Date: June 4, 2025

Publisher: Akinkunmi O. Akintunde

"A CALL FOR RECONNECTION"

The Nigerian family today stands on fragile ground, slowly disintegrating, piece by piece, over time. It is a structure in crisis, desperately in need of healing and preservation. This unraveling is not accidental. It is the consequence of historical invasions, particularly the colonial disruption of our indigenous foundations. Yet, many Nigerians remain blind to the far reaching effects of this interference, unaware that the collapse of the family unit is not only ongoing but accelerating.

One of the greatest tools of this disintegration is miseducation, particularly the religious and cultural narratives that subtly encourage separation rather than continuity. Teachings that urge children to “leave and cleave” often promote the idea of detachment from one’s family legacy, rather than building upon it. Instead of reinforcing the family tree, such doctrines uproot it. They sever the natural flow of wisdom, identity, and purpose that is meant to be passed down through generations.

Lineage is not merely a tradition, it is a roadmap into one’s destiny and a secured future. It offers a grounded sense of direction, preservation, and the protection of identity. But today, this ancestral compass is being neglected. The modern Nigerian family is shaped not by legacy, but by the values of capitalism, religious dogma, Western democracy and social norms rooted in anti-blackness/African. This forces that often distract from, or even directly oppose, the preservation of indigenous structures of family and community.

We are taught to make money and build mansions, yet not to build strong heathy family homes rooted in legacy and shared purpose. We are sent to school to earn degrees, but not to gain the true education of self or the sacred knowledge of ancestral preservation. A system that produces disconnected individuals, chasing individual success over collective elevation, cannot sustain strong families, let alone nations. This culture creates a very toxic competitive culture that leads to criminology and materialism.

This is not just a Nigerian issue it is a African crisis. The black family across the globe suffers under similar pressures, and if we are to reclaim our future, we must first reclaim our families. The path forward lies not in mimicry of foreign systems, but in remembering who we are, in rebuilding the family tree, and in rooting ourselves once again in ancestral wisdom.

Some of the ways we have contributed to this reality is the Nigerian shame culture that has been created over time. While this shame culture evolved out of a need to survive, it must be stopped to have a successful reset and effective revolution.

THE GREAT RESET. THE RETURN OF THE ORIKI

Little bird, little bird. Fly up high and reach the sky.

When you go so up at night, don't forget the shooting stars. 

A RESPONSIBILITY TO REBUILD THE AFRICAN SPIRIT.

Coming together to rebuild the Village one at a time.