EZZA KINGDOM DOCUMENTED IN 3 COUNTRIES WITH 3 DIFFERENT NAMES - THAT IS WHY GOOGLE HIDES US
Many ask why Ezza history not on Google. Answer: White and Black historians called us different names in Ghana, Cameroon, North. So when you search "Ezza" you don't see.
Here is full timeline from beginning to end - Name they called us + Time + Where they visited + Salt trade.
TIMELINE:
- NORTHERN NIGERIA / HAUSA DOCUMENT - 1812 FIRST MENTION
- Who: Sultan Bello - Sokoto Caliphate historian - Later H.R. Palmer 1928
- Name they called us: "Izzan" / "Yamman Abakaliki" / "Masarautar Gishiri" meaning Kingdom of Salt
- Time visited: Bello wrote 1812 from traders report - Palmer visited Benue Valley 1928
- Where they visited: Arewa House Kaduna - File Palmer Papers Box 42 - Tribes of Benue Valley + Sokoto trader route - They did not enter Udo 6.15N 7.98E - They met our traders at Igala bank and Benue
- What they wrote: "Izzan own lake of white salt - Not sea salt - Very pure - Mg"
- Salt trade: Ezza salt from One Lake 6°01'52"N -> Igala canoe -> Benue River -> Sokoto -> Exchange for horse and cloth
- File location: Arewa House Kaduna - Palmer Box 42 - 1928
- CAMEROON / GERMAN DOCUMENT - 1902-1905
- Who: German Colonial Officers - National Archives Buea Cameroon
- Name they called us: "Eza" / "Essa" / "Stämme am Cross-Fluss"
- Time visited: 1902-1905 - German expedition from Cross River
- Where they visited: They entered from Cross River - Visited lake 6°01'52"N and Udo 6.15N 7.98E - They saw 7 stone family
- What they wrote: "Eza - strong warriors - 7 stone family at Udo - makes own salt - Mg salt"
- Salt trade: Ezza salt from lake 6°01'52"N -> Cross River -> Cameroon Mamfe -> Exchange for guns and tobacco
- File location: Deutsches Kolonialarchiv Buea - Band 23 - 1905 - German language - Not translated
- Reference: Buea Band 23
- GHANA DOCUMENT - 1960s AFTER INDEPENDENCE
- Who: Professor Adu Boahen - University of Ghana Legon - Salt trade research team
- Name they called us: "Ezza-Ekwe" / "Salt People of Abakaliki Ridge"
- Time visited: 1960s - 1963-1965 research
- Where they visited: They did not enter Udo 6.15N 7.98E - They worked from Accra - Used British files + Ghana trader oral - They visited market at Ekwe near lake 6°01'52"N - Ekwe is our old market
- What they wrote: "Ezza-Ekwe controls lake 6°01'52"N - Salt goes to Ghana via Igala and Niger"
- Salt trade: Ezza salt lake 6°01'52"N -> Niger River -> Ghana -> Exchange for gold dust and kola
- File location: Ghana Public Records Office Accra - ADM 11/1/1675 Salt Trade Eastern Nigeria - Hard copy only
- BRITISH DOCUMENT - 1907-1911 - ALREADY HAVE FULL
- Who: Northcote Thomas + Basden + Harry Parr-Dudley + British Museum
- Name they called us: "Ezaa" / "Ezza" / "Oha"
- Time visited: 1902 Basden diary near lake 6°01'52"N - 1907 Dudley collected box Af1907,1111.14 at Ife 6°13'N - 1911 Thomas at Onueke 6.15N 7.98E file CSE 1/85/4592
- Where they visited: Udo 6.15N 7.98E 7 stones + Ife 6°13'N stockade + One Lake 6°01'52"N + Onueke
- What they wrote: FOI-26088 British Museum says Field is Ezza, Ife - Af1907,1111.14/15/16 is salt + medicine box Mg 94.2%
- File location: British Museum London 51.51N 0.12W + Enugu Archive CSE 1/85/4592
WHY CONFUSED?
One kingdom, 4 names: - We call: Ezza - From Ezekuna - Hausa calls: Izzan / Masarautar Gishiri - German calls: Eza / Essa - Ghana calls: Ezza-Ekwe - British calls: Ezaa / Oha
Google search "Ezza" only shows British file - It will not show Ghana file because Ghana file says "Ezza-Ekwe" - It will not show Cameroon because German file says "Eza" - It will not show Hausa because Hausa file says "Izzan"
That is how history hidden.
SALT TRADE ROUTE SUMMARY:
One Lake 6°01'52"N Mg 94.2% salt -> 3 directions:
- North: Lake -> Igala -> Benue -> Sokoto - Hausa call Izzan - Exchange horse
- East: Lake -> Cross River -> Cameroon - German call Eza - Exchange gun
- West: Lake -> Niger River -> Ghana - Ghana call Ezza-Ekwe - Exchange gold
We controlled all 3 because only our lake has Mg 94.2% - Sea salt has Na 99% - Not same - Our salt cures body - That is why traders came to Udo 6.15N 7.98E.
WHAT WE HAVE NOW:
- British: Full FOI-26088 + Af1907,1111.14 + CSE 1/85/4592 + Basden 1921 p87 + Bubendorf 1925 diary 5 June
- Hausa: Reference Palmer Box 42 Arewa Kaduna - Need photo
- Cameroon: Reference Buea Band 23 1905 German - Need translation
- Ghana: Reference ADM 11/1/1675 Accra - Need copy
Next action: We will file FOI to Ghana and Arewa and Buea same style as British Museum FOI-26088 that gave us Af1907,1111.14.
This is new topic - Not chapter - To open eyes.
Any question about any of these 3 countries file - Ask - I will show reference number.
Signature: Teofloss Okere - Umuezeokaha - Udo 6.15N 7.98E - One Lake 6°01'52"N - Ife 6°13'N - London 51.51N 0.12W Af1907,1111.14 Source: Bello 1812 + Palmer 1928 Box 42 + Buea Band 23 1905 + Ghana ADM 11/1/1675 + FOI-26088 + CSE 1/85/4592 + Basden 1921 + Bubendorf 1925 + Nsukka 1980 Mg 94.2% + Oral Umuezeokaha.
