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BENIN, OYO, AND DAHOMEY
Warfare, State Building, and the Sacralization of Iron in West African History
A thread series.
Warfare, State Building, and the Sacralization of Iron in West African History
A thread series.
Along the Guinea Coast of West Africa there is a cluster of conquest states that rose to power in the period between 1400 and 1700, and dominated large areas of the forest belt for several centuries.
Their domination was based on well organized and heavily equipped armies using a highly developed iron technology and, in some cases, mounted divisions. These states included the Edo kingdom of Benin, the Fon kingdom of Dahomey, and a series of Yoruba kingdoms, the most...
Ikwerre Is Igbo
The Ngwa are Igbos. The Ikwerre are Igbos. They are offsprings of the same father.
Agreed, Wike has the right to hold any view so far as it is within the ambit of the law and not counter-productive. He can define himself in any manner he deems fit.
The Ngwa are Igbos. The Ikwerre are Igbos. They are offsprings of the same father.
Agreed, Wike has the right to hold any view so far as it is within the ambit of the law and not counter-productive. He can define himself in any manner he deems fit.
But he is not in anyway speaking for us (Ikwerre people).
It is important to state for record purposes that historically Ikwerres fully identified themselves as Igbos without suffering harms.
It is important to state for record purposes that historically Ikwerres fully identified themselves as Igbos without suffering harms.
Chief Joseph Wobo, member of the Council of Chiefs of Eastern Nigeria, clearly stated he was an Igbo. Nobody can dismiss him as he defended Ikwerreland in colonial Nigeria.
