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femster (m)
How To Tell One African From Another
« on: February 20, 2007, 05:40 PM »

How to tell one African from another:

It comes, as something of a surprise to many Africans to discover that all Africans look the same to non-Africans.

How do you tell a Nigerian from a Kenyan, for example; and I am not talking about passports or clothing? Well the easiest way, of course,is the name:

For example Ogunkoye can only be a Nigerian and Njoroge from Kenya.

And so where do the Dunns come from? They are certainly from Liberia or Sierra Leone.

Surely, everybody knows that the loud and cocky ones are the West Africans

The brooding and sly ones are the North and South Africans respectively

The East Africans always say yes, even when they disagree with you violently.(Please do not mistake this as cowardice-but rather-calculating and diplomatic)

To be more specific, the Cameroonians will borrow money from you to buy Champagne; whilst the Ghanaians think they invented politics.

The Congolese think they have the best music and the best dancers

The Nigerians have a thing about clothes,   They always look good!!
and the Ethiopians believe they have the most beautiful women on God's earth.

Moroccans actually think they're French, and so do the Burkinabes.

Algerians just hate the French  and Ethiopians don't think their Africans and don't like anybody!!

Sierra Leoneans simply smile profusely,  and Liberians can't get over America.

All East and South African countries have the same national anthem,but the South Africans sing it the best.

The South Africans have no hair; the Zambians, Ethiopeans, and Kenyans have prominent foreheads;

The West Africans have short memories and never learn from their
mistakes The concept of order and discipline must have been invented in East Africa; the words don't exist in West Africa, especially in Nigeria.

When a cabinet minister is "caught with his hands in the till," he commits suicide in Southern Africa; in West Africa he's promoted after the next coup d'etat  or he'll run for presidency in the next elections and win!!

In athletics, the divisions are quite simple: from 800m to the marathon the East Africans hold sway; the West Africans are only good at the sprints; and South Africans can only sing.

When it comes to football (soccer), the North and West Africans dominate the lesser-skilled East and South Africans.

Please read this and forward to all Africans you know
Donzman (m)
Re: How To Tell One African From Another
« #1 on: February 20, 2007, 08:58 PM »

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In athletics, the divisions are quite simple: from 800m to the marathon the East Africans hold sway; the West Africans are only good at the sprints; and South Africans can only sing.

Hahalol@ South Africans being able to only sing.

By the way, I know Ghanaians who asnwer the same names as Calabar people. Essien is good place to start.
Drusilla (f)
Re: How To Tell One African From Another
« #2 on: February 20, 2007, 09:52 PM »

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It comes, as something of a surprise to many Africans to discover that all Africans look the same to non-Africans.


Femster,

If this is the problem, can you please explain why you are teaching Africans to stereotype each other, as the solution?
Drusilla (f)
Re: How To Tell One African From Another
« #3 on: February 20, 2007, 09:56 PM »

Femster,

It's suppossed to be the non-Africans who can not tell Africans apart.

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Please read this and forward to all Africans you know

Why would you forward this to Africans? Africans can't tell the difference?

Shouldn't it be the non-Africans, who should be learning this information?
BlackMamba (m)
Re: How To Tell One African From Another
« #4 on: February 21, 2007, 12:47 AM »

Until recently I thought Mexicans, Chinese, and even Indians were all white people.  Not to mention any attempt to differentiate English, French, German or Russian.  After all, they're all light skin with silky hairs.
Drusilla (f)
Re: How To Tell One African From Another
« #5 on: February 21, 2007, 10:16 AM »

BlackMamba,

You should have gotten the FYI about  People of Color and White People, not the one about Africans.  Undecided
JustGood (m)
Re: How To Tell One African From Another
« #6 on: February 21, 2007, 01:23 PM »

Quote from: Drusilla on February 20, 2007, 09:52 PM


Femster,

If this is the problem, can you please explain why you are teaching Africans to stereotype each other, as the solution?


which one concern you? you be African? why you no go preach to ya people?
Drusilla (f)
Re: How To Tell One African From Another
« #7 on: February 21, 2007, 08:45 PM »

Justuseless,

I'm sorry. You just sound different from other Nigerians. Are you white?
JustGood (m)
Re: How To Tell One African From Another
« #8 on: February 22, 2007, 10:19 AM »

you want use that well known style of divide and rule to gain acceptance. Ogun damage u.

where ya own people dey?
Drusilla (f)
Re: How To Tell One African From Another
« #9 on: February 22, 2007, 10:36 AM »

Justuseless,

I just want to understand why your pigin sounds different than everybody else's pigin.

That is of interest to me.
JustGood (m)
Re: How To Tell One African From Another
« #10 on: February 22, 2007, 10:39 AM »

if you tell yourself the truth about why you are unable to go and meet your own people, you may start to understand a few things.
naija_diva (f)
Re: How To Tell One African From Another
« #11 on: March 02, 2007, 11:30 PM »

this is silly
abdkabir (m)
Re: How To Tell One African From Another
« #12 on: March 03, 2007, 04:01 AM »

The distinctive sizes of their Ears should help u out?
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