Emeka Esogbue

ANIOMA IS NIGERIA'S CULTURAL MELTING POT Emeka Esogbue Anioma is a cultural and ancestral spot where many Nigerian ethnic groups met. But little did our docile forebears realise this. It is indeed the cultural melting pot of Nigeria.  From ancient Nri Kingdom were migrations that led to the foundations of Igbuzo, Ogwashi-Uku, Akwukwu-Igbo and many more. These movements were followed with the migrations from Isu of the Igbos. The Isu migration became the more important in terms of number in Igbuzo, Ewulu etc. But there were the Ikelike of Benin origin who were the original settlers in Ogwashi-Uku. The earliest waves of migrations were of the Ife and Akure of the Yoruba race led to the foundation of a number of Yoruba communities in the Enuani region of the Anioma area and it gave rise to the foundation of Olukwumi communities that are Ugbodu, Eko Efun (Ukwunzu), Ogodor and many more. Surprisingly, little did early Yoruba historians record the Yoruba communities in Enuani enclave unt...

Have you read the 55-page journal - A Study of the Origins and Migrations of Anioma Settlements written by Emeka Esogbue?' It was released to the public in 2015 and published by Carophem Communications Ltd, Ibadan, Nigeria with ISBN 978-978-53749-2-6 This well-researched journal speaks on the Anioma people geographically located in Delta State, Nigeria but the research is extended to include other Anioma settlements now located in Anambra, Imo, Rivers and Edo states of the nation. The Anioma people live within the context of shared understanding, history, culture and identity and within the context of shared political administration. Like other people, they have also evolved distinct civilization. They share common boundary; have inter-married; traded and allied in battles against common enemies. Th e Anioma people united to go to battle with the British. The Ubulu clan battled Benin in what is now known in history as 'Adesuwa War'. Igbanke, Ozubulu, Onitsha, ...