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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