GenBuhari:
Ever notice that whenever NATO /USA invade and occupy a country, the first thing they go after is "The Hearts and Minds"

This is Africa's problem.

They have won over the hearts and minds of Africans meaning that we are more loyal to them that we are to ourselves.

We trust them more than we trust ourselves.

We Believe them more than we believe ourselves

We choose to get our news from them rather than from our own sources.

We allow them to tell us who should be our heros and our friends.

We allow them to choose who should be our anti-heros and enemies.

Africa can never progress until we win back our own Hearts and Minds

What can we do today ?

Stop getting your news from the white man / western source like BBC, /CNN /Fox News etc.

DoctorFaust:




“We mustn't face neither East nor West; We Africans should face forward”
― Kwame Nkrumah

GenBuhari:


Stop getting your news from the white man / western source like BBC, /CNN /Fox News etc.

anonimi:


So where should we get our news from
Al Jazeera with its Arab/Muslim point of view? Those who BOUGHT Africans as slaves and CONTINUE to keep us as slaves

GenBuhari:
Non of the nonstream media not even our own state controlled media since our govt is controlled by the white nations.

Get your news from the internet do your own research in whatever you hear from the mainstream media

Basically we need to work harder to verify whether the news we are getting from the mainstream media is the truth

GenBuhari:
We can start with education in school

GenBuhari:
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russello:


Aljazeera and Presstv inclusive

anonimi:


Did you not realise that the internet is also controlled by those who created Ebola, according to YOUR conspiracy theory




The highlight is the REAL issue.
We are NOT working at all. Look around you and you will realise that ALL that we use is the creation/invention/improvement of these Western countries you rile against so much. That includes the medium on which this discussion platform is made available

anonimi:


Exactly and teaching our HISTORY as well, including the worst atrocities we committed against ourselves such as selling our ancestors as slaves to Arabs and then the whites.

thoth:

The same resolve of an enslaved mind unashamedly displaying itself for the world to see, they used African inventions to achieve their dream then why can't we use there inventions to assist in achieving ours ? Why can't we copy their products and use it our own advantage, manufacture it ourselves and tweak it to work for our objectives ?

anonimi:


Exactly and teaching our HISTORY as well, including the worst atrocities we committed against ourselves such as selling our ancestors as slaves to Arabs and then the whites.

EMANY01:


And talking about the civil war,recognizing the precipitate issues for it,realizing that those issues are still present in the nation today and present a clear and present danger to the continued existence of our Nation.

A tree can not survive without its roots.

thoth:

No Mr, we never committed anything against ourselves that can be termed "worst" pre-colonial times, the crimes we need to teach our children were the forced miseducation by the white Brits during colonial occupation, how fathers whom protested about the miseducation of his children are promptly imprisoned, how community children are forced under colonial mandate to go to school where they are told they were nothing, that they were barbarians, that white man is God,that their culture is backwards while the whites culture of pillage, greed,individualism and waste is right, where the insidious seeds that produced Africans like you with their slave resolve were sown.

i will tell you the worst atrocity we have committed against ourselves, it is the continued propagation of those same lies that was used to destroy us by the whiteman, it is the propagation of his religion, his idea of superiority, the continued vilification of our traditions, our moral codes, our spiritual observations which has preserved sanity and trust between a man and his neighbors, that is the worst atrocity we have committed against our race and it was not done precolonial or colonial times. so take a good book on African liberation and enlighten yourself a bit , an before you spew another of those foul smelling " the same books written by the whiteman" ,let me surprise you by saying "BLACK PEOPLE WRITE BOOKS TOO!!" read theirs!!.

anonimi:


Very correct. We cannot wish our history away, no matter how bad it seems to us now.

anonimi:

Did you not realise that the internet is also controlled by those who created Ebola, according to YOUR conspiracy theory
The highlight is the REAL issue.
We are NOT working at all. Look around you and you will realise that ALL that we use is the creation/invention/improvement of these Western countries you rile against so much. That includes the medium on which this discussion platform is made available

GenBuhari:
correct. Although presstv is ok as they are anti-western Avoid any news media loyal to the west including our own state controlled media, if our govt is loyal to the West

noblezone:


Bros, you have a very big problem.

First, you said we should turn our backs on those outsiders trying to control our minds, only for you to clear an outsider called PressTv. In your logic, "since they are anti-west, they must be all okay"! Now, thats very childish and funny.

Secondly, you advocated we should come back home and pay attention to our local media, but you warn us to stay away from government controlled media.

In summay, we should just swallow what the opposition say wether home or abroad.

Thats a lie.

CNN and BBC and PressTv and all such like are all the same. They all brew and sell different ttpes of poisons to us.

This is my posution.

We must come back home. Listen to all local media, both governement and private, then draw our conclusions

GenBuhari:
The ideal way is to ensure get your news from a variety of sources, but be especially sceptical of the western news media when it comes to African affairs and also any media that is royal to the white man such as our own dear Nigerian media.

Try and get your news and information from a variety of sources.

thoth:


Adding to the details above , the main importance is to be attached to how we analyze our news and less on how we get our news, in order to build such capabilities it is extremely important that Africans should be educated on their history, the relationships between them(Africans) and other groups which has come into contacts with them, the detailed outcome of such relationships and how it affected the present conditions of the Black African people.

Information analysis is not rocket science as it only needs common sense and basic awareness serving as a base on which our conclusions are formed. It is those historical knowledge that will serve as guidelines while sifting truth from lies, it is those historical knowledge that will help in identifying certain patterns in the news that helps us to accept or reject a certain statement or proclamation as truth.

As Noblezone rightly pointed out all these nations and their media has their own interests at heart therefore it will not be advisable to accept their claims based on sentiments alone,besides their interests may change tomorrow, but again there is always a percentage of truth in any publication either from that which it directly implies or from the facts which it omits, it is in such exercises that a sound knowledge of our history becomes useful, armed with such knowledge we can not only know what has been directly implied or what has been omitted but also discern the ulterior motives of each party propagating such information.

A citizen who is aware of IMF/World Bank SAP(Structural Adjustment Programs) during the Babangida era, the destructive effects of currency devaluation on life quality and wealth creation, the huge profits that western multinationals reaped from such programs leaving Nigerians desperate and creating millions of poor masses overnight would not only suspect at first instance any intrusion into Nigerian economy by World Bank/IMF whether directly or through their agents but also will be forced to think and try to establish patterns in any future advise given by such organizations before accepting such advice, A citizen that is not aware of such information on the other hand will just be swayed or intimidated by a motely of white people with big sounding PHDs and foolishly accept the poisons they administer.

juman:
Funny thread.

I disagree with OP.

America is super power and there are many benefits we can get by relating with them.

UK is our former master. UK is there to help us to be a more successful country.

NATO is a good organization.

GenBuhari:
I am sure you are joking and being sarcastic

juman:


Bros, not joking.

This is real me.

African problems is our bad so-called leaders not those people you are accusing.

juman:
Let take it from home, america/NATO is not the nigerian problem but our own goodluck jonathan that his incharge of the country but decides to perform badly.

Also our problems are majorly caused by those military generals that are clueless and deliberately destroyed the country instead of building a functioning country.

Also our problems are all those kinds of useless "leaders" that are serving themselves instead of serving their people.

GenBuhari:
You may well want to reflect on the message from the following video and then think about how it relates to how the CIA may have intervened to overthrow our good leaders such General Aguiyi Ironsi, General Yakubu Gowon, Muritala Muhammed, General Muhammadu Buhari and General Sani Abacha.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuCdOkf4NxQ&list=PLRzmuN0KKXK-WIR-BKAd0gBxB7YIUepyl&index=2

juman:





I will like to know how america/NATO is the root cause of failure this present federal government?

Obasanjo ruled for eight years and failed woefully I will like to know how america/NATO was the cause of his failure as president?

Likewise how america/NATO caused the failure of other leaders?