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National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by jimyjames(m): 4:26pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
in achebe's words "The origin of the national resentment of the Igbo is as old as Nigeria and quite as complicated. "But it can be summarised thus: The Igbo " being receptive to change, individualistic and highly competitive, gave the Igbo man an unquestioned advantage over his compatriots in securing credentials for advancement in Nigerian colonial society. "Unlike the Hausa/Fulani he was unhindered by a wary religion and unlike the Yoruba unhampered by traditional hierarchies. This kind of creature, not fearing God nor man, was custom-made to grasp the opportunities, such as they were, of the white man's dispensation. And the Igbo did so with both hands. "Although the Yoruba had a huge historical and geographical head-start the Igbo wiped out their handicap in one fantastic burst of energy in the twenty years between 1930 and 1950. "Had the Igbo been a minor ethnic group of a few hundred thousand, their menace might have been easily and quietly contained. But they ran in their millions! Like J.P Clark's fine image of 'ants filing out of the wood' the Igbo moved out of their forest home, scattered and virtually seized the floor. "But this kind of success can carry a deadly penalty: the danger of hubris, overweening pride and thoughtlessness, which invites envy and hatred;" Prof Chinua Achebe 15 Likes 1 Share |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by Nobody: 4:37pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
jimyjames: Allow Achebe to continue resting in peace. Look for another thing to write. |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by Bkayyy: 4:40pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
If only Nigerians know the people they are measuring dick with. 11 Likes |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by jimyjames(m): 4:40pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
MelesZenawi: a writer lives forever through his work, you Nigerians should make reading a habit 21 Likes |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by jimyjames(m): 4:42pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
MelesZenawi:I'm pretty sure you have not read, There was a country by chinua Achebe 6 Likes |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by tunjiajayi: 4:49pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
Yinmu yinmu 6 Likes |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by jlinkd78(m): 4:55pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
Achebe truly was a Nostradamus of our great existence, he truly saw tomorrow and also had a good grasp of things that happened before him. 18 Likes |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by Bkayyy: 4:56pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
jimyjames:DO most black people read? Talkless of ordinary nairaland tribalist 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by psucc(m): 4:58pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
Please who knows where I can buy Achebe's later books such as " There was a Country".? I need to read his books as they convey some insights about Nigeria. 9 Likes |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by Bkayyy: 5:01pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
psucc:Are you reading it to criticize or to be enlightened? |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by psucc(m): 5:14pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
Bkayyy:i don't get why you ask. Even if I read to criticize,it is part of the academic world. 9 Likes |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by Bkayyy: 5:19pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
psucc: I can see that you are reading it to criticize. Just know that there are mountains to criticize there so don't bother yourself. It was a personal history I have the pdf though |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by Ezemust: 5:41pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
Bkayyy:how can I get the PDF please |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by Bkayyy: 5:43pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
Ezemust: |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by jimyjames(m): 6:56pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
psucc:you can download and read on light reader app on google play, things fall apart, the arrow of god, there was a country, the trouble with Nigeria etc |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by jimyjames(m): 7:00pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
Ezemust:you can download the light reader app on google play |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by efficiencie(m): 7:19pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
If the Igbos were indeed characterised by the features mentioned above they would have broken out of Nigeria by now! But their communities are still plagued by poverty, infrastructural deficit and dependence on statutory allocation...this piece is just another sycophantic expression that buoys the Ndigbos above reality. 20 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by marsman: 7:42pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
Boasting as Usual. 4 Likes |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by jimyjames(m): 8:37pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
efficiencie: the national resentment of the igbo, is the reason the igbo are trapped in Nigeria and suffering all these you mentioned 19 Likes 1 Share |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by jimyjames(m): 8:41pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
efficiencie:watch this sarduana sokoto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WSosECbcmM 3 Likes |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by jimyjames(m): 8:49pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
marsman:boasting about the truth |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by marsman: 8:53pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
[s] jimyjames:[/s] Empty boasting, Unfounded allegations. Same Igbos are complaining of marginalization because they cannot have there way, the thing Igbos are the ones that resent the other tribes, because they are not letting them take control, like they greedily want to so badly, since time immemorial 14 Likes |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by efficiencie(m): 9:58pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
jimyjames: Yeah! Blaming others for your woes as usual...yet Ndigbos have staggering levels of wealth in other regions but they have very little investments in their own region. Wole Soyinka has a Nobel prize in literature but has been of immense support to the yoruba people but Philip Emegwali is of the Igbo extraction and is the only African Nobel prize winner in Super-computing, an area of immense relevance to industrialisation but what has been his effect on the development of the Ndigbos? Nothing that I know of. Ndigbos are the cause of their underdevelopment. Look at the yorubas that have developed Amotekun to defend their interests but the Ndigbo governors have done nothing till date (until Nnamdi Kanu intervenes). Ndigbos are responsible for their failures...the East has immense human and natural resources but zero coordination, lack of group interests and a maniacal craze for individualistic materialism. 15 Likes |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by Bkayyy: 10:03pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
efficiencie:Ndigbo are not lacking any development that can be provided by individuals. The only thing that is lacking is federal government presence. If not for the fine on touching federal roads an individual would have done the Onitsha-Enugu expressway. Don't you know that the essence of business is providing what a society lacks to get profit. Anything lacking in East are being provided by individuals including construction of state government roads eg in Ịchị, Ozubulu and Uli of Anambra state. 20 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by Bkayyy: 10:06pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
efficiencie:I can see that you are talking from assumptions and make believe statistics thar was fine from assumptions as well. Visit Igboland if you can and see for yourself 3 Likes |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by Misterdhee1(m): 10:18pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
efficiencie:Leave them now. They love the feelings of utopia, let them wallow in it. 4 Likes |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by flokii: 10:23pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
@OP Are you aware that insurgency ravaged North East is far more developed than the South East? Borno state alone has more infrastructure and amenities than all SE states combined. So what is all the igbos this igbo that noise y'all keep disturbing us with? Charity begins at home please, y'all are just bunch of liars with no substance whatsoever. 5 Likes |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by Kapilta(m): 10:48pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
Chestbeating, "envy and hatred". It's bn a long time coming people of God. |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by valicious1(m): 10:52pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
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Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by valicious1(m): 10:54pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
flokii:YOU ARE A BST |
Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by Bkayyy: 11:12pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
flokii:Tell us another lie 9 Likes
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Re: National Resentment Of The Igbo, In Achebe's Words by vanunu: 11:14pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
marsman: Like promoting just one Igbo man , while other zones has 12 and 7 in the latest senior police promotion. 6 Likes |
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