develop into a flourishing artistic center. The discovery of Ife's now
famous naturalistic bronzes, terracotta, and stone sculptures challenged
European assumptions about the nature of African art and initiated
significant debates concerning the antiquity of its past.
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Hello,
What kind of nonsense is this? Why is that that some African are sometimes
so proud that they lie to justify their pride. First you talk about West
African Kingdom being 10,000 years old. Now Ife is about 2,350 years old
(350 BC) and Oduduwa's son founded Benin.
Let us agree for a minute that Oranmiyan (Spell) founded Benin. His
son
Eweka the first was born around 800 years ago and was first King of Benin,
not Ogodomigodo ruled by 35 Ogisos before Eweka. This means that even if
Oduduwa's son founded Benin, he can not be more than 1000 years in
historical age. If this is so, his father Oduduwa cannot be more than
1,200
years in historical age.
This also concludeds that ogodomigodo (Old Edo/Benin) that was ruled by 35
Ogisos MUST be older than Oduduwa. If the average Ogiso ruled for about 10
years, that will be a period of about 350 years between Ogodomogodo and the
new Benin Empire. So, Ogodomigodo must be at least 1150 years. Since no
man
can live for more than 200 years, and Oduduwa, Oranmiyan, and Eweka are in
the same period in time, then neither Yoruba or Oduduwa is more than 1000
years.
Please stop educating the world with all these lies. It is always easy to
separate facts from pride. Africa already lacks credibility in many
things,
please do not let our folktales, history and facts also suffer the same
fate. FACT is SUPERIOR to PRIDE. Thanks.
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