tpia@:
what about hausas, middle belt, south southerners?

zmoni:

The most powerful and influential races are two--the Aku and the Ibo------->RESPECTIVELY?.

It is popularly said that while the Aku will do anything for
money, the Ibo will do anything for revenge-------->IS REVERSE NOT THE CASE?

tpia@:
what about hausas, middle belt, south southerners?

They are termed the Jews of Western Africa

PhysicsQED:

Would there have been many people from Nigeria in Sierra Leone (or at least enough to form a recognizable/distinct group) besides the Yorubas and Igbos though?

ayobase:

They are by-products!

tpia@:


of what?

tpia@:


yes, there were.

nl propaganda paints a false picture.

zmoni: It is popularly said that while the Aku will do anything for
money, the Ibo will do anything for revenge.

ayobase: IS REVERSE NOT THE CASE?

Obiagu1:



Not at all, it is as clear as stated by outside observers; Yorubas will do anything for money.

This is not written by a Nigerian to victimize another.

pazienza:

Anyway,are those igbos still in sierre leon of today?

Dudu_Negro:

Why, you wan go claim Sierra Leone as iboland?

pazienza:

Anyway,are those igbos still in sierre leon of today?

One_Naira:

Probably. The two nollywood sisters that act in usa nollywood movies are from sierra leone but they have igbo last names. I can't remember there names but when i get to a laptop i would post you a link of their video and about them

Obiagu1:



Not at all, it is as clear as stated by outside observers; Yorubas will do anything for money.

This is not written by a Nigerian to victimize another.

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

Willisky:


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

Willisky:


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

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?

Willisky:


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

Willisky:


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.

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.

zmoni:
The most powerful and influential races are two--the Aku and the Ibo. The
Akus [Footnote: This is a nickname from the national salutation, 'Aku, ku,
ku?' ('How d'ye do?')] or Egbas of Yoruba, the region behind Lagos, the
Eyeos of the old writers, so called from their chief town, 'Oyo,' are
known by their long necklaces of tattoo. They are termed the Jews of
Western Africa; they are perfect in their combination, and they poison
with a remarkable readiness. The system of Egba 'clanship' is a favourite,
sometimes an engrossing, topic for invective with the local press, who
characterise this worst species of 'trades-union,' founded upon
intimidation and something worse, as the 'Aku tyranny' and the 'Aku
Inquisition.' The national proverb speaks the national sentiment clearly
enough: '_Okàn kau lè ase ibi, ikoko li asi ìmolle bi atoju ìmolle taù, ke
atoju ibi pella, bi aba kû ara enni ni isni 'ni'_ ('A man must openly
practise the duties of kinship, even though he may privately belong to a
(secret) club; when he has attended the club he must also attend to the
duties of kinship, because when he dies his kith and kin are those who
bury him').

The Ibos, or 'Eboes' of American tales, are even more divided; still they
feel and act upon the principle 'Union is strength.' This large and savage
tribe, whose headquarters are at Abo, about the head of the Nigerian
delta, musters strong at Sá Leone; here they are the Swiss of the
community; the Kruboys, and further south the Kabenda-men being the
'Paddies.' It is popularly said that while the Aku will do anything for
money, the Ibo will do anything for revenge. Both races are astute in the
extreme and intelligent enough to work harm. Unhappily, their talents
rarely take the other direction. In former days they had faction-fights:
the second eastern district witnessed the last serious disturbance in
1834. Now they do battle under the shadow of the law. 'Aku constables will
not, unless in extreme cases, take up their delinquent countrymen, nor
will an Ebo constable apprehend an Ebo thief; and so on through all the
different tribes,' says the lady 'Resident of Sierra Leone.' If the
majority of the jury be Akus, they will unhesitatingly find the worst of
Aku criminals innocent, and the most innocent of whites, Ibos, or Timnis
guilty. The Government has done its best to weld all those races into one,
and has failed. Many, however, are becoming Moslems, as at Lagos, and this
change may have a happier effect by introducing the civilisation of
El-Islam.

Trial by jury has proved the reverse of a blessing to most non-English
lands; in Africa it is simply a curse. The model institution becomes here,
as in the United States, a better machine for tyranny than any tyrant,
except a free people, ever invented. The British Constitution determines
that a man shall be tried by his peers. Half a dozen of his peers at Sá
Leone may be full-blooded blacks, liberated slaves, half-reformed
fetish-worshippers, sometimes with a sneaking fondness for Shángo, the
Egba god of fire; and, if not criminals and convicts in their own country,
at best paupers clad in dishclouts and palm-oil. The excuse is that a
white jury cannot be collected among the forty or fifty eligibles in
Freetown. It is vain to 'challenge,' for other negroes will surely take
the place of those objected to. No one raises the constitutional question,
'Are these half-reclaimed savages my peers?' And if he did, Justice would
sternly reply, 'Yes.' The witnesses will forswear themselves, not, like
our 'posters,' for half a crown, but gratis, because the plaintiff or
defendant is a fellow-tribesman. The judge may be 'touched with a
tar-brush;' but, be he white as milk, he must pass judgment according to
verdict. This state of things recalls to mind the Ireland of the early
nineteenth century, when the judges were prefects armed with a penal code,


http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18506/18506-8.txt

pazienza:


It was mentioned as the headquarters of the Ibos.

South South is not an ethnic group.
Aboh was only mentioned because the Abohs (Ukwuani/Ndokwa) of that era identified as Igbos, so the rest of the Igbo people Took Aboh as their headquarters.
If Aboh people were claiming non Igbos then, like they are doing today, Aboh wouldn't be mentioned in that article, because the Ibo slaves in Sierra Leone will not see Aboh as their headquarters.