Gberefu Island
Gberefu Island bụ nke a makwaara dị ka ebe enweghị nlọghachite bụ agwaetiti akụkọ ihe mere eme nke nwere mmadụ na Badagry, obodo na mpaghara gọọmentị nke Lagos State, South-Western Nigeria.[1] N'ịbụ nke a na-egosipụta site na ogwe osisi abụọ na-agbadata n'otu n'otu ma na-eche ihu n'Oké Osimiri Atlantic, agwaetiti ahụ bụ nnukwu ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ohu mgbe emeghechara ya na 1473 n'oge Trans Atlantic Slave Trade.[2] Dị ka ndị ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme Naijiria si kwuo, e kwenyere na e zigara ihe ruru ndị ohu 10,000 na Amerịka n'etiti afọ 1518 na 1880 site n'àgwàetiti ahụ.[3]
Ndị mmadụ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
Ọbu Ndị isi abụọ na-achị Gberefu Island, ha niile bụ otu Akran nke Badagry Kingdom kpuwere okpueze ma ha bụ;-. I.Chief Yovoyan (The Duheto1 Of Badagry Yovoyan) II.Chief Najeemu (The Numeto1 nke Badagry Gberefu). Ndị mbụ biri na agwaetiti ahụ na ndị nwe ala n'ezie bụ obodo Ewe abụọ (obodo nta) n'okpuru otu nche anwụ, nke bụ Kplagada, Kofeganme (Yovoyan), ọtụtụ n'ime ha bụ ndị ọkụ azụ na ndị ọrụ ugbo site na ọrụ, ọ bụ ezie na e nwere agbụrụ ndị ọzọ bi na mpaghara Daroko, nke gụnyere Egun / Ilajes n'otu nkwekọrịta na ndị nwe ụlọ.[4]
Njem[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
Ebe ọ bụ na Gberefu Island bụ ebe akụkọ ihe mere eme, ọ dọtara ọtụtụ ndị njem nleta gburugburu ụwa si otú a na-eme ka ọ bụrụ ihe a ma ama.[5] Dabere na ọnụ ọgụgụ n'afọ 2015 wepụtara na The Guardian, ngụkọta nke mmadụ 3,634 gara agwaetiti ahụ n'ime ọnwa 6.[6]
Akwụkwọ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
- (2006) Africa Today. Afro Media.
- Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani (2010). The African diaspora: historical analysis, poetic verses, and pedagogy. Learning Solutions. ISBN 978-0-558-49759-0.
- Tigani E. Ibrahim (1992). Badagry, past and present: Aholu-Menu-Toyi 1, Akran of Badagry, reign of peace. Ibro Communications Limited.
Edensibia[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
- ↑ Abiose Adelaja. "Badagry Slave Route faces environmental degradation", Premium Times, 30 August 2014. Retrieved on 12 August 2015.
- ↑ "Gberefu: Echoes of slaves' footsteps", The Nation, 30 August 2014. Retrieved on 12 August 2015.
- ↑ "Black Americans face slave legacy in Nigeria", News24, 30 May 2001. Retrieved on 12 August 2015.
- ↑ "Upgrade Our Rural Community Pleads With Governor Sanwolu", P.M. News, 7 June 2011. Retrieved on 12 August 2015.
- ↑ Ada Igboanugo. "Badagry Beach…And Beyond the 'Point of Return'", Thisday, 11 August 2002. Retrieved on 12 August 2015.
- ↑ News Agency of Nigeria. "3,634 tourists visit Point-of-No-Return Island in 6 months — Official", The Guardian, 6 July 2015. Retrieved on 12 August 2015.