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1. Nigeria’s foremost novelist Chinua Achebe has claimed that Nigerians,especially of the Hausa/Fulani and the Yoruba stocks, do not like his Igbo ethnic group because of the southeast’s cultural advantage.


2. He traced the origin of “the national resentment of the Igbo” to its culture that “gave the Igbo man an unquestioned advantage over his compatriots in securing credentials for advancement in Nigerian colonial society.


3. He therefore described the Igbo, who are predominantly Catholic, as “fearing no god or man, was “custom-made to grasp the opportunities, such as they were, of the white man’s dispensations. And the Igbo did so with both hands.


4. He delved into history with his claim, asserting that the Igbo overcame the earlier Yoruba advantage within two decades earlier in the twentieth century.

5. 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.”

6. He narrated the earlier advantage of Yoruba as contingent on their location on the coastline, but once the missionaries crossed the Niger, the Igbo took advantage of the opportunity and overtook the Yoruba.

7. The increase was so exponential in such a short time that within three short decades the Igbos had closed the gap and quickly moved ahead as the group with the highest literacy rate, the highest standard of living, and the greatest of citizens with postsecondary education in Nigeria,” he contended.






NOTE::


Achebe, however, saved some criticisms for his kinsmen. He criticised them for what he described as “hubris, overweening pride and thoughtlessness, which invite envy and hatred or even worse that can obsess the mind with material success and dispose it to all kinds of crude showiness.”

He added that “contemporary Igbo behavior(that) can offend by its noisy exhibitionism and disregard for humility and quietness.




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deomelo:
1. Nigeria’s foremost novelist Chinua Achebe has claimed that Nigerians,especially of the Hausa/Fulani and the Yoruba stocks, do not like his Igbo ethnic group because of the southeast’s cultural advantage.


2. He traced the origin of “the national resentment of the Igbo” to its culture that “gave the Igbo man an unquestioned advantage over his compatriots in securing credentials for advancement in Nigerian colonial society.


3. He therefore described the Igbo, who are predominantly Catholic, as “fearing no god or man, was “custom-made to grasp the opportunities, such as they were, of the white man’s dispensations. And the Igbo did so with both hands.


4. He delved into history with his claim, asserting that the Igbo overcame the earlier Yoruba advantage within two decades earlier in the twentieth century.

5. 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.”

6. He narrated the earlier advantage of Yoruba as contingent on their location on the coastline, but once the missionaries crossed the Niger, the Igbo took advantage of the opportunity and overtook the Yoruba.

7. The increase was so exponential in such a short time that within three short decades the Igbos had closed the gap and quickly moved ahead as the group with the highest literacy rate, the highest standard of living, and the greatest of citizens with postsecondary education in Nigeria,” he contended.






NOTE::


Achebe, however, saved some criticisms for his kinsmen. He criticised them for what he described as “hubris, overweening pride and thoughtlessness, which invite envy and hatred or even worse that can obsess the mind with material success and dispose it to all kinds of crude showiness.”

He added that “contemporary Igbo behavior(that) cab offend by its noisy exhibitionism and disregard for humility and quietness. = Achebe himself.

three:
Source please

NOTE::


Achebe, however, saved some criticisms for his kinsmen. He criticised them for what he described as “hubris, overweening pride and thoughtlessness, which invite envy and hatred or even worse that can obsess the mind with material success and dispose it to all kinds of crude showiness.”

He added that “contemporary Igbo behavior(that) can offend by its noisy exhibitionism and disregard for humility and quietness.

deomelo:
Apart from the fact that the man peddled hatred and tribalism all his adult life straight into his grave, he littered his last book with the same hateful, angry, bigoted and tribal rubbish and after spewing his hateful rubbish, he defaulted to hypocrisy and contradictions when he admonished his people for doing the same thing he did just a few paragraphs before.


This is basically what we see every day, they peddle hatred, bigotry, and tribalism while at the same time play victim and point fingers at other people.

Very sad..

ALMUSTAQIM:
BECAUSE THEY ARE AMONG OTHERS

A. KIDNAPPERS

B. FAKES IMPORTERS

C. IPOBIAFRANS

D. HIGHLY UNDEMOCRATIC

ALMUSTAQIM:
BECAUSE THEY ARE AMONG OTHERS

A. KIDNAPPERS

B. FAKES IMPORTERS

C. IPOBIAFRANS

D. HIGHLY UNDEMOCRATIC

deomelo:
Apart from the fact that the man peddled hatred and tribalism all his adult life straight into his grave, he littered his last book with the same hateful, angry, bigoted and tribal rubbish and after spewing his hateful rubbish, he defaulted to hypocrisy and contradictions when he admonished his people for doing the same thing he did just a few paragraphs before.


This is basically what we see every day, they peddle hatred, bigotry, and tribalism while at the same time play victim and point fingers at other people.

Very sad..

ALMUSTAQIM:
BECAUSE THEY ARE AMONG OTHERS

A. KIDNAPPERS

B. FAKES IMPORTERS

C. IPOBIAFRANS

D. HIGHLY UNDEMOCRATIC

pcicero:
Thank you @ OP.

This time, it will be fire for fire for those rabid tribalists.
No excuse will be tolerated for their provocative nuances.
The Yoruba nation will not allow them to continue stoking their leprous fingers into our face. We have condoned them for far too long on the assumption of pseudo-southern solidarity.

They can chart their own paths without using us as their cannon fodders.

What gives them the right to think they can tell us how to conduct ourselves?

Why should they think they understand us better than ourselves?

Where is that arrogance of false air of superiority coming from and because of what?

Why do they use every opportunity to deride us in spite of our warm and friendly nature?

We will make resolute moves to correct all these in due course.

Enough is enough.

Shawnnn01:
Show me an Igbo man who is not a bigot n I will show you a pig. This is the only tribe their women have better grasp of everything intelligence n understanding than the men.

Bethel4Life:
is this wat the article says..all this rantings just for one tribe?? the north that killed abiola, what was done to them.cowardic e warrior

pcicero:
Thank you @ OP.

This time, it will be fire for fire for those rabid tribalists.
No excuse will be tolerated for their provocative nuances.
The Yoruba nation will not allow them to continue stoking their leprous fingers into our face. We have condoned them for far too long on the assumption of pseudo-southern solidarity.

They can chart their own paths without using us as their cannon fodders.

What gives them the right to think they can tell us how to conduct ourselves?

Why should they think they understand us better than ourselves?

Where is that arrogance of false air of superiority coming from and because of what?

Why do they use every opportunity to deride us in spite of our warm and friendly nature?

We will make resolute moves to correct all these in due course.

Enough is enough.

pcicero:
Thank you @ OP.

This time, it will be fire for fire for those rabid tribalists.
No excuse will be tolerated for their provocative nuances.
The Yoruba nation will not allow them to continue stoking their leprous fingers into our face. We have condoned them for far too long on the assumption of pseudo-southern solidarity.

They can chart their own paths without using us as their cannon fodders.

What gives them the right to think they can tell us how to conduct ourselves?

Why should they think they understand us better than ourselves?

Where is that arrogance of false air of superiority coming from and because of what?

Why do they use every opportunity to deride us in spite of our warm and friendly nature?

We will make resolute moves to correct all these in due course.

Enough is enough.

ALMUSTAQIM:
BECAUSE THEY ARE AMONG OTHERS

A. KIDNAPPERS

B. FAKES IMPORTERS

C. IPOBIAFRANS

D. HIGHLY UNDEMOCRATIC

resurgent2019:
May olodumare bless you. These are the kind of Yorubas we need. The time for recompense is almost here and I believe a break out of hostilities between the Yorubas and igbos will come to a head after 2023 when they are denied their self assumed right to lead Nigeria.

I have been preaching for the past 7 years for igbos to leave us alone and go develop the south east, but they have spurned my advice, while continuing their insultive online campaign. In the past 2 weeks, they gained Buhari most Christian yorubas by collectively insulting the whole Yoruba race.

I loathe the President but the igbos have pushed yorubas so much to the extent that we have no choice but to vote him next year. The war igbos are looking for with Yorubas will come soon and there will be no mercy.

Igbos better stop insulting Yorubas. We are not responsible for your predicament in Nigeria.

three:
Source please

deomelo:
Apart from the fact that the man peddled hatred and tribalism all his adult life straight into his grave, he littered his last book with the same hateful, angry, bigoted and tribal rubbish and after spewing his hateful rubbish, he defaulted to hypocrisy and contradictions when he admonished his people for doing the same thing he did just a few paragraphs before.


This is basically what we see every day, they peddle hatred, bigotry, and tribalism while at the same time play victim and point fingers at other people.

Very sad..

pcicero:
Thank you @ OP.

This time, it will be fire for fire for those rabid tribalists.
No excuse will be tolerated for their provocative nuances.
The Yoruba nation will not allow them to continue stoking their leprous fingers into our face. We have condoned them for far too long on the assumption of pseudo-southern solidarity.

They can chart their own paths without using us as their cannon fodders.

What gives them the right to think they can tell us how to conduct ourselves?

Why should they think they understand us better than ourselves?

Where is that arrogance of false air of superiority coming from and because of what?

Why do they use every opportunity to deride us in spite of our warm and friendly nature?

We will make resolute moves to correct all these in due course.

Enough is enough.

resurgent2019:
May olodumare bless you. These are the kind of Yorubas we need. The time for recompense is almost here and I believe a break out of hostilities between the Yorubas and igbos will come to a head after 2023 when they are denied their self assumed right to lead Nigeria.

I have been preaching for the past 7 years for igbos to leave us alone and go develop the south east, but they have spurned my advice, while continuing their insultive online campaign. In the past 2 weeks, they gained Buhari most Christian yorubas by collectively insulting the whole Yoruba race.

I loathe the President but the igbos have pushed yorubas so much to the extent that we have no choice but to vote him next year. The war igbos are looking for with Yorubas will come soon and there will be no mercy.

Igbos better stop insulting Yorubas. We are not responsible for your predicament in Nigeria.

PointZerom:
This is chest beating taking too far. The same hatred your Oba of Lagos displayed against ndi Igbo during last election and when the Igbos responds you'll call them names. You can't beat a child and stop him not to cry.

Cc Immhotep Lzza onyeoga

ALMUSTAQIM:
BECAUSE THEY ARE AMONG OTHERS

A. KIDNAPPERS

B. FAKES IMPORTERS

C. IPOBIAFRANS

D. HIGHLY UNDEMOCRATIC

Fearlez:
you're interpreting from a tribalisti standpoint.

The man recounted with historical facts. Quoting notable figures and their utterances during and after the civil war. He narrated how he and his family had to hide and escape in Lagos.

You're the enemy of Nigeria not Achebe.