Nigeria: Where Are the Lessons Ndigbo Learnt From the Civil War?

23 May 2014
opinion

THE nation of Israel has never been a stranger to wars from the Biblical times to this day. They, therefore, built and developed structures and systems that make them succeed and dominate their environment and situation. Israel has become self-sufficient in almost all sectors of their economy through the use of lessons from numerous war experiences.

This piece is about Ndigbo of the South East of Nigeria who, like the Jews, are presently scattered all over the 36 states of Nigeria, but unlike the Jews have suffered only one defeat in a civil war that lasted three years. But from all available facts Ndigbo have learnt little or nothing from the experiences of that defeat.

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