YelloweWest:
This obi cubana mama burial dey pain this man eh

PapaFejiro:
Please don't do this.
Everyone is now freeborn, don't refer to anyone in this era as slaves.
One humanity we all are, let love lead the way.

You cannot dump a whole people because one or two offended you.

Please be guided

kingthreat:
The problem with Igbos is unity. With unity and great unselfish leadership, they can become formidable in Africa. This statement is not a call to seccession please.

mariahAngel:


Slavish how? Enlighten me...

Almaigaa:


Obi cubana is an Igala Man. Most wealthy men from Anambra are all IGALA

spydera:
Normal.
Is there any race on earth that didn't abuse or maltreatment the Igbos?
Yet the Igbos have become MTN, they are everywhere you go

mrvitalis:

We brag of our achievements today not history and how fast we outgrew everyone

Sufferingboy:
Many Ikas you see today especially the elite are from mainly ancient royal houses Even right from the time of Ogisos.

In agbor today,after the dein then Jim Ovia family is the most powerful by tradition .Jim Ovia himself is an Ika man of bini ancestry.

Even Okowa,their family came from benin.

The founders of Idumesah are Esan people from Ugboha led by a certain man I can't remember his name now.....My mother is that lineage.

Later Ndokwa and Aniocha people settled among the esan who came first.

In Idumesah today,there is one quarter that produce the Okparu-Uku(Big Okpara) and the 3 quarters will produce their okpara to lead them.

Even there are older people in other three quarter,they can be crown okpara-uku.It is only people from my quarters that must get that position.Once you crown the okpara of that my mum quarter,authomatically you become Okpara-Uku of them entire Idumesah.

Other okparas in the other 3 quarters may be your senior by age but they must pay homage to you as their new leader.Just like in UAE were the king of abu-dhabi becomes the president of the country automatically when he become the king.


Initially Idumesah was made up of 7 quarters,but people in the three quarter letter return to were they came from,some remained and resettled among the modern 4 quarters of today.

My mother and her people are given that priviledge because their ancestor from ughoha settled first before the Ndokwa and aniocha people..
Keep quiet okowa said publicly that he is an Igbo man, do you know his heritage more than him?

Mexzy4sho:
Mumu!!!!

So unnecessary.

Woman no even talk about anything relating to history then Gbam!!!! Reno don dey school person.

Mumu!!!!

Hardfacts234:
We Igbos also have Yoruba ,Benin and itshekiri slaves among us.

We also have Benin and Yoruba related names in our Igboland

BKayy:

That makes Idah and the entire Igala land part of our future map.
They own Anambra, so they should be attached to their property

Hardfacts234:
We Igbos also have Yoruba ,Benin and itshekiri slaves among us.We also have Benin and Yoruba related names in our Igboland

Bigkoko:
Nọnso Uche Nnajide wrote...

IGBO SLAVES AMONG THE ITSEKIRI?

So yesterday, an Itsekiri fellow on Facebook made the interesting claim that his people had many (emphasis on 'many') Igbo slaves. He went further to say that some of the descendants of these Igbo slaves still live in Delta State, and speak a hybrid language which he refused to mention. In the interest of intellectual discourse he probably should have mentioned it, and given interested parties the opportunity to verify or debunk the claims.

As far as the ethnic backgrounds of slaves in Itsekiri land is concerned, this is what the historian P. C. Lloyd wrote in his paper, "The Itsekiri in the Nineteenth Century: An Outline Social History":

Lloyd wrote: "A further change in Itsekiri social structure during the century was the development of domestic slavery. At the turn of the century the king held a large number of slaves, but the number owned by the chiefs is not known. The kingdom must have exported at least a thousand slaves annually. But with the decline of the slave trade, the supply did not cease, and slaves were integrated into the Itsekiri economy. Thus of Jakpa's 5000 people, Burton estimated that 600 - 700 were slaves of Diare. Olomu's slaves were variously numbered at 1000, 3000 and 4000.

"The slaves were never Itsekiri, rarely Ijoh. Most were Urhobo, often being men and women expelled from their communities for serious offences and sold in the riverside markets. Some were given to the Itsekiri as pledges for debts. The Itsekiri usually equate the price of a slave with a puncheon of oil. They assert that they never went to a war to capture slaves, though a favourite method of settling a debt or a quarrel was to seize a man's slaves. Other slaves came through the trade routes from Benin and Yoruba country where they had been captured in inter-tribal wars. Nana's most senior slaves were Ologun, a Yoruba, and Sagay, a Benin."

*Sagay is very clearly a corruption of the Bini name Osagie.

So there you have it. Itsekiri's slaves came primarily from the Urhobo; secondarily from the Yoruba and the Bini; and sometimes (though rarely) from the Ijọ. These are the people in the same geographical area as the Itsekiri and the people with whom they were involved in regular interactions. But our Itsekiri friend went over the heads of his neighbours to look for slaves among the Igbos located farther away.

I was going to just laugh at the story and go on with my business, but I realized there are Igbo people who may not be informed enough to see that this man lied through his teeth, hence my decision to talk about it here.

For foolish ones among us following #RenoOmokri

ivolt:
It is also funny that African Americans are not paying homage to their roots daily.Some are even dragging America with "real" Americans.

Jonathan39:
Your tribe is not more United than the Igbos

Hardfacts234:
We Igbos also have Yoruba ,Benin and itshekiri slaves among us.

We also have Benin and Yoruba related names in our Igboland

OdumegwuOjukwu:
No big deal.

Everyone had slaves from different ethnic groups at one point or the other. It was business, nothing personal.

Ogbuefi2020:
Benin empire sold mainly yoruba and itshekiri slaves

iSlayer:



I swear I like this new style you carry come now. Anybody wey claim us must join us. Good.

Chris525:

Haha! Dreamer. Who did you conquer and took as slaves? What battles did you fight? Did you even have an established monarchial system? When the British came, while the Binis fought and stood firm, didn’t you bend over and took it all?

Or why do you think the catholic culture and priesthood is well rooted in igbos than anywhere else in the south even though they crossed several southern tribes to get to you. You couldn’t resist, after you heard of the fall of your masters - bini throne to the British, you bent over easily. You took it all.

Dovegrey:
Your hatred to igbos will not reduce my account balance.
Keep hating while we keep progressing

jimyjames:


The Africa there is enough homage to their roots, I have never heard an African American deny that their ancestors were brought from Africa, but nnamdi from rivers state will say I'm not igbo, I'm ikwerri we are a distinct ethnic group from igbo we migrated from bini

jamesversion:


What brought Ikwerre to the topic. Igbos see Ikwerres in their dreams.

Every tribe in the south have claimed to have once kept Igbo slaves in times past. Na wah, Igbos una see una life??. Every 10kobo tribe once had Igbo slaves.

Sufferingboy:



Ignorance go kill you,who told you Ikas were ever slaves to benins?

Is this how Igbos think?

I really pity Igbos...

We are not benin,Esans,Igalas,Ndokwa,Aniocha and Igbos were are Ikas

We only acknowledge our amcestry from those group.


Respect yourself and stop disagracing Igbos.

Starzo:
and Igbo people go still dey sharp mouth