Yujin: Tales by moonlight. Jaja was a king by the virtue of him founding a new settlement. It's well recorded in history.
What I emphasized in that post is that according to Bonny [Ibani] and Ijaw customs and traditions, a former slave or freeborn CANNOT become an Amayanabo. Since Jaja was an Ijawnized former slave, he wasn't qualified to become a King or Amayanabo. He was a popularly called Chief Jaja to the Europeans but he just or later day nationalist book writers elavated him to that status of a King.
Infact the colonial books referred to him as a Chief Jaja... the middleman Chief. It is clearly stated in the 1920s iconic book "The History of Nigeria" By Sir Allan Burns [Burns was the Acting-Governor General of Nigeria and the Governor General of Gold Coast].
igwebuike01: I'm sure you are referring to this. It's north of Opobo not Southwest of Opobo. It is an empty bush with no settlement. It became part of Akwa ibom by state boundary adjustment which is always political
The reference to Ikot Abasi which is part of Ibibioland and lies near the mouth of Opobo River is what I'm referring to below... I earlier gave the Britannica Weblink as a further reading source in my first post on this thread.
Also, the Ikot Udo Obong Wars as recorded by Nair took place in the late 1800s (1880s) because Jaja and his group brutally PREVENTED the Annangs, Ibibios, and Ngwas from engaging directly in the oil palm trade with the Europeans along the Opobo River. He greedily monopolized the trade and killed people. The backlash and his arrogance led to his removal and deportation by the British.
The Britannica article entry below is one of the many credible historical sources that clearly affirms that Opobo was formed out of Ikot Abasi which is Ibibioland after Jaja fled to Ikot Abasi which was 45 kilometers from Bonny Island during the Civil War there!
Ikot Abasi, port town, Akwa Ibom state, southern Nigeria. The town lies near the mouth of the Imo (Opobo) River. Situated at a break in the mangrove swamps and rain forest of the eastern Niger River delta, it served in the 19th century as a collecting point for slaves. In 1870 Jubo Jubogha, a former Igbo (Ibo) slave and ruler of the Anna Pepple house of Bonny (28 miles [45 km] west-southwest), came to Ikot Abasi and founded the kingdom of Opobo, which he named for Opobo the Great, a Pepple king (reigned 1792–1830). Also called Chief Jaja by Europeans, he destroyed the economic power of Bonny and made Opobo the leading power of the eastern Niger delta oil-palm trade until he was deported in 1887 by the British, who established a trading post at Opobo Town, 4 miles (6 km) southwest, on the west bank of the Opobo River.
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Right from the Babangida Military years from 1985 to the early 1990s till recent, Festac Town's well-planned layout that I originally knew has been bastardized and some houses built on drainage systems and designated gardens/parks. Even the lush green zone or buffer zone was encroached upon by corrupt people with buildings and some churches built within it. There was back up power supply back in the late 1970s to the very early 1980s that automatically came on if power outages took place in Festac Town. It was during Babangida's administration in the late 1980s that the now rich Military guys who served in his government and other cronies began to distort the great master plan of Festac Town and built mansions in the Cocaine Avenue axis and even built on the designated gardens and parks within Festac. This is one of the major insidious side effects of the brutally corrupt Military rule on Nigeria.
It's time to reclaim the original master plan of Festival Town (aka Festac Town) from the wolves and law violators building houses in unauthorized areas and swamp lands which can lead to more flooding of the area during the rainy season.
This is exactly how some idiots built houses in the Ajao Estate area bordering the MMIA land right within, and around highly inflammable aviation fuel pipelines located on already acquired FAAN/Federal Government land meant for the future Murtala Muhammad International Airport expansion. The illegal residents out of desperately did a video by manipulatively calling for help and appealing to emotions this year when the FG/FAAN bulldozers finally moved in to demolish the illegally built houses after several warnings had been given to them to stop construction work and leave!
This is the reason why you have to do thorough due diligence before paying for any leased (rented) land anywhere in Nigeria and even Ghana. Land documents have to be duly certified. It's not a must to build a house in Lagos and if you must, do due diligence. Period.
NOTE:I have to add here after reading some ignorant posts that even right back in the late 1990s Ibos were NOT in any majority in Festac Town. It was a well-planned multinational and multi-ethnic area with well-educated folks from Edo, Yoruba, Delta, Ibo (The Uche Chukwumerijie family for example), a few Northerners and more. It was after the year 2000 that there was an influx of some more Ibo folks into that area and parts of Lagos State due to the vicious armed robberies, killings, kidnappings and insecurity situations happening in Iboland which made Ibo folks not to travel home for New Yam festivals in the East in the 2000s and so they started doing New Yam festival in Lagos and other states where they are domiciled. So, Festac was NEVER an Ibo dominated area right from inception in the late 1970s to the years after 2000.
Favour315: The common Oha/ora soup everyone knows is prepared using cocoyam paste or achi. Many people are still missing out on this particular method of cooking Ogbono Soup With Oha Leaves. That is why I have put up this video just so you know that there are still other ways of cooking Ogbono or oha. Meanwhile I used freshly plucked Oha �. From the tree straight to the pot
Favour315: There are two types of ogbono, ujuru and ado. Ado draws better than ujuru. If it's the same method you have been using and getting good results, it might be that you bought the ujuru type
gloryhomemaker: This is a quick meal idea on how to cook healthy vegetables egg sauce and boiled unripe plantains. This meal is so healthy and contains most of the nutrients you will need for a healthy living.
Wash and cut the unripe plantains in big chunks, add water to the same level and cook till its soft. Add in salt, cook for few more minutes and drain out the water. Slice the onions, tomatoes, peppers, ugu. Break in the eggs in a bowl, add in salt and curry powder or any seasoning of your choice. Whisk in the eggs to combine properly. In a dry pan on heat, add in little oil. Add in the chopped onions and fry for 30 seconds on medium heat. Add in the tomatoes and peppers and stir fry for a minute. Reduce the heat to low, add in the eggs, mix with the tomatoes and peppers. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Add in the chopped Ugu and stir fry for a minute. Take it off the heat. Serve and enjoy with the boiled unripe plantains. Very healthy meal.
That's gonna be a tasty balanced diet. But the plantains used here don't look unripened.
ariesbull: that's why Niger Delta people bear their slave masters names like Jonathan, Briggs, Brown, Winston and all funny names
Even Yoruba bear their slave masters names like Rhodes, fenandez, Wellington, savages, Brown, Martin, Doherty etc
In short Yoruba has many slave names and they full everywhere ! You can't find an Igbo man with such names ! Igbo are proud ! Rather lesser people would bear Igbo James as surnames! You dare not find an Igbo man with foriegn surname! That will be slavery !
Those are the cultures that have real slaves ...
You can't see an Igbo man or Edo man bearing foriegn surenames like Yoruba and Niger Delta that were enslaved
Yoruba own they even bear their Arabic slavers names as surnames like Afeez, Sanusi, Tijani etc
Your ethnically bigoted post here is totally INCORRECT and highly inciting or divisive!
The Yoruba returnees (Yoruba Saros) from Sierra Leone to Lagos Island and Abeokuta in the early to mid-1800s used the adopted names of the European Christian Missionaries who adopted them NOT the names of any crappy slave masters.
Many Yorubas who returned from Brazil and Cuba adopted other Brazilian or Spanish names or simply dropped their Brazilian Portuguese names and adopted full Yoruba names. An example is the famous, aristocratic Alakija family patriarch who was the very wealthy founder of Daily Times and he became a Queen's Counsel after studying law in the UK. In the early 1900s he dropped his Brazilian name Placido Acumpcao and adopted the Yoruba Alakija family name. He was from a Royal Family in Abeokuta but some of his Egba-Yoruba ancestors where captured in battle and deported on a slave schooner to Brazil in the 1800s.
Second, Yoruba Muslims (Islam has been in Yorubaland for over 500 years and was first introduced into Iwo from Mali where the first mosque in Yorubaland was built. This is why Islam was called in Yoruba "Esin Imale" meaning "Religion from Mali." The Yoruba folks who number over 50 million worldwide also have the second largest Muslim population in Nigeria behind Hausas and ahead of Kanuris) like other Nigerian Muslims from Bariba, Borgu, Auchi-Etsako in Edo State, Ebira, Igala, Nupe, Hausa, Kanuri, Fulah, Gwari, Bura, etc, bear Arabic and Islamic names and they are NOT slaves but proud Muslims.
You and your Ibo family members bear Christian or European names today as Catholics or Anglicans,etc, does that make you a descendant of real slaves of the Europeans from back in the days of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade? Think wisely and do not post out of myopic bias.
Favour315: Hello guys, there is this other way of making quick Fufu without pounding that I want to share with us. It's very easy and also comes out very good. So watch and learn. This video was filmed in the village. NB: I added little Palm oil in the fufu
RepoMan007: Averages about 1.2 tonnes an hectare compared to rice's 4.5 tonnes an hectare.
That's a huge average tonnage difference per hectare! These are key stats for sustainable projections and development.
To boost food security worldwide, more research works are needed though agro research institutions to genetically boost the per hectare tonnages of critical food crops.
The South Africans have been able to get higher yields per hectare from some of the same types of crops grown in Nigeria.
RepoMan007: it has always been expensive check the price history internationally and ask from locals around.
Indeed... My further research since first knowing more about the fonio grain (aka acha) last week affirms what you've posted here.
It's the fastest growing grain in the world from my investigations (with a 60-day cycle), hence it should be cheaper. But then again, many variables exist that can lead to the overall costing of agrocommodities depending on location and seasonality.
Note:Any commodity of choice to you that's not quoted might be available, you're welcome to make enquiries on Choice commodities.For more information about Grains and Vegetables available in Northern Nigeria, please revert.
ifeanyiAdemola: My name is ifeanyi ademola ukachukwu.My dad is ikwere and more mom is yoruba ...I will educate so people on the full extent of Igbo land.. Thank you
Igboland Àl'ịgbò (Igbo) Southeastern Nigeria Cultural region Àlà na ḿbà ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò Nkanu West, Enugu Nkanu West, Enugu Nickname(s): Biafra, The East Location of Igboland (dark green)– in Africa (green & dark grey)– in Nigeria (green) Location of Igboland (dark green) – in Africa (green & dark grey) – in Nigeria (green) Part of Nigeria - Founding of Nri c. 900 - British Colony 1902 - Nigeria 1914 Founded by Proto-Igbo Regional capital Enugu Composed of States Most or all parts of: Abia State, Anambra State, Ebonyi State, Enugu State, Imo State Major parts of: Delta State, Rivers State Minor parts of: Akwa Ibom State, Bayelsa State, Benue State, Cross River State, Edo State, Kogi State Government • Type Autonomous communities Area[1] • Total 40,000 km2 (16,000 sq mi) Highest elevation 1,000 m (3,300 ft) Lowest elevation 0 m (0 ft) Population (2015 estimate)[2]:15 • Total ~ 40 million • Density 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) The population of Igboland stated here is an accumulation of the 5 main states Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo only Demographics • Language Igbo English • Religion Syncretic Christianity (+90%) Odinani (5-10%) Time zone WAT (UTC+1) God Chukwu Alusi Ala Igboland (Standard Igbo: Àlà Ị̀gbò), also known as Southeastern Nigeria, is the indigenous homeland of the Igbo people.[3][4]:307 It is a non-governmental cultural and common linguistic region in southern Nigeria. Geographically, it is divided by the lower Niger River into two unequal sections – an eastern (which is the larger of the two) and a western section.[3][4]:307 It is characterised by the diverse Igbo culture and the equally diverse Igbo language.[2][3][4]:307[4]:315
Politically, Igboland is divided into several southern Nigerian states. Culturally, it is divided into several subgroupings, including the Anioma, Ngwa, Edda Egbebu, Ezaa, Ibeku, Ohuhu, Omuma and the Ekpeye. William Balfour Baikie remarked that "in Igbo[land] each person hails, as a sailor would say, from the particular district where he was born, but when away from home all are Igbos. And yet considerable differences exist between different parts of this extensive country, and the dialects spoken also vary greatly."[4]:307
Territorial boundaries Edit
Igboland is surrounded on all sides by a host of large rivers, and other southern and central Nigeria indigenous tribes namely Bini, Itsekiri, Ijaw, Ogoni, Igala, Tiv, Yako, Idoma and Ibibio.[3] In the words of William B. Baikie, "Igbo homeland, extends east and west, from the Old Kalabar river to the banks of the Kwora, Niger River, and possesses also some territory at Aboh, an Igbo clan, to the west-ward of the latter stream. On the north it borders on Igara, Igala and A'kpoto, and it is separated from the sea only by petty tribes, all of which trace their origin to this great race".[4]:307
It is primarily situated in the Lowland forest region of Nigeria, with parts in the Niger-Delta, where the Niger river fans out into the Atlantic Ocean in a vast network of creeks and mangrove swamps on the Bight of Bonny.[5]
The earliest found settlements in Igboland date back to 4500 BC in the central area, from where the majority of the Igbo-speaking population is believed to have migrated. The northern Igbo Kingdom of Nri, which rose around the 10th century AD, is credited with the foundation of much of Igboland's culture, customs, and religious practices. It is the oldest existing monarchy in present-day Nigeria. In southern Igboland several groups developed, of which the most notable was the Aro confederacy. Igboland was part of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate of the British Empire and was amalgamated into modern-day Nigeria in 1914; the nation gained independence in 1960.[3] Shortly afterwards Igboland was involved in its biggest war during Biafra's movement for secession, which eventually ended in 1970 when this area rejoined Nigeria.
Ancient trade routes Edit
Igboland's culture has been shaped primarily by its rainforest climate, its ancient trade, migration, and social history within its various clans and peoples, and with its ancient trading neighbours, allies and lately with Europeans.[3] Mr W. B. Baikie said, "I seized the moment, and, by our interpreter, told Tshukuma, that we had come to make his acquaintance and his friendship, and to ascertain if the people were willing to trade with us", whilst signing a trade agreement with Igbo chief, Mr Tshukuma (Chukwuma) Obi from Aboh clan, who were one of the leading Igbo clans, engaged in early active trading with Europe.[4]:45 Similarly, "after our salutations, I spoke of friendship, of trade, and of education, and particularly enlarged upon the evils of war, and the benefits of peace, all of which was well received", remarked William B. Balkie when signing a trade agreement with Igbo chief, Ezebogo in Asaba on August 30, 1885.[4]:296
Due to the native common linguistic standard and interrelated cultures in Igboland, pre-dating the arrival of Europeans, the lower Niger River, which divides Igboland into unequal eastern and western parts, has from ancient times continued to provide easy means of communication, trading and unity amongst Igbos on both sides of the Niger River,[4]:300 as well as promoted ancient trade and migration of people into Igboland, and between Igboland and rest of the world.[3] Some of the notable ancient trade and export routes in Igboland included the famous lower Niger and Njaba-Oguta lake-Orashi navigational routes via Asaba-Onitsha-Aboh,[4]:315[6] and Awo-omamma-Oguta-Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni-Aboh ferry services respectively.[4]:300[7]
History Edit
Pre-history (6000–3000 BC) Edit Early settlement of Igboland dates back to 6000 BC based on early pottery work found in the Okigwe, Oka Igwe, and known today as Awka. Some local Villagers retains the Original name, like Umuzuoka, The Blacksmiths Ezioka, Okigwe, Imoka, etc.Oka ,igwe-Nsukka axis.[8] There is, however, evidence of Palaeolithic man settling in southern Nigeria from at least 10,000 years ago. Much of the pottery excavated by a team led by Thurstan Shaw with the University of Nigeria at Nsukka in 1978 uncovered a rock quarry which was a mine for tool and pottery making for a 'stone civilisation' nearby at Ibagwa. Anthropologists at the University of Benin discovered fossils and use of monoliths dating back to 6000 BC at Ugwelle-Uturu in the Okigwe area. Further evidence of ancient settlements were uncovered at a hypothesised Nsukka metal cultural area from 3000 BC and later settlements attributed to Ngwa culture at AD 8-18.
Ancient history (3000 BC–AD 300) Edit The Nsukka-Okigwe axis forms as a basis for a proposed Proto-Igbo cultural heartland antecedent to contemporary Igbo culture. It is unclear what cultural links there are between these pre-historic artefacts and today. Later human settlement in the region may have links with other discoveries made in the wider area particularly with the culture associated with the terracotta discoveries based at Nok spanning a wide area about north-central Nigeria.
Much of the Igbo population is believed to have migrated from a smaller area in this region, starting several independent Igbo-speaking tribes, village-groups, kingdoms and states. The movements were generally broken into two trends in migration: a more northerly spread group towards the banks of the Niger and the upper quadrant of the Cross River; the other, following a southerly trail had mostly risen from the Isu populations based nearer the axis from which the majority of southern Igbo communities were populated. Mbaise are notably the best examples of an Igbo group claiming autochthony and rejecting many migratory histories about their origins, many of these groups either way are evidently culturally northern or southern Igbo based on the proximity of their traditions to those of their neighbours and, many times, familial and political ties.
Igbo-Ukwu and early settlements (300–900) Edit See also: Archaeology of Igbo-Ukwu An image of a bronze bowl from the Igbo archaeological site known as Igbo ukwu Igbo-Ukwu was the site of an early indigenous bronze industry that was rediscovered in the 20th century. Many of the items recovered were ritual objects like this 9th century bronze vessel. Isiah Anozie was digging in his compound to install a cistern in 1939 when he stumbled unto the first finds of the Igbo Ukwu metal and precious artefacts that led to the discovery of a larger network of linked metal works from the 9th century. The works were based in Igbo Ukwu and further finds were found by archaeology teams led by Thurstan Shaw in 1959-60 and in 1964 in the compound of Jonah Anozie.
Initially, throughout the 1960s and 1970s it was thought that the Igbo Ukwu bronze and copper items were of an external origin or were influenced by outside technology due to their technical sophistication. The opposite was revealed to be true since local copper deposits had been exploited by the 9th century and anthropological evidence, such as the Ichi-like scarifications on the human figures, show local origin. The works have been attributed to an isolated bronze industry which had developed without outside influence over time to reach such sophistication.
Igbo trade routes of the early second millennium reached the cities of Mecca, Medina and Jeddah through a network of trade routes journeyed by middlemen.[9] There was evidence of beads that originated in India in the 9th century Igbo Ukwu burial sites: Thousands of glass beads were uncovered from the ruined remains of a nobleman's garments. The burial site was associated with the Nri Kingdom which began around the same century according to indigenous history.[10]
Nri and other migrations (900–c. 1560) Edit The northern Igbo Kingdom of Nri, rising around the 10th century based on Umunri traditions, is credited with the foundation of much of Igboland's culture, customs, and religious practices. It is the oldest existing monarchy in present-day Nigeria. It was around the mid-10th century that the divine figure Eri is said to have migrated, according to Umunri lore, to the Anambra (Igbo: Omambara) river basin — specifically at its meeting with Ezu river known as Ezu na Omambara in present-day Aguleri. The exact origins of Eri are unknown and much of Nri traditions present him as a divine leader and civiliser sent from heaven to begin civilisation. In contrast, Eri's origins generally suggest a north easterly origin which has sparked up debate pertaining to a possible Igala origin for Eri.
Due to historic trade and migration of old, other people also entered the Igboland in about the fourteenth or fifteenth centuries and mixed with the natives.[3] Towards the western end of Igboland, across the Niger River, rose a man known as Eze Chima who fled Benin with his accomplices after a dispute with the Oba of Benin who consequently exiled him in the 1560s. As they left Benin City heading eastwards, Eze Chima and his followers settled in a number of lands and established monarchies with the natives in those areas.[3] Those grew into major village groups and towns after the 16th century.[3] Collectively, these places are known as Umuezechima which translates as 'the children or descendants of king Chima'.
Igala wars and European contact (1450–18th century) Edit Igboland was historically known as the Ibo(e), Ebo(e), and Heebo Country by early European explorers.[11][12][13][14][15] Igboland was conquered by the British Empire after several decades of resistance on all fronts; some of the most famous of the resistance include the Ekumeku Movement, the Anglo-Aro War, and the Aba Women's Riots which was contributed to by women of different ethnic backgrounds in eastern Nigeria.
The extreme northern parts of Igboland in the eighteenth were subject to much raiding by elements of the Igala people of Idah under Onoja Oboni, a descendant of one of the Idah royal families. The conflicts drew down further into areas in central northern Igboland, particularly Nsugbe near where early European settlers with Joseph Hawkins noted events from parts of the conflicts between the 'Ebo Country' and 'Galla' in A History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa published in 1797. Umunri traditions state that Onoja Oboni, however, is of royal Nri stock and founded Idah as he trailed northwards. The Igala do not claim origins from Onoja Oboni or the Igbo.
Arochukwu and the slave trade (1750–1850) Edit A number of polities rose either directly or indirectly as a result of Nri; the most powerful kingdom of these was the Aro Confederacy which rose in the Cross River region in the 17th century and declined after British colonisation in the early 20th century. The Aro state centred on Arochukwu followed Nri's steady decline, basing much of its economic activities on the rising trade in slaves to Europeans by coastal African middlemen.
The present site of Arochukwu was originally settled by the Ibibio people under the Obong Okon Ita kingdom before the conquest of what became Obinkita in the 17th century by two main Igbo groups: the Eze Agwu clan and the Oke Nnachi assisted by the Ibom Isi (or Akpa) mercenaries under the leadership of the Nnubi dynasty. Led by Agwu Inobia, a descendant of Nna Uru from Abiriba, the Eze Agwu clan was centered at their capital Amanagwu and were resisted by Obong Okon Ita which led to the start of the Aro-Ibibio Wars.
The war initially became a stalemate. Both sides arranged a marriage between the king of Obong Okon Ita and a woman from Amanagwu. The marriage eventually failed to bring peace but played a decisive role in the war. Oke Nnachi was led by Nnachi Ipia who was a dibia or priest among the Edda people and was called by Agwu Inobia to help in the war against the Ibibio. These groups were followed by a third non-Igbo Ekoi-cultured group, Akpa or Ibom Oburutu who were led by Akuma Nnaubi, the first Eze Aro, the title of the king of the Aro.
In southern Igboland several groups developed mostly independent of Nri influence. Most of these groups followed a migration out of Isu communities in present-day Imo State, although some communities, such as the Mbaise cluster of village groups, claim to be autochthonous.
Colonial era (1850–1960) Edit A picture of a panorama of the Nigerian city of Enugu which is considered the Igbo capital Enugu, the capital city of the old Eastern Region of Nigeria. Following the British parliament's abolition of the slave trade in 1830, the British royal navy had opened up trade with coastal towns Bonny and Opobo and further inland on the Niger with Asaba in the 1870s. The palm oil industry, the biggest export, grew large and important to the British who traded here. British arrival and trade led to increased encounters between the Igbo and other polities and ethnic groups around the Niger River and led to a deepening sense of a distinct Igbo ethnic identity. Missionaries had started arriving in the 1850s. The Igbo, at first wary of the religion, started to embrace Christianity and Western education as traditional society broke down.[16][17] Christianity had played a great part in the introduction of European ideology into Igbo society and culture often time through erasure of cultural practice; adherents to the denominations were often barred in partaking in ancient rites and traditions, and joining fraternities and secret societies were forbidden as the church grew stronger.[18]
Due to the incompatibility of the Igbo decentralized style of government and the centralized system required for British indirect rule, British colonial rule was marked with open conflicts and much tension.[19] Under British colonial rule, the diversity within each of Nigeria's major ethnic groups slowly decreased and distinctions between the Igbo and other large ethnic groups, such as the Hausa and the Yoruba, became sharper.[20] British rule brought about changes in culture such as the introduction of warrant chiefs as Eze (traditional rulers) where there were no such monarchies.[21]
Nigerian independence (1960s) Edit Following the independence of Nigeria from the United Kingdom in 1960, most of Igboland was included in its Eastern Region.
Geography and biodiversity Edit
Map of Igboland in southeastern Nigeria[27][28]ÉnugwúUmuahiaBight of BiafraAtlantic OceanBight of BeninNsukkaOboloAbakalekeIgritaEleleAhoadaAbaOguIhialaOkigweOkaOnichaOwerreObiarukuAgborNiger RiverUgwu ỌchaAtakpaIdu Historically, Igboland has taken up a large part of southeastern Nigeria, mostly on the eastern side of the Niger River. It extends westward across the Niger to the regions of Aniocha, Ndokwa, Ukwuani, and Ika in present-day Delta State and also minute parts of Edo State in Nigeria. Its eastern side is terminated by the Cross River, although micro-communities exist over on the other side of the river; its northernmost point enters the Savannah climate around Nsukka.
Bonny Island and Opobo are often included in the Igbo speaking region since the language of trade of the island and town is Igbo and since many inhabitants are ethnic Igbo. Through these ports, the Igbo speaking region reaches the Atlantic Ocean to its south, although both towns are geographically separated from the rest of Igboland by smaller Ijaw and Andoni speaking communities.
Nkanu West, Enugu In Nigeria today, Igboland is roughly made up of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, and major parts of Delta and Rivers states.[29] Small parts of Akwa Ibom, Benue, Cross River, Edo, and Kogi State make up the rest of Igboland. More than 30 million people inhabit Igboland and with a population density ranging from 140 to 390 inhabitants per square kilometre (350 to 1,000/sq mi)[30] it could be the most densely populated area in Africa after the Nile Valley.[31][32] Altogether Igboland has an area of some 40,900 to 41,400 km2 (15,800 to 16,000 sq mi).[1][33]
RedboneSmith: Burna boy's mother Bose Ogulu is not Yoruba. She's Edo, from Owan. Don't let her first name deceive you. Many Edo people, for whatever reason, use Yoruba names. Her maiden name is Idonije, pure Edo name. Her mother is Yoruba though.
"Yoruba speaker" makes no sense as an identifier. Almost every prominent Nigerian artiste infuses Yoruba phrases into their lyrics. It's the Lagos influence, that's all.
Burna boy's first hit sef 'Tonight' had Igbo lyrics in it. Nobody dey call am "Igbo speaker" based on that. Timaya, Ijaw boy from Bayelsa, used Igbo lyrics liberally in his early works; I've never seen anybody call him "Igbo speaker" based on that.
"Yoruba speaker" as used by you is just a ludicrous attempt at attaché.
Bravetunde: Engeni belongs to we the ijaws,they are in all ijaws forum including iyc,they don't even deny their heritage that they are part of ijaws. Some ahoada east deny that they are even igbo but no engenni deny their ijaw. You can browse which tribe is burnaboy he were even said it with his own mouth that he is ijaw. Ijaws own half or rivers state but we don't loud it.out of 23 local government we own 11and share pH with ikwere igbos or ikwere Benin na them know
adonis89: we have Ahoada East and Ahoada west, the former is the Igbo speaking part while the latter are Izon ppl. Ahoada west people also partake in Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) election. Ogbia ppl are both in Rivers and Bayelsa and Burna boy's community speak Ogbia just like those in Bayelsa. They migrated from Otuegbe in Ogbia to the present place they occupy now. I know the history very well.
ifeanyiAdemola: but jaja founder opobo...Opobo is a city-state in the southern region of Nigeria. The state was founded in 1870. A greater part of the city state is still referred to as Opobo in Rivers State. Opobo is made up of several Islands and communities, mainly Opobo Town, Queenstown, Kalasunju, Oloma, Ayaminimah, Iloma, Minimah, Okpukpo, Iwoma, Ekereborokiri, Kalaibiama, and Epellema while a part of the city state is now in Akwa Ibom State, made up of Ikot Abasi, Kampa. The main language spoken in Opobo is the Igbo language .[1][2]
Opobo was to the east of the Kingdom of Bonny . Both Bonny and Opobo are of the same origin. An Igbo man (turned Ibani) called Jubo Jubogha (known as "Ja-Ja" to Europeans) led the Anna Pepple house (Wari) of Bonny. In 1870, Jaja arrived in Opobo from Bonny, moving due to a dispute with chief Oko Jumbo , the leader of the rival Manilla Pepple family (Wari). [3] Jaja was accommodated by the Nkoro leader, King Kpokpo[4] and formed what he called "Kingdom of Opobo" which he named after Amanyanabo Opubo "Pepple" Perekule the Great, a Pepple King in Bonny that reigned from 1792 to 1830.
Jubo Jubogha became involved in palm oil trading with Europeans. He started a trading post at Opobo Town, close to Ikot Abasi 4 miles southwest of the Opobo River. The European traders called him King Jaja. Jubo Jubogha was never on good terms with Ngwa people to the north, Annang and the Ibibio to the east, as Jaja declared himself as the middle-man in palm Oil trading, thus asking them to stop trading directly with the European. This resulted in a war (Ikot Udo Obong War) between Jaja and the Annang and Ibuno people as recorded by Nair .[5] In 1887, he was deceived when he was told to go and negotiate with the Queen of England by the British and sent on exile to Saint Vincent in the West Indies .
Ikot Udo Obong War with the Annang and Ibuno people as recorded by Nair.
I guess the towns in Opobo is visible to you. Do they sound Ibo to you? Do you know the meaning of Amanyanabo? Do you know what the ama at the end of the name of those places mentioned mean? I believe Wikipedia didn't tell you all these.
igwebuike01: There is no ibibioland across Imo River
The larger Ikot Abasi homeland is 4 miles South West of the Opobo River (aka Imo River).
The Ikot Udo Obong War was fought against Jaja (who prevented these other ethnicities from having direct trade links with the European traders) by the Annangs and Ibibio ethnic warriors.
His Majesty, King (Dr.) Dandeson Douglas Jaja, Jeki V, Treaty King, Amanyababo and Natural Ruler of Opobo Kingdom now has an Igbo name?
Wonders shall never end. Whoever or whatever you are, just delete yourself from nairaland because you are not wort being here. Your level of ignorance is just too appalling. Damn!
nengibo: U don't even need five dollars, its editable by anyone, its not a verifiable source, leave them to their folly. Opobo and Bonny are both Ibani Ijaw kingdoms with Ibani Ijaw language still alive, the current vice president of the Ijaw youth council is from Opobo, popular Ijaw activist Tony Uranta is from Opobo, so live them to their Wikipedia stories
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