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The Word XENOPHOBIA is..Fear and dislike of people from other Nations...
Well let's leave ZULU, a tribe in South Africa, self acclaimed warriors, they are so braze that they use tongue to polish the Shoes of a White person.
They love to be pitied and live on absolute Melum ebere (Have pity on me), until Nigeria came to the rescue and get them rescued from fetters and Yoke of slavery clamped on them by the Whites which they seem to be so cowed to fight them with Xeno anything.
We can claim to have waded into thier Era of Apartheid and bulldoze the way and get them independent, but the fear of what our boys does presently is the greatest problem.
Our Boys are doing drug no doubt, but Drugs has being in thier market, decades before we know the Route to South Africa, meaning it wasn't us that started not majored in the trade, the only scare is that we entered with same cruel stupidity that is inherent with Nigerians including the Government, which brings me to the main issue...
XENOPHOBIA is the wrong choice of word, after all the fear is not channeled against Foreigners but against Black's and Africans who did not place a restriction on them like the Whites, if that is, they would've driven away all the Whites that held them in bondage for ages.
The same thing the ZULU is doing to BLACK'S out there is same thing other Tribes in Nigeria are doing to Ndigbo.
The difference is that South Africans ask others to leave, but Nigeria and the Tribes refused to ask us to leave, which is also a Dilemma, asking us to leave is like what PA Awo did during the Genocide of 1967 that lasted for 3 gruesome Years, but to make it clearer I will start from what the Bible called je nisi isi (Go to the Beginning or in the corrupted British language while translating Bible through King James, the King who slay more Christians than others , they wrote it as GENESIS, same way they used corrupted version to name ONUICHA (River Bank) as Onitsha thereby removing every meaning to the name, even in English it is meaningless.
They decapitated OKA (GREATER) to AWKA and it stand meaningless to any language.
Enu Ugwu (Mountain Top) was Christiened Enugu, same meaningless jargon) .. But let's proceed.
In 1966 PA Awo hated Ndigbo with perfect hatred because Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe (Azi ka iwe... Children can diminish sh anger) was Politically superior to him and others, so he held a meeting at MAPO HALL IBADAN and after that, the 5 Majors carried a Coup against the Government of Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, note that out of the 5 Majors that plotted and executed the Coup, none is full blooded Igbo, like Kaduna Chukwuma Nzeogwu who can't speak one Word of Igbo because he was Born, bread and Kwunued in Kaduna, which he was so proud that he added Kaduna to his name, but after the Coup, they turned round and started a reprisal or what they called XENOPHOBIA today, against Ndigbo that did no wrong, unless you factor inn the fact that we are what is called Ojemba Enweiro (A Traveler doesn't have enemies because he has no traditional affiliation within).
We were despise not for evil, but because we excel where others failed, but it is never our fault or credit but onatara Chi, where others sees failure, we see a bountiful episode.
We don't ask for communal wealth, we don't solicit for Government funding, we don't hide under guise to dip our claws into Patrimony,..
We create wealth, convert debris into Ornaments, we turn Swamps into Fortress.
It is by nature, it is inborn, it is gene from our Father Abraham and which place us on same podium with our Israeli brothers.
It was because of that we are classified as Eagle, we soar far above others, we don't eat tainted food, we don't plumage with those whose operation are limited to inanities.
Today when the Nation is agitating against the Xeno treatment as meted to us in South Africa, we should also have at the front of our mind the saying which provides "Charity begins at home".
The struggle to end this apathy should start at home where we are not only being marginalized, but brutally segregated against, killed for what we don't do nor have incline for.
We the IGBO NATION are seen as Pest to be exterminated in our own Land, but the difference between us and South Africa is that we add extreme Value and Nigeria cannot and will not survive if we depart.
The Nation is still sweating from the Wonderful growth of the 20Pounds given to us after the Genocide, which was planned to take away that business and economic dominance, but as one can see, ogbalu Awo boot, bu lift ka onyelu ya (He that kicked a Toad from behind, simply gave her a lift).
In such instance who shall develop the places where Ndigbo has been showing Love and might, who shall extend GOODIES and life supporting merchandise to nook and crannies of the Nation, a Job Ndigbo has been doing?.
Nigeria is Giant of Africa with Gigantic problem and walking with mosquito legs, if truly they want to evolve, they should simply bring a Round Pole and insert same into this Round Hole... In lay man's language.. Give Ndigbo this Nation and we will revive, restore and place this Nation on the Head of the Table where we belong.
One cannot light a Candle and place it under a Coven, no one's buys Diamond Necklece and refuses to flaunt it.
You can't buy a Ferrari and park it in garage.
No Nation can have Ndigbo and still wander in blindness.
Mazi Odera POg JP walking round Ekwueme square wondering when this decadence that is prevailing shall end.
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