Why You Should Marry or *Mistress* That Igbo Boy! Inclusive of my husband.
Hello Readers, if you would recall, Few days ago i wrote about the great reasons you may want to consider the Yoruba Man for marriage... Today am centering on the Igbo Man. Am still studying the Urhobos, Calabar, or hausas... Haha, hmmmmmn, kwesuenu! (Greetings to my Igbo bros )ok, These Igbo Boys are Bold, infuriating, funny, crafty, big-hearted, sexy, crazy, loving…take your pick! All these adjectives (and more) describe the quintessential IGBO man.
A lot has been said about him…some good, some not so good. There’s the belief that Nigerian Igbo mothers raise their daughters and spoil their sons…too true. From the time he comes screaming from her into the world and all rejoice that “it’s a boy! ” he is doted and waited on hand and foot by the female folk in the family…whether mothers, sisters, aunties and their girlfriends/wives are expected to pick up from there.
HE IS HARDWORKING…Compared to his counterparts in Nigeria and Diaspora, the Igbo man is a natural hustler. Whether its at his fancy bank job in V.I. or watch-peddling in the Traffic, he works hard for his money. Not for him the queuing at the Giro office or sitting on the sidewalk, swigging from a bottle of booze, hollering at sistas. Even if he does that you can be sure he has finished work and is just kidding around, which brings me to the next characteristic…
HE PLAYS HARD….what’s all that hard work for if you don’t get to spend the proceeds? He LURVES to groove…whether its at the Club or the open air pepper soup joint at Obalende! He loves to enjoy himself …and invite others to enjoy it with him. There’s always some house-warming, Child Dedication, Birthday or new item to “wash” which leads me to the fact that…
HE LOVES THE GOOD THINGS OF LIFE…just drive through Lagos or any of the other major cities in Nigeria and check out the flashy cars, fancy homes and hot night spots. TheIgbo man (along with his woman) likes to enjoy the good things of life. He’s got to have the flashiest car, the finest girl, the biggest house. If he’s got the dough, he flaunts it (and wants you to know he is flaunting it too!) and God help those of other Nationalities when he is on the roll! On the downside, this has led many into a life of crime.
Another characteristic of the IGBO man is that HIS LOVE FOR WOMEN BOTH WIFE AND MISTRESSES ARE ALMOST TREATED THE SAME! That the Igbo man loves women can not be disputed. My family is just filled up with halfcaste and how these white women were convinced baffles me as No race, colour or hue is off limits. Not too many years ago, the winner of Miss Norway Beauty Contest was a half-caste with the distinctively Nigerian name of my forebears. When asked about her origins, she said her mother was Norwegian but unfortunately she had never met her father before. Talk about sowing your wild oats! I’ve seen children that are half-Filipino and half-Nigerian Igbo! Half-Malaysian and even half-Indian! How he managed to convince the latter I will never know because Indians hardly ever marry outside their race! But trust my Bros! No woman is too hard to toast!
Nollywood Actor IK Ogbonnaya with his wife.
"Yes, I know! IK is a very lovely and selfless man. I knew I would end up with a Nigerian; Igbo man to be precise because my childhood friend is from Onitsha and she will always tell me ‘na Igbo man go marry you oh’. I was just laughing, now she's the one laughing at me.
Igbo men know how to take good care of their wives. I feel so proud and fulfilled that I choose to marry who I want and when I wanted. Love is blessing." IK Ogbonaya's wife.
Overall, the Igbo man may have his flaws (who doesn’t?) but love him or hate him, he is who he is…and if the truth be told many of us Nigerian women wouldn’t have him any other way…save for a little tweaking here and there!
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