O.D.B.:
Because we occupy the same continent doesn't make us the same.
Lets see;

1. Race
2. Culture
3. Religion
4. Ancestry
5. History

North Africa was never occupied by black Africans, the Berbers, Coptics, Tuaregs, Romans, Jews, Greeks, Phoenicians, Persians, Arabs, Turks have all been a part of North Africa. The early Black settlers came via Juba in South Sudan and west Africa (north Nigeria, Mali, etc) as slaves.


Next thing you will be saying that the early Egyptians were black.

Rubbish.

slowpoke have you ever been in egypt? in a pyramid prbably not because all the drawings there represent black people ......but anyway there is no black who is claiming egypt ...but don't try to fool us we know our culture.....just read plato and aristotle description of egypt empire......? read also the travel book of hanon from carthages....in otheres words get educate

cog1: We, Africans,ourselves are not helping matters.
When are we going to see the establishment of mechanisms
to entrench political relevance for Africa in the scheme of things?
Take for instance,Nigeria,as a case study.
It is on record that Nigeria has made over 600billionUSD from the
50s to date,England to the best of my knowledge,stand to be corrected,
has no drillable oil.
The oil located in the North Sea with logistics and overhead cost of
Drilling from such a location practically prohibitive!
What edge has our oil given us over those who have none and are
Obviously in great demand for the product? None is the answer!
Africans themselves need to wake up,go back to the drawing board
To see where we started derailing after our independence.
By the time we get our acts right,with resources at our disposal,
who go born monkey to call us "mid" talkless of "sub"!!
For now,the "sub" show must go on!!

Naijamericana:

Even if the west gave Nigeria $1 trillion to develop itself and become more advanced it will not happen. Even if they discover gold and diamonds in addition to oil, Nigeria will still remain in its current state.

O.D.B.:


then you might as well arrange the map with the west to the north.

The concept of which part is north is in relation to how our earth spins and the axis of rotation.

stop spreading B.S.

GNBohr: For your information, every language has a derogatory word for the people of other languages. Nairaland is replete of such descriptions or classifications with, Hausa, Igbo,Yoruba and other tongues aiming at each other. Remember without people there is no history and without history there is no geography.

Obiagu1:

In Africa, sub-Suhara is "becoming" a problem too. How does one differentiate the rest of Africa, from North Africans who are not blacks?

Obiagu1: For those that don't know, sub in Sub Sahara means "Below/Beneath Sahara" in the context the map of Africa is viewed.

ezicat: Ahhh

I remember those days - when I would be deeply offended with the blanket description of Africa - "I'm -insert celebrity name - in a poor village in Africa..."

Helloooo - because Africa is a tiny island?

Right now, I just roll my eyes at them. Being "the society" in control is no excuse for ignorance - especially when you like to front as the most advanced civilization. Apparently, not that advanced in the social studies.

As others have pointed out - when Africa becomes a force to reckon with, the rest of the world will start taking us seriously. Heck - they might even adopt our own obviously more accurate designation of ourselves.

So - I guess it's up to each and every one of us here to contribute his/her fifty cents to the development of their corner of the continent. Otherwise, we will keep barking forever.

As for O.D.B, why aren't your sort extinct yet? Get thee behind me - sadists and cousin-f*ckers are your heroes? Yuck! There's something stuck under my shoe. Oh wait - it's you. Give me a minute to scrape you off.

ekt_bear: long live sub-saharan africa