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Culture / Re: Who Is A Nigerian American? Are They The Same As American Nigerian? by anonymous6(f): 1:14pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
well I consider myself to be Nigerian American. My parents are Nigerian immigrants and I was born & raised in America but was very much in the Yoruba Nigerian culture and have been to Nigeria many times. I never knew there was a title for American Nigerian before and that its meaning was different from Nigerian americans, so I find it interesting. This link may help I guess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Americans but from what I see in this link they tend to group both together https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_Americans 1 Like |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Portugal Orders Seizure Of Isabel Dos Santos Accounts by anonymous6(f): 10:40am On Feb 19, 2020 |
smh I can't say I am surprised, thanks for the updated information. 1 Like |
Culture / Re: When Did Nigerians Start Travelling Overseas After The Founding Of Nigeria? by anonymous6(f): 9:21pm On Feb 05, 2020 |
I don’t have any records but from what I’ve heard from my parents and etc at least in large numbers Nigerians staring traveling specifically to North America during the late 70’s |
Culture / Re: Nigeria's Nollywood Eclipsing Hollywood In Africa by anonymous6(f): 2:42pm On Feb 05, 2020 |
Culture / Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by anonymous6(f): 2:40pm On Feb 05, 2020 |
Mighty12: Thanks lol 3 Likes |
Culture / Nigeria's Nollywood Eclipsing Hollywood In Africa by anonymous6(f): 11:38am On Feb 04, 2020 |
It's a paradox. As cinemas close across Africa, homegrown blockbusters are actually eclipsing Hollywood on the African market as for the first time in 13 years an African feature competes for the top award at Cannes. This weekend, "A Screaming Man" by Chad director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun joins 18 other movies selected to contend for the prestigious Palme d'Or, awarded May 23 at the close of the 12-day film festival. Yet cinemas across the continent are pulling down screens, converted to pentecostal churches, night clubs or warehouses. The average rate of closure is estimated at one a month - an endemic trend blamed on ticket prices too high for the average African as well as on the proliferation of cheap pirated DVDs at any street corner. Around 50 cinemas remain in business - most in South Africa and Kenya with a few in Nigeria - thanks to mushrooming city shopping malls. In Ivory Coast, west Africa's cultural crossroads, "cinema is dying, if it is not dead already", said award-winning producer Roger Gnoan M'Bala. In Senegal, home to some of the continent's most renowned early filmmakers such as the late Ousmane Sembene, cinemas have all but shut down. "Senegal is one big black screen," said local weekly La Gazette. A vestige of film resistance in West Africa is the Oscars' equivalent, FESPACO, Africa's biggest film festival held every two years in Burkina Faso. But Africa's most populous country Nigeria 18 years ago burst into production with affordable movies now shot with digital cameras that shun the more expensive classical 35mm format. Known as Nollywood, the Nigerian movie industry has in recent years galloped ahead of Hollywood to be ranked second in the world in production terms after India's Bollywood. A UNESCO study last year placed Nollywood second to Bollywood in terms of the numbers of films produced, with Hollywood trailing in third position. In 2006 for example, Nigeria churned out 872 productions against 485 in the United States. Film-makers say the digital camera has helped boost African film production, with Nigerians releasing what some dub "microwave" movies that can be ready in under a month. Nollywood "has taken over completely" from Hollywood, said Nigeria's film producer and director Teco Benson, saying it is the latest "superpower" in the movie industry. "It's Africa's new rebranding tool". The good news is that African film-lovers go for Nollywood. "Africans watch more Nollywood than Hollywood," commented another local director and producer Zeb Ejiro. Most Nollywood movies depict societal ills - corruption, fraud, drugs and human trafficking, love triangles and witchcraft - and almost all go for happy endings. One reason for Nollywood's popularity lies with South Africa-based pay television MultiChoice. It has four 24-hour channels dedicated to African content, predominantly Nigeria productions. Two of the channels run movies in two of Nigeria's main languages, Yoruba and Hausa. But in poor neighbourhoods, shacks with old TV screens placed on dusty alleys or verandas pass for video viewing centres. Bootleg copies sell for a couple of dollars across the continent. In central Africa, Nollywood movies are the only ones sold by market vendors as "African movies", with the Nigerian productions dubbed into French in such countries as Cameroon and Gabon. In Kenya, Nigerian films are also a hit - many of them broadcast on terrestrial networks - but face competition from Bollywood due to a historic large Indian population in the eastern African country. Nollywood films are also immensely popular in Sierra Leone, to the extent of choking the growth of the country's own movie industry, said Thomas Jones, a radio play scriptwriter. "Nollywood has hampered the growth of the local film market because my contemporaries have just resigned themselves to watching these films from Nigeria," he said. More affluent South Africa on the other hand has seen a growth in its movie sector since the end of apartheid, and Neill Blomkamp's science fiction "District 9" was this year nominated for an Oscar. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nollywood is "very popular on television" after being dubbed into the local Lingala dialect, according to Petna Ndaliko, a local organiser of the five-year film festival in the eastern town of Goma. And even in the tiniest of African countries such as Gambia, "Nollywood is ahead of Hollywood", said Nigerian businessman Barnabas Eset, who since 2000 has been renting out both Nollywood and Hollywood movies. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/nigerias-nollywood-eclipsing-hollywood-in-africa-5540975.html 2 Likes 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Bill Gates & 2 African Billionaires Say Family Planning Is Essential To Africa by anonymous6(f): 11:34am On Feb 04, 2020 |
Aidejay: True |
Culture / Re: Pictures From Lagos Black Heritage Festival 2012 by anonymous6(f): 4:59pm On Feb 03, 2020 |
Does Lagos still do this festival in 2020 and if they do please post more pictures 1 Like |
Culture / Re: What Are The Top 5 Black Cultural Foods/Cuisines To You? by anonymous6(f): 5:42am On Feb 03, 2020 |
Foreign Affairs / Bill Gates & 2 African Billionaires Say Family Planning Is Essential To Africa by anonymous6(f): 5:37am On Feb 03, 2020 |
Bill Gates, the second richest person in the world; Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa; and Mohammed “Mo” Ibrahim, a U.K billionaire born in Sudan, spoke about ways Africa can reach its potential in the coming decades during an event at the Africa Center in Harlem in New York City on Monday. As Africa’s population expands, the continent needs to create jobs and keep up with food demand, the billionaires said during a fireside chat at an event called The Future Africa Forum. Ibrahim said there is a controversial topic that can help Africa develop sustainable communities and cities: family planning. According to the United Nations, Africa’s population is expected to reach 2.4 billion people by 2050—double that of the population in 2016. Gates said it is estimated that 50% of all newborns worldwide will be born in Africa by the end of the century. “When our economy is growing by two percent, we’re running on a treadmill,” Ibrahim said, explaining that unemployment rates are already high, especially among the youth in countries like South Africa. “Why are we Africans unwilling to talk about family planning?” Gates says the conversation about family planning is important to get right. “If you’re not careful, anyone who is an outsider could be misunderstood,” he said. Population control has long been a euphemism for colonists and racists, but these billionaires cited what research has long shown: that as a country develops its economy and more people get educated and move to cities, its population growth rate starts to decline. The best approach toward family planning, especially in rural areas, is to improve access to healthcare and education, Gates said. “If you mess up health and education, you get more people. But if you get it right, eventually your population goes down,” he said. Once people adopt family planning methods like contraceptives and population growth rates slow, other problems are easier to address, Gates added. “Africa today has the biggest gap in what people want in family planning, and what’s available to them. Melinda [Gates] is trying to close that gap, because then everything gets easier—education, food, stability, jobs,” said Gates. Ibrahim went a step further, explaining that major social problems, like fundamentalism and violence, are byproducts of population growth outpacing job growth. “If you have two kids, you can educate them. But if you have seven to eight kids and no jobs, you have Boko Haram,” said Ibrahim, making a reference to the jihadi terrorist organization in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon. In many rural parts of Africa, having large families is the norm. For families with farms, more children means more hands to help with farming. And because healthcare can be spotty in places—with a small number of doctors treating a large population—it’s not unusual for children to die at a young age. As people’s economic status increases, women tend to have fewer children. The conversation spanned other subjects—from how investment in agriculture and finished product manufacturing could help Africa create jobs and keep money inside the country to how corruption could be reduced by a new generation of leaders. At the start of the event, it was announced that Dangote, via the Aliko Dangote Foundation, will donate $20 million to help finish the last phase of the Africa Center—the museum on Fifth Avenue at 109th Street in Harlem. The venue will now be known as the Africa Center at Aliko Dangote Hall. A $5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the Africa Center was also announced. Ibrahim, through his Ibrahim Family Foundation, has donated $7 million to the center. At one point, Dangote brought up the fact that he has not signed on to The Giving Pledge — a group launched by Gates and Warren Buffett in which billionaires promise to give at least half of their fortune to charitable causes — because as a Muslim, under Islamic law he is allowed to give away no more than one third of his wealth. Ibrahim balked at that notion and asked Muhammadu Sanusi II, the 14th Emir of Kano —a religious leader in northeast Nigeria who was sitting in the audience —if what Dangote said was true. The emir explained that under Islamic law, a Muslim can give away 100% of their fortune when they are alive. But a Muslim’s will cannot designate more than one third of his fortune to people outside of his family. The audience laughed as Dangote stood corrected. https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2019/09/24/bill-gates-and-two-african-billionaires-say-family-planning-is-essential-to-africas-future/#6cc17c1120d1 3 Likes 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / Re: America is Losing Global Influence - The Atlantic by anonymous6(f): 3:07pm On Feb 02, 2020 |
okwabayi: I disagree with the last statement, please watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPi5giyw1Jg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHZy5uZg_tk 1 Like |
Culture / Re: Which Top Ten African Countries to you Contribute To The Image Of Africa Today? by anonymous6(f): 3:01pm On Feb 02, 2020 |
tck2000: what? |
Fashion / Re: Black Women Rocking Their Natural Hair by anonymous6(f): 2:55pm On Feb 02, 2020 |
jbblues24: thanks |
Culture / Moving Nigerian Filmmaking Beyond Nollywood - CNN by anonymous6(f): 2:51pm On Feb 02, 2020 |
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)After decades of churning out drama on daily life and social customs in Nigeria, Nollywood has grown into a 239 billion Naira industry ($658 million) and grabbed global attention. However, a new generation of filmmakers, like C.J Obasi who directed "Hello Rain", a Nigerian sci-fi film is looking to chart a departure from the conventional and move Nigerian filmmaking beyond Nollywood's typical offerings. "When you think about the Nigerian film industry you automatically think about Nollywood, but with Nollywood comes a certain style of film, a certain genre of film, a certain aesthetic that is associated with Nigerian filmmaking," Obasi told CNN. "But then there is a new breed of filmmaker... who want to tell new stories, make new films and really explore genre filmmaking in a way that hasn't necessarily been seen." The new breed that Obasi speaks of is made up of young filmmakers, who for all their ability, are short on experience and the resources they need to challenge the industry. Platforms like Afrinolly, a creative hub, have emerged to fill that void by connecting and training these young creatives. But according to its founder, the biggest hurdle may be the pressure to balance their expectations and be profitable. Money matters "It will always be about the money for us here because we don't have enough cinemas, we don't have enough outlets," says Jane Maduegbuna, Afrinolly's executive director. "It's always going to be how you get great content for less money and then get it out to as many people as you can." Biola Alabi, the founder of an eponymous media outfit is concerned about how the lack of resources may also affect the capacity of these new creators to compete on a much larger scale. "The budgets globally are so huge that for an independent production company in Nigeria to compete will always be a challenge and I think that's why it's important to figure out different ways to change your model," Alabi told CNN. "That's what we are constantly trying to do, trying to find ways to improve on the model and find ways to get economies of scale, collaborations and that's one of the things we weren't doing a lot of in Nigeria and I think that's going to change in the next ten years." Nigeria attracts a lot of investment and with the added popularity of its film industry, one would expect that foreign funding could bridge the gap Potential vs. numbers But according to Alabi, things are a lot more complicated. "When you look at a place like Nigeria there's so much to invest in and investors have their pick and to invest in media is much more challenging "I think investment continues to be the biggest concern people have. Investors are interested they are just not used to the long return in investment cycle that film and TV requires." But in the face of such steep odds, there is little doubt about the ambitions of these filmmakers. Wanuri Kahiu, a Kenyan filmmaker, knows that talented filmmakers "exist from the CAR [Central African Republic] to the DRC [Democratic Republic of Congo], they just possibly haven't had the opportunity to be able to get the funding or resources to make their film," she told CNN. She should know. Despite being initially banned in Kenya,"Rafiki", her 2018 movie about lesbian love made history as the first Kenyan film to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the "Un Certain Regard" category, reserved for emerging directors or unexpected themes. "(The) international exposure of the films that are coming out at the moment does encourage other filmmakers to see that it is a possibility and that it can happen and we have proved that it can," she says. A new spectrum As the popularity of cable channels like Africa Magic will testify, Nigerians love Nollywood. Recently, the release of movies like "The Wedding Party", "Date Night" and "The Royal Hibiscus Hotel" were eagerly anticipated moments. The goal of the new generation of filmmakers is to build on the industry's achievements and, for Obasi, to extend the spectrum of what a Nigerian movie can be. "I don't think it should be the definition of an entire industry. I think it should be the definition of a certain kind of film," he says of the term Nollywood. "It should just be Nigerian film or Nigerian cinema just like any other film that comes out of America is American cinema." https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/02/africa/nigeria-nollywood-international/index.html 1 Like 1 Share |
Culture / Re: BBC's Documentary On The 'Bronze Cast Head Of The Ife King' by anonymous6(f): 4:01am On Feb 02, 2020 |
Amujale: True lol, I just find his story funny 1 Like |
Culture / Re: BBC's Documentary On The 'Bronze Cast Head Of The Ife King' by anonymous6(f): 3:04am On Feb 02, 2020 |
Amujale: You are right about Northeast Africa cause just look at how Sudan & Horn of Africa have been affected. Thanks for telling me about Mungo Park, I'm going to read up about him. The thing about people like him is that even his peers know better but wouldn't have asked him if a Nigerian helped him cause of racist and ignorant mentalities they definitely had then, so he must have been comfortable enough that nobody would question him on his claims. 1 Like |
Culture / Re: My Arguments Against Multiculturalism by anonymous6(f): 10:36pm On Feb 01, 2020 |
Lonelypacifist6: I agree and America as you said is a great example of that, this is what pushed Brexit in the UK in the first place. For me personally I’m moderate or balanced about it because I get both sides of the argument and as a result I think in my opinion that is why God allowed some regions of the world to have multiculturalism while other regions of the world to not have multiculturalism in their society. 1 Like |
Culture / Re: BBC's Documentary On The 'Bronze Cast Head Of The Ife King' by anonymous6(f): 8:40pm On Feb 01, 2020 |
Amujale: I agree until recently the only continental African culture they cared about was Egyptian culture and that’s why I always promised myself that I will make sure that I passed this down to my future children when they are young the truth about the tribal cultures in Nigeria before Nigeria existed. If we don’t who will. 1 Like |
Culture / Re: Africa Center Gets $25 Million In Donations To Complete Vision by anonymous6(f): 4:26pm On Feb 01, 2020 |
reajen: I know surprising, my respect for him has went up more |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Nigeria's Huge Dangote Oil Refinery Delayed Until End Of 2020 by anonymous6(f): 4:10pm On Feb 01, 2020 |
Nukilia: lmao |
Culture / Africa Center Gets $25 Million In Donations To Complete Vision by anonymous6(f): 4:08pm On Feb 01, 2020 |
The Manhattan institution’s mission is to explore the continent through cultural, business and public- policy programming Six years after the Africa Center announced a broad mission to explore the continent through programming devoted to culture, business and public policy, the organization is taking steps to fulfill that goal. Officials with the center said that plans call for finishing construction of its 70,000-square-foot space, which is situated on the first three floors of a condominium building near 110th Street and Fifth Avenue at the northern end of Manhattan’s Museum Mile. The center has already occupied a portion of the space for the past several months and has offered a number of events and presentations during that time. The construction project and some programmatic initiatives will be funded with a $50 million capital campaign, officials said. The target date for completing construction is the fall of 2021, officials added. The capital campaign has been jump-started with a $20 million contribution from the Aliko Dangote Foundation. Aliko Dangote is a Nigerian businessman and investor. According to Forbes, he has a current net worth of $9.2 billion, making him the richest man in Africa. Center officials called his gift one of the largest-known donations of its kind by an African philanthropist to a U.S. nonprofit organization. Halima Dangote, Mr. Dangote’s daughter and a trustee of the Dangote Foundation, said the gift is being made with the hope that the center can “foster a greater understanding of Africa” with its diverse programming. Ms. Dangote is also president of the Africa Center’s board. In addition to the gift from the Dangote Foundation, the center has received $5 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, officials said. The center is being designed with as much flexibility as possible, officials said. While spaces will allow for everything from forums on current events to concerts and art shows, the idea isn’t to create fixed galleries, as is the case with most museums. The flexible design is also intended to make the center feel inviting, particularly to the nearby Harlem community, officials said. “We wanted to create a space where everyone is welcome. You don’t feel straitjacketed,” said Uzodinma Iweala, a writer, filmmaker and medical doctor who has served as the center’s chief executive officer since last year. Mr. Iweala is the author of “Beasts of No Nation,” the 2005 novel that was made into a film a decade later. The center’s programming is being aimed to create a new narrative around Africa that goes beyond the stories of political strife and economic hardship that often define the continent, Mr. Iweala added. In the past year, the center has hosted book talks and readings with African authors, conducted workshops devoted to the traditional West African art of painting on glass and held a community dialogue on gender-based violence, xenophobia and other subjects. The center was previously known as the Museum for African Art, with a history going back to 1984. Over the years, the museum had homes in different parts of the city, including spaces in SoHo and Long Island City. The museum broadened its mission in 2013 and changed its name as a result. At the same time, it talked up plans to fully develop and settle into its new home at the space on 110th Street and Fifth Avenue by 2015. The plan took longer because of its sheer ambitious nature, said Hadeel Ibrahim, the center’s co-chair. In the past few years, the center has focused especially on developing its board, she added. Among the additions to the board is Chelsea Clinton, who serves as the other co-chair. The center’s plans are being embraced by a host of cultural organizations in the city. Mahen Bonetti, founder and executive director of the African Film Festival Inc., a New York-based presenter of cinematic events, noted that it isn’t unusual to have institutions devoted to the life and culture of such European countries as Italy and France. But Africa is just as significant, if not more so, she said. It “is an entire continent,” she said. https://www.wsj.com/articles/africa-center-gets-25-million-in-donations-to-complete-vision-11569160800 1 Like 1 Share |
Culture / Re: BBC's Documentary On The 'Bronze Cast Head Of The Ife King' by anonymous6(f): 3:55pm On Feb 01, 2020 |
Amujale: Interesting I never ever heard of any connection between Ife and Nile valley civilization. |
Foreign Affairs / Nigeria's Huge Dangote Oil Refinery Delayed Until End Of 2020 by anonymous6(f): 3:49pm On Feb 01, 2020 |
LAGOS (Reuters) - Africa’s largest oil refinery will not be finished until the end of 2020 due to problems importing steel and other equipment, executives at Dangote, which is building the facility in the Nigerian commercial hub of Lagos, told Reuters. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, imports virtually all its fuel due to sclerotic and underutilised refineries, and even the state oil company is looking to the 650,000 barrel per day (bpd) Dangote refinery to help address this. Price caps force NNPC to import nearly all its gasoline at a significant cost and periodic fuel shortages are common. Despite the delays at the congested Apapa and Tin Can Island ports in Lagos, a Dangote executive said the company could start using the refinery’s tank farms as a depot to warm up operations. “We will be able to complete the (refinery) project by the end of next year - mechanical completion,” said Dangote Group Executive Director Devakumar Edwin, who oversees the project. The company expects fuel production within two months of completion of the refinery, which could transform Africa’s biggest crude producer from a fuel importer into a net exporter, upending global trade patterns. Billionaire Aliko Dangote, who built his fortune on cement, first announced a smaller refinery in 2013, to be finished in 2016. Dangote then moved the site to Lekki, in Lagos, upgraded the size and said production would start in early 2020. Industry sources told Reuters last year that fuel output was unlikely before 2022. TRADING PLAN Edwin also said during an interview at his office in Lagos that Dangote is setting up its own trading desk, with a senior team of three people and a staff of roughly 30 who will monitor international commodity prices. “We are setting up a complete trading desk here with us. In the next three months the full desk will be set up,” he said. Giuseppe Surace, the refinery’s chief operations officer, said the refinery’s tank farms will be finished this year and could be used as a warm-up for operations. The tanks will be connected to five “single point mooring buoys” (SPMs), which will allow the refinery complex to pump crude straight into tanks from large ships at sea and pump products back out onto boats of any size. The SPMs will be the primary method of supplying oil products from the refinery, Surace said, adding that the team were considering using the tanks as training or as a depot before the refinery’s production starts. “We might do that. We will be ready to do that,” he said, though he added that no decision had been taken yet. The team is in talks with NNPC, two other international oil companies and two large oil traders, all of whom are interested in supplying crude and buying products, Edwin said. Edwin said the crude unit for the refinery, which set sail from China last month, would arrive by the end of October. The trains at a fertilizer plant on the same site will start up by the end of this year, the executives said. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-dangote-refinery/nigerias-huge-dangote-oil-refinery-delayed-until-end-of-2020-idUSKCN1UY27N |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Netflix Is Starting To Take Africa’s Largest Movie Industry Seriously by anonymous6(f): 2:57pm On Jan 31, 2020 |
CTPlayer: True I agree |
Culture / Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by anonymous6(f): 9:22am On Jan 31, 2020 |
khiaa: NO to all the questions khiaa: Well, when you have 72% of african american births out of wed lock that is not a few that is the majority and I stated that fact lol with sources, you can spin that all you want. "So Lemon is correct that "more than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock." To make sure we weren’t missing something, we asked two population experts -- Tom W. Smith, a senior fellow at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, and Douglas Massey, professor at Princeton University's Office of Population Research -- and they agreed that the statistic is the best available." https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/29/don-lemon/cnns-don-lemon-says-more-72-percent-african-americ/ These are the actions of a few to you, hmm ok "The black community's 72 percent rate eclipses that of most other groups: 17 percent of Asians, 29 percent of whites, 53 percent of Hispanics and 66 percent of Native Americans were born to unwed mothers in 2008, the most recent year for which government figures are available. The rate for the overall U.S. population was 41 percent." http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39993685/ns/health-womens_health/t/blacks-struggle-percent-unwed-mothers-rate/#.XjPZBy2ZM1I These are the actions of a few to you One of the most important social changes unfolding in the United States over the past half century has been the decline of the institution of marriage – a decline especially steep among blacks. In 1960, roughly 74% of whites were married, and the rate dropped to 56% in 2008. That is a big drop, but not compared to the plummeting marriage rate for blacks. In 1960, 61% of blacks were married in 1960, but by 2008 it was only 32%. Blacks also get divorced more often and remarry less frequently than whites. WHY HAS MARRIAGE DECLINED AMONG BLACK AMERICANS? https://scholars.org/brief/why-has-marriage-declined-among-black-americans khiaa: When it comes to Nigerians being sold to slavery in Libya, well they are not the majority based on these numbers especially since Nigeria has a population of 200,000 million now: "Earlier this month, the Nigerian government began the immediate removal of some 5,500 people from the North African country after reports of abuse, slavery and torture. Large numbers of Nigerians were among thousands of migrants trapped in Libya in their attempt to escape war and economic hardship in their home countries and reach Europe." https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/nigerian-migrants-return-libya-square-180109094222431.html "Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)More than 200 Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya have been returned to their home country, Nigerian officials said. The 242 migrants landed at Lagos airport on a Libyan Airlines flight at around 9:00 pm local time (3:00pm ET) on Tuesday. Among them were women carrying children and at least one man in a wheelchair." https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/africa/nigeria-migrants-returned-libya/index.html Nigeria has repatriated at least 9,438 of its nationals trapped in Libya while efforts are ongoing to bring back everyone willing to return to their country, according to an official involved in the repatriation process. “So far, about 9,438 migrants have been repatriated from Libya in collaboration and support of the International Migration Organization (IOM),” Abike Dabiri-Erewa, a presidential aide on foreign relations and diaspora, said in a statement late Sunday. “Those that were brought back are being profiled and enrolled in various technical and vocational training centers with relevant agencies and nongovernmental organizations,” she added. The official said the repatriation, ordered by the president, began shortly after footages emerged on the Internet of some of the migrants narrating their ordeals in the war-torn North African country and urging the Nigerian government to bring them home. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/over-9-400-nigerians-repatriated-from-libya-/1223498 khiaa: I never mentioned drug dealing as being the majority in the african american community but since you brought it up, I'll leave these sources for you Over the past year alone, nearly 15% of the adult population in Nigeria (around 14.3 million people) reported a “considerable level” of use of psychoactive drug substances https://qz.com/africa/1538843/nigeria-drug-abuse-14-million-adults-use-drugs/ I know this is about drug dealers as you said but since the numbers of drug addicts in Nigeria is around 15%, that number doesn't mean the majority, even its not something I think anybody should be proud of. As a result we can assume that those numbers don't beat the amount of trash drug dealers in Nigeria, so based on that they are not the majority in Nigeria but it exist in Nigeria thanks for high lighting that less then majority population. Black Youths and Illegal Drugs https://www.jstor.org/stable/3180884?seq=1 Survey: nearly half of Americans have a family member or close friend who’s been addicted to drugs https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/10/31/16580738/survey-drug-addiction-opioid-epidemic khiaa: I will say though when it comes to sex traffickers & prostitues in ITALY ONLY well I guess you can say a significant majority come from Nigeria and majority are from Edo state: "The All Africa News Agency (AANA) reported that Nigeria leads all African countries in the number of women who are shipped abroad for prostitution (5 June 2000). Citing the local weekly The News, AANA reported the Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Giovanni Germano, as saying that 60 per cent of all sex workers in Italy are Nigerian and that 90 per cent of those repatriated or intercepted come from Edo State (AANA 5 June 2000). The Daily Trust, relying on information provided by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), says that about 80 per cent of girls engaged in prostitution in Italy are from Nigeria (15 July 2002)." "Although Edo State reportedly accounts for the majority of the women who become prostitutes, police figures show that the deportees returning to Nigeria come from 14 out of Nigeria's 36 states (ibid.)." https://www.refworld.org/docid/3f7d4de538.html BUT its high with african american as well so I guess Nigerians and african americans have a tie in that, Africans americans in America & Nigerians in Italy, does that make you happy – 62% of human trafficking suspects are African Americans – 52% of all juvenile prostitution arrests are African Americans – 40% of victims of human trafficking are African-Americans AFRICAN AMERICAN HUMAN TRAFFICKING NUMBERS AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY. https://thevoiceofblackcincinnati.com/african-american-human-trafficking/ Even with that I will stand with my sources about majority of African americans cause they are not talking about a few people but a large amount to the majority as far as I am concerned. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Culture / Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by anonymous6(f): 1:53am On Jan 31, 2020 |
khiaa: I don't really have to based on these sources and based on my experience in the public elementary school system that had a large african american population(thank God I went to private school after that), countless other examples, and from the few educated & successful african american friends I know have told me of people in their community, thats enough for me. As I said before I think there is a population of successful & educated african americans but they are not the majority, if they were, Don Lemon wouldn't have the backing to say what he said in CNN about his community high out of wed lock rate. How Hip-Hop Holds Blacks Back https://www.city-journal.org/html/how-hip-hop-holds-blacks-back-12442.html CNN's Don Lemon says more than 72 percent of African-American births are out of wedlock https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/29/don-lemon/cnns-don-lemon-says-more-72-percent-african-americ/ Oprah Winfrey: "I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there," she says. "If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers. In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school." https://www.sootoday.com/local-entertainment/why-oprahs-building-a-school-in-africa-not-the-us-148187 Then, Obama got real. He talked about how black Americans use this "group think" psychology to bully other blacks, keep them from expressing themselves as individuals and stop them from assimilating into the broader culture of America. "Sometimes African-Americans, in communities where I've worked, there's been the notion of 'acting white' -- which sometimes is overstated," he told the group. "But there's an element of truth to it, where, OK, if boys are reading too much, then, well, why are you doing that? Or why are you speaking so properly? And the notion that there's some authentic way of being black, that if you're going to be black you have to act a certain way and wear a certain kind of clothes, that has to go. There are many different ways for African-American men to be authentic." http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/24/opinion/wright-black-acting-white/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7jepUNPBog 2 Likes |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Nigeria Open To Loans Rather Than A Permanent Return Of Bronze Artifacts by anonymous6(f): 3:57pm On Jan 30, 2020 |
meobizy: Sad it is what it is but doesn't surprise me |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Meghan Markle Has Been A Target For Racists — How Will This Impact Her Son? by anonymous6(f): 3:56pm On Jan 30, 2020 |
BabaOwen: true cause once you are rich those things become secondary. |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Netflix Is Starting To Take Africa’s Largest Movie Industry Seriously by anonymous6(f): 3:54pm On Jan 30, 2020 |
panafrican: what? |
Foreign Affairs / Jodie Turner-Smith May Not Raise Child In US Because Of White Supremacy by anonymous6(f): 3:53pm On Jan 30, 2020 |
British-born actress Jodie Turner-Smith and her husband, Joshua Jackson, are contemplating raising their future children outside of the U.S. because of race relations in America. “The racial dynamics over here are fraught,” Turner-Smith told The Times (via People). “White supremacy is overt. It’s the reason I don’t want to raise my kids here. I don’t want my kids to grow up doing active shooter drills at school.” The “Queen & Slim” star is expecting her first child with Jackson, 41, and she said has felt backlash over being in an interracial couple. “There was this wave of people who were upset that I was possibly married to a white man,” she said. “In America interracial dating or marriage is not something that is as accepted. Certain people feel strongly against it, in both communities. I felt it from the black community. It is so complicated. I don’t want to give it too much energy.” Jackson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, so the couple is considering moving to Canada because “England has gone off the rails,” according to the actress. Turner-Smith said she was first “excited” to move to the U.S. and meet other black people, but felt a “huge culture shock” because she claims she was “rejected by the black community.” “They were like, ‘You talk like a white girl,'” she told The Times. “People would call me an Oreo. All I wanted was acceptance.” Turner-Smith and Jackson reportedly tied the knot in 2018 after they were spotted getting a marriage license in August. However, the actress told The Times, “I haven’t said to anybody, ‘Yeah, we got married.’ People are assuming whatever they want, but when people tell me ‘Congratulations’, I say ‘Thank you.'” https://pagesix.com/2020/01/28/jodie-turner-smith-joshua-jackson-may-not-raise-child-in-us-because-of-white-supremacy/ |
Culture / Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by anonymous6(f): 3:22pm On Jan 30, 2020 |
khiaa: Sorry to burst your bubble but african american worldwide are seen in negative light to, in certain areas, if you check different news organizations they report the out of wed lock rate in the african american community that is over 75% now, How 70% of black american women are single, The Ghetto culture that is glamorized in the African american community, Gangs & drug dealing in high rates, and etc that have been reported in BBC, Al jazerra and other news organizations. I don't see that as positive traits. The world imitate african american Rap & hip hop culture cause its seen as cool and that is it but they don't embrace other aspects of african american culture. Russian TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG62GnQkeSs 3 Likes |
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