Ishilove:
Clannish?

Don't let my kinfolk hear you o . They distanced themselves from the igbo race during the civil war and take umbrage whenever they are lumped with igbo people. I've been brought up with that mind set and it's not going to change anytime soon

Who are your people? They are certainly not the from the same lineage as the legendary igbo musician, Ali chukwuma, and the powerful king of eboe town,eze obi ossai. Aboh the great eboe town,under eze obi ossai was much involved in slave trade business. When eze ossai signed a treaty with the british to stop slave trade,he couldn't sell most of his last stocks(slaves),who were mainly from present day northern Nigeria,they stayed behind and became members of ukwuani tribe.

There were equally many isoko groups that got igbonized to some extent,and became part of ukwuani. Some of these towns still have isoko foot prints all over them.

So,when you say your folks are not igbos,you might be right,as they could have been descendants of either of these two groups i explained. But that does not make ukwuaniland non-igbo,it only mean that you are a descendant of a non-igbo in an igbo area.

When the time is right,you and your kind will either relocate back to hausaland, isoko,or become assimilated in igboland.

Thank you.

pazienza:

Who are your people? They are certainly not the from the same lineage as the legendary igbo musician, Ali chukwuma, and the powerful king of eboe town,eze obi ossai. Aboh the great eboe town,under eze obi ossai was much involved in slave trade business. When eze ossai signed a treaty with the british to stop slave trade,he couldn't sell most of his last stocks(slaves),who were mainly from present day northern Nigeria,they stayed behind and became members of ukwuani tribe.

There were equally many isoko groups that got igbonized to some extent,and became part of ukwuani. Some of these towns still have isoko foot prints all over them.

So,when you say your folks are not igbos,you might be right,as they could have been descendants of either of these two groups i explained. But that does not make ukwuaniland non-igbo,it only mean that you are a descendant of a non-igbo in an igbo area.

When the time is right,you and your kind will either relocate back to hausaland, isoko,or become assimilated in igboland.

Thank you.

Thank you for the history, but you seem to keep hammering on the town 'Aboh'.
I however do some research on my lineage and get back to you.

esere826:

Another excellent presentation
Digging deeper, we'll find that this a chicken and egg situation
Corrupt and ineffectual leaders come from corrupt and ineffectual people
Corrupt and ineffectual leaders create corrupt and ineffectual people
..a viscious cycle

But interestinly, its easier to change one person than a group of 10
in the same vain demanding accountability from a small leadership class making up not more than .5% of the population
should be easier than converting the entire Nigerians

All we need in Nigeria right now is for one person at the top (the president) to be a fast striking change agent
With our present political structure, he can only get there by mistake
..similar kind of mistake that brought Jonathan, a minority, to power

I'll model nigeria against russia.
when yeltsin was president, corryptions and all anomalies in the country was exposed, he was infact like GEJ.
When putin became president reverse was the case.
So the next president shouldnt be by mistake, it should be someone who knew the problem and has researched the solution. we dont need a rookie or trainee president.

Rossikk:

The African leadership that succeeded the post colonial progressive leaders were intimidated by the sabotage/assassination of their illustrious forbears - Nkrumah, Patrice Lumumba, Sankara, Amílcar Cabral, Murtala Muhammed etc etc. presumably with the involvement of foreign intelligence agencies. The succeeding generation of leaders became more pliant to foreign imperialist machinations.

The way to sidestep this problem is to depersonalise leadership. Instead of having a Castro or Chavez, spread the power and responsibility to effect progressive action to institutional structures like the national assembly, central bank, house of reps, state govts, the various ministries, the military, and even the private sector. Then the enemies won't know who to target.

Good point.