Opobo in 1960

[@igbounitedforum3386]

Beautiful culture and a splendid history. Ndi Opobo, ekelem unu. May the soul of the great King Jaja continue to rest in peace.

[@tralbriggs104]

Them no invite Igbo group oh

[@igbounitedforum3386]

@@tralbriggs104 What does your statement mean? Does it mean Igbo language shouldn't be used when sending greetings to Opobo people? Is Igbo not the heritage of Opobo? You should stop being insecure.

[@dermotwallace5533]

@@tralbriggs104 Insecurity is your problem. Even Oko Jaja was an Opbo chief who was Igbo plus one of King Jaja's queen's name was Ngozi, which is Igbo too and you're here blabbing. Who are you to deny being Igbo when your forefathers projected themselves as Igbos? What a shame my people.

[@Blink4army7stay8]

@@dermotwallace5533 so Ngozi dat was married by an Ibani man changes us 2 Igbos? Any Igbo community where an Ijaw or Ibibio woman was married into automatically changes d community frm Igbo 2 Ijaw or Ibibio abi? Anyway, pls interprete d song 🎵 they r singing since it's Igbo song. Tell me wot d song is saying bcos it's an Ibani song. Just tell us d meaning & we will accept we r Igbos😅

[@sosa9220]

@@dermotwallace5533 1. “Oko Jumbo” was a chief of Bonny not Opobo. 2. Our ancestors did not portray themselves as Igbo else they would of not passed down for us to identify as Ibani, nor would they have kept our core culture Ibani. See yourself out of Ibani business with your obsession

[@orimidaraolusola569]

How I wish I could be transferred back to such an era, filled with awesome culture, people and tranquil environment.

[@josephdappa1340]

Opobo Journal: thanks indeed for our ibanise music. Our songs gladden my mind, souls and strengths! Please let us replace the ugly beach bushes with our native mangrove trees. The Mangroves mitigate climate change, they are nourishment for fisheries, they are mitigation for land erosion, they protect the land or the coastal areas!!! We must do all we can to be the keeper of our ancestral land!!! jtsdrd, USA/Africa

[@chimakalu5195]

Nga erute ala ubani bia lee nwaotam.❤

[@josephdappa1340]

Opobo Journal: we IBANI people have an awesome cultural heritage. I plan to relocate to my IBANI traditional community this year. Upon my arrival, I want to meet my people to regenerate and reinvigorate the IBANI language. jtsdrd, USA

[@mimipepplereads]

Hopefully by God's grace i will be in opobo this December ❤❤❤

[@sunchikodi4490]

This song powerful, it touches the soul

[@sylvo82]

Obobo was originall from ibo land,, imo state...this place is now called Bonny Kingdom... and that is where i am now,, am a sailor..shout out to my Imo state people 🎉❤❤❤❤❤

[@emmanuelnwachukwu4311]

Oga,they are Ijaws,yes they may have Igbo ancestry due to Mbananso Okwurumba founding Opobo ,but they are Ijaws,U ppl just like starting wars with our neighbors for no reason

[@emmanuelnwachukwu4311]

​@@Isiguzo. I'm not the one giving Igbo people the bad name,I'm standing up for what's right,Yes it is true these ppl have Igbo ancestry,but they are Ijaws, It's good to have historical connections and ancestry with other ppl It brings Ijaws and Igbos closer, but you cannot claim that particular community and call it your own,when they are distinct from you This is what's causing the division between the Southeast and the South South Again It's good to have historical connections and ancestry with other people, but they are distinct individuals and have their own culture

[@emmanuelnwachukwu4311]

It's Igbo, not Ibo

[@Isiguzo.]

@@emmanuelnwachukwu4311 oh sorry brother I wanted to reply to the other guy🙏🏾

[@Isiguzo.]

@@sylvo82 please do your research well stop giving Igbo people a bad name!

[@josephdappa1340]

How can we forget our ancestral history? We, IBANI, have wonderful cultures. We have lost our language. People with no dialect or language, have no nothing to handover to children and grandchildren. It is my sincere prayer to God to give the ability to come up with ways to restore our lost faith, hope and language!!! jtsdrd, USA

[@MaziBiafra]

No such "ibani" in opobo, all we hear is unblemished Igbo language. Igbo kwenu

[@josephdappa1340]

@@MaziBiafra: if you don’t know anything about Bonny and Opobo, may I suggest you go and read your history books. You can also refer to the Archives of the Nigerian nation. Before there is Nigeria, there was the IBANI people and her history!!! jtsdrd, USA

[@MaziBiafra]

@@josephdappa1340 direct me where to read this "ibani nation" before the zoo nigeria was created I'm really interested to know

[@josephdappa1340]

MaxiBiafra: I don’t want to insult you. Who are you? Are you from Nigeria? Do you know when the Amayanabo of Bonny was trading with the Great Britain, the Portuguese, etc? When was the Amayanabo of Bonny baptized in UK and what he did upon returning to Bonny? Do you know when Rivers/Bonny opened a consult in London? When all these things were going on, where was MaziBiafra? I don’t want you wasting my time on stupidity. Everything I telling you is documented!!! jtsdrd

[@MaziBiafra]

@@josephdappa1340 send me your source let me check it out thief's and land grabbers everywhere with fake history

[@mimipepplereads]

Loved everything about this video. .. #proudopobian

[@talesByTildah]

Wowww.... Thanks for bringing me back to my root. Proudly Opobian anytime 😊😜😜

[@naija4lifeNaija4lifestyle]

WOW! This is so facinating to watch. Great culture. I could not suppress a grin on seeing the King in European attires and the Europeans in African Attires😃. In retrospect, it is sad that not much has changed in most parts of Nigeria. Most rural areas and even cities still look today as if time stood still for them decades ago. Nevertheless, THANKS FOR THE CLIP 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰.

[@alphabogeyman7462]

Most of the princes are educated in Europe from childhood in preparation for when they will become king.

[@ibifuroejaja1153]

My culture my pride

[@onebillionsoulsforchrist1574]

Great ! So thrilling !

[@waribouranta2010]

Congratulations my great people of Opobo Kingdom, my late father Warisinapu Manfred Obiegbere Waribo Uranta who used to hold the Nwaotam on the roof in the 70s and 80s was not mentioned, but why?

[@opobojournal9164]

Very sorry for this mistake

[@Enzo.C]

Because your Igbo descendants...they don't want that...

[@tralbriggs104]

Wari senibo and not Warisiniapu

[@tamunoj5437]

@@tralbriggs104 Warisiniapu = elders in Council

[@Blink4army7stay8]

​@@Enzo.C kzbin.info/www/bejne/enSzfHuvncmMeposi=9p9zVOvO73XQ7zsC

[@waribouranta2010]

Why was my late Father Warisinapu Manfred Obiegbere Waribo Uranta not mentioned among Mkpa officials?

[@tralbriggs104]

Wari senibo Manfred Obiegbere Waribo Uranta

[@ezinwo1961]

Hello Opusunju, Temple, sodienye, Iwarimie my love, Abijah, Ubani, Cookey . Hey

[@smartcharlie7678]

Nice pay

[@sylvo82]

Now Bonny Town

[@tralbriggs104]

My mother my father . what you kept for me I forgot it pls remind me .. Thats what they are saying ? Iam surprise Opobo people would actually use IBANI IJAW TO SING. The language is almost Kalabari

[@Blink4army7stay8]

Y wud u b surprised? Is Ibani not d language of Ibani ppl again? Wich language did u xpect 2hear in d song? I'v neva heard Opobo or Bonny song dat's not sung in Ibani

[@tralbriggs104]

@@Blink4army7stay8 They normally use Igbo

[@Blink4army7stay8]

@@tralbriggs104 mbre, nume gha. Not in Songs. Haven't heard. Songs r always in Ibani. I may b wrong tho

[@dermotwallace5533]

@@Blink4army7stay8 Insecurity is your problem. Even Oko Jaja was an Opobo chief who was Igbo plus one of King Jaja's queen's name was Ngozi, which is Igbo too and you're here blabbing. Who are you to deny being Igbo when your forefathers projected themselves as Igbos? What a shame my people. Glad this video is out. How can you deny anylonger?😅 We are FAMILY!!

[@Blink4army7stay8]

@@dermotwallace5533 Looooooool 😜 Mr we r one, it's ok. No problem we r one family but first tell me wot they r saying in d song. Interprete d song 4me cos we hv 2b on d same page as one family. Let it not b tower of babel wey I go say bring bucket, u go interprete am as bring dynamite or acid. Tell us d song and I will change frm Ibani, frm Ijaw 2 Igbo.

[@e.u7778]

My People. We will rise once again!!!

[@okaforgodswill2906]

This background song is it ijaw or igbo?

[@tamunoj5437]

Ibani dialect, they also sang some of the songs in Igbo

[@tralbriggs104]

You no sabi your Igbo language ? Is this Igbo language ?

[@okaforgodswill2906]

Ofo na ogu . Isn't this an igbo practice, m just curious

[@tamunoj5437]

The nwoatam was borrowed fron ndoki Neighbours and Brought to Opobo by King Arthur Mac-Pepple in the 1930s. It was then blended into the Ibani-Ijaw culture were boat regatta was also introduced.

[@longinusukenta]

​@@tamunoj5437 There is no such thing as ibani ijaw culture.

[@tamunoj5437]

@@longinusukenta Okay Ijaw culture

[@longinusukenta]

@tamunoj5437 Ijaw culture is minimal in Bonny kingdom. Bonny is a corruption of the Igbo name Ubani. It was the mainland Igbos that gave them that name. Also, war canoe houses has nothing to do with Ijaw. Aboh kingdom which is Igbo had war canoe houses. When the Europeans asked Bonny people to count from 1 to 10, they did so in Igbo. When they asked them to name man and woman in their language, they did so in Igbo. The first Igbo Bible was written in Bonny Igbo dialect, because the transmission happened right there in Bonny kingdom. Some Bonny people have Ijaw and Igbo names, but most of them have English names. In any case, if a DNA test was taken in Bonny kingdom, the result will be 98% Igbo, 2% Ijaw. Not only does Bonny people have Igbo ancestry, but they have a tendency to marry Igbo women. If a full blooded Ijaw man marries an Igbo woman, and his son also married an Igbo woman, his grand children are already 75% Igbo.

[@donatusagbakwuru-onyike3184]

Notice that the womenfolk tie two-piece wrapper. What does it suggest ?

[@opobojournal9164]

Every tribe in the Niger delta has been tying two piece wrapper since the early 20th century.

[@tamunoj5437]

@@opobojournal9164 I tire, this is one of Nnamdi kanu's Theories. but the forget the wrappers are tied differently.

[@andrewmiatede2243]

It suggests that you are listening to too much NK nonsense

[@donatusagbakwuru-onyike3184]

@@andrewmiatede2243 Listening too much to MNK may lead you to free your mental slavery.

[@tralbriggs104]

You igbos copied the two wrapper dressing from the Ijaws. You dont even know the meaning and reason why two wrappers are worn

[@okaforgodswill2906]

Some are even dressed in igbo chiefs cap , but all names and songs are ijaw. Pls . With nwotam being practised, someone should make it more clearer pls?

[@tralbriggs104]

Igbos copied that dressing from us

[@LeDavey551]

@@tralbriggs104 lol

[@gentlekoko]

That dressing is actually Ijaw dressing, Igbo borrowed it and popularised it, expecially the Igbos from Abia and Imo which are close to Ijaw land. The Igbos of Anambra,Enugu etc dress differently eg Abgada

[@longinusukenta]

The Ijaw guy who posted the youtube video used the Ijaw song It was not Opobo people that were singing that song.

[@longinusukenta]

​@@gentlekoko That is false. The dressing is Bonny dressing which they copied from Europeans. It was Ijaw that copied it from Bonny Igbo people.

[@zeribeitumo8902]

It's unfortunate that Niger Delta had the first contact with the whites and their land is endowed with huge oil and gas deposit. Coupled with it's beautiful geography of being surrounded by estuaries, creeks and Atlantic ocean. Yet it's still underdeveloped with many of her people occupying low class population. It's unfortunate. But the Niger Delta leaders should be blamed. Else, how can Kano, Kaduna and Ebonyi States with no 13% excess crude extra allocation will be performing more than Delta, Bayelsa. Apart from Rivers and AkwaIbom, other Niger delta states are not living up to their expectations. A man from Kano or Ekiti cannot develop Niger delta when Niger Delta is not his home or Nigerias capital.

[@opobojournal9164]

I beg to defer, port harcourt is doing very well, wike has tried.

[@zeribeitumo8902]

@@opobojournal9164 Read my comments again. I said Apart from Rivers and AkwaIbom

[@emmanuelnwachukwu4311]

Ebonyi got nothing to do with oil allocation, and those ppl drilling the oil from the Niger Delta are feeding themselves and their families and not the ppl of Kano,Lagos Anyways,You guys will rise up soon

[@caniceosuagwu2580]

Still an igbo Territory. Indomitable. King Jaja of opobo. Originally from Arochulwku in igbos hinterland. His Descendants are Jaja Wachuchukwu, of the second Republic.

[@sodienyefubara7784]

Please we are not Igbo, and wachukwu is neither a descendant of king jaja nor an Opobo man. Nobody answers wachukwu in Opobo. Educate yourself.

[@caniceosuagwu2580]

@@sodienyefubara7784 can you explain the meaning of your first name. Furthermore I ain't begging you or your fellow Petty and irrelevant set of people. The mere mention of igbo) sends Shivers down your Spine and bone marrow. You will pass Away, Still igbo will remain. Igbo is a Natural fact. I wouldn't want to come from Anywhere than Igbo land. Even though I wasn't born there. So Mr " Denial or shall I say " igbo " hater. Tufiakwa spits.

[@caniceosuagwu2580]

@@sodienyefubara7784 how come I can understand the song on this video. Where does " MKPA " Nwaotam Originate from? If it's Igbo? Fool.I even went to school 🏫 during my boarding school day's. I had a brother there who Speaks better igbo than I can. His name is " FUBARA" I know him very well. You were not even born, I am talking about 40,odd years ago. So get the hell out of here.

[@sodienyefubara7784]

@@caniceosuagwu2580 mkpa was borrowed from the Igbos i agree; But that doesn’t make us Igbo. Our culture is totally different from yours, and no need for insults

[@caniceosuagwu2580]

@@sodienyefubara7784 OK 👍, we agree to disagree. I was only Defending my heritage, that has been abused ,Accused ,and Totally Refused. The Amount of Hatred Towards igbos in Nigeria is Alarming. Haus/ Fulani, or Yoruba Hatred I can understand, but not from those who claim to be our neighbours. I will not Tolerate from anyone. Furthermore I don't recognise the so called " South South, or Niger delta. Those word's were Coined to Spite the " IGBO " no more History lessons to hide from the truth. Igbos never invented the word Biafra, it was there before Nigerias Independence. They Scrapped the " Bight of Biafra " off the history or Geographical book's. All we know is the whole Area is called "Eastern Region " the igbo core Areas are called " East Central: while present day Akwa Ibom. And cross River is called "South Eastern " so why call us, South East, and you are now claiming meaningless " South South. All I am saying just leave igbo matters alone. Don't even call our name in your daily routine. Don't like us. We are used to your Hatred mind your own business and live IGBO Alone. Because igbo is a Natural fact.

[@chimakalu5195]

Ulo unu kusola eeee Unu sala chi eeee

[@ogambachukwnma392]

You no people don't read books. Before you come out to argue to tru history books of let 30s and 40s before coming out to talk most of these books were writing by the colonial master's. Ibani people are IGBOS that missed up with ijaw.... Make research before commenting

[@Isiguzo.]

Okay translate the song in this video for me quickly 😂

[@olaokwu7140]

I don't know why we igbos will want to identify the south southerners as igbos. Genetically we are not, cognitive reasoning is not the same and with a host of several differences. We are just connected by geographic boundaries , despite that some of the lands were occupied by ibos in the past. The igbos are known invaders, they conquer and occupy and that cannot be changed. This the British saw as threat and created the enmity against the igbos cos they see the igbos as threat. Whether they like it or not the igbos is the heartbeat of Nigeria

[@championdave1450]

Coming from a Yoruba cosplaying as igbo

[@olaokwu7140]

@@championdave1450 sorry to disappoint you am Igbo 100%

[@innocentelvis7285]

@@olaokwu7140 shut your mouth,you are a yoruba man

[@olaokwu7140]

@@innocentelvis7285I guess you should shut yours cos you don't know me. I know you also wished you were Igbo

[@innocentelvis7285]

@@olaokwu7140 je ka so yoruba werrey! O kin se ibo,yoruba nie.

[@RealJOGBz]

LIES LIES LIES !!! These photos where never taken 1960, most of the things sighted here where never around in 1960 eg , the glass window at 0:39 and besides 1960 photos doesn't have such colour quality.

[@tamunoj5437]

you know nothing about Opobo. U don't even know how rich Opobo was in the 19th & 20th Century. " UAC Foods, European Consulate, Niger Sea Food, Bulk Oil Palm Company, Opobo Boat Yard, John Miller and Company, African Trading Company where all located at Egwenga Opobo. It was one of the earliest city states recognized by the British. The Lugard House where the almagamation was signed is in Egwenga Opobo Now Ikot Abasi. I am now over 40, my grand Father's House (A storey building ; still standing) in Opobo was built in the 1950s

[@olusolabalogun2583]

What a monumental display of ignorance.

[@RealJOGBz]

@@tamunoj5437 of cause that may be true, but am talking about the time the photos where taken, it was never 1960, its way after that

[@tamunoj5437]

@@RealJOGBz I have these Pictures send me you email and I will share with you. As at 1906 Opobos and Bonny people were already Educated in Scotland and Liverpool. Where do you think we got metal pots from.

[@tralbriggs104]

Not in Igbo land. In Ijaw by 1900 our people were like Europeans.

[@ola-oodua2499]

Biafra is beautiful

[@tralbriggs104]

Shut up. No Biafra here . We are not Biafrans

[@ifeoma_amaechi]

Igbo people

[@Blink4army7stay8]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/enSzfHuvncmMeposi=9p9zVOvO73XQ7zsC

[@emmanuelnwachukwu4311]

Ijaws

[@Isiguzo.]

Purely ijaws

[@emmanuelnwachukwu4311]

@@Isiguzo. Nwanne,where are you from