₦airaland Forum

Obiagu1:
I'm tired of this. WE DON'T SHARE ANY COMMON ANCESTOR WITH ANYONE.
There's no proof. I can't understand Yoruba neither could I understand Ibibio or Idoma.
A mere similarity of a few words does not equate common ancestory.
We should stop this.

namfav:
no one cherishes or respect your culture

namfav:
what is there to be igbocentric about? your 'head hunting' tradition?

ShangoThor:

EzeUche, that’s contradictory considering that is exactly what you were doing in a thread a few weeks ago, “washing your dirty laundry in public”, when you were bragging about the Aro’s.

You keep on talking about your educational achievements of your peoples, which you cannot substantiate. It is not about what educational achievements one has, but the application of the knowledge, that is true intelligence.

I like Ikengawo because he is extremely objective, he understands the bigger picture, the interest of Black Africa as a whole is a lot more important than any single ethnic polity. He is more interested in finding solutions to problems as opposed to whingeing

However, where I disagree with Ikengawo is that I have already identified the source of the problem in Nigeria as the puritanist Islamic threat in Northern Nigeria, period. Hence I advocate the secession of Southern Nigeria instead, but I never argue along the lines of ethnic differences because I know the truth. Throughout Nigeria and the Diaspora a lot of ethnicities are intermixed via marriages. This is the real story of ‘human evolution’. Yoruba, Igbo and other minorities live respectfully side by side, and most importantly learn from one another.

Nevertheless, I still respect Ikengawo for his objective views. He never feels the need to degrade other ethnicities to get his point across, and that goes for the ignorant bigots on all sides.

If anybody wants to break away from the FR there are practical things you can do that are deemed acceptable and within the political process, as opposed to coming o public forums to continuously degrade other ethnicities. I hate when people just talk and do not do anything about their beliefs.

NL is an example of what I’m saying. It is a Forum that belongs to a Yoruba man named Seun (I assume) where all types of Nigerians converge to discuss ideas and current affairs amongst other things, and to a greater extent people are allowed freedom of speech to a great degree. All types of Nigerians are accommodated.
Do not try to develop support for the creation of Biafra by disseminating false propaganda. Not all Yoruba were against the creation of Biafra, because Wole Soyinka wasn’t and neither was my father, or myself.

Stick to the issues, if you want to create your own State, you need show you have support for it amongst your own people, check out the history of the IRA and Sinn Feinn. That’s the way to go.