anonymous6:

I never been to the North
well when you hear stories like this: http://www.wluml.org/node/3722
You won't be as comfortable doing that but don't worry I am not brainwashed with this forum is what I hear in the news

Fulaman198:

Have you been to the North before. It is easy they are people too. Simply ask why do they support another team over their fellow Nigerian brothers and see how they respond. Don't be so easily brainwashed by what people say on forums

Fulaman198:

There are some extremists in this country no doubt and many of them reason as if they have no brain. Killing isn't permitted in Islam yet a lot of these robots claim to kill under the name of Islam. I think they are just heartless human beings to begin with. Many Muslims are not like that. I think there is something very wrong in Nigeria though compared to other African Muslim countries.

otipoju:

I do not hate Northerners and I still like their direct and simple way of life. I made friends with a number of guys from that village. I played football every other evening with them ..But I knew my boundaries.

The man that told me he could have slit my throat was obviously relieved that he did not have to.

Fulaman198:

Lollll culture section will always be clean of bigotry. The politics section on the other hand is a lost cause

anonymous6:

lol, true. Do the moderators even do anything in the politics sections in the first place. any way the issues that we discussed when it comes to Nigeria rear its ugly head in a way when it comes to northern and southern Africa.

macof: Did u just say North Africa is more advanced?? Wat rubbish that useless desert region

The only thing pure African and black about North Africa was Nubia and some parts of Egypt, now Egypt and Sudan like other North African countries are nothing but Arab shiit holes.
I pity for the few remaining true black Africans in body and consciousness

Fulaman198:

I don't even know if the mods in the politics section know what they are doing. They seem to place bigoted threads on the front page

otipoju: I spent my NYSC year in Kano- it is what I saw with my own eyes at a football viewing center in the village of Minjibir during a CAF champions leauge match between a North African Club and a Nigerian Clubside.

When I noticed that I was the odd one out. I just kept quiet.

I am not denying anybody the right to support whoever, and I am not judging anybody, - I just stated my conclusion based on my primary observation.

For better emphasis, why would a group of people not be pertubed about the bombings of their countrymen but be gravely worried to the extent of peacefully protesting on the streets in support of a people far away in Gaza.

Let's not look for what is not missing... The ties of Religion is the unifying factor.

anonymous6:

well I don't know cause I never heard of this of what Otipoju had mentioned but I have noticed that in some black african counties who are predominantly Muslim, tend to favor their religion over their culture, look at Sudan, Mali, Chad and Niger

macof: I feel this is as a result of the mind controlling power of religion and the fear that comes with it.
culture certainly has no "disobey and suffer" conditions so it has less mental grip on people

Fulaman198:

There are some extremists in this country no doubt and many of them reason as if they have no brain. Killing isn't permitted in Islam yet a lot of these robots claim to kill under the name of Islam. I think they are just heartless human beings to begin with. Many Muslims are not like that. I think there is something very wrong in Nigeria though compared to other African Muslim countries.

otipoju: A Nigerian Hausa-Fulani man will rather support Zamalek of Egypt than Shooting Stars of Ibadan in a CAF champions leauge final match. I think a common Religion is the bond that bindss them all.

tpia1: is the thread still about africa and north africa?

otipoju: A Nigerian Hausa-Fulani man will rather support Zamalek of Egypt than Shooting Stars of Ibadan in a CAF champions leauge final match. I think a common Religion is the bond that bindss them all.

anonymous6:

True, I feel the Muslim religion particularly has a more "Eye for a Eye" mentality more then Christianity. Lets Thank God culture doesn't revolve over those rules

macof: Did u just say North Africa is more advanced?? Wat rubbish that useless desert region

The only thing pure African and black about North Africa was Nubia and some parts of Egypt, now Egypt and Sudan like other North African countries are nothing but Arab shiit holes.
I pity for the few remaining true black Africans in body and consciousness

macof:

True! All around the world we can see muslims are much more aggressive...fully devoted ones at that

Again it is only Africa that people frown at their own culture because a foreign religion dictates to do so
Why won't North Africa loose its "Africanness" when Islam is the first order of the day

anonymous6:

I agree, that's why I'm not surprised that North Africa has already been excluded from Africa when it comes to representation and image of todays age but I feel it's beyond religion with them also.

GooseBaba:

Religion is 99%....nothing beyond... everything about their cultural/traditional practice hinges on religion.. The practices of their ancestors is considered despicable. They loathe themselves in order to fit in with their Arabian masters...

Fulaman198:

He shouldn't even be talking to you like that in the first place. The problem is that they are building a new mosque there instead of building a new school that educates people in the maths and sciences. Sometimes I think religion <> progress

anonymous6:

well ok but I was wondering if there is a superiority complex when it comes to their race as well, if religion wasn't part of it I think some of them would still be doing some of their behaviors in a way

kingston277:
I agree, secularism needs to be promoted badly.

Fulaman198:

There may be a "superiority complex", but it is a very misplaced one. Look at what's happening in Libya for example right now. Arabs are not superior to blacks in any way. The people of North Africa as aforementioned have mix of genes from Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Indigenous Blacks, and Turks. A lot of them would prefer to associate themselves with the Arabs, Greeks, Romans and Turks than with blacks. Again, North Africans are not the only ones that I have seen not want to be associated with Africa. I know some Somalis like Enlightened would get mad at me for saying this, but horners I have met in the past don't want to be seen as black a lot of the times (and i find it surprising because they look black). North Africans in the far north like in cities like Casablanca, Algiers, Tripoli, etc. can make a case for themselves though since they are so mixed.

anonymous6:

Agree, no argument there, I never considered them superior but the reason North Africans can get away with it as you say is because they are so mixed and most are arabs or look like arabs. Horners to a extent try to get away with it when its obvious nobody would follow in that delusion, so in the end of the day they are still considered Black african cause of their race and some of the culture is African but North Africans their African cultural connection is completely gone now.

I think it todays age most sub-Saharan Africans don't consider North Africans culturally connect to them But it doesn't bother them or concern them. I have heard this statement from some non-North Africans when it comes to North Africans, even during the world cup when they bring up african soccer teams from Africa, nobody is thinking about the Algerian team, they are thinking of the Ghanian Black stars or Nigerian team, even though the Algerian team is good as well.

Fulaman198:

Yah most Africans forgot that Algeria, an African team was in the World Cup. They only remembered, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Cameroon. I have met some Algerians though who were as white as anything, and the guy was proud to be 'African'. It really surprised me. But I have not met many Algerians really, maybe 2 total my entire lifetime.

anonymous6:

yeah true, I heard in the news that some north africans felt that North African teams tends to be ignored when it to comes to their connection to Africa or being part of the african team circle, especially during the 2010 world cup. I have bumped into a few North africans from Morroco, Egypt and Algeria and to be honest most are very nice but when to comes to their identification it is something else, there have been only three that called themselves african, 2 were females and one male(one was from Egypt and the other 2 were from Morocco).

Fulaman198:
Very nice

anonymous6:

well I don't know cause I never heard of this of what Otipoju had mentioned but I have noticed that in some black african counties who are predominantly Muslim, tend to favor their religion over their culture, look at Sudan, Mali, Chad and Niger

anonymous6:

well I don't know cause I never heard of this of what Otipoju had mentioned but I have noticed that in some black african counties who are predominantly Muslim, tend to favor their religion over their culture, look at Sudan, Mali, Chad and Niger