igbo2011:


But the thing is that most Nigerians don't know what whites did to us in the past.  When whites come to Nigeria Nigerians treat them like kings and queens and treat each other like slaves.  This mindset must change.  But we need to get of NL and do something about it.  We need to change this education system.

What is bad about the current education system in Nigeria?  Why is it bad, what do they teach?

igbo2011:


This conversation is making me want to get into the book business.  I can manufacture books in Nigeria about the true history of Nigeria.  I can also translate books into hausa, igbo, or yoruba. This will create jobs and give people knowledge of their own history.  Even get language books so people can learn their language.

igbo2011:

I just watched a video on Youtube, :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAW4XpCgvY4

we must go deep into Afrian history.  We must have a year dedicated to ancient Egypt because it was so para mental to the world we live in today.  Also years dedicated to the other great kingdoms around Africa.  We need to focus less on European and American history.  The only thing we teach the children are the atrocities that they did around the world. This will stop making blacks look up to whites.  We should o world history too and talk about how the Japanese made it to be big and what China is doing now.

We must also stop doing Christianity and expel missionaries. Most of them look down on Africans and want o enslave our minds.  The enslave of a mind is almost worse then physical slavery.  Now most blacks on't even know we are enslaved. The Japanese were bombed (physical) but they bounced back and they are a world power.  We are mentally enslaved and we just kill each other instead of working with each other.

stmarc32:

The only way Africa will change is when we start to love ourselves and not aspire to be western. Take a look at the Kalahari bushmen, Pharmaceutical companies pay royalties to this tribe yearly to study how they live , what they eat e.t.c to further use to exploit others, but Africans have no interest in this , they'd rather buy panadol and neurofen because its been inculcated in them that the African way is uncivilized and barbaric,

stmarc32:

I hope African women also wake up because i think they r the key to any change that will happen in Africa, they should start to see Christianity for what it really is and inoculate in their kids  African culture, history and hatred for western ideologies that have undermined our very existence

logic101:


books to read.
frants fanonn the wretched of the earth
walter rodney how the west underdeveloped africa
cheikh anta diop the african origin of civilization
amos wilson power economics
ivan van sertima they came before columbus
any book on chinas history between 1600=2000
any book on japanes history between the same time frame
books on singapore
books on understanding how so called imf and worldbank operate

Egbon Olu:

African leaders are so easy to influence because they are silly, feeble-minded people. They have no good plans for both their father and mother land but to loot their homeland's wealth for the development of the Western countries,  The logic is so simple, dance to the Western countries' tune and you're covered or go against them and you loose all you have in your foreign accounts. There is no saint in the White house of the U.S, nor is there any angel in the Western governments but they will never loot their economy and take it to Africa to keep,  We don't have leaders !

SNCOQ3:

* Christianity originated from the Middle East not the invention of the West.

* If we decided to be influenced by the messenger(western missionaries with their flaws) not the message(the bible); it is our problem. Please let us take responsibility.

* When our ancestors at first contact with oyinbo where struck in awe of the color of their skin, mirror, dress, whose fault is it. Please let us take responsibility.

* The missionaries did not only taught you english. We also learnt math and the sciences; what did we do with it?? Please let us take responsibility.

SNCOQ3:


* In terms of slavery, persecution, struggle; need i compare the history of nigeria with the tiny people of isreal?, look at isreal today.

Egbon Olu:

African leaders are so easy to influence because they are silly, feeble-minded people. They have no good plans for both their father and mother land but to loot their homeland's wealth for the development of the Western countries,  The logic is so simple, dance to the Western countries' tune and you're covered or go against them and you loose all you have in your foreign accounts. There is no saint in the White house of the U.S, nor is there any angel in the Western governments but they will never loot their economy and take it to Africa to keep,  We don't have leaders !

SNCOQ3:


* In terms of slavery, persecution, struggle; need i compare the history of nigeria with the tiny people of isreal?, look at isreal today.

igbo2011:

America gave Isreal BILLIONS of dollars for FREE.  But America gives Nigeria BILLIONS of dollars but it is OWED BACK!! Do you see this difference? Isreal gets a grant Nigeria gets a loan.  America gives Isreal a bunch of weapons to kill palestiians FOR FREE. Nigeria gets weapons from American and they PAY.  Do you see the difference?

America is using Israel to spy on Middle Eastern countries.  Isreal is right next to the Middle East.  America has interests!

Also, the problem with Christianity is that many people will rather go to church to pray then to solve their problems. The way I see it, I don't pray to any prophets, I pray to Chukwu straight. The ultimate creator of this universe is Chukwu.  I pray to and live on.  I don't ask Chukwu for help because Chukwu gave me my own mind to do what I want.

We are building more churches and mosques than schools and hospitals.  Religion is BIG BUSINESS.  Pastors make millions while the average Nigerian is poor.

Amujale:

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Now lets take agriculture for example, Just go and ask the cash-crop farmers what the situation is and they will tell you. To sell to the West, you have to accept certain terms and conditions, these T&C's could be that you have to purchase fertilizers from them or anything. So at the end of the transaction, the farmers are left with little or nothing as their profit. In short it is the Americans and Europeans that determine what price our farmers are to sell the crops that they themselves planted. And some stores in the West have the audacity to label thier products as fair trade. Apart from South Africa, i do not think there is any other African country that enjoys anything fair in their dealings with the Europeans/Americans. There used to be two countries; but the other one is under dismantle by the same usual culprits as we text.

igbo2011:

America/ Europe are nicer to South Africa because they share the same color so they are a bit nicer than African countries.  But it is not about color beause they are doing this to greece, argentina, most of Eastern Europe.  Black leaders make it too easy that is why I madee this thread.  Atleast the Asians and south Americans fought back.  Hilary Clinton tells Goodluck to do everything and he says "Yes Ma"

igbo2011:

Also what are the T and Cs to selling to the west? There needs to be something like OPEC for African farmers. We need to do more intra African trade. ECOWAS needs to get bigger. We need to trade some our stuff to ghana for exchange of their products. But the main thing is that many African countries don't produce anything. We must start asking business people where is this product made? Start buying things made in Nigeria or Africa.

igbo2011:


We need to hire Nigerian engineers more.  If nobody is good enough hire an outsider for 2 years and have Nigerians be his apprentice.  Then after the foreigner leaves the Nigerians can do the work.  Nigerian apprentice program would be great for the country.  The Apprentices can be paid money.  Maybe this program can be given to students for entry level jobs.

We are making cars and motorcycles, this is a great start.  Now we must make computers, software, TVs, furniture, chairs, personal products etc.  This will make the prices of these products go down (due to less shipping expense) so more people will have money in their pocket.  With the improved jobs means a bigger middle class.  A big middle class means less crime so people would be developed. 

It is all about technology transfer.  We transferred our technology to the whites 2000 years ago and they made the Pythagorean theory.  We aught them medicine, astrology, etc. 

SNCOQ3:

Thanks for posting the link though. , I am currently developing what I consider an innovative programme code-named : “Project
SNCOQ3”. The idea is to influence the culture of the young from: “the pride of owning an XBox”  to “I take pride in MAKING my own custom game console”.

SNCOQ3:

@Amujale

My point is:

Christianity is not responsible for our national shame. You may hate it but i am committed to it because it liberates not enslave. Let me explain: I refused to go to church today cos i am fed up of preachers twisting the word of Jesus out of context to suit their need. How did i know this? cos i read the bible - it liberates not enslave. I am not going back to ancestral worship -some of them sold their own into slavery for gunpowder, mirror, beads anyway.

Ivory Coast Uncovered - The Untold Story[size=8pt][/size]

With the ongoing civil war in Ivory Coast seemingly close to an end it is appropriate to tell the REAL untold story of the crisis in Ivory Coast and inform our readers of the REAL issue(s) behind the situation in the country.

I have heard many commentators on this subject and the bulk of them rant about the fact that the situation in the Ivory Coast is about elections that were supposedly won by Alassane Ouattara and that he is “the internationally recognized president of Ivory Coast” and that Laurent Gbagbo refuses to stand down because he thinks he won the elections – this in itself is flawed because according to a report from a US senate committee that went to Ivory Coast to monitor the elections complained of voter irregularities in areas that were pro-Ouattara

However the deception about the elections is the line that the western media is peddling and experience informs us that when it comes to the western media and Afrika we must be very circumspect of the agenda of the western media who have nothing but disdain for Afrikan people.

That said it is very simplistic to say that the situation in Ivory Coast is solely as a result of undisputed elections and is giving the public a much skewed view of the actual situation.

The REAL issue behind the current impasse in the Ivory Coast is a battle relating to French imperialism and control of the Ivory Coast. What this actually means in reality is that on one hand you have Gbagbo who is against French imperialism in Ivory Coast and championing the cause of Pan-Afrikanism and on the other hand you have Ouattara who one could say is very accommodating to safeguarding French interests in Ivory Coast.

This history lesson dates back to the late 1950's when the winds of change were beginning to sweep across the Afrikan continent as a result of Ghana gaining independence and the momentum of the Afrikan liberation movement.

Charles De Gaulle who was French president at the time knew that the winds of change sweeping across Afrika would also strike those countries that were under French colonial/imperial rule.

Therefore recognizing this De Gaulle made an insidious move by insisting that he would only grant Francophone countries their independence from France if they ceded up to 90% of ALL their revenue to the French Treasury in Paris and also that the CFA Franc must be fixed to the French currency, the French Franc making it easier for French companies to conduct business in Francophone Afrika.

The readership must be reminded that the Francophone countries in Afrika have huge mineral resources like enriched uranium, gold, diamonds, bauxite, chrome, oil and gas that are crucial for French industry.

Since the Francophone countries were eager for their political independence from Paris, some of their leaders naively signed up to this draconian measure and others who knew of the consequences of this reluctantly signed up to this measure.

Therefore once they had put their signature to it the newly “independent” Francophone states in Afrika were forever enslaved to French economic interests.

These interests meant that French companies operating in Francophone states had free access to these markets, had easy access to government contracts and perhaps more shrewdly these French companies did not pay any taxation to the respective francophone states and repatriated their vast earnings back to Paris.

Those Francophone states like Burkina Faso's Thomas Sankara who resisted this draconian legislation were severely dealt with in the form of economic sanctions and/or military coups d'état.

Gbagbo who is a student of history knows of this diabolical arrangement that has had an adverse effect on the economic emancipation and development of Francophone states and vowed to reverse this arrangement – he also wanted to nationalize key industries free from French control.

It is also important to recognize that Ivory Coast is THE world's biggest producer of cocoa which is the main ingredient for confectionery goods like chocolate and pastries and the French confectionery industry is worth billions of Euro's a year – making control of the cocoa industry a key target of French imperialism.

The French political elite knows of Gbagbo's agenda and has used any means at its disposal including influencing national elections to deny Gbagbo from implementing his agenda which if he had succeeded would have a catastrophic effect on the French economy.

This would manifest itself in that other Francophone states in Afrika would follow Gbagbo's lead and demand economic emancipation which would send the French economy into permanent recession since the massive revenue that Paris receives to fund its social and economic programmes would no longer be available and that is why the French and their western allies are supporting Ouattara.

Proof of this French support for Ouattara manifests itself with French helicopters bombing Gbagbo's forces (circa France TV 24hour news cable channel) and more blatantly that the so-called rebels that are attacking the presidential palace are in fact White French mercenaries (circa you-tube video footage).

The question one must ask is why are the French supporting Ouattara.

Well, Ouattara is a former employee of the IMF/World Bank, is western educated and trained and therefore is seen as a safe pair of hands by the French and their western cousins'.

When as it appears that Mr. Ouattara assumes overall control of the country it will mean that French and western imperialism has won the day and Ivorian and Afrikan economic emancipation been dealt a severe blow.
 

Global Research Articles by Kwame Osei

youngmonie:

We'll cut your aid if you persecute man-loving-men, Britain warns African nations

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2046965/Well-cut-aid-persecute-man-loving-men-Britain-warns-African-nations.html#ixzz1aIuoaxOF



This is  one very good example,