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What's the Title of that book? I'm a follower of Blyden. He's also refered to as thr Father of African Nationalism.

PhysicsQED:
lol, interesting. I have to admit that Burton (if this was indeed written by Burton and not Cameron) always has an interesting way of putting things, as much as I dislike him.

There's also a "Yoruba and Igbo contrasted/compared" excerpt from one of Edward Wilmot Blyden's writings that I've read, for anyone interested in tracking down and reading these perceptions by outsiders.

Where in Lagos or Port Harcourt can I get this packaging pouch printed for me? Welp!

“A Political History of the Gambia, 1816 – 1994” by Arnold Hughes and David Perfect (University of Rochester Press, 2006)


“Samuel J. Forster was born in Bathurst [Gambia], probably in the 1830s. His father was a freeborn Igbo trader who traveled to Freetown from [Nigeria] with two of his brothers to make a living and had then moved on to Gambia. A Wesleyan Methodist (either by birth or conversion), S. J. Forster worked as a clerk in the Commissariat Department in Bathurst in the 1860s before resigning to concentrate on commerce. He specialized in trading in rice and, thanks to family connections in the interior, he prospered; by 1875, he was said to be the owner of a house and land worth some £300, which made him one of the wealthiest men in Bathurst.”

Photo: Forster’s son, Samuel J. Forster Jr, at Abingdon School, with his football teammates, England in 1892. Forster Junior would go on to become the first Gambian to qualify as a Barrister at the Inner Temple, and also the first Gambian to receive the knighthood in 1933.

Forster Jnr, studied Law at Merton College, England, came back to Gambia to practice law, was a member of the Gambian Legislative Council for 30yrs.

Till this day, the Forster family are still very prominent in Gambia's Economic and Political space.


Photo source: http://abingdon.org.uk

Isaiah Emmanuel Morter (1860 – 1924) was a Belizean planter and the first self-made millionaire in Belize of Igbo descent. He was a devotee of Marcus Garvey who owned a great deal of property and donated much of his wealth to the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association). His statue in Belize City marks the entrance to what was Eboe Town in the 19th century, a town now known as Yarborough which was named after its African/creole residents of mostly Igbo descent. May his great soul continue to Rest and lead the Black race right

Nothing is as sweet as history, it takes you on Time Travel

Willisky:
Look very well, Abo was mentioned there and it's in the Igbo speaking part in present day Delta State (South South).

Of course I'm aware South South isn't an Ethnic group. I was only trying to play along the poster's 'folly"

pazienza:
This is interesting. I equally noticed that those igbos saw abo as their headquarters,funny we have people from ndokwa/ukwani axis denying their igbo identity today.
Anyway,are those igbos still in sierre leon of today?

Yes, in Sierra Leone of today you'll still find citizens bearing names like; Kanu, Chukwu, Chukwuma and so on. The Igbo creole spoken in Sierra Leone is of the Isuama Igbo dialect. One of the Presidents of Sierra Leone is Christopher Okoro Cole, it is believed he's an Igbo man.

As an aside and for informational purposes, Edward James Roye(1815-1872), was an Igbo man that became Liberia's 5th President in 1870, he can also be found on Liberian $5 Note.

tpia5:
what about hausas, middle belt, south southerners?

Look very well, Abo was mentioned there and it's in the Igbo speaking part in present day Delta State (South South).

Can we see photos of the machine?

Funny how they insult the Ndigbo about the Eze Ndigbo in their domain, but are killing themselves over same issue is faraway Abuja, Gwari land for that matter. Yeye natu