History can be brutal, so I decided to quickly fact-check his claims. To be honest, he was largely accurate.
You can also verify the claims yourself, without allowing emotions to get in the way.
1. Ikwerreland formed part of the commercial corridor connecting the southeastern hinterland to Kalabari, Okrika and other coastal trading houses. The captives were mainly drawn from various Igbo and Ibibio communities through warfare, kidnapping, judicial punishment, debt and sales by relatives or local authorities.
2. When the Atlantic slave trade declined, slavery did not disappear immediately. Some captives retained in Ikwerreland became farmhands or domestic servants. Some women were made wives, while children could be adopted into their purchasers’ families. Although some were gradually absorbed into their new communities, they did not always receive equal status. They and their descendants could still be regarded as strangers or people of slave ancestry.
However, the evidence mainly establishes Ikwerreland as a trade route, market and collection area. It does not suggest that the Ikwerre were the principal suppliers of every captive.
References: T. S. Abejide, pp. 80–81; A. E. Afigbo, pp. 123–127.
@adenlevicky He’s correct.
And white people came, then crown the subservient over the masters 😂. Life can be brutal. Dey for eradicate them if not for COR.
The people on the land will decide where they belong dont worry ehn.. shaybi u guys said akoko edo are not yoruba so why are u scared? Let them decide where they want to go na
They all know that Yorubas under one roof will swallow them up economically, socially and culturally. The know and they're already pissing in their pants 🤣🤣🤣
With all due respect, you are confusing the defence of our identity with an attempt at ethnic expansion. We, the Okun people of Kogi State, are not confused about who we are. We are Yoruba, and we have never needed anyone to define that identity for us.
We have to make sure to have serious plans for the Yoruba communities on the 'fringes' of Nigeria if we want our marriage to last.
Okun, Itsekiri, Jebba, etc.
Something of the sort of what China has with each of its regions.
Let me tell you something that will quickly happen if you Igbo people move mad in Ogun State, on the land of Ijebuland. Walahi, we Ijebu will deal with you Igbo people to the level that you won’t ever recover from.
In the 1960s, Awolowo, a proper Ijebu man, dealt with Zik to the extent that he cried and screamed so loud.
This time around, just try the same things and see what’s going to happen.
The Orimolusi of Ijebu-Igbo has heard about you Igbo people saying you are the owners of the land. They are waiting for the day you people will be bold enough to come out and claim it, and that day you will witness what you have never seen before.