In May 1803, around 75 Igbo slaves who were being transported by sea revolted by capsizing their ship and drowned themselves while singing in Igbo, a song that translates to ...
"the water spirit brought us. The water spirit will take us home". (Mmụọ mmiri du anyi bịa, mmụọ mmiri ga-edu anyi laa).
Igbo Landing is a historic site at Dunbar Creek on St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia. In 1803 one of the largest mass suicides of enslaved...
people took place when Igbo captives from what is now Nigeria were taken to the Georgia coast. In May 1803, the Igbo and other West African captives arrived in Savannah Georgia, on the slave ship, the Wanderer. They were purchased for an average of $100 each by slave merchants...
John Couper and Thomas Spalding for forced labor on their plantations in Simons Island. The chained slaves were packed under deck of a coastal vessel, the York, which would take them to St. Simons Island. During the voyage, around 75 Igbo slaves rose in rebellion, took control...
of the ship, drowned their captors, and in the process caused the grounding of the ship in Dunbar Creek. They thereby accepted the protection of their god (Chiukwu) & death over the alternative of enslavement.
The sequence of actual events is unclear, as most of the historical...
incidence was passed down by oral tradition.
A common version credited to Roswell King, a white overseer on the nearby Pierce Butler plantation is that the slaves, once ashore, walked into the creek is unison, singing and chanting in Igbo under the leadership of someone who...
seemed to be like a high priest among them.
This mutiny has been referred to in some quarters as the first major freedom march in America's history.
The event has recently been incorporated into the history of coastal Georgia schools in America.
Beyonce Knowles have also depicted and paid homage to the Igbo Landing in her work "Love Drought". Blank Panther movie refers to this event. Etc
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Story of King Koko (1853–1898) was an African ruler of the the Amayanabo of Nembe: The black man who defeated the British Armed Forces in Africa
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King William Koko, was the Amayanabo (King) of Great Nembe Kingdom(Nembe, Brass, Akassa, Okpoma) in the ancient Oil River Protectorate, now in Nembe and Brass Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State, South-South (Niger Delta Region) Nigeria.
Nembe Kingdom and King Koko played a major role in 1914 amalgamation of Nigeria. Before the arrival of the colonial masters, Nembe Kingdom was like a state (Country) of it’s own; In 1884 the white men included it in the Oil Rivers Protectorate;
Who Was Dr. Ishola Oyenusi?
And why is he tied to be executed like this ?
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Ishola Oyenusi, prevalently known as Doctor Oyenusi, was a famously outfitted burglar who threatened the individuals of Lagos and other neighboring urban areas during the 1970s.
Ishola Oyenusi and his posse of six were exceptionally talented in grabbing vehicles, looting banks, manufacturing plants, stores, and slaughtering individuals like chickens.
The first Woman who ruled an African kingdom for over 30 years in the 16th century. One of the greatest warriors ever to emerge from Africa 🌍 in the 16th century
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Queen Amina, was a warrior Queen of the Zaria Emirate, which is in modern day Nigeria 🇳🇬 — At a time when men dominated most aspects of life, Amina the Queen of Zazzau emerged. A skillful Hausa warrior,
she commanded a vast army which conquered many territories and greatly expanded her kingdom.
African feminist ancestors. Commonly known as the warrior Queen, Queen Amina of Zaria was the first woman to become the Sarauniya (Queen) in a male-dominated society.
Many Nigerians believe that the first secessionist Nigeria ever experienced, was Odumegwu Ojukwu when he declared the State of Biafra in 1967.
However, before Ojukwu was Adaka Isaac Boro , who had declared the Niger Delta republic in 1966.
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Adaka Boro was initially an undergraduate student of chemistry and the student Union leader of the university of Nigeria Nsukka. However, he left school to lead an armed protest against the exploitation of oil from the Niger Delta area of Nigeria.
According to him, the oil exploitation benefitted the federal government and the eastern regional government whose capital is located in Enugu.
HOW IMAGUERO'S OBSESSION WITH EXPENSIVE CORAL BEADS LED TO THE FAMOUS IDAH WAR OF BENIN
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During the reign of Oba Ẹsigie around 1504, there was a prominent Chief called Oliha.
Chief Oliha had an addiction...
It was the woman at the centre of his world.
Many understood why he loved and adored his wife to a dangerous level; she was easy on the eyes.
Her name was Imaguero. She was very famous for her beauty and Chief Oliha felt very lucky to own such a breathtaking female.
Whenever he showed up at the palace, he would brag to anyone who cared to listen about the faithfulness of his precious Imaguero.
Story of how Wole Soyinka , with a generous assistance from his pistol, forced the presenter of the Western Broadcasting Service, Ibadan to air his tape asking Premier of the Western Region, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola to resign and go.
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After the elections of October 11, 1965, Premier of the Western Region, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, used the state broadcasting services to announce false results.
On the night of October 15, 1965, when Akintola was to announce himself the winner, Wole Soyinka, with a generous assistance from his pistol, forced the presenter (at gun-point) of the Western Broadcasting Service, Ibadan to air his own tape asking Akintola to resign and go.