bushdoc9919:

Actually.....Immigrant blacks are not necessarily lumped together with African Americans....and the two groups often clash.

Stanleyelege: America give us d zmapp drug . Pple re dying already.
If d blacks there needs coaching on riot, they should either send for lasu students or send down few black Americans to be coached by lasu students.
We would tel them how to lit motor tyres on busy. Roads as if its newyear watchnight, spread mats on busy roads, throw sachet pure waters on whoever comes to address them, wearing back of their shirts.

tonychristopher:

So African American now wants Africans to see them as brothers.that's a new one

Eh wish them luck

khiaa:

Do you live in a black community? No you do not, you re.tarded mut. Why don't you concentrate on cleaning up your white community (trailer parks) and get rid of those redneck child molesters, rapists, drug dealers, meth head junkies, burgulars, robbers, perverts, Ku Klux Klans, Neo Nazis, white supremacists, and women beaters/killers then maybe someone will take you seriously. You know nothing about the black community. You even curse like a redneck. All4Naija my foot. Clean up your white hoods and behave like human beings the way that Martin Luther King and Malcolm X wanted you to.

hotwax: I dont give a blip. WHat have those black americans contributed to our lives here? None. Except they even come home and start forming yeye class.

I support the white joooor.

Beside, this is police brutality, it has nothing to do with racism.

SOme police are trigger happy. But the black masses just decided to address it racily . Just the way an Igbo man will kill an Hausa and Hausa start burning churches. Hausas and black americans are the same.

BWOH2D:

Blows over your head, good day.

tpia1:

Carribeans don't like africans either, generally speaking.

anonymous6:

As I said this is a american issue and they can handle it by themselves. Many people around the world spoke about the Trayvon issue from Australia to South Africa(some agreed with Zimmerman & some with Trayvon) but didn't involve themselves in it, just because all countries plus Nigeria is speaking about this is irrelevant, after all they were all speaking about "Bring back our girls" but that still doesn't mean it's their problem. Nigeria still has their problems(as a non-western country) and this is not one of them. I'm a American born Nigerian and I feel Nigerians should concentrate on Boko Haram and put their energy on National issue's not Ferguson. The Nigerians I'm around are talking about Boko Haram & The Ebola outbreak not the Ferguson fiasco(at least not more then a few mins). Nobody deserves to get shot but Nigeria is going through their own and not going in African american forums demanding they fight for them.
I don't think it's selfish. Ferguson is not Nigeria's Problem.

lafuria1:
Please stop arguing with someone whose IQ is minus infinity. So people should not protest injustice that will reoccur again.

freeafrica365:

I dont see why they would either:

1. We sold them.
2. We never offered to help.
3. When we did come, we lacked respect for them and then use up all the struggles that they fought for.

Why they dont treat us like how the Jamaican views us is beyond me.

Our indifference towards them ..then and now..is apparent. Oh well. I like them. They are my brothers.

tonychristopher:

oh i doubt, but been dark doesnt make us brother, w still have dark abos in australian and india so ...what do they want

freeafrica365:

You are in America like me - benefiting from their struggles. And when they find a solution to this problem, your sons if you have them will benefit again. I never quite understood how we ..Nigerians that run and hide and flee to other countries can be so dismissive of other blacks..when we cant get our own shit together IN our countries. I am also a Nigerian but your response is of an ingrate. And it is shameful. Our culture isnt remarkably better, look at OUR country.

freeafrica365:

Calling blacks apes and animals is racist. Why should African Americans come home to a people that sold them? Are you daft?

BWOH2D:
I figured that thing was a troll.

I also think that Ebola thing is one too lol.

EbolaParasite:

You may be the daft one because you haven't done proper research. What led to the slaves being sold? Do you think they did it willingly? Did you miss the part where the slave takers decided it was easier to deal with the Kings and Chiefs than forcefully capture slaves? Let me educate you. Africans didn't have a choice. It was either sell your people or WE WILL TAKE THEM ANYWAY.

You people never seize to amaze me. See them trying to put the blame on Africans. Last i checked, AFRICANS DID NOT BUILD A SHIP, TRAVEL TO AMERICA AND THEN SAID : HEY MR WHITE MAN, I HAVE SLAVES FOR SALE.

anonymous6:

I'm benefiting from the struggles of the civil rights movement from Martin Luther king and other civil rights activist; and what they struggled for has been accomplished for not only African americans but for all blacks and other non-blacks and non-whites who are American or immigrants. Ferguson has nothing to do with the civil rights movement struggle, so my response has nothing to do with a ingrate. I never said any culture is remarkably better, and as a american born Nigerian I stay with my opinion. I believe in Economic unity amongst African nations but forcing a ideology or mentality that you, the OP, and a few other Nigerians and other Africans believe with most African americans on Nigerians on a Nigerian forum that don't believe in that is wrong.

freeafrica365:

I have done my research. And the word is cease instead of seize. So when you ATTEMPT to try to educate me on the nuances of history, be impeccable in every way, at every turn. Nothing more shameful than a pompous arrogant WANT TO BE scholar that attempts to school someone with no command of perfection.

1. They were sold because we are and have always been tribal AF.
2. Africans DID have a choice, and there were written documents that stated EXPLICITLY that some tribal leaders regretted their actions.

So yup. Be blameless if you choose. However, for those that ask why dont the Caribbeans or the AAs like us, it might just be ..that they REMEMBER that they were sold.

We know our land, they dont.

EbolaParasite:

Okay i goofed. Big effing deal. English is not my language so you can excuse yourself. It doesn't change the message though.
The written documents you talk about were written by WHO? Exactly, the same WHITE SLAVE owners and that is what you choose to believe.

My source is from family lineage passed down several decades. We don't rely on the white mans story. We know what happened.

freeafrica365:

Africans sold Africans for trinkets.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/18/africans-apologise-slave-trade

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/9chapter2.shtml

http://originalpeople.org/king-west-african-country-benin-visits-relatives-alabamas-oldest-black-town/


Benin King apologized.
Research my friend. There were letters written by our kings trying to get the slaves back.

1. The moors were sold, religious reasons.
2. Rival kings and queens were raided. Military reasons
3. To get liquor and more weapons, beads were given...research it.

So, to me - you cant blame those that we sold to NOT have animosity. And you cant blame a people to NOT know about Africa. A people that had the world, we sold them for next to nothing.

all4naija:
How many slaves kings were entitled to in Africa? Shut it. The tens to the hundredth of million slaves on the voyages cannot be sold, you i d i o t! Try to make good use of your brain for once.

freeafrica365:

You spam the board. I cant take you seriously. The only i d i o t is you.

The amount of ENTITLED kings doesnt do anything to counter my argument. In fact it doesnt shake the structure not even its limbs. You are a self entitled bigot. And you usually troll ghana, s. africa and any other black nation. Kindly stfu.

all4naija:
Please, answer my question. You are possibly clueless for the simple reason you couldn't provide a substantial evidence to counter what I deliberated in my previous post. Over 90% of slavery around the world has been known to be forced on people and it is no so much different from those of the past. You would agree with me virtually all the past slaves were stolen not sold.

freeafrica365:
My argument stated that AFRICANS sold AFRICANS - and this foff decides to ask me about the number of kings as though that question negates the primary truth: AFRICANS sold AFRICANS..

But somehow we are bewildered when they dont open their arms to some sort of reunion that we NEVER initiated.

all4naija:
You mentioned kings in your previous post, dude! Your convoluted statements are based on your skewed notion of what you were told without reasoning about the loopholes in them. The sheer numbers of slaves that died in the voyages and those who survived were testaments to the fact they were stolen through the barrel of guns and other means.

Indeed, I don't know how you arrived at that conclusion that Africans sold millions of their own into force labor when both the able family members were seen to be among most slave ships. Are you suggesting Africans hate their kids and live them behind? That is not what history about Africa has told us through culture. This is a biased idea based on silliness. You are possibly looking for who to blame for your misfortunes.

freeafrica365:

It isnt as though they stopped struggling after Martin Luther King, each time they enact change we benefit. Ferguson has every thing to do with the civil rights movement. And you dont have a great understanding of race relations or the law, if you think Ferguson was not about a violation of civil rights. When you are not given the right to surrender that is a violation of their civil rights. You are not benefiting from some distant Martin Luther King, you and me are benefiting from their modern day civil rights activists, like the dream defenders and other orgs.

Also, let me make this clear again: I dont care whether you agree with me or not. I think most of us are pompous ingrates. We are lazy. And we dont work hard for our own country. No. We have no problem invading other peoples countries, telling others how to behave according to OUR cultural biases..when we cant even get our OWN territories together. Any struggle that they have will impact us Africans as long as we are in their location.

I still think that you are an ingrate. But that has nothing to do with you disagreeing with me, it is your attitude towards the subject matter.

And further, if you think that African nations are a priority why are you here, as a Nigerian, like me? We talk a good game. But we dont even work hard to fix our own country. Then we come here to talk about how different we are than the other blacks. You are arrogant.

I dont wish for you to change your mind. I am merely commenting from a Nigerian perspective who is ALSO in America.

anonymous6:

Ferguson had nothing to do with civil rights. Mike brown after stealing from a convenient store(which Wilson didn't stop him for) and later was walking in the middle of the road, and was complained about by other black American witnesses when Wilson got on the scene. Wilson was a trigger happy cop and mike brown feel for the trap by walking in the middle of the road and then resisting arrest which lead to Wilson taking it to another level. Witnesses, who most were black american also said mike brown wasn't entirely innocent even though Wilson wasn't entirely innocent either. This has nothing to do with the civil rights movement that made portal and president Obama today. I was born and raised in America and get racism and discrimination which I experienced from both white Americans and black Americans. So don't preach anything to me about this case, I already said before trayvon Martin rights were not given cause of racial profiling of a trigger happy fool but not with mike brown based on what has been said by the media so far.

When it comes to the other Nigerians being pompous ingrates, that's your opinion and I don't care and me being born and raised in this country I have a right to my opinion without being insulted and forced to your thinking. I have every right to be in America, if you feel so strongly about this then maybe you should join the protesting in ferguson.

I do help in my way, I have given money and goods through Nigerian charities that they send straight to the poor in Nigeria. One of them is black girls ignite Africa, I have seen the evidence I have done. So don't you dare preach to me again on what I should or should not do on a Nigerian forum.

Think you need to preach to the Nigerians that act or tell black Americans they are better, I never said that. So take that topic to someone who cares or someone who actually said that.

So keep your arrogant and rude comments to yourself. I'm only speaking from a Nigerian American who lives in United States of America

freeafrica365:

I dont think you have a right to be in America, as a Nigerian - you embarrass me - for you are a detached ingrate. I am honest. I am not rude.

Mike Brown was walking down the street and executed, had he been white - he would not have been executed. And your entitlement to a space, etched out by the blood of black Americans is quite disgusting. Civil Rights is not some sterile or static movement, it is not just for history book leaders that you can gloat about..it is for those, who are imperfect but deserve the same civil rights as their white counterparts.

I dont need to march I donated to their tribute cd and their go fund site.

And as you talk about Nigeria, why arent you there?

freeafrica365:

Your desire to take me off my point by asking some factoid-like question proves absolutely not one thing. Answer my question: DID I SAY ANYTHING FALSE, you troll?!

In regards to this fallacy that 90% of the world was enslaved..to the degree of the holocaust that was committed against STOLEN and SOLD AFRICANS is strictly and solely about semantics. Slavery was INDENTURED servitude - it would be the equivalent of working AT A JOB in the 90% of the world that you are talking about. Dont conflate social phenomena and social events to discount the tragic role that we played in our own demise.

INDENTURED SERVITUDE was NOT the slavery and holocaust that I am talking about!

Your, "but all people were slaves, dont get mad Africans" sounds very white by the way.

Dont provide hyperboles, generalizations, source your arguments for future engagements with me, you white bigot!

anonymous6:

I do I was born in America whether you like it or not, just being honest.

Yup we know blacks have it harder then whites in America with the police and that's why blacks should take extra care, like not getting into their trap by walking in the middle of the road and giving them a advantage to trap you just bring honest

I appreciate the civil rights struggle of martini Luther king Cause if not for him I wouldn't be a nurse practitioner today.

I was in nigeria a few months ago, thank you

Again keep your opinions to yourself, and learn to agree to disagree. Your not moving me by making me feel wrong for my opinion, which I didn't do to you.

freeafrica365:

I mentioned KINGS so that the person that I was debating can have a reference point. You came in with some factoid question that had absolutely no Relevance to my argument at all. As though a numerical statement NEGATED our role.

And you act like our KINGS didnt have guns. How do you think they got some of their weaponry? They sold Africans. Do you think whites are super heroes, magically knowing about that part of Africa?

What misfortune? I am not African American, so what is your next argument bigot? Please re-read my modified post. Source your sketchy theory.

Please debunk my statement, written documents, so forth...that Africans selling Africans NEVER happened.