Igbo man

The average Igbo man has wonderful faith in his capability to survive any form of hardship or situation, irrespective of his place of abode and the hostility. The after-effects of the Biafran war which depleted Ndi Igbo politically, economically, psychologically and humanly are still conspicuously visible for even the blind to see in Nigeria today.

There is a sense in which one can argue that the civil war experience, particularly the ‘abandoned property’ saga did inculcate some sense of responsibility into the Igbos. Many of them who had lived in fine mansions in other cities where they had established themselves …