With what is happening in Nigeria, you can clearly see why it was easy to enslave the black man. After 8 years of suffering, people still come out and support their oppressors because of tribalism and religion.

Black people are cowards.

No, dear OP.

Slave trade happened because most Africans are greedy and selfish . Having the propensity to betray any and everyone for personal gain.

Still very evident among African leaders and followers today.

It's why citizens of most African countries today are still enslaved.

Kanye West said it must have been voluntary.

But the people behind the whole thing attacked him.

They don't want people to know.

rightdata:
With what is happening in Nigeria, you can clearly see why it was easy to enslave the black man. After 8 years of suffering, people still come out and support their oppressors because of tribalism and religion.

Black people are cowards.

1.Slave trade happened because ...well, people have been selling slaves for centuries...the sale of slaves to Europeans was just black people finding a new market.

Europeans sold Native Americans, Arabs sold Europeans and Asians, and Indians even bought and sold Africans and other Indians...and Africans bought and enslaved other Africans.

2.I see you are angry about APC government....but there are people in the UK who are angry about Tory government, people in the USA who are pissed about the Dems and Republicans, and so on. Also, Nigeria's poor for a host of reasons .

rightdata:
With what is happening in Nigeria, you can clearly see why it was easy to enslave the black man. After 8 years of suffering, people still come out and support their oppressors because of tribalism and religion.

Black people are cowards.

never ever again refer to Nigerians or any person of colour as cowards that's the highest form of disrespect on our race.

The white people came with more sophisticated weapons to kill and enslave us. Tell me what would you do if you are faced with an Amy that carries guns and bombs but you have only a sword to protect yourself. Tell me what would you do

rightdata:
With what is happening in Nigeria, you can clearly see why it was easy to enslave the black man. After 8 years of suffering, people still come out and support their oppressors because of tribalism and religion.

Black people are cowards.

There are slaves in Nigeria today. Who is responsible for enslaving them

Probably more slaves in Nigeria today than in the whole of USA

While I agree that we are a bunch of cowards, greed and wickednes- not cowardice, are the major issues that fuelled the slave trade and we are still on it. Greed and wickedness made it almost impossible for Africans to genuinely empathize with others and this is why a Fulani man doesn't feel remorseful when their animals destroy another man's source of income; greed is why polithiefcians feel comfortable stealing billions when millions are starving. An average African is greedy and wicked; that was what made slave trade smooth in Africa and we are still swimming in that ocean of greed and wickedness till date

topcatking:
No, dear OP.

Slave trade happened because most Africans are greedy and selfish . Having the propensity to betray any and everyone for personal gain.

Still very evident among African leaders and followers today.

It's why citizens of most African countries today are still enslaved.

Who goes to a gun fight with a knife and expect to win?

The sad truth we blacks never want accept, and make atonement for so such never happens again, is that slavers were formally educated and vastly superior to Africans back then intellectually and militarily.

They had created weapons to kill many while Africans still had clubs and crude shanks.

By virtue of formal education, they understood geography and map reading that gave them logistical control over African soil they had no familiarity of.

They had compasses, wind vanes, barometers etc. Nothing could have made Africans defeat the slavers back then.

My biggest problem is why, with formal education today, Africans still cannot defeat colonization albeit in a modern and more sophisticated form.

Not only cowards, they are also weak. That's why the white man don't feature them much as super heroes in movies. It is not believable to the masses and will not sell. That's why they had to make the new black panther a black woman, even in the comic books.

Dsalvo:


Who goes to a gun fight with a knife and expect to win?

The sad truth we blacks never want accept, and make atonement for so such never happens again, is that slavers were formally educated and vastly superior to Africans back then intellectually and militarily.

They had created weapons to kill many while Africans still had clubs and crude shanks.

By virtue of formal education, they understood geography and map reading that gave them logistical control over African soil they had no familiarity of.

They had compasses, wind vanes, barometers etc. Nothing could have made Africans defeat the slavers back then.

My biggest problem is why, with formal education today, Africans still cannot defeat colonization albeit in a modern and more sophisticated form.

the answer is very simple...OUR SLAVE MASTERS NEVER LEFT!!! period

rightdata:
With what is happening in Nigeria, you can clearly see why it was easy to enslave the black man. After 8 years of suffering, people still come out and support their oppressors because of tribalism and religion.

Black people are cowards.

No they weren't cowards they were greedy and stupid. Some of those idiots betrayed and sold their blood brothers to the white man not even in exchange for good money but for useless items like mirrors, umbrellas, top hats and brandy

Low quality people

rightdata:
With what is happening in Nigeria, you can clearly see why it was easy to enslave the black man. After 8 years of suffering, people still come out and support their oppressors because of tribalism and religion.

Black people are cowards.

were you born stvpid....??
what has elections in nigeria got to do with the entire black race....??

shey na only in nigeria black people dey....??

idioott....

topcatking:
No, dear OP.

Slave trade happened because most Africans are greedy and selfish . Having the propensity to betray any and everyone for personal gain.

Still very evident among African leaders and followers today.

It's why citizens of most African countries today are still enslaved.

shattap....incase you dont know,their is still slavery today....
watch out that you dont land in the situation....

BloomingDale:
Not only cowards, they are also weak. That's why the white man don't feature them much as super heroes in movies. It is not believable to the masses and will not sell. That's why they had to make the new black panther a black woman, even in the comic books.

carry your self pity and go hang yourself....!!

do us blacks a favour and kpai yourself....!!

nonesense....

Dsalvo:


Who goes to a gun fight with a knife and expect to win?

The sad truth we blacks never want accept, and make atonement for so such never happens again, is that slavers were formally educated and vastly superior to Africans back then intellectually and militarily.

They had created weapons to kill many while Africans still had clubs and crude shanks.

By virtue of formal education, they understood geography and map reading that gave them logistical control over African soil they had no familiarity of.

They had compasses, wind vanes, barometers etc. Nothing could have made Africans defeat the slavers back then.

My biggest problem is why, with formal education today, Africans still cannot defeat colonization albeit in a modern and more sophisticated form.

Actually, most slaves were caught by other Africans, then marched to the coast...where they were sold in large slave markets to the Europeans...and in some instances, on the East coast...to Arabs and Indians.

You would be surprised to know that Europeans did not really venture to the interior until the late 18th century/19th century...because no immunity to many of the diseases that were prevalent here (even today, any white person travelling here better be on paludrine for the duration of his trip, or else)

Most slaves would have been sold to other African polities...(as an example, I once read of a guy who was taken as a slave in what is now Kogi. Just his luck that the European slave trade had dried up...he was sold to someone in what is now Ogun state).

Eventually, the trans-atlantic slave trade was stopped by the Europeans themselves.(largely the British Navy...the reason why Samuel Adjai Crowther never ended up in Brazil, but back in what is now Nigeria was because a RN ship intercepted the slave ship he was on..the captain of that ship was later present at his enthronment as the first black bishop in the Anglican church in 1860)...for moral reasons, and also because the Industrial revolution was making slavery unprofitable. European colonialism also ended internal slavery and the Arab slave trade in many places.

tsdarkside:


carry your self pity and go hang yourself....!!

do us blacks a favour and kpai yourself....!!

See me see trouble o. Which kain vex come be this na? Abi I lie?

BloomingDale:
Not only cowards, they are also weak. That's why the white man don't feature them much as super heroes in movies. It is not believable to the masses and will not sell. That's why they had to make the new black panther a black woman, even in the comic books.

The reason why there are not enough black people in superhero movies is because...when superhero movies started....the primary market was white males....

Most super hero comics came out in the 1930's in the USA...when most of the population was...white. And since the average buyer had to be white...most authors and artists, and companies tailored accordingly.

When Civil rights became more popular in the 1960's...that's when black superheroes came out. Even then, most were still white.

The fact that superhero comics became a world wide phenonenom is because of the spread of american popular culture....even then, most pop culture in the US is tailored to the taste of the majority population....which is where most of their income comes from...USA...majority white. Global tastes rarely come into it.


Japanese anime has the same issue. Most anime is tailored towards the Japan market...as a result most anime characters are either Japanese, or culturally Japanese. White European characters are there, but rare, black characters even rarer. The fact that anime is now popular around the world...has not changed the fact that most of its income comes from Japan...and as such, Japanese writers tailor their writings to where the money is.


Or see Nollywood...how many heroes in Nolly wood are white? Asian? Very few. Nollywood's money comes from the Nigerian consumer first, then the African consumer. Very few Europeans and Americans buy Nollywood films (I count myself lucky to have met one foreign Nollywood fan that was not African or Asian.)

tsdarkside:


shattap....incase you dont know,their is still slavery today....
watch out that you dont land in the situation....

Your case seems to be a decided lack of comprehension.

Dsalvo:


Who goes to a gun fight with a knife and expect to win?

The sad truth we blacks never want accept, and make atonement for so such never happens again, is that slavers were formally educated and vastly superior to Africans back then intellectually and militarily.

They had created weapons to kill many while Africans still had clubs and crude shanks.

By virtue of formal education, they understood geography and map reading that gave them logistical control over African soil they had no familiarity of.

They had compasses, wind vanes, barometers etc. Nothing could have made Africans defeat the slavers back then.

My biggest problem is why, with formal education today, Africans still cannot defeat colonization albeit in a modern and more sophisticated form.

Not to detract from your point, but aren't we turning a blind eye to the prevalent cases of precolonial slavery?

topcatking:


Not to detract from your point, but aren't we turning a blind eye to the prevalent cases of precolonial slavery?

It was truly terrible and we can never forget but we have to move on from It with 'victories' today.

Africans should not let victimhood be all we take from slavery. That my outlook as a positive person always about solutions and progress.

BloomingDale:
Not only cowards, they are also weak. That's why the white man don't feature them much as super heroes in movies. It is not believable to the masses and will not sell. That's why they had to make the new black panther a black woman, even in the comic books.

not physical weak but mentally.

backnbeta:
While I agree that we are a bunch of cowards, greed and wickednes- not cowardice, are the major issues that fuelled the slave trade and we are still on it. Greed and wickedness made it almost impossible for Africans to genuinely empathize with others and this is why a Fulani man doesn't feel remorseful when their animals destroy another man's source of income; greed is why polithiefcians feel comfortable stealing billions when millions are starving. An average African is greedy and wicked; that was what made slave trade smooth in Africa and we are still swimming in that ocean of greed and wickedness till date

Ignorant fool drowned in self hate.

This is what happens when you refuse to use your brain and study or research a topic instead of mouthing off garbage off the top of your head.

The slave trade began when slave ships from Europe armed with cannon and bombs berthed on isolated coastal villages in West Africa in the 16th century and DEMANDED x number of people from the villagers, or have their villages bombed to smithereens.

This forced the villagers to invade neighbouring clans to capture people to 'sell' to the Europeans. Other times the Europeans would simply berth and ask to speak to the king. They would then kidnap him by force of arms, keep him in the ship and ask the community to present x number of captives, say 1,000 for shipment, or lose their king.

This was how the 'trade' began. Africans had no say in it. Those ships, armed with cannon and bombs, did not sail from thousands of miles away to ask African coastal villagers armed with swords ''Oh do you have anyone you might wish to sell to us, please?'' and then to depart if the Africans said no. That's not how it worked. They came and they DEMANDED captives.

In the more powerful centralised kingdoms of the interior like Benin for instance, the slave trade was either banned or very minimally conducted. That is why majority of the captives were taken from coastal peoples like the Efik, Ibibio, Igbo, Yoruba people and not, say the Hausas, Bini, Tiv, or Kanuri people.

The trade had nothing to do with the ''wickedness of Africans'' and everything to do with the raging, voracious GREED of Europeans.

BloomingDale:


See me see trouble o. Which kain vex come be this na? Abi I lie?

what of black Adam

temitope27:
what of black Adam

Dwayne Johnson is now a black man?

BloomingDale:


Dwayne Johnson is now a black man?

so u don't he is a black man? His father is a black nova

temitope27:
so u don't he is a black man? His father is a black nova

Both his parents are black? Moreover most of the DNA which the children inherits comes from the mother, example the MTDNA. The portion of sperm which contains most of the DNA of man is broken off during fertilization, so does not count. Should have made more sense to say he's black cos the mother is black.

BloomingDale:


Both his parents are black? Moreover most of the DNA which the children inherits comes from the mother, example the MTDNA. The portion of sperm which contains most of the DNA of man is broken off during fertilization, so does not count. Should have made more sense to say he's black cos the mother is black.

ur head is paining you, I swear

temitope27:
ur head is paining you, I swear

He came from a white woman's womb, raised by a white woman and you say he's black. You make no sense.

The problem with many young people in Nigeria is that they want to have an opinion even when they’re clueless on what the subject is about! There was a time in NL when OPs researched a topic before presenting it on the forum for people to debate and further increase knowledge. Nowadays, people just exhibit their frustrations and back it up with abusive words nothing more! I am black and I’m proud of it. Whatever country I visit I hold my head high not because of the color of my passport, but because I’m black and I’m proud of my Nigerian heritage.... faults & all!

Discountsempai:


1.Slave trade happened because ...well, people have been selling slaves for centuries...the sale of slaves to Europeans was just black people finding a new market.

Europeans sold Native Americans, Arabs sold Europeans and Asians, and Indians even bought and sold Africans and other Indians...and Africans bought and enslaved other Africans.

2.I see you are angry about APC government....but there are people in the UK who are angry about Tory government, people in the USA who are pissed about the Dems and Republicans, and so on. Also, Nigeria's poor for a host of reasons .

But why didn't black sell white or Arabs ? But Arabs and whites sold blacks