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God bless ndi Igbo
Have you ever wondered why some families in Equatorial Guinea can trace their roots back to Igboland?
It is a story that many people have never heard.
Back in the colonial era, thousands of young men from Eastern Nigeria left their villages for a place they called Panya. For many of them, Panya sounded like a land of endless opportunities. Recruiters moved from community to community, painting pictures of quick wealth and a better life. Some young men packed their belongings and followed these promises without fully understanding where they were headed.
What many eventually discovered was that Panya was not America. It was Fernando Po, the island that is now part of Equatorial Guinea.
As more and more young men disappeared from communities across the Eastern Region, British colonial authorities began asking questions. They noticed that the number of able bodied young men leaving did not match local records and economic activity. Their investigations uncovered a large labour movement to Spanish plantations
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