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Logicalmind1:
I'm not Igbo or Delta-Igbo.

Isn't it inferiority complex mentioning other tribes indirectly(like those dudes did) instead of celebrating your achievement.

You've everything working for you?
How many president has Yoruba produced? Two
Same as Igbo but your kinsmen brag at a slightest opportunity.

Sorry I misquote you, you said your mum is Delta-Igbo and that for sure doesn't make you a Delta-Igbo . My bad

To your point, I will like to correct some mistakes. You said Yoruba hasn't produced more than 2 presidents and for that there is nothing to brag about. I will like to enlighten you that the pride of a tribe is not in the number of presidents it produced but rather in the number of prominent sons and daughters from such tribe. Take for example Kenya, the 2nd and 3rd largest tribe luhya and Luo has never produced a president since the country independence in 1963. However, the 2 tribes have produced prominent people. A good example is Barack Obama Snr, he was from Luo. And Luo people can rightly take pride in saying that their son became the first black president of USA. If you really care, I can mention tons of achievement from the yoruba nation. The other mistake is mentioning that the Igbos has produced two president/head of government in Nigeria just like the Yorubas. That's incorrect because the igbos have only one in Aguiyi Ironsi. Nnamdi Azikiwe wasn't the head of government, he was just a ceremonial president just like the queen is ceremonial in the UK.

List of Nigeria past/present leaders from 1960 for your enlightenment are

Tafawa Balewa
Aguiyi Ironsi
Yakubu Gowon
Murtala Muhammed
Olusegun Obasanjo
Shehu Shagari
Muhammadu Buhari
Ibrahim Babangida
Ernest Shonekan
Sanni Abacha
Abdul Salam Abubakar
Olusegun Obasanjo
Umaru Yar adua
Goodluck Jonathan
Muhammadu Buhari (elect)

Logicalmind1:
Out of her four books, three have won award.

Can't that be said of Soyinka's own? She's young and those guys mentioned up there, might be older than her.

I'm not going to deny the intellectual prowess of this lady. She is making Nigeria proud (or igbo as some people will like to say it) and I wish her all the best

Logicalmind1:
Check Adichie's wikipedia profile.

Please dont use Wikipedia as a resource for any argument. The contents are not verified

Logicalmind1:
Nobody is fighting here.
Yoruba are exhibiting their inferiority complex.

BTW, i'm not Igbo but my mum is Delta-Igbo.

Like the way you came to say you are Delta igbo

Talking about inferiority complex, the tribe that have the least in Nigeria is the Yoruba. We have everything working for us to be bragging about our superiority , but due to our nature of not being proud people we always keep quiet.

Logicalmind1:
Beyonce extracted Adichie's article on, "how to be a feminist" and used it on her song flawless; they both got nominated for grammy.

If it is by that then Fela has won 50 grammy and Oscar awards

Do you know how many musicians and artists that had used Fela songs extracts for the musical videos and movies?

My brother, Beyonce was nominated and she gave deserved recognition to Chimamanda

The bitter truth

Yeebos are spiteful

Logicalmind1:
Soyinka can never get a grammy nomination in his life like Chimamanda.

Half of a Yellow sun is leading at amazon and none of Soyinka's book can beat it.

Meanwhile, this is little Adichie not to talk about Achebe the father of Modern African literature.

Brain turned upside down

When did they start nominating books for Grammy?

Tribal war

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