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| Lord F. Lugard |
Lord Fredrick Lugard, the first Governor General of a would be Nation, nay, a geographical contraption, an assemblage of a dichotomous north and some scattered deltas of the south amalgamated into an unwieldy composite and hanged a name so inappropriate as we may soon find out - Nigeria or Nigger-Area?
Be that as it may, we as a people have decided to move away from his Lordship's over-riding interest for his Home government, which was "Self-serving" and "Devilry". Either way, it is an insult on the sensibilities of the "Native Africans" then and now.
We present to Nigerians of today, six-point opinion and two-key submission of Nigerians by Lord Fredrick Lugard and conclude that the onus is on our generation to do everything for our namesake.
We should only embrace the Change We Can Believe In.
The six-point :
Lack Foresight
In character and temperament the typical African of this race-type is a happy, thriftless, excitable person lacking in self-control, discipline and foresight.
Personal Vanity
Naturally courageous, and naturally courteous, and polite, full of personal vanity, with little sense of veracity, fond of music and loving weapons as an oriental loves jewelry.
Animal Placidity
His thoughts are concentrated on the events and feelings of the moment and he suffers little from apprehension for the future, or grief for the past. His mind is far nearer to the animal world than that of the European and Asiatic, and exhibits something of the animals placidity and want of desire to rise beyond the state he has reached -
...to be continued
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