The History of Ebu People

THE outlet OF AN IGALA GROUP IN THE LOWER
NIGER REGION: A shell STUDY OF THE EBU PEOPLE
C1600-1800AD

BY

DR JUDE AZUKA ASENIME
seni2004@yahoo.com

Abstract

This playing area attempted to try the memoir of the emergence an Igala-group in the West of the Niger during the period C. 1500-1900 A.D. The study became inevitable because, although there is quite a considerable step of historic research conducted on the history of most of the polities and communities in the Nigeria area, the area referred to as Ebu had been neglected in terms of historical research. Also, this neglect can be largely attributed to its position as an Igala-speaking enclave within the majority Igbo-Edo speaking region. As a resultant role of its proximity to Benin and Igbo areas, several authors induct assumed that it was part of every Benin Kingdom, Igbo-speaking communities or the later Igala Kingdom. It was in these contexts that the studies on these majority groups of Kingdoms have submerged the Ebu area.



This paper attempted to debunk these erroneous views and has at rest(p) further to establish that Ebu is not an Edo or Igbo delivery group. The point made clear is that language can be used in determining the origin of a community historically. Also, the study exposed the level at which the peoples of Nigeria interrelated boundlessly.

THE EMERGENCE OF AN IGALA GROUP IN THE LOWER NIGER REGION: A CASE STUDY OF THE EBU PEOPLE C1600-1800

INTRODUCTION:

The Igala speaking people hold out to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family of languages (Greenberg, 1968, P.46). The land area of the people is boundless because unattached evidence indicates that the boundary of Igalaland (Ane-Igala) has not remained static throughout history (Ukwedeh 1987: pp 304-356). The bulk of the territory of the Igala people, however, lies within the lower Niger which is...If you want to calculate a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



If you want to get a full essay, wisit our page: write my essay .