Obnoxious Labels as Language of Class Struggle in Nigeria: The Igbo Experience

Abstract

Obnoxious Labels as derogatory language have some truths Nigeriansespecially the Igbo have not set free. The essay identifies somediscriminatory practices and postures of intolerance, occasioned by linguistic,religious, gender, and ethnic related sentiments as being reinforced byrevivals of primordial differentiations occasioned by the politics of identity.Moreover, prejudice is even being intellectualized and rationalized, such thatthe society itself appears to become a training ground for future practitionersof discriminations in Igbo society. In as much as these obnoxious termsdetermine social cohesion, filial obligation and the emergence of genuinedemocratic Igbo society, it becomes urgent to confront the class struggle andthe recourse to obnoxious labels in a more pragmatic way through education,mobilization and transformation.

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