By Patrick Dele Cole
(Book by Agunze Chib Ikokwu Foundation)
One thing is clear about the Igbos, by whatever standards there are, they are a remarkable people, strong in will, great in achievement, and undeterred by difficulties.
What
is it that has produced these remarkable people? What keeps them going? How do
people enhance their self-awareness even amidst open hostility, jealousy and
outright discrimination? It would seem as if the harder the other people in
Nigeria beat them, and discriminate against them, the more successful they
become.
This book gives a peep into the complexity of what makes the Igbo character. It starts from a very simple assumption, that education is a key component of development. Education fosters tolerance, but it may also foster bigotry, and when you take people eager to be educated, eager to change their positions in life, eager to find the world, to leave the world a better place than they found it, that inspires.
