Just wondering aloud: Why is it that it is hard to find a town without ndi Igbo no matter how remote or developed the town is both in Nigeria n if am not mistaken abroad? Ndi Igbo ibe m what made us scatter this much?

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You like mixing with others.

I asked myself this question recently. The other day, I attended a mass service in a small suburb in the United States and as I took a look at the mass program, I saw, clearly written, Fr. C. Anyanwu. For some reason, I chuckled to myself.

Anyway, I think the reason why we Igbo are so widespread is because our culture(s) place(s) a high value on personal achievement and self-worth. Therefore, we all try our best to succeed and "make it" even if it means traveling thousands of miles from our hometowns in search of opportunities that would be otherwise unavailable to us.

^ well said. Let's remember home once in a while

odumchi: I asked myself this question recently. The other day, I attended a mass service in a small suburb in the United States and as I took a look at the mass program, I saw, clearly written, Fr. C. Anyanwu. For some reason, I chuckled to myself.

Anyway, I think the reason why we Igbo are so widespread is because our culture(s) place(s) a high value on personal achievement and self-worth. Therefore, we all try our best to succeed and "make it" even if it means traveling thousands of miles from our hometowns in search of opportunities that would be otherwise unavailable to us.

I doubt if this culture of travelling in search of opportunities existed prior to the civil war. I see it as one of the behaviors that came with the hardship post Biafra.

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Igbos don't travel to a place necessarily because it's better than where they're coming from. They go to these places because it presents them a unique opportunity.