It’s a great crime because it was only the black people who sold their people to other races.

The most popular story I’ve heard about my great-grandfather was how he successfully confronted officials of the British colonial government after they seized some of his slaves.

When the British extended their rule to south-eastern Nigeria in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, they began to enforce abolition through military action. So when his property was seized, an aggrieved Nwaubani Ogogo boldly went to see the colonial officers responsible and presented them with his licence. Here was a man who successfully confronted the white powers from overseas. “By the 1930s, the colonial establishment had been worn down,” wrote Afigbo. The Missionary Society was formed in London in 1799 by British anti-slavery campaigners Nwaubani Ogogo lived in a time when the fittest survived and the bravest excelled.

It’s better for the offsprings of those who were involved in the abominable practice to seek God’s forgiveness for themselves and their forebears who were directly involved. Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani has revealed that one of her ancestors sold slaves, in an article published by BBC. Adaobi Patricia Nwaubani your forebear kidnapped and sold fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, cousins, nieces and other kinsmen and including children, for money and you are not ashamed of yourself. How do you justify your family’s action to the black Americans who are suffering the consequences (of your ill advised occupation) till date.
Adaobi Patricia Nwaubani, your forebear kidnapped and sold fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, cousins, nieces and other kinsmen including other people’s children for money and you are not ashamed of yourself. Sometimes, they also turned a blind eye rather than jeopardise a useful alliance, as seems to have been the case when they returned Nwaubani Ogogo’s slaves. He dealt in a number of goods, including tobacco and palm produce. As a paramount chief, Nwaubani Ogogo collected taxes on behalf of the British and earned a commission for himself in the process. See if your friends have read any of Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani's books. You claim to be a journalist but you are simply an attention seeker and a noise maker without morals. Your father was selling fellow igbos or possibly other people in that region, shame. Honestly speaking, I will say that it is because of this past evils committed by many of our people that God is still punishing the black race and since it has been very difficult to identify those who sold their brethren to the white people, all of us must just keep praying that God will forgive the black race for the crime. Adaobi Tricia Obinne Nwaubani (born in 1976) is a Nigerian novelist, humorist, essayist and journalist. They were simply living the life into which they were raised. Igbo slave traders like my great-grandfather did not suffer any crisis of social acceptance or legality. “The white people apologised to him,” my father said. Shame!!!

He had agents who captured slaves from different places and brought them to him,” my father told me. They say that your country, however great, can never stop a trade ordained by God.”. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Adaobi Tricia Obinne Nwaubani (born in 1976) is a Nigerian novelist, humorist, essayist and journalist. “As a result, they had come to place their hope for the extirpation of the trade on the corrosive effect over time of education and general civilisation.”. Nwaubani Ogogo died sometime in the early 20th Century. I guess it runs in the bloodline for someone to gloat over this unspeakable evil. Do you know how many of your kinsmen whom your family sold that died on the way?

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani: reveals family history My great-grandfather, Nwaubani Ogogo Oriaku, was what I prefer to call a businessman, from the Igbo ethnic group of south-eastern Nigeria. The successful sale of adults was considered an exploit for which a man was hailed by praise singers, akin to exploits in wrestling, war, or in hunting animals like the lion. You have blood on your hands ‘tricia’. They know about lugging the promise of a baby around for nine whole months, about the effort of pushing and puffing until a head pops; they know about being pinned to a spot, wincing as gums make contact with sore nipples; they know about keeping a vigil over a cot all night, praying that the doctor's medicine will work; they know that even when patience seems to be at an end, more is required. I wish someone will kidnap your children and lets see how you feel about that.

My great-grandfather was renowned for his business prowess, outstanding boldness, strong leadership, vast influence, immense contributions to society, and advancement of Christianity. He supplied labourers for the construction of rail lines. Facebook gives people the power … He also sold human beings. (Her mother named her 'Adaobi', meaning 'first daughter of the family', and 'Tricia', signifying that she was 'from Patricia'. The Igbo do not have a culture of erecting monuments to their heroes – otherwise one dedicated to him might have stood somewhere in the Umuahia region today. The original writings of Mungo Park give an insight into the abominable practice. “We think this trade must go on,” one local king in Bonny infamously said in the 19th Century. “He was respected by everyone around,” my father said. They introduced English currency to replace the cumbersome brass rods and cowries that merchants needed slaves to carry.

According to the Barth brothers in the original account of their travels, the re-named Oil Rivers was called BLOOD RIVERS as at the time they were there. Sunday, July 19, 2020 9:30 am | Daily News Headlines | 8 Comment(s). Have you considered that you may have blood on your hands ‘tricia’. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani is on Facebook. Storia delle ragazze rapite da Boko Haram, See all Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani's quotes », Spring 2012 Reading w/Style Completed Tasks, Spring Challenge 2012: Completed Tasks -DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC, Decades Challenge: 2011 (1/11/11-1/12/12). Sign up now for Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani alerts, including news and special offers. How do you justify your family’s action to Black Americans and others globally who are suffering the consequences (of your ill advised family occupation) till date. Truly, you are worse than them. Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani is a novelist, journalist, and essayist.