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[quote author=ijaw_girl link=topic=817200.msg9689549#msg9689549 date=1322988519]Yoruba men are def hot!
Such gentlemen, charming, loving, affectionate n kindhearted guyz 

take a look @ deze yoruba hotties![/quote]I agree, those pictures you put up have some hot Yoruba guys.

Sinachay:
Should she care?
She does not have to win every grammy with every album.
Heck no!
She is expecting the greatest grammy a woman can ever have. . . A CHILD!
She nor send. . .abeg!

True, but the media is making a big deal about it

amor4ce:
https://galerie-herrmann.com/arts/art3/Ife_Benin/16_Kopf_Ife/Head_Ife_750Y_gr.jpg
http://galerie-herrmann.com/arts/art3/Ife_Benin/16_Kopf_Ife/e_Head_Ife_750Y.htm

Memorial Head:
This larger-than-life, 750-year-old head from Ife was very thinly cast and, accordingly, is quite light. Its enormous size indicates that it does not  belong to the tradition of heads that were bedecked with the Oni's actual crown after his death. More likely, this head was outfitted with a similarly-cast bronze crown.
The various holes that dot the face were originally ornamented with small pearls, leading Willett to suspect that they were perhaps intended as a means to seal the mouth. This practice hearkens back to various traditions according to which the Oni, as a type of divine king, was not permitted to show his mouth publicly - neither while talking nor while eating (cf. Willett, p. 30).


Cp.:
Frank WILLETT: Ife. Metropole afrikanischer Kunst, Bergisch Gladbach 1967, S. 36.
Barbara PLANKENSTEINER (Hg.): Benin. Könige und Rituale. Höfische Kunst aus Nigeria, Wien 2007, S. 272.


https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/article-2884.jpg
http://www.artnews.com/2010/03/01/a-head-of-its-time/

interesting, I always knew those small holes were meant to hold something but the debate was what?; willett's theory about it's intention, I never really suspected though

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=797242.msg9688304#msg9688304 date=1322958298]the red picture is really great.

nice detail and it brings out the features on that sculpture.[/quote][quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=797242.msg9688083#msg9688083 date=1322953942]Anonymous, I like that blowup, look Great! For the heads, stay blue![/quote]THANKS

nice thread but Taio Cruz is not needed, he doesn't like to be considered Nigerian

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http://vincecrawley./2011/08/31/journey-to-africom/

bovy:
----I want world leaders at my funeral

    While on Watch The Throne tour with Jay z , kanye west talked about how he wants his funeral to be .

read more: http://www./2011/12/kanye-west-foresees-his-own-funeral.html#ixzz1fVAKtOjf

I'm a fan of Kanye west music but seriously, world leaders?. what has he done in the world when it comes to politics and the economy around the world when it comes to jobs, healthcare, civil rights and etc. World leaders don't really befriend or mingle with entertainers(sometimes they don't even respect them unless they are Steven Spielberg, and etc), even when Micheal Jackson, Elvis Presley, and etc died no world leaders came, which I am not surprised. Unless he is a world leader himself(President/Prime Minister), the Pope, Nelson Mandela, Queen Elizabeth, and etc; then he better keep dreaming.

World Leaders and entertainers don't usually mingle with each other; two different worlds. Kanye West better get off his high horse and into reality.

SuyaEater:
First of all its hakeem olajuwon, and he was married to a nigerian woman

just wanted to let you know Hakeem's first wife was african american, who he later divorced and then his second wife is Nigerian, and he is still married to her.

ok

[img]http://hum.lss.wisc.edu/hjdrewal/FIGUREOFONI.jpg[/img]
http://www.oakton.edu/user/0/tparod/art114/Week3Nigeria.html

millco88:
Most of the black athletes in basketball, have black wives, although some have white wives/girlfriends. But alot of the times, it's because these black girlfriends they were their H.S sweethearts, or something like that. If these same athletes were to wait to look for a mate AFTER being established in their professional career, most would be with white wives. Most black athletes in American football though, that I know of, have white/non-black wives. I don't know much about soccer, so I wont comment on their athletes.

oh well I never knew about that, which is interesting but it is true about what you said that the difference between tha NBA vs. the NFL ratio's of Black men married outside their race; because statistically it has been said 90% of black NBA players are with Black women: http://www.yaaams.org/black-athletes-and-the-media/nba-and-whitewives/

SuyaEater:
You won't see white men marrying black  women, these fools will be dashing white people the money they worked hard to get from american football to basketball to footballer in the europe leagues

I am not against what you are saying however I am surprised you as a Black man is complaining about this. At the same time, This is a subject that I don't really concern myself with but I would like to correct you and say that the truth is majority of Black athletes in America(from the NBA to NFL) are with Black or  Black american women; now I am not sure about the UK but I have heard many are with Black women too, there was a thread or something on it on Nairaland which I commented on that touched base on that. Also sometimes these athletes they call black men are actually biracial men(with Black fathers) at times. Now I am not saying some Black athletes are not with white women because there are some that are with white women but it is not the majority that are with them, especially in America from what I have heard.

chyket:
Just positively SPEECHLESS!!!!,after watching this interview.
Go on Girl you rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

exactly it was a good interview

Sinachay:
Boy. . .she has finally graduated from dating riff-raffs.
Impressive.

I agree, they look cute together

rokiatu:
And natural and very talented.

Ok let me stop.

I agree

rokiatu:
She is so beautiful.

I am a huge fan.

I know, she is one of my top ten favorite african actress, one thing I like about her is she is down to earth and very humble

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Kandy4me:
I like that Tyra

I know, I'm happy for her

interesting

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https://face2faceafrica.com/files/video/0co19DOiBZOfpyaGtmfydPGdmDRl.jpg

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nice pictures

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http://koolbizz..com/2011/12/video-shaquille-oneals-5-2-girlfriend.html

"Actress Tasha Smith stopped by the “Wendy Williams Show” and opened up about her marriage to husband Keith Douglas and her past job as a stripper in New Jersey.

Last year, Smith exchanged vows with husband Keith Douglas, an entrepreneur, in the living room of their Los Angeles house."
http://ballerwives.com/2011/11/22/tasha-smith-speaks-on-her-marriage-to-husband-keith-douglas-and-her-stripper-past/

(video is in the link)

Tasha Smith
https://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/tasha-smith-why-did-i-married-too-new-york-EXW4a6.jpg

"Former supermodel and talk show host Tyra Banks stopped by the “Wendy Williams Show” and talked about her love life with her longtime boyfriend John Utendahl. Also, Banks reveals if she wants to get married and have kids with Utendahl.

John Utendahl is the owner of the Utendahl Group, one of the largest African American-owned investment banking group in the United States. Utendahl is considered to be one of the most successful African Americans on Wall Street. Utendahl earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Long Island University and acquired a MBA from Columbia University."
http://ballerwives.com/2011/10/20/tyra-banks-speaks-on-her-relationship-with-longtime-boyfriend-john-utendahl-video/
(video in the link)

Tyra Banks & Boyfriend
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[quote author=baby-boy link=topic=800718.msg9661713#msg9661713 date=1322643886]What potrays African American culture in the movies below

Big momma's house
For Colored Girls
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Abduction
Things Fall Apart
Gun
Caught in the Crossfire[/quote]for colored girls, big momma's house, why did I get married too; are based on african american culture & are black Hollywood movies, especially "for Colored girls" that was based on a african american play.
For Colored Girls
"Structurally, For Colored Girls is a series of 20 poems, collectively called a "choreopoem." Shange's poetry expresses the many struggles and obstacles that African-American women face throughout their live"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Colored_Girls_Who_Have_Considered_Suicide_When_the_Rainbow_Is_Enuf

Abduction is not even a black Hollywood movie or based on african american culture, the only african american presence is the director. When I say Black hollywood, I mean Tyler Perry movies for example where the director, cast, and etc are black and the plot centers around black american culture. I never seen the other three movies but I read a little on "Caught in the Crossfire", and it seems like a gangster movie to me.

Black Hollywood History
http://www.soulofamerica.com/los-angeles-black-hollywood-history.phtml
Black Hollywood magazine
http://insideblackhollywood.com/
Black Hollywood Blog
http://www.blackhollywoodblog..com/
Others
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/rockmond_dunbar_there_is_no_black_hollywood_and_i_hate_separatism