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Arogbo Tribe
The Arogbo Izon People "are a Clan or Sub-ethnic group of the larger Izon Nation in Nigeria. Izon Nation is one of the largest Ethnic Groups in the Niger Delta Natural Region. They are very valiant and courageous folks. They are domiciled in the Southeastern part of present-day Ondo State from about the 9th Century A.D. The Arogbo Izon Ibe covers over One Hundred And Twenty (120) Izon Towns and Villages with headquarters at AROGBO TOWN. Historically, the Arogbo Izon, a very warlike people, have had trading contacts with neighboring Ijaw groups Western Apoi, Egbema and the Ijebu people, Ijebu and Ilaje Yoruba . Most Arogbo are bilingual, speaking dialects of both the Yoruba language, Yoruba and Ijoid languages, Ijaw languages. The Arogbo Izon acted as middle men in the slave trade, selling captives from the interior to Europeans . The Freedom Post was erected at Arogbo Town in 1885 . The Arogbo Izon hosted Nana Olomu in protection against colonialists who declared the Itsekiri Chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ijebu People
The Ìjẹ̀bú people are a Yoruba people, Yoruba subgroup hailing from Nigeria. located in the southwest of the country. The Ijebu people speak the Ijebu dialect of the Yoruba language. Description The Ijebu share boundaries on the north with the Ibadan, on the west with the Egba people, Egba and on the east with the Ilaje, all of which are other subgroups of the Yoruba people, Yoruba. The Ijebus are one of the most populous of all of the sub groups of the broader Yoruba ethnic group. and were allegedly the first Yoruba sub-ethnic group to establish relations with the Europeans in the 15th century. The Ijebus, though split into various divisions (including Ijebu Ode, Ijebu Ogbo, Ijebu Igbo and Ijebu Remo), see themselves as united Ijebus. The Ijebu people are known for the trade and production of very tasty cassava flakes (popularly known as Garri). Ijebu divisions and traditional leaders Awujale, The Awujale of Ijebuland: The paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilaje
Ìlàje is a Local Government Area in Ondo State, South-West Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Igbokoda. The Ilajes are a distinct migratory coastal linguistic group of Yoruba peoples spread along the coastal belts of Ondo, Ogun, Lagos and Delta states and originally made up of four geo-political entities, namely: Ode Ugbo, Ode Mahin, Ode Etikan and Aheri. While most towns and villages in the Mahin kingdom (Ode Mahin) are distributed on arable lands, the towns and villages in the other three polities of Ugbo, Aheri and Etikan kingdoms are spread out along the beaches and swampy terrain of the Atlantic Ocean coast. Origins Ilajes were said to have left Ile Ife, their original ancestral home in the 10th century and migrated southwards towards the littoral coastline of southeastern Yorubaland. Today, they occupy the entire Atlantic shoreline of Ondo State, Nigeria with a significant proportion of the ilaje populace also settled on lands in the interior behind th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoruba Language
Yoruba (, ; Yor. ) is a Niger–Congo languages, Niger-Congo language that is spoken in West Africa, primarily in South West (Nigeria), Southwestern and Middle Belt, Central Nigeria, Benin, and parts of Togo. It is spoken by the Yoruba people. Yoruba speakers number roughly 50 million, including around 2 million second-language or L2 speakers. As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria, Benin, and Togo with smaller migrated communities in Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Yoruba vocabulary is also used in African diaspora religions such as the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé, the Caribbean religion of Santería in the form of the liturgical Lucumí language, and various Afro-American religions of North America. Most modern practitioners of these religions in the Americas are not fluent in the Yoruba language, yet they still use Yoruba words and phrases for songs or chants—rooted in cultural traditions. For such pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ijoid Languages
Ijoid is a proposed but undemonstrated group of languages linking the Ijaw languages (Ịjọ) with the endangered Defaka language. The similarities, however, may be due to Ijaw influence on Defaka. The Ijoid languages, or perhaps just Ijaw, are proposed to form a divergent branch of the hypothetical Niger–Congo family and are noted for their subject–object–verb basic word order, which is otherwise an unusual feature in Niger–Congo, shared only by such distant branches as Mande and Dogon. Like Mande and Dogon, Ijoid lacks even traces of the noun class In linguistics, a noun class is a particular category of nouns. A noun may belong to a given class because of the characteristic features of its referent, such as gender, animacy, shape, but such designations are often clearly conventional. Some ... system considered characteristic of Niger–Congo, and so might have split early from that family. Linguists Gerrit Dimmendaal and Tom Güldemann doubt its inclusion i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niger Delta
The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. It is located within nine coastal southern Nigerian states, which include: all six states from the South South geopolitical zone, one state ( Ondo) from South West geopolitical zone and two states ( Abia and Imo) from South East geopolitical zone. The Niger Delta is a very densely populated region sometimes called the Oil Rivers because it was once a major producer of palm oil. The area was the British Oil Rivers Protectorate from 1885 until 1893, when it was expanded and became the Niger Coast Protectorate. The delta is a petroleum-rich region and has been the center of international concern over extensive pollution which is often used as an example of ecocide. The principal cause is major oil spills by multinational corporations of the petroleum industry. Geography The Niger Delta, as now defined officially by the Nigerian government, extends ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egbesu
Egbesu is the deity of justice of the Ijaw people of the Niger Delta region. Egbesu is also perceived as the spiritual foundational force for combating evil. The Egbesu force can only be used in defence or to correct an injustice, and only by people who are in harmony with the universe. The symbols of the divine force are the leopard, Black panther, panther, and lion. Egbesu has both a philosophical and spiritual dimension, the latter of which has been more prominent during recent times due to Conflict in the Niger Delta, conflicts in regions where the Ijaw reside. Beliefs Belief in Egbesu dictates the Ijaw Philosophy of war, philosophical principles of war and the Egbesu force is believed to be able to provide Spirituality, spiritual attributes to Ijaw fighters. The philosophical aspect incorporates elements of a Just war theory, just war. Egbesu conduct for just wars dictates that the only justified cause of war is self-defence. Therefore, the Egbesu force can only be used to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuomo
Tuomo is a male given name common in Finland. It is a Finnish version of the name Thomas. Common variations of Tuomo in Finland include Tuomas, Toomas, Tomas and Thoma. The nameday is the 21st of December. As of 2013 there are more than 16,000 people with this name in Finland. People Some notable people who have this name include: * Tuomo Könönen (born 1977), Finnish football (soccer) player * Tuomo Lassila (born 1965), Finnish musician * Tuomo Mannermaa, Finnish theologist * Tuomo Prättälä (born 1979), Finnish soul and jazz musician, also known by the mononym Tuomo * Tuomo Polvinen (1931–2022), Finnish historian * Tuomo Puumala (born 1982), Finnish politician * Tuomo Ruutu (born 1983), Finnish professional ice hockey forward * Tuomo Tuormaa (1926-2010), Finnish sprint canoer * Tuomo Turunen (born 1987), Finnish footballer * Tuomo Ylipulli Tuomo Sakari Ylipulli (3 March 1965 – 23 July 2021) was a Finnish ski jumping, ski jumper. Career Tuomo Ylipulli won a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escravos River
The Escravos River is a river in southern Nigeria, close to the city of Warri. "Escravos" is a Portuguese word meaning "slaves" and the area was one of the main conduits for slave trade between Nigeria and the United States in the 18th century. The Escravos is a distributary of the Niger River, it flows for , ending at the Bight of Benin of the Gulf of Guinea where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the .... Chevron, a major US oil company, has its main Nigerian oil production facility at the mouth of the Escravos River. This oil terminal pumps approximately. The Escravos is linked by a maze of interconnected waterways to the Forcados, Warri, Benin, and Ethiope rivers. The Nigerian Ports Authority (N.P.A.) granted dredging of Escravos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ijaw
Ijaw may refer to: *Ijaw people The Ijaw people, also known as the Izon people, are an ethnic group found in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria, with primary Population, population clusters in Bayelsa State, Bayelsa, Delta State, Delta, and Rivers State, Rivers. They also have ... * Ijaw languages {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
