumb questions!

What was the essence of popular Lagos port?

Oyo and Benin empire were at the center of this trade. Oyo sold many people as slave to buy Portuguese guns.

abbeyty:
Op, hope you acknowledged to the owner of this video in your writeup Watch the video here


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8PCd1ZV7cA&t=812s

Correct. I watched and took from the video.

darlingtonNYIG:
Fulani slave trade occurred more with the Arabs. The Tuaregs trafficked slaves way back before the trans-atlantic slaves trade. So Fulanis where victims and dealers in slavery.

SOme people are getting history wrong. Islam came to Nigeria through Fulanis before Christians.

You can see the way they are arguing here. They don't even know the history of Africa or Nigeria. They are ranting about how I am biased.

Ozibe:
Op I will respond to this falsehood in another thread later. It is good to say good things about Yoruba but please, saying things that don't add up and worse listing them as number 2 on what basis? Where are the Ashanti's of Ghana.. Please make sure u are well researched on this topic cos, I will come and dismantle allbur lies. Later when I'm less busy. Stay tuned.

Ashantis of Ghana will be number 13 in the list, assuming we have top 30 list. I am a researcher, Historian and Archeologist.

Ashantis of Ghana are not more influential than Igbos. Please read up history. This is about Influence. Its not about who was sold into slavery.

Ikio:
the ijaws where one of the first to do business with the white men!! ur facts are not correct.

Benins were. However, this is not about all ethnic group in Nigera. This is about top 10 in Africa.

Slavery got to other African countries before it reached Ijaws/Yorubas/Igbos.

Please focus on the topic.

Ikio:
Where Did You Got Ur Facts From Or You Are Not Of Those Nigerians who recognises just the 3 major ethnic groups.

This is top 10 and not top 20. Other tribes would have came up under top 20

Mizwisdom:
Thank God my tribe is absent

WHich tribe..?

I can give u your position?

McStoic:
i don't think there were much Fulanis in slavery. The south's proximity to the coastal made them the highest numbers. Can you tell me any notable Fulani American or anyone of Fulani descent whose ancestors were known slaves?

Read the fulani section.

Exampl, Umar Ibin-saeed, Abdulrahaman and Dialo.

Read more on Fulani Slaves here,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fula_people

McStoic:
OP is prolly Yoruba. Be that as it may West Africa witnessed the highest number of slaves taken to the New World / The Americas. Southern American States like Virginia and Tennessee can attest to this. Kunta Kinte of that famous biography Roots was from Sene

Yoruba or not, this is educational. And fact should superceede sentiment. I could have ranked Fulanis the second, but they disappear and mingle with their captors easily. Their influence is difficult to measure.

chiboy1116:
Where is Hausa ?

Its top 10. Slavery affected all tribes. If we have top 20, Hausa will make the list

This is for education purpose...Mods..please let it hit the FP.

1st Position: Mbundu People

They are the main tribe in Angola today. There are multiple stories surrounding their origin. But the most popular of all is that of a rumour of people originating from multiple Chieftains across Africa. In short, they are hybrids of different tribes across Africa. They were mostly taken to Brazil. They were the most popular and lucrative slave market for the Portuguese. Majority of Mbundu warlords were ship builders and architects. They built large ships used for transporting their own people to Brazil. That is why they are the largest black ethnic group in Brazil till date. Portuguese had it easy with them because it was cheaper transporting Mbundu slaves. Mbundu Chiefs built giant ships which really helped the Portuguese slaves Merchants.

2nd Position: Yoruba People

They are African tribes of North Central and South Western Nigeria as well as Southern and Central Benin Republic. Yorubas and Fulanis are the largest ethnic groups in Africa. It is hard to tell which is larger. They were mainly sold to the North America. And they were the mostly recognized African cultures in America. Yorubas are found not loose their culture wherever they go. They are dominant culture and Pantheon Yoruba ideology became a religion worshiped. They create shrines and worship centers in Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican republic, st Lious, Brazil Trinidad and Tobago. Yoruba is fast becoming a religion even among non-Yorubas in America. They were the face of African slavery. The Yoruba along Benin/Edo culture has been dated by Archaeology as the oldest civilization in Africa, dated as far back as 11bc Nimrod era.

3rd Position: Igbo People

Igbos are native to South Central and South Eastern part of Nigeria. Igbos are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. Even though their origin is widely debated, their presence has been recorded got thousands of years. Igbos were caught up in the slave trade as a result of the migration of Aro confederacy. The Aros migrated to Igbo land due to high demand for slaves. Aros capture and hunt Igbos and sell them to the Europeans. Igbos sold to Europeans accounted for 13% of slaves mined from Africa.

4th Position: Bokango People

Bokango people are Bantu people living along the costal region of Central African Republic. They live primarily in the Democratice Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo and Angola. Similar to Mendenka, they built one of the Largest empire in Central Africa. They are one of the African tribes that converted to Christianity at the early stage of Slavery. They basically had encounter with Portuguese trade merchants. They were mostly victims of slavery and it was on record that the king of Bokango wrote a legendary letter to the Portuguese. It got so bad that the king son himself was also taken slavery offshore. His name is Gando-Simba. He was a brave Bokango soldier. Most Bokango slaves were taken to southern America

5th Position: Fon people

They are the largest ethnic group in Benin Republic. They are also found in South West Nigeria. They are hybrid of other African tribes. Oral history has it that they were formed from intermarriage of Aijaa and Yorubas creating a new ethnic group called Fon. The Fon people created a very popular kingdom called Dahomey as they are well known for their female warriors. In fact Black Panthers movies was inspired by Dahomey Female warriors (Amazonian Warriors). They were victims and victimized during the slave trade. They are the most popular in Trinidad and T, Haiti. Due to their Yoruba ancestry, they are renowned for their black Juju practise in America. There black magic origin is traced to the Yorubas. Voodoo was significant during their war of freedom from slavery.

6th Position: Mende people

Mende are collections of African tribes speaking the Language “Mende”. There are so many tribes in Africa speaking Mende, therefore, its illogical to call Mende a single tribe. But the prominent of all is Mendenka. Mendenka built one of the largest empire in West Africa. They raided the coast line of West Africa and mingled with Coast line people. Even some Fulanis have Mendenka ancestry. Origin of Mendenka is largely the Sahara. Archaeology discovered Mendenka to be first builder of stone settlement civilization in West Africa. Mende Cultture was the most dominant in West Africa from 1100bc to 1600BC.