NwaNimo1:

Tellmeastory:
There were no 'TRIBES' before the British invaded Nigeria.

You were PROGRAMMED BY THE BRITISH TO SEE YOURSELVES AS ''TRIBES'' DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER.

Divide And Rule.

There was NOTHING like ''Igbo people'', 'Yoruba people'', ''Hausa people'' before the British got here.

People identified themselves by their LINEAGE, ie their HOMETOWN, not by the language they spoke, which was always subject to change.

Why? Because people migrated constantly. Searching for arable land, prosperous lands, conducive environments, water etc.

There was no 'lingua franca', so an Igbo speaking family migrating to Ijebu land meant they had to learn the Yoruba language of the Ijebu and speak it, learn the culture, observe their religion etc.

They would get there and ask them about the deities they honour, and they would be guided.

You could not take your religion and deities there. You would adopt theirs. That's how it worked.

After a decade or less, you've effectively become an indigene there. An Ijebu man, plus your kids!

Today we would call you a 'Yoruba man'!

But you're actually an ''Igbo man''!

THERE ARE LITERALLY MILLIONS OF YOU IN THIS POSITION RIGHT NOW.

IE your ancestors of just 150 to 300 years ago were immigrants from a totally different region to where you are now,.

GO AND DO A DNA TEST AND YOU WILL BE SHOCKED as a ''proud Yoruba man'' to learn that your great-great-grandad was an immigrant from Nnewi or Sokoto.

And YOU, Mr ''Proud Igbo man''.

GO AND DO A DNA TEST to find out where you really come from, ie your LINEAGE.

You will be shocked that you are actually from Oyo State or Kwara.

Or even from Sierra Leone or Congo!

Or holy of holies, descended from an 18th century Fulani herdsman!

Today an Igbo family can decide to migrate to Ibadan, and not bother learning to speak Yoruba for several generations, and they'll be fine, since we can all speak English.

But it was not like that in pre-colonial Nigeria.

You HAD to learn the language, and adopt the culture of your new abode.

So you true identity was your LINEAGE, not the language you were speaking.

SO IT WAS THE EUROPEAN COLONIALISTS that created these language-based blocs, and falsely claimed that you were of the ''Igbo Tribe''.

Of the ''Yoruba tribe''.

Of the ''Hausa tribe''.

It's all NONSENSE.

Why did they do it?

So that they could create large blocs of DIVISION among you, their subjects.

So that you could remain DISUNITED, in RIVALRY, and thus kept too busy fighting one another to challenge their authority.

If you are a TRIBALIST today, you are simply an ignorant colonial creation.

An ignoble, pitiful colonial caricature.

Go do a DNA geneology test, to find out where you're really from.

The 'native' language you speak today means a big fat ZERO.

guysbewise:
Nigerians we united until the Ibo coup of 1966 and the Ibo wanting to dominate North,SW, and the Niger Delta of Nigeria, and since then Nigeria has never been the same again.

Fortruth:


Go to Ukraine…most of them have Russian DNA but said PHUCK Russia…

This N..r Area Territories created by criminals for criminals must collapse, and we return to African Kingdoms of Oduduwa, Arewa, Biafra, Bini, etc….

If we like we put Yoruba Mayogun to be Head of State in Enugu, it is well…. Anything except useless shythole corrupt Niggeria

Bardo:
What we have now are ‘political tribes’

Tellmeastory:


Ukrainians are NOT of Russian DNA.

Only 17% of Ukrainians are of Russian ancestry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine

And they were no language-based kingdoms like ''Arewa'', ''Oduduwa'' etc.

And ancient Biafra was located in western Cameroun/Chad.

There was no 'Igbo nation' or 'Igbo kingdom' before colonialism.

There was the Nri Kingdom, or more accurately the Nri Theocracy, whose people happened to speak Igbo.

Not all Igbo-speaking people were part of the Nri kingdom. There were many independent chiefdoms, who guarded their independence fiercely without compromise.

They did not look at you and say ''Oh, this man speaks Igbo, so he is one of us''. Nothing like that.

The Benin empire was multilingual, as was the Oyo empire, which reached as far as Togo, and was surely planning to conquer the Ashanti Kingdom of Ghana, but was stopped by the European invasions.

So it's never been about the language you speak!

Tellmeastory:


Ukrainians are NOT of Russian DNA.

Only 17% of Ukrainians are of Russian ancestry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine

And they were no language-based kingdoms like ''Arewa'', ''Oduduwa'' etc.

And ancient Biafra was located in western Cameroun/Chad.

There was no 'Igbo nation' or 'Igbo kingdom' before colonialism.

There was the Nri Kingdom, or more accurately the Nri Theocracy, whose people happened to speak Igbo.

Not all Igbo-speaking people were part of the Nri kingdom. There were many independent chiefdoms, who guarded their independence fiercely without compromise.

They did not look at you and say ''Oh, this man speaks Igbo, so he is one of us''. Nothing like that.

The Benin empire was multilingual, as was the Oyo empire, which reached as far as Togo, and was surely planning to conquer the Ashanti Kingdom of Ghana, but was stopped by the European invasions.

So it's never been about the language you speak!

Christistruth00:



Oyo Kingdom reached Ghana
The Ewe People East of River Volta in Ghana were Part of it

Christistruth00:



Oyo Kingdom reached Ghana
The Ewe People East of River Volta in Ghana were Part of it

Tellmeastory:


Ukrainians are NOT of Russian DNA.

Only 17% of Ukrainians are of Russian ancestry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine

And they were no language-based kingdoms like ''Arewa'', ''Oduduwa'' etc.

And ancient Biafra was located in western Cameroun/Chad.

There was no 'Igbo nation' or 'Igbo kingdom' before colonialism.

There was the Nri Kingdom, or more accurately the Nri Theocracy, whose people happened to speak Igbo.

Not all Igbo-speaking people were part of the Nri kingdom. There were many independent chiefdoms, who guarded their independence fiercely without compromise.

They did not look at you and say ''Oh, this man speaks Igbo, so he is one of us''. Nothing like that.

The Benin empire was multilingual, as was the Oyo empire, which reached as far as Togo, and was surely planning to conquer the Ashanti Kingdom of Ghana, but was stopped by the European invasions.

So it's never been about the language you speak!
Go and check the history of Yoruba ancestry properly. Oyo empire didn’t extend as far as you think man. Yoruba don’t even have a real meaning in your language regardless. No Lagos state King was ever subject to Alafin nor Ooni Of Ife. Check for facts before claiming what you are not.

NeckingNgulping:
I find this very interesting. I think that's exactly how it happened. Migration has always been in existence. The problem is, it's kinda hard to know exactly where our ancestors migrated from to the place we are now. We only assume and depend on tales. Some might be true, most might not be.

Tellmeastory:


Oh wow...Thanks. I had no idea they got that far west!

guysbewise:
Nigerians were united until the Ibo coup of 1966 and the Ibo wanting to dominate North,SW and the Niger Delta of Nigeria, and since then Nigeria has never been the same again.

Fortruth:


Then allow the “Ibo” to go then…..


Yeye History

Tellmeastory:
It is very easy to end the phenomenon of tribalism in Nigeria and across Africa, to foster greater unity and fairness.

All the government has to do is promote and disseminate these FACTS as enunciated above, and encourage and subsidise MASS DNA GENEOLOGY TESTING, while encouraging people to embrace their true lineage as opposed to the FRAUDULENT, ARTIFICIAL, UN-AFRICAN, COLONIAL LANGUAGE-GROUP CLASSIFICATIONS.

It will be taught to CHILDREN from Primary 1, that their identity is their LINEAGE, which can be determined by DNA testing, not their language.

A geneology database will be created, and people will be encouraged to follow up on their DNA results and seek to re-unite with their long lost relatives and lineage in other parts of the country or sub-region etc.

In its early days, TV crews will be there, to capture the tears and hugs of an 'Igbo man' meeting his ancient family in remote Zaria, and a 'Hausa man' re-uniting with his ancient family in Ondo state.

Gradually, the notion of 'Tribe' will be eroded, and finally eliminated from our consciousness, as we become reasonable, tolerant, civilised Africans again, no longer robots of colonial greed and brigandage, and free of the bondage and shackles of tribalism holding back our GREATNESS.

guysbewise:
Nigerians were united until the Ibo coup of 1966 and the Ibo wanting to dominate North,SW and the Niger Delta of Nigeria, and since then Nigeria has never been the same again.

Bardo:


Not true

Tellmeastory:
It is very easy to end the phenomenon of tribalism in Nigeria and across Africa, to foster greater unity and fairness.

All the government has to do is promote and disseminate these FACTS as enunciated above, and encourage and subsidise MASS DNA GENEOLOGY TESTING, while encouraging people to embrace their true lineage as opposed to the FRAUDULENT, ARTIFICIAL, UN-AFRICAN, COLONIAL LANGUAGE-GROUP CLASSIFICATIONS.

It will be taught to CHILDREN from Primary 1, that their identity is their LINEAGE, which can be determined by DNA testing, not their language.

A geneology database will be created, and people will be encouraged to follow up on their DNA results and seek to re-unite with their long lost relatives and lineage in other parts of the country or sub-region etc.

In its early days, TV crews will be there, to capture the tears and hugs of an 'Igbo man' meeting his ancient family in remote Zaria, and a 'Hausa man' re-uniting with his ancient family in Ondo state.

Gradually, the notion of 'Tribe' will be eroded, and finally eliminated from our consciousness, as we become reasonable, tolerant, civilised Africans again, no longer robots of colonial greed and brigandage, and free of the bondage and shackles of tribalism holding back our GREATNESS.

Zooposki:


It was actually the Benin kingdom. There was nothing like the Oyo kingdom, hence Bight of Benin and why our next door neighbor adopted the name Benin.

Tellmeastory:
There were no 'TRIBES' before the British invaded Nigeria.

You were PROGRAMMED BY THE BRITISH TO SEE YOURSELVES AS ''TRIBES'' DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER.

Divide And Rule.

There was NOTHING like ''Igbo people'', ''Yoruba people'', ''Hausa people'' before the British got here.

People identified themselves by their LINEAGE, ie their HOMETOWN, not by the language they spoke, which was always subject to change.

Why? Because people migrated constantly. Searching for arable land, prosperous lands, conducive environments, water etc.

There was no 'lingua franca', so an Igbo speaking family migrating to Ijebu land meant they had to learn the Yoruba language of the Ijebu and speak it, learn the culture, observe their religion etc.

They would get there and ask them about the deities they honour, and they would be guided.

You could not take your religion and deities there. You would adopt theirs. That's how it worked.

After a decade or less, you've effectively become an indigene there. An Ijebu man, plus your kids!

Today we would call you a 'Yoruba man'!

But you're actually an ''Igbo man''!

THERE ARE LITERALLY MILLIONS OF YOU IN THIS POSITION RIGHT NOW.

IE your ancestors of just 150 to 300 years ago were immigrants from a totally different region to where you are now,.

GO AND DO A DNA TEST AND YOU WILL BE SHOCKED as a ''proud Yoruba man'' to learn that your great-great-grandad was an immigrant from Nnewi or Sokoto.

And YOU, Mr ''Proud Igbo man''.

GO AND DO A DNA TEST to find out where you really come from, ie your LINEAGE.

You will be shocked that you are actually from Oyo State or Kwara.

Or even from Sierra Leone or Congo!

Or holy of holies, descended from an 18th century Fulani herdsman!

Today an Igbo family can decide to migrate to Ibadan, and not bother learning to speak Yoruba for several generations, and they'll be fine, since we can all speak English.

But it was not like that in pre-colonial Nigeria.

You HAD to learn the language, and adopt the culture of your new abode, as a matter of survival.

So you true identity was your LINEAGE, not the language you were speaking at any point in time.

If LANGUAGE was what identified you in the past, that means you could be born Igbo, and by your teenage years be a Yoruba person, and by old age, an Hausa man, depending on your migratory path.

So of course it wasn't language that we identified ourselves by.

IT WAS THE EUROPEAN COLONIALISTS that created these language-based blocs, and falsely claimed that you were of the ''Igbo tribe''.

Of the ''Yoruba tribe''.

Of the ''Hausa tribe''.

It's all NONSENSE.

Why did they do it?

So that they could create large blocs of DIVISION among you, their subjects.

So that you could remain DISUNITED, in RIVALRY, and thus kept too busy fighting one another to challenge their authority.

If you are a TRIBALIST today, you are simply an ignorant colonial creation.

An ignoble, pitiful colonial caricature.

Go do a DNA geneology test, to find out where you're really from.

The 'native' language you speak today means a big fat ZERO.

EJEGBULEJE:


Just do away with State of Origin, place of birth etc...

simpleseyi:
Not true. The tribes were more pronounced then

EJEGBULEJE:


Just do away with State of Origin, place of birth etc...

gidgiddy:
There was also no Nigeria before the coming of the white msn