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Facts About Ebira People by Basit002(m): 11:36pm On Feb 19, 2016 |
The Ebira which are Ebira Tao, Ebira Etuno, Ebira Panda. Now distributed in four states namely: Kogi, Plateau, Benue Edo State and Abaji area council of federal capital territory, share a common ethnology including ancestry, Language, Culture and history. Ebira history started in the middle Benue region about 800 years ago when the group began to refer to themselves as people from Bura or Bira in the Gongola river basin. In fact, Ebira-Nya Would insist that the correct version of the group name is Egbura. From the middle Benue Region, these same people started to spread the Niger-Benue Confluence from where the Ebira-Tao and Ebira-Etuno {Igara} Migrated inland to their present locations by thye way of Etobe in Igalaland. In their various locations, Ebira-Tao mixed with different ethnic groups, someof whom they assimilated , with permanent surbordination of others . for instance in the middle Benue and Niger-Benue confluence they mixed with the Akpoto {Idoma}, Bassa, Nupe, and Oworo, and took on a lot of... READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: www.ebiravabe.com/2016/02/who-are-indigenes-of-okene-anokene-fact.html?m=0 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Facts About Ebira People by Dojupyo(f): 12:38am On Feb 20, 2016 |
I love Ebira peoples and their culture, even tho I don't know much about them.. I just love them, the Ebiras from Kogi. Most of them are tall and dark(black beauty) 2 Likes |
Re: Facts About Ebira People by tpiar: 1:38am On Feb 20, 2016 |
Ebiras are not known for being tall and dark, perhaps you are confusing them with their neighbours the Igalas. |
Re: Facts About Ebira People by Junior66(m): 7:25am On Feb 22, 2016 |
Dojupyo:most ebiras are rather light-skin and i dnt think they are particularly tall. 1 Like |
Re: Facts About Ebira People by Amoto94(m): 9:47pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
#ProudlyEbira Wa dahi? |
Re: Facts About Ebira People by tpiar: 10:08pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
Ta hon |
Re: Facts About Ebira People by Amoto94(m): 10:24pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
It is tao. Ete meya? |
Re: Facts About Ebira People by tpiar: 10:36pm On Feb 23, 2016 |
va o yo |
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