By Obi Nwakanma
Culturally, the East
of Nigeria has two things going for it: one is a contiguous and compact
geography that is very culturally connected, and the second is a very
enterprising and driven population, with no sense, until very recently, of a
domineering monarchical spirit.
These hardy republicans, driven by the idea of
individual freedom, liberty, justice, the equality principle in which no one is
king of the other, and a lack of fear of their destiny and destination, as well
as an openness that allows them to cross borders easily; embrace and accept
difference even as they preserve what is best in them is the key cultural trait
that makes the East of Nigeria very dynamic.
