I schooled in the Northern part of my country Nigeria. A state dominated by the Hausa people, myself is Gbagyi by tribe from Niger state. One thing I noticed about them while I studied there was the segregation among tribes. There was this "His my tribal person" kind of attitude that was displayed even in the sector of education. Native of the land had more benefits than people who came from other states. Gradually we also started to separate ourselves from them, forming our tribal team , hoping to benefit us equally.
It was easier to help students in my team than helping people who I believe already have an advantage over us. And one of the advantages they had is that they are favored in the area of exams and scores. Knowing fully well that they had nothing to suffer, I chose to help especially people from my own culture when it was necessary. One attitude they had was not remorseful for their actions even when they were the cause. Their relationship with other tribes was never commensal , the others always had something to lose.
Not everyone had such behavior, there were few who made good friends with other tribes. However, the majority of them made us realize the diversity among us even though it was a school environment where culture needed to be put aside for the benefit of us all. This only showed how deep our culture had eaten us, for us to see others as strangers even in a system where everyone was suppose to be one