muafrika:
That Swahili Song by Diamond is quite something. It also has a moral lesson. Since BlackKenichi is learning Swahili, I searched out the lyrics for you:

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[b]Wasafii
Hallooooo…weweweaah… aah kutwa viguru njiani
Majirani wote wamekuchokaa
Mara chumba cha fulani mtu gani we kwako usio kaa
Washinda vibarazani vya wenzako kuropoka
Ukome mwana fulani ona uso ulivyo kukoboka
Sio mwisho vibaoni hadi kwenye vigodoro
Usio na haya usoni kote wazua migogoro
Hivi wee haujioni kuwa una kasoro
Usio mchana jioni si wa juzi si tomorrow
Sio mwisho vibaooni kwenye vigodoro
Usio na haya usoni kote wazua migogoro
Hivi wee haujioni kuwa una kasoro
Usio mchana jioni si wa juzi si aah
xxxxx
Nasema nawe (nasema nawe) nasema nawe (nasema nawe)
Nasema nawe (nasema nawe) usio haya nasema nawe
Umezoea (nasema na wewe) chezea chezea (nasema nawe)
Umezidi (nasema nawe) zizi, zidi (nimechoka nasema nawe)
×××××
Heheee…huna haya ka kibakuli cha vumba
Popote unajitokeza babu eee haa we kichoji tu
Unaingia kwenye kundi la ninga utachanika mabawa
Hmmm ah zingifuli zingifuli ungezinga mahala ukakaa
Usio mila desturi usio jua tongozwa ukakataa
Usio hiyana fedhuri uongo umekujaa
Kujifanya mashuhuri kumbe chaka umechaka aga
Mwenzako mi ni turufu si garasa
Mwenye nyota ya umaarufu si kupapasa
Tena jokali la nguvu pakarata
Lile hodari maguvu si kwasa kwasa
Ooh mwenzako mi ni turufu si garasa
Mwenye nyota ya umaarufu si hozakoza aah
xxxxx
Nasema nawe (ona wewe) nasema nawe (nawe)
Nasema nawe usio haya nasema nawe (na wewe)
Nasema na wewe nasema nawe (na wewe)
Nasema nawe nimechoka nasema nawe
Umezoea (nasema na we) chezea chezea (nasema nawe)
Umezidi (nasema nawe) zidi (usio haya nasema nawe)
Nasema na wewe nasema nawe ooh nasema nawe
Nimechoka nasema nawe
xxxxx
Wewee umejifunza ngumi leo wataka upigane na Tyson? Haah
×××××
Ale kata kata kakata katika si kata oh teteme teteme (kata)
Wenye kusema waseme (kata) ale kata kata kakata katika si
Kata kiuno chako mwenyewe (kata) mola amekupa wewe (kata)
Tena vya kili kilali (kata) nipe vya bara na pwani (kata)
Vile vya nje na ndani (kata) tumkomeshe fulani (kata)
Tena vya kili kilali (kata) nipe vya bara na pwani (kata)
Vya nje na ndani (kata) akome fulani (kata) hmm
xxxxx
Hallooo haa utavunjia ma-apple mwaka huu
Maana nazi zimepanda ma bei aaah hehee
xxxxx
Toa basi ninasema nawe (ona wewe) nasema nawe (nawe)
Nasema nawe usio haya nasema nawe (wewe)
Nasema na wewe nasema nawe (nawe)
Nasema nawe nimechoka nasema nawe
Umezoea (nasema nawe) chezea chezea (nasema nawe)
Ooh nasema nawe usio haya nasema na wewe (nasema nawe)
Nasema na wewe (nasema nawe) nasema na wewe (nasema nawe)
Nasema nawe nimechoka nasema nawe oooh
Wewe weaaah kata kata…..[/b]

Fulaman198:

somegirl1:



Fulaman, doesn't this topic belong in the sexuality section? Same as the Onila's beauty threads?
It has nothing to do with culture.

muafrika:
Define culture. And while you are at it, define sexuality.

somegirl1:

Definitions are beside the point.
Threads like this should be in a single section.
The mods made a decision to move other threads in this category from the culture section to the sexuality section.
If this can pass as a cultural thread, all other beauty and look threads should be relocated to the culture section.

pkjag:
We are celebrating bantu cultures in africa, so i don't think it's all about displaying pictures of beautiful women.

somegirl1:


That argument could be applied for similar threads that were moved.

gallivant:


You should take that up with the mods.There is nothing wrong with this thread..

somegirl1:


Which is exactly what i did. I believe Fulaman198 is a moderator.
I haven't stated or implied that there is a problem with the thread. It just belongs in the same section as the other beauty threads.

gallivant:


Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Your best avenue will be to private message the moderators.

somegirl1:

I agree, but in this case it has nothing to do with my opinion and everything to do with a unanimous decision reached by the culture section mods.
Their decision didn't sit well with everyone but at the end of the day it was understood and accepted.
The move will not stop followers of the thread from accessing it.

somegirl1:


Which is exactly what i did. I believe Fulaman198 is a moderator.
I haven't stated or implied that there is a problem with the thread. It just belongs in the same section as the other beauty threads.

somegirl1:


I agree, but in this case it has nothing to do with my opinion and everything to do with a unanimous decision reached by the culture section mods.
Their decision didn't sit well with everyone but at the end of the day it was understood and accepted.
The move will not stop followers of the thread from accessing it.

somegirl1:

That argument could be applied for similar threads that were moved.

somegirl1:


I agree, but in this case it has nothing to do with my opinion and everything to do with a unanimous decision reached by the culture section mods.
Their decision didn't sit well with everyone but at the end of the day it was understood and accepted.
The move will not stop followers of the thread from accessing it.

muafrika:

Am sure there was more to the decision, than a mere inclusion of the word "beautiful" on a topic.Besides, Beauty isn't skin deep. Our beauty here is more than faces, which you would agree if you took time to go through the thread.



As previously said, am sure the classification of a thread is an actual thought process, which has qualified this thread to remain in this section for as long as it has.



The contention here is not that a decision was made. It is that the decision affects this particular thread.

The sexuality section is hidden. For a good reason too, which reason does not apply here.


Smh



The sexuality section is hidden. What exactly is your interest here?

somegirl1:


It's nothing personal. You've posted some very nice photos.
I just don't think the topic and the discussion adds value to the culture section.
It happens all the time on here. People spot topics they think are in the wrong section and alert the mods who then review the issue and then decide on whether and where to move the topic.

vislabraye:
Well, what's the major characteristics of the Bantu people ?
I used to have the impression that they are stocky with low centre of gravity.

vislabraye:
Well, what's the major characteristics of the Bantu people ?
I used to have the impression that they are stocky with low centre of gravity.

muafrika:
I've seen the word stocky severally. You mean short? Bantus vary in looks according to the region they are in. Their height decreases as you move eastward obviously due to assimilation of pygmy tribes who were the original settlers of the places where Bantu live in Eastern Africa. For this reason, Uganda, Angola, Cameroonian and Congolese Bantu are taller than Most Kenyan, Tanzania, Zambian and Zimbabweans.

muafrika:
Due to assimilation of especially the pigmy and other earlier occupants of Bantu territory like the Khoisan, Bantu vary in looks. But still remain distinct from other groups.

muafrika:
My opinion: The Congolese look; tall well defined jawbones seems to me the one Bantu look that is the most widespread among various Bantu tribes speak out in all Bantu territories. In Kenya, that will be found among the Bukusu and the Taita among other occurrences within slightly differentiated tribes. In Uganda, you'll find the look with the Baganda as most dominant. Same with the Hutu of Rwanda. It's also(the look) very dominant in other Bantu countries like Zambia, Zimbabwe, and among the zulu in South Africa. The oval-shaped head and less defined bone structure is also common and increases in occurrence as you go further Eastward. You will find this look in Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and in South Africa. This is a reflection of the complexities of the Bantu Migration which started in the West.

muafrika:
Bantu have various shades of chocolate colour for the most part. With the exception of communities that have heavily intermarried with nilotes, who are found in Kenya, Uganda and Congo.

muafrika:
Finer details in terms of facial features vary depending on a specific tribe. Each tribe was autonomous politically and socially in the early days.

muafrika:
What do you mean by center of gravity?