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love4ual:
annonymous6, cool

just moved from tuscaloosa, to houston

oh that's good

love4ual:
youruba's are usually culturally attached, they igbo's are also culture minded but they always like it easy and cautious

True

love4ual:
annonymous6 , i tend to agree with you, but from my experience those with the yoruba backgroud or parents tend to desire nigerians and the culture more,

well true, I'm Yoruba

love4ual:
i am igbo and not yoruba but i have been opportuned to miss with them both, but i also want to say that some of them could be extremely nice especially those with missed parents, father nigerian and mother african american,

I'm not denying that, true

love4ual:
anonnymous6 do you miss with nigerians and where do you stay in the states ?,

Yes I mix with Nigerians alot, and I live in Massachusetts

love4ual:
good if you want to identify with the people, but having been an international student president tells me a lot about those with nigerian parents, though i do not have to generalize,

in the states as long as you are born in the states you are an american, even if you were born outside the states but your parents are american citizens you are still an american citizen,

as a president i noticed that almost all the student born by nigerian parents do not consider themselves nigerian in anyway except that their parents are nigerian, though many confessed to love the culture or marry a nigerian, but they just don't want to ever see themselves as nigerians, they prefer to be seen as african americans,

but on your advice, since you are of the yoruba, your people will welcome and love you, nigerians may not have a good name because of what pure bad leadership may have caused but the culture and people are amazing, they are still the most wonderful people on earth,
houston and dallas is a great place to meet so many nigerians, redeem church, mountain of fire, winners are all everywhere in houston, so u may associate with them and learn more

I am not denying your observations & experiences of the students you were around, that are born in America from Nigerian parents, happen to consider themselves african american but it is not clear cut as you make it seem. I am a American born Nigerian, and I don't consider myself African american, and many people like me of my background don't either. What I have have noticed is their are two groups of American born Nigerians, the ones that want nothing to do with Nigeria and the ones that want to be part of Nigeria. I have experienced two types of those groups, and the trend I have noticed is the ones that don't want nothing to do with Nigeria or love the culture but don't like to call themselves Nigerian, never been to Nigeria majority of the time, rarely hang out with Nigerians, most of the time was never raised in the culture at all and are completely westernized,  and lastly they are more likely to assimilate and marry into other communities in America. When it comes to the ones who want to be part of Nigeria, they are proud of saying they are Nigerian, majority of the time they have traveled there alot, hangs out with other Nigerians most of the time, understand the language and at times can speak it, some want to move back and have moved back, many of them have married back into the Nigerian community, and etc. I have seen some be totally ignorant of Nigeria then switch into embracing Nigeria and calling themselves Nigerian.

So your statement maybe true for SOME American born Nigerians but not all of them fit into that mold, because I have seen the reverse many times(and I am a example of it) from your assessment

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=797242.msg9723801#msg9723801 date=1323368066]I got the same conclusion to that comment on the CNN article.  Their acceptance of these truths is going to be slow and painful.  I say that because they have built a value system around the belief that white is the savior of all native peoples.  Erasing that value system and replacing it with an African-centered value system will kill off not just their society but also their version of christianity.  A huge risk!!   It will explain why Mohammed Bello's book was suppressed, why Mohammed Masani's book was suppressed, why Samuel Johnson's book was suppressed and why the published copy was edited.  Europe has built a massive myth around Atlantis being a white civilization, changing that story and making it a black civilization will almost put a question on everything else from Plato downward to the binary codes and the 256 series of the computer technology.[/quote]Cosign 100%, to me this is karma coming back to haunt them and this is just the beginning we are going to see more of these types of scenario's happening to them in the future, that is something I know for sure will come to pass.

[b]"I really love this actually, despite the international perception of the quality of Nollywood films (even though that's changing, slowly but surely); I'll almost always applaud any efforts that unite instead of divide across the diaspora.

Courtesy of our good friends at afriPOP!, the first Nollywood film festival ever in South America, begins today in São Paulo, Brazil, and will run through December 4.

Called the Bem-vindo a Nollywood Film Festival, included in the schedule of events are the following:

, A roundtable discussion featuring some of Nollywood’s most respected practitioners

, A retrospective of nine films by the award-winning director Tunde Kelani.

And included in that showcase of Kelani's films will be his latest, which won't be released in Nigeria until February 2012. So, those attending this festival will get to see it before anyone else does.

Titled MAAMi, the film is said to be "an inspiring story of a poor conscientious single mother’s struggle to raise her only child Kashimawo, who, eventually, rises to international stardom in an English football club, Arsenal, and becomes a national hero."

A trailer, which Kelani debuted today via Twitter, follows at the bottom of this post.

It's worth noting that Brazil is a country with the largest number of people of African descent outside of continental Africa, and many of those Brazilians trace their ancestry to Nigeria.

Also, both Brazil and Nigeria are trade partners, with Nigeria being a major provider of oil to Brazil.

So, I suppose it was really only a matter of time before a Nollywood film festival planted its roots there.

As director Kelani states: "The list of nine films selected for the Festival are important because the films are valuable not only to the Yorubas in the homeland, but especially to Yorubas in the Diaspora, who despite 200 years to 300 years of slave-trade, have remained true and close to the culture.”

For the festival's complete lineup of Nollywood films, go HERE. I'll be digging through the list myself and will report my findings later; and as another reminder, my Nollywood sidebar feature debuts in January 2012."[/b]
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/a-nollywood-film-festival-grows-in-brazil-with-tunde-kelani-retro-trailer-for-his-latest-maami#

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ifyalways:
^You tried it and it worked?The videos ain't showing here.

@Topic,what are they celebrating or worshipping?

yes, after ChinenyeN reposed it I can see the videos and watch, I haven't finished watching it though

ChinenyeN:
HERE

thanks

the videos don't show

tadelara:
@anonymous6 Just finished watching all of the videos you posted. Big thanks to you! It was quite informative!!! Wow!!!!

you welcome

amor4ce:
anonymous6, the above is from that CNN link. If you read the article closely you would notice that it seems to be laced still with the same superiority complex attitude of some of the oyinbo. Specifically, they do not want to admit the possibility that the Ife and related artworks were and are of higher quality than theirs.

of course, and I am not surprised by that attitude of theirs. They feel they are the king & Queens of the world, and that attitude of theirs is slowly coming back to haunt them because they are now realizing black africans were actually superior before the Europeans first entered Africa. I am just glad these superiority fools finally admit the obvious that these art works are from Ife.

energygirl:
This software is really cool. Check it out here on:

http://yatotainment.com/infoPages/show_page/default.php?pages_id=24

it looks interesting, I might order it. I'm already planning to buy another one it is a book and CD-ROM package on the Yoruba language

tadelara:
@Mannyla Thanks for that! I do not think that anyways. I feel all tribes of Nigeria are beautiful and unique!

I must add though which I feel some people who responded touched base on that the first person who should guide you in embracing your culture is your father, he is the one that will always be with you, so he should be your primary source.

Walala:
As a Nigerian who was born in the states but grew up in Nigeria, I can tell you that how you are viewed should not matter much to you because it will seem like you are trying to fit in or be embraced by the culture.  It is your father's culture and you have every right to learn and embrace it.  If you act like you are trying to fit, some dubious Nigerians will see a weakness and take advantage of it because it will be similar to a White person saying I love Nigerians and I want to fit in.  Even some Nigerians who were born in Nigeria don't know their real culture , so if you do your research, you will be more versed in your culture than they are.  

But to answer your topic, I view Nigerian Americans differently based on what comes out of their mouths,  If I meet one who says silly things like I am not Nigerian but my parents are, I think of them as misguided and lost.  But if one speaks well of Nigeria and understands the importance of their heritage like you, then respect is the only thing they get from me.

excellent statement, I have bumped into those type of Nigerians too, I always consider them fake or lost Nigerians

Idris doesn't have any similar looks to Nelson Mandela at all, even though both men are Black. He can act but that is not the issue it is his appearance I think will be a issue. Well I wish BBC & them good luck.

sexyliano:
you must be an ugly dirty smelly yoruba woman. get a bath please.

get a life loser, you sound pathetic

amor4ce:
https://www.galerie-herrmann.com/arts/art3/Ife_Benin/28_Doppelfigur_250J/Ife_Paar_250J_gr.jpg
The lips look quite huge and the queen seems to be pointing at something with her right hand. I'm not yet sure of what the king is holding.

https://www.antiques.com/vendor_item_images/ori__288280203_1070985_Ife_Style_Terracotta_Standing_Figure_-_DB.051.jpg

https://artoftheancientworld.com/Auction/ItemImgs/AM.0428cw.gif
The pictures here offer more detail (I couldn't get screenshots with the desktop I'm currently using).

As for replicas, what if some really are originals that were smuggled out of Nigeria to private collectors?

It's possible and it won't surprise me if that is going on.

sexyliano:
yoruba women must av won this award for nigerian women. yoruba women are the ones who sleep with anything male. they fit sleep with dead bodi sef. if you expect yoruba woman to be faithful to you good luck because they all worship yemoja the goddess of cheating.

get a life loser

tadelara:
@Odumchi Thanks for your words of encouragement. I do apologize for not disclosing the tribe that my father is from within my post. My father is from the Yoruba tribe, and the state he is from is Ondo.

wow I'm from the Yoruba tribe to

amor4ce:
At this moment I wouldn't mind having wooden replicas for my personal study.

I agree, I have seen homes where they have wooden replica's of these sculptures in their house, I think it's cool