recently photographed a wedding in Warri, Delta State. It was a union of two different ethnic groups: Yoruba (Groom) & Delta (Bride). The church service started an hour later than planned and seemed like we were going to be in the service forever; perhaps I felt uneasy because I had not eaten breakfast.

It happened when the pastor was preaching his sermon to the new couple. I was so tired and hungry that I didn’t know when I slept off. Perhaps because I was confident that my two assistants would still cover what I miss. Suddenly, I awoke to a loud affirmative revelation uttered by the pastor of the church: YORUBA MEN ARE COWARDS!!! I was shocked. Did he just say what I think he said. He was “encouraging” the husband to learn to stand and protect his new wife in troubled times. The example of a challenging time he gave is “when armed robbers come visiting”. He mentioned that a Yoruba man will flee in the presence of armed robbers and forget his wife. I’m not too sure I got the point he was trying to make. Perhaps the new wife understood what the Pastor meant.

I’m not sure he remembered that the groom he was uniting in holy matrimony was a Yoruba man. I wondered if Yoruba men attend such a church. But then I was quick to remember that there were multitudes of churches to choose from in the oil-rich state. I was able to take pictures of over 2 dozen churches while sitted in a fast-moving bus on my way to the traditional wedding; a 20-minute journey.

I felt that was too derogatory a statement to be uttered on the altar of a church. I wondered what the mindset of the members of the church would be like. I wonder what their perspective of Yoruba men will be. More importantly, I wondered how a city filled with so many churches (almost 1 in every 6 buildings…on average) hadn’t experienced a level of development you would associate with a city where God abides. I wondered within….and felt sorry for people who think that they are better than others.

Kao

What is the title of dx Igbo Film

ibos are brave like Goliath

No vex

Say no to tribalism

cleatoris:
Igbos are brave like Goliath

Yes o, and they like to fight armored tanks with machetes.
Very brave folks I must say.

haaahaaa....useless people
When Cownu was arrested....you guys were
bragging.....when i was going to bed yesterday I
was thinking today ' s news headlines would be
"Biafran soldiers evade dss office,rescue kanu" ..."
How 1 biafran soldier killed One thousand Nigerian
soldiers " haaaahaaa...
Your eze was flogged ...you did nothing ....igala people are killing you guys.....Indonesia and Malaysia have killed half of your total population,when are you evading them

Say no to tribalism

There's no Igbo man alive who doesn't think that Yorubas are cowards

januzaj:
haaahaaa....useless people
When Cownu was arrested....you guys were
bragging.....when i was going to bed yesterday I
was thinking today ' s news headlines would be
"Biafran soldiers evade dss office,rescue kanu" ..."
How 1 biafran soldier killed One thousand Nigerian
soldiers " haaaahaaa...
Your eze was flogged ...you did nothing ....igala people are killing you guys.....Indonesia and Malaysia have killed half of your total population,when are you evading them

Whose eze? Who told you an Igbo traditional leader was flogged? Anyway, I see your cowardice has gone global.....igala people killing us? *laughs* How cowardly can you get....?

You are such a baboonic coward, no strength, no guts, just empty noise