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something's fishy about how these reporters are:

1. on hand to report the news

2. handling the news. Re: the sensational headlines they're coming up with.

ezeagu:
It mustn't have been a community made up of the same substance as the Benin migrants were (War generals) for their voice to be so tiny in Anioma, their language is even considered extinct.

the language is no longer spoken in the southwest, or is extinct in the southwest.

however this doesnt mean it isnt spoken elsewhere since it's still called an old form of yoruba.

until we see a linguistic analysis of the language in question, hard to actually say for sure.


according to this paper, the language sounds like the yoruba spoken in brazil, and sounds like the usehin (iseyin?) and akure dialects:

http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/T%20&%20T/T%20&%20T-07-0-000-09-Web/T%20&%20T-07-1-000-09-Abst-PDF/T&T-07-1-047-09-186-Mordi-E-N/T&T-07-1-047-09-186-Mordi-E-N-Tt.pdf



personally, i've known about them for a while now but just didnt consider the issue very important. They're from their area, same as everyone else around them.

also, it seems some parts of ondo state traded slaves and so on with the portuguese (just finding that out now), so the portuguese could also have had a hand in whatever is being discussed here.

there's very little information about that period and their activities in the area.

the slaves were probably gotten inland and marched or ferried down to the coast. Or traded within the general region.

however, little is known about this.

^^i'd have to do some research on that.

what's clear at the moment is some yoruba speaking people settled in anioma and got assimilated [sort of] into the tribes they met there.

some claim they were descendants of yoruba soldiers who didnt return home after whatever war brought them to that area while others feel they migrated either through the slave trade or regular one.

ezeagu:
Any attack on the Ika area would have crippled whatever was left of Benin then. How can Benin think of attacking the Ika clans? That's not even the way they gained influence in Agbor and other clans.

the punitive attack would have been before the british one.

i cant remember what it was supposed to be about but i think there was a rebellion of some sort.

Bini kingdom cajoling a clan to fight its war against Yoruba! Really?

On what scale was Anioma to Bini that a monarch will need cajoling them to take up positions which in those ages was a "honorable" service and the King only needed to give his command to it and the order was completed.

You are inferring with your nonsense that
1. the King had to enter into some negotiation to overcome their reluctance to serve in his royal warrior corps.

2. That Bini was depleted in its warrior population and dependence on a neighboring clan is necessary in order to go raid another monarchy state.  

3. That Bini standing army could not lead and win a war against Akure/Owo, Anioma have more gallant warriors that can lead the incursion westward and get this job done and that an Anioma son Ujie, who until before was not a warrior of any mighty caliber but we now see him commanding Bini imperial army into Yorubaland, Akure/Owo to be specific

all the outer reaches of the southwest were engaged in wars with surrounding tribes who either wanted more territory, control of trade routes, or simply because they didnt like each other.


in the western yorubaland, abeokuta was engaged in a long war with dahomey.

to the north, the fulani engaged and took kwara after yorubas had lost their territory in niger state.

to the east, there were wars with benin.


anioma would be called to source expeditions to the west of benin because many of them had links with the place, imo.

Until we find out what was the ethnic composition of benin's "standing army", you cant dismiss the claims for sure.

My guess is a large part of this army might have been composed of aniomas although its not certain until more research is done.

btw, you're highlighting benin alone and ignoring other kingdoms like nupe, dahomey, etc who also had expansionist ambitions towards the yoruba.

the yoruba typically do not fight wars to gain territory but simply to hold or defend preexisting ones. As such, any wars between yoruba and bini, would not result in yorubas claiming bini land.

this of course does not refer to wars fought to obtain slaves.

The Oba only had to give his command and the whole Anioma and beyond, all the way to the Niger will be leveled.

actually, I think benin was planning an all out attack on ika area when the british incident happened.

not sure if this was a response to the ika "rebellion" or not.

i'd have to look up info on dates of what's being discussed here.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=717823.msg8763798#msg8763798 date=1311281305]https://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/155124_10150103407780435_713780434_7937246_1927356_n.jpg[/quote]I'm sure i used to see these billboards outside barber shops in nigeria.

looks familiar.

^i'm sure you do.

use bar soap, not laundry detergent, when washing her.

detergent is too harsh on plastic.

hope there's no foul play at work however, despite everything.

armyofone:
bashy mon, i hope you no be this poster man oooo
poster said her man is on NL same xter as you, i hope not oo

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-717381.0.html

sounds like the woman married the likes of dayokanu, fstranger or bash-himself.

eyah.

I pray God gives her a proper man.

and may God save innocent girls from marrying such people. They'll say they're too good for the ashewos they frequent, and instead will start stalking a naive lady until they brainwash her into marrying them.

Chintua:
Yes.

newsflash:

so no married man is viewing your n.aked v.agina on your profile?

who exactly are you displaying it for?

seun the owner of nl or fstranger/dayokanu?

not really my business sha!!!

Chintua:
See as she make face like one guguru-selling 'AMOKPE' for Ijesha. . .[b]E[/b]do-[b]A[/b]kiti.
She ivin resemble one NL woman for hia kpa-kpa.

She nor even fine sef.
Typical 'Yoruba' face.
Shorty wor-wor woman.
How she nor go commit suicide.
Lagos State. Head quarters of desperado females!

Commit suicide for a man?
Unbelievable.
I guess she never had a father who really loved her.

The many sequelas of that low self-esteem inducing menace called POLYGAMY.

Twa!

Good riddance! The reason I don't pity all these single desperadoes who run after married men.

IF YOU ARE SINGLE. . .DO ONLY SINGLE MEN!!!
IF YOU ARE MARRIED. . .DO ONLY MARRIED MEN!!!


Una nor dey hia word!

seriously, your n.aked womanliness is all over your profile  and you still feel you have the moral high ground to look down on others?

is the story true because people are already denying it.

and besides, it seems she was from a rich family so why was she dating a married man?

seriuosly, what's going on in the banking sector these days?

lord have mercy.

sigh.

abeg no put mouth for matter wey no concern you.

nigerians and i too know.

bloody sell outs and saboteurs.

[quote author=Yoru_Igbo link=topic=717823.msg8762848#msg8762848 date=1311272785]Tpia, you too much, I raise yansh for you [/quote]i was looking for a better picture but couldnt find one.


these things are supposed to be archived by some organization.

blue band:

found planta, still looking for blue band:


[img]http://2.bp..com/-IBbElzbaP8c/TgiLKiqtrSI/AAAAAAAABaw/FMsrSVE3NB8/s1600/planta-ad-nigeria.jpg[/img]

DAMN nigeria used to be developed, wth happened??

nobody knows.

lovely pacesetters' collage


https://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5070/486916pacesetterjpg1a8f.jpg




btw, mobolaji johnson was quite goodlooking. Post #136. Will look up his info sometime- dont know much about him.