mulattoclaro:
koyo

uwese otevbe

exthar87:
I would love them to achieve their biafra cause they will still kill themselves over power

. 100 Percent Correct. I totally Agree with you. In Fact, I Concur

PureNigerian:

We did it the British way dud.
The British dominated the world with their small population years ago

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Am no historian but I listened to a Benin Palace Chief.... He said, the Binis conquered and explored so many parts in this country (Off country - Benin Republic)... But they were not wise in terms of securing lands/arears (which were usually done my joining cultures (marriage)... They would refer to other tribes as "Ezon" (/Hay zon/), and not wanting to associate with them (in great deal).

slapandfall:


W̶̲̥̅̊ђA̶̲̥̅t I mean exactly is that I cud only spot out Okpebho L.G.A cos I'm from edo central.

So I may not know of odas since ♍Ɣ scope doesn't Я̲̅ε̲̣̣̣̥ɑ̤̥̈̊lƔ cover apart from central.
Some of our dialect is even spoken in some areas of far portugal and brazil.. I'm very aware of dat. #welldone bro.

Am also from Esan Central. Do you know the reason Edo language is spoken in Portugal? When the Portuguese first landed, it was the Benin King they met as the most powerful ruler that covered most part of present day Southern Nigeria, down to Lagos.

They opened a diplomatic relations with Benin, which includes scholarship for Benin Princes, who later went with their slaves as well. Most returned with degrees in various discipline.

The relationship continue for many years; trade, commerce, education etc.

Buchukwu:
Enough of all this south south, south west jargon, Edo people are Biafrans.

I beg to differ....I am not biafran.

akthedream:
lol...you get am..I just don't know what they gain from trouble..most of them are very hard to please...give themm your house to stay and they will do everything to turn it to theirs in some years time...they are the only tribe in Nigeria that always claim other people's land apart from the fulani herds men.

akthedream - the Igbos don't claim anywhere as theirs. Please tell me where in Nigeria they claim as theirs?

Please don't turn this beautiful thread into Igbo bashing, you have nothing to benefit.

FrancisTony:

Well, Edo is more closer and related to Yoruba than Igbo.
Most people I know call Edo, Yoruba.
My Uncle's wife is Edo and she said that most of the older men in her village answers Yoruba name.
Only newer generation bears Edo name.
By the way, she's from Ake, Owan Local government.

The only states people refer as Igbo in South-South is Rivers and Delta state(not all of them, anyway) owing to the fact that they have Indigineous Igbo population.

yea in as much as we have Igbo in delta, who has even been to my state will know tat we hate it when people call us Biafra., asin we feet beat person die if they call us Biafra or Delta state is Igbo, cous lesser conc. re given to them

we av many ethnic group in delta, d Urhobo, isoko, ijaw and itskeri (no go area cous dem 8 Biafra pass me) and anioma, d aniomas want Biafra bt only them alone can't decide our fate, giving room to some online Igbos calling d whole delta State Part of Biafra, we re tired of correcting dem, if dey conduct referendum 80% of SS will go against Biafra, So its nt logical and right to keep calling us Biafra wen we have made our oppinion known tat we re nt in any wat related to Igbo/Biafra..

jst hope u talk to ur people, dey need orientation or better still dey should cum to any SS city to shout Biafra weather dere head nor go fall, place like warri, ughelli, Benin city and many others...

klax:



Sometime people like you talk like a mad man or would I say you are a mad man already because what are we talking about and what are you saying just read your post and tell me the connection it has with the thread

May be you just coming out of where you go smoke igbo(weed) finish and find free megabits on the floor I guess.

Edo conquered the Yoruba the weirdest talk I have ever heard all my life truly igbo(weed) dey worry you honestly.

Meaning You've Not Read, Go And Read History Books, So You Stop Relying On What You've Heard People Say. (WEED MAN).

scholes0:


Oh pleease ..... that is rubbish talk
The Edo/Bini were not the only people to suffer European conquest.

Please Which other Tribe In Nigeria Suffered Such Terrible Invasion like the Binis.

FrancisTony:

Well, Edo is more closer and related to Yoruba than Igbo.
Most people I know call Edo, Yoruba.
My Uncle's wife is Edo and she said that most of the older men in her village answers Yoruba name.
Only newer generation bears Edo name.
By the way, she's from Ake, Owan Local government.

The only states people refer as Igbo in South-South is Rivers and Delta state(not all of them, anyway) owing to the fact that they have Indigineous Igbo population.

yea in as much as we have Igbo in delta, who has even been to my state will know tat we hate it when people call us Biafra., asin we feet beat person die if they call us Biafra,

we av many ethnic group in delta, d Urhobo, isoko, ijaw and itskeri (no go area cous dem 8 Biafra pass me) and anioma, d aniomas want Biafra bt only them alone can't decide our fate, giving room to some online Igbos calling d whole delta State Part of Biafra, we re tired of correcting dem, if dey conduct referendum 80% of SS will go against Biafra, So its nt logical and right to keep calling us Biafra wen we have made our oppinion known tat we re nt in any wat related to Igbo/Biafra..

jst hope u talk to ur people, dey need orientation or better still dey should cum to any SS city to shout Biafra weather dere head nor go fall, place like warri, ughelli, Benin city and many others...

Dagbala (Dangbala), na my own be that ooo

THANK YOU! I thought I was the only one that noticed the blunder. Soon they would claim that they speak Edo dialect in Zamfara.

ChristyG:
There is no place in kwara state where they speak any edo dialect.

martineverest:
U must be dreaming,bro...urhobo is pure edo language

martineverest - this is history so it command utmost RESPECT when is being discussed because it may evokes emotion in some people.

Please do not insult anyone, but table facts so the fellow will learn. And remember History is not chest beating, but cordial exchanges of factual past.

Most people do not understand where their forefathers originated from, or were told half truths or pure lies, or combination, due to cultural EGO and political interest in modern Nigeria.

Without facts and figure and statistics most young people in Southern Nigeria, especially vast majority of present day Niger Delta, will find it difficult to believe they either originated from old Benin, ruled, controlled, influenced, captured as slaves, exposed to Europeans etc, by old Benin Kings.

Many will also disbelief that their Kings were installed by Benin, or given their titles/names, or have deep rooted cultural ties with Benin.

So careful analysis is utmost important; refrain from any iota of boastfulness. Even when you're insulted, don't replied same, just lay unassailable facts to speak to the conscience.

However if you are less knowledgeable, then go start learning the secrets of the age. This will set you apart from the crowd.

timilehing:
So all these dialects originate from Edo?? Where do Edo itself originates from??

Story For The gods.

Mzflexydeeva:
Under threat by?

What do you mean by 'threat'
Do you mean the younger generation don't speak much? If yes, you have a point but not as bad as you think.

Am Esan, born and bred in Lagos. I understand and converse in my language.

The problem is more of Southern Nigeria issue as most core dialects are growing thin.

NigerMan1:


What do you mean by 'threat'
Do you mean the younger generation don't speak much? If yes, you have a point but not as bad as you think.

Am Esan, born and bred in Lagos. I understand and converse in my language.

The problem is more of Southern Nigeria issue as most core dialects are growing thin.

bodiaye? Onegbe

arazanbal:


Dnt say what u dnt knw.edo pple xpecialy d binis hav already been in existence b4 9ja was born nor to talk of Biafra,follow history well oo

Am disappointed many of you are fast in replying negative comments, than sharing facts. Am almost sure that fellow is NOT Igbo person, so bother about him.

macof:


No doubt Bini was one of Africa's greats but face Bini. Dont bring Yorubaland into ur nonsense
You aren't even Bini or yoruba
Una go dey take panadol for another man headache
Let Yoruba tell it's history

macof - I apologize on their behalf.
But learn to be civil, you easily spew INSULTIVE language without a second thought.

Let me add this: Over the years, I've heard worst statement from Yoruba about Edos, but we Edo hardly replied in kind. Anyway "two wrongs does not make a right" make you no vex my brother.

op obuhulu

OgagaMic:


shuo I don tire omo ,, ,, den 1 enter my state tru Delta Igbos, omo na once we cut chain follow dem, dem feet take delta Igbos if dem want, ..... we re nt Biafra dem nor 1 hear word, na wa oo, Hausa/yoruba can't do without us Igbo want us so na only them go they eat oil money with no Hausa man... a beg e

God bless Nigeria., Proudly Urhobo man

Even almost all the Delta Igbo are EDOIDs - via slavery, resettlement, freedom etc.

ElekeNtioba:
Can any bini historian tell me hw their ancient knigdom managed to dominate other tribes of southern Nigerian and ended up with a small population compared to others??

Was there an ethnic cleansing or sumtin??

I'm just curious

Very good question from a very keen and reflective intellect............the fact is....the whole people in the southwest,south south and south east are inter related and originate. From the same point at different times in the historical calender. The point of this migration appears to be from the great nubian kingdoms of ancient egypt. The trigger for this migrations seem to be some wars or great social upheavals. It appears that up until recent history.the igbo had lived among the yoruba and great kingdoms of Benin, until they had to move eastward...many claim that the heebo or igbo as you now call them really are Israelites who in defiance to God's instruction ran to live their lives among the ancient Egyptians contrary to the counsel of their God and by so doing brought a deterioration to the fortunes of the great black kingdoms of ancient egypt..see chapters like Isaiah 33.and other key chapters in Jeremiah44and Eze kiel 31.
The result of the migrations of these rebellious Jews southward into the foremost civilisation of that era brought about a change of Fortune to the black negroid cushite races that inhabited egypt until they were displaced to their present locations south of the sahara.
Those jews who moved northward towards the north in submission to the counsel of God to Babylon and from there to all the northern caucasian countries of Europe brought with them the fortune of greatness to all of Europe, starting from Persian to Greece downright to present day USA. And this is seen up to this present day in countries like america.
By contrast Africa my Africa went down and down. These Jews of Africa as the great emeritus professor Ali Mazrui of Sudan will love to call them after careful observation of traits have not profited those they came to meet but have been so to say the harbinger of misfortune and divine judgement. Where they live nd carry out their livelihood Today is referred to as the dark continent where it seems that all that is backward about the human race resides.
The First have become the last.

Beface:
No tribe won carry last for Nigeria sha. Igbo want show, Yoruba want show,Hausa want Hausa and now Edo done join.

Beface - you are mixing present political abracadabra with history that dates back thousands of years. Or recorded history since 800 / 900 AD.

The OP simply stated an historical facts, but unfortunately you younger generation are not brought to appreciate history, plus our leaders have used politics cum economic interests to relegate our collective historical past.

No wonder you qualified this as 'showing off'

ElekeNtioba:


When are u guys going to claim Lagos?? U know it rightfully belongs to ur pple. It will remain a No Man's Land until y'all do sumtin. So act fast.

Claiming Yoruba makes Edo great.

soonest:
Quit the hate! Edo no near Igbo at all for anything, i mean anything. So stop hyperventilating. You should know the guy that brought out your inherent bile was only trolling!

Wetin be igbo?..lol..compare SS to SE..not Edo to SE ok?...trolling?..we he is only exhibiting the true character of you people..anywhere una reach na to try cause wahala claim the land expectially if something good is there...why not fight your biafra war alone?...why involve SS?...una eye dey the "oyel" abi?..you guys always think you are the wisest...we just dey watch una.

[quote author=Osayidgreat post=33516057]Edo ōyantō ya se evbuebo. [Erior nō]

FrancisTony:

Well, Edo is more closer and related to Yoruba than Igbo.
Most people I know call Edo, Yoruba.
My Uncle's wife is Edo and she said that most of the older men in her village answers Yoruba name.
Only newer generation bears Edo name.
By the way, she's from Ake, Owan Local government.

The only states people refer as Igbo in South-South is Rivers and Delta state(not all of them, anyway) owing to the fact that they have Indigineous Igbo population.

The Edos from those villages, from part of Owan, were Ancestrally Yoruba, but were enslaved and became part of old Benin Kingdom several Centuries ago. You also find them in Ondo as well, however they're mixed with other tribes and today are whole.

The Benin Kings NEVER enforced direct Benin/Edo language and culture on the people they conquered or ruled. Therefore it afford them to retain their father's names and identity, even when many of them became full blooded Edo.

The major features left behind by Benin were cultural influences, language/vowels, words, dialect, physical attributes, traditions, kingship, bloodlines, etc

Mzflexydeeva:
Under threat by?

pidgin English in southern Edo state, and Yoruba/Pidgin in Northern Edo state. Don't say i didn't warn you.

FrancisTony:

Well, Edo is more closer and related to Yoruba than Igbo.
Most people I know call Edo, Yoruba.
My Uncle's wife is Edo and she said that most of the older men in her village answers Yoruba name.
Only newer generation bears Edo name.
By the way, she's from Ake, Owan Local government.

The only states people refer as Igbo in South-South is Rivers and Delta state(not all of them, anyway) owing to the fact that they have Indigineous Igbo population.

It's mighty difficult to qualify the Ikwerres as Igbo as you would people from Awka. The Ikwerre people of today have mixed ancestry, reason many of them hate being called Igbo.

OkeEsibe:


hahaha...i laugh
bt come tu think of it....
isnt it a shame ur slaves r more prosperous than u r..

OkeEsibe - please share some of your prosperity with me name! bbb

OkeEsibe:


hahaha...i laugh
bt come tu think of it....
isnt it a shame ur slaves r more prosperous than u r..

OkeEsibe - please share some of your prosperity with me nau!

OgagaMic:


yea in as much as we have Igbo in delta, who has even been to my state will know tat we hate it when people call us Biafra., asin we feet beat person die if they call us Biafra or Delta state is Igbo, cous lesser conc. re given to them

we av many ethnic group in delta, d Urhobo, isoko, ijaw and itskeri (no go area cous dem 8 Biafra pass me) and anioma, d aniomas want Biafra bt only them alone can't decide our fate, giving room to some online Igbos calling d whole delta State Part of Biafra, we re tired of correcting dem, if dey conduct referendum 80% of SS will go against Biafra, So its nt logical and right to keep calling us Biafra wen we have made our oppinion known tat we re nt in any wat related to Igbo/Biafra..

jst hope u talk to ur people, dey need orientation or better still dey should cum to any SS city to shout Biafra weather dere head nor go fall, place like warri, ughelli, Benin city and many others...

Forgive that troll that started all these but must this be turned into an Igbo bashing thread? You can see some are already hyperventilating like rapid dogs

akthedream:
something dey worry you..biafra ko..Biafra ni....the ealier you know the difference between SS and SE,the better for you..

Whats the difference?