Itsekiri People: The Unique Riverine Too Adept Traders Too 1 Of The Outset Nigerian Ethnic Grouping To Develop Their People Inward Europe
The Itsekiri (also called the, Isekiri, Itsekri or Ishekiri or Itsekhiri) are a peculiar together with unique riverine people who were traditionally fishermen together with practiced traders living inwards the Nigerian Niger delta. They accept inhabited their homeland, which forthwith constitutes the iii Warri Local Government Areas of Delta State, Nigeria, for centuries. The Itsekiri brand upwardly an appreciable proportion of the modern towns of Sapele, Warri, Burutu, together with Forcados. The Itsekiris traditionally refer to their province every bit the Kingdom of Warri or 'Iwere' every bit its proper name
Professor Obaro Ikime inwards his "Merchant Prince of Niger Delta" published inwards 1968 described Itsekiri Country every bit follows: "… The Itsekiri inhabit the North-Western extremity of the Niger-Delta inwards an surface area bounded roughly past times lat. 5°. 20' together with 6°.N together with long. 5°5' together with 5° 40' East. Their neighbors are Binis to the North, the Ijo to the South; the Urhobos, to the East together with the Yorubas of Ondo province to the Northwest"
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Itsekiri woman
Itsekiri adult woman from Niger Delta, Nigeria
Professor Obaro Ikime inwards his "Merchant Prince of Niger Delta" published inwards 1968 described Itsekiri Country every bit follows: "… The Itsekiri inhabit the North-Western extremity of the Niger-Delta inwards an surface area bounded roughly past times lat. 5°. 20' together with 6°.N together with long. 5°5' together with 5° 40' East. Their neighbors are Binis to the North, the Ijo to the South; the Urhobos, to the East together with the Yorubas of Ondo province to the Northwest"
http://www.waado.org/Warri/Salubi.htmlBoat regatta
Itsekiri woman
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