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Igboland
Àl'ịgbò (Igbo)
Southeastern Nigeria
Cultural region
Àlà na ḿbà ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò
Nkanu West, Enugu
Nkanu West, Enugu
Nickname(s): Biafra, The East
Location of Igboland (dark green)– in Africa (green & dark grey)– in Nigeria (green)
Location of Igboland (dark green)
– in Africa (green & dark grey)
– in Nigeria (green)
Part of Nigeria
- Founding of Nri c. 900
- British Colony 1902
- Nigeria 1914
Founded by Proto-Igbo
Regional capital Enugu
Composed of
States
Most or all parts of:
Abia State, Anambra State, Ebonyi State, Enugu State, Imo State
Major parts of:
Delta State, Rivers State
Minor parts of:
Akwa Ibom State, Bayelsa State, Benue State, Cross River State, Edo State, Kogi State
Government
• Type Autonomous communities
Area[1]
• Total 40,000 km2 (16,000 sq mi)
Highest elevation 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Lowest elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Population (2015 estimate)[2]:15
• Total ~ 40 million
• Density 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
The population of Igboland stated here is an accumulation of the 5 main states Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo only
Demographics
• Language Igbo
English
• Religion Syncretic Christianity (+90%)
Odinani (5-10%)
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)
God Chukwu
Alusi Ala
Igboland (Standard Igbo: Àlà Ị̀gbò), also known as Southeastern Nigeria, is the indigenous homeland of the Igbo people.[3][4]:307 It is a non-governmental cultural and common linguistic region in southern Nigeria. Geographically, it is divided by the lower Niger River into two unequal sections – an eastern (which is the larger of the two) and a western section.[3][4]:307 It is characterised by the diverse Igbo culture and the equally diverse Igbo language.[2][3][4]:307[4]:315

Politically, Igboland is divided into several southern Nigerian states. Culturally, it is divided into several subgroupings, including the Anioma, Ngwa, Edda Egbebu, Ezaa, Ibeku, Ohuhu, Omuma and the Ekpeye. William Balfour Baikie remarked that "in Igbo[land] each person hails, as a sailor would say, from the particular district where he was born, but when away from home all are Igbos. And yet considerable differences exist between different parts of this extensive country, and the dialects spoken also vary greatly."[4]:307

Territorial boundaries Edit

Igboland is surrounded on all sides by a host of large rivers, and other southern and central Nigeria indigenous tribes namely Bini, Itsekiri, Ijaw, Ogoni, Igala, Tiv, Yako, Idoma and Ibibio.[3] In the words of William B. Baikie, "Igbo homeland, extends east and west, from the Old Kalabar river to the banks of the Kwora, Niger River, and possesses also some territory at Aboh, an Igbo clan, to the west-ward of the latter stream. On the north it borders on Igara, Igala and A'kpoto, and it is separated from the sea only by petty tribes, all of which trace their origin to this great race".[4]:307

It is primarily situated in the Lowland forest region of Nigeria, with parts in the Niger-Delta, where the Niger river fans out into the Atlantic Ocean in a vast network of creeks and mangrove swamps on the Bight of Bonny.[5]

The earliest found settlements in Igboland date back to 4500 BC in the central area, from where the majority of the Igbo-speaking population is believed to have migrated. The northern Igbo Kingdom of Nri, which rose around the 10th century AD, is credited with the foundation of much of Igboland's culture, customs, and religious practices. It is the oldest existing monarchy in present-day Nigeria. In southern Igboland several groups developed, of which the most notable was the Aro confederacy. Igboland was part of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate of the British Empire and was amalgamated into modern-day Nigeria in 1914; the nation gained independence in 1960.[3] Shortly afterwards Igboland was involved in its biggest war during Biafra's movement for secession, which eventually ended in 1970 when this area rejoined Nigeria.

Ancient trade routes Edit

Igboland's culture has been shaped primarily by its rainforest climate, its ancient trade, migration, and social history within its various clans and peoples, and with its ancient trading neighbours, allies and lately with Europeans.[3] Mr W. B. Baikie said, "I seized the moment, and, by our interpreter, told Tshukuma, that we had come to make his acquaintance and his friendship, and to ascertain if the people were willing to trade with us", whilst signing a trade agreement with Igbo chief, Mr Tshukuma (Chukwuma) Obi from Aboh clan, who were one of the leading Igbo clans, engaged in early active trading with Europe.[4]:45 Similarly, "after our salutations, I spoke of friendship, of trade, and of education, and particularly enlarged upon the evils of war, and the benefits of peace, all of which was well received", remarked William B. Balkie when signing a trade agreement with Igbo chief, Ezebogo in Asaba on August 30, 1885.[4]:296

Due to the native common linguistic standard and interrelated cultures in Igboland, pre-dating the arrival of Europeans, the lower Niger River, which divides Igboland into unequal eastern and western parts, has from ancient times continued to provide easy means of communication, trading and unity amongst Igbos on both sides of the Niger River,[4]:300 as well as promoted ancient trade and migration of people into Igboland, and between Igboland and rest of the world.[3] Some of the notable ancient trade and export routes in Igboland included the famous lower Niger and Njaba-Oguta lake-Orashi navigational routes via Asaba-Onitsha-Aboh,[4]:315[6] and Awo-omamma-Oguta-Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni-Aboh ferry services respectively.[4]:300[7]

History Edit

Pre-history (6000–3000 BC) Edit
Early settlement of Igboland dates back to 6000 BC based on early pottery work found in the Okigwe, Oka Igwe, and known today as Awka. Some local Villagers retains the Original name, like Umuzuoka, The Blacksmiths Ezioka, Okigwe, Imoka, etc.Oka ,igwe-Nsukka axis.[8] There is, however, evidence of Palaeolithic man settling in southern Nigeria from at least 10,000 years ago. Much of the pottery excavated by a team led by Thurstan Shaw with the University of Nigeria at Nsukka in 1978 uncovered a rock quarry which was a mine for tool and pottery making for a 'stone civilisation' nearby at Ibagwa. Anthropologists at the University of Benin discovered fossils and use of monoliths dating back to 6000 BC at Ugwelle-Uturu in the Okigwe area. Further evidence of ancient settlements were uncovered at a hypothesised Nsukka metal cultural area from 3000 BC and later settlements attributed to Ngwa culture at AD 8-18.

Ancient history (3000 BC–AD 300) Edit
The Nsukka-Okigwe axis forms as a basis for a proposed Proto-Igbo cultural heartland antecedent to contemporary Igbo culture. It is unclear what cultural links there are between these pre-historic artefacts and today. Later human settlement in the region may have links with other discoveries made in the wider area particularly with the culture associated with the terracotta discoveries based at Nok spanning a wide area about north-central Nigeria.

Much of the Igbo population is believed to have migrated from a smaller area in this region, starting several independent Igbo-speaking tribes, village-groups, kingdoms and states. The movements were generally broken into two trends in migration: a more northerly spread group towards the banks of the Niger and the upper quadrant of the Cross River; the other, following a southerly trail had mostly risen from the Isu populations based nearer the axis from which the majority of southern Igbo communities were populated. Mbaise are notably the best examples of an Igbo group claiming autochthony and rejecting many migratory histories about their origins, many of these groups either way are evidently culturally northern or southern Igbo based on the proximity of their traditions to those of their neighbours and, many times, familial and political ties.

Igbo-Ukwu and early settlements (300–900) Edit
See also: Archaeology of Igbo-Ukwu
An image of a bronze bowl from the Igbo archaeological site known as Igbo ukwu
Igbo-Ukwu was the site of an early indigenous bronze industry that was rediscovered in the 20th century. Many of the items recovered were ritual objects like this 9th century bronze vessel.
Isiah Anozie was digging in his compound to install a cistern in 1939 when he stumbled unto the first finds of the Igbo Ukwu metal and precious artefacts that led to the discovery of a larger network of linked metal works from the 9th century. The works were based in Igbo Ukwu and further finds were found by archaeology teams led by Thurstan Shaw in 1959-60 and in 1964 in the compound of Jonah Anozie.

Initially, throughout the 1960s and 1970s it was thought that the Igbo Ukwu bronze and copper items were of an external origin or were influenced by outside technology due to their technical sophistication. The opposite was revealed to be true since local copper deposits had been exploited by the 9th century and anthropological evidence, such as the Ichi-like scarifications on the human figures, show local origin. The works have been attributed to an isolated bronze industry which had developed without outside influence over time to reach such sophistication.

Igbo trade routes of the early second millennium reached the cities of Mecca, Medina and Jeddah through a network of trade routes journeyed by middlemen.[9] There was evidence of beads that originated in India in the 9th century Igbo Ukwu burial sites: Thousands of glass beads were uncovered from the ruined remains of a nobleman's garments. The burial site was associated with the Nri Kingdom which began around the same century according to indigenous history.[10]

Nri and other migrations (900–c. 1560) Edit
The northern Igbo Kingdom of Nri, rising around the 10th century based on Umunri traditions, is credited with the foundation of much of Igboland's culture, customs, and religious practices. It is the oldest existing monarchy in present-day Nigeria. It was around the mid-10th century that the divine figure Eri is said to have migrated, according to Umunri lore, to the Anambra (Igbo: Omambara) river basin — specifically at its meeting with Ezu river known as Ezu na Omambara in present-day Aguleri. The exact origins of Eri are unknown and much of Nri traditions present him as a divine leader and civiliser sent from heaven to begin civilisation. In contrast, Eri's origins generally suggest a north easterly origin which has sparked up debate pertaining to a possible Igala origin for Eri.

Due to historic trade and migration of old, other people also entered the Igboland in about the fourteenth or fifteenth centuries and mixed with the natives.[3] Towards the western end of Igboland, across the Niger River, rose a man known as Eze Chima who fled Benin with his accomplices after a dispute with the Oba of Benin who consequently exiled him in the 1560s. As they left Benin City heading eastwards, Eze Chima and his followers settled in a number of lands and established monarchies with the natives in those areas.[3] Those grew into major village groups and towns after the 16th century.[3] Collectively, these places are known as Umuezechima which translates as 'the children or descendants of king Chima'.

Igala wars and European contact (1450–18th century) Edit
Igboland was historically known as the Ibo(e), Ebo(e), and Heebo Country by early European explorers.[11][12][13][14][15] Igboland was conquered by the British Empire after several decades of resistance on all fronts; some of the most famous of the resistance include the Ekumeku Movement, the Anglo-Aro War, and the Aba Women's Riots which was contributed to by women of different ethnic backgrounds in eastern Nigeria.

The extreme northern parts of Igboland in the eighteenth were subject to much raiding by elements of the Igala people of Idah under Onoja Oboni, a descendant of one of the Idah royal families. The conflicts drew down further into areas in central northern Igboland, particularly Nsugbe near where early European settlers with Joseph Hawkins noted events from parts of the conflicts between the 'Ebo Country' and 'Galla' in A History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa published in 1797. Umunri traditions state that Onoja Oboni, however, is of royal Nri stock and founded Idah as he trailed northwards. The Igala do not claim origins from Onoja Oboni or the Igbo.

Arochukwu and the slave trade (1750–1850) Edit
A number of polities rose either directly or indirectly as a result of Nri; the most powerful kingdom of these was the Aro Confederacy which rose in the Cross River region in the 17th century and declined after British colonisation in the early 20th century. The Aro state centred on Arochukwu followed Nri's steady decline, basing much of its economic activities on the rising trade in slaves to Europeans by coastal African middlemen.

The present site of Arochukwu was originally settled by the Ibibio people under the Obong Okon Ita kingdom before the conquest of what became Obinkita in the 17th century by two main Igbo groups: the Eze Agwu clan and the Oke Nnachi assisted by the Ibom Isi (or Akpa) mercenaries under the leadership of the Nnubi dynasty. Led by Agwu Inobia, a descendant of Nna Uru from Abiriba, the Eze Agwu clan was centered at their capital Amanagwu and were resisted by Obong Okon Ita which led to the start of the Aro-Ibibio Wars.

The war initially became a stalemate. Both sides arranged a marriage between the king of Obong Okon Ita and a woman from Amanagwu. The marriage eventually failed to bring peace but played a decisive role in the war. Oke Nnachi was led by Nnachi Ipia who was a dibia or priest among the Edda people and was called by Agwu Inobia to help in the war against the Ibibio. These groups were followed by a third non-Igbo Ekoi-cultured group, Akpa or Ibom Oburutu who were led by Akuma Nnaubi, the first Eze Aro, the title of the king of the Aro.

In southern Igboland several groups developed mostly independent of Nri influence. Most of these groups followed a migration out of Isu communities in present-day Imo State, although some communities, such as the Mbaise cluster of village groups, claim to be autochthonous.

Colonial era (1850–1960) Edit
A picture of a panorama of the Nigerian city of Enugu which is considered the Igbo capital
Enugu, the capital city of the old Eastern Region of Nigeria.
Following the British parliament's abolition of the slave trade in 1830, the British royal navy had opened up trade with coastal towns Bonny and Opobo and further inland on the Niger with Asaba in the 1870s. The palm oil industry, the biggest export, grew large and important to the British who traded here. British arrival and trade led to increased encounters between the Igbo and other polities and ethnic groups around the Niger River and led to a deepening sense of a distinct Igbo ethnic identity. Missionaries had started arriving in the 1850s. The Igbo, at first wary of the religion, started to embrace Christianity and Western education as traditional society broke down.[16][17] Christianity had played a great part in the introduction of European ideology into Igbo society and culture often time through erasure of cultural practice; adherents to the denominations were often barred in partaking in ancient rites and traditions, and joining fraternities and secret societies were forbidden as the church grew stronger.[18]

Due to the incompatibility of the Igbo decentralized style of government and the centralized system required for British indirect rule, British colonial rule was marked with open conflicts and much tension.[19] Under British colonial rule, the diversity within each of Nigeria's major ethnic groups slowly decreased and distinctions between the Igbo and other large ethnic groups, such as the Hausa and the Yoruba, became sharper.[20] British rule brought about changes in culture such as the introduction of warrant chiefs as Eze (traditional rulers) where there were no such monarchies.[21]

Nigerian independence (1960s) Edit
Following the independence of Nigeria from the United Kingdom in 1960, most of Igboland was included in its Eastern Region.


Geography and biodiversity Edit

Map of Igboland in southeastern Nigeria[27][28]ÉnugwúUmuahiaBight of BiafraAtlantic
OceanBight of BeninNsukkaOboloAbakalekeIgritaEleleAhoadaAbaOguIhialaOkigweOkaOnichaOwerreObiarukuAgborNiger
RiverUgwu ỌchaAtakpaIdu
Historically, Igboland has taken up a large part of southeastern Nigeria, mostly on the eastern side of the Niger River. It extends westward across the Niger to the regions of Aniocha, Ndokwa, Ukwuani, and Ika in present-day Delta State and also minute parts of Edo State in Nigeria. Its eastern side is terminated by the Cross River, although micro-communities exist over on the other side of the river; its northernmost point enters the Savannah climate around Nsukka.

Bonny Island and Opobo are often included in the Igbo speaking region since the language of trade of the island and town is Igbo and since many inhabitants are ethnic Igbo. Through these ports, the Igbo speaking region reaches the Atlantic Ocean to its south, although both towns are geographically separated from the rest of Igboland by smaller Ijaw and Andoni speaking communities.


Nkanu West, Enugu
In Nigeria today, Igboland is roughly made up of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, and major parts of Delta and Rivers states.[29] Small parts of Akwa Ibom, Benue, Cross River, Edo, and Kogi State make up the rest of Igboland. More than 30 million people inhabit Igboland and with a population density ranging from 140 to 390 inhabitants per square kilometre (350 to 1,000/sq mi)[30] it could be the most densely populated area in Africa after the Nile Valley.[31][32] Altogether Igboland has an area of some 40,900 to 41,400 km2 (15,800 to 16,000 sq mi).[1][33]

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O.p please remove ikwerre and anioma from that ibo map so dat our Yoruba Muslim skulls Will be happy

agadez007:

O.p please remove ikwerre and anioma from that ibo map so dat our Yoruba Muslim skulls Will be happy

they will flood here now.....like water

arrrhhhh i don't read long epistle

Xway:
they will flood here now.....like water

lol

Igbo threads draws them the same way sugar draws ants

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brilliant write up

Your phantom Iboland.
You claim to be from Ikwerre, but can't spell Ikwerre.
You have individually claim bonny and opobo as Iboland because people speak Ibo there. Soon the British will come claim Nigeria because we speak English.

Just gerrarahere with your delusion. Stop fooling yourself everyday. Bonny and Opobo has never been Ibo and will never be.

Ekinematics:
Your phantom Iboland.
You claim to be from Ikwerre, but can't spell Ikwerre.
You have individually claim bonny and opobo as Iboland because people speak Ibo there. Soon the British will come claim Nigeria because we speak English.

Just gerrarahere with your delusion. Stop fooling yourself everyday. Bonny and Opobo has never been Ibo and will never be.

say this trash to the royal house of opobo and receive slap I swear..

My brother, Akwa Ibom people have constantly denied the presence of indigenous Igbos in their state. Even the said Azumini that we always cite as example has been shown severally to be an Abia town.
Even though Edo is listed there, Igbanke village who are the reason Edo is there can't in all honesty be said to be Igbo- they are more Benin than anything Igbo- (which is only observable in their spoken lingo and isn't even pure)

That of kogi is an absolute lie- as Igala settlements are in fact the ones that spill into Anambra and Enugu and not the other way round.

Igbos in Bayelsa again is another beautiful Rubbish as Bayelsa has no indigenous Igbo towns.

Pls let us desist from land grabbing and fact falsification- the information on Wikipedia is very misleading propaganda by some of my people.

ifeanyiAdemola:

say this trash to the royal house of opobo and receive slap I swear..

i guess the king of opobo and bonny are called eze or obi maybe igwe....... why do u guys always prepare and banquet on falshood

AbakalikiPress:
My brother, Akwa Ibom people have constantly denied the presence of indigenous Igbos in their state. Even the said Azumini that we always cite as example has been shown severally to be an Abia town.
Even though Edo is listed there, Igbanke village who are the reason Edo is there can't in all honesty be said to be Igbo- they are more Benin than anything Igbo- (which is only observable in their spoken lingo and isn't even pure)

That of kogi is an absolute lie- as Igala settlements are in fact the ones that spill into Anambra and Enugu and not the other way round.

Igbos in Bayelsa again is another beautiful Rubbish as Bayelsa has no indigenous Igbo towns.

Pls let us desist from land grabbing and fact falsification- the information on Wikipedia is very misleading propaganda by some of my people.

lagos belongs to binis as stated by the Oba of Lagos himself,Awori and Egun who are the co-owners of lagos state are not Yoruba too,
Badagry that you guys love to claim are not Yoruba,tell me the meaning of the name "miyonse" if they are cone heads

Ijebu peeps are from Sudan their king confirmed it

I have an ondo friend he hated been called Yoruba boy,have you ever seen A.y or Akpororo(both are from ondo) claim Yoruba boys No,ondo are a mixture of bini and ijaw I wonder why you land grabbers like including them as Yoruba land,because they have oil bah?

Ekiti are definitely bini as their culture and way of life are different from that of the oyo peeps,then the language they speak sounds 70 percent Edoid

The only Yoruba are the oyo,pls you guy should stop grabbing other people's land,these guys have said and continue to say that they are not yorubas,free them

agadez007:
lagos belongs to binis as stated by the Oba of Lagos himself,Awori and Egun who are the co-owners of lagos state are not Yoruba too,
Badagry that you guys love to claim are not Yoruba,tell me the meaning of the name "miyonse" if they are cone heads

Ijebu peeps are from Sudan their king confirmed it

I have an ondo friend he hated been called Yoruba boy,have you ever seen A.y or Akpororo(both are from ondo) claim Yoruba boys No,ondo are a mixture of bini and ijaw I wonder why you land grabbers like including them as Yoruba land,because they have oil bah?

Ekiti are definitely bini as their culture and way of life are different from that of the oyo peeps,then the language they speak sounds 70 percent Edoid

The only Yoruba are the oyo,pls you guy should stop grabbing other people's land,these guys have said and continue to say that they are not yorubas,free them

My brother, Onitsha and Aniomas are from the Benin empire, Enugu people and the entire Northern half of Anambra state are not even Igbo but Igala converts into Igbo mainstream culture. I met some guyz whose last names were Ocheje, Adejo and Idoko from Enugu state claiming igbo, even though I knew they were pure Igalas. Same as plenty Ogbajes (which is actually an Igbo corruption of OBAJE) in Igbo eze, Nsukka, Udenu, Uzo Uwani which are all IGALA land.

Going to Ebonyi, only like 60% of the state is even Igbo, the remaining 40% are actually cross river groups speaking languages in the same family as Ekoi-Ejagham, as well as Idoma and Tiv elements near their northern boundary. So many Languages in Ebonyi don't even have anything to do with Igbo. I am from there, so I should know.

The Aniomas in Delta that you all love to claim are actually an amalgam of all sort of things including more that 10 towns there with Yoruba origins.

Going to Abia..... Abiriba is not Igbo, neither is Arochukwu, while ohafia is a mix while a good chunk of ngwas actualy have recent or distant Annang ancestry. That is the plain fact.
Ikwerres of Rivers have told you severally that they are not igbo but una wan use force blanket them into your pan Igbo identity. Some of them were from the Benin empire, while some of them have Ijaw ancestry, they dress like Ijaws, and they don;t have dirty red mud like we do in Igboland. Their sand in Port Harcourt is White. Nothing igbo about it. Neither do they behave or have igbotic traits like me for example.

Imo is the only state that is truly and acceptably Igbo. That is even why it is called the Eastern heartland.
Anyone who wants to see the pure Igbos should go to Imo, even though those of the Oguta and Oru axis have minor Bini and Ijaw mixes, it is still minor compared to other so called Igbo states. All the others have all sort of things mixed into their ancestry and culture at a heavy degree.

As for Lagos, Yorubas have sense and do not deny the fact that Lagos ISLAND was once under the dominion of Benin, but the people of Lagos fought for their sovereignty from Benin, after they became soo rich from slave trade and showed benin the Middle Finger. Since then they have become nothing other than Yoruba.

Bro, lets just accept the truth, we igbos like land grabbing like it is our cultural pastime.

AbakalikiPress:


My brother, Onitsha and Aniomas are from the Benin empire, Enugu people and the entire Northern half of Anambra state are not even Igbo but Igala converts into Igbo mainstream culture. I met some guyz whose last names were Ocheje, Adejo and Idoko from Enugu state claiming igbo, even though I knew they were pure Igalas. Same as plenty Ogbajes (which is actually an Igbo corruption of OBAJE) in Igbo eze, Nsukka, Udenu, Uzo Uwani which are all IGALA land.

Going to Ebonyi, only like 60% of the state is even Igbo, the remaining 40% are actually cross river groups speaking languages in the same family as Ekoi-Ejagham, as well as Idoma and Tiv elements near their northern boundary. So many Languages in Ebonyi don't even have anything to do with Igbo. I am from there, so I should know.

The Aniomas in Delta that you all love to claim are actually an amalgam of all sort of things including more that 10 towns there with Yoruba origins.

Going to Abia..... Abiriba is not Igbo, neither is Arochukwu, while ohafia is a mix while a good chunk of ngwas actualy have recent or distant Annang ancestry. That is the plain fact.
Ikwerres of Rivers have told you severally that they are not igbo but una wan use force blanket them into your pan Igbo identity. Some of them were from the Benin empire, while some of them have Ijaw ancestry, they dress like Ijaws, and they don;t have dirty red mud like we do in Igboland. Their sand in Port Harcourt is White. Nothing igbo about it. Neither do they behave or have igbotic traits like me for example.

Imo is the only state that is truly and acceptably Igbo. That is even why it is called the Eastern heartland.
Anyone who wants to see the pure Igbos should go to Imo, even though those of the Oguta and Oru axis have minor Bini and Ijaw mixes, it is still minor compared to other so called Igbo states. All the others have all sort of things mixed into their ancestry and culture at a heavy degree.

As for Lagos, Yorubas have sense and do not deny the fact that Lagos ISLAND was once under the dominion of Benin, but the people of Lagos fought for their sovereignty from Benin, after they became soo rich from slave trade and showed benin the Middle Finger. Since then they have become nothing other than Yoruba.

Bro, lets just accept the truth, we igbos like land grabbing like it is our cultural pastime.

Omenkalives stop distorting facts for vain purposes. All those people you mentioned are people of the Igboid language and were Igbos till after the war when they stole properties belonging to others.

In Yorubaland, we have Ijebu,
Ekiti, Oworo, Ijesha, Akoko, Ikale, Okun, Oyo, Egba, Awori, Igbomina, Owo, Idanre, Egbado, Ilaje, Ketu, Ikale, Mokole, Lucumi. All these are distinct dialects within yoruba but they are grouped under what you call Yoruboid languages. Same goes for Itsekiri, Okun, Olukumi etc.

Hausas have theirs too. Hausas even call their own Banza.

Same way some Igbos look down on others they feel are not pure "Igbo". But there is nothing like that because we are all a people with same or similar culture and language. The whiteman now came and called all of us " Igbo"!

AbakalikiPress:


My brother, Onitsha and Aniomas are from the Benin empire, Enugu people and the entire Northern half of Anambra state are not even Igbo but Igala converts into Igbo mainstream culture. I met some guyz whose last names were Ocheje, Adejo and Idoko from Enugu state claiming igbo, even though I knew they were pure Igalas. Same as plenty Ogbajes (which is actually an Igbo corruption of OBAJE) in Igbo eze, Nsukka, Udenu, Uzo Uwani which are all IGALA land.

Going to Ebonyi, only like 60% of the state is even Igbo, the remaining 40% are actually cross river groups speaking languages in the same family as Ekoi-Ejagham, as well as Idoma and Tiv elements near their northern boundary. So many Languages in Ebonyi don't even have anything to do with Igbo. I am from there, so I should know.

The Aniomas in Delta that you all love to claim are actually an amalgam of all sort of things including more that 10 towns there with Yoruba origins.

Going to Abia..... Abiriba is not Igbo, neither is Arochukwu, while ohafia is a mix while a good chunk of ngwas actualy have recent or distant Annang ancestry. That is the plain fact.
Ikwerres of Rivers have told you severally that they are not igbo but una wan use force blanket them into your pan Igbo identity. Some of them were from the Benin empire, while some of them have Ijaw ancestry, they dress like Ijaws, and they don;t have dirty red mud like we do in Igboland. Their sand in Port Harcourt is White. Nothing igbo about it. Neither do they behave or have igbotic traits like me for example.

Imo is the only state that is truly and acceptably Igbo. That is even why it is called the Eastern heartland.
Anyone who wants to see the pure Igbos should go to Imo, even though those of the Oguta and Oru axis have minor Bini and Ijaw mixes, it is still minor compared to other so called Igbo states. All the others have all sort of things mixed into their ancestry and culture at a heavy degree.

As for Lagos, Yorubas have sense and do not deny the fact that Lagos ISLAND was once under the dominion of Benin, but the people of Lagos fought for their sovereignty from Benin, after they became soo rich from slave trade and showed benin the Middle Finger. Since then they have become nothing other than Yoruba.

Bro, lets just accept the truth, we igbos like land grabbing like it is our cultural pastime.

but none of the kings or prominent persons from these said places have come out to say they are not Igbos,unlike the Awujale of ijebu who said his people are sudanese and oba of Lagos who denied yoruba and claimed bini
I have seen Yoruba people claiming that bukola saraki is Yoruba before he burst their lies that he is a pure fulani man from Mali
Ilaje are ijaws as evident in their daily lives as they are riverine people

Makes fashek is rumoured to be from yorubaland but he claims bini,There must be something wrong somwhere maybe yorubas are cursed or something even you yourself from oshogbo is claiming Abakiliki man,there is more to these denials that meets the eyes

iamexcelblog:


Omenkalives stop distorting facts for vain purposes. All those people you mentioned are people of the Igboid language and were Igbos till after the war when they stole properties belonging to others.

In Yorubaland, we have Ijebu,
Ekiti, Oworo, Ijesha, Akoko, Ikale, Okun, Oyo, Egba, Awori, Igbomina, Owo, Idanre, Egbado, Ilaje, Ketu, Ikale, Mokole, Lucumi. All these are distinct dialects within yoruba but they are grouped under what you call Yoruboid languages. Same goes for Itsekiri, Okun, Olukumi etc.

Hausas have theirs too. Hausas even call their own Banza.

Same way some Igbos look down on others they feel are not pure "Igbo". But there is nothing like that because we are all a people with same or similar culture and language. The whiteman now came and called all of us " Igbo"!

Yes my bro. I am against any form of discrimination, but the truth is that over 50% of those who self identify as Igbo today have sources that are not igbo. Yet we are still trying to force the igbo identity on those who have chosen to remain true to their roots such as the Ikas, Ndokwas , Ikwerres E.tc.

Do you know that there is a language near my village in Ebonyi whose speakers don't even understand Igbo? They don't call God Chi or Chukwu or Obasi. Not even Olisa (which by the way comes from the Yoruba-word Orisha and Itsekiri Oritse)

Why I tell fellow Igbos to let these people be, they think I am being anti Igbo or something. If you look deep into the ancestry of a lot of Igbos, what you will find might shock you.
Even you talking might be an assimilated Igbo, especially seeing that you are from Anambra.

This is another reason I am against Biafra, because trust me, once our common "enemies" are gone and all we have are ourselves, all the differences in our ancestries will come to the fore front, and we will almost tear one another to pieces. Tufiakwa.

agadez007:
but none of the kings or prominent persons from these said places have come out to say they are not Igbos,unlike the Awujale of ijebu who said his people are sudanese and oba of Lagos who denied yoruba and claimed bini
I have seen Yoruba people claiming that bukola saraki is Yoruba before he burst their lies that he is a pure fulani man from Mali
Ilaje are ijaws as evident in their daily lives as they are riverine people

Makes fashek is rumoured to be from yorubaland but he claims bini,There must be something wrong somwhere maybe yorubas are cursed or something even you yourself from oshogbo is claiming Abakiliki man,there is more to these denials that meets the eyes

The truth is that if everyone reverts to their original ancestries, Yoruba will loose maybe 5 Million people, while Half of the so called Igbos of today might be gone and lost to other tribes forever. Every tribe is a mix, but it so happens that Igbos are a mix more than other tribes. That is WHY we Igbos have no Common citadel or bastion of origin.
Think about it very well.

Talking about Ilaje they share the Yoruba common origin of Ife according to their own oral history, they may ot agree with other Yorubas about the details, but all their kings usually point back to Ife like the other Yorubas. ask Olugbo.

btw: You people always mentioning osogbo and ogbomosho, it's like some of you have a romantic relationship with those towns or something.


I don talk my own sha.

AbakalikiPress:


Yes my bro. I am against any form of discrimination, but the truth is that over 50% of those who self identify as Igbo today have sources that are not igbo. Yet we are still trying to force the igbo identity on those who have chosen to remain true to their roots such as the Ikas, Ndokwas , Ikwerres E.tc.

Do you know that there is a language near my village in Ebonyi whose speakers don't even understand Igbo? They don't call God Chi or Chukwu or Obasi. Not even Olisa (which by the way comes from the Yoruba-word Orisha and Itsekiri Oritse)

Why I tell fellow Igbos to let these people be, they think I am being anti Igbo or something. If you look deep into the ancestry of a lot of Igbos, what you will find might shock you.
Even you talking might be an assimilated Igbo, especially seeing that you are from Anambra.

This is another reason I am against Biafra, because trust me, once our common "enemies" are gone and all we have are ourselves, all the differences in our ancestries will come to the fore front, and we will almost tear one another to pieces. Tufiakwa.

Omenkalives, funny enough we didn't tear ourselves for billions of years prior to the arrival of the White man and forcefully joined us to Nigeria. What makes you think if we didnt fight when man was still crude that we will fight now? I thought you are smart?

By the way, I am an Anambra man and a Pure Igbo man same with my Anioma and Abakiliki brothers. Anybody that claims otherwise is on his own.

AbakalikiPress:


The truth is that if everyone reverts to their original ancestries, Yoruba will loose maybe 5 Million people, while Half of the so called Igbos of today might be gone and lost to other tribes forever. Every tribe is a mix, but it so happens that Igbos are a mix more than other tribes. That is WHY we Igbos have no Common citadel or bastion of origin.
Think about it very well.

Talking about Ilaje they share the Yoruba common origin of Ife according to their own oral history, they may ot agree with other Yorubas about the details, but all their kings usually point back to Ife like the other Yorubas. ask Olugbo.

btw: You people always mentioning osogbo and ogbomosho, it's like some of you have a romantic relationship with those towns or something.


I don talk my own sha.

you Trynna tell me that the ilajes,ondos,ijebus,egbas,ekiti and other impure yorubas are less than 5 millions?


No, Oba of Lagos is greater than ooni of ife,didn't you see the way he left the ooni's hand hanging ?

I have a romantic relationship with obomoso and osobo as they are d only yoruba towns in south west the rest are either bini or fulani

iamexcelblog:


Omenkalives, funny enough we didn't tear ourselves for billions of years prior to the arrival of the White man and forcefully joined us to Nigeria. What makes you think if we didnt fight when man was still crude that we will fight now? I thought you are smart?

By the way, I am an Anambra man and a Pure Igbo man same with my Anioma and Abakiliki brothers. Anybody that claims otherwise is on his own.

But you know that is not true.
We Igbos always had clan vs clan wars between those of us that even know one another. Afikpo people at that time were not even seen as Igbo, and they were fighting all the other group in today's Ebonyi and Northern Abia.
You know we also didn't develop sophisticated empires like the Yorubas, Hausas or Benins, so our ability to engage in prolonged and sustained active combats was limited unlike the previously mentioned groups

But the truth is that Before the coming of Ndi Bekee the people of the Eastern heartland most lived community lives. Do you know that some of of the early fathers of Igbo nationalism had to start travelling from town to town to convince the inhabitants there that they were Igbo? I am serious.
They travelled across the Niger too to Anioma land to engage in their "Igbo Evangelism" but it only had partial success over there.

These days, things are no more like it was in our pre-colonial days. ow, Ngwa will never see ohuhu face to face Abia will "deport" so called "fellow Igbos" back to their states, while Imo will only implement school fees decreases for its own citizens. Wawas still remain as backward as ever, because they were not quickly exposed to the white men like onicha mmili folks, and they remain heavily discriminated for having heavy idoma and igala ancestry.

If you think I am lying, google everything I am telling you.

AbakalikiPress:


The truth is that if everyone reverts to their original ancestries, Yoruba will loose maybe 5 Million people, while Half of the so called Igbos of today might be gone and lost to other tribes forever. Every tribe is a mix, but it so happens that Igbos are a mix more than other tribes. That is WHY we Igbos have no Common citadel or bastion of origin.
Think about it very well.

Talking about Ilaje they share the Yoruba common origin of Ife according to their own oral history, they may ot agree with other Yorubas about the details, but all their kings usually point back to Ife like the other Yorubas. ask Olugbo.

btw: You people always mentioning osogbo and ogbomosho, it's like some of you have a romantic relationship with those towns or something.


I don talk my own sha.

I have gone through your opinion as regard your perspective on your tribe and your mention of BIAFRA. I must confess, you opined like a CHOSEN BREED to lead your TRIBE. You are very truthful with your analysis, which make you one of the few outstanding I have seen in NL forums, without UNJUSTIFIED HATE even if you disagree with Yorubas. ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT FUTURE HOLDS FOR YOU.

IMPRESSIVE.



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agadez007:
you Trynna tell me that the ilajes,ondos,ijebus,egbas,ekiti and other impure yorubas are less than 5 millions?


No, Oba of Lagos is greater than ooni of ife,didn't you see the way he left the ooni's hand hanging ?

I have a romantic relationship with obomoso and osobo as they are d only yoruba towns in south west the rest are either bini or fulani

lol honestly, you are just typing rubbish.
Bro, better accept the truth and let it set you free. The % of Yorubas that have identity issues are less that even the 5 million I quoted earlier.
While on the Eastern flank, Like half of them know deeply that they might not be igbo.

Olu317:
I have gone through your opinion as regard your perspective on your tribe and your mention of BIAFRA. I must confess, you opined like a CHOSEN BREED to lead your TRIBE. You are very truthful with your analysis, which make you one of the few outstanding I have seen in NL forums, without UNJUSTIFIED HATE even if you disagree with Yorubas. ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT FUTURE HOLDS FOR YOU.

IMPRESSIVE.

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Thanks bro.
I speak the TRUTH as i see it.

I don't sugar quote the facts to impress anybody.

AbakalikiPress:


The truth is that if everyone reverts to their original ancestries, Yoruba will loose maybe 5 Million people, while Half of the so called Igbos of today might be gone and lost to other tribes forever. Every tribe is a mix, but it so happens that Igbos are a mix more than other tribes. That is WHY we Igbos have no Common citadel or bastion of origin.
Think about it very well.

Talking about Ilaje they share the Yoruba common origin of Ife according to their own oral history, they may ot agree with other Yorubas about the details, but all their kings usually point back to Ife like the other Yorubas. ask Olugbo.

btw: You people always mentioning osogbo and ogbomosho, it's like some of you have a romantic relationship with those towns or something.


I don talk my own sha.

I have gone through your opinion as regard your perspective on your tribe and your mention of BIAFRA. I must confess, you opined like a CHOSEN BREED to lead your TRIBE. You are very truthful with your analysis, which make you one of the few outstanding I have seen in NL forums, without UNJUSTIFIED HATE even if you disagree with Yorubas. ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT FUTURE HOLDS FOR YOU.
Perhaps, I may be WRONG with what I SEE in YOU . ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

IMPRESSIVE.



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Olu317:
I have gone through your opinion as regard your perspective on your tribe and your mention of BIAFRA. I must confess, you opined like a CHOSEN BREED to lead your TRIBE. You are very truthful with your analysis, which make you one of the few outstanding I have seen in NL forums, without UNJUSTIFIED HATE even if you disagree with Yorubas. ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT FUTURE HOLDS FOR YOU.

IMPRESSIVE.

CHEERS

Thanks bro.
I speak the TRUTH as i see it.

I don't sugar quote the facts to impress anybody.

Another fact is that All Igbo towns with Obis are not truly Igbo.

In Ebonyi where I come from for example, I can't even mention any prominent kingships that exist anywhere..
We Igbos in our natural state don't HAVE KINSHIPS. /

As an Ebonyi Ezaa man, The concept of an Obi is as alien to me as having an Emir.

That is the simple TRUTH.

AbakalikiPress:


But you know that is not true.
We Igbos always had clan vs clan wars between those of us that even know one another. Afikpo people at that time were not even seen as Igbo, and they were fighting all the other group in today's Ebonyi and Northern Abia.
You know we also didn't develop sophisticated empires like the Yorubas, Hausas or Benins, so our ability to engage in active and sustained active combats was limited unlike the previously mentioned groups

But the truth is that Before the coming of Ndi Bekee the people of the Eastern heartland most lived community lives. Do you know that some of of the early fathers of Igbo nationalism had to start travelling from town to town to convince the inhabitants there that they were Igbo? I am serious.
They travelled across the Niger too to engage in their "Igbo Evangelism" but it only had partial success over there.

These days, things are no more like it was in our pre-colonial days. ow, Ngwa will never see ohuhu face to face Abia will "deport" so called "fellow Igbos" back to their states, while Imo will only implement school fees decreases for its own citizens. Wawas still remain as backward as ever, because they were not quickly exposed to the white men like onicha mmili folks, and they remain heavily discriminated for having heavy idoma and igala ancestry.

If you think I am lying, google everything I am telling you.

Omenkalives, the Modakekes and Ile Ife people always fought from time immemorial. Does that make them any less Yoruba? Clans always fought na.

As regards your claim that they have empires... Mtcheeew. Who did that one help? I stay in Hausaland. How does their empire translate to food on the table? Do you even know how being republicans in nature helped Igbo people?

AbakalikiPress:


Yes my bro. I am against any form of discrimination, but the truth is that over 50% of those who self identify as Igbo today have sources that are not igbo. Yet we are still trying to force the igbo identity on those who have chosen to remain true to their roots such as the Ikas, Ndokwas , Ikwerres E.tc.

Do you know that there is a language near my village in Ebonyi whose speakers don't even understand Igbo? They don't call God Chi or Chukwu or Obasi. Not even Olisa (which by the way comes from the Yoruba-word Orisha and Itsekiri Oritse)

Why I tell fellow Igbos to let these people be, they think I am being anti Igbo or something. If you look deep into the ancestry of a lot of Igbos, what you will find might shock you.
Even you talking might be an assimilated Igbo, especially seeing that you are from Anambra.

This is another reason I am against Biafra, because trust me, once our common "enemies" are gone and all we have are ourselves, all the differences in our ancestries will come to the fore front, and we will almost tear one another to pieces. Tufiakwa.

Mutherfuvcker, where the hell are you crawling from. I'm from Ivo, Akaeze precisely in Ebonyi. Name your enclave lets start from there, you bloody imposter.

see how the oba Left The oonis hand hanging,would he have done that to oba of bini?

AbakalikiPress:


Thanks bro.
I speak the TRUTH as i see it.

I don't sugar quote the facts to impress anybody.

Then,you have to focus your mind on being a real LEADER for your people. All you need to do is connect with your like minds and begin to build your role in impacting the HEART OF EBOE PEOPLE who are in their millions, as the followers.

STAY BLESS




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