By a Lagos Based Yoruba Man
I don’t care if the correct pronunciation is “IBO or IGBO”, i just know there is a certain tribe in Nigeria with *typical muscular physique* maybe due to their “indiscriminate love for starchy foods”, i also observed that their ladies if not all but a noticeable number of them are so “hairy”.
Should i say some of their ladies are also as muscular as their men. Nevertheless am not scared of what the Yorubas do call *egungun ibo*.
Interestingly, what i so much envy about the igbos is their *survival instinct*, am not saying other tribes don’t share this instinct but the survival instinct exhibited by “Igbo men” is so intimidating and inspiring.
I so much respect that instinct of theirs that pushes them all over the world, even to countries you believe lack *economic potentials*. “Omo nnas” don discover Malaysia and Indonesia long before young Nigerians started rushing to *Malay*. Same is the case in South Africa and Botswana. I was shocked when a secondary school junior of mine migrated to *Hong Kong* and later to Japan at the young age of eighteen. I asked myself if my “Yoruba parents” would permit me of that adventure at that tender age.
Same is the case of many igbos in Germany. Early hustling is part of that instinct. You wouldn’t believe how established they are in countries like “Angola and Equatorial Guinea”.
But you know what, i don’t envy the *excesses* of that survival instinct, the “anyway na way syndrome”. The high rate of armed robbery, drug peddling and kidnapping is so frequent. Not saying *a particular crime is peculiar to a tribe but i will opine it is so rampant and observable among some Ibo youths*.
This is not sentiment, it is a verifiable fact and that trend must be tamed by the “Ibo social class”, that wouldn’t nullify the hardworking and legal businessmen within the *Ibo social class*. (Mujib Caballo)
