Let Governor Wike hear this from your mouth, you will be expelled from Rivers state. Wike said he is from Bini. The confusion of the story is that your ancestors lived in a settlement that was ruled as part of the Great Bini Kingdom and they migrated to settle in the Ikwere lands and surroundings to run out of that dominion. That does not mean they were of Bini ethnic tribe. The trouble today is that it was misunderstood that they are from Bini meaning they were a Bini ethnic tribe. A good example is the United Kingdom of Great Britain ruled by an English dynasty. Are Scottish, Welsh people English too?
You people from Elele are very igbotic anyways because of proximity, so you can throw your Ikwerre identity and be ibo na you sabi. Please count Iwhuruohna nation out of your confusion.
You get sense, if I were from Opobo, I too would identify proudly as Igbo and Ijaw. So I don't really see the need for all this forth and back argument.
Sorry but let’s get this straight though. Let’s use the case of liberia and Sierra Leone, Africans we’re captured and taking to America as slaves then after sometime they were freed and they were moved back to Africa, does that make them Africans or Americans?
Nnee Mehn, plz never stop doing this great enlightening…Anyone that don’t know is root is dead and I seriously weep for some of my coastal Niger Delta Brothers…
Nnna mehn thanks a lots for this discoveries it amazes me to see my lovely people everywhere more stunning to see them preserving their Igbo heritage. What happened here is King Jaja of of Opobo is the founder of this great city and he’s from Nkwrere in Imo State . Been so brave as Igbo men has been in ages was able to walk away from his captives by paying them ransom and becoming a free man . Been so smart instead of going back to Nkwrere for fear of being kidnapped again he decided to establish the present day Opobo kingdom and became their King that gave him the name King Jaja of Opobo, therefore this kingdom will remain Igbo kingdom and no one can change it. The Igbo language being spoken here made it impossible for anyone to change the narrative of this place came to be what it is today. King Jaja will always be our hero , with love❤❤❤❤❤
I am from Mbieri in Imo State, born in the North before the civil war. My godfather was Ikwerre, though late. Both the people of Bonny, Opobo Ndoni, Egbema, Ibusa, Asaba, Ikwerre, Ndoki, Etche, even Ijaws, and Edos, Igalas, Sagbama were members of the then Igbo Union, and identified themselves as Easterners. A good number of them attended the two Secondary Schools established by the Igbo Union in the 1950s; namely Igbo Union Grammar Schools Kano and Kafanchan.
You're doing well my great brother, igbos must unite... The days of divide and rule tactics buy Hausa/fulani and Britain has ended A new nation Biafra is coming, joy is coming 🎉❤
In the North is Hausas.In South west is Yorubas. In South east the start this divisive mentality. British/Gowon Nigeria government has done very harm to igbo culture and existence.This must end and the truth must be told to those that has been brainwashed.Igbos are Igbos with the same culture with different dialects.
This is interesting to note that the ancestors of the Jumbo family of Bonny, River State came from Obowo in Imo State. Little wonder that during the Civil War, the Jumbos fought on the side of Biafra.
The Commander of the BOFF (Biafran Organization of Freedom Fighter), a paramilitary organization during the Civil War was Mr. Jumbo from Bonny. He even spoke Igbo better than any Igbo person. History has it that the ancestors of the Bonny people were from Obowo, in Imo State, and that of Opobo is Nkwerre, also of Imo State. The problem since after the war was, and is political. After the war in 1970, Commodore Alfred Diette-Spiff, the current Amayanabo (King) of Twon-Brass in Bayelsa State was appointed by the Gowon Administration as the Governor of the then Rivers State. He was instructed not to return all Igbo properties to their owners; while other States of the Federation returned all Igbo properties to their rightful owners. The purpose of the refusal to return Igbos' properties was to create tension, hate, discord and aparthy between the Southeasterners and Rivers State. This was also to help create more dichotomy between the people who were and are brothers; because when brothers fight and quarrel, their enemies are happy rejoice. That is why up until today, the Igbo speaking people of Rivers, some in Delta, Edo, Bayelsa claim not to be Igbos; even if they speak the Igbo language. Before the Civil War, we had Igbo Union, which comprised all the Igbos, Ijaws, Okrika and other Igbo speaking people of Nigeria. Even the Igala people of the present day Kogi State were also in the meeting. When you visit Port Harcourt, (but remember that before 1947, what we know as Port Harcourt today was called Igwe Ocha which is an Igbo name. The king of England renamed it Port Harcourt to honour Mr. Harcourt, who was the King's Representative in Eastern Nigeria, because it was Mr. Harcourt that helped build the rail line from Enugu to Igwe Ocha, so as to transport coal from Enugu to Igwe Ocha, and then to England. If you visit Amadi Village (also called Amadi Ama); around Trans Amadi in Port harcourt, they all speak and understand Igbo. Look at my brother, Asari Dokubo, who was busy ranting and insulting the Igbos, when History reminded him that his Grandparents were Igbo slaves, even Channel TV Anchor, Seun, also reminded him of his ancestors. Did you hear him talk again?
Not only Jumbos in Bonny fought 4 Biafra. D whole of Grand Bonny Kingdom was on d side of Biafra. Present day Rivers & Bayelsa state was all part of Biafra. Nembe, Akassa, Kalabari, Okrika. So don't present tins as if Jumbos in Bonny fought on d side of Biafra bcos they r Igbos while oda families in Bonny fought against Biafra. No ! D whole of d old Eastern Region was wot formed Biafra. No family in Bonny fought against Biafra till d war ended. Besides, Jumbo is not d only family with Igbo ancestry. Many Igbos were bought by d Ijaws & enculturated during d slave trade era. Just as Ijaws did 2 Jaja, they did 2 oda Igbos & Ibibios
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 I am sorry my brother, @ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767, I did not mean to state that only the Jumbos or the Jumbo family fought in the Nigerian Civil on the Biafra side. My reason for mentioning the Jumbos is because during the Nigerian Civil war, Colonel Jumbo from Bonny was the Commander or the Head of the newly formed Commando Brigade. Other notable names on the Biafra side included Maj. Gen David Ejoor from Warri, some very good soldiers from Sagbama and others from the present South-south region, which, of course, everyone knows is part of the former Eastern Region. The region was broken into two, Southeast and South-south to reduce the strength and influence of that (Eastern) region. Also, the powers that be (recent leaderships of Nigeria) have been busy sowing seeds of discord and instability in the region, simply to disunite the former Eastern Region, while they are doing everything to unite their region(s). Please @ayebatarijuliapaxagiri, accept my sincere apology for mentioning the name of only one family. This is Dr. Darlington Egbu, Washington, D.C., USA.
Nne men, you will also go to igala, i have heard from igala chief, Atah of igala that many of those igbos today, migrated from igala. He mentioned many places, even ngwa, ndoki, onitsha, asaba, nsuka, and many others places and he mentioned many words that is the same with igbo, but he said that it igala word but igbo corrupted it in away it will be hears by all the groups called igbo today. He realy brought out many histories that seems to be truth. He even said that Eri migrated from igala to aguleri and established his village there and born many children that migrated to different parts of Eastern regions of south south and south east today. Thank you for your great work 👍
Unfortunately, History has been distorted by both the colonialists and the Federal Government of Nigeria. First, the Igala man has his ancestors from Nri. The Igbos, Igala and the Bini are blood relatives. The history is there. Has these people ever asked why the Mid-West Region was carved out of the former Western Region in 1963?REASON: Awolowo rejected the Edo and Deltans as Westerners because, according to him, "they are not Yorubas". It was Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe who caused the creation of the then Mid-West Region. Since after the Civil War, the Federal Government, the Hausa-Fulani bought over the Yorubas to turn against the Igbos, because the Igbo will be the obstacle to the Islamization, of Nigeria. The Ooni of Ife even said it that the Igbo are more than 2500 years older than the Yorubas in Nigeria. The Igala, unfortunately forgot their origin because of being bought over by the Federal Government. They claim to have come from Jukun in Benue and Taraba States. If that is true, why is it that the Igala man cannot speak an atom of Jukun, instead he speaks the Igbo language fluently and his Igala language? This is how Asari Dokubo was fooled by the Nigeria's politicians to berate the Igbos, forgetting that his grandfather was from Abia State. If some of these men claim Bini ethnicity, why is it that they do not understand an atom of the Bini language, and do not speak it either, but speak Igbo?
I am so excited to see this channel. I am not in support of calling pple what they hate to be called. Just like the this pple that name Igbo disgusts them but we keep trying to force them to accept it. I am Igbo and I think pple should choose how to be addressed. I really appreciate this interview
If this is the case, I am Igbo too and I want to be addressed as Fulani. I am a boy but I want to be addressed as a woman. Get out of that blindness please.....who you are does not change because of your thoughts or illusion.
@@Vinus739 forcing pple to accept igbo is what I don't like at all. We are Igbos and are not facing risk of extinction so why ask who doesn't want Igbo to accept it. I think we are fine and those pple are fine too. Like you wrote no any reasonable man will want to be addressed as a woman and if a man does that then something is wrong with him so take pple who refuse their Igboness to be pple who might have problem with Igbo language or Igbo race
@@SpiderDike-kb8dh While I will agree with you. But you need to understand that this was a political issue to cleanse the Igbo ethnic group. This is more like finding your lost sheep and he says he is now a goat because he had been living around the goat kingdom. Other Igbos are not forcing them to be Igbos. Other Igbos are just amazed and surprised to see the foolishness of an identity crisis to these Igbo people. The truth is, it was the handiwork of the Fulanis. The Fulanis brainwashed them that the "Igbos" will come and take your oil, but the Fulanis seized it instead and controlled it till today and the indigenous people got nothing. The Igbo race is a pride one, something to be very proud of. Truth is, if you a true Igbo man, it hurts to see this boasting of a loss of Identity. You can see their communities are divided amongst themselves about their identity.
My Great-Grandparents came to Opobo from Bonny. They were both Ibos who arrived Opobo around the same period as Jaja. If an ancestry DNA testing is carried out , most people from opobo will have a high or some percentage of DNA similarity to Indigenous Ibos.Slavery did not only displace Blacks in the diaspora, it also separated and displaced Blacks in Africa. My Great-grandparents were one of those people, The story/history of Opobo town is almost similar to that of many Islands in the Caribeean, South America, North America and Asia.
Opobo n Bonny were founded by IGBO people. The so called slave story is false, stewpid n senseless. IGBOs in Bonny n Opobo are living in their ancestral land. Ijo is a tiny minority in those 2 places.
The king looks like one of the betrayal not convinced of what he was trying to cook and inject into the controversial story .identity crisis has killed many of these Riversides people
@@sosa9220 you are the one ignorant of your history. What ethnicity was jaja of opobo? When you understand that then you will know what i meant by "we were never divided but lived together as one with no fight" until boro an ijaw man started agitating after oil was found in his village. So dude, spend some time read about the history of eastern Nigeria.
@@ucol2068 Jaja was of the Ibani ethnicity, as he was encuotured by the Ibani Ijaw people. The Igbo man, while having the ability to gain power and wealth within Opobo or Bonny, could only do so as an encultured person. And you need to know your own history, because even if you try using the false notion that we were all “Igbo and living in harmony”, know that prior to colonization there was no Pan-Igbo identity and there defiantly wasn’t no harmony/peace between Igbo ethnicities. Opobo people have always known and said who we are. A history which goes back before the eastern region. Just because your ignorant of your neighbors in the south does not mean we should now become ignorant of ourselves.
@@ucol2068 Joseph was a Hebrew boy, sold into slavery in Egypt. Is Egypt Israel or Jewish territory now? Did Joseph change evrytin? Funny ppl. One human bin Jaja now makes a whole kingdom/clan totally different frm it's original make up. Jaja who was ENCULTURATED by Ijaws & as such had d chance & opportunity 2thrive & rise 2bcom king. If it were in Igbo land Jaja wud hv bin temed8an OSU. But Ijaws r liberal & encouraged growth. 2day u want 2posses us bcos of our free nature. Evn Jaja didn't return 2his Igbo origin. He didn't evn change his name frm Jubo Jubofem back 2his original,native Igbo name Mbanaso. As an Igbo man, U don't know d meaning of ENCULTURATION. We Ijaws do & Jaja sure knew it. Else he wud hv died as Mbanaso & not as Jaja
In my humble opinion and with all due respect, I will encourage that IBANI dialect be taught consistently so that this language or dialect does not go extinct. Keeping this rich cultural history should be priority.
Very surprising, coming frm an Igbo person. Ur name Nwanchukwu indicates u r Igbo. Generally, Igbos r of d opinion dat d Ibani dialect b abandoned completely & d Ndoki dialect take over entirely. Our names, masquerades, evrytin shud b dropped & d borrowed Ndoki dialect & Nwaotam shud bcom Ibani normal culture, we shud imbibe evrytin Igbo & 4get we hv anytin Ijaw in us...
The explanation of the Ibani origins by the first man was very interesting and plausible. The second man (Chief), dwelled more on the influence of Igbo slavery. While this may be true to a certain extent, it cannot be the full explanation. In fact, he alludes to part Igbo ancestry. I'm from Anioma in Delta state, and there is talk of our people migrating from Bini. This may have been true for a small percentage of my people. It is undeniable that we are culturally, linguistically and tribally Igbo. Some of us claim not to be tribally Igbo, even though we call ourselves Ndi Enuani. A very Igbo word indeed.
It is the full explanations. Assimilation from slavery, marriage, and migration. Instead of coming up with theories you all should just ask the indigenes instead of giving life to propaganda
@sosa9220 They are all IGBOs. The slavery story is as stupid as it gets. Anyone in IGBO land that says they are bini pple are free to go back to Bini tomorrow morning with all their belongings
@jamesado8224 Oga, what you have as SE Igbos are Anioma migrants through grandson of Eze Chima and slaves they captured and bought. Go and read your history and learn that you are the ancestors of Igbos.
I am from Cross River State and I never even assumed that, Tribes or languages is our problem or something to be concerned about. As a matter of fact, it was a blessing and it should continue to be a blessing to us today. A wise man once said, "He who dig into a matter, stir up trouble"
Bros it’s time you take your documentary on Igbo outside the shores of Nigeria. We will appreciate it if you could go to places like Equatorial Guinea ,Gabon,Cameroun and the Caribbean to trace Igbo tribes . And most of us will be willing to support the project if we have the logistics.
First Nna Mehn, let me congratulate you and show respect for the Journalistic work you do. However, everytime I listened to these people you interview and they trying to explain themselves to you, the confusion does get to me. I have never lived in Rivers State but I hear them perfectly, but ....
The chief is stewpid n senseless...and he said very useless things. That claim that IGBO slaves changed thr language in Opobo from ijo language to igbo language is the most stewpid thing for any elder to say
you can see every mannerism of a true son of the tribe in the man sitting down during interview, chief Wilson, his mhuuuu-mhuu ., nodding of the head up-down,the eye raises says it all. Anyway he said his grandmother is pure Igbo
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 yes, it is. Go back to Igbo Nollywood movies, or closely watch your elders speak, sometimes it starts with one or two deliberate coughs, open your eyes to different tribes and their mannerisms, you can easily dictate their ethnicity.
According to them,their parents caused it? No they didn't,their parents were purely Igbo. It was after the civil war that these ones started changing tongues. How can "slaves" come to dominate your land? The indigenes should be the ones dominating slaves. It doesn't make sense to me.....
My dear, Jubo Jubofem aka JAJA of Opubo was centuries b4 Nigerian civil war. Jubo Jubofem & OPUBO, r they Igbo names? Is it d civil war dat made Jaja hv an Ijaw name in d 1800s? Y do u Igbos lik telling ppl's history? Do u know our history more dan us? Haba ! How many Ibani ppl hv u seen bearing Igbo name/surname? Just name one, just one.
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 All of them don’t need to bear Igbo names. In my family we bear Ibibio name yet we are Igbo. We also have cousins from Bonny so i know for sure who’s who. I’m Igbo plus Ibibio. My cousins are Igbo plus Ijaw
@@udob4939 baba we r not talking about Individuals. We r talking generally as a ppl. Ibanis r Ijaws. Anybody can b part Igbo & part Yoruba or part Hausa & part Bini. Collectively, as a ppl, Ibani is Ijaw. 😄
@@udob4939 if u r an Igbo man, u bear Igbo names. U can't b an Igbo man & bear Yoruba names. Evn if not all, som will. No IBANI person bears Igbo names. In ur family, if u hv Ibibio names it simply means they r Ibibio ppl. Dat's d essence of names. It's ur identity. Evn without meeting u in person or hearing frm u, once I see ur name or hear ur name I know who u r. U don't nid a prophet 2tell u dat Odumegwu Ojukwu is Igbo, evn tho he cud speak Hausa. U don't nid a soothsayer 2tell u Asimini Perekule Dappa or Siminialayi Fubara is Ijaw evn if he speaks Bini language.
I do enjoy your videos, what I understood about this Opobo and Bonny people is that those towns were established as Ijaw towns by Igbo people, because of having Ijaw masters. So by tribe they are Ijaw but by linage they are Igbos. Majority of them did not learn Igbo language,it is actually their native language. So they have double heritage because they're now Ijaw, nobody should try to take their Igboness or ijawness away from them.
😄😄😅 Bonny & Opobo r IJAW towns founded by Igbo, how? How does an Igbo man found an Ijaw town? Did d Igbos found d town in Ijaw territory or d Igbos found d town in Igbo territory but brought Ijaws 2populate d town? Lik wot r u trying 2say? Pls read try & read d history of Bonny. Evn here on UA-cam u can search : AMAYANABO OF OPOBO KING JAJA FULL UNEDITED INTERVIEW. D current king of Opobo tells d origin & history of Bonny & subsequently Opobo. Founders migrated frm Okoloba in WESTERN IJAW & founded Bonny wich was called OKOLO AMA. D Island had abundance of a particular type of bird called CURLEW. In Ijaw d bird CURLEW is called OKOLO. Ama means TOWN hence d name OKOLO AMA meaning CURLEW TOWN. A town full of curlews. D original, native name of Bonny is OKOLO-AMA. Europeans called d Island Bonny cos of it's beauty. Wen JAJA was bought in Bonny he was ENCULTURATED & renamed. If u say Bonny was founded by Igbos, y did d Igbo person who bought JAJA rename his slave an Ijaw name & drop d Igbo name?
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 this must be the first time in human history that slaves all of a sudden take over the culture and language of their host.....and impose their own culture/language on their so called rulers! That sounds do far fetched! My belief is that Ijaws are the invasive culture in opobo/bonny! Ijaws being seafaring nomads......they settle in most coastal territories from Badagry to calabar........you cannot tell me ijaws are indigent in all coastal areas of Nigeria...... Ijaws are aboriginal to Bayesa only ........
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 haa....we are just proposing theories! No fight here....you may likewise be right! Most important thing is that all opobians are given the opportunity to relate 100 % of their heritage.(igbo and ijaw). ....speaking Igbo should not be seen as speaking an inferior or slave language! Afterall Igbo is spoken by more than 30 million people in Nigeria....speaking it will only be advantageous to opobians.
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 did you not see that the(first)man who was saying that he is Ijaw later said that his ancestry is somewhere in Imo state? The linage of those slaves are still Igbo despite the fact that they've been integrated into the society which is Ijaw,and as a matter of fact, don't forget that Jaja the founder of Opobo was an Igbo man along with his men from Nkwere in today's Imo State. Although I respect the fact that their local language is Ibani and the town is Ijaw,but the Igbo language they speak is an advantage to them,it gives them access to the Igbo world,eg movies, books, being able to communicate freely with tens of millions of Igbos,and perhaps job opportunities.
I might be wrong but I feel majority of ibo people taken to Bonny or Opobo , largely, males were in large numbers and with time, they married the local women. Ibo man naturally will do his best to pass down to his children his language and culture wherever he resides.
Thank you for acknowledging that you might be wrong, because that’s not the history. Majority of those of Igbo descent who came to Bonny came under slavery, aka forced to be there. They then were encultured and allowed to into the war canoe houses. The only reason Igbo is the dominant language on the Island is due to our elders keeping the Ibani language a secret.
@@sosa9220 ur story deep down u know it’s not adding up. Let’s use liberia for example, Africans were captured from Africa and taken to America as slaves, after sometime they got their freedom and were taken to Africa and given a country. Does that make Liberians Africans or Americans?
@@sosa9220 like u said the slaves were being forced to be there. Being a slave no matter how u try to paint it, there’s always a distinction between u and the freeman. U didn’t say anything about them been given freedom but u said they were under canoe houses. Just like in every part of the world u can agree with me that slaves are able to work out their freedom and it doesn’t come cheap. To me based on adding dots together it’s possible that the slaves worked out their freedom and it wasn’t given freely. In jajas case as he worked out his freedom and became free, as he continued rising in prominence and power it raised resentment against him from the elite of bonny, which lead to him and his people leaving bonny to found opobo.
@@sosa9220 all those talks about enculturation doesn’t add up, judging from the fact that how come in the whole Ijaw land that stretches from ondo all the way to akwa ibom, there’s no recorded history where such occurred but all of a sudden it’s been tied to jajas experience. But one thing is certain in the whole Ijaw land that is rooted in its history, a slave can work out his or her freedom.
Wonderful series it seems to me that the igbos migrated to the river Rhine areas through the slave trade era. My grandfather told us such stories. Ultimately there's a historical connection which ever way you slice it.
@@marcusthegreat1663 which igbo land grabbing? Where were you when jaja founded opobo...you guy are the land grabbers sef but you see opobo? Forget it!
Ukwuani and Agbor people will never agree that they are Igbos..Only Asaba or better still the Aniocha people will agree to their igbo heritage.. History has dealt with us
It's the fault of the civil war.....before the civil war, everyone identified as igbos speaking different dialect. But after the loss of the Civil war..Alot changed uptill date.
@@voj9151 Stop living in ignorance bro. Dig deep and learn about who you are. We are all Igbos, speaking different dialects. I posted a like on the main comment section. Go and read to know which is the truth. God bless you.
@@voj9151 And if you could engage me either on Facebook or WhatsApp then, I'd be glad to share so much more with you. It's time we all wake up to who we all are. You see how the Fulanis are bringing in their brothers to take over Nigeria from Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Gambia to outgrow us while we remain adamant to their designed division amongst us? Let's wake up guys. We are IGBOS!!
I stumbled into this now, this station is very educative. Chai! Why did our parents & political classes cause this confusion? I know too well that before independence nothing like South South rather South Easter.... This people according to them their linkage & culture are of Igbos but tribe is Ijaw. To me these people are Igbos. I now know why my grandparents love these people so much telling us that they are our brothers. Blood is really thicker than water even their language remains defines them well notwithstanding then trying to eradicating it for long.
These people are a mix of Igbo and igbani. The Igbos were in the majority which explains why the dominant language is Igbo. But, like other riverine people, they decided to deny or downplay their Igbo heritage. We understand nwanne. Odiro easy
Exactly It stems from the civil war. I’m glad this video was made and posted. This can help educate more people about ethnicity and hybrid communities.
@@udob493916:24-16:38 Jubo Jubofem was an Ijaw man dat xisted centuries b4 Nigera was born. D records of Jaja of Opobo predates Nigerian civil war by hundreds of years. So it's not Nigeran civil dat changed anything. Ibani ppl hv always bin IJAWS. It didn't start after Nigeran civil war.
My mother once had to pose as only Calabar woman just to avoid discrimination for being Igbo. Igbo folks like myself who can pass as Igbo or Ibibio depending on the situation know what’s up. These people are just igbo people still suffering from wounds of the civil war when being identified as igbo was literally suicidal so I get the idea of self-preservation but it’s been over how many years since civil war and it’s time these riverine and coastal igbo people grow some balls and be unapologetically Igbo irrespective of how their bigoted Ijaw neighbors feel. How can a majority group of people be letting a tiny minority intimidate them to this point all because they lost a civil war? It’s ridiculous and it’s time Ndi Igbo reintegrate all Igbo speaking people from NC, SE to SS.
Ozurumba Mbanaso's Life in Umuduruoha, 1821-1834. Jaja of Opobo was born in 1821 in Umuduruoha, a village within the larger Amaigbo division of central Igboland.
these are the people that knows their history.. if they say they're not igbos.... please respect their culture and leave them alone.. enough with all this igbo supremacy..
Thank you very much. This guy is just out to create confusion and suspicion among these people.. You can't be igbo by force. Is becoming an agenda mission.
This sounds good. But to be honest, there are some misconceptions and mistakes as well as some stuff left unsaid by both men. I wish I can meet you let's chat, even if it's off-camera. You need to get certain things straightened out
This is awesome, you are doing a nice job bro. How do you know an ethnicity? It is by: 1. Culture :which is language, food, dressing, art eg dance, folk tales. Marital rite, etc 2. Blood: DNA To be frank our coastal brothers in Niger Delta are Igbo's because there's no coincidence in all these, they should embrace the fact that they are Igbo's because they really are.
Wot r d cultures of IBANI? Wot is d language? How do they dress? Wot r their names & titles? Wot masquerades do they hv? Wot r d marriage rites? At least Warisenibo mentioned BURUSU here in dis video. Is BURUSU a marriage rite in Igbo? Do u Igbos know wot BURUSU is? IN Igboland IGBA NKWU is wot u do, not BURUSU. In Ibani, we don't hv any Eke,Nkwor,Orie,Afor or woteva market days.
All these will change from next year after they will all become Obedient and Peter Obi wins the presidential election. They will suddenly see an Igbo man as President of Nigeria and will start claiming that they are all Igbos again. I now see Wike singing and dancing in his native language Igbo when he visited Abia. The Fulanis have played him their master game and he has suddenly realized who he is. He too was claiming he is not Igbo but a Bini origin.
I don't see this forum as base for politics. Keep your obedient out of here. See what you are talking as if you have already won the election. It is people like you who bring enemity to igbos.
@@juliusnwankwo3487 See how foolish and naive and ethnic you think. Is Obedient Igbo? I am sure you are from the Riverine with your Igbo name "Okonkwo" and you will deny you are not Igbo but Ijaw or Ibani. The funny thing is, the core Ijaw tribe does not see you or consider you as Ijaw. What you don't know is that you are being laughed upon. What a lost generation.
I also heard that igbani people, igbo,ibibio,igala migrated from the same place from Egypt than to chad from chad to ida in kogi where igala stopped and so many othe people still migrating to bini and they later have conflict in idu in edo state and started going back to rivers side. I heard this from igala man in kogi during their festival.he mentioned many names like etche, ndoki, okrika, igbani etc. So all these, we all old eastern region are one people
@Nnaa Mehn Tv, you are doing a great job but you need to do some research yourself so you will know the kind of questions to ask some of this people. For Ubani history Bonny/Opobo go and read the, ‘Memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow of Liverpool’.
Thank you brother. Yes our ancestors did not teach their children the Igbani (Ubani) language because they did not want their children to reveal their secrets with reference to slave movements to their slaves.
King JAJA was adopted & enculturated into Ani Pepple War Canoe House. They r pure Ibanis, Ijaws. 14 other cheifs left Bonny with Jaja 2found Opobo. A total of 15 War Canoe Houses ,ALL frm Bonny, founded Opobo. There's no record of Jaja bringing Igbo Cheifs 2found Opobo. D 14 Cheifs r ALL Ijaws. Their names r as follows : Adibie, Biriye, Diepiri, Dapu, Dappa, Ye-Amakiri, Epelle, Fubarakworo, Ironanyu, Kalaomuso, Ukonu, Kiepirima, Owujien & Tolofari. Opobo Town is d headquarters but d kingdom is made up of other towns, namely : Queenstown, Kalasunju, Oloma, Ayaminimah, Iloma, Minimah, Okpukpo, Iwoma, Ekereborokiri, Kalaibiama, Epelema, Ozuobulu, Mina, Inokiri and Abazibie. None of d towns hv ab Igbo name. D headquarters, OPOBO is an Ijaw name, also ALL d towns in d kingdom hv Ijaw names. So how com Jaja is Igbo yet he has Ijaw names? How com ALL d 14 Cheifs who established d kingdom with Jaja hv Ijaw names? How com ALL d towns in d K8hv Ijaw names? Wot's Igbo about d origin or founding of Opobo? U don't know Opobo history so don't say wot u don't know. Stop spreading lies & false information. Close ur mouth abeg
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 do you really have to curse? What I'm saying is simply the truth and was never meant offend. I don't know what form of education you have, what research or how much time you have invested in understanding your environment. If you are depending on the colonial miseducation in Nigeria or the fictitious story told by our elders who are traumatised to really understand what happened them by the terrible cultural destruction and division caused by colonization then you don't really know much. Everything we have been taught about ourselves in Nigeria most especially southern Nigeria are all lies and these lies is to further divide us into little powerless groups to enable the steal the resources in the south. 400years ago in Africa there was no difference between igbos and the people you call ijaws. Deep study will help us understand life and free us from ignorance.
@@ofiliadefia Wot truth? And how can u say u didn't mean offence wen u clearly insulting us? How can u say we hv no history & dat we r confused, meaning wot? Wen u say someone has no history, don't u know d implication of such statement? Saying a ppl is confused about their history is d height of insult & disregard ! 400yrs ago there was difference between Ijaws & Igbos. How com we don't speak same language? Y didn't Europeans record dat Ijaws & Igbos r one & d same? They arrived d coast, met d Ijaws & they know our languages r different, it's on record. Our history is one of d most documented bcos of our role in d trans Atlantic slave trade. If there's no difference y don't u abandon ur Igbo identity and identify as IJAW, since it's one & d same. Who do u want 2deceive? Dat's how our forefathers saw nothing wrong & freestyled with u, openly & freely intermarried, mingled, accommodated, borrowed culture frm u, did everytin in d spirit of oneness, 2day u ppl use it 2abuse & insult us. U want me 2say I'm Igbo but u can't abandon ur Igbo identity & say u r Ijaw. How can u say 400yrs ago Igbo & Ijaw was one & d same? So wen did d split & difference occurr? Our language isn't evn closely related.
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 I didn't say the people have no history but what they think they know about their history is false. How do you expect europeans who benefit from your division to tell the truth or record the truth. I am from so called delta state and my wife is so called ijaw you are talking about. I had to get out of Nigeria almost 20yrs ago to study African history in France to really understand how African history was confused and destroyed. It's your choice to believe anything but 400 years ago there was no delta, bayelsa or river state it was only created not for you but to enable Shell steal your oil
@@ofiliadefia Of course there were no Bayelsa or Delta States but there were tribes, clans & kingdoms. U can't tell me frm d hinterland 2d coast was one & d same language. Europeans or colonial masters couldn't hv changed all our records, history & stories. Did Europeans lies also result in our language differences? Certainly not.
Tafawa belewa once said that if you put IGBO man in prison suddenly he will become PRISON CHIEF that is one of the why there are TOO much JEALOUSLY on GREAT IGBO BIAFRANS 🤣🤣🤣🤣
We are the same, igbos are one is only the British and Nigeria divide us to make us Southeast and South South. We are going to join again and enjoy our tradition together and be happy again as one family. I love all igbos and all Old Eastern Region. We're one.
@@sodienyefubara7784 where are you from and tribe brooo? You knows some of your type do not know their origin or lineage. Tell me where you come from and your name, then i will tell you who you are. May no one educates you, where you come from. Tell me so i can help to educate you. Thanks . I come in peace bro.
@@peeklinjah-son2377 bros I’m a proud Ijaw man born and bred, I come from Black Fubara war canoe house in Opobo town. I’m not and will never be an Igbo man
@@peeklinjah-son2377 as a real Nigerian & especially from d old EASTERN REGION, once u see d name FUBARA, u shud know wot 2tink. His name is clearly showing dat it's not a forged, invented name 4 UA-cam purposes.D names : SODIENYE FUBARA don't need any more xplanatn, it's clear. So pls tell us who he is. Teach us our origin. From d names, tell us where we com frm. Since u r s all knowing, oya teach us. We r waiting pls😄
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 bro, did they ask you any question in the interview? I'm not talking to your sodienye or what so ever. I'm writing on behalf of those that accept that they're igbos here in interview. those that accept that their lineages come from igbo and they're igbos as they says in the interview. Please not you that came from where you think you come from.. ok? So mind your decadent. Ok? We as in the interview are igbos not you that come from where you came from. Are igbos begging you to become one of them? So leave people who believe that they're IGBOS. Who you help.
I don’t even understand all these Igbo people in the comments. We are not related to you and we belong to the Ijaw clan. We don’t dress the same way or have the same culture, we don’t even answer the same names. the only similarity is the language and our indigenous language is ibani. What kind of by force relationship is this?! JAJA is an igbo man yes, but he came to Opobo from bonny with 14 Ijaw chiefs. Get educated & stop spewing rubbish
U must b Igbo by force. If u r not Igbo u r nothing in dis world. No matter d native Ibani dialect, no matter d Ijaw names/titles, dressing ,masquerades, ceremonies & War Canoe Houses we hv 2 abandon dem all. We hv 2 overlook all diz & bcom Igbo bcos som Ibani ppl speak Ndoki. As u dey so now with d names SODIENYE FUBARA, u r Igbo😅
Nigerians history and historian's. Has so much been Igbophobinised that there is confusion when issues of the Igbos are discussed, To things straight a bit the man you interviewed the mother is luckily from my place in umuahia, our grand parents speaks igbani in the Palace . I had opportunity to also speak some and they believed that they where from Ubani(bonny), and Opopo axis. There is a movement people down play so much before the coming of the Benin kingdom an the Ogiso kingdom existed which was a multi ethnic with Igbos and ijaws at it disintegration came movement of both, at place settled they developed into a new kingdom, In history there is always movement and looking for greener pastures. These gave rise to some groups ( Igbos and ijaws) living bonny for hinterland as far as umuahia and beyond looking for their greener pastures and the kinds vice versa, In discussion sometimes with an Elderly man he traced till the Ogiso kingdom even beyond where they were warriors. Even Asari Dokubo once remember his Idiaba Igbo warriors lineage. Now Jaja an Igboman from Bonny came to establish a kingdom in Opopo with some people definitely there were people with whom they are related, who are they the Ndokis who are likely to have left earlier than them. Now confusion my brother said his father were from Nkwere but he is not an igboman. I know it we are one I can claim igbani even more than many of them who are in bonny or Opopo. Professor Coker 's mother is my father's auntie, in bonny the Royal family are also related to us, in Ndoki, Akwuette, even Ikweres were related. Not through marriage but some uncles of our great great great grand fathers are there. When wike was talking about Benin I laughed because the Igbos in Benin kingdom were igbos in Benin kingdom were not Benin or Edo NO!!!. Let us leave for next time.
@@chukwukeereagoha7024 D name is IBANI, not IGBANI. IGBANI has a totally different meaning frm IBANI. IGBANI means 2drag, struggle 4somtin. It's IBANI pls. IBANI dialect is an Ijoid dialect. Ndoki dialect is Igboid. They r not evn similar
I wonder how 🤔 someone speak igbo and still claims another tribe. As much as I know we have subgroups among igbos based on their geographical region within the old Eastern region.
If king jaja left Bonny to Opopo My question is that, as that time Jaja Left to Opopo was Opopo a Forest or was Opopo a desert where no one lives Again, if Opopo is not a forest or dessert that means people are there Jaja met. There for, d people have been existing with particular dialect n culture. So, what dialect n culture they practice before Jaja came
All these opinions were never true.My grand father died in the yr 1993 at the age of 95 who thrively told us the coastal regions origin specially that of delta &, River state.I have inlaws from King Jaja's family who narrated how they must enquire deeply before getting into married with people from AMAIGBO because there father late king Jaja of Opobo king from that side while Ikwere migrated from Nkwere all in Imo state. It was after the civil war that majority of them started changing there names ,denying there Igbo identity to avoid being humiliated in Nigeria.My father knew many who did so.
It was after d civil war we started changing our names, meaning dat b4 d civil war Opobo ppl used bear Igbo names. So Jubo Jubofem wich Europeans shortened to JAJA is an Igbo name? Or u mean JAJA changed his name after d Nigerian civil war?😆 U can go 2 Google or anywhere, search 4d kings/rulers of Bonny, Opobo. Records from 1700s till date, none is an Igbo name. Not evn ONE. All d names r Ijaw. U hv in-laws frm Opobo, I am partly frm Opobo & I can categorically tell u dat we hv NEVER born Igbo names. We hv always had Ijaw names long b4 Nigeria was created not 2talk of civil war. Y do u think JAJA'S name was changed frm MBANASO to JUBO JUBOFEM? Or u r saying JUBO JUBOFEM is an Igbo name? U guys r just so funny, honestly😅 Evn wen history, evidence, records r slapping u in d face, u still refuse 2c it. Na wah
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 What u can understand is that there were mix-up within all the coastal space.But after the civil war many of the Ikwere people changed there names to either English or Ijaw name.People like, Asare Dokwubo,and the names of streets in PH as well.Make research ,visit elderly men above 90 yrs old to know exactly the truth. NOTE: AKWA IBOM today agreed the re ancestors migrated from Arochukwu and Arondiizuogu while some of u claim to be affiliated with these both continue denying ur Igbo origin. I wouldn't tell u exactly what happened because it's not my duty to say so.i repeat ,My grand father died at the age of 95 yrs old in 1993 while my grand mother died in 2000 at the 100 yrs old.So the stories of coastal regions are in my pam .
@@vickyohams3464 d history of Jaja of Opobo recorded by Europeans far predates civil war & yr grandparents. My grandmother who is frm Opobo is still alive, she's quite old, she speaks Ibani, not Ndoki. Ibani has always bin IJAW. Ikwerre ppl began denying Igbo after civil war, not we Ibanis. We hv neva bin Igbo. If we were Igbo, there's no way d Igbo name MBANASO will b replaced with an Ijaw name JUBO JUBOFEM. Dis happened centuries b4 d civil war. R u saying d records of kings, rulers frm 1700s whose names r ALL IJAW, not evn one Igbo name is on record amongst kings, evn amongst natives, rmr u saying diz records & history r fake & only got changed after Nigeran civil war? I visited Barbados & I was shown d house/plantation Jaja lived in. Jaja Of Opobo is known in d Caribbeans. Nobody knows about Mbanaso there. It's JAJA. Did d story in Barbados also change after Nigeran civil war? 😅 History records & evidences r just 2many, u guys can't evn change anything, u r just trying in futility
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 I hvnt disputed about Ijaw cos they affiliated with many tribes in west coastal region of Africa.My argument is that of Ikwere people who some of them continue denying their igbo identity.Ijaw tribe is goes beyond Nigeria it was British who destroyed many things in Africa.However Ijaw has affiliation with Igbos through intermarriage unlike Ikwere who migrated from Nkwere and Amaigbo
@@vickyohams3464 Ikwerre is Igbo. I was born & brought up Port Harcourt so I know dat very well. I lived amongst dem. I hv family friends who r Ikwerres. Back den, our nanny who was frm Enugh State, our neighbour who's frm Ikwerre & my classmate/best friend den who is frm Omoku wud all b speaking their respective dialects right in my presence, discussing but I won't understand wot they r saying. But I don't understand y d denial now tho, back den Rivers Igbos didn't deny their Igboness, it's now I'm hearing dis Igbo denial frm Igbos in Rivers State. It's funny actually. But yeah, u r right about Ijaw-Igbo intermarriage, especially d Eastern Ijaw. Frm d Akassa axis tru Nembe, 2 Kalabari & Okrika,down 2 Opobo, many families hv Igbo women as their mother,grandmother ,great grandmother & so on. D men of Igbo xtraction were majorly during d slave trade era wen Ijaws ENCULTURATED a lot of Ijaw men in2 Ijaw families/society. I for one, I hv an Igbo woman as great grandmother. My dad's mom is frm Opobo, & d woman who gave birth 2her is Igbo frm Abia State. Again on my mom's side, her dad's grandmother we were told is also an Igbo woman. But 2day I am an Ijaw woman. I can only pick Igbo a lil based on interaction & mixing up, I can't speak Igbo,I don't know d culture or tradition. Now look at anoda scenario, I hv cousins whose father is Igbo frm Imo State. Diz my cousins, their mother & my own mother r half sisters, same father but different mothers. Now dis my aunt had 5 chiren with an Imo State guy,they lived 2geda in Port Harcourt for over 20yrs but dis man didn't marry her traditionally or legally. He wud visit her xtended family, visit our village, d man evn came 4my grandfather's burial wich is her own father, but they never got married evn after 5chiren. Few yrs ago, d man died after a long period of illness. My mom escort d sister go 4d man burial, his family beefed d woman dat she killed their son, she abandoned him after he got sick, dat she's a bad wife. So d lady was lik I was neva a wife, ur brother neva married me ! D family say they tot he married her, so my mom was lik did any of u escort or accompany ur son/brother 2marry her? None of dem cud answer d question. 2day, those my cousins r living in Bayelsa, they r learning & speaking Ijaw tho som of dem hv Igbo names, of course they hv Igbo surname cos in Ijaw, evn if a man didn't pay bride price d child still belongs 2d man, unless few brutal families dat will not gv d man d child without pride price but generally, we don't hold back chiren frm fathers tho we r MATRINILIAL. A child has full rights in both mother & father's side, infact more in d MOTHER'S family. So imagine diz my cousins now, all 5of dem, do u xpect their own chiren in d nxt 20-30yrs 2claim Igbo? No ! Their chiren will say "MY GRANDFATHER IS FRM IGBO. HIS NAME IS EZE, BUT I'M IJAW" Dat's bcos they know nothing about Igbo, they didn't live or visit Igboland. D grandfather is dead plus he neva married d grandmother b4 he died. D family wasn't free & accommodating wen my aunt went 4d man's burial so she has cut off frm dem & d chiren too hv don so despite having Igbo surname.
Am an Ikwerre man who is proud of my Igbo lineage. Igbo Amaka
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Let Governor Wike hear this from your mouth, you will be expelled from Rivers state. Wike said he is from Bini. The confusion of the story is that your ancestors lived in a settlement that was ruled as part of the Great Bini Kingdom and they migrated to settle in the Ikwere lands and surroundings to run out of that dominion. That does not mean they were of Bini ethnic tribe. The trouble today is that it was misunderstood that they are from Bini meaning they were a Bini ethnic tribe. A good example is the United Kingdom of Great Britain ruled by an English dynasty. Are Scottish, Welsh people English too?
Your generation needs people like you to liberate them from this mental cage,
You people from Elele are very igbotic anyways because of proximity, so you can throw your Ikwerre identity and be ibo na you sabi. Please count Iwhuruohna nation out of your confusion.
@@orondahwali5852 😅😅😆
Am from azumini ndoki proudly Igbo boy
So sad what Nigeria colonialism has done to the identity of the Igbo people of the Southern Nigeria.
Omo igbos scattered all over the place like children of isreal, wonderful
I'm loving this series...Please visit places like Etche, Egbema, Asaba, Agbor and Ukwuani.
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He went to all of them so far, instead of Rivers Egbema.
@@chiozo11 Egbema would have been an interesting one. Infact, a video from egbema in Rivers and Imo states would have been nice to see.
I'm Ibani from Opobo. I identify as both Ijaw and Igbo.
You get sense, if I were from Opobo, I too would identify proudly as Igbo and Ijaw. So I don't really see the need for all this forth and back argument.
This some what.. smart
Sorry but let’s get this straight though. Let’s use the case of liberia and Sierra Leone, Africans we’re captured and taking to America as slaves then after sometime they were freed and they were moved back to Africa, does that make them Africans or Americans?
@@nwachukwudarlington3633 Africans
We need to work together and take care of every body
Nnee Mehn, plz never stop doing this great enlightening…Anyone that don’t know is root is dead and I seriously weep for some of my coastal Niger Delta Brothers…
Who is your brother? Nyamiri
@@veritas2048and who are you and what are you known for.
@@princejohn-su5yr
Igbophobia
Both men interviewed are strikingly intelligent.
My brother your channel is quite educative thank you so much...
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Nnna mehn thanks a lots for this discoveries it amazes me to see my lovely people everywhere more stunning to see them preserving their Igbo heritage. What happened here is King Jaja of of Opobo is the founder of this great city and he’s from Nkwrere in Imo State . Been so brave as Igbo men has been in ages was able to walk away from his captives by paying them ransom and becoming a free man . Been so smart instead of going back to Nkwrere for fear of being kidnapped again he decided to establish the present day Opobo kingdom and became their King that gave him the name King Jaja of Opobo, therefore this kingdom will remain Igbo kingdom and no one can change it. The Igbo language being spoken here made it impossible for anyone to change the narrative of this place came to be what it is today. King Jaja will always be our hero , with love❤❤❤❤❤
This young man is knowledgeable.
He has really studied his root
I am from Mbieri in Imo State, born in the North before the civil war. My godfather was Ikwerre, though late. Both the people of Bonny, Opobo Ndoni, Egbema, Ibusa, Asaba, Ikwerre, Ndoki, Etche, even Ijaws, and Edos, Igalas, Sagbama were members of the then Igbo Union, and identified themselves as Easterners. A good number of them attended the two Secondary Schools established by the Igbo Union in the 1950s; namely Igbo Union Grammar Schools Kano and Kafanchan.
What a lovely father u had.. nice one
Ijaws aren’t not
I love this guy in yellow, presenter, you’re doing a great job
You're doing well my great brother, igbos must unite... The days of divide and rule tactics buy Hausa/fulani and Britain has ended A new nation Biafra is coming, joy is coming 🎉❤
What an eye opener!! I was waiting for more. Absolutely deep and interesting.👍❤️
This is an eye opener, your doing a great work
I love what you are doing mazi please don't stop it is very enlightened
You are doing a great job brother, the young on yellow jersey really made sense.
I love what you are doing my brother thank you 🙏🏾
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You are doing a great work may the almighty God guide you through in this journey of educating our people to know their leanege
This first man is confused
King Jaja of Opobo came from Umuduruoha village in Amaigbo in Nwagele local government area of Imo state.
You are right and there is king jaja high school in amaigbo, is only stream that seperated my town Amauzari and amaigbo
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You are right@@calistermadukwe7977
In the North is Hausas.In South west is Yorubas. In South east the start this divisive mentality.
British/Gowon Nigeria government has done very harm to igbo culture and existence.This must end and the truth must be told to those that has been brainwashed.Igbos are Igbos with the same culture with different dialects.
I’m actually Opobo and Igbo Epellema Opusunju Family
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Interesting information
I just love the way both speakers Flo with the truth!
Yaaaayy......
Finally d video I requested 4 is here.
Thnx Nnaa Mehn.
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Yes my igbo sister (AGIRI)
@@daniel2377 Hahahahaha, Loooool 😅....
Daniel my Ijaw brother, well done o. I hail 🙌
I didn't know AGIRI is an Igbo name o
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 yeah ijaw , igbo, igala we are all one people if you trace the origin no need to k*ll ourselves
Your hard work is showing bro. MAZI Nnamdi Kaun will be kind with you bro.
"Slave language can't over power your language.
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Tell him he was the one who is slave, they are you liars
It can never be a slave language...
Please try and visit ISOBO in OBUBRA L.GA CROSS RIVER state
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This is interesting to note that the ancestors of the Jumbo family of Bonny, River State came from Obowo in Imo State. Little wonder that during the Civil War, the Jumbos fought on the side of Biafra.
Eyaah chai
The Commander of the BOFF (Biafran Organization of Freedom Fighter), a paramilitary organization during the Civil War was Mr. Jumbo from Bonny. He even spoke Igbo better than any Igbo person. History has it that the ancestors of the Bonny people were from Obowo, in Imo State, and that of Opobo is Nkwerre, also of Imo State.
The problem since after the war was, and is political. After the war in 1970, Commodore Alfred Diette-Spiff, the current Amayanabo (King) of Twon-Brass in Bayelsa State was appointed by the Gowon Administration as the Governor of the then Rivers State. He was instructed not to return all Igbo properties to their owners; while other States of the Federation returned all Igbo properties to their rightful owners. The purpose of the refusal to return Igbos' properties was to create tension, hate, discord and aparthy between the Southeasterners and Rivers State. This was also to help create more dichotomy between the people who were and are brothers; because when brothers fight and quarrel, their enemies are happy rejoice.
That is why up until today, the Igbo speaking people of Rivers, some in Delta, Edo, Bayelsa claim not to be Igbos; even if they speak the Igbo language.
Before the Civil War, we had Igbo Union, which comprised all the Igbos, Ijaws, Okrika and other Igbo speaking people of Nigeria. Even the Igala people of the present day Kogi State were also in the meeting. When you visit Port Harcourt, (but remember that before 1947, what we know as Port Harcourt today was called Igwe Ocha which is an Igbo name. The king of England renamed it Port Harcourt to honour Mr. Harcourt, who was the King's Representative in Eastern Nigeria, because it was Mr. Harcourt that helped build the rail line from Enugu to Igwe Ocha, so as to transport coal from Enugu to Igwe Ocha, and then to England. If you visit Amadi Village (also called Amadi Ama); around Trans Amadi in Port harcourt, they all speak and understand Igbo.
Look at my brother, Asari Dokubo, who was busy ranting and insulting the Igbos, when History reminded him that his Grandparents were Igbo slaves, even Channel TV Anchor, Seun, also reminded him of his ancestors. Did you hear him talk again?
Wow
Not only Jumbos in Bonny fought 4 Biafra. D whole of Grand Bonny Kingdom was on d side of Biafra. Present day Rivers & Bayelsa state was all part of Biafra. Nembe, Akassa, Kalabari, Okrika. So don't present tins as if Jumbos in Bonny fought on d side of Biafra bcos they r Igbos while oda families in Bonny fought against Biafra. No !
D whole of d old Eastern Region was wot formed Biafra. No family in Bonny fought against Biafra till d war ended.
Besides, Jumbo is not d only family with Igbo ancestry. Many Igbos were bought by d Ijaws & enculturated during d slave trade era. Just as Ijaws did 2 Jaja, they did 2 oda Igbos & Ibibios
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I am sorry my brother, @ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767, I did not mean to state that only the Jumbos or the Jumbo family fought in the Nigerian Civil on the Biafra side. My reason for mentioning the Jumbos is because during the Nigerian Civil war, Colonel Jumbo from Bonny was the Commander or the Head of the newly formed Commando Brigade. Other notable names on the Biafra side included Maj. Gen David Ejoor from Warri, some very good soldiers from Sagbama and others from the present South-south region, which, of course, everyone knows is part of the former Eastern Region.
The region was broken into two, Southeast and South-south to reduce the strength and influence of that (Eastern) region. Also, the powers that be (recent leaderships of Nigeria) have been busy sowing seeds of discord and instability in the region, simply to disunite the former Eastern Region, while they are doing everything to unite their region(s).
Please @ayebatarijuliapaxagiri, accept my sincere apology for mentioning the name of only one family.
This is Dr. Darlington Egbu, Washington, D.C., USA.
Hi bro, permission to post your content on a large Facebook group.
Great people of Bonny and Opobo. This guy spoke well. Please be Obedient so that ObiDatti will bring tourism to this place.
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Nne men, you will also go to igala, i have heard from igala chief, Atah of igala that many of those igbos today, migrated from igala. He mentioned many places, even ngwa, ndoki, onitsha, asaba, nsuka, and many others places and he mentioned many words that is the same with igbo, but he said that it igala word but igbo corrupted it in away it will be hears by all the groups called igbo today. He realy brought out many histories that seems to be truth. He even said that Eri migrated from igala to aguleri and established his village there and born many children that migrated to different parts of Eastern regions of south south and south east today. Thank you for your great work 👍
Unfortunately, History has been distorted by both the colonialists and the Federal Government of Nigeria. First, the Igala man has his ancestors from Nri. The Igbos, Igala and the Bini are blood relatives. The history is there. Has these people ever asked why the Mid-West Region was carved out of the former Western Region in 1963?REASON: Awolowo rejected the Edo and Deltans as Westerners because, according to him, "they are not Yorubas". It was Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe who caused the creation of the then Mid-West Region. Since after the Civil War, the Federal Government, the Hausa-Fulani bought over the Yorubas to turn against the Igbos, because the Igbo will be the obstacle to the Islamization, of Nigeria. The Ooni of Ife even said it that the Igbo are more than 2500 years older than the Yorubas in Nigeria. The Igala, unfortunately forgot their origin because of being bought over by the Federal Government. They claim to have come from Jukun in Benue and Taraba States. If that is true, why is it that the Igala man cannot speak an atom of Jukun, instead he speaks the Igbo language fluently and his Igala language? This is how Asari Dokubo was fooled by the Nigeria's politicians to berate the Igbos, forgetting that his grandfather was from Abia State. If some of these men claim Bini ethnicity, why is it that they do not understand an atom of the Bini language, and do not speak it either, but speak Igbo?
I am so excited to see this channel. I am not in support of calling pple what they hate to be called. Just like the this pple that name Igbo disgusts them but we keep trying to force them to accept it. I am Igbo and I think pple should choose how to be addressed. I really appreciate this interview
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If this is the case, I am Igbo too and I want to be addressed as Fulani. I am a boy but I want to be addressed as a woman. Get out of that blindness please.....who you are does not change because of your thoughts or illusion.
@@Vinus739 forcing pple to accept igbo is what I don't like at all. We are Igbos and are not facing risk of extinction so why ask who doesn't want Igbo to accept it. I think we are fine and those pple are fine too. Like you wrote no any reasonable man will want to be addressed as a woman and if a man does that then something is wrong with him so take pple who refuse their Igboness to be pple who might have problem with Igbo language or Igbo race
@@SpiderDike-kb8dh While I will agree with you. But you need to understand that this was a political issue to cleanse the Igbo ethnic group. This is more like finding your lost sheep and he says he is now a goat because he had been living around the goat kingdom. Other Igbos are not forcing them to be Igbos. Other Igbos are just amazed and surprised to see the foolishness of an identity crisis to these Igbo people. The truth is, it was the handiwork of the Fulanis. The Fulanis brainwashed them that the "Igbos" will come and take your oil, but the Fulanis seized it instead and controlled it till today and the indigenous people got nothing. The Igbo race is a pride one, something to be very proud of. Truth is, if you a true Igbo man, it hurts to see this boasting of a loss of Identity. You can see their communities are divided amongst themselves about their identity.
You are right. Language is not enough to identify people, but the feelings of who they are and what they want to identify with.
My Great-Grandparents came to Opobo from Bonny. They were both Ibos who arrived Opobo around the same period as Jaja. If an ancestry DNA testing is carried out , most people from opobo will have a high or some percentage of DNA similarity to Indigenous Ibos.Slavery did not only displace Blacks in the diaspora, it also separated and displaced Blacks in Africa. My Great-grandparents were one of those people, The story/history of Opobo town is almost similar to that of many Islands in the Caribeean, South America, North America and Asia.
You are a bloody liar, you have no relationship with Opobo. Stick to your igbo skin.
This is such an astute point!
Opobo n Bonny were founded by IGBO people. The so called slave story is false, stewpid n senseless.
IGBOs in Bonny n Opobo are living in their ancestral land. Ijo is a tiny minority in those 2 places.
@@chimechuma8876 ok
@@chimechuma8876Bro shut up we have records of the Ijaw people who founded our islands, take your propaganda elsewhere
The king looks like one of the betrayal not convinced of what he was trying to cook and inject into the controversial story .identity crisis has killed many of these Riversides people
Ur full lineage r liars & betrayers dat's y u think our Senibo is cooking stories. Oboribo !
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1:45 of d video above 👆 says : OPOBO PPL R FRM OKOLOBA IN WESTERN IJAW, present day BAYELSA STATE
Boy you are doing a great job keep it upp
You are doing a good job and problem solving.
Good information well done
Eastern Nigeria have always lived peacefully and no documentation of any war. All these divisions started after the discovery of oil.
My friend if you are just ignorant of your neighbors then just say that, because this identity goes beyond oil
@@sosa9220 you are the one ignorant of your history. What ethnicity was jaja of opobo? When you understand that then you will know what i meant by "we were never divided but lived together as one with no fight" until boro an ijaw man started agitating after oil was found in his village. So dude, spend some time read about the history of eastern Nigeria.
@@ucol2068 Jaja was of the Ibani ethnicity, as he was encuotured by the Ibani Ijaw people. The Igbo man, while having the ability to gain power and wealth within Opobo or Bonny, could only do so as an encultured person. And you need to know your own history, because even if you try using the false notion that we were all “Igbo and living in harmony”, know that prior to colonization there was no Pan-Igbo identity and there defiantly wasn’t no harmony/peace between Igbo ethnicities. Opobo people have always known and said who we are. A history which goes back before the eastern region. Just because your ignorant of your neighbors in the south does not mean we should now become ignorant of ourselves.
@@ucol2068 Joseph was a Hebrew boy, sold into slavery in Egypt. Is Egypt Israel or Jewish territory now? Did Joseph change evrytin?
Funny ppl. One human bin Jaja now makes a whole kingdom/clan totally different frm it's original make up.
Jaja who was ENCULTURATED by Ijaws & as such had d chance & opportunity 2thrive & rise 2bcom king. If it were in Igbo land Jaja wud hv bin temed8an OSU. But Ijaws r liberal & encouraged growth. 2day u want 2posses us bcos of our free nature. Evn Jaja didn't return 2his Igbo origin. He didn't evn change his name frm Jubo Jubofem back 2his original,native Igbo name Mbanaso. As an Igbo man, U don't know d meaning of ENCULTURATION. We Ijaws do & Jaja sure knew it. Else he wud hv died as Mbanaso & not as Jaja
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Igbo also played Owu, Owu is a very beautiful Masquerade in Imo State.
In my humble opinion and with all due respect, I will encourage that IBANI dialect be taught consistently so that this language or dialect does not go extinct. Keeping this rich cultural history should be priority.
Very surprising, coming frm an Igbo person. Ur name Nwanchukwu indicates u r Igbo. Generally, Igbos r of d opinion dat d Ibani dialect b abandoned completely & d Ndoki dialect take over entirely. Our names, masquerades, evrytin shud b dropped & d borrowed Ndoki dialect & Nwaotam shud bcom Ibani normal culture, we shud imbibe evrytin Igbo & 4get we hv anytin Ijaw in us...
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 that's a colonial mentality. You want their culture to go extinct
@@kennybrown3302 Did u read my comment at all ? Bcos ur comment isn't rhyming with mine
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 your was not making sense either, read it again
Thank you sir
Nice one bro, thanks for putting effort to educate us.
Thank you ogolo. Its well understood .
Owu dance and culture is observed in Uli in Anambra State hundreds of years ago. I've also participated in the masquerade.
The explanation of the Ibani origins by the first man was very interesting and plausible. The second man (Chief), dwelled more on the influence of Igbo slavery. While this may be true to a certain extent, it cannot be the full explanation. In fact, he alludes to part Igbo ancestry.
I'm from Anioma in Delta state, and there is talk of our people migrating from Bini. This may have been true for a small percentage of my people. It is undeniable that we are culturally, linguistically and tribally Igbo. Some of us claim not to be tribally Igbo, even though we call ourselves Ndi Enuani. A very Igbo word indeed.
It amazes me how politics has misaligned us Ndị Ìgbo.
IGBO people founded Opobo and Bonny. The chief is a stewpid Man
It is the full explanations. Assimilation from slavery, marriage, and migration. Instead of coming up with theories you all should just ask the indigenes instead of giving life to propaganda
@sosa9220
They are all IGBOs. The slavery story is as stupid as it gets.
Anyone in IGBO land that says they are bini pple are free to go back to Bini tomorrow morning with all their belongings
@jamesado8224 Oga, what you have as SE Igbos are Anioma migrants through grandson of Eze Chima and slaves they captured and bought. Go and read your history and learn that you are the ancestors of Igbos.
Great job, nwánne! Thank you very much. This is pretty revealing. I heard this in NTA Owerri but kept wondering more things.
I am from Cross River State and I never even assumed that, Tribes or languages is our problem or something to be concerned about. As a matter of fact, it was a blessing and it should continue to be a blessing to us today.
A wise man once said, "He who dig into a matter, stir up trouble"
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Bros it’s time you take your documentary on Igbo outside the shores of Nigeria. We will appreciate it if you could go to places like Equatorial Guinea ,Gabon,Cameroun and the Caribbean to trace Igbo tribes . And most of us will be willing to support the project if we have the logistics.
First Nna Mehn, let me congratulate you and show respect for the Journalistic work you do. However, everytime I listened to these people you interview and they trying to explain themselves to you, the confusion does get to me. I have never lived in Rivers State but I hear them perfectly, but ....
The chief in red really knows a lot!!! Hope all these are documented for generations unborn.
The chief is stewpid n senseless...and he said very useless things.
That claim that IGBO slaves changed thr language in Opobo from ijo language to igbo language is the most stewpid thing for any elder to say
@@chimechuma8876
Ur fada & grand father stewpid too.
Namashobiri
@@chimechuma8876he is stupid and you know better than him... and want unity when you can't respect the elders? Unity requires respect
you can see every mannerism of a true son of the tribe in the man sitting down during interview, chief Wilson, his mhuuuu-mhuu ., nodding of the head up-down,the eye raises says it all. Anyway he said his grandmother is pure Igbo
So mhuuuuu-mhuu is now a sign of Igbo abi ?
U funny
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 yes, it is. Go back to Igbo Nollywood movies, or closely watch your elders speak, sometimes it starts with one or two deliberate coughs, open your eyes to different tribes and their mannerisms, you can easily dictate their ethnicity.
@@ufosarhel My grandfather who has no known Igbo ancestry had same mannerism. And he never watched Nigerian film till he died. So how fa?
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767why are you going around fighting so hard to remove Igbo from Opobo?
@@lordfedjoe
Y r u going so hard trying 2 force Igbo on Opobo ?
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He is from Nkwerre in imo state. His home stands till date
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NNAA MEHN TV pls try to visit obubra local government area .isobo community in cross river state thank you
According to them,their parents caused it? No they didn't,their parents were purely Igbo. It was after the civil war that these ones started changing tongues. How can "slaves" come to dominate your land? The indigenes should be the ones dominating slaves. It doesn't make sense to me.....
My dear, Jubo Jubofem aka JAJA of Opubo was centuries b4 Nigerian civil war. Jubo Jubofem & OPUBO, r they Igbo names? Is it d civil war dat made Jaja hv an Ijaw name in d 1800s?
Y do u Igbos lik telling ppl's history? Do u know our history more dan us?
Haba !
How many Ibani ppl hv u seen bearing Igbo name/surname? Just name one, just one.
No mind am. People dominated by slaves lol. Kinda weak argument
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 All of them don’t need to bear Igbo names.
In my family we bear Ibibio name yet we are Igbo.
We also have cousins from Bonny so i know for sure who’s who. I’m Igbo plus Ibibio. My cousins are Igbo plus Ijaw
@@udob4939 baba we r not talking about Individuals. We r talking generally as a ppl. Ibanis r Ijaws. Anybody can b part Igbo & part Yoruba or part Hausa & part Bini. Collectively, as a ppl, Ibani is Ijaw. 😄
@@udob4939 if u r an Igbo man, u bear Igbo names. U can't b an Igbo man & bear Yoruba names. Evn if not all, som will. No IBANI person bears Igbo names.
In ur family, if u hv Ibibio names it simply means they r Ibibio ppl. Dat's d essence of names. It's ur identity. Evn without meeting u in person or hearing frm u, once I see ur name or hear ur name I know who u r. U don't nid a prophet 2tell u dat Odumegwu Ojukwu is Igbo, evn tho he cud speak Hausa. U don't nid a soothsayer 2tell u Asimini Perekule Dappa or Siminialayi Fubara is Ijaw evn if he speaks Bini language.
the history is beautiful. they need to make a movie out of it.
I do enjoy your videos, what I understood about this Opobo and Bonny people is that those towns were established as Ijaw towns by Igbo people, because of having Ijaw masters.
So by tribe they are Ijaw but by linage they are Igbos. Majority of them did not learn Igbo language,it is actually their native language.
So they have double heritage because they're now Ijaw, nobody should try to take their Igboness or ijawness away from them.
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Bonny & Opobo r IJAW towns founded by Igbo, how?
How does an Igbo man found an Ijaw town? Did d Igbos found d town in Ijaw territory or d Igbos found d town in Igbo territory but brought Ijaws 2populate d town? Lik wot r u trying 2say?
Pls read try & read d history of Bonny. Evn here on UA-cam u can search : AMAYANABO OF OPOBO KING JAJA FULL UNEDITED INTERVIEW. D current king of Opobo tells d origin & history of Bonny & subsequently Opobo.
Founders migrated frm Okoloba in WESTERN IJAW & founded Bonny wich was called OKOLO AMA. D Island had abundance of a particular type of bird called CURLEW. In Ijaw d bird CURLEW is called OKOLO. Ama means TOWN hence d name OKOLO AMA meaning CURLEW TOWN. A town full of curlews. D original, native name of Bonny is OKOLO-AMA. Europeans called d Island Bonny cos of it's beauty.
Wen JAJA was bought in Bonny he was ENCULTURATED & renamed.
If u say Bonny was founded by Igbos, y did d Igbo person who bought JAJA rename his slave an Ijaw name & drop d Igbo name?
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 this must be the first time in human history that slaves all of a sudden take over the culture and language of their host.....and impose their own culture/language on their so called rulers! That sounds do far fetched! My belief is that Ijaws are the invasive culture in opobo/bonny! Ijaws being seafaring nomads......they settle in most coastal territories from Badagry to calabar........you cannot tell me ijaws are indigent in all coastal areas of Nigeria......
Ijaws are aboriginal to Bayesa only ........
@@elookonkwo9741 alright. Continue with ur theory. No wahala 😄
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 haa....we are just proposing theories! No fight here....you may likewise be right! Most important thing is that all opobians are given the opportunity to relate 100 % of their heritage.(igbo and ijaw). ....speaking Igbo should not be seen as speaking an inferior or slave language! Afterall Igbo is spoken by more than 30 million people in Nigeria....speaking it will only be advantageous to opobians.
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 did you not see that the(first)man who was saying that he is Ijaw later said that his ancestry is somewhere in Imo state?
The linage of those slaves are still Igbo despite the fact that they've been integrated into the society which is Ijaw,and as a matter of fact, don't forget that Jaja the founder of Opobo was an Igbo man along with his men from Nkwere in today's Imo State.
Although I respect the fact that their local language is Ibani and the town is Ijaw,but the Igbo language they speak is an advantage to them,it gives them access to the Igbo world,eg movies, books, being able to communicate freely with tens of millions of Igbos,and perhaps job opportunities.
I might be wrong but I feel majority of ibo people taken to Bonny or Opobo , largely, males were in large numbers and with time, they married the local women. Ibo man naturally will do his best to pass down to his children his language and culture wherever he resides.
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Thank you for acknowledging that you might be wrong, because that’s not the history. Majority of those of Igbo descent who came to Bonny came under slavery, aka forced to be there. They then were encultured and allowed to into the war canoe houses. The only reason Igbo is the dominant language on the Island is due to our elders keeping the Ibani language a secret.
@@sosa9220 ur story deep down u know it’s not adding up. Let’s use liberia for example, Africans were captured from Africa and taken to America as slaves, after sometime they got their freedom and were taken to Africa and given a country. Does that make Liberians Africans or Americans?
@@sosa9220 like u said the slaves were being forced to be there. Being a slave no matter how u try to paint it, there’s always a distinction between u and the freeman. U didn’t say anything about them been given freedom but u said they were under canoe houses. Just like in every part of the world u can agree with me that slaves are able to work out their freedom and it doesn’t come cheap. To me based on adding dots together it’s possible that the slaves worked out their freedom and it wasn’t given freely. In jajas case as he worked out his freedom and became free, as he continued rising in prominence and power it raised resentment against him from the elite of bonny, which lead to him and his people leaving bonny to found opobo.
@@sosa9220 all those talks about enculturation doesn’t add up, judging from the fact that how come in the whole Ijaw land that stretches from ondo all the way to akwa ibom, there’s no recorded history where such occurred but all of a sudden it’s been tied to jajas experience. But one thing is certain in the whole Ijaw land that is rooted in its history, a slave can work out his or her freedom.
Wonderful series it seems to me that the igbos migrated to the river Rhine areas through the slave trade era. My grandfather told us such stories. Ultimately there's a historical connection which ever way you slice it.
that's the facts my sister... there are igbos admixtures... not entirely igbos... stop this igbos land grabbing
@@marcusthegreat1663 which igbo land grabbing? Where were you when jaja founded opobo...you guy are the land grabbers sef but you see opobo? Forget it!
Did you just say migrate? Igbos are the real owners of Rivers State. We hosted u guys and you conspired with the fulanis to claim rivers State
The land is Ijawland period.
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IBANI is PURE IJAW.
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Ukwuani and Agbor people will never agree that they are Igbos..Only Asaba or better still the Aniocha people will agree to their igbo heritage.. History has dealt with us
Stop 🛑 that agbor are igbo
It's the fault of the civil war.....before the civil war, everyone identified as igbos speaking different dialect. But after the loss of the Civil war..Alot changed uptill date.
Lies
Fact. God bless you brother.
@@voj9151 Stop living in ignorance bro. Dig deep and learn about who you are. We are all Igbos, speaking different dialects. I posted a like on the main comment section. Go and read to know which is the truth. God bless you.
@@dermotwallace5533 I believes in records and true history not assumptions.
@@voj9151 And if you could engage me either on Facebook or WhatsApp then, I'd be glad to share so much more with you. It's time we all wake up to who we all are. You see how the Fulanis are bringing in their brothers to take over Nigeria from Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Gambia to outgrow us while we remain adamant to their designed division amongst us? Let's wake up guys. We are IGBOS!!
People who don't know their history. King Jaja was an Igbo, who originated from a town called Umu Duru Oha - Amaigbo in the present-day Imo State.
I stumbled into this now, this station is very educative. Chai! Why did our parents & political classes cause this confusion?
I know too well that before independence nothing like South South rather South Easter.... This people according to them their linkage & culture are of Igbos but tribe is Ijaw.
To me these people are Igbos.
I now know why my grandparents love these people so much telling us that they are our brothers. Blood is really thicker than water even their language remains defines them well notwithstanding then trying to eradicating it for long.
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These people are a mix of Igbo and igbani. The Igbos were in the majority which explains why the dominant language is Igbo. But, like other riverine people, they decided to deny or downplay their Igbo heritage. We understand nwanne. Odiro easy
Pls we r IBANI, We r IJAWS.
It's not IGBANI but IBANI.
Thnx
Exactly
It stems from the civil war.
I’m glad this video was made and posted. This can help educate more people about ethnicity and hybrid communities.
@@udob493916:24-16:38 Jubo Jubofem was an Ijaw man dat xisted centuries b4 Nigera was born. D records of Jaja of Opobo predates Nigerian civil war by hundreds of years. So it's not Nigeran civil dat changed anything. Ibani ppl hv always bin IJAWS. It didn't start after Nigeran civil war.
My mother once had to pose as only Calabar woman just to avoid discrimination for being Igbo. Igbo folks like myself who can pass as Igbo or Ibibio depending on the situation know what’s up. These people are just igbo people still suffering from wounds of the civil war when being identified as igbo was literally suicidal so I get the idea of self-preservation but it’s been over how many years since civil war and it’s time these riverine and coastal igbo people grow some balls and be unapologetically Igbo irrespective of how their bigoted Ijaw neighbors feel. How can a majority group of people be letting a tiny minority intimidate them to this point all because they lost a civil war? It’s ridiculous and it’s time Ndi Igbo reintegrate all Igbo speaking people from NC, SE to SS.
@@udob4939 😅😅😅😅
Hahaha Hahaha 😆
So suddenly we shud grow balls & claim Igbo? I tot u said both men claim Igbo? So y r u here crying again?😂
Shuooooo !
Ozurumba Mbanaso's Life in Umuduruoha, 1821-1834. Jaja of Opobo was born in 1821 in Umuduruoha, a village within the larger Amaigbo division of central Igboland.
these are the people that knows their history.. if they say they're not igbos.... please respect their culture and leave them alone.. enough with all this igbo supremacy..
Thank you very much. This guy is just out to create confusion and suspicion among these people.. You can't be igbo by force. Is becoming an agenda mission.
Kudos to you for the great job you are doing
Weldone..I like your good works.
This sounds good. But to be honest, there are some misconceptions and mistakes as well as some stuff left unsaid by both men. I wish I can meet you let's chat, even if it's off-camera. You need to get certain things straightened out
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my brother i love your program but this riverine people dey make me vex even older one among them are even more confused
So your vexed becuase we know our own history and we won’t let middle age propaganda pushing trolls to gas light us into being their political pawn
@@sosa9220 you are just a lost sheep. so don’t talk about history because you none
Hnm. U guys r funny. Wot's d confusion in dis video? Dat Ibani is Ijaw & not Igbo, is dat d confusion?
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This is awesome, you are doing a nice job bro.
How do you know an ethnicity?
It is by:
1. Culture :which is language, food, dressing, art eg dance, folk tales. Marital rite, etc
2. Blood: DNA
To be frank our coastal brothers in Niger Delta are Igbo's because there's no coincidence in all these, they should embrace the fact that they are Igbo's because they really are.
Exactly
Na Civil war scars
Wot r d cultures of IBANI?
Wot is d language?
How do they dress?
Wot r their names & titles?
Wot masquerades do they hv?
Wot r d marriage rites? At least Warisenibo mentioned BURUSU here in dis video. Is BURUSU a marriage rite in Igbo? Do u Igbos know wot BURUSU is? IN Igboland IGBA NKWU is wot u do, not BURUSU.
In Ibani, we don't hv any Eke,Nkwor,Orie,Afor or woteva market days.
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 you are not an ibani
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 Even those you called Igbos has also things that are not related to others but that doesn't make them deny their origin.
@@leonardorjioffor6683 yes Sir. My father. No my mother, u gave birth 2me so u know. Papa tainkyu sir.
Obori. Namashobiri
Wonderful documentary.
All these will change from next year after they will all become Obedient and Peter Obi wins the presidential election. They will suddenly see an Igbo man as President of Nigeria and will start claiming that they are all Igbos again. I now see Wike singing and dancing in his native language Igbo when he visited Abia. The Fulanis have played him their master game and he has suddenly realized who he is. He too was claiming he is not Igbo but a Bini origin.
U no get sense abi,, what if he lost what will you do...mumu man stand up for ur total freedom..
If he wins what will happen after 4years.. mumu man
@@chinedunwafor5195 Chinedu, Then after 4 years, they all go back and start claiming again that they are not Igbos. Is that mumu or clever?
I don't see this forum as base for politics. Keep your obedient out of here. See what you are talking as if you have already won the election. It is people like you who bring enemity to igbos.
@@juliusnwankwo3487 See how foolish and naive and ethnic you think. Is Obedient Igbo? I am sure you are from the Riverine with your Igbo name "Okonkwo" and you will deny you are not Igbo but Ijaw or Ibani. The funny thing is, the core Ijaw tribe does not see you or consider you as Ijaw. What you don't know is that you are being laughed upon. What a lost generation.
I also heard that igbani people, igbo,ibibio,igala migrated from the same place from Egypt than to chad from chad to ida in kogi where igala stopped and so many othe people still migrating to bini and they later have conflict in idu in edo state and started going back to rivers side. I heard this from igala man in kogi during their festival.he mentioned many names like etche, ndoki, okrika, igbani etc. So all these, we all old eastern region are one people
What is he saying,too stupid and foolish.
By lineage and by tribe,lol.
Very funny.
Ur father & grandfather foolish. Mumu
@Nnaa Mehn Tv, you are doing a great job but you need to do some research yourself so you will know the kind of questions to ask some of this people. For Ubani history Bonny/Opobo go and read the, ‘Memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow of Liverpool’.
Lol am from Owerri nkworji under Nkwerre local government, king jaja of opobo is from amaigbo in nwangele local government imo state
Very true. I'm from Amaegbu under Nkwerre local government
Men this is fun, following from uk.
not every old people get sense. this old man with red cap no get sense
No nah your papa wey no born you well who no get sense
@@sosa9220 that your papa need a hot slap to reset his brain if he even has one
Obori. 🐐
Namashobiri !
Ur family chief no get sense.
This Ogolo Dinner guy is 100% Igbo but is a victim of Identity Complex.
What does Ogolo mean in 100% igbo?
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Our people in the riverine are really confused.
Are we confused, or is it just you?
Nobody is confused in Ibani.
You can learn everything but you cant know everything..let love lead
Omo, u speak Igbo, bear Igbo name and practice Igbo culture and u still doubt if u are Igbo with ur concocted history.
Confused fools wearing ishiagu but saying your not igbo lol
Thank you brother. Yes our ancestors did not teach their children the Igbani (Ubani) language because they did not want their children to reveal their secrets with reference to slave movements to their slaves.
King JaJa and his chiefs were all Igbo people, however there were other locals there when they came
Big lie
This is wrong
@@akaworc.d.armstrong9666 so who is he then
King JAJA was adopted & enculturated into Ani Pepple War Canoe House. They r pure Ibanis, Ijaws.
14 other cheifs left Bonny with Jaja 2found Opobo. A total of 15 War Canoe Houses ,ALL frm Bonny, founded Opobo. There's no record of Jaja bringing Igbo Cheifs 2found Opobo.
D 14 Cheifs r ALL Ijaws. Their names r as follows : Adibie, Biriye, Diepiri, Dapu, Dappa, Ye-Amakiri, Epelle, Fubarakworo, Ironanyu, Kalaomuso, Ukonu, Kiepirima, Owujien & Tolofari.
Opobo Town is d headquarters but d kingdom is made up of other towns, namely : Queenstown, Kalasunju, Oloma, Ayaminimah, Iloma, Minimah, Okpukpo, Iwoma, Ekereborokiri, Kalaibiama, Epelema, Ozuobulu, Mina, Inokiri and Abazibie.
None of d towns hv ab Igbo name. D headquarters, OPOBO is an Ijaw name, also ALL d towns in d kingdom hv Ijaw names. So how com Jaja is Igbo yet he has Ijaw names? How com ALL d 14 Cheifs who established d kingdom with Jaja hv Ijaw names? How com ALL d towns in d K8hv Ijaw names? Wot's Igbo about d origin or founding of Opobo? U don't know Opobo history so don't say wot u don't know. Stop spreading lies & false information. Close ur mouth abeg
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 and you think you know. why do you then have ozuobulu in opobo. with nwaotam festival.
Please visit etche, Igwerita, Eberi omuma
Am crying for my people
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I am ashamed of them
@@AGBAENYI We r also very much ashamed of u ppl
Cry 4urself. Bukroma
Ada we are not fighting @ayebatari Julia pax Agiri
Please visit Ojimba ama in Okrika. Majority of the ancestors in Okrika are Igbo.
There's no history here. People don't know their environment and history..Mba miri is igbo and igbos is indigenous.
People are just Confused
Ur full lineage & generation is confused. It's u & ur entire kindred dat has no history. Yeye fowl.
Igbos r Ijaws & Ijaws r Ijaw.
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 do you really have to curse? What I'm saying is simply the truth and was never meant offend.
I don't know what form of education you have, what research or how much time you have invested in understanding your environment. If you are depending on the colonial miseducation in Nigeria or the fictitious story told by our elders who are traumatised to really understand what happened them by the terrible cultural destruction and division caused by colonization then you don't really know much.
Everything we have been taught about ourselves in Nigeria most especially southern Nigeria are all lies and these lies is to further divide us into little powerless groups to enable the steal the resources in the south. 400years ago in Africa there was no difference between igbos and the people you call ijaws. Deep study will help us understand life and free us from ignorance.
@@ofiliadefia Wot truth? And how can u say u didn't mean offence wen u clearly insulting us? How can u say we hv no history & dat we r confused, meaning wot?
Wen u say someone has no history, don't u know d implication of such statement? Saying a ppl is confused about their history is d height of insult & disregard !
400yrs ago there was difference between Ijaws & Igbos. How com we don't speak same language? Y didn't Europeans record dat Ijaws & Igbos r one & d same? They arrived d coast, met d Ijaws & they know our languages r different, it's on record.
Our history is one of d most documented bcos of our role in d trans Atlantic slave trade.
If there's no difference y don't u abandon ur Igbo identity and identify as IJAW, since it's one & d same. Who do u want 2deceive?
Dat's how our forefathers saw nothing wrong & freestyled with u, openly & freely intermarried, mingled, accommodated, borrowed culture frm u, did everytin in d spirit of oneness, 2day u ppl use it 2abuse & insult us. U want me 2say I'm Igbo but u can't abandon ur Igbo identity & say u r Ijaw.
How can u say 400yrs ago Igbo & Ijaw was one & d same? So wen did d split & difference occurr? Our language isn't evn closely related.
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 I didn't say the people have no history but what they think they know about their history is false. How do you expect europeans who benefit from your division to tell the truth or record the truth.
I am from so called delta state and my wife is so called ijaw you are talking about. I had to get out of Nigeria almost 20yrs ago to study African history in France to really understand how African history was confused and destroyed.
It's your choice to believe anything but 400 years ago there was no delta, bayelsa or river state it was only created not for you but to enable Shell steal your oil
@@ofiliadefia Of course there were no Bayelsa or Delta States but there were tribes, clans & kingdoms.
U can't tell me frm d hinterland 2d coast was one & d same language.
Europeans or colonial masters couldn't hv changed all our records, history & stories. Did Europeans lies also result in our language differences?
Certainly not.
Tafawa belewa once said that if you put IGBO man in prison suddenly he will become PRISON CHIEF that is one of the why there are TOO much JEALOUSLY on GREAT IGBO BIAFRANS 🤣🤣🤣🤣
We are the same, igbos are one is only the British and Nigeria divide us to make us Southeast and South South. We are going to join again and enjoy our tradition together and be happy again as one family. I love all igbos and all Old Eastern Region. We're one.
We are not the same abeg
@@sodienyefubara7784 where are you from and tribe brooo? You knows some of your type do not know their origin or lineage. Tell me where you come from and your name, then i will tell you who you are. May no one educates you, where you come from. Tell me so i can help to educate you. Thanks . I come in peace bro.
@@peeklinjah-son2377 bros I’m a proud Ijaw man born and bred, I come from Black Fubara war canoe house in Opobo town. I’m not and will never be an Igbo man
@@peeklinjah-son2377 as a real Nigerian & especially from d old EASTERN REGION, once u see d name FUBARA, u shud know wot 2tink.
His name is clearly showing dat it's not a forged, invented name 4 UA-cam purposes.D names : SODIENYE FUBARA don't need any more xplanatn, it's clear. So pls tell us who he is. Teach us our origin. From d names, tell us where we com frm. Since u r s all knowing, oya teach us.
We r waiting pls😄
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 bro, did they ask you any question in the interview? I'm not talking to your sodienye or what so ever. I'm writing on behalf of those that accept that they're igbos here in interview. those that accept that their lineages come from igbo and they're igbos as they says in the interview. Please not you that came from where you think you come from.. ok? So mind your decadent. Ok? We as in the interview are igbos not you that come from where you came from. Are igbos begging you to become one of them? So leave people who believe that they're IGBOS. Who you help.
Wow great job weldone
I don’t even understand all these Igbo people in the comments. We are not related to you and we belong to the Ijaw clan. We don’t dress the same way or have the same culture, we don’t even answer the same names. the only similarity is the language and our indigenous language is ibani. What kind of by force relationship is this?! JAJA is an igbo man yes, but he came to Opobo from bonny with 14 Ijaw chiefs. Get educated & stop spewing rubbish
U must b Igbo by force. If u r not Igbo u r nothing in dis world. No matter d native Ibani dialect, no matter d Ijaw names/titles, dressing ,masquerades, ceremonies & War Canoe Houses we hv 2 abandon dem all. We hv 2 overlook all diz & bcom Igbo bcos som Ibani ppl speak Ndoki.
As u dey so now with d names SODIENYE FUBARA, u r Igbo😅
It is by force oooooo😆
Nigerians history and historian's. Has so much been Igbophobinised that there is confusion when issues of the Igbos are discussed, To things straight a bit the man you interviewed the mother is luckily from my place in umuahia, our grand parents speaks igbani in the Palace . I had opportunity to also speak some and they believed that they where from Ubani(bonny), and Opopo axis. There is a movement people down play so much before the coming of the Benin kingdom an the Ogiso kingdom existed which was a multi ethnic with Igbos and ijaws at it disintegration came movement of both, at place settled they developed into a new kingdom, In history there is always movement and looking for greener pastures. These gave rise to some groups ( Igbos and ijaws) living bonny for hinterland as far as umuahia and beyond looking for their greener pastures and the kinds vice versa,
In discussion sometimes with an Elderly man he traced till the Ogiso kingdom even beyond where they were warriors. Even Asari Dokubo once remember his Idiaba Igbo warriors lineage. Now Jaja an Igboman from Bonny came to establish a kingdom in Opopo with some people definitely there were people with whom they are related, who are they the Ndokis who are likely to have left earlier than them.
Now confusion my brother said his father were from Nkwere but he is not an igboman.
I know it we are one I can claim igbani even more than many of them who are in bonny or Opopo. Professor Coker 's mother is my father's auntie, in bonny the Royal family are also related to us, in Ndoki, Akwuette, even Ikweres were related. Not through marriage but some uncles of our great great great grand fathers are there. When wike was talking about Benin I laughed because the Igbos in Benin kingdom were igbos in Benin kingdom were not Benin or Edo NO!!!.
Let us leave for next time.
@@chukwukeereagoha7024 D name is IBANI, not IGBANI.
IGBANI has a totally different meaning frm IBANI.
IGBANI means 2drag, struggle 4somtin. It's IBANI pls.
IBANI dialect is an Ijoid dialect. Ndoki dialect is Igboid. They r not evn similar
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 my sister i tire for this people
I wonder how 🤔 someone speak igbo and still claims another tribe. As much as I know we have subgroups among igbos based on their geographical region within the old Eastern region.
Can you imagine old man. chai
Imagine being vexed that a Elder knows the history of his own land
If king jaja left Bonny to Opopo
My question is that, as that time Jaja Left to Opopo was Opopo a Forest or was Opopo a desert where no one lives
Again, if Opopo is not a forest or dessert that means people are there Jaja met. There for, d people have been existing with particular dialect n culture.
So, what dialect n culture they practice before Jaja came
All these opinions were never true.My grand father died in the yr 1993 at the age of 95 who thrively told us the coastal regions origin specially that of delta &, River state.I have inlaws from King Jaja's family who narrated how they must enquire deeply before getting into married with people from AMAIGBO because there father late king Jaja of Opobo king from that side while Ikwere migrated from Nkwere all in Imo state.
It was after the civil war that majority of them started changing there names ,denying there Igbo identity to avoid being humiliated in Nigeria.My father knew many who did so.
It was after d civil war we started changing our names, meaning dat b4 d civil war Opobo ppl used bear Igbo names. So Jubo Jubofem wich Europeans shortened to JAJA is an Igbo name? Or u mean JAJA changed his name after d Nigerian civil war?😆
U can go 2 Google or anywhere, search 4d kings/rulers of Bonny, Opobo. Records from 1700s till date, none is an Igbo name. Not evn ONE. All d names r Ijaw. U hv in-laws frm Opobo, I am partly frm Opobo & I can categorically tell u dat we hv NEVER born Igbo names. We hv always had Ijaw names long b4 Nigeria was created not 2talk of civil war. Y do u think JAJA'S name was changed frm MBANASO to JUBO JUBOFEM? Or u r saying JUBO JUBOFEM is an Igbo name?
U guys r just so funny, honestly😅
Evn wen history, evidence, records r slapping u in d face, u still refuse 2c it.
Na wah
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 What u can understand is that there were mix-up within all the coastal space.But after the civil war many of the Ikwere people changed there names to either English or Ijaw name.People like, Asare Dokwubo,and the names of streets in PH as well.Make research ,visit elderly men above 90 yrs old to know exactly the truth.
NOTE: AKWA IBOM today agreed the re ancestors migrated from Arochukwu and Arondiizuogu while some of u claim to be affiliated with these both continue denying ur Igbo origin.
I wouldn't tell u exactly what happened because it's not my duty to say so.i repeat ,My grand father died at the age of 95 yrs old in 1993 while my grand mother died in 2000 at the 100 yrs old.So the stories of coastal regions are in my pam .
@@vickyohams3464 d history of Jaja of Opobo recorded by Europeans far predates civil war & yr grandparents. My grandmother who is frm Opobo is still alive, she's quite old, she speaks Ibani, not Ndoki. Ibani has always bin IJAW. Ikwerre ppl began denying Igbo after civil war, not we Ibanis. We hv neva bin Igbo. If we were Igbo, there's no way d Igbo name MBANASO will b replaced with an Ijaw name JUBO JUBOFEM. Dis happened centuries b4 d civil war. R u saying d records of kings, rulers frm 1700s whose names r ALL IJAW, not evn one Igbo name is on record amongst kings, evn amongst natives, rmr u saying diz records & history r fake & only got changed after Nigeran civil war? I visited Barbados & I was shown d house/plantation Jaja lived in. Jaja Of Opobo is known in d Caribbeans. Nobody knows about Mbanaso there. It's JAJA. Did d story in Barbados also change after Nigeran civil war? 😅
History records & evidences r just 2many, u guys can't evn change anything, u r just trying in futility
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 I hvnt disputed about Ijaw cos they affiliated with many tribes in west coastal region of Africa.My argument is that of Ikwere people who some of them continue denying their igbo identity.Ijaw tribe is goes beyond Nigeria it was British who destroyed many things in Africa.However Ijaw has affiliation with Igbos through intermarriage unlike Ikwere who migrated from Nkwere and Amaigbo
@@vickyohams3464 Ikwerre is Igbo. I was born & brought up Port Harcourt so I know dat very well. I lived amongst dem. I hv family friends who r Ikwerres. Back den, our nanny who was frm Enugh State, our neighbour who's frm Ikwerre & my classmate/best friend den who is frm Omoku wud all b speaking their respective dialects right in my presence, discussing but I won't understand wot they r saying. But I don't understand y d denial now tho, back den Rivers Igbos didn't deny their Igboness, it's now I'm hearing dis Igbo denial frm Igbos in Rivers State. It's funny actually.
But yeah, u r right about Ijaw-Igbo intermarriage, especially d Eastern Ijaw. Frm d Akassa axis tru Nembe, 2 Kalabari & Okrika,down 2 Opobo, many families hv Igbo women as their mother,grandmother ,great grandmother & so on. D men of Igbo xtraction were majorly during d slave trade era wen Ijaws ENCULTURATED a lot of Ijaw men in2 Ijaw families/society. I for one, I hv an Igbo woman as great grandmother. My dad's mom is frm Opobo, & d woman who gave birth 2her is Igbo frm Abia State. Again on my mom's side, her dad's grandmother we were told is also an Igbo woman. But 2day I am an Ijaw woman. I can only pick Igbo a lil based on interaction & mixing up, I can't speak Igbo,I don't know d culture or tradition. Now look at anoda scenario, I hv cousins whose father is Igbo frm Imo State. Diz my cousins, their mother & my own mother r half sisters, same father but different mothers. Now dis my aunt had 5 chiren with an Imo State guy,they lived 2geda in Port Harcourt for over 20yrs but dis man didn't marry her traditionally or legally. He wud visit her xtended family, visit our village, d man evn came 4my grandfather's burial wich is her own father, but they never got married evn after 5chiren. Few yrs ago, d man died after a long period of illness. My mom escort d sister go 4d man burial, his family beefed d woman dat she killed their son, she abandoned him after he got sick, dat she's a bad wife. So d lady was lik I was neva a wife, ur brother neva married me ! D family say they tot he married her, so my mom was lik did any of u escort or accompany ur son/brother 2marry her? None of dem cud answer d question. 2day, those my cousins r living in Bayelsa, they r learning & speaking Ijaw tho som of dem hv Igbo names, of course they hv Igbo surname cos in Ijaw, evn if a man didn't pay bride price d child still belongs 2d man, unless few brutal families dat will not gv d man d child without pride price but generally, we don't hold back chiren frm fathers tho we r MATRINILIAL. A child has full rights in both mother & father's side, infact more in d MOTHER'S family.
So imagine diz my cousins now, all 5of dem, do u xpect their own chiren in d nxt 20-30yrs 2claim Igbo? No ! Their chiren will say "MY GRANDFATHER IS FRM IGBO. HIS NAME IS EZE, BUT I'M IJAW"
Dat's bcos they know nothing about Igbo, they didn't live or visit Igboland. D grandfather is dead plus he neva married d grandmother b4 he died. D family wasn't free & accommodating wen my aunt went 4d man's burial so she has cut off frm dem & d chiren too hv don so despite having Igbo surname.
From whom was the land obtained after the migration from Bonny?
Frm d king of NKÒRÒ