Against the background of many researched sources of the origins of
Igbo groups in the direction of Ife, Benin, Ijaw, Igala and others, and
that primordial archaeological findings exist in Lejja, Igbo-ukwu etc,
and also that some semitic oral, intangible and material culture could
be found in today's Igbo way of life, this theory, therefore,
establishes that:
1. There is no one source of the Igbo origin since there are many Igbo groups.
2. The Igbo had autochtons whose way of life and architecture have been found by archeology underneath the earth.
3. The existence of fragments of Semitic culture indicates migrations into Igboland from the direction of Egypt and Canaan.
4. The evidences of both autochtons and migrants indicate an intermingling of both types of groups which resulted in struggles and blending of civilizations, religions and cultures whereby, for example in religion, the migrant Semitic monotheism blended with the autochtonous pantheism, resulting in Chukwu and the lesser gods.
5. Following closely the paths of travels, there is evidence that at a time in history, a group ancestral to today's Igbo types left the autochtonous enclave and settled in the area of Canaan. The descendants of this nomadic group made the homeward return to the Igbo area after thousands of years, having preserved the direction of their origins through oral information. Upon arriving Igbo land, they met aboriginal dwarfs who were the cousins their ancestors had left behind when they went to the Canaan area. There is evidence that this returning migrant group settled in different places including Ife in Yoruba land before arriving in Igbo land.
6. This returning migrant group must have been led by Eri, whose bold Semitic culture (including the Chukwu idea) dwarfed that of the autochtons (including Ala, mother earth idea) and morphed it, making itself transmogrify into today's Odinani and omenani. The aboriginal groups can still be found in Afikpo and Nsukka areas. They are the true Di-okpara of the Igbo and are to whom the right of primogeniture should be reserved during kolanut breaking ceremonies. But because they were not as advanced in warfare, sophistication or politics as the tall migrants at the point of the meeting of the two groups, their true position became undermined.
(C) jeff Unaegbu, January 2020.
1. There is no one source of the Igbo origin since there are many Igbo groups.
2. The Igbo had autochtons whose way of life and architecture have been found by archeology underneath the earth.
3. The existence of fragments of Semitic culture indicates migrations into Igboland from the direction of Egypt and Canaan.
4. The evidences of both autochtons and migrants indicate an intermingling of both types of groups which resulted in struggles and blending of civilizations, religions and cultures whereby, for example in religion, the migrant Semitic monotheism blended with the autochtonous pantheism, resulting in Chukwu and the lesser gods.
5. Following closely the paths of travels, there is evidence that at a time in history, a group ancestral to today's Igbo types left the autochtonous enclave and settled in the area of Canaan. The descendants of this nomadic group made the homeward return to the Igbo area after thousands of years, having preserved the direction of their origins through oral information. Upon arriving Igbo land, they met aboriginal dwarfs who were the cousins their ancestors had left behind when they went to the Canaan area. There is evidence that this returning migrant group settled in different places including Ife in Yoruba land before arriving in Igbo land.
6. This returning migrant group must have been led by Eri, whose bold Semitic culture (including the Chukwu idea) dwarfed that of the autochtons (including Ala, mother earth idea) and morphed it, making itself transmogrify into today's Odinani and omenani. The aboriginal groups can still be found in Afikpo and Nsukka areas. They are the true Di-okpara of the Igbo and are to whom the right of primogeniture should be reserved during kolanut breaking ceremonies. But because they were not as advanced in warfare, sophistication or politics as the tall migrants at the point of the meeting of the two groups, their true position became undermined.
(C) jeff Unaegbu, January 2020.
