The Urhobos are people of southern
Nigeria , near the northwestern Niger
delta . The Urhobo is the major ethnic
group in Delta State . Delta State is
one of the 36 states of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria . The Urhobo's
speak the Urhobo language . A
language in the Niger–Congo group .
The Urhobo culture is related to
several cultures in the Niger-Delta -
Isoko are related in language and
culture, leading to the missionaries
erroneously labelling the Urhobo and
Isoko cultural groups as Sobo. This
name was strongly rejected by both
tribes. The Urhobo nation is made up
of twenty two sub-groups, including.
According to the 2006 Nigerian
census, there are over three million
Urhobos,thus classifying the group
among the first ten major ethnic
groups in Nigeria (Awolowo, 1968
241–242). The word Urhobo refer to
a group of people and not
geographical territory. For example
Agbon Urhobo . The Urhobos have
social and cultural affinity to the Edo
speaking people of Nigeria
(Northcote Thomas, 1910). The
Urhobo now live in a territory
bounded by latitudes 6°and 5°, 15°
North and Longitudes 5°, 40° and 6°,
25° East in the Delta State of Nigeria.
Their neighbours are the Isoko to the
South East, the Itsekiri to the West,
the Bini to the North, Ijaw to the
South and Ukwani (kwale-Aboh) to
the North East. The Urhobo territory
consist of evergreen forest with many
oil palm trees which provide the
lucrative palm produce industry for
which the Urhobo have some
technological preserve. The territory
is covered by a network of streams
whose volumes of water and flow are
directly concerned with the climatic
season; wet season (April–October)
and dry season (November–March).
THE HISTORY OF URHOBO.
The history of the Urhobo generally
began from an Edo territory
supposedly around where the ancient
town of Udo and Benin City are
currently located. At the end of the
Ogiso dynasty, many Urhobo and
Edo-groups left Udo in different
directions, each at its own pace, in
search of more peaceful territories. It
was natural that in those compelling
circumstances, peace loving and less
powerful Edo-groups had to leave the
territory to seek fortunes in less
populated but more economically
resourceful territories.
The Urhobo left under separate
leaders in different directions to
found separate governmental
organization. Egharevba (1960:14),
When some of the emigrant left
Benin, they found in their
destinations of Urhobo territory, some
Edo-speaking settlers. Each 22
socio-political unit was called a
"clan" by earlier writers especially by
British Colonial Officers in their
various intelligence/assessment
reports. The word "Urhobo" is used
to describe the Urhobo group.
Nigeria , near the northwestern Niger
delta . The Urhobo is the major ethnic
group in Delta State . Delta State is
one of the 36 states of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria . The Urhobo's
speak the Urhobo language . A
language in the Niger–Congo group .
The Urhobo culture is related to
several cultures in the Niger-Delta -
Isoko are related in language and
culture, leading to the missionaries
erroneously labelling the Urhobo and
Isoko cultural groups as Sobo. This
name was strongly rejected by both
tribes. The Urhobo nation is made up
of twenty two sub-groups, including.
According to the 2006 Nigerian
census, there are over three million
Urhobos,thus classifying the group
among the first ten major ethnic
groups in Nigeria (Awolowo, 1968
241–242). The word Urhobo refer to
a group of people and not
geographical territory. For example
Agbon Urhobo . The Urhobos have
social and cultural affinity to the Edo
speaking people of Nigeria
(Northcote Thomas, 1910). The
Urhobo now live in a territory
bounded by latitudes 6°and 5°, 15°
North and Longitudes 5°, 40° and 6°,
25° East in the Delta State of Nigeria.
Their neighbours are the Isoko to the
South East, the Itsekiri to the West,
the Bini to the North, Ijaw to the
South and Ukwani (kwale-Aboh) to
the North East. The Urhobo territory
consist of evergreen forest with many
oil palm trees which provide the
lucrative palm produce industry for
which the Urhobo have some
technological preserve. The territory
is covered by a network of streams
whose volumes of water and flow are
directly concerned with the climatic
season; wet season (April–October)
and dry season (November–March).
THE HISTORY OF URHOBO.
The history of the Urhobo generally
began from an Edo territory
supposedly around where the ancient
town of Udo and Benin City are
currently located. At the end of the
Ogiso dynasty, many Urhobo and
Edo-groups left Udo in different
directions, each at its own pace, in
search of more peaceful territories. It
was natural that in those compelling
circumstances, peace loving and less
powerful Edo-groups had to leave the
territory to seek fortunes in less
populated but more economically
resourceful territories.
The Urhobo left under separate
leaders in different directions to
found separate governmental
organization. Egharevba (1960:14),
When some of the emigrant left
Benin, they found in their
destinations of Urhobo territory, some
Edo-speaking settlers. Each 22
socio-political unit was called a
"clan" by earlier writers especially by
British Colonial Officers in their
various intelligence/assessment
reports. The word "Urhobo" is used
to describe the Urhobo group.
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