eaglechild:

Shove aside the words of a disgruntled Oba indeed.

How about an unreserved apology for trying to incite genocide.

Holuwathoby:
The Igbo's shd re-think and check their ways, why all other ethnic groups in Nigeria are always againt them. U rent a room to an Igbo person but will in the long run want to by force take possession of the whole house. I think the only thing that can satisfy the igbos is to allow them to disintegrate from the present nigeria otherwise I fear this trend may continue since it has bn lingering for decades. Mind u, SW is the seat and head-quater of knowledge in nigeria and I wonder what dominance mean without knowledge, only that we are not dubious in our character. Am a YORUBA and a christain too so SE ppl shd learn from their Bible what true chriatianity mean- uprightness in character! My opinion though

brainbox2014:
Here's a comment from a blog on which I first read the piece


Chimamanda, nice piece but this is not a matter to over-flog. You’re not more Igbo than me and many others saying “let’s move on” “calm down”. Many of us your fans will like to see how you can promote national unity through your writings. You write with too much ethnic fervour for a writer that all Nigerians will like to see as a national ambassador. At the end, what reaction do you expect from your readers in writing this poignant criticism of what you consider to be anti-igbo trend? That we Igbos should hate those of our countrymen from other tribes more, feel oppressed, disliked and hold our heads down like an ostrich or take up cudgels against the Oba of Lagos who showed so much scorn for our tribe? You don’t live amongst us so it’s dangerous to yield to your temptation. If ethnic strife breaks out here, the genocide will be a material for your story telling abroad but some of us here may not be alive to read the story. Nigerians are coming out of those primordial ethnic sentiments you’re promoting. We are focusing on issues of development and the collective progress of all tribes, all tongues, all cultures in Nigeria. Igbos love Yorubas and Yorubas love Igbos. Leave all that story that do not change our lives for the better in any way my sister." - Stanley

Sanchez01:

He should have apologized. I'm no Yoruba and I don't know IF their culture permits an Oba to do so. Regardless, people have disassociated themselves from him. Even a press release was released claiming the "Lagoon" mention was only an adage. We all know this is false but we shouldn't prolong this issue further.

OkikiOluwa1:
Chimamanda, you v spoken well.
Just mention it clear that every Igbo community should also welcome other tribes as their own.
Their is still segregation in some parts of Igbo land.

Ymodulus:
I think I will start by trying to be Anthropomorphic, as it will bet express my heading.
Its really sad when insanity realizes that he has a mental disorder then he is as good as cured. The moment a people come to terms with their complex problem which often place them at loggerheads with their host communities the better for them.

I seem not to fathom how a tribe claim to have suffered humiliations and deprivation from other ethnic nationalities. This allegation should be consider very weighty even though it was not substantiated. Nonetheless, this aggrieved ethnic nationality needs to ask herself what is about it that could be responsible for the purported hostile acts of other ethnic nationalities toward it.

One problem I have with Chimanda is all her articles tends to quote Chinua Achebe, even when its evident chinua actions are wrong. The sane mistake she made, about his book "there was a country". Now she is trying to say that the Igbo's were murdered in early 1960's for political reasons? Who started the war? Was it the Nigerian Arny or The late Ojukwu ? I see Chimabda is biased. And she is just a staunt re-echoer of Chinua Achebe's belief.


I liked the fact that she related the massacre of the Ibos in different parts of the country before the civil war. However what I do like to ask her is this,

1. chimanda was there nothing that led to the massacre?

You can't deny that the tendency to dominate in another man's land which is being exhibited now by taking the Oba to court is what led to such. Tell me when you come back from court if the people of Lagos will still have a good relationship with the Ibos.


Chimanda while trying to play a neutral ground at the surface, is been biased deep down. I am sorry to say but if Chimanda spent her time writing this, she wasted that time. As this just further lowered NY respect for her as an internationally recognised writer. Novel is her thing not politics.

Just imagine how shez is spreading lies about 1960s massacre. Posterity Judge you.

Babymama1:


A Young lady that embodies what many akiolus could never be
The highlighted is practically what every Igbo person has been saying
Anyone that expects an Igbo man to prostrate to them and bow at their feet because they live in Lagos will die and never get that gratification
I say this with all sincerity and seriousness
Don't ask for it
We don't owe it
We won't give
So quit demanding it
Live and let live
Simple
If I live in your house and you feed me I will thank you and do whatever you ask for the roof over my head
But if I live in my own house,pay my own bills and eat my own food,I owe you absolutely nothing just because I live in Lagos
I hope that message is driven in loud and clear

You don't owe me a thank you when you live in Igboland no matter what part of the nation you hail from and I am not entitled to demand it ,in the same way I owe you nada for living in Lagos,please don't waste your saliva asking or demanding it so we don't keep going round in circles.

Ymodulus:
I think I will start by trying to be Anthropomorphic, as it will bet express my heading.
Its really sad when insanity realizes that he has a mental disorder then he is as good as cured. The moment a people come to terms with their complex problem which often place them at loggerheads with their host communities the better for them.

I seem not to fathom how a tribe claim to have suffered humiliations and deprivation from other ethnic nationalities. This allegation should be consider very weighty even though it was not substantiated. Nonetheless, this aggrieved ethnic nationality needs to ask herself what is about it that could be responsible for the purported hostile acts of other ethnic nationalities toward it.

One problem I have with Chimanda is all her articles tends to quote Chinua Achebe, even when its evident chinua actions are wrong. The sane mistake she made, about his book "there was a country". Now she is trying to say that the Igbo's were murdered in early 1960's for political reasons? Who started the war? Was it the Nigerian Arny or The late Ojukwu ? I see Chimabda is biased. And she is just a staunt re-echoer of Chinua Achebe's belief.


I liked the fact that she related the massacre of the Ibos in different parts of the country before the civil war. However what I do like to ask her is this,

1. chimanda was there nothing that led to the massacre?

You can't deny that the tendency to dominate in another man's land which is being exhibited now by taking the Oba to court is what led to such. Tell me when you come back from court if the people of Lagos will still have a good relationship with the Ibos.


Chimanda while trying to play a neutral ground at the surface, is been biased deep down. I am sorry to say but if Chimanda spent her time writing this, she wasted that time. As this just further lowered NY respect for her as an internationally recognised writer. Novel is her thing not politics.

Just imagine how shez is spreading lies about 1960s massacre. Posterity Judge you.

blackcookie:
. The content of your skull is saw-dust

chaloner:
u re judgin urself , no one is holdin dem not to contest , ok ask urseelf dis , how many hausa man or yoruba man wil build a good house or hav empires and businesses at SE ? Rada dey wil stay in an uncompleted buildin or usee aluminium to carve out som structure to llive, u see , you pple ree js decievin uurselves wit one nigeria , only SE trully bliv in one nigeria , dey goto places , build nd develop d place , contest in any post cos dey strongly bliv in one nigeria , d earlier u pple start behavin lik normal human being d beta for all of us .

BuddahMonk:
Nigeria is not a country, here is just a battleground for ethnic and tribal supremacy.

North voted Buhari they are reasonable voters.
East voted Jonathan they are tribalist.
The vultures are always in the middle

AgapeCharis:
You have a strong point.

lygn19:
Dats how they are, in d south east, u wud see a director in a govt institution from Yoruba living in a rented flat when his two months salary can build him a house, check well his family is in lagos and he's d only one der... they go der and think they re deceiving anybody but they don't know they re deceiving themselves and they want miracle to just happen and igbos wud pick them and say come and become our governor... u wud see a Yoruba man dat has never left yoruba land b4 wud be saying if it was in the east yorubas can't hold a post, so they wud be in Yoruba land and igbos wud come from the east to come and Beg them to contest for a political position, they just keep spewing rubbish, apart from Lagos dats Nigerias former capital, how come they don't talk abt other parts of Yoruba land, how many igbos own political post in other parts of Yoruba land... dz ppl just keep talking out of ignorance.

Ymodulus:


Thanks it takes a bright mind to see that. Many just think am been tribalistic. Thinks am against the igbos without knowing am part of them

maajin007:
U know why u are being treated like shit because most of u are suffering from meganomanial;until u solve that issue of yours.Pls let me inform you am not a Hausa or a yoruba

Sanchez01:

He should have apologized. I'm no Yoruba and I don't know IF their culture permits an Oba to do so. Regardless, people have disassociated themselves from him. Even a press release was released claiming the "Lagoon" mention was only an adage. We all know this is false but we shouldn't prolong this issue further.

francizy:


You should also ask yourself these questions:

Has there ever been a time after the civil war that a truck load of dead Yoruba people were moved from SE to SW for burial?

Have we not accommodated the Yorubas in our lands, although they aren't that large compared to Igbos in SW?

Haven't you heard of cases were a truck load of dead bodies were brought into the SW from the north?

Have we caused you trouble as our host? Did we rise up in arms against you, like some tribe(s) did in Jos? Have we ever come out en masse to murder/maim the Yorubas in Lagos?

Has the Igbos not paid their dues? Did we disrupt any Yoruba businesses or damaged any Yoruba properties?

If you've asked and answered all these questions, then you can ask yourself this one too..

Then why the hate speech?

chaloner:
u re judgin urself , no one is holdin dem not to contest , ok ask urseelf dis , how many hausa man or yoruba man wil build a good house or hav empires and businesses at SE ? Rada dey wil stay in an uncompleted buildin or usee aluminium to carve out som structure to llive, u see , you pple ree js decievin uurselves wit one nigeria , only SE trully bliv in one nigeria , dey goto places , build nd develop d place , contest in any post cos dey strongly bliv in one nigeria , d earlier u pple start behavin lik normal human being d beta for all of us .

francizy:


You should also ask yourself these questions:

[b]1 [/b]Has there ever been a time after the civil war that a truck load of dead Yoruba people were moved from SE to SW for burial?

[b]2 [/b]Have we not accommodated the Yorubas in our lands, although they aren't that large compared to Igbos in SW?

[b]3[/b]Haven't you heard of cases were a truck load of dead bodies were brought into the SW from the north?

[b]4[/b]Have we caused you trouble as our host? Did we rise up in arms against you, like some tribe(s) did in Jos? Have we ever come out en masse to murder/maim the Yorubas in Lagos?

[b]5[/b]Has the Igbos not paid their dues? Did we disrupt any Yoruba businesses or damaged any Yoruba properties?

If you've asked and answered all these questions, then you can ask yourself this one too..

Then why the hate speech?

OdenigboAroli2:

If that's true we will sacrifice you to amadioha for being an efulefu. Tufiakwa!

lygn19:
me I wonder o, they keep talking as if d igbo's in lagos were given free land, and dat they accomodate them by bringing food to give dem every morning and dash dem money everytime... somebody wud be suffering for over 20years, some of dem start of be hawking things, from there they get blessed and they rent there own shops, from there they get a big business, build a house and get married. and is now comfortable, while dat person was busy running under d hot sun hustling on his own, most times he slept under d bridge, slept in empty stomach this ppl didn't remember them, but once they make it,they wud come and say they made it because yorubas are accommodating. If sm1 goes to Lagos and seats down wud a Yoruba man come and say take my land, I am dashing u.... dz ppl just keep talking out if ignorance.

Waspy:
1 l know someone will bring up the civil war ish. How has the fact that the insignificant numbers of SWesterners in the East are in peace justify the turmoil you pole cause down in the West. Yorubas are quite respectful andthey know how to keep a level-head where

ControlX:
Cc Seun Lalastica
ikenna351 afam4eva
Pls do the needful.

I can see the igbos are very smart
That is why they are mostly caught wt drugs at the ports
That is why when 10 armed robers are caught, 7 are igbos,
That is why okija shrine blooms
That is why they cheat even their blood brother and betray their father for money
That is why they are never trusted even within themselves
That is why when u give them one metre, they take ten miles,
Nonsense.....
Was scammed at Ladipo market by this same set of people last week
Very unfaithful dudes
No wonder the hausa's will rather kill them than kill a goat...
Though not all of them are like that BUT never trust them....
Waiting for their response.

***modified***
Hahaha... at last i made fp just 6days to my birthday. [jumps and punches the air with my right hand]
Oooh.. Thank you, Jesus.

I dedicate this fp and ftc to my sweetest mum for all her efforts towards my personal success. Cheers mum.
Meanwhile special thanks to lalastica, seun, ikenna351 and afam4eva and all nairalanders...
Better things are coming.

Now to the topic....
I think what binds many tribes in Nigeria is a common hatred for the Igbos. This hatred i believe is hinged on the purported dominance of Igbos. What is it about Igbo dominance? Here is what a fellow nairalander has to say...

Great point. Fear of Igbo domination as my father
would say is a sign of weakness on the part of
the fearer and lack of confidence in their ability. In
other words, for someone to dominate you in a
non physical way whether economically, socially, educationally, in any way, shape and form as long
as they are not holding you hostage physically
from succeeding but solely by intelligence in a
level playing field, then the conclusion is that
person or group of people are smarter than
you...this has been scientifically proven. So any tribe that fears Igbo domination are less smarter
than the Igbos otherwise compete with them. The
reason why Igbos do better in everything that
they do, which is often mistaken as domination is
because they are smarter than the rest of other
ethnic groups in Nigeria. When I mean "smarter" I
don't mean individually as a Hausa man can be
smarter than a yoruba, yoruba smarter than an
ijaw man an ijaw may be smarter than an Igbo,
e.t.c., however as a whole in terms of an ethnic
group, the Igbos lead the pack in Nigeria and
some tribes see it as a domination but actually it
isn't...they are just more smarter and have more
drive than others. Dr. Thomas Sowell detailed this
in his book and actually mentions Igbos as the
most successful ethnic group in Nigeria despite
the civil war set back.

If Nigeria wants to be truly great, we should not trifle with any tribe, especially the Igbos.

Ymodulus:


Thanks it takes a bright mind to see that. Many just think am been tribalistic. Thinks am against the igbos without knowing am part of them

francizy:


You people speak as if Igbos are forcefully stealing your land and political rights from you. Even when Igbos contest and loose in Lagos, do we go out en masse to cause trouble and kill? No.

Why does everyone turn a blind eye to the troublesome Fulani but label Igbos as the devil in Nigeria? I can recall vividly how peaceful Jos and Plateau state was before some tribes lost elections in that town and started killing their host. What did Nigerians do or say about that? Nothing, why? Because they are born to rule and cannot be challenged by the Yorubas, Igbos and other tribes.

In real sense and from history, the the true owners of Kaduna are the southern Kaduna tribes who are predominantly Christians, but they've been merged with people from Katsina and have had their numbers equal to or a bit smaller than the Northern Kaduna. Since 1999, they've only had one Southern Kaduna ruler who was made governor by the actions of the president in using Sambo as his VP.

We talk of political appointments and stuffs like that not knowing what is happening at the other side. When I schooled in ABU, a Southern Kaduna/Christian Prof won an election for the post of VC but was never made the VC due to massive protest within and outside the walls of the school. Finally, a Hausa/Fulani/Muslim Prof was appointed the VC.

But that is not the case in a Igbo land because I went to Metallurgical Training Institute at Onitsha and a Yoruba man is the Director. Mind you, that's just one establishment I went to. Imagine I was born and brought up in the South East, I would have seen various other tribes holding political/academic posts in my region without my people making a big deal out of it.

The truth will always hurt but I will spill it out, if it was the Fulani tribe that had this large population of the Igbos in a Yoruba/Lagos land and have not produced a governor yet, there would have been serious bloodshed. Take it or leave it.