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Failure of the ruling classes to tackle famine in some pre-colonial societies led to either the banishment or removal of the king, or his being asked to commit suicide. But in the colonial and post-colonial period, the government was no longer responsible, accountable or answerable to society. It became seen as being above society, and opposed, antagonistic, and hostile to society. Its officials were, and are still, seen as puppets of Western European forces.
In reaction, people resorted to insulting British officials and traditional rulers for the food scarcity, inflation and hunger in the country. Yoruba women sang: “I bought okro I bought onion I bought one penny worth of salt But was inadequate for my soup I will send a curse to the White men in Akure.
To the Nupe people: “Hunger is like fire, it can consume you if you don’t find a way to extinguish it”. They believe hunger is extremely arrogant, always boasting that: “if one will not sacrifice to anything, one must sacrifice to it!” The Yoruba people elaborated this point in a song: “Hunger makes a person lie down- he has water in his knees. Hunger makes a person lie down and count the rafter in his roof.
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