What+happened

The Igbo peoples numbers were being lowered from colonial slave trade. They also are in a constant bloody wars with other tribes mainly the Ijaws over land, oil, and other resources. Also the focus was now on the Niger Delta and relationships between tribes were bad. The arrival of the english and other ethnicity's led to a deeper colonization. However, the british soon started to rule over the Igbo with harsh rule and unfairness. This rule started in a decline in other large ethnic groups.