Which Culture Is The Best

You are so right

Yoruba rockkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

We look nice especially when we tie the head wrap with the native dress wearing a matching shoe and bag with some nice set gold jewelry.

I envy my mom when never she dresses up like that because I don't wear the native only if I have too or am forced by my mom.

*sighs*

and what do tend to achieve with an instigating thread like this?

You know very well the other tribes are going to come along and start and then a dumb fight over the best culture will begin.

everybody should be free to give their own opinion about any culture, so there's no need for argument


not everything yourba people do i agree with but, i must confess Yoruba culture is very Rich.   

@ Omo eko

_{wow u starting school tmr, i still have one more week Thank God} 

ONCE AGAIN, ANOTHER STUPID THREAD.

How do you determine "the best culture"?
what is the criteria?

 you, gisaa, are very ethnocentric.

u can determine which culture is best it is your own opinion, but it might not be the same for another person.

somebody might not like your opinion but sorry they  have to face it and let it go.  

@ Omo Eko

_{yea i have 2 classes from 8- 2:30,  but it starts next week}

 Well well well I was already expecting this negative comment sooner or later nor am I surprise.

I think every individual has a right to their own opinions, however do not think this thread is stupid .

_{lucky you but your vacation will soon be over}

Yes have taken classes on Italian, Russian and German cultures and truth to be said my culture is way better. 

no culture is really the best but the igbo culture to me is the most unique
i mean how many cultures do you know who never had kings and were able to establish calendars, math, bank loans, etc.

while all other cultures invaded other lands the igbo were always calm with their own land and lived as one people

well i guess to me igbo culture is beautiful
but who ever started this thread is very ignorant and insecure

Er, so where did the 'Obi' & 'Eze' titles come from then, if they never had kings?

well the igbo people i know always say there everyone is a king in igbo land

Dude, you still havent answered our question

 i thought i answeresd the question from the phrase i gave but traditional igbo culture has no kings
they were had organized councils that dealt with the society apart from the nri society which is where the term eze came

i might be wrong but this is what my mom told me who is from anambra
please give me the right info if im wrong

ijaw. D

ebeledi, you may be right because i also found info supporting your claims.

PRE-COLONIAL LIFE OF NDI IGBO
i'll also see if i can find more stuff from another source.

every culture is the best, 

Yes eze can be interpreted as 'King' but the function of 'Eze' is parallel to those of a 'King' in the right sense of the word. It is more often an insignificant title with no special privilege. An elder or a priest has the same power as the so called 'Eze',this is the reason why the so called Eze can only put his ideas on the table for debate, just like any elder,priest or member of the daughters of the soil (Umu Ada). The Igbo system of government is democratic in nature and gives no room for central power or tyranny. No man has absolute power, no man can tell others to dance to their tune. Wherever decisions that affect the community are involved, EVERYTHING has to pass through the due process of deliberation and voting. Although the council of elders and Daughters of the soil (Umu ada) are prominent in decision making, the entire community is often invited to contribute.

Igbo people have no kings in the right sense of the word, they never did, not even one community can lay claim to such, well, with the exception of Onitsha with their Obi but a close examination will reveal that even he may not be in the exact line as an actual 'King'. Their (Igbo) system of government is the same, from Igbo Ukwu to Arochukwu. Bear in mind that we are talking about 'King' in terms of function, king in the right sense and not some insignificant title given to someone with no more political power than an elder, priest, warriror, etc. The whole system went down hill (not entirely but partially) when the British imposed warrant chiefs on the Igbos; an act that sparked an outrage from people who are alien to the concept of imposing someone on them irrespective of his moral standing; someone that will control them and suppress their opinion, no matter how credible.

Igbo Enwe Eze  (Igbo people have no kings) is a term derived from their system of government. This positive term term is often misinterpreted by the 'uninformed' as 'anarchy'.