Saturday, 1 August 2015

WARRI KINGDOM AND HER PEOPLE

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               Warri Kingdom and her people

  
                                     
 Capital                          Ode-Itsekiri
 Language                      Itsekiri
 Government                  Monarchy
 King/Emperor               Olu
 Population                    1,000,000
 Life expectancy            75-80years
 Education                     Highly Educated
 Literacy Rates              97%
 Poverty Rates               Low
   Unemployment Rates    70%
   
  


Table of Contents

Chapter One
1.0 Background
1.1 Prince Ginuwa: Late 14th Century
1.2 Prince Ginuwa Journey with 70 Chiefs from Benin
1.3 Benin kingdom send Epkan to bring back Ginuwa
1.4 Prince Ginuwa & his People arrived Amatu(First settlement)
1.5 Prince Ginuwa adopted as a Monarch by his Peoples in Amatu
1.6 King Ginuwa & his Peoples  relocate to Ijala(Second settlement)

Chapter Two
2.0 Prince Ijijen was crown as King-  Late 14th Century
2.1 King Ijijen led the entourage from Ijala to Ode-Itsekiri(third settlement)
2.2 King Ijijen & his Peoples were welcome by a Man called Itsekiri
2.3 King Ijijen live with Peoples  in Ode-Itsekiri
   2.3.1 A Man called Itsekiri & his Peoples
   2.3.2 Umale which transform themselves to Human
2.4 King Ijijen & his Peoples  adopted the Itsekiri Languge

Chapter Three
3.0 Prince Irame was crown as King in Ode-Itsekiri
3.1 King Irame begins to rule-15th Century
3.2 King Irame War against
  3.2.1 Otonlu 
  3.2.2 Umale
3.3 King Irame forms his Kingdgom/Empire
  3.3.1 Reign and controls all the Riverline Area

Chapter Four
4.o Culture and Tradition
4.1 Language
4.2 Dressing and Dancing

Chapter Five
5.0 The settlement of Otonlu in Various Communities
5.1 The Itsekiri Communities in Warri Kingdom
5.2 The Customary tentants to Itsekiri in Warri Kingdom

5.3 Human Activities
5.4 Resources
5.5 Boundary

Chapter Six
6.0 The Powerful Men in the Kingdom
6.1 Kaye of Ologbo
6.2 Chief Dogho
6.3 Nana of Olomu(Warrior)


Chapter Seven
7.0 European Contact
7.1 The trade of the People with the Europeans
7.2 Education

Chapter Eight
8.0 The Reign of King Don Domingo
8.1 The First Church in the Kingdom
8.2 The Christian Religion Practice

Chapter Nine
9.0 Chief Dogho Rule as Prime Minister
9.1 Chief Dogho allocate Places to the Europeans
9.2 Chief Dogho & his Slaves

Chapter Ten
10.0 King Erejuwa I left Ode-Itsekiri to Warri
10.1 The First Palace at Warri(Ekurede-Itsekiri)
10.2 King Erejuwa II relocate the palace to Ugbori
10.3 The controversy of the king in 2013

Chapter Eleven
11.0 The Politics of the Peoples
11.1 The Itsekiri Politics in the First Republic & Military Era
11.2 The Itsekiri Politics in the 1999 Democracy

Chapter Twelve
12.0 Conclusion and Recommendation
12.1 Conclusion
12.2 Recommendation
 12.3 Areas of further Research
         Bibliography