From the above map, the Hausa-Fulani and the Kanuri belong to the Islamist Afro-Asiatic platform and control 2 regions – Northwest and northeast.
The rest of the country, the four regions of Southern and Central Nigeria that account for more than two-thirds of the population, are Original African homelands that basically speak a continuum of dialects and belong to an unarticulated Original African cultural platform.
Yoruba became Igala. Igala became Igbo, Idoma and Nupe. Idomas became Apa that gave rise to Jukun and Kwararafa that spreads from South Kaduna to Cross River. Nupe became Gwari.
Despite only two regions out of six, the Afro-asiatic Islamists have become a formidable force in Nigerian politics, as they wrongly lay claim to the Middlebelt, which they name Northcentral to give the wrong impression that it is part of their cultural platform.
With the false cultural acquisition of Northcentral, all they need is one of the three South regions through divide and rule tactics to control Nigeria.
Bornu was the origin of Afro-Asiatic influences. It spread to Daura from where it spread it across the Northwest. The Fulani unified and strengthened the Northern Afro-Asiatic Islamic cultural platform and defined the indigenous original inhabitants from their jaundiced historical perspective.
We need to present the true history of Original Africans based on recent genetic and cultural anthropological evidence.
They are the world’s oldest civilizations fuelled by yams and developed the first knowledge bank and religion, the Original African information retrieval system aka Afa-Ifa-Iha-Efa.
Until the masses are enlightened with these hidden knowledge through a massive public awareness campaign, Original Africans will have no collective identity and strong political foundations to achieve their collective aspirations. We will continue to fall to divide and rule and appear hapless and directionless without the effective numbers to challenge the Afro-Asiatic imperialists.
Awolowo showed the effectiveness of cultural platforms in building strong sustainable political platforms, while Azikwe taught the necessity of unified numbers through a Pan-African approach to challenge the unified foreign imperialists.
This generation has to increase the cultural sphere of Awolowo from Yoruba to Yoruba cousins, while refining Azikwes geographic Pan Africanism to cultural Pan Africanism – Cultural Nationalism.
There is no other way to freedom of Original African ethnicities.
