Igbo people have a lot of work to do sincerely. Igbos has been dismantled with unbelievable divisions. Ohaneze Ndi Igbo and other Igbo groups must work so hard to unite all Igbos. It's really sad to see an Igbo person to deny his/her originality and identity. We are one Igbo and one people.
Chai, Nigeria has destroyed many IGBO’s sons and daughters mind oh, I thank God that I realized where I came from earlier…I’m undiluted Igbo son that find his self in so called Niger Delta State, IBUSA…E Shock You?
All this guys if the come Asia, China hk and anywhere around Asia the will be calling you brother n will be speaking igbo for you to help them…. Even all those delta area agbor the will speak Igbo until u will help them…. Why in Nigeria u guys are saying ur not Igbo…. Why?
It's absolutely true. We have Ikwerre family living in uk. They speak Igbo and never deny their Igboness. Their grandmothers carry biafra for head. If you say anything against Igbo/biafra, the Ikwerre grandmother will fight you with everything in her.
One thing I will tell people of the riverine areas of Delta and Rivers (Igboid people), "Don't allow strangers remind you of who you are". It might not be a pleasant one. Benin people are very hospitable but know you guys are Igbo and share historical ties with the Hinderland Igbos. In fact most of you guys left from the Hinderlands and expanded toward the coast hundreds of years ago.
It might be true if Omoku people say that they come from the present day bini which was formally called Idu Land or Igodomigodo before the Yoruba prince Oraminyan invaded the land and established the Oba dynasty and changed the name to Ile-binu which is now called bini. That place was inhabited by many Igbos,Edos Ishan and the Ijaws who reside in the creeks along the gelegele river, but when the war between Idu Land and the Yoruba Prince Oranmiyan who was very dangerous and Opressive happened many indigenous Idu people fled through the river some found refuge in Ogba land or Omoku and some fled to some part of present day Bayelsa state. Eze Chima was an Igbo leader in Idu land present day Bini, Agbo, Uturu, Ika before the war of Idu na Oba that scattered the people.
@@brightnwadike7565 yes, I know what you are saying might be true. But what they are saying is that their roots is in Benin which imho doesn't add up. For instance it is like Igbos in Lagos, most Igbos in Lagos were born and breed in Lagos and some haven't visited their ancestral home in their life time. Then something happens in Lagos and their is a mass exodus of Igbos back to the homeland. Most Igbos that go back will know their villages to go back to while a minority might be lost and be assimilated anywhere. Then hundreds of years later they ask the descendants of Igbos that left Lagos about their origin and now they point to Lagos has their origin and give an abstract reason like the introduction of "Aso ebi" cloth in Traditional marriage in Igbo land. Not knowing that it is a borrowed culture like how other cultures borrowed "Omugwo".
The Beníns are two part,,, the first parte are call idu the abororigin ,,,,,,, why the second part are call foreigner who came from yoruba land the son of oduduwa,,,,,if you said your forfather is from Benín then tell us the part they from benin
The whole thing became ridiculous when the two men started conversing in Igbo language. I felt like slapping some of these men as they were denying their Igbo identity while speaking Igbo
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's they all ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's they all ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
You originated from Bini but you bear Igbo name,have four market days, speak a dialect of Igbo language,your towns are named in Igbo etc yet you say you are not Igbo...No no something is wrong somewhere..
@@iyamugeorge5835 Languages are corrupted but culture can never. My mother's elder sister married to an omok man. Everything they do are all Igbo culture. Can u imagine nduki man dem even get nduki road for ABA.
@@iyamugeorge5835 there’s no way that a people with a culture will migrate to a place and lose their whole culture with no pressure or stress, check igbanke people of edo state, despite how far they migrate off Igbo hinterland, they still practice Igbo culture and everything even in the benin empire, so this ogba people saying they came from bini is just illogical and just a ploy by fulanis to divide Igbos (Even fulanis that conquered the whole north, the tribes in that place still observe and didn’t lose their respective cultures)
@@uwaemevictor2171 you lie. Omouku culture is not like Igbo culture. Stop lying already. I schooled at omouku for 3 years and I know what their culture looks like. Y’all always claiming other people like it beats my imagination. How can you come tell the history of another person better than the people living there. Does it even make any sense. Igbo is the prideful culture and everyone who is Igbo should be proud of it. You can’t tell someone’s culture better than the origins of the place. The king of omouku said it himself. Do you want a proof? Should I send you a link to watch and see it yourself?
@@preciousozioma2017 No I’m Oka and Aro but I do have a couple friends that’s are Ikwerre hence lol some of Igbo language has been influenced by them. I use different dialects when communicating in Igbo
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's they all ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
Madam I am clearly hearing and understanding you very well, and I'm from Anambra state. If because of your dialect you claimed that your not Igbo, it means there no Igbo. Every Igbo community has her own dialect. So no matter what your dialect You are IGBO.
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's many of them ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
To avoid this kind of confusion that is in River State or the so-called Niger delta, the larger or stronger ethnic groups suppose to incorporate or assimilate the smaller minority groups to avoid this kind of confusion and disunity which is not helping the people of the region because of not being united. There are two many minorities in the entire Niger delta region. The Igbos are the larger ethnic group closer to these minorities but because of Igbo' s democratic and egalitarian tradition they failed to incorporate these minorities to build a stronger and United region that will be beneficial to everybody. You can't see this kind of confusion in Europe now. In Europe the larger groups always incorporate or assimilate the smaller minorities.
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's they all ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
You have made me proud for doing this survey. Igbos (us) need to stop discriminating themselves to help bring unity to the people. There should be no such thing as Delta Igbo, Rivers Igbo, and many more.
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's they all ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
They knows where they originated from you can't force them if the Oba of Benin was brutal at that early days he would have converted the hole of Igbo and Yoruba to Benin so i don't know y igbo are dragging non igbo people to their ethnicity
@@Faceofffoody defeated devil sighted. Cursed Black man sighted. No wonder Benin kingdom went defunct because they are cursed been demonic, darkness and evil. Cursed countries that went defunct; 1.) Babylon 2.) Assyria 3.) Sodom 4.) Gomorah 5.) Benin... Amongst other cursed demonic countries. Idiot.
@@FaceofffoodyThen why didn't your oba lean towards conquering the East rather he did move to the West, even the British said the hardest people for them to conquer in Nigeria was the Igbos, my Dear Igbo Land is not easy to conquer in any form okay, just bear that in mind and Benin wouldn't have been in existence if they did tried such back then.
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's many of them ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's they all ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
It is a pity and unfortunate that these people really went astray due to lack of good history and education even the older ones lack history. It's quite unfortunate
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's they all ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
Thank God you know that blood is thicker than water Igbos can only confuse the new generation but thank God their parents never allow history to lost all the people that migrated from great Benin are all children of the palace and the blood runs through their vains
@@Faceofffoody stop claiming the people you share not even a single thing with, because of your greed and quest for the power to rule over them by continously keeping them under you.
Igbos were defeated in the Nigeria civil war and it's contributing to why many regions are trying so hard to disconnect themselves from the Igbos to avoid discrimination/ marginalisation.
But so many Igbos like sabotaging themselves over little differences.They said we dont have kings so other people take advantage of that.We are lost people because our history and identity was stripped from us.
@@macabara8819 You have some good points but also we Igbos discriminate amongst ourselves a lot, some will say Imo is better Igbos than Anambara or Anambara will say they better than Enugu or Abakiliki and so on. Igbos don't need that type of thing at all and should stop all these discriminations and love our Igbo brothers and sisters. As for those that deny their identity that they are not Igbos but yet they speak Igbo language, I feel sorry for them.
Tell them that in other tribes like Yoruba has diversity in their language but they understand each other, divide and rule government has confused this people
Wow see what gowon and Obasanjo did to our people even as old as these elders are they are still lost. See someone speaking Igbo and he/her is saying that they are not Igbo 🤷🏾♂️ what a tragedy. Gowon must be held accountable.
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's many of them ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
Igbo people really need education this people migrated from Benin where they are now is closed to igbo land so they took their culture so because of that the igbo think they are from igbo land every one you talk to there said they are from Benin you are still that it igbo don't really have history
@@Faceofffoodyso how come it's Only Igboid people are saying they are Bini. How come what you said didn't affect Ákwà Ibom people, Benue people, Ogoni people, and many more minority in Rivers State.
If you had done this survey before the war the result would have been different. The Fulani frightened them. Many igbos in River state and Delta state had to deny their identity to please the Fulani. Those who claim Benin, have theyheard about Igodomigodo. Benin is made up of Igodomigodo indigin and they are igbos.
This gramma funny 😅 even me from Imo hear gramma saying welcome , where did you go? I went to market You went to market? what did you buy? I bought soup ingredients to make soup. My own child that went to marrket is not yet back Ugbochi Okoro but you're not Igbo😂😂 They divided us with reckless abandone . CHOI !
Benin was an empire, igbo people travelled to Benin during the peak of Benin Empire for economic reasons but left in droves when Benin Empire started collapsing
@@dubemellit2932 nor be your fort na development wen never still reach your village cus am the confusion when they inside igbo at that early age na still dey worry una
@@dubemellit2932 Ewu mere you nd I knows that there were no part of Africa that were able to conquer Benin empire only the British combined with some Africa Allie's nd EU you know say your people mumu well well so na them you fit easily confuse that's one man can control the hole of Igbo people
This identity crises don too much! These people doesn't know the difference between language and dialect,is it because they are in River State? Should I say that they are stupid or ignorant, they have villages that indicate the Igbo towns they came from i heard one of them mention umuobosi village, they still don't know their ancestry. What is Ọhanaeze ndị Igbo doing? It's time to start holding seminars in the Igbo villages of Delta and Rivers at least to teach them the difference between language and dialect,and also to introduce the teaching of Igbo language. Their being under Benin kingdom in the past does not mean they were Edos. Even if there were those who came from Benin it shouldn't change the identity of the land, they can return to wherever they came from when they like. Afterall many Igbo people live in Benin city but that has not changed the identity of the town. Their southeast counterpart (Ọhanaeze ndị Igbo) should make sure that Igbo language is taught in their schools. The absence of Igbo language subject in their schools contributed at least 40% of their identity crises.
If there is any attempt to unite Igbo, all should prepare for catastrophe. The powers that be will fight to keep Igbos divided because united, Igbos will stand. They do not want Igbos to stand.
Okposi, Isu and uburu are all in Ebonyi, are the ones that settled there. That place is a confluence of many migrant igbo clans. they dont want to check out well their roots.
Chukwuemeka , Anchor man , you are doing a marvelous work of sensitization for universal Igbo unity across the geographical space called Nigeria where Igbos are scattered owing to rather unjust state creations aimed at limiting Igbo Nation's space , because of Biafran/ Nigerian civil war. . . Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, has failed woefully since the after civil war to unite the Igbo larger family ?. This failure in leadership of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo , has today given birth to Igbo citizenry outside of Southeast { South-south ] openly denying their Igboness . This is unfortunate !
I can feel the pain of the anchor man hearing this people saying they came from Benin. Can't they ask logical questions even if you are migrants how come everything about you will change, when you are not conquered people.
What i find very fascinating is that, whenever any group says they are not Igbo, thry will just mention Bini. I really don't understand, why do they all mention Bini. Both all Igboid people those in Delta and Rivers all claim Bini immediately they say they are not Igbo.
Thank you my brother, you are doing a great Job I enjoy your videos so many things to discover, the Ogba people know what they are saying. language is the definite way to determine the state of Origin of a people. Ogba is a place in the heart of Benin City, Edo state the People also migrated to Lagos and settled in a place called Ogba around Ikeja, Lagos state. Ogba is a community of Edo people in Benin City and has a river named after it called Ogba river. Please let us tell our history with facts and figures.
Ijebu Igbo is Igbo. All these people Igbos, only that they migrated back to Igbo land after ran into trouble with the Yoruba people of Ife. They first settled in Benin, but their settlement did not work out long. Benin chased them out, and they continued to travel back home to Igboland. Some stopped at Igbanke, Agbor (Ika), and scattered all over Anioma, Onitsha, Ogbaru, Oguta, etc.
But Ogba language and Benin language are not similar in any way but compare the Igbo language and Ogba they are very similar, even their names, culture are very similar. Even a little child can understand this. Does it not make any sense to you?
Bro, well done! You're doing a great job of researching into the cultural identity of igbo people, particularly those igbo-derived ethnicities who are for one reason or the other engaged in self-denial. Kudos!
Not just Port Harcourt but most parts of Rivers state. Etche, Ikwere, Ahoada, Egba, Ndoni, Egbema, Obigbo, Opobo, Obiakpor, Omumma, Andoni are predominantly Igbo. Go verify
@@anachronistic8246 What have they gained from it? Central Igbos are the cause. They treat them like dirt and look down on them. They will have no problem identifying with those people in Abia, Ebonyi and the rest.
@@worldtraveler8571 not true at all there was no Ikwerre b4 the war...it's post war and the divisions by FG of southern region that imposed differences. I am Aro and Kno with certainty Rivers was Aro-Ikwerre territory b4...they decided to start putting R's in front of Igbo villages...Umuokoro to Rumuokoro🤷🏽♂️
This guy is doing every great job chaii this river is something else look at pure Igbo that that Fulani deceive that they not Igbo even then self the make them funny
Nigeria government really fools this people in rivers state tell them not to agree that they are igbo tribe instead they are a single tribe in Nigeria where as all this community or village they are igbo tribe
Okay, bro, please research about the migration of Igbos from Benin. I read about it many years back. I also heard Obi of Onitsha talk about it. Maybe you go and ask him.
Omoku is Igbo. The Edo/Benin/Ibini empire conquered Omoku and other parts of western Igbo. The Edo empire extended as far as lagos and western Igbo Land. Rivers, Edo and Delta Igbo were subjects of the Edo empire. To claim Benin is to acknowledge historical conquest or slavery.
Hi enjoyed the show. It might me a good idea to meet an elder within that community to tell you their migration history. Then you ask ur question. Pls to Oguta Ameshi. We have similar history with those people. Their king is a well educated man with broadcasting experience. There w proper arrangements those questions will be answered.
@@leonardorjioffor6683 Very sick. You adopt a language, culture, and names of an ethnic group and still claim you are different? The solution is to leave these silly people. They are irredeemable.
@@okorojnr I am ashamed of the level of their ignorance. They have been living in deceit and they do not want to use their God giving brains, it's very painful that it's still happening in this era.
@Obiageli Akpati ..... The said Elders are completely Lost, they are the worst to interact with.... Some young educated once knows that they are from Igbo tribe.
@@flyingdove8995 I see those elders are not actually answering your questions. However, you will have a better experience with Oguta Ameshi. Their culture remains intact. They are better organized. Look up Oguta Ameshi on UA-cam. The are in imo state, don't really consider themselves ndi igbo. Calls everyone not from Oguta Ameshi nde Ani madu.
Hi Nwanne, your doing a great job i must commend your good work, but let me inform you the brain washing done on Ndi Igbo of Riverine communities only God will safe them from lost identity of their origin and truth which is very bitter for them to hear. I live in River state for 5 years i notice that these are the biggest fools created my God.
Ogba, Egbema, lkwerre, Ukwani, Ndoni, Opobo Bonny Ndoki, Asa,Ekpeye are all lgbo People oo, whether they accept or not they remain lgbo People for Life lgbo amaka nwannem
My brother there is a need to carry out a real DNA test on these people, these last days there are ways to find out people's ethnicities, if the people is mixed you still find out
When the Benin kingdom grew into an empire,it conquered many Igbo communities especially those in the west of the Niger River and brought them under it's rule, they even crossed the river and conquered Onitsha and intended to go further but they have to fight Nri empire because those communities had already come under Nri kingdom,so they retreated. It was during the arrival of the missionaries and the colonial masters that the Benin empire started losing it's grips on those Igbo communities. Should being under Benin empire mean Benin origin? The answer is"no". Their old ones are not even helping matters, that's why they have been battling with identity crises, especially the younger generation because if you tell them that they're from Benin, they will be seeing Igbo in themselves ,it then becomes a puzzling crisis. That why I do tell people although it's good to listen to your elderly ones(father) but not in every thing because he is still a human,he might be wrong,in some matters you have to make research yourself.
The influence of the Bini kingdom on western Igbo was mostly in the exchange of culture and religious rights. As the fame and influence of the Bini monarchy grew, some of these western Igbo adopted and fashioned their own monarchy in that mold. Of course, it was not a one way street; the Bini use a four market day system that is similar to the Igbo system, Nri and Aro priests had extended their spheres of influence to Bini. Indeed, sometimes Bini had tried to levy taxes in some of these areas but were not very successful in doing so. Agbor-Bini wars had occured many times between both kingdoms. Aboh also had a formidable kingdom in the area. Suffice to say, Bini never got anywhere close to invading Onitsha. The Bini connections we see in Onitsha are those that were culturally borrowed by proto-Igbo people like Eze Chima(an Nri priest) who were migrating back to Igbo land from Bini following protracted crises and wars that had broken out in Bini( Agha Idu na Oba as told in folklore). There's a collection of Igbo in the SS and SE that trace their migration from Bini, but these were proto-Igbo people on a reverse migration eastward. Till date there are indigenous Igbo(Ika) people in Igbo-Akiri(Igbanke) and other areas that share the same local government with Bini people in Edo state.
@@brainoverbrawn3404 I have colonial pictures of Onitsha Obi and omumu women leader in anioma aniocha and both had Igbo beads and not Bini beads. The Obi had cow fan and not the Bini king sword. Today in anioma and even anambra people who do not know anything of Bini wear Bini beads and carry Bini royal sword. It like a Bini person wearing our red cap, ozo spear, or epke cloth just because he was told it is powerful. Yet these people do not understand that to wear an Ozo cap, you have to be an Ozo royalty. And to carry a Bini royal soward is for a Bini king or royalty - some pictures showed ordinary people carrying it around anioma and was not given to them by Bini. All the story of Bini conquering even anioma areas of Ika is mainly fantasy , story, marketing, etc like oduduwa or eze nri climbing down from the sky with a rope. UK also wanted to use Bini to control anioma and even Igbo outside anioma as puppet after taking him to Calabar as a form of indirect rule. UK always use a minority against majority to impose control knowing the minority has no real power.
@@knwaoke6193 You are right, but I'll also add that exchange of culture amongst neighbors is almost inevitable. However, people should not extrapolate from this to arrive at erroneous conclusions, like the fictitious tale above about Bini conquering Onitsha(Onicha Mmili). Bini came in contact early with the Portuguese, were able to acquire guns and became more hostile to their neighbors. They got a head start in that regard, but it was only a matter of time before others acquired guns too and leveled the playing field. The famous Benin moat was built around Benin city in ancient times to fortify it from aggressors. Clearly, there were other people bringing the fight to Benin.
@@brainoverbrawn3404 Onitsha was defeated and brought under Benin empire, till recent times Obi of Onitsha still pays tribute to ọba of Benin. As for the Agha Iduu na Ọba, Iduu was an Igbo community located in present day Edoland, that time there was nothing like Benin or Edo ethnic group. The Ọba (a Yoruba king)invaded Iduu and it's neighbouring communities, many of them fled eastward, Onitsha history has it that some people came from Iduu, these people were actually Igbo refugees fleeing from the Ọba. As they fled they carried the news (story) with them. The Yorubas took over the land and installed a Yoruba man as the king, that is Ọba The Igbos who did not flee mixed up with the Yoruba people who later migrated to that area as a land belonging to their Ọba. The mixture of Igbo and Yoruba and perhaps other language group gave birth to Edo ( Bini). But, the Igbos maintained their calendar along the line the Yorubas became used to it. Because of the news of Agha Iduu na ọbá which has spread in Igboland especially Anambra and the mightiness of the newly formed kingdom which is today known as Benin, the Igbo started calling the kingdom"Igodomigodo".
@@ndubuisiezeoye2099 So, your conclusion is that since Obi of Onitsha paid tribute to the Oba of Benin, they must have defeated and conquered them. Do you know there was a time every King that ascended the throne in Bini had to physically go to Nri to pay tribute as part of the coronation process, and this is a practice that supposedly continued even into the 1940s? Did the Nri Kingdom have to conquer Bini for such to happen? No. But, it's safe to say their sphere of influence had reached to Bini at the apex of the Nri hegemony. In like manner, the Western Igbo kingdoms that emulated the Bini monarchy established relationships and interactions with Bini to legitimize their thrones. There were times many Igbo groups and even non-Igbo alike paid tribute to Arochukwu. Thriving kingdoms could exert such influence on others without having to physically conquer them. It is a wild leap to conclude that Onicha paying tribute to Bini is evidence of Bini invading and conquering Onicha. There is no history anywhere of Bini conquering Onicha. No stories of any events, battles or personalities involved to acknowledge such an episode in the history of Onicha. At best, some in Onicha suggest they migrated to Onicha from Bini, as migrants, not as a conquering army. To the latter part of your write up, I'll say the founding history of Igodomigodo remains murky, to the best of my knowledge. It would seem that the Igbo were already in contact with and coexisting with the Edo people(Bini, Esan and others) before the incursion of the Yoruba which caused a lot of strife. Did the Obas descend from the Ogiso dynasty or is the Oba dynasty a parallel dynasty that evolved with the Yoruba incursion and eventually rivaled the indigenous Ogiso dynasty? There are people in Bini that are on either side of the argument. It would be merely speculative for me to conclude that the Edo people are a hybrid offshoot that resulted from the amalgamation of the Igbo and Yoruba. I can't say that conclusively. I know that all three groups(Igbo, Edo, Yoruba) belong to the same language cluster, so it could be inferred that all were the same people at some point in antiquity.
They might be right on tracing their origin to Benin b/c the original owners of present edo state were igbo's that's why you have igbo 4 market days in edo...
NICE ONE.. You just hit the Nail at the Right Spot. With All the Confusion..ONE TRUTH AND FACT keeps resonating with what they say how they say it and what they do. The part some of these people are missing is what your comment just stated Clearly.. The land Today called Benin was Originally dominated by different Ethnic Communities AND IGBOS were One of them so that when the Predecessors of the people in Some part of Benin today migrated from Ondo area and some other parts of Yorubaland they came with Warfare and these different Ethnic Communities in IGODOMIGODO{as Benin was then known}were displaced AND THIS IS STILL SHOWING TILL THIS DAY. Some erroneously are thinking it is the present day Benin Occupants they came from.. This is clearly why the missing link from those interviewed in this video states clearly No language and other similarities with them and the present Edo/Benin people today{besides the name of the town/location their Ancestors moved from in the location called Benin today due to the Warfare brought to them} BUT MORE WITH THE NDI IGBO. The present Benin{Edo}people Similarities there today are more in Line with the Yoruba.
@@kanayomuoweta9814 that's just the fact... But many people are not aware of this history, they fail to understand that before the reign of oba... They have been ogiso's, and it will even interest you to know that the first ogiso that rule idu igodomigodo kingdom "present day edo state " was an igbo man
@@eldinhodanielson6799CORRECT AND INDISPUTABLE FACT Unless One is trying to be disingenuous AND We do see some being so knowingly{Pretentiously} or Ignorantly.
Ogba is not in Benin city, though located in Edo state now, but very close to Agbo, it is 30 kilometers to Agbo which might be that they are the same with Agbo because Ogba is 95 kilometers to benin city, and all of us knows that Agbos are called ika igbo, igbo is One no two igbos
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's many of them ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
Since they have boundaries with other people like the Ijaw, the calabars the Nembes etc, why ilia it that they didn’t allow those cultures to subsume their names, market days, language ideas and norms? A I don’t think they understand the meaning of cultural identity. I also don’t think that they understand the difference between language and dialects. They mistakenly take dialects for languages. They have to understand that the principal determinant of a national culture is the similarities in their language.
Exactly, if truly it's because of their proximity to Igbo is what made them speak Igbo and have Igbo culture and traditions. How come this things didn't affect other groups like Ogoni, Akwa Ibom, Igala, Benue.
This is the effects of the Biafra war, we lost. They don't want to identify with the general Igbo people. You speak Igbo, have Igbo names, eat Igbo food and have four Igbo week days and you're not Igbo person.
Igbo people have a lot of work to do sincerely. Igbos has been dismantled with unbelievable divisions. Ohaneze Ndi Igbo and other Igbo groups must work so hard to unite all Igbos. It's really sad to see an Igbo person to deny his/her originality and identity. We are one Igbo and one people.
Nyamiri stay in your 5 states
@@veritas2048igbo people have a lot of work to do.
@@veritas2048
Ignorant. Igbo are not 5 state.
@@veritas2048God punish Mohamed, for evil against the children of God
@@veritas2048 You're foolish
Chai, Nigeria has destroyed many IGBO’s sons and daughters mind oh, I thank God that I realized where I came from earlier…I’m undiluted Igbo son that find his self in so called Niger Delta State, IBUSA…E Shock You?
Kudos guy, u know urself
Welcome nwannem ❤❤
Respect
All this guys if the come Asia, China hk and anywhere around Asia the will be calling you brother n will be speaking igbo for you to help them…. Even all those delta area agbor the will speak Igbo until u will help them…. Why in Nigeria u guys are saying ur not Igbo…. Why?
It's absolutely true. We have Ikwerre family living in uk. They speak Igbo and never deny their Igboness. Their grandmothers carry biafra for head. If you say anything against Igbo/biafra, the Ikwerre grandmother will fight you with everything in her.
One thing I will tell people of the riverine areas of Delta and Rivers (Igboid people), "Don't allow strangers remind you of who you are". It might not be a pleasant one. Benin people are very hospitable but know you guys are Igbo and share historical ties with the Hinderland Igbos. In fact most of you guys left from the Hinderlands and expanded toward the coast hundreds of years ago.
It might be true if Omoku people say that they come from the present day bini which was formally called Idu Land or Igodomigodo before the Yoruba prince Oraminyan invaded the land and established the Oba dynasty and changed the name to Ile-binu which is now called bini. That place was inhabited by many Igbos,Edos Ishan and the Ijaws who reside in the creeks along the gelegele river, but when the war between Idu Land and the Yoruba Prince Oranmiyan who was very dangerous and Opressive happened many indigenous Idu people fled through the river some found refuge in Ogba land or Omoku and some fled to some part of present day Bayelsa state. Eze Chima was an Igbo leader in Idu land present day Bini, Agbo, Uturu, Ika before the war of Idu na Oba that scattered the people.
@@brightnwadike7565 yes, I know what you are saying might be true. But what they are saying is that their roots is in Benin which imho doesn't add up. For instance it is like Igbos in Lagos, most Igbos in Lagos were born and breed in Lagos and some haven't visited their ancestral home in their life time. Then something happens in Lagos and their is a mass exodus of Igbos back to the homeland. Most Igbos that go back will know their villages to go back to while a minority might be lost and be assimilated anywhere.
Then hundreds of years later they ask the descendants of Igbos that left Lagos about their origin and now they point to Lagos has their origin and give an abstract reason like the introduction of "Aso ebi" cloth in Traditional marriage in Igbo land. Not knowing that it is a borrowed culture like how other cultures borrowed "Omugwo".
The Beníns are two part,,, the first parte are call idu the abororigin ,,,,,,, why the second part are call foreigner who came from yoruba land the son of oduduwa,,,,,if you said your forfather is from Benín then tell us the part they from benin
@@atiouatiou2183I think the Idu people migrated from the East and settled in present Edo State
@@brightnwadike7565
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The whole thing became ridiculous when the two men started conversing in Igbo language. I felt like slapping some of these men as they were denying their Igbo identity while speaking Igbo
Lmfao nna ehhhhhhhh I laugh In Ibibio
The problem is that they are so brainwashed that they do not want to trace their true ancestral origin. (they are lost)
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's they all ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
😂😂😂😂
I even hear this language more clear than Abakerike people Nna Daalụ for this wonderful job.
Seriously.
is not Abakerike, Abakaliki or originally Aba_Nkaliki, just like in Aba _Ngwa
It will never be well with whoever did this to Igbo speaking Delta and Rivers state.
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's they all ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
Iseee iseee iseee iseee iseee iseee
You originated from Bini but you bear Igbo name,have four market days, speak a dialect of Igbo language,your towns are named in Igbo etc yet you say you are not Igbo...No no something is wrong somewhere..
Languages are corrupted my friend. Go ask the king of omouku. I school there and they told me they are from benin
@@iyamugeorge5835 Languages are corrupted but culture can never. My mother's elder sister married to an omok man. Everything they do are all Igbo culture. Can u imagine nduki man dem even get nduki road for ABA.
@@iyamugeorge5835 there’s no way that a people with a culture will migrate to a place and lose their whole culture with no pressure or stress, check igbanke people of edo state, despite how far they migrate off Igbo hinterland, they still practice Igbo culture and everything even in the benin empire, so this ogba people saying they came from bini is just illogical and just a ploy by fulanis to divide Igbos
(Even fulanis that conquered the whole north, the tribes in that place still observe and didn’t lose their respective cultures)
I feel for my brothers, because they seems to be lost.
@@uwaemevictor2171 you lie. Omouku culture is not like Igbo culture. Stop lying already. I schooled at omouku for 3 years and I know what their culture looks like.
Y’all always claiming other people like it beats my imagination. How can you come tell the history of another person better than the people living there. Does it even make any sense.
Igbo is the prideful culture and everyone who is Igbo should be proud of it. You can’t tell someone’s culture better than the origins of the place. The king of omouku said it himself. Do you want a proof? Should I send you a link to watch and see it yourself?
War really divided us,This people speaks like Ogwu LGA in Enugu state...
You are doing exactly what I’ve been wanting to do but I live abroad. I must support you Wenne
Are you an ikwerre person?
@@preciousozioma2017 No I’m Oka and Aro but I do have a couple friends that’s are Ikwerre hence lol some of Igbo language has been influenced by them. I use different dialects when communicating in Igbo
Okay
Chai Ndi igbo we really get a lot of work to do
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's they all ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
Nna Mehn, you guys are doing a great job, I can't believe what I'm seeing here about Igbo's, nawa oo some of our Igbo's are lost
Madam I am clearly hearing and understanding you very well, and I'm from Anambra state. If because of your dialect you claimed that your not Igbo, it means there no Igbo.
Every Igbo community has her own dialect. So no matter what your dialect You are IGBO.
What Igbo was she speaking ? She’s speaking dialect.
So, their forefathers from Benin did not give them Benin names and pass the Bini language to them?! What a confused lot!
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's many of them ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
What your doing is Great..Connecting ALL IGBOS..LOVE FROM JAMAICA”S
Bini people came from bini and met people in that omuoku
are there igbos in Jamiaca?
@@diceydazeyes Jamaica have Igbos, Google it and see okay
To avoid this kind of confusion that is in River State or the so-called Niger delta, the larger or stronger ethnic groups suppose to incorporate or assimilate the smaller minority groups to avoid this kind of confusion and disunity which is not helping the people of the region because of not being united. There are two many minorities in the entire Niger delta region. The Igbos are the larger ethnic group closer to these minorities but because of Igbo' s democratic and egalitarian tradition they failed to incorporate these minorities to build a stronger and United region that will be beneficial to everybody. You can't see this kind of confusion in Europe now. In Europe the larger groups always incorporate or assimilate the smaller minorities.
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's they all ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
You have made me proud for doing this survey. Igbos (us) need to stop discriminating themselves to help bring unity to the people. There should be no such thing as Delta Igbo, Rivers Igbo, and many more.
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's they all ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
They knows where they originated from you can't force them if the Oba of Benin was brutal at that early days he would have converted the hole of Igbo and Yoruba to Benin so i don't know y igbo are dragging non igbo people to their ethnicity
@@Faceofffoody the Oba never conquered or ruled Igbo land.
@@Faceofffoody defeated devil sighted. Cursed Black man sighted. No wonder Benin kingdom went defunct because they are cursed been demonic, darkness and evil. Cursed countries that went defunct;
1.) Babylon
2.) Assyria
3.) Sodom
4.) Gomorah
5.) Benin... Amongst other cursed demonic countries. Idiot.
@@FaceofffoodyThen why didn't your oba lean towards conquering the East rather he did move to the West, even the British said the hardest people for them to conquer in Nigeria was the Igbos, my Dear Igbo Land is not easy to conquer in any form okay, just bear that in mind and Benin wouldn't have been in existence if they did tried such back then.
The civil war effect. They have to deny being Igbo after the civil war to accepted by those that divided us.
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's many of them ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
Honestly this guy's are our brothers but we need to let them understand
The problem is that they are so brainwashed that they don't want to accept their ancestral origin
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's they all ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
It is a pity and unfortunate that these people really went astray due to lack of good history and education even the older ones lack history. It's quite unfortunate
It's heartbreaking
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's they all ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
My brother your doing great job keep it up.
I know blood is thicker than water, but the earlier we forget this people the better for us.
It's heartbreaking, because even in denial I still see them as my brothers whom were deceived by the enemies of united and stronger Igbo Tribe.
Thank God you know that blood is thicker than water Igbos can only confuse the new generation but thank God their parents never allow history to lost all the people that migrated from great Benin are all children of the palace and the blood runs through their vains
@@Faceofffoody stop claiming the people you share not even a single thing with, because of your greed and quest for the power to rule over them by continously keeping them under you.
Shut up
These people share nothing in common with the Benin people
Igbos were defeated in the Nigeria civil war and it's contributing to why many regions are trying so hard to disconnect themselves from the Igbos to avoid discrimination/ marginalisation.
But so many Igbos like sabotaging themselves over little differences.They said we dont have kings so other people take advantage of that.We are lost people because our history and identity was stripped from us.
@@macabara8819 You have some good points but also we Igbos discriminate amongst ourselves a lot, some will say Imo is better Igbos than Anambara or Anambara will say they better than Enugu or Abakiliki and so on. Igbos don't need that type of thing at all and should stop all these discriminations and love our Igbo brothers and sisters. As for those that deny their identity that they are not Igbos but yet they speak Igbo language, I feel sorry for them.
I wonder how successful their attempt to disconnect from their ethnicity has made them
Tell them that in other tribes like Yoruba has diversity in their language but they understand each other, divide and rule government has confused this people
It is very difficult to sustain lies. Their fathers deceived them and now they can't defend the lies
Hand can never cover the moon nor the sun. The new generation should better dig out their true origin because they have been living in deceit.
Honestly the lies their ancestors imposed on them is too heavy for most of them to accept their origin...
Na Mgbo tribe language in Ebonyi state bi that wey that woman dey speak oh I understand her clear
Mama dey vibrate on another frequency.
😂 😂 😂
Bro, I doff my hat for you. 🤸🏽♀️
Wow see what gowon and Obasanjo did to our people even as old as these elders are they are still lost. See someone speaking Igbo and he/her is saying that they are not Igbo 🤷🏾♂️ what a tragedy. Gowon must be held accountable.
Very painful thank God for ipob and social media
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's many of them ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
Igbo people really need education this people migrated from Benin where they are now is closed to igbo land so they took their culture so because of that the igbo think they are from igbo land every one you talk to there said they are from Benin you are still that it igbo don't really have history
@@Faceofffoodyso how come it's Only Igboid people are saying they are Bini. How come what you said didn't affect Ákwà Ibom people, Benue people, Ogoni people, and many more minority in Rivers State.
Ndi eriri eri_______before, during and after the civil war
😂😂😂 sounds like an Igbo dialect
If you had done this survey before the war the result would have been different. The Fulani frightened them. Many igbos in River state and Delta state had to deny their identity to please the Fulani. Those who claim Benin, have theyheard about Igodomigodo. Benin is made up of Igodomigodo indigin and they are igbos.
Mama say "i dey speak Omoku, i no dey speak igbo"
But all she is speaking are all igbo.
God who did this division to the igbo ethnic group.
So sad 😢
MY BROTHER GOD BLESS YOU. KEEP IT ON.
This gramma funny 😅 even me from Imo hear gramma saying welcome , where did you go? I went to market
You went to market? what did you buy?
I bought soup ingredients to make soup. My own child that went to marrket is not yet back Ugbochi Okoro but you're not Igbo😂😂 They divided us with reckless abandone . CHOI !
That old woman has lost memory
Nnaa mehn this your programme make sense die. I appreciate you my brother.
Benin was an empire, igbo people travelled to Benin during the peak of Benin Empire for economic reasons but left in droves when Benin Empire started collapsing
Who were the original owners of the land you called Benin today before the invasion of the terrorists from Ile ife?
@@dubemellit2932 it was the Benin people. Stop confusing yourself just to make a lie.
Languages are corrupted.
@@dubemellit2932 nor be your fort na development wen never still reach your village cus am the confusion when they inside igbo at that early age na still dey worry una
@@dubemellit2932 Ewu mere you nd I knows that there were no part of Africa that were able to conquer Benin empire only the British combined with some Africa Allie's nd EU you know say your people mumu well well so na them you fit easily confuse that's one man can control the hole of Igbo people
@@iyamugeorge5835 Go and learn the true Story, you are very far from the truth. Do some research before you argue.
This identity crises don too much! These people doesn't know the difference between language and dialect,is it because they are in River State? Should I say that they are stupid or ignorant, they have villages that indicate the Igbo towns they came from i heard one of them mention umuobosi village, they still don't know their ancestry.
What is Ọhanaeze ndị Igbo doing?
It's time to start holding seminars in the Igbo villages of Delta and Rivers at least to teach them the difference between language and dialect,and also to introduce the teaching of Igbo language.
Their being under Benin kingdom in the past does not mean they were Edos.
Even if there were those who came from Benin it shouldn't change the identity of the land, they can return to wherever they came from when they like. Afterall many Igbo people live in Benin city but that has not changed the identity of the town.
Their southeast counterpart (Ọhanaeze ndị Igbo) should make sure that Igbo language is taught in their schools. The absence of Igbo language subject in their schools contributed at least 40% of their identity crises.
If there is any attempt to unite Igbo, all should prepare for catastrophe. The powers that be will fight to keep Igbos divided because united, Igbos will stand. They do not want Igbos to stand.
Good work guys tell the Man that the okposi he is taking about is also in Ebonyi state we are all lgbos
Okposi, Isu and uburu are all in Ebonyi, are the ones that settled there. That place is a confluence of many migrant igbo clans. they dont want to check out well their roots.
Chukwuemeka , Anchor man , you are doing a marvelous work of sensitization for universal Igbo unity across the geographical space called Nigeria where Igbos are scattered owing to rather unjust state creations aimed at limiting Igbo Nation's space , because of Biafran/ Nigerian civil war. . . Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, has failed woefully since the after civil war to unite the Igbo larger family ?. This failure in leadership of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo , has today given birth to Igbo citizenry outside of Southeast { South-south ] openly denying their Igboness . This is unfortunate !
Benin has the 4 market days too,
Please let your tour reach there too
And what are those four market days called.
Okpo
I can feel the pain of the anchor man hearing this people saying they came from Benin. Can't they ask logical questions even if you are migrants how come everything about you will change, when you are not conquered people.
You are from Benin, somebody from another tribe come and give you Emeka as name.😅😅😅😅😅. Their fathers and fore fathers really dealt with them.
Go back to school it will help you
@@Faceofffoody You should be the one going back to school
Who did this to this people my guy
What i find very fascinating is that, whenever any group says they are not Igbo, thry will just mention Bini. I really don't understand, why do they all mention Bini. Both all Igboid people those in Delta and Rivers all claim Bini immediately they say they are not Igbo.
😂😂gowon do our people strong thing
Yes,but you cant divide a united people.
Thank you my brother, you are doing a great Job I enjoy your videos so many things to discover, the Ogba people know what they are saying. language is the definite way to determine the state of Origin of a people. Ogba is a place in the heart of Benin City, Edo state the People also migrated to Lagos and settled in a place called Ogba around Ikeja, Lagos state. Ogba is a community of Edo people in Benin City and has a river named after it called Ogba river. Please let us tell our history with facts and figures.
And how come their language is now Igbo and not Yoruba or Benin?
Which means Ijebu-Igbo or Eji-Igbo in Lagos are Igbo people .
Ijebu Igbo is Igbo. All these people Igbos, only that they migrated back to Igbo land after ran into trouble with the Yoruba people of Ife. They first settled in Benin, but their settlement did not work out long. Benin chased them out, and they continued to travel back home to Igboland. Some stopped at Igbanke, Agbor (Ika), and scattered all over Anioma, Onitsha, Ogbaru, Oguta, etc.
But Ogba language and Benin language are not similar in any way but compare the Igbo language and Ogba they are very similar, even their names, culture are very similar.
Even a little child can understand this. Does it not make any sense to you?
Hahaha, I understand her perfectly. I'm from ikeduru LGA. Imo State
Bro, well done! You're doing a great job of researching into the cultural identity of igbo people, particularly those igbo-derived ethnicities who are for one reason or the other engaged in self-denial.
Kudos!
Someone told them a lie oh.
Their language is more Igbo than Nsuka or Ebonyi sef
In all honesty I feel for them. They don’t know.
Wow my guy this an eyes opener
There is a level of person who goes to lie reach he or she will not know what to say again😅😅😅😅.
Nnamehntv, you are growing in Wisdom Divine as regards the mode of your questions. You are doing a great job. Blessings.
This is wonderful work you are doing my brother ❤ The first mama is really funny 😄
Okposi is also in Ebonyi in Ohaozara LGA
Most of the ethnic groups in delta and port harcourt are likely small denominations of Igbo………but they don’t accept this fact easily
Not just Port Harcourt but most parts of Rivers state. Etche, Ikwere, Ahoada, Egba, Ndoni, Egbema, Obigbo, Opobo, Obiakpor, Omumma, Andoni are predominantly Igbo. Go verify
Stop saying what you don't know, these people are all Igbos only that they are completely delusional and suffering from identity crisis, what a people
3/4 of Rivers state are ethnic Igbos...
@@anachronistic8246 What have they gained from it? Central Igbos are the cause. They treat them like dirt and look down on them. They will have no problem identifying with those people in Abia, Ebonyi and the rest.
@@worldtraveler8571 not true at all there was no Ikwerre b4 the war...it's post war and the divisions by FG of southern region that imposed differences. I am Aro and Kno with certainty Rivers was Aro-Ikwerre territory b4...they decided to start putting R's in front of Igbo villages...Umuokoro to Rumuokoro🤷🏽♂️
Thanks!
Difference in dialect na all I see here. Oka dialect is different from Ajali dialect in the same Anambra state
This guy is doing every great job chaii this river is something else look at pure Igbo that that Fulani deceive that they not Igbo even then self the make them funny
Please find out the similarities between ogba and ikwere Ahoada, Ndoki and others with Benin.
Nigeria government really fools this people in rivers state tell them not to agree that they are igbo tribe instead they are a single tribe in Nigeria where as all this community or village they are igbo tribe
How did the people sustain this grand deception for this long.
This Mama na Champion!! My belleh oooo. Lol
Okay, bro, please research about the migration of Igbos from Benin. I read about it many years back. I also heard Obi of Onitsha talk about it. Maybe you go and ask him.
Omoku is Igbo. The Edo/Benin/Ibini empire conquered Omoku and other parts of western Igbo. The Edo empire extended as far as lagos and western Igbo Land. Rivers, Edo and Delta Igbo were subjects of the Edo empire. To claim Benin is to acknowledge historical conquest or slavery.
Hi enjoyed the show. It might me a good idea to meet an elder within that community to tell you their migration history. Then you ask ur question. Pls to Oguta Ameshi. We have similar history with those people. Their king is a well educated man with broadcasting experience. There w proper arrangements those questions will be answered.
Please make una leave these people in Rivers state alone, these people are so sick and deluded
@@leonardorjioffor6683 Very sick. You adopt a language, culture, and names of an ethnic group and still claim you are different?
The solution is to leave these silly people. They are irredeemable.
@@okorojnr I am ashamed of the level of their ignorance. They have been living in deceit and they do not want to use their God giving brains, it's very painful that it's still happening in this era.
@Obiageli Akpati ..... The said Elders are completely Lost, they are the worst to interact with.... Some young educated once knows that they are from Igbo tribe.
@@flyingdove8995 I see those elders are not actually answering your questions. However, you will have a better experience with Oguta Ameshi. Their culture remains intact. They are better organized. Look up Oguta Ameshi on UA-cam. The are in imo state, don't really consider themselves ndi igbo. Calls everyone not from Oguta Ameshi nde Ani madu.
this how they brought division to igbos and guliblety of black man helped them very well!
G boys should come and explain to us how far their brain has been washed and damaged here 😂😂😂eri go ndia baho ba nsa 😂😂🙏🏻
Hi Nwanne, your doing a great job i must commend your good work, but let me inform you the brain washing done on Ndi Igbo of Riverine communities only God will safe them from lost identity of their origin and truth which is very bitter for them to hear. I live in River state for 5 years i notice that these are the biggest fools created my God.
Ogba, Egbema, lkwerre, Ukwani, Ndoni, Opobo Bonny Ndoki, Asa,Ekpeye are all lgbo People oo, whether they accept or not they remain lgbo People for Life lgbo amaka nwannem
Opobo & Bonny r both IBANI.
IBANI is IJAW.
IBANI is not Igbó.
Watch video below
My brother there is a need to carry out a real DNA test on these people, these last days there are ways to find out people's ethnicities, if the people is mixed you still find out
why the noise at the background . It's appolyn do proper editing in your next outing. thanks for this effort.
the last guy answered everything, ogba is from Benin.
I understood all of what the last guy interviewed, spoke in the Omoku dialect very well. Abum nwafor Imo steeti
This are pure igbo people, war dealt with us
how no what bring problem between igbo people and their people in river ni area
EZEOMA is my name from Ebonyi state opkosi language is in ebonyi state obosi in Anambra language different but one thanks
When the Benin kingdom grew into an empire,it conquered many Igbo communities especially those in the west of the Niger River and brought them under it's rule, they even crossed the river and conquered Onitsha and intended to go further but they have to fight Nri empire because those communities had already come under Nri kingdom,so they retreated.
It was during the arrival of the missionaries and the colonial masters that the Benin empire started losing it's grips on those Igbo communities.
Should being under Benin empire mean Benin origin? The answer is"no".
Their old ones are not even helping matters, that's why they have been battling with identity crises, especially the younger generation because if you tell them that they're from Benin, they will be seeing Igbo in themselves ,it then becomes a puzzling crisis.
That why I do tell people although it's good to listen to your elderly ones(father) but not in every thing because he is still a human,he might be wrong,in some matters you have to make research yourself.
The influence of the Bini kingdom on western Igbo was mostly in the exchange of culture and religious rights. As the fame and influence of the Bini monarchy grew, some of these western Igbo adopted and fashioned their own monarchy in that mold. Of course, it was not a one way street; the Bini use a four market day system that is similar to the Igbo system, Nri and Aro priests had extended their spheres of influence to Bini. Indeed, sometimes Bini had tried to levy taxes in some of these areas but were not very successful in doing so. Agbor-Bini wars had occured many times between both kingdoms. Aboh also had a formidable kingdom in the area. Suffice to say, Bini never got anywhere close to invading Onitsha. The Bini connections we see in Onitsha are those that were culturally borrowed by proto-Igbo people like Eze Chima(an Nri priest) who were migrating back to Igbo land from Bini following protracted crises and wars that had broken out in Bini( Agha Idu na Oba as told in folklore). There's a collection of Igbo in the SS and SE that trace their migration from Bini, but these were proto-Igbo people on a reverse migration eastward. Till date there are indigenous Igbo(Ika) people in Igbo-Akiri(Igbanke) and other areas that share the same local government with Bini people in Edo state.
@@brainoverbrawn3404 I have colonial pictures of Onitsha Obi and omumu women leader in anioma aniocha and both had Igbo beads and not Bini beads. The Obi had cow fan and not the Bini king sword. Today in anioma and even anambra people who do not know anything of Bini wear Bini beads and carry Bini royal sword. It like a Bini person wearing our red cap, ozo spear, or epke cloth just because he was told it is powerful. Yet these people do not understand that to wear an Ozo cap, you have to be an Ozo royalty. And to carry a Bini royal soward is for a Bini king or royalty - some pictures showed ordinary people carrying it around anioma and was not given to them by Bini.
All the story of Bini conquering even anioma areas of Ika is mainly fantasy , story, marketing, etc like oduduwa or eze nri climbing down from the sky with a rope.
UK also wanted to use Bini to control anioma and even Igbo outside anioma as puppet after taking him to Calabar as a form of indirect rule. UK always use a minority against majority to impose control knowing the minority has no real power.
@@knwaoke6193 You are right, but I'll also add that exchange of culture amongst neighbors is almost inevitable. However, people should not extrapolate from this to arrive at erroneous conclusions, like the fictitious tale above about Bini conquering Onitsha(Onicha Mmili). Bini came in contact early with the Portuguese, were able to acquire guns and became more hostile to their neighbors. They got a head start in that regard, but it was only a matter of time before others acquired guns too and leveled the playing field. The famous Benin moat was built around Benin city in ancient times to fortify it from aggressors. Clearly, there were other people bringing the fight to Benin.
@@brainoverbrawn3404 Onitsha was defeated and brought under Benin empire, till recent times Obi of Onitsha still pays tribute to ọba of Benin.
As for the Agha Iduu na Ọba, Iduu was an Igbo community located in present day Edoland, that time there was nothing like Benin or Edo ethnic group.
The Ọba (a Yoruba king)invaded Iduu and it's neighbouring communities, many of them fled eastward, Onitsha history has it that some people came from Iduu, these people were actually Igbo refugees fleeing from the Ọba. As they fled they carried the news (story) with them. The Yorubas took over the land and installed a Yoruba man as the king, that is Ọba
The Igbos who did not flee mixed up with the Yoruba people who later migrated to that area as a land belonging to their Ọba.
The mixture of Igbo and Yoruba and perhaps other language group gave birth to Edo ( Bini).
But, the Igbos maintained their calendar along the line the Yorubas became used to it.
Because of the news of Agha Iduu na ọbá which has spread in Igboland especially Anambra and the mightiness of the newly formed kingdom which is today known as Benin, the Igbo started calling the kingdom"Igodomigodo".
@@ndubuisiezeoye2099 So, your conclusion is that since Obi of Onitsha paid tribute to the Oba of Benin, they must have defeated and conquered them. Do you know there was a time every King that ascended the throne in Bini had to physically go to Nri to pay tribute as part of the coronation process, and this is a practice that supposedly continued even into the 1940s?
Did the Nri Kingdom have to conquer Bini for such to happen? No. But, it's safe to say their sphere of influence had reached to Bini at the apex of the Nri hegemony. In like manner, the Western Igbo kingdoms that emulated the Bini monarchy established relationships and interactions with Bini to legitimize their thrones. There were times many Igbo groups and even non-Igbo alike paid tribute to Arochukwu. Thriving kingdoms could exert such influence on others without having to physically conquer them.
It is a wild leap to conclude that Onicha paying tribute to Bini is evidence of Bini invading and conquering Onicha. There is no history anywhere of Bini conquering Onicha. No stories of any events, battles or personalities involved to acknowledge such an episode in the history of Onicha. At best, some in Onicha suggest they migrated to Onicha from Bini, as migrants, not as a conquering army.
To the latter part of your write up, I'll say the founding history of Igodomigodo remains murky, to the best of my knowledge. It would seem that the Igbo were already in contact with and coexisting with the Edo people(Bini, Esan and others) before the incursion of the Yoruba which caused a lot of strife. Did the Obas descend from the Ogiso dynasty or is the Oba dynasty a parallel dynasty that evolved with the Yoruba incursion and eventually rivaled the indigenous Ogiso dynasty? There are people in Bini that are on either side of the argument. It would be merely speculative for me to conclude that the Edo people are a hybrid offshoot that resulted from the amalgamation of the Igbo and Yoruba. I can't say that conclusively. I know that all three groups(Igbo, Edo, Yoruba) belong to the same language cluster, so it could be inferred that all were the same people at some point in antiquity.
Ndia ekwensu mere ha yeye !
They might be right on tracing their origin to Benin b/c the original owners of present edo state were igbo's that's why you have igbo 4 market days in edo...
NICE ONE..
You just hit the Nail at the Right Spot.
With All the Confusion..ONE TRUTH AND FACT keeps resonating with what they say how they say it and what they do.
The part some of these people are missing is what your comment just stated Clearly..
The land Today called Benin was Originally dominated by different Ethnic Communities AND IGBOS were One of them so that when the Predecessors of the people in Some part of Benin today migrated from Ondo area and some other parts of Yorubaland they came with Warfare and these different Ethnic Communities in IGODOMIGODO{as Benin was then known}were displaced AND THIS IS STILL SHOWING TILL THIS DAY.
Some erroneously are thinking it is the present day Benin Occupants they came from..
This is clearly why the missing link from those interviewed in this video states clearly No language and other similarities with them and the present Edo/Benin people today{besides the name of the town/location their Ancestors moved from in the location called Benin today due to the Warfare brought to them} BUT MORE WITH THE NDI IGBO.
The present Benin{Edo}people Similarities there today are more in Line with the Yoruba.
@@kanayomuoweta9814 that's just the fact... But many people are not aware of this history, they fail to understand that before the reign of oba... They have been ogiso's, and it will even interest you to know that the first ogiso that rule idu igodomigodo kingdom "present day edo state " was an igbo man
@@eldinhodanielson6799CORRECT AND INDISPUTABLE FACT Unless One is trying to be disingenuous AND We do see some being so knowingly{Pretentiously} or Ignorantly.
Keep deceiving yourself. Say all the shit that can make you feel good
😂😂😂😂 Igbo Una nor go kill me with laughter na una be original owner of Edo na 🤣
Ask them how Mbaisi people speak IGWA people .NSUNNKA. ASABA
Congratulations sir
Ogba is not in Benin city, though located in Edo state now, but very close to Agbo, it is 30 kilometers to Agbo which might be that they are the same with Agbo because Ogba is 95 kilometers to benin city, and all of us knows that Agbos are called ika igbo, igbo is One no two igbos
My name is agbo onyebuchukwu
We have Ogba village in Benin City
I love what you are doing bro
Chia, atala gi igu nisi. Total confusion... Its sad
But Ogba is a completely an Igbo name
The confusion the igbo people are having is that the thing they don't know is that this people saying that they're Benin where the people that migrated from Benin during the hard laws the Oba of Benin place on his citizen's many of them ran and decided to hide their identity for the Oba not to trace them just what is going on now in Russia has his citizen's are running away from their country because the president says it will mobilization of 300k to fight in Ukraine so that thinking igbo is having that people that speak Igbos are all igbo it seems all igbo people need to go back to school
Chukwuemeka is not Igbo but Ogba, make una leave
Wow I really love this video ♥️♥️♥️
Hahahahaha Chai work dey oo serious one
Tufikiwa I can't believe this cabbage 🤣😂😂😅
Since they have boundaries with other people like the Ijaw, the calabars the Nembes etc, why ilia it that they didn’t allow those cultures to subsume their names, market days, language ideas and norms? A I don’t think they understand the meaning of cultural identity. I also don’t think that they understand the difference between language and dialects. They mistakenly take dialects for languages. They have to understand that the principal determinant of a national culture is the similarities in their language.
Exactly, if truly it's because of their proximity to Igbo is what made them speak Igbo and have Igbo culture and traditions. How come this things didn't affect other groups like Ogoni, Akwa Ibom, Igala, Benue.
Benin is Ibo, don’t mistake Edo Benin city as ancient Benin
Consequences of the Biafran war😞
Thank you for this awareness,
Omo this people are speaking Igbo ooo and they don't believe
This people are called the lost tribe_______of none existing tribe
If they say they are from Benin why is it that they can't hear Benin language or speak , even answers Benin name or even a name that looks like Benin
Time has changed language. Languages can be lost over a period of time. People can't forget culture but language can be corrupted. Note this
Are kidding me?. Why can't Igbo language and culture lost. nonsense comment
See, we have Igbo slaves in Jamaica. They still speak and maintain the language and the culture till now. Despite that Jamaica is very far from here.
Even Igbos answer Benin names if you don't know
@@emoneyentertainment1181 Igbo keep history yet there was not to show about their historical background
I wish I could tell you more about this.
This is the effects of the Biafra war, we lost. They don't want to identify with the general Igbo people. You speak Igbo, have Igbo names, eat Igbo food and have four Igbo week days and you're not Igbo person.