I made a post celebrating my people and our culture, and one udene tried to be smart with, “go and inherit land in your father’s compound, let’s see.” 😂
First of all, if I go home today and tell my uncle or my umunna I need land, they’ll give it to me with the speed of light. Don’t get it twisted.
Now let me educate you. In Igbo culture, land is traditionally not allocated to women, not because women lack value or due to misogyny, but because of how lineage and inheritance are structured. Men remain within the family, marry, have children, and continue the lineage. The land stays within that line, preserved, not scattered.
Women, on the other hand, marry into other families, where they build and grow. Their children inherit from their husband’s lineage. So no, it’s not a “loss”, it’s structure. It’s continuity. It’s wealth preservation.
And let’s be clear, this doesn’t mean women cannot own, use, or even be given land. That narrative is shallow.
What you don’t understand is this: Igbo women carry value. Wherever we go, we build. We add. We elevate.
And that same system you’re trying to mock? It protects family wealth. Nobody is walking in to “marry for land” , no jigolo chances, because it doesn’t work like that. The land remains within the family, preserved across generations.
We know the value of our women. That’s why when an Igbo daughter leaves, she doesn’t go empty, she goes to build and to conquer.
It’s not like you can relate sha.
@Dannybrizzy1@trigottista In Ghana, the Yaribas mostly peddle elicit drugs and their women on bleaching creams. You can hardly see them doing genuine business like the Igbo men in Ghana.