I greet all my biafra brothers, blood is ticker than water no matter any thing, I am also thanking the Moses of Biafra which is Nnamdi kano he has opened alot of people eyes to know the history of where they belong, I am from ika delta state, my igbo name is Chukwuma, I thank God that right from childhood I always move with my igbo brothers, the only problem we 're facing is our leaders they know the truth but they always cover it, God bless all Biafra fighters home and abroad, May almighty God continue to guide and protect Nnamdi kano and his family where ever they 're in Jesus name.....😙😙😙😙😙😙😙
Like my community Igbodo delta state has never deny our Igbo origin, I’m Just surprise hearing this, my dialect has all Igbo speaking tongue. That’s why I’m versatile in speaking Igbo dialect everywhere I go.
I just got my DNA result and realized that I am 93.1 % African. I am 57.1% Nigerian, 10% sierra Leonean and 12% Kenyan total of 80% West African and better yet I learn from my great aunt(my grandpa's sister that their grandfather came to Jamaica from Nigeria. I wish I could find my ppl. Anyway, I'm (Germany/Ukraine 4.3% Middle East ) and (East European 2.6%). Almost made it..I'll take the 93.1% and the rest because it is who I am.
There's only three well recognize tribes in Nigeria and these are IGBO, Hausa and Yoruba, these three tribes choose where you are from , as for me am from IGBO
Honestly from my heart l really love this history honestly am so much happy to hear this history. Please support biafra referendum and safe life's in Nigeria and make a better place for our children children generations in future. I'm from agbor delta state l know that lgbos people are my really family by blood and by culture including language name lka lgbo we all are one family. I'm not yet marry but I must marry ada biafra from lgbo land honestly from my heart l really love you people so much because lgbo people are very peaceful people at the same time very correct people to understand with good vital pure mindset and also good in knowledge and also very industria people also hard working and again clever in business again higher institution first class citizens . One love my beautiful brothers and sisters home and abroad peace be with you all beautiful smiling people.
I am from Ugbodu ,Aniocha north LGA of delta state,Anioma and I am.proudly igbo. We bear igbo names and practice igbo (Anioma) culture. We speak Enuani alongside a language of our ancestors called olukumi tho mixed so much in recent times with the Enuani language we speak.....Anioma in general despite our diverse origin of migration e.g Edo kingdom, igala,Yoruba etc we have all become igbo(western igbos). Proudly Anioma,proudly igbo.
The Update, Aniocha, Enuani and Anioma are all places and never a language. This is the time to get your English correct and dont confuse anyone through ignorance or illiteracy. Igbo is the language of all the families that migrated across the Niger river through Onitcha and Anambara areas. I dont understand why you are trying to complicate issues by drawing in the Yorubas and Benin ppeople or the Edo people. They have their own place of origin and theyre not claiming to be Igbos or struggling to own your place. These areas you mentioned are Igbolands and not a no man's land for you to say that Yoruba, Eddo or Benin will come to twist your Igbo language for you and you will accept. How old is Igbo language and we're still speaking it. If you're not proud to be Igbo and want a foreigner to formulate something else for you, then never call yourself Igbo. And that makes you all fools to allow a stranger come and polute your language, the main God given identity by which you are known. Shame on you. You are the ones causing confusion for yourselves. If you deny your mother tongue, you have fallen out of place with your ancestral root and you cease to exist. How can you call these places languages, not even dialects due to some slight differences in pronounciation but that does not even occur in Igbo language or it can't be Igbo anymore. How in the name of God will you be speaking Igbo language and say you are not Igbo? Thaat person musst be out of his senses. This Igbo you are denying today will be the chief corner stone tomorrow as God has destined it to be right from olddd time. Weare superior not inferior but marginalization by the Nigerian govt. has caused to be listening to strangers deceiving you to be separating from your brothers tto join other people bcos they will only keep using you for the land resources. I do have blood relatives there you know? They are part of my family tree from time immemorial. And some others we call Ndi Asaba but our people used to call them ndi Araba. Most of them came from the river rine Anambra area where the State got its name. People across the river Niger are one with the rest of the Igbos in the interland and nothing ought to change. Are you the only people of one tribe living across the river in this whole wide world? And still nothing divides them. If you let Nigeria's divide and rule separate from your language and culture to lose your identity, you have yourselves to blame. Real Igbos cannever deny their identity for a bastardized relationship with the rest of Nigerians or asume fake identity in order to belong or for them not to be marginalized. At the end you must still pay for abandoning you ancestors. Even those people you're running after will reject, mistreat and remind you of who you are. So you better recognise now or you will regret for life. If you deny being Igbos today, they will deny you tomorrow with impunity go and mark it.
@@theupdatebySwashy He is right. Yoruba were doing slave raids that chased us from western nigeria to eastern nigeria. Oba of benin is a yoruba man and he was doing slave raids as well selling us to the portuguese. You were already igbo before you came here
Nice. But NDI AHABA from NTEJE{NRI} and Not Ndi Araba. Coming from AHABAM when the Igbo ancestors crossed over from Omambala area. Asaba is the anglicized form of saying AHABA and this came about because the Colonialists/Oppressors were unable to say Ahaba and entered Asaba and Not AHABA in their books. This explains why a TRUE AHABA IGBO descendant who knows his/ancestry from NRI will tell you and refer to AHABA and NOT ASABA..NDI AHABA NWA ONYE AHABA.
Ikweere, Asaba and others denying their Igbo origin are like the Jamacains denying they are not Africans. This is a case of cultural identity confusion
Igbo area TV thanks for enlightening my Igbo lost brothers .God bless u ...united Igbo we can never be defeated ...British divide and rule has failed .
@@okolinkresearchtv7622 No one needs to tell you that she is a feminist. Women have have been treated well in our land from time immemorial but they have never been equal to men
Igbo stole out language ika is older than Igbo we are not minority doesn’t mean we started yesterday the first dein of agbor was in 1270 AD say no to igbo colonialism
+talk2me9ja let the war starts let igbo wipe Benin of this earth we that are deltan igbo will finish benin first before entire igbos we notice that something is going on
IKWERRE IS NO ALIOMA , WE ARE CALLED IKWERRE BECAUSE WE ENTERED AN AGREEMENT TO LIVE AS ONE ISHIMBAM. IKWERRE MEANS AGREED. OUR REAL NAME IS ALIHURUNOHA MEANING THE LAND WITH VISION OR THE PEOPLE WITH A VISION. IT IS ARROGANT AND INSULTING TO CALL US A NAME DIFFERENT FROM WHAT OUR FATHERS CALLED US CAN YOU CALL OWERRI ALIAKPU?
It is only themselves that is differentials themselves ..we Bini's called them deltas Igbo's or Igbo's Bendel....even my grandmother told us that some are Igbo's who refused to go back home after the civil war from Asaba bridge...
Nice one absolute correct i‘m ibo from Enugu state and we speak Wawa dialect but I was privilege to associate with brothers from ndokwa and agbor and i was very surprise how we can communicate with each other in Igbo language and we always understand each other with a very little dialect differences so after i relocated to europe i now begin to understand and see Clearly the damages and brainwashing the so called colonial masters and their cohorts did to our people and are still doing today that is divide and rule tactics.So the great and wonderful people of anioma,ikwerre and others should know that one of the best ways of preserving and knowing ones true and undiluted identity is through the names we do give our children and majority of our counsins answers Igbo names so who is deceiving who?
If you say your not Igbo do a blood test and confirm. All the people trying to deny that they are not Igbo for you God will make it so. He will fully ingraft you into Beni. Be happy.
talk2me9ja Igbo People do well in Mathematics AND Sciences AND Technology. They have Car Manufacturing Company at Nnewi, Anambra State. Soon they will be producing Aircrafts and Space Crafts AND super-fast computer-controlled AirCrafts and SpaceCrafts (BETTER than American Boeing Aircrafts ). The hallmark of Igbos is HIGH Intelligence in Mathematics, Science and Technology.
Okoro means prince in Benin; Umu means people in Ibo as in Ndi. Umuokoro could children of the prince. In southern Nigeria, we are all related one way or other.
You are right. I'm Igbo from Abia but was born in Benin. Okoro in Igbo language means young man and I know okoro in Edo means prince. Not so much of a difference they both depict a young man. The only difference is one uses it generally in case of the the Igbo while the other uses it to address Royals.
I feel why my brothers on the hinterland is denying their Ignorance essence is perhaps the properties belonging to their own brothers they ceased after Biafran /Nigerian civil war. ..........how ever, I love what my leader said Mazi Nnamdi Kanu when he said that our own Igbos should apologize to Riverside sides people for what Nnamdi Azikiwe did to one of our brothers during politics........instead of fighting his enemies from West, he came down to South and oust his own brother out of office creating more issues. I believe that we all have to apologize to one another sincerely and make restitution where necessary. I love all South-East my people. Chiukwuokike Abiama bless all of us Iseeeee.
Udo dirigi nwannem all hail Biafrans, please keep it up giving us the reality always. All igbos all over they Whole word one day will come together to celebrate IGBOS of the Bible. Which the white man charged it to Hebrew.
ukpuru.tumblr.com/image/122203117527 Son of Onnese Obi Osai Inside front cover of the medical and surgical journal of His Majesty’s Steam Ship Albert by J O McWilliam, MD, Surgeon with the picture of a son of the Obi of the Igbo town of Aboh. The Albert travelled the course of the Niger River from 1841. “‘One of the sons of Onnese Obi Osai chief of Aboh, River Niger’, drawn by John Duncan. The illustration appears to have been cut from a published source and pasted inside the journal. Beneath it is a written note 'Ali Hare came on board accompanied by a dozen little boys, who seemed to be nearly coeval [the same age]. These were sons of the Obi.” 1840-2 Before the British arrived Agbor (or the anglicised spelling Aboh) was known as an Igbo town. The notion that the Missionaries imposed Igboness and Igbo language on the locals is insulting in that it makes the proud people of Agbor sound like hapless, cultureless victims which is far from the truth. The Obi of Agbor was a formidable Igbo leader to be reckoned with, and a formidable diplomat who had alliances with Ijaw kings and others. It is possible that all these people lived in mutual coexistence in a Commonwealth with nobody trying to impose themselves on each other but understanding their ancestral and communal ties, ties which come in handy during times of external attack. We must negotiate with Nigeria as Biafrans! We must respect each others rich heritage and the roots of our genealogical divergence without sacrificing our affinity and shared aspirations. We must take a proactive set of actions to plan for our defense from external attacks instead of scattering like chickens with their head cut off as happened during the civil war. Hinterland Igbos must recognize the resourcefulness and diplomacy which borderland Igbos have to coexist in Amity with bordering nations who are also kith and kin. Outer border Igbos must recognize that we are all in the same boat, for instance when Ifeajuna an Onitsha man, and Nzeogwu from Okpanam carried out their ill-advised nationalistic 1966 coup idealistically believing that they actually belonged to a monolithic country called "Nigeria", it was labelled an "Igbo" and Igbos, Ibibios, Efiks, Ijaws, Urhobos, Igalas, Idomas and any non Hausa Fulani who remotely resembled an Igbo was slaughtered with viciousness and extreme prejudice. It is not language alone that makes us who we are and the borders of Biafra is not limiting, but without a doubt, whether we see it or not, there is something that our enemies see in us when they lump us all together as one no matter how loud our protest that we're not Igbos. We might as well hang together in mutual cooperation and coexistence, or be hung apart to our mutual shame as is now happening at the hands of Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram and a Caliphate who intends to dip their Koran into the Atlantic,...on your soil. I as an Igbo man am proud to be Igbo!
Please please any Igbo speaking state that doesn't want to join Biafra can go to hell, the smaller the better, I assure them that when Biafra comes they will surely regret it and it will be too late for them to join Biafra. Biafrans is the oxygen of Nigeria without the Igbos, Nigeria will no longer be the same again. Biafrans are going through rough patches which will surely lead us to very brighter future, In life things gets worst before getting much better or best.Biafra will surely be the envy of many Nigerians and Africans Mark my word today
Igbos In equatorial guinea are proud of their identity and some Igbos in Igbo land are denying their identity. It is a privilege to be an Igbo person and I thank God for giving me the privilege. Ekwere, Anioma, Nsuka, Abakariki, Umuchikaeze in Benue state, Ibaji and others in Kogi state, the Igbanke people of Edo state, we are all Igbo
Ok, we will expel them from Igbo ancestral villages and areas if they are from Edo. They are occupying Igbo ancestral areas and villages, places like UMUOKORO and twisting the name of the area from UMUOKORO to FAKE NAME like "RUMUOKORO". We expel them so that they can return to Edo areas where they came from.
Anambra people is the course of all this problem because they divide us when a man from other start speaks his language they will laugh at him and tell him he's not igbo man when it come to something important in igboland they will see others as if they are nothing to them let anambra people stop all that and see everyone as one all igbo was born by 2 brother
IGBO AREA TV please speak on this Issue of this Discrimination against people from Ebonyi State by other South-Eastern States. Any where one goes and said he is from Ebonyi he/she would be seen as a person non grata . He will be humiliated as if he is nobody. Inform our people please let's stop intra-ethnic Racism and hatred.God bless you.
Godson raph you are right! Anambra have destroyed us and today all Igbos are facing the course. Anambra people believe that any other Igbos is not the original Igbo and today we ar facing the wrath, I am From Enugu and am living with Anambra man and he always say only Anambrans are the real Igbos. Hmmmm to destroy are very easy but to repair are hard
Pls to my brothers and sisters from Ika and the rest of Delta states, pls could anyone tell me anyone who needs an interpretation to understand when an Igbo man speak. The Yoruba man and illaje and the rest of others variation of Yoruba all are proud Yoruba. The English language have a lot of French words but the English man never called himself a French man. As someone brought up with a variation of Igbo language I have never needed an interpreter to understand when they speak. The people of Edo pls I have never understand one single word when you guys spy so from my perspective I think am more closer to someone who I can understand. Am a grown up and I don’t have to go by the book and agree with the rest of the British and divisions of border. pls this post is not for the Igbo people but for any other group who gives Igbo names and can understand 70p when an Igbo man but disagree they are not a variation of Igbo.This post is for those who are willing to ask question of the language that they speak and allows for grown ups discussion of the subject and not abusive .Nigeria is a grown man in age people are asking questions of political leaders and not willing to abide by the norms so asking ourselves one or two questions is heathy for us to grow as people and as a nation if we are to move forward.
Chineke ekene diri gi in Igbo and Osolobue akpami kami' in Ika means God i give you praise are they the same? this idiot reserve sense, French, Italy, Spanish are they not related an frence man or spanish man can understand what Italian man is saying imbecile like u, go to Ika land and explain to eleven traditional rulers that ika people are Igbo's when you are going say your last prayer, when ika language has been recognized in Nigeria also all over the world even some white women speak Ika language, Ikpolo like u
Blue Phonixe Do you understand ika language? do you think Money, Woman, Old, Father, Please, God, phone, Child, Plate, Man, Fens, Welcome, Mirror, what, what for, women, men, bicycle, pronunce same with Igbo
Thank for your information. The addition of R to the names of the Ikwere town was done by a white English lecturer at University of Portharcourt years back. The Government of Nigeria divided Ndi Igbo during the war. Now what is the Ohaneze doing to reconcile Ndi Igbo
There are no 2 or more tribes in Africa that speak the same Language in all of Africa, we are all Igbos as you rightly said. Primordial factors is the best reference when there are no history books written from 1 (one) AD for instance.
It is a sad thing to me when my bilogical cousines from Agbor down to Asaba say they are not Igbos but their father mazi Eze Chima Kanu left Benni back home before he died on his way back home Agbor was his son and all the rest down to Asaba were his sons and they never care to ask their origin all they say is they are not igbos. I will tell them their full story and who mazi Eze Chima kanu is, and why onisha where he died always look at Benni as their home why it is not. Never mind them they have a reason for saying that but they do jpt knpw the truth about their origin. Yes Eze chima Ogbonnaya Kanu left Benni for sure back to his home town. After the Oba of Benni died mazi chima was to become the oba of benni because the oba then had no son and he Eze chima was the chief priest but the people of Benni said a strenger can never be their Oba so the sent for the son of oni of ife since they are brothers that was when Eze chima that had regarded himself as an indigine remembered he had a place he came from and decided to go home but i didn't make it down home he died in onisha. But before he died his servant was told to come home and tell the story to his family that he had left for over 45 to 50 that was his last wish. Its a long story maybe I will do a video and tell the full storybwith name and place and why their farm land is called onisha ugbo and all the others that left after he dead
Igbo people dey mad... dey say Fulani dey claim there land but dey like to enforce their rubbish history on others.... foolish people... this very insulting to our River state people
Many pure Igbo speaking people like Obigbo, Umuma, Azumini, Egbema, Ohaji etc were ceded to Ikwerre (Inwhuruhohna) people because of oil. Can you explain why Duncan Mighty and Mercy Chinwo sing in Igbo other than your Ikwerre tongue?
@@mishgist i can see ur arrogance, how can u impose wat is obviously there, u bear igbo names, communities in igbo names and speak igbo language just because of difference in dialects u will start saying nonsense
Well done history teacher, you are doing well according to macaroni. Because all this people in port- Harcourt and delta state speaks ibo makes them ibo.
"RUMU" Is no where found on any Igbo language structure....funny enough "RUMU" is not also found on Ikwerre language structure because they don't know what it is. They don't know how that "R" got there. They have to comply using RUMU as a sort of differenciating what part of Igbo you are talking about. I grew up in PH Ogbunabali, I used to visit Elikahia etc I had friends from the ikwere tribe, When we meet like the ijaws or Kalabari or ogoni people we speak Ibo language, these people strongly believed that am Ikwerre because of my surname. But they never questioned why I don't speak "Ikwerre" They had no reason because the language is igbo language and that is their mother tongue but in my opinion they thought am from ishiokpo side.
Here you lie. Am from Rumueme kingdom & RUMU means children in ikwerre. In obio kingdom we have Rumuogba, Rumueme, Rumukurushi, Rumuomasi n so on. Mind you in same obio kingdom in Obio-Akpor LGA Ikwerre, we have Mgbuesilar, Mgboshimini, Eligbam, Rumuchinda, Elelenwo, Elimgbu n so on. RUMU is in our language and it means children of so so n so. And also not all clans, villages & kingdoms answers RUMU ( we Oro-optoma kingdom, Rebesi kingdom, Oro-Evo kingdom, Atali n so on). Don't go around saying what you don't know.
I am form delta agbor,we the ika soil owner no that we are igbo,leave does saying we are not igbo there are tools to divide us but them can,we the ika can not, or forget our origin,as igbo
Thanks for this ,am from Delta Igbo and have always told people am Delta Igbo . The people of the main Igbo community have a lot to do to bring the rest of Igbo people together and one area is the issue of Osu In Igboland if the issue is not resolved well every one of this people will continue to marginalised themselves.
Very true my brother. In fact Biafraland is bigger than Ibo. So even though they deny that they are Igbo, they are still Biafrans. As far as I'm concerned anything South of the river Benue is Biafraland.
Bobby Adejo You are correct. Igala tribe of Kogi State (Lokoja), Idoma tribe of Benue State, Mumunye tribe of Adamawa State are all VARIANTS of Igbo people.Just look at the names of the tribes. They are Igbo words.
Mean while Delta, Bayelsa, Cross-Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Rivers and some part of Benue in Obi local government precisely all are Igbos,. cos u can't see an Hausa man or Fulani man named his/her son Emeka or Amarachi, the answer was absolutely no, the same to western tribes. May God bless British/French for creating divisions which we are facing today........??? (Rivers is my home is a Biafran land)
We are all igbos, so any one that is touting he or she is not from igbo should to through history, so whether you speak igbo or not, mind you that we are all igbos
@vera abeke.. which rejected stone? lol you must be sleeping i guess.. Igbo are dominating the whole africa and who know porthacourt or delta? abeg go back to your sleep if you dont have anything to contribute here.
It's a pity to hear the damages and demarcation civil war brought to us the igbo's, it's about time we forgive one another and Unite together and put all our enemies to shame
Ika can never be Igbo our language, culture and tradition are different i don't seen myself as an Igbo person but Ika, Ika is a mixture tribe which has Benin and Igbo Culture in it we are proudly Agbor-Ika people Ika ri nma orini enyi le
@@Reyex7 Agbor is not part of Umuezechima, Agbor kingdom migrated from Benin Agbor clan in Ika land and Benin kingdom are like 5 and 6 Dein of Agbor have narret how Oba of Benin took him to Benin after the death of his late father Obi of Agbor he was crowned at the age of 2year's and 4 month's The Dein of Agbor have banned practicing Igbo tradition in his kingdom and he change his name from Ikechukwu to Ikenchukwu to Ika word watch Dein of Agbor kingdom video on TH-cam and see how he dresse he don't dress like other Ika King's,They are 11clan's in Ika land , Agbor is the most largest and most famous clan in Ika land Ika clan's are mostly comprise Agbor, Owa, Abavo, Umunede, Ute-Okpu, Idumuesah, Akumazi, Igbodo, Mbiri, Otolokpo, Ute-Ogbeje while Igbanke and others are found in Edo state we are Ika people none Igbo neither Benin
@Nwachinemere Seny Shut up how can great Ika people be under Igbo if Dein of Agbor name is Ikechukwu does it mean he is an Igbo person the name you are answering Seny it's an Igbo name we are from Benin kingdom not Igbo and all our forefathers answer Benin names not Igbo so keep your Igbo to yourself Ika and Igbo is different both our language and Culture we have Ika tv while Igbos have Igbo tv what they use to promote their culture same to other ethnic groups in Nigeria
Somebody raised the issue of " Osu " in Igbo Culture. There are RITUALS done in Igbo Culture. Igbos perform a RITUAL regarding some Igbo persons for an Igbo Deity (Alunsi) to RESPECT the Deity by non-Osu Igbos to NOT marry an Osu Igbo. ONLY an Osu Igbo of ANOTHER Deity can marry an Osu Igbo. Until Igbos RESPECTFULLY perform a RITUAL to AMEND this in front of the Deity (Alunsi), a NON-Osu cannot marry an Osu. If you dare, the Deity feels DISRESPECTED and vengefully serves the NON-Osu all kinds of MISFORTUNES like Death in Vehicular Accident, Death of all Children from the marriage, Death to all involved persons.
They are ikas not Igbos by virtue of being established as a distinct Nation along with its distinct dialect. Related to igbo yes, but my friend nations are birthed from Nations under Gods scheme. What you call Igbo today emerged from another nation but as soon as it established its own distinct markings as a Nation and also its distinct language it became a nation of Igbo. it doesn't matter whose backyard the language was developed from, you yourselves claim for instance you were once Hebrews, go and read and research and read again what history teaches and what ethnogenesis is.
@@evahearthellokitty Your types seem not to have any basis for your assertions at all save that you are stock to your narcissistic notion well thats your cup of tea. That the Chinese can pick up 40 percent plus or minus of what the Japanese or korean may speak does not make the Japanese a Chinese. An Itsoko is an Itsoko and not an Urhobo. An Itsekiri is an Itsekiri and not a Yoruba. Ethnicity is about divergencies in history, lineage, heritage , culture , cross culture , politics and distinct dialectic or linguistic forms that take place over centuries to Millenia . Thus an Efik is an Efik and not an Ibibio. You do not see an Ora and insist that he is Esan because of your notions. It is an insult and an assault to his distinguished and privileged heritage . The act itself being uncivilized. What I mean is that it is only a narcicistic Chinese that will call a Japanese a Chinese. In more appropriate terms , the Igos are relatives to Ikas , the Ikas themselves relatives to the Igbankes and the matter is as simple as that!
@@cryptofxalgorithms I don't give a fuck what you are saying. I'm igbo. Proudly ika proudly igbo, we speak an igbo language and our names are igbo so shut the fuck up. Every ika person I know in real life including my whole family knows that they are igbo, my parents raised me as an igbo person. You can't tell me what I am but people who think ika people are not igbos are crazy tf
One IMPORTANT thing you all have to know is that European Colonialism divided Africa using Physical Boundaries. Even European Religion almost DIVIDED the Nigerian Igbos. Catholics taught their Church Members NOT to marry a non-Catholic person. It is NOW that we (Igbos ) have come to our SENSES. "Onye Igbo bu nwanne gi" White man' s Religion is his Religion. We (Igbos) have our own Culture (Omenani ). Igbo people are SIMILAR Genetically. They think the SAME way. They are EXTREMELY GOOD in Mathematics AND the Sciences. These people are found among the Akhenatan's people in Egypt that did the SEMINAL WORKS in Civilization ( Number of Hours in a Day,measured using the Sun Number of Days in a Year, measured using River Nile Flooding Cycle. Number of Months in a Year using the Moon. Number of Days in EACH Month using the Moon. How to ADD, DIVIDE and MULTIPLY. How to compute Areas, Volumes. Discovered the CONSTANT "pi" (3.14) used to compute Areas of Circles. Using MEASUREMENTS found FORMULAR for Volume of Pyramids, Cones, Boxes, Cylinders, Spheres (from measured Volume of a Half Sphere ) etc. The Greeks learnt from them ( Just get a Google Page on your I- Phone or Computer now and "type in " using the Keyboard "Akhenaten" ). Press the "ENTER" key. You should see the picture of Akhenaten Pharoah of Egypt. These people from Egypt to Kenya to Central African Republic to Cameroon (part of Cameroon ACTUALLY used to be PART of Eastern Nigeria ) to Gabon then to Nigeria.From Kogi State (Lokoja Area, Samuel Ogbemudia's place) to Benue State (Idoma people), Adamawa State (Mumunye people).......Enugu, ,Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi, Abia, Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers, some parts of Edo State are "People" that THINK and REASON the SAME way. They are GENETICALLY similar to Igbos. From names you can tell Kogi State "Igala people, Ogbemudia", Idoma people of Benue State, Mumunye people of " Adamawa State......Igbo people are spread East all the way to East Africa.
In Agbor, We have two main clans which is OWA and Agbor but in general they are called abgor because of their old name before creation of States and local governments in early 90s....The king of OWA is OBI Efeizomor and the king of Agbor is Obi agbor or dein of Agbor...Before his father and fathers goes with OBI not dein....I was born and brought up in IKA land and am proudly to be from IKA...We have two families which are the IGbos and BInis...I can say we are more Igbo than being Bini because we speak almost the same language...Agbor is just the name of the town but we have two kings in Ika land and the rest kings in Ika land are just chiefs to me...Obi of OWA is as powerful if not more powerful than the obi of Agbor but they are both our respected kings...Well if anyone have questions let them ask..We are more igbo than bini thank you
Abel Ologbo you are right on.this,this also goes to the whole of Anioma. We are a mixture of various migration history from Edo,igala,yoruba,Esan and igbo. The missionaries and Catholic church together contribute to the adaptation of igbo language and all,Because the igbos where brought from the east to Anioma land to help head the catholic church and preach,say prayers and read in igbo language then. For our culture we can clearly see a mix of similarities from the Edos. But what we have become today despite all that is IGBO. IGBOS OF THE WEST.
i want you to make more research on why you people speak igbo,it have noting to do with missionaries, before bini and yoruba came to this present place igbos where the occupant of those land,eze chima came from igbo tribe that was defeated by bini kingdom,bini was defeated by woman warlord before they came to Nigeria,in ile ife igbo was the king then,obatanla is igbo man,those that were defeated at war some remain while so move to far places and other return to thier kith an kin,this truth where what was deleted from the history,bini and yorubas have been doing this together.
Brotherly, you are claiming a dialect as an ethnic group. That would be like someone saying "I'm not American, I'm a new yorker" or "I'm not Nigerian, I'm Anambrarian"
@@chijinduchizoba7194 can any igbanke man study the igbo map of Nigeria 1901 they will know that igbanke is part of igbo nation,if edo land is divided into 3 piece igbos will take one side.don,t mind the edos who claim every thing..
vincent metu please take time to educate yourself before you make comments like this. It is wise to invest in knowledge. I do not know where you got Igbo Akiri from.
Igbankes are Igbos! They are remnants of Igbos that Binis used as slaves then! Before and during slave trade,Binis used to hunt and capture Igbos and use them as slaves because of the power of the Oba!.Oba also sacrifice alot of the Igbo😔😣 Oba used to trade them to the Portuguese then But a miracle happened in the great Bini empire, which was a war.Igbos most of the Igbos captured by the Oba(Binin) escaped and find there way out of the kingdom The IKa's(Igbo) had to settle at there region now, the Onitshas(Igbo) cross the river , Ikwerres(Igbo) and lot of them Oba(Binis) did alot of atrocities to the Igbos by using them as slaves 😓,. The only part that the Oba could not penetrate is Igbos across the Niger (east of the Niger). Even the British then,it took them 31years(British-Igbo war)Ekumeku war.Igbos were the largest ethnic groups in south even Nigeria as a whole Some Igbo communities then where forced to worship the Oba, evening now lot of them are paying homage. Finally, Igbankes are Igbos not Bini,some of them were forced to change there names to Bini names without knowing the meaning in other to be saved during the Nigeria-Biafra war. How can Bini be forcing tribes to themselves by cooking fake history.They are now claiming that Igbos are from Bini but have nothing to show.Language, tradition etc are not the same Igbos speak BIA Ok, they later claim that IKa's, Ikwerres and alot, learned Igbo language because of the closeness 🥺 Ok what about the Igbankes,see the distance but they still speak Igbo Example: Nigerians speak English till today but no Nigerian have forgotten his or her mother tongue. I advise people to start studying history themselves and stop hearing lies from people
If it was so then the ika monarch will be the first to say he isn't a Benin descendant 😆......the Benin empire had this tribal tattoo/mark call iwo and the ika also have it, that Mark was to identify citizens of the empire so that they won't be sold or captured as slave and benins never was slave traders and if you say they were then where is any slave port around the empire? The Oyo werw the slave masters and you can see the evidence in badagry and the rest. This propaganda was set by the British to justify their invasion of the Benin empire they even said the empire was litter with dismembered bodies for human sacrifice 😆 but the portuguese who came before them with no bias described the empire and Benin itself as a clean and beautiful city with straight roads as far as the eyes can see and no need for doors because no thieft, it also stated that that same period england was a land of rapists and thieves. Please be guided because a father don't have to claim his sons rather they will tell you that's my father and that's what these people are doing
Oyoyo you are not relevant in this discussion, your name appears something else, you are not one of us, we know our people by their names, kantakatos (your name) is a Spanish name, we don't need your opinion.
Very logical arguments on the issue. As an Ika man, I am interested in knowing so much about my background. This video has brought very important facts to light. However from my studies, a few discoveries I have made based on detailed history makes me believe that the origin of the Ika people is not Igbo land. From my observation, I believe that the linguistic similarities were introduced by the influx of christian missionaries into Ikaland from neighboring Igbo communities during the colonial and post colonial times. The narrator cited similarities in the names of the Ika people to the Igbo people, such as "Ikechukwu." It is easy to note that these are CHRISTIAN names in Igbo language. The actual Igbo names such as Okeke, Ejiofor, Madueke or Maduekwe, Okorigwe, etc, are not fully adopted or integrated into the ika language. Actual Ika names are observed in Ika family names or surnames such as Igunbor, Isibor, Ozabor, Igudia, Imudia, Omodia, etc, which bear similarities to Bini names. However, I cannot say that the Ika people are absolutely not igbo people. It is a fact that the Ika people are also children of Igbo ancestors whose family ventured into Ikaland, settled there, married there, and had children there. I wish to note that I am still learning. I thank the author for this material. Any rejoinder to my comments will be welcomed.
Whatever that may have happened to such action...pls, they should forget it and know that togetherness is an act of Love, development, security, power etc....Igbos are the largest or biggest tribe in Nigeria but we and enemies came in and divided us. Therefore, Its a calamity for..Diamond to refer it's self as Gold.
1 thing you should know, as of today Chinese & Japanese languages are very similar, but you both one country. Singapore people speak Chinese language, yet they are Singaporean
You're an Ignoramus, the Japanese and Chinese Language are not similar in any way, the difference is huge, why mentioning countries instead of Ethnic groups? there are Chinese, Malay and Tamil in Singapore, the Chinese all over the world including Singapore can never deny being Chinese. Why do you even call them Chinese?
If only ika people denied being igbo out of the nine local government of anioma igbo in delta state, I think you should forget them and they have to stop bearing igbo name period.
trust me we know that we are igbo but don't forget that we igbos have pride that is our problem somethings we are just forming but deep down we know we are igbos..did you know see how we fight for biafra during Kalu time
rooney lawson you are right my brother, one guy from ika told me that the reason they began to deny igbo is because ojukwu didn't include them in biafra map so they became angry. even one owuka repeated it in ugwumba tv.
@@okolinkresearchtv7622 brother i know it's just the illiterate one's that hasn't traveled before........ I try as much as possible to change our people........ Always remind them that ur the best type of igbo....❤
Actually my dear Oyoyo, if Arbor was founded in the 16th century, it is still very young. In the 16th century, King Obi of Agbor (not Agbon as you call it) was in alliance with the Ijaw chiefs to fend off British explorers who were after him because he had outsmarted them in a trade. Does that remotely sound like something a proud Igbo man could do? I don't know, but I'm fascinated that his name even back then was Obi.
Please I 'll like you to replay this video and understand it very well, there 're two obi in agbor, one is obi of agbor the other one is obi of Ika, they 're not the same.
@@dennischukwuyem5667 my dear Kelvin, I listened, but nothing new emerged,... however I have noted that you say there's both an Obi of Ika, and Obi of Agbor. I respect them both as the Ika-Igbo, and Agbor-Igbo kings that they are, and long may they reign!....Isee!!! No disrespect intended in recognizing them in the way I do, but as I've noted here before, when Nzeogwu (an Okpanam Ika-Igbo man) executed his coup, those who were apprehending, beheading men and women, and disembowelling pregnant women didn't stop to differentiate whether Ika, or Igbo, or Ikwere. Unless as an Igbo Moslem you only speak Fulani and Hausa, you might get away from being executed initially, until you display ambition, hussle, drive, persistence, and trading instinct,.... that's when they'll see through you and kill you too,.... ie Igboness is in your blood and instinct no matter what identity you desire to assume or desire to jettison.
Nobody is forcing you to be Igbo. Remain where you are. Delta North is not more developed or richer than any Igbo community. People like Philip Asiodu, your brother, just like you denied his Igboness, he joined Gowon in Lagos to enjoy, the same Federal Troops he was serving were in ASABA massacring your brothers and sisters. You answer Igbo name and yet claim you are not Igbo. Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu is your brother, his greed for power led him to stage a coup and Igbos have suffered for it most. Yet you are not Igbo. Foolishness soak you, Hausas, Yorubas, Fulanis, Tivs, Ijaws, Urhobos, Isehkiris, etc knows that you are Igbo and they treat you as such. Mention the development in your IKA
If you don't have what to say why not take this money you spent making this video to motherless home because you're talking complete nonsense I spent my data for nothing stop this wrong information please
Again, the IKA that claims that they are not Igbo, let me remind them Chief Dennis Osadebe was the premier of Mid- Western Nigeria, just like Michael Okpara (Eastern Nigeria), Chief Obafemi Awolowo ( Western Nigeria), Ahmadu Bello ( Northern Nigeria). Today there is Michael Okpara Square in Enugu, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture. Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife. Ahmadu Bello University (ABU Zaria). Now tell me how your brother Dennis Osadebe has been honoured? Recently a bill was sent to the Senate for the establishment of Federal Polytechnic in Delta North (your IKA), it was rejected but the Senate approved to establish it in Delta South just because you are Igbo, they know it. Apart from Federal College of Education, Asaba and Federal Medical Center Asaba, mention any Federal establishment in IKA. You foolishly made yourself a minority in Nigeria, so you are neglected. IKA is not more developed than any community. Igbos are still the richest and most intelligent tribe in Nigeria. We are the most intelligent blacks in the world. We are among the most intelligent tribe in the world. Nobody is begging you to be Igbo. It is a privilege to be Igbo. If we accept you to be Igbo, then go and do Thanksgiving in the church
@@johnnduka1073 thank you very much for the insults. You are very mature. Congratulations. Since you know so much why don't you tell us the history of the Ika people? I guess you do not even know the history of your damn village in Igbo land. And who said the Igbos are the most intelligent in the world? Because they have businesses everywhere? I guess its not hard to know the reason why: most of them cannot own businesses in Igboland. Look, I support the Biafra struggle, but do not try to tell us who we are. Everybody knows Nigeria is a contraption, and you are judging us by the injustice perpetrated over the years by the government? Isn't that narrow minded? That we have associated with the Igbos for so long that we speak Igbo does not make us Igbos. And you guys should stop blaming us for the action of one individual that contributed to the civil war. Chukwuma Nzeogwu was not the only officer in that coup. The other officers were mostly Igbos. It was a collective action. Biafra should be asking to ally with us. Not to tell us that we belong with them.
Igbos are claiming Ika-Agbor people in Delta and Edo state's South-South Nigeria but they don't understand our language is like Italy people claiming Franch or Span just because they share some similar word's in language is that not stupidity Igbo people should leave us alone and stop tagging Ika with Igbo, We Ika people speak Ika language while Igbo people speak Igbo language it's different from each other
@@IGBOAREATV You understand Ika abi as an Igbo person tell me the meaning of Nani, Okenyeoba, Okpohoba, Odede, Alua, kiro, Dodo, Mgbam, Ukpe, Ogor, Omomo, Ebeke, Edeke, Ewuru, Ikeke, Ma aba, just to mention some few words i have alot of people from Igbo land they don't understand Ika language when i speak my language Ika
@@diamonddiamond5780 listen there are variations. I am Anambra but not all of what an Abakaliki man says would be clear to me. Even Nsukka. But we share a lot of words just like Ikwerre, Agbor, Onitsha. Even Yoruba language has differences. But just like Igbo, it is easy to switch. I stayed with Agbor people for like 11 years and I understand them the way they understand mine.
@@IGBOAREATV These Ika people that understand Igbo are residing in Igbo land real Ika people that reside in Ika land don't understand Igbo language we are from Benin kingdom not Igbo land cause Edo and Delta were one state in Nigeria called Bendel State it's 1991 30yrs ago they devide it into 2 state's name Edo and Delta
Igbo is a political construct to unite to the whole region that. It was created in 1900 by some intellectuals and they called it Central Igbo(igbo izugbe)... However, we all have our different languages, what we call dialects, and most of them are not mutually intelligible. The differences within the Igbo languages/dialects can be compared to the differences within the Latin languages (french, Spanish, Portuguese) or Germanic languages (English, German, dutch) ... My opinion
Would you call A Spanish Man Italian or French ? No ! But they all speak Latin. In fact English is a Germanic language ... Fact! But that does not mean the English are Germans, this is absolute nonsense to say because their is similarity in our language we are of the same ethnicity. We are related yes no doubt but of complete difference.
That is wrong analogy because a person can easily distinguish those languages but it is difficult for a person to tell the difference between an ikwerre person and an igbo person
The English largely descend from two main historical population groups - the Germanic tribes who settled in southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Romans (including Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians), and the partially Romanised Britons who had been living there already.[9][10][11][12] Collectively known as the Anglo-Saxons, they founded what was to become the Kingdom of England
Bro you shot yourself let me quote your comment "we are related but of complete diff"? This don't make no sense to me, I can almost tell from your comment that you are trying very hard to disregard and segregate yourself from the Igbos when in fact the actual people who caused the separation where the colonial masters, "divide and conquer" you ever heard of that, was it your forefathers that coined the name Delta? I could go on with this but when push comes to shove delta would not even be able to stand alone as a nation so wtf bruh!
Know we called native doctor Ogbebulu like Benin, my mum first son his name is Osaro an Ika can bear Benin and Igbo name, we don't speak same language it's different even Ika language is similar to Benin and esan like Odede, old woman Ogbebulu, native doctor Odafin, Rich person Ikeke, bicycle Ihian this is esan word is human Okpan, plate Opia, machete Ewere, Goodluck Uwegbe, mirror Ikpekpe, buried grand Ororo, granut oil Iroro, Mellon Agbakpa, Wedding machete Oselobue + Osolobue God Ukpe, light Dodo this is esan word please Idumu, quater Ogbe, village Ogede, plantain Ikpa, punch Ika Egho money, Benin Igho Chair, Aga Ika Ewuru shiet, Benin Ewu Egi snail in Ika, Benin Egile Ighara, umbrella both Ika and benin Ukpu cup in Benin in Ika Mkpu Eshin horse in Ika in Benin Esin Television Ekpetinoyiyom in Ika in Benin Ekpetinogwe Amen Iseeh both Ika and benin Ika people believe in Ehi like Benin Our Guiding Spirit is called Olokun Our chieftancy tittle's like Ozomor, Ojuromi, Obaseki, Adolor, Eribo, Odogun, Izomor, Agbogwe, Ewere, Odafin, Esama, Obarigwe all are Benin chieftancy tittle"s same to Ika in delta and Edo state how can we unite when our language is different with Igbo even ukwuani man in delta state can't understand what Ika man is saying unless you was brought up in Ika or Ukwuani for saying Ika people speak an Igbo language please do research of Ika history and our language visit Ika royal diaries you will see eleven kingdom's clain make up in Ika land and their traditional rulers thanks
Americans speak English because they were colonised by Britain. Did Igbos colonise you? Which year were your tribe colonised by the Igbos that everything you do is so Igboish and not Biniish? Answer me
The big problem here is that people are too lazy to do basic research..For you to understand the history of the Igbos and the Yorubas in Nigerian, you have to first study the history of Benin.. By ancestry, the Benin people are a majority ethnic group in Nigeria, larger than some of those now classified as the majority ethnic group. Benin is central to Igbo and Yoruba history. Three states in the southwest namely Ondo, Ekiti and Lagos states have a preponderance of people with Benin ancestry and in the southeast Anambra and even Imo have a lot of people with Benin ancestry in Onitsha and surrounding towns down to Oguta and many other Igbo settlements. In the south-south, Delta, Rivers, and Bayelsa have a lot of people of Benin ancestry and in the north-central, there are people in Kogi and Benue that have Benin ancestry., A lot of people with Benin ancestry are currently grouped together with the Yoruba and igbo.. The Ikwerres and so-called Delta igbos are some of them. Central to understanding the history of these towns is understanding the origins and practices of absolute monarchy in Benin. From Benin, the monarchy was introduced into Yoruba land and Oduduwa the famed progenitor of the Yoruba is a Benin prince. The majority of the ruling houses in Yoruba land today have Benin origin. Same in Igbo land. The most revered traditional ruler in Igboland, the Obi of Onitsha has Benin ancestry. It is therefore comical to see some Igbo insist that Ika and the surrounding towns in Delta and Ikwerre are igbo when a major town in Igbo land like Onisha was founded by Benin. A Benin dynasty ruled over even igala for over 200 years. In those days, Idah in Kogi state was a sister town to Onitsha in Anambra state as they were both ruled by siblings of Benin royal dynasty. The controversy is mainly coming from the migration pattern of the igbos and the tendency of the Benin who are mostly nobles and warriors to accommodate migrant elements in their settlements who engage in all the farming and heavy lifting for the Benin nobility. In due time, as the numbers of the igbo migants grew, their influences became more visible in those settlements. This is what has led to claims that these various settlements are igbos. That there has been intermarriage and migration doesnt mean a Benin settlement has now become an Igbo town, The original settlers still remember their origins very well. There is a similar phenomena in Ondo and Ekiti state, 2 states that used to be part of the Benin empire.
@@johnobi7095 They are not. Benin people are everywhere in southern Nigeria and the middle belt. They are in Lagos, Ikorodu, Ekiti, Akure, Owo, Onitsha, Oguta, Ikwere, Urhobos, Ika and Anioma, Bonny, Ogba and many other towns and cities in Rivers and Bayelsa state. Edo state is the epicenter where you will find the origin of the people and their culture and traditions but they scattered everywhere as the monarchy and nobility in all these places I mentioned.
Well said! it is obvious this people knows their root and their monarchy still say they are Benin descendants but the new age people want to say otherwise..... it takes kingdoms to form an empire and Benin was the only empire that was actually an empire. The Oyo will mistake being slave raiders as having an empire
With regards to the issue of " Osu " in Igbo Culture, ............please UNDERSTAND this: There are RITUALS done in Igbo Culture. Igbos perform a RITUAL regarding some Igbo persons for an Igbo Deity (Alunsi) to RESPECT the Deity by non-Osu Igbos to NOT marry an Osu Igbo. ONLY an Osu Igbo of ANOTHER Deity can marry an Osu Igbo. Until Igbos RESPECTFULLY perform a RITUAL to AMEND this in front of the Deity (Alunsi), a NON-Osu cannot marry an Osu. If you dare, the Deity feels DISRESPECTED and vengefully serves the NON-Osu all kinds of MISFORTUNES like Death in Vehicular Accident, Death of all Children from the marriage, Death to all involved persons.
Wilson Mich I am NOT an Osu. I am a NON Osu. I cannot marry an Osu because I have to go by Igbo Culture and RESPECT the Deities ( Alunsi ) in Igbo land and their Osu family.
I will only state one reason here, those that have sense will understand. Today u.s.a speak English does that mean every body in the u.s migrated from england ancestrally, the answer is no. Igueben was form by an Benin warrior coming from idah war but today they called esan but they re Benin's. No place form by Benin today speak Benin out side Benin city, one thing is common and consistent here, they never move their language out side their city. Eko, Ado-ekiti, Onitsha,igueben,warri, these re know towns formed by Benin people in 15 century but they don't speak the language but only retain family name and town. So Igbo people should go and learn history and am these towns were lost because of 1897 wars. Because Benin were aware of these town and held it but lost it because of benin invasion by British. I am an idu man.
So these towns that you claimed that your Benin formed still speak their various languages. So why are they not speaking Benin language? Your Benin history should tell you that those communities have their indigenous languages which means they are Igbo. Yes, agreed that Benin influenced those areas because of their empire but Benin could not force their language and culture. Benin people must stop this childish claim, Igbos are not forcing anybody but the fact must be stated.
@@ikemottih1339 the English people have force their language on everybody but you re English man right? Go and believe what ever you want. The truth is always there. I dont want to claim one inch of Igbo land to mine. Don't claim my own as well, simple. Go and find your true history, I know my own. Even the Yoruba couldn't change lagos name from Eko to yoruba name because who ever found a town always Name it after himself. You want to claim a town that does not have your name. Okay o
@@ikemottih1339 You that is talking do you Ontisha down to Enugue are Benin People are speaking Benin language today we tell you study history you won't ready to know Enugue you hear name's like Obamaze those are clear Benin name we do claim what we do have or know go for proper research .
@@ikemottih1339 Oza Nogogo Ika Agbor people in Delta State their language is pure Edo language, just visit the google and see with your own eyes. Thanks.
I greet all my biafra brothers, blood is ticker than water no matter any thing, I am also thanking the Moses of Biafra which is Nnamdi kano he has opened alot of people eyes to know the history of where they belong, I am from ika delta state, my igbo name is Chukwuma, I thank God that right from childhood I always move with my igbo brothers, the only problem we 're facing is our leaders they know the truth but they always cover it, God bless all Biafra fighters home and abroad, May almighty God continue to guide and protect Nnamdi kano and his family where ever they 're in Jesus name.....😙😙😙😙😙😙😙
You’re not ika igbos came from ika not the other way round
Like my community Igbodo delta state has never deny our Igbo origin, I’m Just surprise hearing this, my dialect has all Igbo speaking tongue. That’s why I’m versatile in speaking Igbo dialect everywhere I go.
I just got my DNA result and realized that I am 93.1 % African. I am 57.1% Nigerian, 10% sierra Leonean and 12% Kenyan total of 80% West African and better yet I learn from my great aunt(my grandpa's sister that their grandfather came to Jamaica from Nigeria. I wish I could find my ppl. Anyway, I'm (Germany/Ukraine 4.3% Middle East ) and (East European 2.6%). Almost made it..I'll take the 93.1% and the rest because it is who I am.
Your dialect is very versatile. You guys converse with ika well. I think we should use your dialect as the national one when biafra comes
Thumbs up for the undiluted truth.
@@patricialawrence8450 yea you welcome dear
@@patricialawrence8450 please look for IPOB MOVEMENT IN GERMANY.they will direct you.
I'm from Ika and we Ika are really igbo we can't deny ourselves!!!
Eazzyguy Godday you speak Igbo?
There's only three well recognize tribes in Nigeria and these are IGBO, Hausa and Yoruba, these three tribes choose where you are from , as for me am from IGBO
Eazzyguy Godday if you speak Igbo and only Igbo as your native tongue then you are full blooded Igbo nwanne. There is no confusion in that.
I can't speak it well but I understand it very well
Eazzyguy Godday nwanne I mean do your people have any other native language beside Igbo? Most igbos abroad can't speak Igbo too.
Honestly from my heart l really love this history honestly am so much happy to hear this history. Please support biafra referendum and safe life's in Nigeria and make a better place for our children children generations in future. I'm from agbor delta state l know that lgbos people are my really family by blood and by culture including language name lka lgbo we all are one family. I'm not yet marry but I must marry ada biafra from lgbo land honestly from my heart l really love you people so much because lgbo people are very peaceful people at the same time very correct people to understand with good vital pure mindset and also good in knowledge and also very industria people also hard working and again clever in business again higher institution first class citizens . One love my beautiful brothers and sisters home and abroad peace be with you all beautiful smiling people.
May you flourish beyond your imagination for this undiluted truth as relate with your Igbo brothers and sisters anywhere you meet.
IGBO KWENU AGBOR KWENU 💪💪💪💪💖💖💖💖
+IDAHOSA OZ Yaaaaaasaa
I am from Ugbodu ,Aniocha north LGA of delta state,Anioma and I am.proudly igbo. We bear igbo names and practice igbo (Anioma) culture. We speak Enuani alongside a language of our ancestors called olukumi tho mixed so much in recent times with the Enuani language we speak.....Anioma in general despite our diverse origin of migration e.g Edo kingdom, igala,Yoruba etc we have all become igbo(western igbos). Proudly Anioma,proudly igbo.
The Update, Aniocha, Enuani and Anioma are all places and never a language. This is the time to get your English correct and dont confuse anyone through ignorance or illiteracy. Igbo is the language of all the families that migrated across the Niger river through Onitcha and Anambara areas. I dont understand why you are trying to complicate issues by drawing in the Yorubas and Benin ppeople or the Edo people. They have their own place of origin and theyre not claiming to be Igbos or struggling to own your place. These areas you mentioned are Igbolands and not a no man's land for you to say that Yoruba, Eddo or Benin will come to twist your Igbo language for you and you will accept. How old is Igbo language and we're still speaking it. If you're not proud to be Igbo and want a foreigner to formulate something else for you, then never call yourself Igbo. And that makes you all fools to allow a stranger come and polute your language, the main God given identity by which you are known. Shame on you. You are the ones causing confusion for yourselves. If you deny your mother tongue, you have fallen out of place with your ancestral root and you cease to exist. How can you call these places languages, not even dialects due to some slight differences in pronounciation but that does not even occur in Igbo language or it can't be Igbo anymore. How in the name of God will you be speaking Igbo language and say you are not Igbo? Thaat person musst be out of his senses. This Igbo you are denying today will be the chief corner stone tomorrow as God has destined it to be right from olddd time. Weare superior not inferior but marginalization by the Nigerian govt. has caused to be listening to strangers deceiving you to be separating from your brothers tto join other people bcos they will only keep using you for the land resources. I do have blood relatives there you know? They are part of my family tree from time immemorial. And some others we call Ndi Asaba but our people used to call them ndi Araba. Most of them came from the river rine Anambra area where the State got its name. People across the river Niger are one with the rest of the Igbos in the interland and nothing ought to change. Are you the only people of one tribe living across the river in this whole wide world? And still nothing divides them. If you let Nigeria's divide and rule separate from your language and culture to lose your identity, you have yourselves to blame. Real Igbos cannever deny their identity for a bastardized relationship with the rest of Nigerians or asume fake identity in order to belong or for them not to be marginalized. At the end you must still pay for abandoning you ancestors. Even those people you're running after will reject, mistreat and remind you of who you are. So you better recognise now or you will regret for life. If you deny being Igbos today, they will deny you tomorrow with impunity go and mark it.
@@trutel9916 you talk too much....no time 4 grammar and stories.
@@theupdatebySwashy He is right. Yoruba were doing slave raids that chased us from western nigeria to eastern nigeria. Oba of benin is a yoruba man and he was doing slave raids as well selling us to the portuguese. You were already igbo before you came here
@@ionflux955 very right
Nice.
But NDI AHABA from NTEJE{NRI} and Not Ndi Araba.
Coming from AHABAM when the Igbo ancestors crossed over from Omambala area.
Asaba is the anglicized form of saying AHABA and this came about because the Colonialists/Oppressors were unable to say Ahaba and entered Asaba and Not AHABA in their books.
This explains why a TRUE AHABA IGBO descendant who knows his/ancestry from NRI will tell you and refer to AHABA and NOT ASABA..NDI AHABA NWA ONYE AHABA.
Ikweere, Asaba and others denying their Igbo origin are like the Jamacains denying they are not Africans. This is a case of cultural identity confusion
i am from umunede ika south Local Gvt and proudly igbo
Ebuka Samuel , thanks my brother, for accepting your Igbo origin.
Okechukwu Umez what state did he say he's from?
Ebuka Samuel where is this
umunede is in delta state close to ogwashi ukwu
Ebuka Samuel Ewobi see this idiot umunede is located in ika northeast not ika south we are not igbo's choose were to belong
Igbo area TV thanks for enlightening my Igbo lost brothers .God bless u ...united Igbo we can never be defeated ...British divide and rule has failed .
am from ika igbo we are one
U people are denying igbo....are they better than chimamanda ngozi adiche ....chinua achebe.... Author Ezeh...Sir Emeka offor etc
@@okosubamidele2361 chimamanda is a feminist. Igbo are not proud of her. Feminism is anti igbo
@@okolinkresearchtv7622 No one needs to tell you that she is a feminist. Women have have been treated well in our land from time immemorial but they have never been equal to men
Chim gozie gi nwayioma...
Igbo stole out language ika is older than Igbo we are not minority doesn’t mean we started yesterday the first dein of agbor was in 1270 AD say no to igbo colonialism
i am from Agbor Delta state and i know that we are all biafrans no stupid Nigeria gorvement can deceive us again
Oga, even in ones family, its not everyone that agrees to every particular term
Den follow dem die
Am from Agbor.
Igbo, Ika and Ikwere we are one
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lu square Common sence you don't have ewobi ri ebon
+talk2me9ja let the war starts let igbo wipe Benin of this earth we that are deltan igbo will finish benin first before entire igbos we notice that something is going on
@@ebukasamuel6112 how are u
i am from agbor and i always know that we are all igbo anyone from Anioma who said that he or she is not an igbo that person is an illiterate
IKWERRE IS NO ALIOMA , WE ARE CALLED IKWERRE BECAUSE WE ENTERED AN AGREEMENT TO LIVE AS ONE ISHIMBAM. IKWERRE MEANS AGREED. OUR REAL NAME IS ALIHURUNOHA MEANING THE LAND WITH VISION OR THE PEOPLE WITH A VISION. IT IS ARROGANT AND INSULTING TO CALL US A NAME DIFFERENT FROM WHAT OUR FATHERS CALLED US CAN YOU CALL OWERRI ALIAKPU?
@@udoezedavid959 please tell them ooob.....
STOP ALL THIS WE THE AGBOR OR IKA KNOW WHERE WE COME FROM...WE ARE PROUDLY IGBO AND WE KNOW THAT...
IDAHOSA OZ what is the name of the dialect called
Victoria Machar DON'T MIND THAT'S NOT MY NAME OK!
+IDAHOSA OZ *
Thanks brother. U are great!
IDAHOSA OZ nwanne
I am an IKA man I already know I am an igbo man God bless mazi Nnamdi kanu God bless Biafra....BiafraExit
Am from ika we are one
Thank you bro
Na you go talk say we are one with Igbo's abi our Kings and leaders for your information Ika Kings and elder's say we are not Igbos
@@diamonddiamond5780
Ifeanyi Okowa now says he is Igbo, why?
Wow this is very nice thanks for this wonderful enlightenment, All Hail Biafra
It is only themselves that is differentials themselves ..we Bini's called them deltas Igbo's or Igbo's Bendel....even my grandmother told us that some are Igbo's who refused to go back home after the civil war from Asaba bridge...
Osarobo DewBest ....Abeg forget those people .
Osarobo DewBest finally the truth
You are right bro, most of them claim they are from Benin yet Benin don't know if they exist. Hehehe
Nice one absolute correct i‘m ibo from Enugu state and we speak Wawa dialect but I was privilege to associate with brothers from ndokwa and agbor and i was very surprise how we can communicate with each other in Igbo language and we always understand each other with a very little dialect differences so after i relocated to europe i now begin to understand and see Clearly the damages and brainwashing the so called colonial masters and their cohorts did to our people and are still doing today that is divide and rule tactics.So the great and wonderful people of anioma,ikwerre and others should know that one of the best ways of preserving and knowing ones true and undiluted identity is through the names we do give our children and majority of our counsins answers Igbo names so who is deceiving who?
This man is making sense
This was an interesting watch, thank you for this.
I remain igbo man forever
If you say your not Igbo do a blood test and confirm.
All the people trying to deny that they are not Igbo for you God will make it so.
He will fully ingraft you into Beni.
Be happy.
ijeoma edebiri baby girl
I am from Delta state , My DNA is Igbo from my Father, and Benin from my mother whose family came from Benin.
You can't force people to go with you. You are just wasting your energy. The people know them self.
talk2me9ja Igbo People do well in Mathematics AND Sciences AND Technology. They have Car Manufacturing Company at Nnewi, Anambra State. Soon they will be producing Aircrafts and Space Crafts AND super-fast computer-controlled AirCrafts and SpaceCrafts (BETTER than American Boeing Aircrafts ). The hallmark of Igbos is HIGH Intelligence in Mathematics, Science and Technology.
Eric Ezeokoli kit l8tr ya£(
I'm from ukwuani am an Igbo if them share Nigeria I'll follow Igbo... you guys should stop brainwashing us
Okoro means prince in Benin; Umu means people in Ibo as in Ndi. Umuokoro could children of the prince. In southern Nigeria, we are all related one way or other.
You are right
You are right. I'm Igbo from Abia but was born in Benin. Okoro in Igbo language means young man and I know okoro in Edo means prince. Not so much of a difference they both depict a young man. The only difference is one uses it generally in case of the the Igbo while the other uses it to address Royals.
Time is coming when Wike from Ikwerre and Sunday Olise from Ika would become more Ibos than Onyeka Onwenu and Innoson
Igbos must reunite. The war did bad. Join the train. Unity is the best.
I feel why my brothers on the hinterland is denying their Ignorance essence is perhaps the properties belonging to their own brothers they ceased after Biafran /Nigerian civil war.
..........how ever, I love what my leader said Mazi Nnamdi Kanu when he said that our own Igbos should apologize to Riverside sides people for what Nnamdi Azikiwe did to one of our brothers during politics........instead of fighting his enemies from West, he came down to South and oust his own brother out of office creating more issues.
I believe that we all have to apologize to one another sincerely and make restitution where necessary. I love all South-East my people. Chiukwuokike Abiama bless all of us Iseeeee.
Thanks u sir for your honesty
Azuka OJ i personally owe u a bottle of champagne.thanks host.
Udo dirigi nwannem all hail Biafrans, please keep it up giving us the reality always. All igbos all over they Whole word one day will come together to celebrate IGBOS of the Bible. Which the white man charged it to Hebrew.
Shin Ayin good talk bross, God bless you
I will not reject my brothers because of money.
Ezi nwanne ka i bu
True talk we are all proudly igbo
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Son of Onnese Obi Osai
Inside front cover of the medical and surgical journal of His Majesty’s Steam Ship Albert by J O McWilliam, MD, Surgeon with the picture of a son of the Obi of the Igbo town of Aboh. The Albert travelled the course of the Niger River from 1841.
“‘One of the sons of Onnese Obi Osai chief of Aboh, River Niger’, drawn by John Duncan. The illustration appears to have been cut from a published source and pasted inside the journal. Beneath it is a written note 'Ali Hare came on board accompanied by a dozen little boys, who seemed to be nearly coeval [the same age]. These were sons of the Obi.” 1840-2
Before the British arrived Agbor (or the anglicised spelling Aboh) was known as an Igbo town.
The notion that the Missionaries imposed Igboness and Igbo language on the locals is insulting in that it makes the proud people of Agbor sound like hapless, cultureless victims which is far from the truth.
The Obi of Agbor was a formidable Igbo leader to be reckoned with, and a formidable diplomat who had alliances with Ijaw kings and others.
It is possible that all these people lived in mutual coexistence in a Commonwealth with nobody trying to impose themselves on each other but understanding their ancestral and communal ties, ties which come in handy during times of external attack.
We must negotiate with Nigeria as Biafrans!
We must respect each others rich heritage and the roots of our genealogical divergence without sacrificing our affinity and shared aspirations.
We must take a proactive set of actions to plan for our defense from external attacks instead of scattering like chickens with their head cut off as happened during the civil war.
Hinterland Igbos must recognize the resourcefulness and diplomacy which borderland Igbos have to coexist in Amity with bordering nations who are also kith and kin.
Outer border Igbos must recognize that we are all in the same boat, for instance when Ifeajuna an Onitsha man, and Nzeogwu from Okpanam carried out their ill-advised nationalistic 1966 coup idealistically believing that they actually belonged to a monolithic country called "Nigeria", it was labelled an "Igbo" and Igbos, Ibibios, Efiks, Ijaws, Urhobos, Igalas, Idomas and any non Hausa Fulani who remotely resembled an Igbo was slaughtered with viciousness and extreme prejudice.
It is not language alone that makes us who we are and the borders of Biafra is not limiting, but without a doubt, whether we see it or not, there is something that our enemies see in us when they lump us all together as one no matter how loud our protest that we're not Igbos. We might as well hang together in mutual cooperation and coexistence, or be hung apart to our mutual shame as is now happening at the hands of Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram and a Caliphate who intends to dip their Koran into the Atlantic,...on your soil.
I as an Igbo man am proud to be Igbo!
Please please any Igbo speaking state that doesn't want to join Biafra can go to hell, the smaller the better, I assure them that when Biafra comes they will surely regret it and it will be too late for them to join Biafra. Biafrans is the oxygen of Nigeria without the Igbos, Nigeria will no longer be the same again. Biafrans are going through rough patches which will surely lead us to very brighter future, In life things gets worst before getting much better or best.Biafra will surely be the envy of many Nigerians and Africans Mark my word today
Igbos In equatorial guinea are proud of their identity and some Igbos in Igbo land are denying their identity. It is a privilege to be an Igbo person and I thank God for giving me the privilege. Ekwere, Anioma, Nsuka, Abakariki, Umuchikaeze in Benue state, Ibaji and others in Kogi state, the Igbanke people of Edo state, we are all Igbo
Mhen, guy Delta state isn't an Igbo state
Anybody that does not know his or her origin, is like a tree without roots.
the so-called Ikwerre people are prodigals. Imagine twisting, for example, UMUOKORO, to RUMUOKORO just to escape Igbo identity.
Ok, we will expel them from Igbo ancestral villages and areas if they are from Edo. They are occupying Igbo ancestral areas and villages, places like UMUOKORO and twisting the name of the area from UMUOKORO to FAKE NAME like "RUMUOKORO". We expel them so that they can return to Edo areas where they came from.
talk2me9ja SHUT THE FUCK UP
Now DNA is availabe let them do it
vincent metu exactly. How can people deny their roots like this?
Always after ikwerre
Na wa ooo
Thanks for the info
True commentary.....
undiluted fact
Anambra people is the course of all this problem because they divide us when a man from other start speaks his language they will laugh at him and tell him he's not igbo man when it come to something important in igboland they will see others as if they are nothing to them let anambra people stop all that and see everyone as one all igbo was born by 2 brother
Godson Ralph You are right they have twisted the dignity of People from Ebonyi in the South-East . The hate is much on Ebonyi and other States.
Anambra does not hate Ebonyi. I think some of such cases are personal.
IGBO AREA TV please speak on this Issue of this Discrimination against people from Ebonyi State by other South-Eastern States. Any where one goes and said he is from Ebonyi he/she would be seen as a person non grata . He will be humiliated as if he is nobody. Inform our people please let's stop intra-ethnic Racism and hatred.God bless you.
Godson raph you are right! Anambra have destroyed us and today all Igbos are facing the course. Anambra people believe that any other Igbos is not the original Igbo and today we ar facing the wrath, I am From Enugu and am living with Anambra man and he always say only Anambrans are the real Igbos. Hmmmm to destroy are very easy but to repair are hard
Noted.
I'm a confirm Biafra Man from igbo extraction
you are right my brother.... time shall tell...
I like this mans voice
Pls to my brothers and sisters from Ika and the rest of Delta states, pls could anyone tell me anyone who needs an interpretation to understand when an Igbo man speak. The Yoruba man and illaje and the rest of others variation of Yoruba all are proud Yoruba. The English language have a lot of French words but the English man never called himself a French man. As someone brought up with a variation of Igbo language I have never needed an interpreter to understand when they speak. The people of Edo pls I have never understand one single word when you guys spy so from my perspective I think am more closer to someone who I can understand. Am a grown up and I don’t have to go by the book and agree with the rest of the British and divisions of border. pls this post is not for the Igbo people but for any other group who gives Igbo names and can understand 70p when an Igbo man but disagree they are not a variation of Igbo.This post is for those who are willing to ask question of the language that they speak and allows for grown ups discussion of the subject and not abusive .Nigeria is a grown man in age people are asking questions of political leaders and not willing to abide by the norms so asking ourselves one or two questions is heathy for us to grow as people and as a nation if we are to move forward.
Nice one.
Chineke ekene diri gi in Igbo and Osolobue akpami kami' in Ika means God i give you praise are they the same? this idiot reserve sense, French, Italy, Spanish are they not related an frence man or spanish man can understand what Italian man is saying imbecile like u, go to Ika land and explain to eleven traditional rulers that ika people are Igbo's when you are going say your last prayer, when ika language has been recognized in Nigeria also all over the world even some white women speak Ika language, Ikpolo like u
Blue Phonixe Do you understand ika language? do you think Money, Woman, Old, Father, Please, God, phone, Child, Plate, Man, Fens, Welcome, Mirror, what, what for, women, men, bicycle, pronunce same with Igbo
don't mind those fools thinking everyone is an igbo
don't mind those fools thinking everyone is an igbo
Thank for your information. The addition of R to the names of the Ikwere town was done by a white English lecturer at University of Portharcourt years back. The Government of Nigeria divided Ndi Igbo during the war. Now what is the Ohaneze doing to reconcile Ndi Igbo
How can a white man change a language he can't not understand?
There are no 2 or more tribes in Africa that speak the same Language in all of Africa, we are all Igbos as you rightly said. Primordial factors is the best reference when there are no history books written from 1 (one) AD for instance.
It is a sad thing to me when my bilogical cousines from Agbor down to Asaba say they are not Igbos but their father mazi Eze Chima Kanu left Benni back home before he died on his way back home Agbor was his son and all the rest down to Asaba were his sons and they never care to ask their origin all they say is they are not igbos. I will tell them their full story and who mazi Eze Chima kanu is, and why onisha where he died always look at Benni as their home why it is not. Never mind them they have a reason for saying that but they do jpt knpw the truth about their origin. Yes Eze chima Ogbonnaya Kanu left Benni for sure back to his home town. After the Oba of Benni died mazi chima was to become the oba of benni because the oba then had no son and he Eze chima was the chief priest but the people of Benni said a strenger can never be their Oba so the sent for the son of oni of ife since they are brothers that was when Eze chima that had regarded himself as an indigine remembered he had a place he came from and decided to go home but i didn't make it down home he died in onisha. But before he died his servant was told to come home and tell the story to his family that he had left for over 45 to 50 that was his last wish. Its a long story maybe I will do a video and tell the full storybwith name and place and why their farm land is called onisha ugbo and all the others that left after he dead
You wish
So true
Nice job
Igbo people dey mad... dey say Fulani dey claim there land but dey like to enforce their rubbish history on others.... foolish people... this very insulting to our River state people
But Is not bad thing to say that someone is my blood
Many pure Igbo speaking people like Obigbo, Umuma, Azumini, Egbema, Ohaji etc were ceded to Ikwerre (Inwhuruhohna) people because of oil. Can you explain why Duncan Mighty and Mercy Chinwo sing in Igbo other than your Ikwerre tongue?
@@meka8733 nothing wrong about it but it's very wrong to enfore it on them therefore trying to change there narrative
@@nnfefe9451 go change what their historians and monarch believe
@@mishgist i can see ur arrogance, how can u impose wat is obviously there, u bear igbo names, communities in igbo names and speak igbo language just because of difference in dialects u will start saying nonsense
Counting from 1- 10 in Ika: 1. owu 2. abuo 3. eto 4. ano 5. ise 6. ishi 7. esa 8. esato 9. itena 10. iri
Counting 1-10 in central igbo 1-otu 2-abuo 3-ato 4.ano 5-ise 6-ishii 7-Asaa 8-Asoto 9-itolo 10-irii
Counting from 1-10 in my own Igbo dialect from Awgu axis in Enugu State:
1 - ńnà
2 - eebuo/ebuo.
3 - eeto/eto.
4 - eeno/eno.
5 - ịse.
6 - íshí.
7 - asatọ/eesato/esato.
8 - eesa/esaa.
9 - itena
10 - ili
Thank you very much
And you believe mmmm Oga mmmm
Well done history teacher, you are doing well according to macaroni. Because all this people in port- Harcourt and delta state speaks ibo makes them ibo.
"RUMU" Is no where found on any Igbo language structure....funny enough "RUMU" is not also found on Ikwerre language structure because they don't know what it is. They don't know how that "R" got there. They have to comply using RUMU as a sort of differenciating what part of Igbo you are talking about. I grew up in PH Ogbunabali, I used to visit Elikahia etc I had friends from the ikwere tribe, When we meet like the ijaws or Kalabari or ogoni people we speak Ibo language, these people strongly believed that am Ikwerre because of my surname. But they never questioned why I don't speak "Ikwerre" They had no reason because the language is igbo language and that is their mother tongue but in my opinion they thought am from ishiokpo side.
Wow that's interesting to learn
Here you lie. Am from Rumueme kingdom & RUMU means children in ikwerre. In obio kingdom we have Rumuogba, Rumueme, Rumukurushi, Rumuomasi n so on. Mind you in same obio kingdom in Obio-Akpor LGA Ikwerre, we have Mgbuesilar, Mgboshimini, Eligbam, Rumuchinda, Elelenwo, Elimgbu n so on. RUMU is in our language and it means children of so so n so. And also not all clans, villages & kingdoms answers RUMU ( we Oro-optoma kingdom, Rebesi kingdom, Oro-Evo kingdom, Atali n so on). Don't go around saying what you don't know.
I am form delta agbor,we the ika soil owner no that we are igbo,leave does saying we are not igbo there are tools to divide us but them can,we the ika can not, or forget our origin,as igbo
Thanks for this ,am from Delta Igbo and have always told people am Delta Igbo . The people of the main Igbo community have a lot to do to bring the rest of Igbo people together and one area is the issue of Osu In Igboland if the issue is not resolved well every one of this people will continue to marginalised themselves.
OSU is no more valid nowadays
I don’t know about osu not being relevant today but when push came to shove the people will ask who are you.and where are you from.
Very true my brother. In fact Biafraland is bigger than Ibo. So even though they deny that they are Igbo, they are still Biafrans. As far as I'm concerned anything South of the river Benue is Biafraland.
Bobby Adejo You are correct. Igala tribe of Kogi State (Lokoja), Idoma tribe of Benue State, Mumunye tribe of Adamawa State are all VARIANTS of Igbo people.Just look at the names of the tribes. They are Igbo words.
Blue Phonixe if you are proud to be called an Igbo man or woman that's your own cup of tea i can never be an Igbo man never
Mean while Delta, Bayelsa, Cross-Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Rivers and some part of Benue in Obi local government precisely all are Igbos,. cos u can't see an Hausa man or Fulani man named his/her son Emeka or Amarachi, the answer was absolutely no, the same to western tribes.
May God bless British/French for creating divisions which we are facing today........???
(Rivers is my home is a Biafran land)
Xtain Dion ;
May God bless you for saying the truth my dear
Xtain Dion how can God bless British while they are the cause of all the problem in nigeria now
We are all igbos, so any one that is touting he or she is not from igbo should to through history, so whether you speak igbo or not, mind you that we are all igbos
The rejected stone which became the pillar of the house.
@vera abeke.. which rejected stone? lol you must be sleeping i guess.. Igbo are dominating the whole africa and who know porthacourt or delta? abeg go back to your sleep if you dont have anything to contribute here.
Justix Justix he mean igbos are the pillar of the house now.
It's a pity to hear the damages and demarcation civil war brought to us the igbo's, it's about time we forgive one another and Unite together and put all our enemies to shame
Ika can never be Igbo our language, culture and tradition are different i don't seen myself as an Igbo person but Ika, Ika is a mixture tribe which has Benin and Igbo Culture in it we are proudly Agbor-Ika people Ika ri nma orini enyi le
Yes, you are very correct
Is Agbor part of UmuEzechima or not?
@@Reyex7 Not
@@Reyex7 Agbor is not part of Umuezechima, Agbor kingdom migrated from Benin Agbor clan in Ika land and Benin kingdom are like 5 and 6 Dein of Agbor have narret how Oba of Benin took him to Benin after the death of his late father Obi of Agbor he was crowned at the age of 2year's and 4 month's The Dein of Agbor have banned practicing Igbo tradition in his kingdom and he change his name from Ikechukwu to Ikenchukwu to Ika word watch Dein of Agbor kingdom video on TH-cam and see how he dresse he don't dress like other Ika King's,They are 11clan's in Ika land , Agbor is the most largest and most famous clan in Ika land Ika clan's are mostly comprise Agbor, Owa, Abavo, Umunede, Ute-Okpu, Idumuesah, Akumazi, Igbodo, Mbiri, Otolokpo, Ute-Ogbeje while Igbanke and others are found in Edo state we are Ika people none Igbo neither Benin
@Nwachinemere Seny Shut up how can great Ika people be under Igbo if Dein of Agbor name is Ikechukwu does it mean he is an Igbo person the name you are answering Seny it's an Igbo name we are from Benin kingdom not Igbo and all our forefathers answer Benin names not Igbo so keep your Igbo to yourself Ika and Igbo is different both our language and Culture we have Ika tv while Igbos have Igbo tv what they use to promote their culture same to other ethnic groups in Nigeria
I'm thinking how to give birth like KANU also who is making this speech. I'm from Edo state
My mom and father told me about this how can u denied being Igbo Igbo amaka I’m from IMO state Awaka port harcourt ehh be denying just be real
Igbo amaka
Agitate for Regional Government System you said no! What is wrong with such system.
Somebody raised the issue of " Osu " in Igbo Culture. There are RITUALS done in Igbo Culture. Igbos perform a RITUAL regarding some Igbo persons for an Igbo Deity (Alunsi) to RESPECT the Deity by non-Osu Igbos to NOT marry an Osu Igbo. ONLY an Osu Igbo of ANOTHER Deity can marry an Osu Igbo. Until Igbos RESPECTFULLY perform a RITUAL to AMEND this in front of the Deity (Alunsi), a NON-Osu cannot marry an Osu. If you dare, the Deity feels DISRESPECTED and vengefully serves the NON-Osu all kinds of MISFORTUNES like Death in Vehicular Accident, Death of all Children from the marriage, Death to all involved persons.
thank you for factfinding
BUT “ TAA-BU-GBOO”
...."it was labelled an 'Igbo' coup"....
The civil war started in igweocha (port Harcourt) by Gowon
It's Rebesi kingdom not igweocha
WILL ARE ONE FAMILIE ALL IS IGBO ALL HAIL BIAFRA
They are ikas not Igbos by virtue of being established as a distinct Nation along with its distinct dialect. Related to igbo yes, but my friend nations are birthed from Nations under Gods scheme. What you call Igbo today emerged from another nation but as soon as it established its own distinct markings as a Nation and also its distinct language it became a nation of Igbo. it doesn't matter whose backyard the language was developed from, you yourselves claim for instance you were once Hebrews, go and read and research and read again what history teaches and what ethnogenesis is.
Ika is an igbo dialect and an igbo subgroup. You don't know history at all
@@evahearthellokitty Your types seem not to have any basis for your assertions at all save that you are stock to your narcissistic notion well thats your cup of tea. That the Chinese can pick up 40 percent plus or minus of what the Japanese or korean may speak does not make the Japanese a Chinese. An Itsoko is an Itsoko and not an Urhobo. An Itsekiri is an Itsekiri and not a Yoruba. Ethnicity is about divergencies in history, lineage, heritage , culture , cross culture , politics and distinct dialectic or linguistic forms that take place over centuries to Millenia . Thus an Efik is an Efik and not an Ibibio. You do not see an Ora and insist that he is Esan because of your notions. It is an insult and an assault to his distinguished and privileged heritage . The act itself being uncivilized. What I mean is that it is only a narcicistic Chinese that will call a Japanese a Chinese. In more appropriate terms , the Igos are relatives to Ikas , the Ikas themselves relatives to the Igbankes and the matter is as simple as that!
@@cryptofxalgorithms I don't give a fuck what you are saying. I'm igbo. Proudly ika proudly igbo, we speak an igbo language and our names are igbo so shut the fuck up. Every ika person I know in real life including my whole family knows that they are igbo, my parents raised me as an igbo person. You can't tell me what I am but people who think ika people are not igbos are crazy tf
If a boy says he's a girl does that make him a girl?
@@evahearthellokitty you or probably your parents are definitely igbo settlers in ika land.
The Edo say Osalobua; Ibo and Ika say Osolobue
I think the Igbos call their Osepuruwa or Olise puruwa. some also say Olise buruwa.
One IMPORTANT thing you all have to know is that European Colonialism divided Africa using Physical Boundaries. Even European Religion almost DIVIDED the Nigerian Igbos. Catholics taught their Church Members NOT to marry a non-Catholic person. It is NOW that we (Igbos ) have come to our SENSES. "Onye Igbo bu nwanne gi" White man' s Religion is his Religion. We (Igbos) have our own Culture (Omenani ).
Igbo people are SIMILAR Genetically. They think the SAME way. They are EXTREMELY GOOD in Mathematics AND the Sciences. These people are found among the Akhenatan's people in Egypt that did the SEMINAL WORKS in Civilization ( Number of Hours in a Day,measured using the Sun
Number of Days in a Year, measured using River Nile Flooding Cycle. Number of Months in a Year using the Moon. Number of Days in EACH Month using the Moon. How to ADD, DIVIDE and MULTIPLY. How to compute Areas, Volumes. Discovered the CONSTANT "pi" (3.14) used to compute Areas of Circles. Using MEASUREMENTS found FORMULAR for Volume of Pyramids, Cones, Boxes, Cylinders, Spheres (from measured Volume of a Half Sphere ) etc. The Greeks learnt from them ( Just get a Google Page on your I- Phone or Computer now and "type in " using the Keyboard "Akhenaten" ). Press the "ENTER" key. You should see the picture of Akhenaten Pharoah of Egypt.
These people from Egypt to Kenya to Central African Republic to Cameroon (part of Cameroon ACTUALLY used to be PART of Eastern Nigeria ) to Gabon then to Nigeria.From Kogi State (Lokoja Area, Samuel Ogbemudia's place) to Benue State (Idoma people), Adamawa State (Mumunye people).......Enugu, ,Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi, Abia, Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers, some parts of Edo State are "People" that THINK and REASON the SAME way. They are GENETICALLY similar to Igbos. From names you can tell Kogi State "Igala people, Ogbemudia", Idoma people of Benue State, Mumunye people of " Adamawa State......Igbo people are spread East all the way to East Africa.
In Agbor, We have two main clans which is OWA and Agbor but in general they are called abgor because of their old name before creation of States and local governments in early 90s....The king of OWA is OBI Efeizomor and the king of Agbor is Obi agbor or dein of Agbor...Before his father and fathers goes with OBI not dein....I was born and brought up in IKA land and am proudly to be from IKA...We have two families which are the IGbos and BInis...I can say we are more Igbo than being Bini because we speak almost the same language...Agbor is just the name of the town but we have two kings in Ika land and the rest kings in Ika land are just chiefs to me...Obi of OWA is as powerful if not more powerful than the obi of Agbor but they are both our respected kings...Well if anyone have questions let them ask..We are more igbo than bini thank you
@@andrewmike2903 Oza Nogogo Ika Agbor people and some others in Ika land they only speak Bini Language. Use google and learn more.
Abel Ologbo you are right on.this,this also goes to the whole of Anioma. We are a mixture of various migration history from Edo,igala,yoruba,Esan and igbo. The missionaries and Catholic church together contribute to the adaptation of igbo language and all,Because the igbos where brought from the east to Anioma land to help head the catholic church and preach,say prayers and read in igbo language then. For our culture we can clearly see a mix of similarities from the Edos. But what we have become today despite all that is IGBO. IGBOS OF THE WEST.
i want you to make more research on why you people speak igbo,it have noting to do with missionaries, before bini and yoruba came to this present place igbos where the occupant of those land,eze chima came from igbo tribe that was defeated by bini kingdom,bini was defeated by woman warlord before they came to Nigeria,in ile ife igbo was the king then,obatanla is igbo man,those that were defeated at war some remain while so move to far places and other return to thier kith an kin,this truth where what was deleted from the history,bini and yorubas have been doing this together.
@@vincentmetu2640 ..
vincent metu thank you for your response. Please can you let me know your references so I may do more studies on the subject?
Tell them. They are deceiving themselves.
Leave Ika or Anioma alone we have never denied our igboness. In school we were taught that we are ika igbo
Yesss oooo
We Ika's may share some similarities in language and culture with Igbo's but we're not Igbo's we are proudly Ika people
Stupidity.
Foolish man,ewu awusa, you don't have sense oo
Brotherly, you are claiming a dialect as an ethnic group. That would be like someone saying "I'm not American, I'm a new yorker" or "I'm not Nigerian, I'm Anambrarian"
@@nduodiaka3572 very stupid 😂😂😂
Good you know thy history.
what about the the ika of edo state?(igbanke)
they are igbo, they are called igbo Akiri,after the war they change it to igbanke because they fort against the igbos.
We must have the igbanke in biafra
They are proud Igbo. I went for a marriage there and believe me they are Igbo and the consciousness is rising with the Biafra.
@@chijinduchizoba7194 can any igbanke man study the igbo map of Nigeria 1901 they will know that igbanke is part of igbo nation,if edo land is divided into 3 piece igbos will take one side.don,t mind the edos who claim every thing..
vincent metu please take time to educate yourself before you make comments like this. It is wise to invest in knowledge. I do not know where you got Igbo Akiri from.
Identity crisis!
Igbankes are Igbos!
They are remnants of Igbos that Binis used as slaves then! Before and during slave trade,Binis used to hunt and capture Igbos and use them as slaves because of the power of the Oba!.Oba also sacrifice alot of the Igbo😔😣
Oba used to trade them to the Portuguese then
But a miracle happened in the great Bini empire, which was a war.Igbos most of the Igbos captured by the Oba(Binin) escaped and find there way out of the kingdom
The IKa's(Igbo) had to settle at there region now, the Onitshas(Igbo) cross the river , Ikwerres(Igbo) and lot of them
Oba(Binis) did alot of atrocities to the Igbos by using them as slaves 😓,. The only part that the Oba could not penetrate is Igbos across the Niger (east of the Niger). Even the British then,it took them 31years(British-Igbo war)Ekumeku war.Igbos were the largest ethnic groups in south even Nigeria as a whole
Some Igbo communities then where forced to worship the Oba, evening now lot of them are paying homage.
Finally, Igbankes are Igbos not Bini,some of them were forced to change there names to Bini names without knowing the meaning in other to be saved during the Nigeria-Biafra war.
How can Bini be forcing tribes to themselves by cooking fake history.They are now claiming that Igbos are from Bini but have nothing to show.Language, tradition etc are not the same
Igbos speak BIA
Ok, they later claim that IKa's, Ikwerres and alot, learned Igbo language because of the closeness 🥺
Ok what about the Igbankes,see the distance but they still speak Igbo
Example: Nigerians speak English till today but no Nigerian have forgotten his or her mother tongue.
I advise people to start studying history themselves and stop hearing lies from people
If it was so then the ika monarch will be the first to say he isn't a Benin descendant 😆......the Benin empire had this tribal tattoo/mark call iwo and the ika also have it, that Mark was to identify citizens of the empire so that they won't be sold or captured as slave and benins never was slave traders and if you say they were then where is any slave port around the empire? The Oyo werw the slave masters and you can see the evidence in badagry and the rest.
This propaganda was set by the British to justify their invasion of the Benin empire they even said the empire was litter with dismembered bodies for human sacrifice 😆 but the portuguese who came before them with no bias described the empire and Benin itself as a clean and beautiful city with straight roads as far as the eyes can see and no need for doors because no thieft, it also stated that that same period england was a land of rapists and thieves.
Please be guided because a father don't have to claim his sons rather they will tell you that's my father and that's what these people are doing
My question to you , how many countries are peeking English language to, can those countries proclaim they’re Britain?
Oyoyo Kantakatos no but they all have their native home language other than British English. Do you not speak of another language other than English?
Oyoyo you are not relevant in this discussion, your name appears something else, you are not one of us, we know our people by their names, kantakatos (your name) is a Spanish name, we don't need your opinion.
Nigeria government have divide igbos you now blame theme God will help us
Very logical arguments on the issue. As an Ika man, I am interested in knowing so much about my background. This video has brought very important facts to light. However from my studies, a few discoveries I have made based on detailed history makes me believe that the origin of the Ika people is not Igbo land. From my observation, I believe that the linguistic similarities were introduced by the influx of christian missionaries into Ikaland from neighboring Igbo communities during the colonial and post colonial times. The narrator cited similarities in the names of the Ika people to the Igbo people, such as "Ikechukwu." It is easy to note that these are CHRISTIAN names in Igbo language. The actual Igbo names such as Okeke, Ejiofor, Madueke or Maduekwe, Okorigwe, etc, are not fully adopted or integrated into the ika language. Actual Ika names are observed in Ika family names or surnames such as Igunbor, Isibor, Ozabor, Igudia, Imudia, Omodia, etc, which bear similarities to Bini names. However, I cannot say that the Ika people are absolutely not igbo people. It is a fact that the Ika people are also children of Igbo ancestors whose family ventured into Ikaland, settled there, married there, and had children there. I wish to note that I am still learning. I thank the author for this material. Any rejoinder to my comments will be welcomed.
You are welcome brother.
I love ur comment and u're worthy of learning.
How come your name is Ologbo?
Curious of the town names Umunede and Owerre in Ika local government
Abel Ologbo I will suggest that you read the works of Professor Onwuejeogwu an erudite professor of sociology
an Ika man himself.
Whatever that may have happened to such action...pls, they should forget it and know that togetherness is an act of Love, development, security, power etc....Igbos are the largest or biggest tribe in Nigeria but we and enemies came in and divided us. Therefore, Its a calamity for..Diamond to refer it's self as Gold.
Mr Nelson ...That your begging makes me laugh.No matter any thing in this universe, you are not suppose to deny your tribe.
forget about ikwerre you say no.
Can't you see our history and story's are not matching?
Oga first go change ur name and also that word ikwerre is an igbo word. Go form urs
Oga first go change ur name and also that word ikwerre is an igbo word. Go form urs
Man no be God Oga you must be joking with this your name oo
1 thing you should know, as of today Chinese & Japanese languages are very similar, but you both one country. Singapore people speak Chinese language, yet they are Singaporean
Bad example Singapore speaks Mandarin and China speaks Mandarin. Just like there is Yoruba in Nigeria and Yoruba in Benin. Look at your name
You're an Ignoramus, the Japanese and Chinese Language are not similar in any way, the difference is huge, why mentioning countries instead of Ethnic groups?
there are Chinese, Malay and Tamil in Singapore, the Chinese all over the world including Singapore can never deny being Chinese.
Why do you even call them Chinese?
If only ika people denied being igbo out of the nine local government of anioma igbo in delta state, I think you should forget them and they have to stop bearing igbo name period.
trust me we know that we are igbo but don't forget that we igbos have pride that is our problem somethings we are just forming but deep down we know we are igbos..did you know see how we fight for biafra during Kalu time
rooney lawson you are right my brother, one guy from ika told me that the reason they began to deny igbo is because ojukwu didn't include them in biafra map so they became angry. even one owuka repeated it in ugwumba tv.
So Fred is an igbo name? we are brothers with similarities. Agbor kingdom has been since 16 century and we are mixed .
@@okolinkresearchtv7622 brother am from anambra and nobody is more igbo..... We are all igbos
@@okolinkresearchtv7622 brother i know it's just the illiterate one's that hasn't traveled before........ I try as much as possible to change our people........ Always remind them that ur the best type of igbo....❤
Man you don’t know any thing about historical. Origin name of Agbor , is agbon which is among the oldest kingdom in Nigeria ,
You're a brainwashed punk....
Actually my dear Oyoyo, if Arbor was founded in the 16th century, it is still very young.
In the 16th century, King Obi of Agbor (not Agbon as you call it) was in alliance with the Ijaw chiefs to fend off British explorers who were after him because he had outsmarted them in a trade.
Does that remotely sound like something a proud Igbo man could do? I don't know, but I'm fascinated that his name even back then was Obi.
Please I 'll like you to replay this video and understand it very well, there 're two obi in agbor, one is obi of agbor the other one is obi of Ika, they 're not the same.
@@dennischukwuyem5667 my dear Kelvin, I listened, but nothing new emerged,... however I have noted that you say there's both an Obi of Ika, and Obi of Agbor.
I respect them both as the Ika-Igbo, and Agbor-Igbo kings that they are, and long may they reign!....Isee!!!
No disrespect intended in recognizing them in the way I do, but as I've noted here before, when Nzeogwu (an Okpanam Ika-Igbo man) executed his coup, those who were apprehending, beheading men and women, and disembowelling pregnant women didn't stop to differentiate whether Ika, or Igbo, or Ikwere.
Unless as an Igbo Moslem you only speak Fulani and Hausa, you might get away from being executed initially, until you display ambition, hussle, drive, persistence, and trading instinct,.... that's when they'll see through you and kill you too,.... ie Igboness is in your blood and instinct no matter what identity you desire to assume or desire to jettison.
I am not an igboness, we have to make things right and see each other as one
Mr please ika kingdom is not Igbo we are far older the the igbo's
Nobody is forcing you to be Igbo. Remain where you are. Delta North is not more developed or richer than any Igbo community. People like Philip Asiodu, your brother, just like you denied his Igboness, he joined Gowon in Lagos to enjoy, the same Federal Troops he was serving were in ASABA massacring your brothers and sisters. You answer Igbo name and yet claim you are not Igbo. Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu is your brother, his greed for power led him to stage a coup and Igbos have suffered for it most. Yet you are not Igbo. Foolishness soak you, Hausas, Yorubas, Fulanis, Tivs, Ijaws, Urhobos, Isehkiris, etc knows that you are Igbo and they treat you as such. Mention the development in your IKA
If you don't have what to say why not take this money you spent making this video to motherless home because you're talking complete nonsense I spent my data for nothing stop this wrong information please
Again, the IKA that claims that they are not Igbo, let me remind them Chief Dennis Osadebe was the premier of Mid- Western Nigeria, just like Michael Okpara (Eastern Nigeria), Chief Obafemi Awolowo ( Western Nigeria), Ahmadu Bello ( Northern Nigeria). Today there is Michael Okpara Square in Enugu, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture. Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife. Ahmadu Bello University (ABU Zaria). Now tell me how your brother Dennis Osadebe has been honoured? Recently a bill was sent to the Senate for the establishment of Federal Polytechnic in Delta North (your IKA), it was rejected but the Senate approved to establish it in Delta South just because you are Igbo, they know it. Apart from Federal College of Education, Asaba and Federal Medical Center Asaba, mention any Federal establishment in IKA. You foolishly made yourself a minority in Nigeria, so you are neglected. IKA is not more developed than any community. Igbos are still the richest and most intelligent tribe in Nigeria. We are the most intelligent blacks in the world. We are among the most intelligent tribe in the world. Nobody is begging you to be Igbo. It is a privilege to be Igbo. If we accept you to be Igbo, then go and do Thanksgiving in the church
@@johnnduka1073 thank you very much for the insults. You are very mature. Congratulations. Since you know so much why don't you tell us the history of the Ika people? I guess you do not even know the history of your damn village in Igbo land. And who said the Igbos are the most intelligent in the world? Because they have businesses everywhere? I guess its not hard to know the reason why: most of them cannot own businesses in Igboland. Look, I support the Biafra struggle, but do not try to tell us who we are. Everybody knows Nigeria is a contraption, and you are judging us by the injustice perpetrated over the years by the government? Isn't that narrow minded? That we have associated with the Igbos for so long that we speak Igbo does not make us Igbos. And you guys should stop blaming us for the action of one individual that contributed to the civil war. Chukwuma Nzeogwu was not the only officer in that coup. The other officers were mostly Igbos. It was a collective action. Biafra should be asking to ally with us. Not to tell us that we belong with them.
@@ologboa ika is igbo we are igbo
Igbos are claiming Ika-Agbor people in Delta and Edo state's South-South Nigeria but they don't understand our language is like Italy people claiming Franch or Span just because they share some similar word's in language is that not stupidity Igbo people should leave us alone and stop tagging Ika with Igbo, We Ika people speak Ika language while Igbo people speak Igbo language it's different from each other
But Igbos understand Ika. It is very easy to switch.
@@IGBOAREATV You understand Ika abi as an Igbo person tell me the meaning of Nani, Okenyeoba, Okpohoba, Odede, Alua, kiro, Dodo, Mgbam, Ukpe, Ogor, Omomo, Ebeke, Edeke, Ewuru, Ikeke, Ma aba, just to mention some few words i have alot of people from Igbo land they don't understand Ika language when i speak my language Ika
@@diamonddiamond5780 listen there are variations. I am Anambra but not all of what an Abakaliki man says would be clear to me. Even Nsukka. But we share a lot of words just like Ikwerre, Agbor, Onitsha. Even Yoruba language has differences. But just like Igbo, it is easy to switch. I stayed with Agbor people for like 11 years and I understand them the way they understand mine.
@@IGBOAREATV These Ika people that understand Igbo are residing in Igbo land real Ika people that reside in Ika land don't understand Igbo language we are from Benin kingdom not Igbo land cause Edo and Delta were one state in Nigeria called Bendel State it's 1991 30yrs ago they devide it into 2 state's name Edo and Delta
Igbo is a political construct to unite to the whole region that. It was created in 1900 by some intellectuals and they called it Central Igbo(igbo izugbe)... However, we all have our different languages, what we call dialects, and most of them are not mutually intelligible. The differences within the Igbo languages/dialects can be compared to the differences within the Latin languages (french, Spanish, Portuguese) or Germanic languages (English, German, dutch) ... My opinion
Would you call A Spanish Man Italian or French ? No ! But they all speak Latin. In fact English is a Germanic language ... Fact! But that does not mean the English are Germans, this is absolute nonsense to say because their is similarity in our language we are of the same ethnicity. We are related yes no doubt but of complete difference.
That is wrong analogy because a person can easily distinguish those languages but it is difficult for a person to tell the difference between an ikwerre person and an igbo person
Bro this your analogy is devoid of logic just unnecessary sentiments
The English largely descend from two main historical population groups - the Germanic tribes who settled in southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Romans (including Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians), and the partially Romanised Britons who had been living there already.[9][10][11][12] Collectively known as the Anglo-Saxons, they founded what was to become the Kingdom of England
Bro you shot yourself let me quote your comment "we are related but of complete diff"? This don't make no sense to me, I can almost tell from your comment that you are trying very hard to disregard and segregate yourself from the Igbos when in fact the actual people who caused the separation where the colonial masters, "divide and conquer" you ever heard of that, was it your forefathers that coined the name Delta? I could go on with this but when push comes to shove delta would not even be able to stand alone as a nation so wtf bruh!
Udoeze is an Igbo name, change it to Benin so as to mean what you say.
You are sailing a story of Biafra war ,just 5 decade ago . Agbor kingdom was found in 16th centuries .
My clan,i mean my kindred in anambra have existed before 16th century
@@willymetu4962 since 3,000 BC
Know we called native doctor Ogbebulu like Benin, my mum first son his name is Osaro an Ika can bear Benin and Igbo name, we don't speak same language it's different even Ika language is similar to Benin and esan like Odede, old woman
Ogbebulu, native doctor
Odafin, Rich person
Ikeke, bicycle
Ihian this is esan word is human
Okpan, plate
Opia, machete
Ewere, Goodluck
Uwegbe, mirror
Ikpekpe, buried grand
Ororo, granut oil
Iroro, Mellon
Agbakpa, Wedding machete
Oselobue + Osolobue God
Ukpe, light
Dodo this is esan word please
Idumu, quater
Ogbe, village
Ogede, plantain
Ikpa, punch
Ika Egho money, Benin Igho
Chair, Aga
Ika Ewuru shiet, Benin Ewu
Egi snail in Ika, Benin Egile
Ighara, umbrella both Ika and benin
Ukpu cup in Benin in Ika Mkpu
Eshin horse in Ika in Benin Esin
Television Ekpetinoyiyom in Ika in Benin Ekpetinogwe
Amen Iseeh both Ika and benin
Ika people believe in Ehi like Benin
Our Guiding Spirit is called Olokun
Our chieftancy tittle's like Ozomor, Ojuromi, Obaseki, Adolor, Eribo, Odogun, Izomor, Agbogwe, Ewere, Odafin, Esama, Obarigwe all are Benin chieftancy tittle"s same to Ika in delta and Edo state how can we unite when our language is different with Igbo even ukwuani man in delta state can't understand what Ika man is saying unless you was brought up in Ika or Ukwuani for saying Ika people speak an Igbo language please do research of Ika history and our language visit Ika royal diaries you will see eleven kingdom's clain make up in Ika land and their traditional rulers thanks
Miracle344 Desmond pls never ever reply to my post again.
Miracle344 Desmond we don't need u
We understand Benin has some mornarchical influence on Ika. The Benin warriors subdued most of those areas. That doesn't make Ika same with Benin.
Akpationyinyo and Ekpeteonyinyom == Igbo is closer. That meant a box with viewables.
Did i said that I'm an Benin man?
That American speaks English don't make him British. No amount of insault can change the people you are trying to force to be what they are not.
Americans speak English because they were colonised by Britain. Did Igbos colonise you? Which year were your tribe colonised by the Igbos that everything you do is so Igboish and not Biniish? Answer me
The big problem here is that people are too lazy to do basic research..For you to understand the history of the Igbos and the Yorubas in Nigerian, you have to first study the history of Benin.. By ancestry, the Benin people are a majority ethnic group in Nigeria, larger than some of those now classified as the majority ethnic group.
Benin is central to Igbo and Yoruba history. Three states in the southwest namely Ondo, Ekiti and Lagos states have a preponderance of people with Benin ancestry and in the southeast Anambra and even Imo have a lot of people with Benin ancestry in Onitsha and surrounding towns down to Oguta and many other Igbo settlements.
In the south-south, Delta, Rivers, and Bayelsa have a lot of people of Benin ancestry and in the north-central, there are people in Kogi and Benue that have Benin ancestry.,
A lot of people with Benin ancestry are currently grouped together with the Yoruba and igbo.. The Ikwerres and so-called Delta igbos are some of them.
Central to understanding the history of these towns is understanding the origins and practices of absolute monarchy in Benin. From Benin, the monarchy was introduced into Yoruba land and Oduduwa the famed progenitor of the Yoruba is a Benin prince. The majority of the ruling houses in Yoruba land today have Benin origin.
Same in Igbo land. The most revered traditional ruler in Igboland, the Obi of Onitsha has Benin ancestry. It is therefore comical to see some Igbo insist that Ika and the surrounding towns in Delta and Ikwerre are igbo when a major town in Igbo land like Onisha was founded by Benin. A Benin dynasty ruled over even igala for over 200 years. In those days, Idah in Kogi state was a sister town to Onitsha in Anambra state as they were both ruled by siblings of Benin royal dynasty.
The controversy is mainly coming from the migration pattern of the igbos and the tendency of the Benin who are mostly nobles and warriors to accommodate migrant elements in their settlements who engage in all the farming and heavy lifting for the Benin nobility. In due time, as the numbers of the igbo migants grew, their influences became more visible in those settlements.
This is what has led to claims that these various settlements are igbos. That there has been intermarriage and migration doesnt mean a Benin settlement has now become an Igbo town, The original settlers still remember their origins very well. There is a similar phenomena in Ondo and Ekiti state, 2 states that used to be part of the Benin empire.
How come binis decreased to a minority tribe?
@@johnobi7095 They are not. Benin people are everywhere in southern Nigeria and the middle belt. They are in Lagos, Ikorodu, Ekiti, Akure, Owo, Onitsha, Oguta, Ikwere, Urhobos, Ika and Anioma, Bonny, Ogba and many other towns and cities in Rivers and Bayelsa state. Edo state is the epicenter where you will find the origin of the people and their culture and traditions but they scattered everywhere as the monarchy and nobility in all these places I mentioned.
Well said! it is obvious this people knows their root and their monarchy still say they are Benin descendants but the new age people want to say otherwise..... it takes kingdoms to form an empire and Benin was the only empire that was actually an empire.
The Oyo will mistake being slave raiders as having an empire
With regards to the issue of " Osu " in Igbo Culture, ............please UNDERSTAND this: There are RITUALS done in Igbo Culture. Igbos perform a RITUAL regarding some Igbo persons for an Igbo Deity (Alunsi) to RESPECT the Deity by non-Osu Igbos to NOT marry an Osu Igbo. ONLY an Osu Igbo of ANOTHER Deity can marry an Osu Igbo. Until Igbos RESPECTFULLY perform a RITUAL to AMEND this in front of the Deity (Alunsi), a NON-Osu cannot marry an Osu. If you dare, the Deity feels DISRESPECTED and vengefully serves the NON-Osu all kinds of MISFORTUNES like Death in Vehicular Accident, Death of all Children from the marriage, Death to all involved persons.
so are u OSU? that was then come out if the shadow man, u r igbo
Hausa man no spear u if war come because he knows you are Igbo. don't forget asaba massacre so be up to who u are
Wilson Mich I am NOT an Osu. I am a NON Osu. I cannot marry an Osu because I have to go by Igbo Culture and RESPECT the Deities ( Alunsi ) in Igbo land and their Osu family.
Ure stupid to bring these fallacy after u will be complaining of racism asshole
I will only state one reason here, those that have sense will understand. Today u.s.a speak English does that mean every body in the u.s migrated from england ancestrally, the answer is no. Igueben was form by an Benin warrior coming from idah war but today they called esan but they re Benin's. No place form by Benin today speak Benin out side Benin city, one thing is common and consistent here, they never move their language out side their city. Eko, Ado-ekiti, Onitsha,igueben,warri, these re know towns formed by Benin people in 15 century but they don't speak the language but only retain family name and town. So Igbo people should go and learn history and am these towns were lost because of 1897 wars. Because Benin were aware of these town and held it but lost it because of benin invasion by British. I am an idu man.
So these towns that you claimed that your Benin formed still speak their various languages. So why are they not speaking Benin language?
Your Benin history should tell you that those communities have their indigenous languages which means they are Igbo. Yes, agreed that Benin influenced those areas because of their empire but Benin could not force their language and culture.
Benin people must stop this childish claim, Igbos are not forcing anybody but the fact must be stated.
@@ikemottih1339 the English people have force their language on everybody but you re English man right? Go and believe what ever you want. The truth is always there. I dont want to claim one inch of Igbo land to mine. Don't claim my own as well, simple. Go and find your true history, I know my own. Even the Yoruba couldn't change lagos name from Eko to yoruba name because who ever found a town always Name it after himself. You want to claim a town that does not have your name. Okay o
@@ikemottih1339 You that is talking do you Ontisha down to Enugue are Benin People are speaking Benin language today we tell you study history you won't ready to know Enugue you hear name's like Obamaze those are clear Benin name we do claim what we do have or know go for proper research .
Fake history.
@@ikemottih1339 Oza Nogogo Ika Agbor people in Delta State their language is pure Edo language, just visit the google and see with your own eyes. Thanks.