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Wahala90: Yes, 9ja got drones too: not second hand drones.

Una go wound pesin for nairaland one day. lol

All I can do is laugh. I have always told Ndigbo to be ready to fight for their property wherever they may be in Nigeria. The OP is right only to the extent that Ndigbo would "pack their loads on their heads again and head East". I'm not so sure about that especially if Nigeria stays one. Now, a divided Nigeria is another matter.

In any case I've come to be a one Nigerianist to the core. I really think that Nigeria is tailor-made for Ndigbo by God himself.
All we need to do is cage Islamic extremism, or restructure the regions for greater autonomy. Methinks that even the North would realise that extreme Islam is not in its interest, and would eventually opt for Turkey styled Islam rather than Afghani styled one.

Whatever the case may be, Nigeria's destiny as the de facto leader of Africa and the black nations of the earth should be bolstered by smart folks.

Black Kenichi: A former feminist discussing why she isn't feminist. I notice that white women are far more likely to discard feminism than black women. Why is this?

The reasons are simple, and I would say some controversial things about those reasons.

The first is that it is my humble opinion that white women are more knowledgeable (or are more willing to TRULY EXPAND THEIR KNOWLEDGE) than black women. I'm speaking on the basis of averages. Any black man who has ever engaged a white woman in a deep conversation on ANY topic would notice that they know a hell of a lot! They read a lot, experiment a lot, and seek information almost voraciously; so they know whats up in this world, about almost ANYTHING. So, I bet you that they have unearthed enough information to convince them that feminism is not really necessary.

The second point is that the intents of the early "feminists" (like someone pointed out earlier in this thread) was NOT to "topple the men", but rather to protect certain house wives/women who were being abused then (and they weren't that many, just that abuse generally is a bad thing); in the process extremist elements who also wanted S-E-X-U-AL freedom (or independence) hijacked the entire thing and merged both into the monster it grew into. As most knowledgeable folks would attest to, black women (whether in Africa or America) have ALWAYS been STRONG. They did not need any empowering! Heck they even empowered the men! I have never met a weak black woman in my life. African women started contesting for electoral positions even before white women started same in America. In some African nations (or tribes if you like), women are so powerful that men only control rudimentary powers mainly overt ones. In my part of Igbo land, the women were so powerful that their husbands hardly questioned their sexual behaviors especially after they've had children. They could almost get away with anything, except murder or endangering lives of her matrimonial family. Short of that, she was almost a mini god (someone referred to her above as "queens and princesses). Yes that is how they were! They are still like that to some extent in Africa, only that the current colonial culture even removed some of their powers by introducing "house wife" syndrome. There was no such thing pre-colonial Igbo land.

In the US, they retained same powers after abolition of slavery. I've met a few African American families where the family homes were built by the great great grand MOTHERS. So, they always had power. The framers of the laws that instituted feminist jurisprudence really had white women in mind (though I can't prove that here, but common sense would guide one to such conclusion), but they could not have stated such overtly because it would be racist to do so. The product is that black women (who often don't read much, or study much or seek knowledge much) simply guzzled down the whole thing far more than the white women that it was intended to help. It is a deep problem, the solution to which cannot be discussed in detail here.

A white woman is the most submissive woman I know today, education or no education. Once a white woman says yes to a man, she goes out of her way to accommodate (or sacrifice a hell of a lot) to make the relationship work. She would always ask questions, and seek knowledge about her man. She would do almost ANYTHING to make the man happy. In fact, it is that nature that made it possible for the white men to abuse a few of them during the "house wife" days. But a white woman would still prefer to be a house wife (I see a lot of them in my neighborhood) provided that the husband is providing the basic needs of the home, and have asked her to stay home. Come to US and see Nigerian wives divorcing their husbands just because the man asked her to stay home. I know one couple where the woman totally rejected her husbands plea to stay home. she wanted to be a registered nurse (as always! duh! ) and the man did not want that. He provides for her and their kids, yet she wanted to be a nurse and earned "her own money". The marriage almost broke down over this issue. Guess what, she eventually failed out of the nursing program, and she is now pregnant with their third child, and?. . . you guessed right, she is a HOUSE WIFE NOW. But I wonder for how long after she delivers. So, there you have it.

Current feminism is a scam of sorts, championed by sexually deviant women who want to eat their cakes and still have it. They do not want to stay under a man, yet they expect the man to be responsible (pay house bills), and when they divorce they extract child support from the man, and fkc the person they've been eying for ages at the ex-husbands expenses; and some of them do so while STAYING HOME AND DOING NOTHING EXCEPT COLLECT CHILD SUPPORT.

Thank God my wife is NOT (by a long shot) a feminist!

@Topic

I never think it useful anyway to call any tribe by an name than the official one. It is useless, and doesn't achieve anything.
HOWEVER, I think it is a total waste of time to try to censor or ban people because of name calling. It is what Hausa would call "aikim banza" (wasted effort, or futile works).
Having been in Nairaland now for about 4 years, I can say that the site is only unique because it allows people to say their minds -be themselves so to say. It is why I come here, and it is why I chose the name ONLYTRUTH. Other sites would try to muzzle and suppress TRUTH.
Any attempt to change that would make Nairaland irrelevant and prosaic.

I personally credit Nairaland with making me politically streetwise in the Nigerian context. There is nothing I don't understand about Nigeria now, thanks to Nairaland. I never knew the Yoruba like I do now, thanks again to Nairaland.

I have Yoruba friends and professional colleagues. Before Nairaland, I could trust them with my life. I'm not saying that I cannot trust them today. All I'm saying is that I would not do so flippantly or glibly like before.

I had two CLOSE friends in my undergrad uni days. One was from Ogun state, the other from Imo state. The Imo state one kept warning me repeatedly that I trust the Ogun guy too much. We were only three when I was present. If I wasn't there, they would not hang together.
I did not understand what the Imo guy was talking about until I hit Nairaland.

It has nothing to do with education or enlightenment, but an average Yoruba here (at least 90% of them here) do not share in the pains of other people, and they even gloat with the pains of the most vulnerable humans on this earth -CHILDREN.

I know that Igbo are not happy with the Northern minorities for the roles they played during the war; but since the Fulani/Berom "war" started, teeming BRUTAL AND HORRIBLE pictures have surfaced in Nairaland, but you would HARDLY see an Igbo poster posting pictures of dead Berom children. HARDLY if EVER.
But Yoruba posters would almost always post pictures of starving and dying Biafran children, as if the children were soldiers!
To me, (and I suspect to most Igbo), that is a level of wickedness far and beyond a normal Igbo person's conscience and natural tolerance.

So, here is where I came to know and accept the Yoruba for what most of them are. Notice I did not say ALL, but MOST are like that, going by my Nairaland experience of their posts here.

@New Mod, please know your fights. IMHO you may be picking the wrong one! lol

Eko Ile: Is this Ikenga character for real or he's Seun's SA for comedic affairs?

lol. Una go wound pesin for hia.