Traditional Igbo Humane Character: Nature and Application

Abstract

One of the identities of the Igbo is their humane character ably expressed in their kindness to their immediate and distant neighbours. This traditional Igbo culture spans across their social, political and economic lives. It is this singular sterling quality of the Igbo that informs the basis and reasons for Igbo adaptability and near ubiquity at virtually every corner of the globe, where they reside and freely interact with people of different nationalities, making their contributions to the socio-political and economic developments of whichever community they find themselves. This has been the trend over the centuries, from the pre-colonial period up to the present.