King BAKANA?
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Topic: King BAKANA?
Posted By: Guests
Subject: King BAKANA?
Date Posted: 27-Dec-2007 at 19:33
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Dear Lady / Sir,
I have a beautiful old postcard, approximately 1900, not travelled, representing the photographic portrait in black and white of an old black men with large white beard, exuberant cap with feathers of ostrich, equipped with tunic with large squares. Sat on a species of tricycle.... The only printed text: BAKANA. Please, which is this character? A African king? of which country? data? ... Thank you very much in advance as of the your pleasant answers and GOOD YEAR 2008!
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Posted By: Dawn
Date Posted: 29-Dec-2007 at 01:55
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Can't help you with the picture but the word Bakana in japanese means fool or idiot or silly something to that effect. ------------- |
Posted By: erkut
Date Posted: 29-Dec-2007 at 13:14
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Bakana also could be African name, cause yesterday i watched a movie ''Goodbye Bafana''. Bafana was a name, similar to bakana... ------------- |
Posted By: pekau
Date Posted: 30-Dec-2007 at 10:47
Actually, that's baka. Bakana is not really a Japanese word. ------------- http://swagbucks.com/refer/Malachi"> 
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Posted By: Eondt
Date Posted: 09-Jan-2008 at 06:30
| Actually Bafana is an affectionate term meaning "boy" or "son". The South African football team is called Bafana Bafana, loosely translated as "the boys". |
Posted By: erkut
Date Posted: 09-Jan-2008 at 22:57
Really? Thanks for info mate  ------------- |
Posted By: pikeshot1600
Date Posted: 09-Jan-2008 at 23:31
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I understand BAKANAs are a great source of potassium.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 04-Dec-2008 at 14:44
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Hey,
I would like to see this post card as it interests me greatly. Bakana is a riverine community in Rivers State of Nigeria and I hail from there. The community is over a hundred years. It is possible that the picture on the post card is that of a cheap.
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Posted By: Boma
Date Posted: 20-Sep-2012 at 04:56
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This was posted long time ago and I do not know if people still follow the post. The picture or photo you are talking about was the King of a small clan in Southern Nigeria West Africa called BAKANA kingdom. It was a break away kingdom from the mother kingdom named KALABARI kingdom. The people are of the Kalabari Ethnic group of the greater Ijaw tribe. The name of the King is CHIEF IGBANIBO WILL BRAIDE . This is not a guess because I am a native of that kingdom.
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Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 03-Oct-2012 at 09:37
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In many parts of Africa important people are addressed as Bwana (Master)
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Posted By: Boma
Date Posted: 04-Oct-2012 at 03:27
Bwana is not BAKANA.. ------------- Izon_Otu |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 07-Oct-2012 at 08:26
It might be a regional dialect ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: Boma
Date Posted: 07-Oct-2012 at 15:09
Bakana is a Town that became a kingdom. The people of BAKANA are called KALABARI and they belong to the greater IJAW tribe of Nigeria. Their dialect is KALABARI IJAW ------------- Izon_Otu |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 08-Oct-2012 at 08:30
 Postcard from ebay featuring Nigerian king of Bakana, early 20th century ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: Boma
Date Posted: 08-Oct-2012 at 14:37
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But this does not seem to match the king that was described . I have a picture close to that description but I could not down load it here to post. His name is Chief Briggs. ------------- Izon_Otu |
Posted By: Boma
Date Posted: 08-Oct-2012 at 15:11
His name is CHIEF INIIKEIROARI YOUNG BRIGGS. This second picture might be the one in question which was in black and white. This man was also a Founder of a Kingdom known as Abonnema which is also a break away kingdom from the ancient KALABARI kingdom. This picture matches the description of the picture of the possible ancient king with white beards sitting on a tricycle and wearing feather decorated Hat. But the interesting thing is ,There were numerous KINGS dressed in this fashion from the same region at the same era and all were of the IJAW TRIBE of the NIGER DELTA of Nigeria. BONNY, OKRIKA, OPOBO, NEMBE kingdoms are the notable ones. ------------- Izon_Otu |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 09-Oct-2012 at 07:30
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I can't see your image Boma. Could you post a link to it please? ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: Boma
Date Posted: 09-Oct-2012 at 10:55
That makes sense. To post a link.. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=196318996899&set=a.493257321899.292598.196318186899&type=1&theater That should work. ------------- Izon_Otu |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2012 at 07:40
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I can see the resemblence to the old man in the ebay photo. Perhaps the two chiefs were related?
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Posted By: Boma
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2012 at 11:21
They are all from the same Tribe called Ijaw and from the same Clan called KALABARI of the Ijaw tribe. But Chief Igbanibo which is the black and white Photo Broke away from the KALABARI kingdom headed by Chief AMACHREE ( He also looks exactly like them ) due to reasons and the Kingdom started its decline. It was supposed to be the VERY KINGDOM of the entire IJAW . As chief Igbanibo broke away to found his own kingdom he named BAKANA, other factions of the remnant KALABARI kingdom also broke away to form ABONNEMA kingdom and was headed by Chief Briggs which is the second picture in color.. http://books.google.ca/books?id=pIR-mgBiJ-gC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------- Izon_Otu |