ednut1: yorubas have been marrying other tribes since olden days. Alaafin sango’s mother was a nupe/tapa. Must everything be about tribe
Indeed... Historically, even the Nigerian Army Commander of the iconic 3rd Marine Commando (during the 30 months Nigerian Civil War), Brigadier-General Benjamin Adekunle's father was from Ogbomoso and his mother was a Bachama woman and indigene of the current Adamawa State.
Second, Sir. Samuel Ladoke Akintola's father was also from Ogbomoso but his mother was a Gwari or Gbagyi woman from the North Central of Nigeria.
djkaneo: Abam, Ohafia and Arochukwu were the ones who made others slaves(Osu) in the past, so there is NO WAY they can be called slaves. Maybe your family line has slaves in it and your people are scared of being found out.
Spiritz: First I am a full blood Ohafia man to even think a girl from Elu the head of Ohafia clan is referred as an Osu is insulting, We are all free born never in our history did we practiced anything like Osu, we have a strong history and generation of warriors who dare enslave any of us? Aro on the other hand is one of the greatest Igbo clan the History of Igbo nation is not complete without them.
Mybe ur mom is just a Christian worried about our traditional practice not even In Elu but in deep Ohafia villagees like mine which doesn't harm anyone yet I have a sister married in far away Enugu
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Nnewison: A particular traditional ruler said it's abolished in his town and he was asked to go and marry the OSU first before others will follow he didn't do that cos if he did,he would be dethroned immediately he knew that so they said to him it still remains like that.
You are in love but your family loves you so much and they can't start hating you now.they have been loving you.the issue if OSU is still strong in Igbo land.just find a way to carry out investigation properly.never cut ties with your family.they are the only people you have in this world.Family comes first.
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SLOVFO: I suspect that the OP must be from the Orlu zone of Imo state. Imo state people are generally obsessed with this Osu thing. Una carry am for head like gala. I have had such an experience first hand. It always starts with the OSU thing...the simple truth is that your mother doesn't want you to marry that lady for reasons best known to her. Your mum may not like (and accept) the culture of Ohafia people. And of course, their culture differs from that of the place where you are coming from.
SLOVFO: Stop gloating in your ignorance. What do you know about Arochukwu LGA, Arochukwu and the Aros? You ignorant folks from Imo state, that have not travelled outside Owerri will keep saying what you know not . Your ancestors travelled far to Arochukwu to seek counsel from the oracle and the elders...your ancestors did everything to identify with the Aros. Go and ask your people that bear the name Nwachukwu how the came about the name. Who are you in the olden days to stand shoulder to shoulder with an Aro man? If not for modernization you would have been sold into slavery by your people for this rubbish you have just said. Pardon me if you feel belittle or insulted by my response...but there is need for you to be corrected before you pass your ignorance and bias to your children.
vengertime: I grew up in the village with them even though my family is not.
My advice is, 1, go and investigate there , usually you will send someone from your village to go ask questions if she's from an OSU family or not. OSU families are within every community in Igbo land.
Number 2. If she's not but your mom just don't like the girl but doesn't want to say it bluntly, one day use style and tell her that you have made up your mind that you are no longer interested in getting married to anyone again. That things are not really fine for you, the above decision scares every Igbo mother's.
She will lower her expectations and accept whoever you bring home. Cos she feels that you're still young and should still be shopping around which is ridiculous this days
Macphenson: The Osu caste system is very strong in Igbo land no matter how civilization and Christianity tries to gas light it.
My candid advice, send some well respected elders from your village to go on an annonymous and discrete inquiry to the girl's village to make their findings.
If their findings reveal she is not an OSU, let them tell the entire UMUNNA of it and you can go ahead and marry her, but if she is, the Lord is your strength as you are OYO.
Indeed. That Osu caste system thing is VERY STRONG among the Ibos and it will be difficult for them to do away with it despite the fact that the first major ban on it was in 1967... Over 56 years ago.
Blaze14k: I would like to use this opportunity to seek guidance based on the issue I have on ground. I believe it's igbos especially elderly person who is in a better position to give me a reasonable explanation. I told my mum my girlfriend is from ohafia, abia state and she instantly told me I can't get married to her. Her reason is because people from ohafia, arochukwu, izombe, and few other places in abia state are regarded as OSU. I complained to other members of my family but they also rejected her.
I have made some research personally and found out people from other part of igboland marry from those places. Now my question is why are they strongly rejecting her cos it doesn't make sense to call everybody from different local government in abia state OSU.
I've made more research on the girls family and found out they are king makers and her father belongs to eze's cabinet.
Her father and mine are no longer alive. They both have a traditional title and belong to eze's cabinet too. Please I need your advice cos I really want marry this girl. I also know that people encounter alot of difficulties when they want to get married. So I need a clarification from someone who has extensive knowledge on igbo tradition. Thank you
That's interesting...
The Arochukwus, Ohafias and the allies or confederates in today's Abia are not collectively called Osus. They were the lord's who set up so-called little colonies and also historically never enslaved or sold themselves to the white men like they did to other Ibo tribes through the Ijaws, Efik, and Ibibios middlemen on the coasts.
From my deep knowledge of Nigerian history, the Aros [Arochukwu], Abam and Ohafia of today's Abia State were the major arrowheads of the brutal slave trade in the 17th to 18th centuries that ravaged the Ibo areas. The sub tribes now called Ibos were brought from the interior areas to the coastal regions to be sold as slaves to the Ijaws, Ibibios, Efiks, etc, who then acted as middle men and sold them off to the white slave buyers in places such as Bonny Island. In an archival book I read years back, an American slave ship captain who was at Bonny in the late 1700s wrote in his logbook that about 3 in 4 of the enslaved Africans who were shipped out of Bonny in the late 1700s were from among the "Eboes."
Lady intentionally destroys TV during argument with husband. The lady who was aware that it was all captured on video, told her husband that she is doing it to piss him off. She said "Daniel (her son) video me"
A crime of passion... Tbh, destroying the TV screen was a very unintelligent move. She'll have to deal with the consequences of her stupidity.
naptu2: Nigerian troops in the two world wars and why the Nigerian High Commissioner will lay a wreath today.
Kamerun was colonised by Germany, so there were concerns with the outbreak of World War 1 that Nigeria could be attacked by Kamerun/Germany. Troops were mobilised for the defence of Nigeria and for action against Kamerun/Germany. The war on Nigeria's eastern front raged between 1914-1916. Nigerian troops captured Yaounde and Douala and were able to drive the Germans to Spanish Guinea (now Equatorial Guinea) where they were disarmed. The Royal Navy sent some warships to Nigeria to assist with the campaign.
Germany also colonised Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and parts of Kenya, so Nigerian troops were also deployed to East Africa to fight against the Germans. This phase of the war lasted from 1916-1918 and resulted in a victory for the allies (British Empire [Indians, East, West and South Africans], Belgian and Portuguese forces). At least 2,700 Nigerians died in this campaign.
Nigerians also famously fought in the 2nd World War. Nigerian troops were deployed in 1940 to participate in the defence of Kenya. They also fought in Abyssinia (Ethiopia), Somalia and Sudan. They returned to Nigeria in 1941.
Back in Nigeria, they were deployed to the northern and western borders after France fell, to prevent a possible attack by the Vichy French (there were concerns that the Vichy French would try to invade Nigeria and this resulted in several false alarms in 1941 and 1942).
Their most famous battles in the war were in India and Burma between 1943 - 1945. Many famous Nigerian soldiers, such as Sergeant Hama Kim, Wellington Bassey and Johnson Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi, fought in this phase of the war. They were engaged in intense and brutal fighting against the Japanese in awful conditions.
The BBC has produced several documentaries (on tv and radio) about the exploits of these Africans in South-East Asia. A British journalist, Barnaby Philips, produced a documentary for Al-Jazeera in 2012 called "Burma Boy" in which he tracked down a Nigerian soldier that fought in Burma during World War 2 and got him to tell his story. He also tracked down the children of the Burmese man who sheltered the Nigerian soldier when he got injured and the Japanese were looking for him. Barnaby Philips also wrote a book about Nigerian soldiers who fought in Burma. It's titled "Another Man's War".
Many Nigerian sitcoms in the 1970s and 1980s had a character that was a former major who fought in the 2nd World War (usually in Burma, but also in the Carribeans), eg Sura Di Tailor, Second Chance and Village Headmaster.
Many Nigerian graves remain in cemeteries at the Dalet Chaung near Tamandu, the Rangoon Memorial and the Taukkyan War Cemetery in Burma.
Several barracks in Nigeria are named after places where Nigerian troops fought and died during the 2nd World War. These include Dodan (Ikoyi), An (Yaba), Myohaung (Yaba), Arakan (Apapa), Marda (Yaba) and Tamandu Barracks (Apapa) in Lagos; Letmauk Barracks in Ibadan; Dalet, Mogadishu, Colito and Kalapanzin Barracks in Kaduna; and the Chindit Barracks in Zaria.
Ceremonies were held in certain military cemeteries in Nigeria on the 11th to honour soldiers who died in these wars.
That's why the Nigerian High Commissioner will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph in London today.
Picture 1: Inspection of Nigerian recruits.
Picture 2: West African and Indian troops in India during the Second World War.
Picture 3: A West African soldier being operated on during the War.
Picture 4: Nigerian troops board a Royal Air Force Dakota plane for the journey to Burma to take part in Operation Thursday.
Awesome!
Togo and the Ewe-speaking parts of what is now Ghana were under German colonial rule till the Germans lost World War 1 and had to surrender their colonial processions to the victorious European allies.
This boy called Tijani is such a huge disgrace to his family for not having control of his urges. He arrived the UK in January 2024 and raped a girl in July 2023!
His case reminds me of that other young guy from Anambra who got to Ireland for Uni studies in early 2023 and in 3 months had annoying started molesting underaged Irish girls online. The mother of one of the Irish girls set him up and recorded the confrontation live for the whole world to see. He went on his knees begging the Irish woman when confronted with a lot of evidence and the police got him arrested subsequently.
The rules abroad are strictly followed and justice is served swiftly in court as soon as there is sufficient evidence.
Skyview01: Must have been raping girls in Nigeria. He is simply a criminal.
Exactly my thoughts too... I'm sure some girls will recognize him and call him out online for attempting to rape them in Nigeria. Just looking at this young 30-year-old, he must have belonged to a campus gang or neighborhood gang while in Nigeria.
He's such a BIG disgrace to his entire family because of a few seconds of rape-induced orgasm. He'll have to learn the very hard way in prison!
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