drzed: Oya, see jamb questions:

(1) Can the American House of Reps organise/convene a special session for any Naija leader today - as they did for Balewa?

a) No way
b) For where
c) Na beans?
d) Next Question pls
e) Mtcheeeww

(2) Can (or has) any recent leader of Nigeria speak so eloquently (with impressive accent) while being modest and unassuming about it?

a) No way
b) For where
c) Na beans?
d) Next Question pls
e) All of the above

tha_originator: @OP, Seun and Mod, I dey come make shaply watch the video. I go soon comment. BTW, good afternoon people!

obadiah777: HOW THE HECK DO YOU VISIT A COUNTRY WHERE YOUR RACE IS SEGREGATED INTO GHETTOS AS SUBHUMANS IN THE 1960S. I WONDER IF THEY PUT HIM IN A BLACK HOTEL IN THE BLACK PART OF TOWN OR THEY ALLOWED HIM TO BE THE FLY IN THE SOUP. THE HYPOCRISY OF AMERICA TO EVEN ACCEPT SUCH AS VISIT KNOWING HOW THEY VIEW HIS TYPE.

PeeDaVinci: [flash]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT5m9Fn9RBg[/flash]
other than the mosque-visiting part of the video (which may send negative message in the nigeria of today), i see a charismatic leader who looks very confident in his pose and speech (irrespective of his ugly look and dressing )

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PeeDaVinci:

do i have a problem with ATB visiting the mosque? ABSOLUTELY NOT. however, i'm concerned about the kind of message paying a state visit to a religious center may send in present day nigeria, where religious intolerance is growing by the day.
by the way, (this is off-topic), i prefer a secular (not multi-religious) nigeria state in which nigerians are deeply and "truely" religious.

crackhaus: OBADIAH777, I beg to differ on this your opinion. During that period(50's and 60's), Nigeria as a geographical entity commanded a ton of respect from international on-lookers and I guess this is the reason why Tafawa Balewa got such a welcome. Nigerians were never considered as less in the eyes of America until it became clear to them that we as a nation could no longer fend for its citizens even while the political elite lived in extravagance. Most, if not all, of Nigerians who travelled to the west in the 50's & 60's were learned men & women who sought to enrish their knowledge unlike today where majority of nigerians only seek greener pastures in the US so they can come back home to show-off the new car/house they acquired washing the white man's dishes.
I mean, check out you tube videos where journalists interview nigerian head of states from Babaginda to Obasanjo to Jonathan and then we can notice the condescending tone with which they interview Nigerian figures.
The question now is, was it always so? Absolutely not. Our leaders are responsible for degrading and belittling our soverignty and it will remain so for as long as things remain as they are in our country. I can't imaginge Isha sesay or Amanpour interviewing Obama or Cameron or even that north Korean guy the way they did Jonathan, its so phucking demoralizing at the least.

drzed: Oya, see jamb questions:

(1) Can the American House of Reps organise/convene a special session for any Naija leader today - as they did for Balewa?

a) No way
b) For where
c) Na beans?
d) Next Question pls
e) Mtcheeeww

(2) Can (or has) any recent leader of Nigeria speak so eloquently (with impressive accent) while being modest and unassuming about it?

a) No way
b) For where
c) Na beans?
d) Next Question pls
e) All of the above

ThoniaSlim: What are some people spewing on this thread? Tafawa Balewa was eloquently spoken! This was when there was respect for Nigerian Leaders not the jokers we have in power today!

obadiah777: HAVING SAID ALL THAT TAFAWA BALEWA COMES ACROSS AS A COMPOSED AND VERY DIGNIFIED, CONFIDENT, SELF ASSURED, STATUESQUE AND PRINCIPLED MAN.

pretty_boi:
Did you even watch this video or you're just one of the many typical judgmental & sentimental dunces we have in Nigeria? He's illiterate? Did you notice how impeccable his use of english & diction in that video were? I doubt you watched the video,please prove me wrong. Cheers.