In a moment of quiet honesty, Chika Uwazie didn’t just comment on tribalism—she held up a mirror to a country still wrestling with identity over unity. In recent reflections, she pointed out something that many feel but few articulate so clearly: tribal labels shouldn’t be louder than our shared national identity.
Watching global narratives form around Nigeria—especially through the eyes of visitors and international creators—Uwazie noted something that cuts deeper than any headline: when people from within begin to prioritise tribe over togetherness, they don’t just divide a country… they weaken its story. In her words, the world doesn’t owe us a balanced story; if we don’t tell our own, someone else will — and not always fairly.
Her observation came from something as simple—and yet as telling—as how visitors are received. She highlighted that instead of celebrating shared heritage, she saw moments when identity got tacked on as a divider rather than a connector. That isn’t just social media noise. It’s a signal about how we see ourselves versus how we present ourselves to the world.
And there’s the irony: Nigeria’s strength isn’t in uniformity, but in the possibility that “one Nigeria” can hold many stories without making smaller identities feel lesser. When we let tribal labels get louder than our shared direction, we don’t just fracture conversation—we fracture our own reflection
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