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ẸGHẸ EMIANMWẸN

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ZE vbe ni ka kha wẹ, vbe 1910 vb' Ebue ọre Okhuọba Ọmọloto

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Osodin n' ọtiamobọ ta umian emianmwẹn na mamwẹn wẹ,

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ẹdẹ gha rie, i gha mwẹn igho, mwẹn emọ mwẹn owa, mwẹn

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emwin hia sokpan, egberhanmwẹn khian gha rọ. Ohan kè ghi

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mumwẹn yọ ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse, rhunmwunda, egberhanmwẹn ọre

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o s' ẹfẹ; i ke gha muẹn rougbugbẹhia.

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Vbe December 1920, Ahusa ọkpa (Alufa Moru) ke khamam-

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wẹn vb' Ọkigue wẹ, i gha khuọnmwin emianmwẹn ni gha mu

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vb' egbe okhuo lavbasevba, emianmwẹn ni gha kpẹ ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse

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ya se od'ukpo isẹnyan-gban ra, iyeva. Ẹmwẹn na ke ghi kakabọ

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kpamwẹn odin ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse. Ọmwan khuọnmwin l' ikpede

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isẹn kẹkan ọ ye ba suẹe, a ma wẹ, ukpo isẹnyan-gban ra, iyeva.

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Ọ gha ye vberiọ, ọna khe ke we, i gha r' ekhun kevbe ọkhọnm-

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wọn l'ẹdẹ agbọnmwẹn nọ dẹkẹ. Oban ke ghi mumwẹn yọ

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ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse. Afa ni ke ghi khamamwẹn ni ghẹ gie egbe wọm-

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wẹn yọ rhunmwunda, emwin n' irẹn miẹn, irẹn tae.

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Vbe May 1921, ẹyẹn ke kuanmwẹvb'owẹ vb' uroramẹ

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vb' asọn vb' owa ima vb' Okemole. Iyemwẹn kevbe Ediọnmwan

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Uwangue Igiehọn ke ghi mie ukhunmun yọ mẹ, o ke ghi vbe

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fo. Vb' ukpo ni, ọ ghi sẹ ikpẹdẹ iweva vb' uki September, a ma

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mobọ rẹn emwin ọkpa nọ sunu sokpan, udumwẹn ke ghi kpaẹn

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gha bọ kpi, kpi, kpi.

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Vbe June vbe Sapele 1922, ẹko ke ghi mumuẹn khiẹn vb'

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iriovbe vb' asọn malo-malo-malo; otọ hia na gha legamwẹn.

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Ẹdẹ te ghi, esagiẹn kevbe ivbiokhọe negiẹrẹe na lẹ gba riọ-mwẹn

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uhunmwun. Ẹdẹ n' ogieva vb' owiẹ, i na kpao gha rie Hospital

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vb' evba. Omwan ni rẹnrẹn ke ghi i' evba, a ke ghi tiẹre,

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Dispenser Johnson--ovbie Sierra Leone nọ: ọ te gha r' Ẹdo yi;

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'ma rẹn egbe ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse. Ọ na rhie ukhunmwun mẹ, ọ ke

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vbe rhiemwẹn bu S.M.O. (Ọbo Smith). Ọbo Smith ke ghi rhie

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ukhunmwun mẹ; ọ ke vbe gele gbele ọkhọe nibun sokpan,

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emianmwẹn ni ma fo. Ọ ina gha rhie ukhunmwun yọmwẹn-re

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gbaro ghemwẹn rhin-rin-rin i te do kpao gha die Ẹdo vbe

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o

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September 1923 do gbaro gh' egbemwẹn fo.

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Ọbo Wilson vbe January 1924 gbaro ghemwẹn vbe Hospital

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vb' Ẹdo. Ọ ke ghi khamamwẹn wẹ emiẹnmwẹn nọ lọghọmwẹn

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ke ghi re emianmwẹn udu (olegbe esagiẹn). Ọ ke vbe bumwẹn

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ude we ni ghe da ayọn nọwegbe yọ ra ru iwina nọ wegbe. I ke

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ghi rhie; ọ na rhie ukhunmwun yọ mẹ. K' ẹghẹ ni kpao, ediọnm-

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wan Uwangue Igiehọn ke gha gbaro ghemwẹn rhin-rin-rin o

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te do s' ẹghẹ uwu ẹre vb' ikpedẹ ihinrọn vbe uki March 1925.

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Iyemwẹn (Okunzuwa) na do rhiemwẹn gie ọtẹn ọnrẹn ọvbehi

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ina tiẹre Uku-logun Edokpayi. Ọni vbe gbaro ghemwẹn rhin-

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rin-rin do se 1926, nọ fi-ya. Iyemwẹn na vbe ye rhiemwẹn

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bu otẹn ọnrẹn ọkpa na tiẹre Onaghisẹ nọ r' uhunmwun Iguisi.

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Ọna gbaro ghemwẹn kpẹ ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse do se 1935 no do miamwẹn

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ukhunmwun ni tobọmwẹn gha ho lo ya gbaro gh' egbemwẹn.

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Emian-mwẹn na ke do gha hiẹ, ọ ka vbe gha fo kherhẹkherhẹ.

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Vbe 1927, i ke do rhunmwund' emianmwẹn na rue iha omini-

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gbon guẹ. Osunde ọkpa vb' uwu ọka ni mamwẹn niha omini-

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gbọn ke ghi khamamwẹn wẹ, i gha khuọnmwin vb' ẹdẹ gha rie

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sokpan, ọ gha s' ẹghẹ ni nẹ, ni ghe ye hospital ya rhie ukhunmwun-

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ra; ni ya lovbie rhunmwunda, a gha gbaro ghemwẹn vb' owa,

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o gha fo. Eriọ i vbe rue amobọ na tie gue baemwẹn emianmwẹn

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na. Vbiyeke vbi guoẹ nẹ, edokpa i na do tie amobọ-mwẹn.

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Ohan kevbe orhirhi na mumwẹn, i ke gha guọ zẹzẹ vbi miẹn

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emwin ni rọ. Ama oghe uhunmwun--ogbọi i rẹn ọna--kevbe

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ọghe udu ke ghi de kugbe rhunmwunda, ọ gha de kugbe vberiọ,

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a ghi rẹn ghọ gha si emianmwẹn nọkhua ne rherhe fo. I ghi ze

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muẹn ro, i na wẹ, o ma, a yae z' ere we: avbiẹrẹ wu ya, vbo ma

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be s' ẹdẹ uwu ẹre levbasevba, ehe n' ebi na ro, owọnwọn rhie

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rhọ. Gele-gele, vbe n' afa ni khamamwẹn, eriọ de fi. Egbe

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okhuo, ọre i na viọ emianmwẹn na. Okhuo ni vbọ guemwẹn

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vb' ima gba ru, emianmwẹn na sunu, i, ma rẹn. Ugbẹn vbo

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ghi kpao vb' owa-mwẹn, ọ ghi r omwan ukpo igbe, ọ na weri-

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egbe re; ma na vbe weriegbe gba gha ru, emianmwẹn ina na

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weriegbe suẹn. k' ẹghẹ ni gha de, obomwẹn ma fo vb' ukhun-

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mwun. Ẹghẹ ọkpa i ro ni ya rhie ẹghẹ y' otọ ni ya gbaro gh,

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egbemwẹn.

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O ghi se 1953, emianmwẹn ina na gha kpọlọ yo; ọ na kakabọ

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gha rumwẹn ẹghẹ hia. Vb' ikpẹdẹ ihinrin vb' uki January 1957,

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vb' ogi' avan wowowo vbi we ni kpaegbe vb' isi-wina (Museun)

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owẹmwẹn eveva ke ghi khuamwẹn. Atata-owẹmwẹn eveva na

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ye vbe na viọ ukohun yi: ọ na ye fughẹfughẹ. K' asọn nin kpao

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vbi s' owa, i ma ghi nẹ, i ma ghi hiọ ọ te do s' ikpede iwene vb'

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uki ni. Ọ re Ọbo Bradbury na munmwẹn gha rie Hospital gie

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Ọbo Drew no gbaro ghemwẹn. Vberiọ, ọ ke uzọla ọkpa kẹkan

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n' ima suẹn iwina itan n' Ọbo Dike mwanmwan-ẹn n' imẹ vb'

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Bradbury khian gba ru. A ghi tiẹre 'nẹghẹdene na mumwẹn se

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Hospital,--vberiọ, ai ne, ai hiọ, a rhunmwunda ẹre mumwẹn

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gha khian.--iran na suẹn iwina ọni. Ọni ghi te gha fo kherhẹ,

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emianmwẹn ọvbehe na re, na ma ro, na ma kọ. Emianmwẹn

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na re vbe na re, emianmwen na re ominigie. I ghi sẹtin kpao tọn

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obọ tọn owẹ mu hiehie; ta ghi fian evbare yọmwẹn unu Emwin

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ni ghi sẹtin tobomwẹn ru rhokpa ghi rọ hiehie. Vb' uwu-ẹre ni,

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Ọbọ Dike ke ghi k' Ibadan re kevbe iran eso debae Nọwanrẹn

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Parry ne principal University College vb' Ibadan ekporiọ. Iran

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na do tuọmwẹn vbe Hospital. Hospital hia na ye vbe eki n' emwan

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hia ni do gha miẹn-mwẹn. Ọre Drew na ya rhie olakpa na ya

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gha vẹ emwan. Sokpan, vbe na hia sẹ, t' emiunmwẹn na ye gha

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vẹ yọ, vẹ yọ. Vbe n' Osunobua ya s' oriọnmwẹn do s' ẹdẹ n' ẹre

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ni ma na wu, oyunua nọ. 'Mẹ tobọmwẹn ọ yae z' ere wẹ, a khian

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lẹ n' uwu, ọre a na dekun emianmwẹn. Ere na ke ghi de kaẹn

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ẹmwẹn n' ọbo ominigbọn ni tae (Osunde) wẹ, ẹghẹ k' ẹghẹ ni

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rhirhi ya gha khuọnmwin ni ghe ye Hospital ya lovbie rhun-

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mwunda, a gha sinmwọn-ẹn vb' owa, emianmwẹn ni gha fo.

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Ọ gha kẹ, emianmwẹn na gha te gele fo, a kpa wẹ i ma ye Hospital.

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Sokpan, vb' ẹmwanta, Ọbo Drew y' ẹtin y'ewaen k' ahuẹmwẹn-

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ọmwan gbaro ghemwẹn ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse. Ai sẹtin tiẹre ọbo kẹkan

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sokpan na tiẹre erha emwan nọ gbaro ghe. Ọ zozo y' ẹmwẹn-

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mwẹn ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse. O ke tie Ọbo Akingbehi nọ gbaro gh' aro

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vb' ase ọkpa nọ do gbaro ghemwẹn. Ọbo Akingbehi rhie uhun-

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mwun mẹ, ọ ke vbe danmwọn-ẹn khama Ọbo Drew gh' aro i

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khiamwẹn sokpan, emianmwẹn nọ rọmwẹn egbe ọre ọ kpa

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rhunmwẹn aro kevbe wẹ, emianmwẹn ni gha sẹtin fo, aro, gha

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weriegbe re vba rhie ridunmwun kherhẹ yọ, Ikpẹdẹ vb uki

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February vb' ukpo ni ọre i ke Hospital s' owa ina na gha k owa

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mumwẹn yo. Ọka-ohẹn kevbe 'fada eso (fathers) ọghe esọsi

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'Catholic', ohẹn ọghe C.M.S. kevbe ohẹn 'sirafo (Aladura) do gha

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nerhunmwun mẹ ugbugbehia i te do kpao ghadie owa.

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Ugbe.n vbọ ghi s' uki May, Ọbo Dike na weriegbe re gh' irẹn

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khian mumwẹn gha rie Hospital vb' Ibadan n' iran ya gbaro

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ghẹmwẹn vb' odọ. Ọbo Drew ina wẹ nọ semwẹn-rae ghi sẹtin

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mudia hiehie wẹre 'rẹn họn nia wẹ, Ọbo Brown no re University

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Hospital vb' Ibadan die Ẹdo. Ọ wẹ ọ gha re, ọ sẹtin danmwẹn-

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mwẹn ghe 'mwẹn kevbe wẹ, ọ gha danmwẹn-mwẹn ghe nẹ,

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iran gha rẹn ukhunmwun na gha rhie mẹ. Ọbo Dike ke ghi weri-

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egbe kpao levbasevba, Ọbo Brown ma re hiehie. K' ẹghẹ ni kpao,

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ebo nekhui hia fẹfefẹ nibun hia na gha gbaro ghẹmwẹn.

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Vbe April 1960, Governor nọ re Ibadan Sir John Rankin ke

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ghi ri' Ẹdo vbọ ghi muegbe no gha ya kpao gha rie evbo-ebo

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fẹfẹfẹ z' obọ vb' iwina. Ọ ke ghi dae ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse vbọ sẹ Museum

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y'a nọ ẹmwẹnmwẹn vb' iran khama ọnrẹn wẹ, egbe ma rhan

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mwẹn; ọ ke ghi gie na wẹmwẹn do gh' irẹn te s' evba. Eriọ vbẹ

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no vb' ufọmwẹn ukpo ni vbe November 1960, Governor General

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Sir James Robertson vbe rie Ẹdo. Ọni vbe se Museum te vbe do

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mienmwẹn. Ọre iran na khama ọnrẹn gh' egbe ma rhanmwẹn

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ghi' r' owa. Ọre ọ na ghi gie iran n' iran wemwẹn do gh' irẹn te se

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Museum gh' ẹmwẹn te rọ n' irẹn gha te gumwẹn guan.

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Vb' ukpo nọ gbera (1963), vb' uki October, Ọbo Munro na

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rie Ẹdo. O ke ghi mwẹn eko rhiẹnrhiẹnrhiẹn ghemwẹn vbo da

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re ni; ọ ke vbe dae ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse vb' ukpo-emianmwẹn ni ye.

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Ore 'mẹ vb' ọre na do gba z'iro gh' irẹn gha mumwẹn gha rie

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iku. 'Ma ke ghi bu ẹdẹ yọ. Sokpan, ọ ghi zẹ kpẹ ọ na do mumwẹn

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gha rie ọghe Ẹdokita (Ọbo Stephenson) no r' Edo 'mwan. Igbaha

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'ma bu yo; ọ na do danmwẹn-mwẹn. Ọ we, ọlẹgbe esagiẹn ọre ọ

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loghomwen kevbe wẹ, na mumwẹn gha rie Ibadan. Ọbo Munro

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k'e ghi kui yọ sokpan, i na wẹ he-n--gh' Ẹku n' ima ka gha kha,

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'Ore igha ka yo. Ọre Ọbo Munro na do rinmwian Ohẹn Robinson

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ni mumwẹn gha khian; ọ na gele ru vberiọ. A ghi s' evba ni

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Ọbo W. J. Williams, ke ghi gbaro ghemwẹn ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse kevbe

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emwan ni r' ototọ're l' ọmwan uzọla eva ni gb' evba i ke weriegbe

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gha de. Ọ ina viọ Ukhunmwun ughughan nibun mẹ ni gha lo vb'

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owa kevbe we ra, ọ gha fo ni gualo dẹ vb' Ẹdo. Ọre i ghi ye k'

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ẹghẹ ni gha de nọ ma na fo, nọ ma na hiẹ. Emwan hia ni gbaro

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ghemwẹn. egbe wọ iran. A lo igho, igho fo vb' aza. Etin fo.

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ewaẹn wiri. Edọkpa i ghi khe levbasevba, ẹdẹ uwu iro fo, obalọ,

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ukpokpo kevbe oyanghan ghi fo fẹfẹfẹ.

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