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A short note on ethnicity.
A lot of these labels are mere identity. Useful labels though.
Identity is important
Many don’t know their own parents were not even born Nigerians.
Most were a strange, now defunct nationality called British West African.
A lot of these labels are mere identity. Useful labels though.
Identity is important
Many don’t know their own parents were not even born Nigerians.
Most were a strange, now defunct nationality called British West African.
My father born in 1918, never heard the word Nigeria till 1928, after he got to Abeokuta to continue school!
His ‘parents’ fought an uprising to stay out of strange land Nigeria.
Worse still, he didn’t even know the word Yoruba a very esoteric term of his youth.
His ‘parents’ fought an uprising to stay out of strange land Nigeria.
Worse still, he didn’t even know the word Yoruba a very esoteric term of his youth.
My late Uncle Benedict, was a professor in Ife, later junior minister Benin Republic. Was he Yoruba, Nigerian?
Sir Mobolaji Bank Anthony was born & raised in Kinshasa. First language was Lingala. He never visited Lagos till his late 20s & learnt to speak Yoruba as a full adult.
Sir Mobolaji Bank Anthony was born & raised in Kinshasa. First language was Lingala. He never visited Lagos till his late 20s & learnt to speak Yoruba as a full adult.
Capt. Mohamed Alli Effendi the great was born in Ismir Turkey of a Yoruba slave mother via Maiduguri. He identified as Turkish. Was he?
Significant part of Ajayi Crowther’s family are Gambians. Their relationship with motherland almost nil.
Another significant part, British.
Significant part of Ajayi Crowther’s family are Gambians. Their relationship with motherland almost nil.
Another significant part, British.
Those ones don’t even speak a word of Yoruba apart from the names they bear!
Gen. Tunde Ogbeha is Ebira. But he’s also Yoruba. How come?
The late Jackie Phillips was also Ebira but proud titled Lagosian!
I can go on and on.
Gen. Tunde Ogbeha is Ebira. But he’s also Yoruba. How come?
The late Jackie Phillips was also Ebira but proud titled Lagosian!
I can go on and on.
Immediate inspiration for this is the unproductive arguments witnessed here few days ago on the true origin of Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh.
She was a Yoruba girl. Even her father Kwaku Babatunde Adadevoh was Yoruba but with extra identity.
Meaning her son Bankole can claim whatever.
She was a Yoruba girl. Even her father Kwaku Babatunde Adadevoh was Yoruba but with extra identity.
Meaning her son Bankole can claim whatever.
Sir Darnley Alexander was St Lucian, though he lived as a Yoruba man among us in IB. He was pioneer CJ of CRS before becoming CJN.
His body lies in Lagos.
His son saw action as medical Captain of the Nigerian Army in the war.
Though American now, what do we really call him?
His body lies in Lagos.
His son saw action as medical Captain of the Nigerian Army in the war.
Though American now, what do we really call him?
