BETWEEN HENRY CARR AND HERBERT MACAULAY

As the world will have it, when one thrives there is always a keen contestant or an arch rival 

Just like in Football, we all know that Barcelona and Real Madrid are arch rivals dating back to their creation...

In Nigeria, we've had people who are serious rivals in virtually all spheres of life, from music to politics to business circle and more, not escaping politics 

Today I bring to you the rivalry between two most influential people in the history or Nigeria and of the Yoruba race 

BETWEEN HENRY CARR AND HERBERT MACAULAY 

It was very clear to the world how serious the hatred between Macaulay and Henry Carr developed.

Their war of words were well documented, Carr believed that Macaulay lacked integrity and was exploiting the House of Dosumu (which was a political benchmark just as we had Bourdillon) for personal gain.

Carr's diaries stated that : "Among all human monsters with whom we have been brought into contact none has displayed the devilish ingenuity of this man" (Macaulay).

Concluding that Macaulay was a "crooked mind and dangerous fool". 

Macaulay, in 1924 published a malicious account titled "Henry Carr Must Go". 

In the slanderous publication, Macaulay falsely asserted that Carr's father, Amuwo Carr deserted his wife to settle in Abeokuta as a polygamist. 

This was untrue considering Amuwo Carr died in Abeokuta of poor health and was nearly blind. Macaulay's vicious attacks on Carr in the press framed the Lagosian public's perception of Carr as shy, distant, and aloof.

Macaulay, on the other hand, believed Carr was behind political divisions in Lagos. He believed Carr was responsible for the government's stubborn position on the Oba Eleko land case. In the pamphlet "Henry Carr Must Go", Macaulay writes of Carr 

"He has been without any possible doubt whatsoever, the Head Centre, the King Pin, the very mainspring of what his own flatterers choose to call powerful influence or official support behind the renowned articulate minority on whose side Mr. Carr has along flung the whole weight of his official prestige, manifesting thereby an intolerable partisanship...deadly and detestable".

Henry Carr died in 1945 while Herbert Macaulay died in 1946

Profile Guide : Wikipedia, Yoruba History 

Pictures : Google, Daily Times 1933