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Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 10:23am On Sep 15, 2023 |
Some people wants us to change our name and since there used to be a big empire in west Africa called Songhai empire, which stretched all the way from Mauritanian to Chad covering most Northern Nigeria why not adopt this sacred name. Abi Wazobia is better, what is your view. |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 10:25am On Sep 15, 2023 |
Independence Day is nearing best time to 1. Change d name of country 2. Best time to rededominate d Naira by removing 2 zeros 3. Best time to reset d economy. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by mrvitalis(m): 10:29am On Sep 15, 2023 |
KnowAll:Let me guess you are Yoruba right? 3 Likes |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by ednut1(m): 10:31am On Sep 15, 2023 |
Dahomey changed to Benin Republic. Gold Coast changed to Ghana, Rhodesia changed to Zimbabwe etc. what has the name done for them ![]() 8 Likes |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 10:31am On Sep 15, 2023 |
mrvitalis: Songhai empire reined mostly in d savanna, Yoruba was not involved. But it is a good name where d richest man that ever lived came from. Mansa Musa 2 Likes |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by godofuck231: 10:33am On Sep 15, 2023 |
You can't cheat mathematics, there will be affects and side effects , this is what the white man wants you to believe, same thing they did to Nigeria in the 80 when their economic hitmen adviced Nigerians wrongfully to devalue the naira , what Nigerians need to do is revalue it to the lost values in the 80s and see the magic , its simple, (-10+10) negative 10 +10 = negative 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by illicit(m): 10:35am On Sep 15, 2023 |
KnowAll: Sahara u mean Yoruba is in Savannah |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 10:38am On Sep 15, 2023 |
illicit: Savannah/ Sahara, Yoruba is in d forest/ savanna |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 10:41am On Sep 15, 2023 |
Won’t you be proud you are all descendants of d richest man that ever lived. Mansa Musa The name change from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso really lifted that nation. |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by illicit(m): 10:41am On Sep 15, 2023 |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by gidgiddy: 10:58am On Sep 15, 2023 |
ednut1: What it did for them is that they no longer answer a colonial name created by the white man, which is a disgrace to do after achieving independence 2 Likes |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 10:59am On Sep 15, 2023 |
Or do we prefer Naija- |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 11:00am On Sep 15, 2023 |
And we change Lagos to Las Gidi. Or Gidi |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by mrvitalis(m): 11:14am On Sep 15, 2023 |
KnowAll:just answer my question sir.. You are Yoruba right? |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 11:16am On Sep 15, 2023 |
The Songhai Empire was the largest and last of the three major pre-colonial empires to emerge in West Africa. From its capital at Gao on the Niger River, Songhai expanded in all directions until it stretched from the Atlantic Ocean (modern Senegal and Gambia) to what is now Northwest Nigeria and central Niger. Gao, Songhai’s capital, which remains to this day a small Niger River trading center, was home to the famous Goa Mosque and the Tomb of Askia, the most important of the Songhai emperors. The cities of Timbuktu and Djenne were the other major cultural and commercial centers of the empire. The Songhai people founded Gao around 800 A.D. and established it as their capital in the 11th century during the reign of Dia Kossoi. As the city and region grew in importance, the Malian Empire incorporated both as it expanded across the West African savanna. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 11:17am On Sep 15, 2023 |
mrvitalis: I am a Nigerian, soon to be a Songhian 2 Likes |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by pandax: 11:49am On Sep 15, 2023 |
KnowAll: Mali is the epicenter of the Songhai Empire, and it extended into parts of Sene-Gambia, Burkina Faso, Niger, and a very negligible part of Nigeria. The Songai coalition had been formed by Mali, Burkina Faso & Niger already and they are willing to defend their Kingdom. Senegal is next to fall and will join the coalition Please tell your President, Mr Tinubu, in case he is muting that idea to perish the thought of calling Nigeria Songhai as it doesn't reflect the histories and aspirations of the majority of Nigerian ethnic nationalities My Suggestions: BONDA Repulic - Biafra, Oduduwa, Niger Delta, Arewa BOMBA Republic - Biafra, Oduduwa, Middle Belt, Arewa BOA Union - Biafra, Oduduwa, Arewa United Kingdom of BOMAN - Biafra, Oduduwa, Middle Belt, Arewa, Niger Delta 2 Likes |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 11:54am On Sep 15, 2023 |
pandax: Rather than go for all this your Bo-something names I think Wazobia might be better or Songhai. 1 Like |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 11:55am On Sep 15, 2023 |
Moreover Mali had their own empire I think it was b4 or after Songhai. |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by pandax: 11:57am On Sep 15, 2023 |
KnowAll: WAZOBIA Union is good as well, but not Songhai ooo 2 Likes |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by oyatz(m): 12:00pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
godofuck231: How do you re-value the Naira? |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 12:01pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
pandax: Why not Songhai, Mali is already beating Mali obtained from the Malian empire. Upper Volta is Butkina faso, that leaves just us and Niger to claim the name. And I think the Nigerians are happy with their current name. That leaves us to claim it. |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by pandax: 12:09pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
KnowAll: Maybe, Northwest Nigeria can claim and adopt that name for its region. In fact, it will be sacrilegious for the people of Middle Belt and Western Nigeria to accept that name. My people have no connection or contact with the defunct Songhai Empire FYI, the Songhai alliance is taking shape already and Nigeria will not be a part of it, except NorthWest Nigeria wants to join. Senegal is the next country to fall to coup plotters and the alliance will be complete 2 Likes |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by oyatz(m): 12:20pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
pandax: You have a good sense of humour. Shongai Empire only included present day Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano and Kaduna States. Following the disintegration of the Shongai Empire and the rise of the Mali Empire, the Kanem-Borno Empire later became the dominant Power over Katsina, Kano and Kaduna States but with the rise of the Fulani Sokoto Caliphate between 1804-1810, their authority was reduced drastically and Missau, in Present day Bauchi State was later agreed by both Empires to be the boundary between Sokoto Caliphate and Kanem-Borno Empire. We can choose a neutral name 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 12:23pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
pandax: Mr man you think the tribes in the middle belts and south exists in isolation, where did the slaves that were sold to Arab traffickers come from , they were middle belts & Southerners. It would be inconceivable that they Northerners in Savanna belts would sell kiths and kin to slavery when their other tribes amongst them to d south. Mansa Musa was believed to have over 1000 slaves. |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by pandax: 12:45pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
KnowAll: Perish that thought please, Besides most Nationalities of Nigeria not having any affiliations with the empire, The Songhai empire was built on conquest and slavery, and we need not resuscitate it. Imagine, Mansa Musa had over 1000 slaves and you are proud to admit it. 2 Likes |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 12:47pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
pandax: Slaves were what defined a man’s wealth in those days. Just like when have cars today. |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by pandax: 12:51pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
KnowAll: One of the reasons behind the push for the change of the name, Nigeria is because of the history behind that name and you want us to change to a name, Songhai with an even worse past. 2 Likes |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 1:05pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
pandax: My grandfather a wealthy ondo farmer and the first man to have a car in Ondo, used to have Igbo’s and midwestern carry him in a hammock to his farm. Would you call such indentured workers slaves. That was how they lived back in the days. |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by gidgiddy: 1:07pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
It is a sacrilege to call your self the name of an empire. Empire is an evil thing because it means that at some point, some people left their land to gi to other peoples land and take over the place by brute force. Theres nothing good about that 2 Likes |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by DevilsEqual(m): 1:08pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
mrvitalis: Is this how u think? Like u dont care about the messages but more bothered about the messenger U only pick ethnic coloration in all issues and care less about intellectual engagement? Yorubas are truly your nightmare...They torment this much ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Is Songhai A Good Name For Nigeria??? by KnowAll(m): 1:10pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
gidgiddy: Out of all the empires that exist in west Africa the only not to have metormophised to state is Songhai. Ghana, Benin, Mali, |
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