Alaeze Ugbo
.[1] Ugbo Kingdom bụ obodo dị n'okpuru ọchịchị Ilaje na Ondo State, South West Nigeria. Ndị obodo Ugbo bụ ndị na-akụ azụ kacha
nchịkwa[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
.[2]Ala eze Ugbo nwere nkeji iri na isii ma ndị isi a họpụtara ahọpụta na-eduzi ya dịka omenala na omenala ha siri dị. Otu n'ime ndị isi ụlọ ọrụ a, nke a na-akpọ Chief Gbogunron, bụ onye na-ahụ maka itinye akwụkwọ omenala n'elu eze ọhụrụ a họpụtara n'ụbọchị echichiri.
Geography[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
Ugboland dị n'akụkụ oke osimiri nke South-Western Nigeria. Ndị agbata obi ndị Ugbo nso gụnyere ndị Ikale, ndị Itshekiri, ndị Ijaw, ndị Apois, ndị Ijebus, na ndị Edo. Ugboland bi n'ikpere mmiri nke mpaghara South-Western nke Naijiria na steeti Ondo ugbu a. Mpaghara ahụ niile nwere akara ala dị n'akụkụ osimiri, ọwa mmiri, osimiri na ọdọ mmiri. Ọ bụ n'ime mpaghara ọdịda anyanwụ nke Niger Delta malite na Bight of Benin na East, na n'ụzọ niile site na Oghoye site n'ọtụtụ mmiri Ugboland ruo Abetobo.
Ihu igwe na ahịhịa[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
Ugboland dị na mpaghara ọhịa mangrove apiti, ebe ọ dị na mpaghara a, ya mere, okpomọkụ na-agbanwe dịka oge mmiri ozuzo si dị. Ọtụtụ mgbe, mpaghara ahụ nwere oge abụọ dị iche iche ya bụ mmiri ozuzo na oge ọkọchị. Oge mmiri ozuzo na-adịkarị ogologo n'ihi ọnọdụ ebe ahụ dị, ọ na-adị ihe dị ka ọnwa itoolu n'ime otu afọ na ihe dịka 2500mm nke mmiri ozuzo kwa afọ, nke na-ada n'etiti February na November kwa afọ. Oge ọkọchị na-adị ọnwa atọ n'ihi ebe mpaghara ahụ dị, ọ na-amalite site na Nọvemba wee kwụsị na February mgbe oge mmiri ozuzo malitere. Okpomọkụ mpaghara na-agbanwe n'etiti 22ºC n'oge mmiri ozuzo na 28 Celsius C n'oge ọkọchị.
Economy[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
The Ugbo people are also into the timber trade. With the aid of the waterways, several logs of timber are ferried from the Ilaje and Ikale settlements through the lagoon route to the various sawmills situated along the water fronts of Ebute-Metta, Epe in Lagos State as well as Sapele in Delta State.
The Ugbo-Ilaje use canoes in their several sizes, to transport people from one location to the other along the creeks and these are also used for buying and selling from one settlement to the other. Due to the industrious nature of the Ugbo people their trade, transportation and fishing activities go as far as Warri, Sapele, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Escravos, Bonny Island and other neighboring countries such as Cameroon, Gabon, Benin Republic, Togo, Ghana and up until Côte d'Ivoire.
Settlements[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
The terrain of Ugbo broadly determines the kinds of settlements pattern as well as their predominant occupation which is fishing and salt-making. Accordingly, most towns and villages in Ugboland were operational fishing camps grown into large circuits. Also, many folklores myths and festivals celebrated by the people are associated with water, fishes, fishermen and the deep sea. The settlements of Ugboland are in three broad categories and could be itemised as:
- ↑ Ault (October 2007). Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries. ISBN 9781420004250.
- ↑ THE OLUGBO STOOL AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF UGBOLAND. obafeoakinruntan.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved on June 8, 2015.