I thought you guys had decided that tribalism was not a bad thing in Nigeriaworld ? or maybe what you folks meant is that tribalism is not a bad thing when practised by Awoist.

At this moment? its all hogwash. Trust me! I have been around for awhile.

Yes fundamentals of leadership! First, we define leadership: Ability to inspire(not by force) people to do something (good or bad) that they would NOT ordinarily do under normal circumstances. Does Orji Kalu fit this definition? How about Ike Nwachukwu, Ikemba, and other names mentioned.

In my opinion, Ikemba is the only name you can sinanimously mention with leadership. Without question, all igbo's both at home and in the Diapora should rally around this man and "draft" him to lead us once again. History has shown us that his likes are seen once in twenty life times. He may not get there, but the mere fact that we have once more united and rallied around him will go along way in helping us achieve our end state. And that the actualization of the TRUE NATION of BIAFRA.

Speaking of Biafra, we should never forget! never ever, forget,the selfless service and sacrifice of our fellow men and women, brothers and sisthers, sons and daughters, mothers and fathers rendered in pursuit of freedom. The other side wants us to pretend that it never happened, they use confusion to trevialize the suffering, the killings, the barberick killings, the war crimes against our people, thinking they have gotten away with cold blooded murders. Just like Hitler and the Germans thought they got away with killing Jews in concentration camps. It may not be in our generation, but history will be told, the truth would come to light. The Jews told and is still telling their stories, we will tell ours to the world!

I appeal to all you forumites, to seek and participate in any up coming gathering (memorial service, conferences, rememberances, etc..) in remeberance of those that gave their lives so that those fortunate enough to have survived the slaughter live. If nothing is planned, propose such to your community organization.

The date is May 29th, for most in US its a three day weekend. Please devote two to three hours to gather with your fellow Igbos in remembrance, tell it to the kids, let them know exaclty what happened, tell your friends, show the pictures; we have to tell our story, nobody will do it for us. Definely not NIGERIA, their president said so any way.

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Though I disagree with bababoyz that ALL Igbo merchants are uneducated, I do believe we Igbos must encourage our youths especially the boys to pursue education before joining any other vocation, like trading. Haven said that, I do not think that the type of "education" offered by Nigerian schools today will in the long term help either the individuals who acquired it or Nigeria, infact, it is this passing stardard six without the six sense that discourages most Igbo youths from going to "school", when the sysytem improves under a good leader, be it in Nigeria or in Biafra, these youths will change, again, Nigeria is responsible for any Nigerian kid who is uneducated, period.

As a free thinking people, Biafrans will always be principled and articulate their position. If the cabal of Hausa/Fulani and their Yoruba serfs continue their systematic game of exclusion, they'll help hasten the departure of Biafrans short and simple.