There is an interesting assertion by
some confused igbo person who
claims to be an academic (doubt that
very much-I am sure its the usual
419) and who has suggested that I
have Nupe ancestry.
He claims that I am not a
real yoruba and that my
paternal great grandfather,
Rev Emmanuel Kayode, was
a Nupe and a Sierra
Leonnean (all at the same time) who
was raised by Bishop Ajayi Crowther.
This one really is so funny. It is also
absurd. I laughed for close to one hour
when the write-up was brought to my
attention by my p.a.. I even posted it on
my wall for a while until my fb friends
appealed to me to remove it because of
its toxic aura.
Those that are the masters of lies and
propaganda have started their rubbish
again trying to re-write history and
demonise their perceived enemies. To
say that they are closer to the animal
kingdom than most is to say the least.
To them nothing is sacred and they are
prepared to lie about anything or anyone
just to achieve their nefarious
objectives.
It is their nature and frankly it is a
cultural problem. It is only when I read
the essay written by Professor Osuji
Ozodi that I really understood them.
They have a deep-seated pysochological
problem and a terrible siege mentality.
Anyone that disagrees with them on any
issue is a tribalist and must be
destroyed. It is truly pitiful. There are
some amongst them that are exceptions
to the rule and frankly they are the only
redeeeming factor and saving grace.
Other than that I have come to expect
anything from them and nothing they do
or say can ever surprise me again.
I assure you all that there is not an iota
of truth in the assertion that I have any
Nupe ancestral ties or blood in me. I
have traced my bloodlines back to 8
generations and other than having a little
fulani blood in me through my maternal
great grandmother I am a pure yoruba. I
have ancestral ties with Abeokuta,
Ilesha, Ife and Lagos but no where else.
I have no Nupe blood in me and my
great grandfather was not a Nupe or a
Sierra Leonnean. Neither was he a slave
or in any way related to the great Bishop
Ajayi-Crowther.
Unlike the igbo writer of this fiction I can
trace my history and I know my
heritage. If I had Nupe roots I would be
the first to say so and I would be very
proud of that. This is because, unlike the
igbo, the Nupe's are very close to the
yoruba and are actually part of us. The
northerners and the people of the south
west and mid west (edo and delta) are
inextricably linked by history, marriage,
trade, bloodlines and culture. They are
collectively known as the Sudanese
Nigerians because they migrated from
north Africa down to where they are
today. The igbo and the people of the
eastern Niger Delta (Rivers, Akwa Ibom,
Calabar, Bayelsa) are known as the Bantu
Nigerians and they have no ancestral ties
or links with the Sudanese. They
migrated to where they are today from
East Africa and Central Africa hence the
name Bantu.
The Bantu and the Sudanese are very
different in their outlook to life and their
ways. Unlike the Bantu the Sudanese
have a long history of ancient kingdoms
and empire, sophisticated hierachial
structures, an all-inclusive, liberal,
tolerant and accomodating tradition, a
refined and well educated nobility and
ruling class, a rigid class system and a
noble tradition of excellence and fair
play.
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