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There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Tellmeastory: 11:39pm On May 24 |
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. 3 Likes |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by guysbewise: 11:46pm On May 24 |
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. 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by NwaNimo1(m): 11:54pm On May 24 |
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Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Tellmeastory: 12:29am On May 25 |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Fortruth: 12:36am On May 25 |
Tellmeastory: Go to Ukraine…most of them have Russian DNA but said PHUCK Russia… This Nigger 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 2 Likes |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Fortruth: 12:37am On May 25 |
guysbewise: Then allow the “Ibo” to go then….. Yeye History 3 Likes |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Tellmeastory: 12:51am On May 25 |
Fortruth: 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! 1 Like |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Tellmeastory: 1:00am On May 25 |
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. |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Bardo: 1:55am On May 25 |
What we have now are ‘political tribes’ 3 Likes |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Tellmeastory: 1:56am On May 25 |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Fortruth: 2:58am On May 25 |
Tellmeastory: "Only 17%" from wiki LOL...okay oooh Anyway that's more in common than Fulani and Yoruba LOL Ukrainians and Russians are basically first cousins, along with the Belarusians. Europe is till date a very TRIBAL continent with additional ethnic groups looking for referendums. What matters ultimately is that a similar value system can dominate and be accepted by cultural/tribal groups sharing similar history, border, culture, tongue, and related things. Those that colonized Nigeria obviously agreed that there were regions that expressed such unity, and created governments there that had Premier (like a king) a governor (like a Prime Minister) and a regional assembly (parliament) with flag and coat of arms...aka Saduana, Awolowo, Okpara, Osadebe... That would have been a sensible frame work for independent African nations that were viable...except of course, for busy body people like your epistles imply, that tried to do much about nothing..... Regarding language, language is powerful. That's what helped to colonize your land.... as is religion.... But if you have your own religion and language then you may be able to overthrow the dominant one ....like the Ukrainians that largely speak Russian and have spoken it for a long time..... however their own language Abi dialect is there and stands as a rallying point.... DNA testing alone will help determine if those who claim are fathers of their kids are actually the father..... otherwise it is not enough to do anything MATE. Nice try to keep One Nigger Area going....but you are deceiving yourself LOL.. DNA testing ni DNA testing koorrr 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Christistruth00: 3:33am On May 25 |
Tellmeastory: Oyo Kingdom reached Ghana The Ewe People East of River Volta in Ghana were Part of it 15 Likes
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Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Bardo: 4:04am On May 25 |
Christistruth00: Not true |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Tellmeastory: 4:47am On May 25 |
Christistruth00: Oh wow...Thanks. I had no idea they got that far west! 1 Like |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by matthewkotin41(m): 5:13am On May 25 |
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Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by NeckingNgulping(m): 5:13am On May 25 |
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. 1 Like |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Tellmeastory: 5:19am On May 25 |
NeckingNgulping: DNA geneology tests will help. We need a DNA mapping of all the individual regions of the country, and then we link DNA results to them, and take it from there. It can be done in a reliable, organised manner. |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Zooposki(f): 5:57am On May 25 |
Tellmeastory: 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. |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by EJEGBULEJE: 6:13am On May 25 |
guysbewise: This is nothing but the truth.....they are still playing the victim card, instead of acknowledging their mistakes. 1 Like |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by EJEGBULEJE: 6:17am On May 25 |
Fortruth: Like someone is holding you to go,As u go Xmas, why u no stay for East ? Abi why don't you accept the Northerners challenge to leave?? They ve asked the FG on your behalf, yet you don't want to leave.... Abeg u don't need our blessings to go back to kportor republic... 3 Likes |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by EJEGBULEJE: 6:19am On May 25 |
Tellmeastory: Just do away with State of Origin, place of birth etc... |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Never4getU: 6:23am On May 25 |
guysbewise: Irony of life...the same ibo are the one cry wolves now as though they're innocent to the problem yet they're the foundation to the problem. Only tribe in the whole nation wanting to dominate host community. Fear those tribe 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Christistruth00: 6:25am On May 25 |
Bardo: River Volta is in Ghana The Ewe Tribe of Ghana and Togo were under Protection of Alaafin of Oyo How do you think they were able to resist the mighty Ashanti who threw everything they had to take over the Ewes Homeland on the Sea Coast of Ghana? The Ewe Tribe sat between the mighty Ashanti and the Sea and the Ashanti were desperate to take it over 4 Likes
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Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by oyatz(m): 6:27am On May 25 |
Tellmeastory: You don't understand human societies. Tribes and tribalism will NOT disappear. What we need is : JUSTICE and EQUITY. Justice= fairness to all parts of Nigeria Equity= Equality of citizenship 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Tellmeastory: 6:32am On May 25 |
Zooposki: What...?? What do you mean there was nothing like the Oyo kingdom? 3 Likes |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by nabiz(m): 6:36am On May 25 |
Tellmeastory:you are not far from the truth. It is a pity we don't know this. I fill like taking degree courses in family history because of this nonsense 1 Like |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by simpleseyi: 6:37am On May 25 |
Not true. The tribes were more pronounced then. The tribes in the current Nigeria have been fighting each other, capturing their neighbors as slaves and selling them for the price of yams. The Whitemen didn't start slave trade in Africa, slave trading has been a big business before the Whitemen.. The Yoruba civil war of 1789 was stopped by the Whitemen in 1860. Thousands of lives were lost in the war and many captured as slaves and sold |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Tellmeastory: 6:39am On May 25 |
EJEGBULEJE: You think that will be enough? I think we need to get to a point where the language a person speaks has ZERO bearing on who votes for him, zero bearing on the employment sector, etc etc. |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Tellmeastory: 6:40am On May 25 |
simpleseyi: You are wrong. Go and read Achebe. The Igbo-speaking chiefdoms operated as independent nations, engaged in diplomacy, trade, and sometimes declared war against each other. Same as the people we call 'Yorubas' today. There was nothing like ethnic unity or tribalism in pre-colonial Nigeria, |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by simpleseyi: 6:44am On May 25 |
EJEGBULEJE: It won't make any difference. Ogunwale Oluwaseyi cannot claim to be from Kano, and Chukwuma Chinyere that acquired Lagos certificate of origin is just wasting his time. Same way Danladi Dantata that says he is from Anambra will be mercilessly whipped. So, even if you remove state of origin, place of birth and the likes, your name cannot deny your origin. Even those that bears purely religious names like James Peter, Mohammed Yusuf, e.t.c. by the time we ask for your parents names and your mother's maiden name, we will unmask the masquerade |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by gidgiddy: 6:45am On May 25 |
There was also no Nigeria before the coming of the white msn |
Re: There Were No 'TRIBES' Before The British Invaded Nigeria by Tellmeastory: 6:52am On May 25 |
gidgiddy: I was wondering how long it would take you to join the conversation. ![]() There wasn't a Biafra either, certainly not in our neck of the woods. |
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