ThisDay· 1h ago· 1 min read
Charles Nwodo Jr.
Let me start with a fairly familiar story. In the immediate aftermath of the Nigeria civil war, Igbo land or what is now referred to as the Southeast was like an expanded refugee camp. Families returned to completely destroyed homes and homes that were not demolished were looted and businesses were totally shut down.
So, for the average household survival was a daily battle and every young man or woman took up the responsibility to go out in search of food items, in search of menial jobs, in search of any opportunities just to provide for the households. The itinerant hustler that takes off regularly in search of much needed relief for the household was nicknamed “Agaracha”.and who will always come back with goodies no matter how far and how long away a trip takes.
So “Agaracha must come back “became a popular slogan to capture the desperate survival strategy of…
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