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Ibani People
The Ibani people are Indegenous Ijaw people who live in Bonny and Opobo areas of Rivers State, Nigeria. Bonny town is the tribal seat of the Ibani, and is located on the bight of Bonny River. Bonny's development was significantly shaped by the tribe's close interaction with European traders from the 15th century to the 18th century. History The Kingdom of Bonny was a major trading center from the 16th century onwards. They traded in ivory, elephant teeth and spices before they became major players in the trans-atlantic slave trade. Its people were later known for the exportation of palm oil and palm kernel. The indigenes of the Bonny and Opobo kingdoms are collectively known as the Ibani people. Language The Ibani language, is part of the Izon Language classification, which is a dialect that has existed since before Nigeria was given its name, is widely spoken in Bonny Kingdom and the Opobo Kingdom, although its pervasiveness has been declining in more recent years due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 significant population clusters in Edo State, Edo, Lagos State, Lagos, Ondo State, Ondo. and small parts of Akwa Ibom State, Akwa Ibom. The Ijaw people are located in about 29 of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas, primarily across six Nigerian states. Many are found as Migrant worker, migrant Fisherman, fishermen in fishing camps and settlements in Benue State, Benue, and Kogi State, Kogi states and as far west as Sierra Leone, Ghana and as far east as Gabon. Census data from Nigeria’s National Population Commission recorded the Ijaw population at 5.3 million in 1991, making up 5.9% of the country’s 88.9 million people at the time. By 2006, their population had grown to 8.42 million, representing around 6% of Nigeria’s 140.4 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izon Language
Izon (), also known as Central Izon language, Ijaw, Izon and Uzo, is the dominant Ijaw language, spoken by a majority of the Ijaw people of Nigeria. There are about thirty dialects, all mutually intelligible, of which there are Gbanran, Ekpetiama and Kolokuma etc. Kolokuma is the language of education. In June 2013, the ''Izon Fie'' instructional book and audio CDs were launched at a ceremony attended by officials of the government of Bayelsa State. The government of Bayelsa State official employed 30 teachers to teach the Central Izon language in primary schools in the state in order to save the language from extinction. General information and history While there are approximately 1.7 million speakers of all Ijo languages in Nigeria, it is believed that there are only a little over 1 million Izon speakers. The language is currently classified as "at risk", with a 20% certainty based on the evidence available. Izon is recognized as having been present in the region seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abalama
Abalama is a Nigerian settlement 15 km southwest of Port Harcourt. Jack jack creek runs through the small town of abalama africa Geography Abalama is an island along Abalama Creek in the Asari-Toru Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nigeria. Like many areas in the Delta, water pollution Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of Body of water, water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses. It is usually a result of human activities. Water bodies include lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, reservoirs and ... is a problem. References Towns in Rivers State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finima Nature Park
The Finima Nature Park is a natural park in Bonny Island, Rivers State, Nigeria covering an area of approximately 1000 ha (3.9 sq mi). It was established by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited in 1999 with the aim of conserving nature and biodiversity in the region. Ecology Finima's reserve area is covered by tropical rainforest and mangrove swamps, some parts contain sand with freshwater ponds and tall timber between the swamps and the beach. Flora Vegetation of the park has progressively developed into a high forest considering the form from which it began in 1999. There are two storey that can be distinguished from outside the forest, the emergent include '' Symphonia globulifera'', '' Cleistopholis patens'', '' Uapaca'' spp., '' Musanga cecropioides'', '' Hallea ledermannii'', ''Terminalia'' spp., '' Anthostema aubryanum'', ''Tectona grandis'' and ''Elaeis guineensis''. The understory is composed mainly of '' Calamus deeratus'', ''Alchornea cordifolia'', '' Monodora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andoni
Andoni is a Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is located in Ngo-Town. It has an area of over 233 km and a population of over 311,500 at the last census. The postal code of the area is 504. The current Executive Chairman of Andoni Local Government Area is Hon. Lazarus Nteogwuile Gogoteh. The Andoni people are of cross River ancestry and belong to the Obolo clan,a distinct ethnic group. It shares boundaries with Khana to the North, Opobo Nkoro to the east, Bonny to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Economy and development. The Local government has been ages strives on an agrarian economy with nimble footing on fish, shrimp, and crop farming. From Oyorokoto which is incidentally referred to as the biggest fishing port in the west Africa, to Okoroboile to Ngo, Asarama, and Ataba, the people of the area are toiled in fish farming and sea food harvesting. The creeks, beaches, and aquatic and terrestrial wildlife are some of the pec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obolo People
The Obolo people, also known as the Andoni or Doni, is an Ijoid tribe in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Obolo people are of ijaw ancestry and are primarily found in Rivers and Akwa Ibom State. The Obolo occupy the longest stretch of the Cross River Basin of the Niger Delta mangrove belt, which also houses the largest oil and gas deposits in the Gulf of Guinea. History and origin The documentation of the origin and the migration of the Obolo people is sparse and fragmented. The earliest data on Obolo migration is from around 12th century BC. Obolo people (Andoni, Idoni or Indo) existed before the colonial era and commercial contacts with European traders. They interacted with the Bonny, Okrika, Kalabari, Nkoro, and Ibono people in what is now Ibeno, as well as with the Okoro-utip and Mkpanak people of Ibeno. In the past, the Obolo people frequently fought wars with the Kingdom of Bonny and the Ogoni people, though they generally maintain good relations with the lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elem Kalabari
The Kalabari Kingdom, also called Elem Kalabari ( Kalabari: ''New Shipping Port''), is the independent traditional state of the Kalabari people, a sub-group of the Ijaw tribe, eastern ijo, in the Niger River Delta. It is recognized as a traditional state in what is now Rivers State, in southern region of Nigeria. The Kingdom was founded by the great Amachree I, forefather of the Amachree dynasty, which is now headed by the Princewill family. According to Alagoa (2009) King Amachree I, the first king of modern Kalabari kingdom (1669-1757) came from Emakalakala in Ogbia. King Amachree XI (Professor Theophilus Princewill CFR), passed on and was buried in November 2003. The Kingdom is currently being overseen by a Regent Chief (Dr.) C.I.T. Numbere, till a new king is crowned. Contemporary British-Nigerian novelist Victoria Princewill, a descendant of the Princewill family, has written about her Kalabari heritage and ancestral ties to the ruling structures of the region in her 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westernization
Westernization (or Westernisation, see spelling differences), also Europeanisation or occidentalization (from the ''Occident''), is a process whereby societies come under or adopt what is considered to be Western culture, in areas such as industry, technology, science, education, politics, economics, lifestyle, law, norms, mores, customs, traditions, values, mentality, perceptions, diet, clothing, language, writing system, religion, and philosophy. During colonialism it often involved the spread of Christianity. A related concept is Northernization, which is the consolidation or influence of the Global North. Westernization has been a growing influence across the world in the last few centuries, with some thinkers assuming Westernization to be the equivalent of modernization, a way of thought that is often debated. The overall process of Westernization is often two-sided in that Western influences and interests themselves are joined with parts of the affected society, at mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opobo
Opobo is a community in Rivers state, South South region of Nigeria that was founded in 1870 . The people of Opobo are a mixture of the Ndoki tribe, Ndoki clan of the Igbo people and the Ibani clan of the Ijaw ethnic group. Their native languages are the Igbo language and the Ibani language, with Igbo language being the lingua franca. A greater part of the city state is still referred to as Opobo in Rivers State. Opobo is made up of several islands and communities which is in Opobo-Nkoro Local Government Area in the South South Senatorial District of Rivers State Nigeria. The communities include, Opobo Town, which is its headquarters, Queenstown, Kalasunju, Oloma, Ayaminimah, Iloma, Minimah, Okpukpo, Iwoma, Ekereborokiri, Kalaibiama, Epelema, Ozuobulu, Muma Down Below, Inokiri and Abazibie. Some parts of the city state are now in Akwa Ibom State: Egwenga and Opukalama, in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State. Opobo's geologic setting is similar to the coastal and estuarine settlements of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers State
Rivers is a states of Nigeria, state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed on 27 May 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Nigeria, Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include Imo State, Imo and Anambra State, Anambra to the north, Abia State, Abia and Akwa Ibom State, Akwa Ibom to the east, and Bayelsa State, Bayelsa and Delta State, Delta to the west. The State capital, Port Harcourt, is a metropolis that is considered to be the commercial center of the Petroleum industry in Nigeria, Nigerian oil industry. With a population of 5,198,716 as of the 2006 census and an estimated population of 9,898,470 in 2024, Rivers State is the List of Nigerian states by population, 4th most populous state in Nigeria. Rivers State is a diverse state that is home to many ethnic groups including: Ikwerre people, Ikwerre, Degema, Nigeria, Degema, Ijaw people, Ijaw, Ogoni people, Ogoni, Ogba people, Ogba, Ekpeye, and Kalabari tribe, Kalabari. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palm Oil
Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 36% of global oils produced from oil crops in 2014. Palm oils are easier to stabilize and maintain quality of flavor and consistency in ultra-processed foods, so they are frequently favored by food manufacturers. Globally, humans consumed an average of of palm oil per person in 2015. Demand has also increased for other uses, such as cosmetics and biofuels, encouraging the growth of palm oil plantations in tropical countries. The mass production of palm oil in the tropics has attracted the concern of environmental and human rights groups. The palm oil industry is a significant contributor to deforestation in the tropics where palms are grown and has been cited as a factor in social problems due to allegations of human rights violations among growers. In 2018, a repor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Slave Trade
The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of Slavery in Africa, enslaved African people to the Americas. European slave ships regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage. Europeans established a coastal slave trade in the 15th century and trade to the Americas began in the 16th century, lasting through the 19th century. The vast majority of those who were transported in the transatlantic slave trade were from Central Africa and West Africa and had been sold by West African slave traders to European slave traders, while others had been captured directly by the slave traders in coastal raids. European slave traders gathered and imprisoned the enslaved at slave fort, forts on the African coast and then brought them to the Americas. Some Portuguese and Europeans participated in slave raids. As the National Museums Liverpool explains: "European traders captured some Africans in raids along the coast, but bou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
