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Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Triniti(m): 1:08am On Sep 02, 2015 |
please where is lauryn? cos i can't see anyone that resembles her |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Judeblade24(m): 1:15am On Sep 02, 2015 |
metronaija:....bia,aunty lauryn,u must drop sometn o....hw u go do case study fnsh 4 lasgidi u no gv d agbero club association small owo....e no gel nah |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Ossaifamous(m): 1:18am On Sep 02, 2015 |
If Mobutu seseko come lag, ppl will still b happy 2 c her |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Israel5(m): 2:48am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Keke? They always paint naija as black slum. Smh |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by AfroBlue(m): 4:19am On Sep 02, 2015 |
kudos to l boggie for reaching out to the masses in the struggle. i know she feels blessed to be in the motherland. Zion's granddad, Bob Marley was the contemporary of Fela Bob Marley, Fela Kuti and Pan-African Protest Music Looking for Bob Marley and Fela Kuti Music as a Weapon of Protest By Alemayehu G. Mariam It is said that “music is a universal language.” Using a few notes and inspiring lyrics, musicians and song writers have waged relentless battles against the perpetrators of tyranny, oppression, inequality and injustice. Music is a divine language that can pierce through the stony walls of hatred in the heart, the irrationality and fallacies of the mind and the darkness of the spirit. Musicians and songwriters have used their lyrics and melodies to defend and uplift the downtrodden, the exploited, the oppressed, the needy, the persecuted and subjugated. They have pumped up the volume against colonialism, racism, tribalism, imperialism, capitalism, communism, socialism, fascism, totalitarianism, individualism, militarism, sexism, adventurism, fatalism, hedonism, materialism, nihilism, pessimism, statism, corporatism and whatever else is left out. Where have Bob Marely, Fela Kuti,…. gone? Jamaican Bob Marley used reggae music not just for entertainment, but to teach, preach and reach people’s minds, hearts and spirits the world over. He used his music and lyrics to promote love, understanding and tolerance while confronting racism, inequality and injustice with a defiant message. Marley sang about the struggles of black people in Babylon (The West) and the need for Pan-African unity to overcome oppression. As a member of the Rastafari movement, he deified H.I. M. Haile Selassie and saw Africa as “Zion”, the place of unity, peace and freedom. His message for Africans was unmistakable: “Africa, Unite/’Cause we’re moving right out of Babylon/And we’re going to our father’s land/…/ So, Africa, Unite, Africa, Unite/Unite for the benefit of your people/…/. He urged those suffering oppression to “Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!/…/Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!/…/Most people think,/Great god will come from the skies,/Take away everything/And make everybody feel high./But if you know what life is worth,/You will look for yours on earth:/And now you see the light,/You stand up for your rights. jah!” African liberation from colonialism and Western exploitation was Marley’s foremost concern: “Zimbabwe./Every man gotta right/To decide his own destiny/…/So arm in arms, with arms/We will fight this little struggle/’Cause that’s the only way/We can overcome our little trouble/ Brother you’re right, you’re right/You’re right, you’re right, you’re so right/We gonna fight, we’ll have to fight/We gonna fight, fight for our rights/Natty dread it ina Zimbabwe/Set it up… Mash it up ina Zimbabwe/Africans a liberate Zimbabwe.” (If Bob Marley knew what Bob Mugabe had done to Zimbabwe today, he’d spin in his grave.) Marley took part of a 1963 speech by H.I.M. Haile Selassie and made it a powerful song against war: “Until the philosophy which hold one race/Superior and another inferior/Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned/Everywhere is war, me say war/That until there are no longer first class/And second class citizens of any nation/Until the colour of a man’s skin/Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes/Me say war/That until the basic human rights are equally/Guaranteed to all, without regard to race/Dis a war/That until that day/The dream of lasting peace, world citizenship/Rule of international morality/Will remain in but a fleeting illusion/To be pursued, but never attained/Now everywhere is war, war/…/ Marley understood the daily struggle of the poor to find enough food to eat: “Them belly full but we hungry./A hungry mob is a angry mob./A rain a-fall but the dirt it tough;/A pot a-cook but the food no ‘nough./You’re gonna dance to JAH music, dance./…/ Cost of living get so high,/Rich and poor, they start a cry./Now the weak must get strong./They say, “Oh, what a tribulation.” In “Who the Cap Fit”, Marley warned against hypocrisy and duplicity in everyday relations: “Man to man is so unjust, children/You don’t know who to trust/Your worst enemy could be your best friend/And your best friend your worst enemy/Some will eat and drink with you/Then behind them su-su ‘pon you/Only your friend know your secrets/So only he could reveal it/And who the cap fit, let them wear it/…/Some will hate you,/Pretend they love you now/Then behind they try to eliminate you/But who Jah bless,/No one curse/Thank God we’re past the worse.” Nigerian songwriter, singer and musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti was an equally talented and inspiring musical innovator and political advocate. He was inspired by the protest songs and political upheavals in the U.S. in the 1960s. For three decades, Fela became the musical voice of Nigeria’s poor, downtrodden, unemployed and marginalized. He sang about the abject conditions of existence in one of the richest African countries. His “Afrobeat” music was a combination of blues, funk, jazz and African rhythms. His lyrics are in pidgin English (“broken English”) and local languages. He relentlessly criticized government corruption, multi-national corporations, and police brutality in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. He used music as a weapon to promote human rights, good governance, accountability and transparency in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. In “Zombie”, Fela criticized Nigeria’s military as a bunch of mindless brutes who follow orders to shoot, kill and plunder: “Zombie no go go, unless you tell am to go/Zombie no go stop, unless you tell am to stop/…unless you tell am to turn/… unless you tell am to think/… Go and kill!/Go and die!../Joro, jaro, joro../ (Zombie)”. In “Authority Stealing”, Fela compared the Nigerian kleptocrats to armed robbers for stealing the nation’s resources to enrich themselves using their “magic pens”. “Authority people them go dey steal/Public contribute plenty money/…/Authority man no dey pickpocket/…/Armed robber him need gun/Authority man him need pen/Authority man in charge of money/Him no need gun, him need pen/Pen got power gun no get/If gun steal eighty thousand naira/Pen go steal two billion naira/Thief, thief, thief!” http://ecadforum.com/2011/01/10/bob-marley-fela-kuti-and-pan-african-protest-music/ |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by bigtimi(m): 5:55am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Nice |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by MrCork: 6:06am On Sep 02, 2015 |
metronaija: .....well I don't see any Lauren hill in that picture except a bunch of taxi driver...coz ..the last time I check, Lauren hill is a woman..not a man...But Y DO U HOme base PEOPLE ALL WAYS MAKE UP STORY? (No ofennse) 3 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by dplomaticVal: 6:23am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Barram:waitn u wan uz am do
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Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by redcliff: 6:27am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Pangea: What part of vgc do you think is better than the parts they would ordinarily use to shoot their videos in the united states? |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by redcliff: 6:32am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Barram: Na so una dey talk when time to pay back eeach una go dey talk rubbish. With 30k you can get all these documents and you so called infinix back From their original source. |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by legba1(m): 7:04am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Wheres she...@op.......u need a crash course on fotography.....is she still as beautiful as she was in sisters act... |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Eddodoh(m): 7:22am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Some NLanders are funny. All d op posted is crap wit no Lauryn Hill in sight & y'all commending him. |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by leXHansplaCE(m): 7:43am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by back2sender: 7:48am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Pangea:the so called VGC and banana island is not Nigeria, the real Nigerians lives on the streets. Your so called VGC and banana island was developed on stolen wealth |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Nobody: 7:54am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Caracta: |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Pamelayoung: 8:02am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Berrymoss: See ur teeth 1 Like |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Nobody: 8:03am On Sep 02, 2015 |
where is the Lauren hills? nl when will you stop to collect news from touts? so once i click, you make money by doing me april fool abi? daris God |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Barram: 8:55am On Sep 02, 2015 |
redcliff:my brda,no be waiting to fuss about. If you have prblm trusting me. I also have a car paper. I can use that has a collacteral if you want. |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Barram: 8:59am On Sep 02, 2015 |
dplomaticVal:sorry sir. I couldn't make out what you meant. If you have prblm with the provided collacteral. I can bring something else. Thanks. |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by 400billionman: 9:14am On Sep 02, 2015 |
adonbilivit: They cannot go to VGC and banana island because they have better looking places than these compared with where they are coming from.. |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by 400billionman: 9:15am On Sep 02, 2015 |
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Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by naturefellow(m): 9:49am On Sep 02, 2015 |
adonbilivit:The gov't ought to act on that right ? |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Alihkizito(m): 10:43am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by redcliff: 10:56am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Barram: Instead of droppijg car paper drop the car |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Shymm3x: 11:07am On Sep 02, 2015 |
mmsen: How are you safer in naij than Brazil with all the brutal and barbaric killings happening there daily? Or is it cos killings in naij aren't recorded? The pics on this thread are pictures of the worst ghetto you'll ever see. And I'm not even including all the shanty homes in Welcome to Lagos and medieval villages. Heck, even the so called affluent place are proper ghettos. Anyone from naij should never call anyone ghetto cos naij is super ghetto - the whole country. Yes, there are few rich folks who have got money but they are all ghetto as well - hence you can't go to a naij party no matter how affluent it is, without seeing folks dancing shoki everywhere like clowns lool. Nothing is posh in naij. Shoki shoki loooool. Like my boy would say:"these folks love acting like clowns". |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by mmsen: 11:13am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Shymm3x: According to the official stats you are safer in Nigeria than Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate I've seen much worse places in Rio and Salvador. Nigeria has problems but try and be objective, your bitterness and self-hatred are clouding your judgement. Your comments about people dancing at parties is stupid, that's what folks tend to do. And what do you mean by 'ghetto'? A ghetto is the area in which Jews were enclosed in Europe. Do we have that many Jews in Nigeria that you call everything 'ghetto'? |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Shymm3x: 11:24am On Sep 02, 2015 |
mmsen: Don't post wiki to me. And what database has Nigeria got to record the actual numbers of brutal murders/killings? The number of folks used for rituals alone in naij should be far higher than Brazil's. Why are you posting outdated meaning of ghetto? Welcome to 2015: ghetto means impoverished/disadvantaged areas and it is mostly synonymous with black diaspora in today's world. My point is that a lot of naij folks are always quick to spout that ghetto nonsense when they are all super ghetto from the biggest ghetto in the world. A case of point a finger at others while the remaining four fingers are pointing back at you. If you are posh, there is no way you will dance like a clown doing the crippled shoki crap. There is nothing suave in the dance and you have to be super ghetto to pull it off. I'm not even posh but you will never catch doing certain things in public. It is all about carriage. And posh people are too suave to be acting like clowns lol. |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by mmsen: 11:31am On Sep 02, 2015 |
Shymm3x: Those are UN stats, they have the resources to collect reliable data. If you cannot accept credible data and facts because they counter your myths then you are doomed for failure in this life. You sound awfully young and obsessed with this notion of 'ghetto'. What is 'posh' and why is it so important to you? Who are these 'posh' people that you speak of? |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Shymm3x: 11:50am On Sep 02, 2015 |
mmsen: You sound so puerile, unintelligent, and ignorant. But I'm not surprised because it is typical. Nah, you are the accursed pleb doomed for failure, you despicable turd. I saw pictures of a super ghetto, worse than the worst slums in Rio, and posted my opinions about what I saw cos a lot of silly Nigerians from those shanty houses are always quick to spout the ghetto nonsense. And you went on the defensive by trying to defend the indefensible with utter ridiculous stats. 1). How can naij be safer than Rio with BH haram running around everywhere and a murder rate that will crash any record book? Weren't tens of Biafrans gunned down this week alone for absolutely no reason whatever? And that is the country you are comparing to Rio, no? I don't even think you believe what you posted. 2). Aren't the pictures on this thread worse than the slums of Rio? So why are you trying to trifle a trifle? If you are from the biggest super ghetto on the planet - you should never talk about other people being ghetto. Get it? |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by mmsen: 12:01pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
Shymm3x: I posted credible stats. You decided to counter with conjecture and sentiment. I pity you and your obsession with this 'ghetto' that you speak of. |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by Shymm3x: 12:08pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
mmsen: Lol. You mean the incredulous stats you pulled out of ya arse by comparing a country with a credible database vis-a-vis a country with no database/record of anything, apart from pulling numbers out of thin air, no? How come you didn't answer my questions by using an eye test? A super ghetto is a super ghetto...if you don't like my opinions and ya ego is bruised, you know what to do. |
Re: Lauryn Hill At Lagos Island To Shoot Music Video (Photos) by mmsen: 12:22pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
Shymm3x: So now official UN stats are less credible than your shallow opinion. OK son. |
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