₦airaland Forum

Bigo8291:
Before I started coming on the net, I used to think that we were cool with each other because my Nigerians friends get along. We tease each other and when it comes to soccer we both hate each other team. That's where our rivalry stop because we both enjoy each others movies and music. I wasn't expose to that hatred till I came on the web. First of, I think people that talk trah on the net are cowards. I have always said this in order for us to develop we need each other. Even developed countries are working together.

you have points I agree but where this hate started I don't know or get it, and I don't care to get it because I feel at times it is just plain dumb at times but I agree ghanians and Nigerians should work together when it comes to development, I feel their maybe ignorance in both sides but not to extreme. It's sad but what can you do.

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Bigo8291:
Why do people always link ghanaians and Nigerians together as one homogenous group. Are Ghanaians and Nigerians really that similar. If we are that similar, why are there a lot hostility and animosity on the net towards these two countries. I specify the net because I see Nigerians and Ghanaians hanging out with each other but when u come to the net, that's when you see the hatred.

This is the first time I have heard about people mistaking Ghanians for Nigerians or Nigerians for Ghanians; Any way to be real all the Ghanians I have encountered and know(including my Ghanian friends I know) are cool people. I don't have problems with ghanians but I do agree that on the net I have seen this ridiculous hostility between Nigerians and Ghanians, I don't get it or know how it started between the two but I never join in that nonsense.
However I do feel their is a rivalry between some ghanians and Nigerians when it comes to sports and entertainment, ex. Nollywood vs. Ghollywood or black stars vs. super eagles, and etc.

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=797242.msg9632743#msg9632743 date=1322248821]^^could be a coincidence or could be connected to the berber/moorish art which the iberian [spanish] pottery was based on at that time.

ife beads were traded as far as north africa i believe.[/quote]I feel it is a coincidence

okooyinbo:
Another falsity being peddled by these internet hobby researchers is that intermarriage is killing tribal culture (whatever that means?). In the olden days before the Europeans came, were there no intertribal marriages? Why did the villages that warred against each other always kill the males citizen of the conquered villlages, but never their WOMEN?

You are semi right, and the reason why you are half right is because yes their were inter-tribal marriages way before  the Europeans came and tribal culture stayed in tact, but it was because africans and old world culture respect the rule "who ever the father is that what the kids are" but those inter-tribal marriages were done in small numbers not high numbers. If it was done in high numbers that's where tribal cultures would have disappeared, so this where I feel you were wrong in your explanation. So it depends it is not as clear cut, however I do agree with your analysis that when there was wars between tribes women were spared but not the males because women are the seed to civilizations they are having the babies, raising the children, keepers of the culture and etc. So when there was war women and children were protected while men had to defend their territory.
The issue is it doesn't go by that rule any more like it used to, especially in the western world(in most cases it is reverse).

ezeagu:
Someone who identifies with an ethnic group (like at least 90% of humans) isn't necessarily a racist, just like a nationalist isn't automatically a xenophobe. "Interbreeding" has been happening for thousands of years, some ethnic groups (like the Fulani) are a result of "interbreeding" and people will always identify with a clan, tribe, group, country as long as there's human civilisation.

Cosign, that's why I don't take those humanist people seriously. That thinking is only relevant in the western world.

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=797242.msg9627369#msg9627369 date=1322179945]this is definitely a sun disk:

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and compare with this design of a dish from 14th or 15th century moor-influenced spain:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Lustreware.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustreware

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano-Moresque_ware[/quote]Interesting but I don't think there is a connection, just coincidence

kl2020:
african culture and tradition is very dirty, ugly and scary anyway, i dont give a F%$#k if it fades or not,

That's your opinion and should we care that MR. ATL doesn't care about african culture.

You don't care for african culture but you are in a nigerian forum commenting on the culture section

TROLL ALERT

Dgunnerz:
Why are the Hausas left out?

Well I don't think the hausa's or anybody should be left out but the reality of english Nollywood industry is it's runned by majority igbo's and the minority is runned by other tribes like Yoruba, bini and etc. Now I am not complaining especially since the yoruba's have their own film industry but they are also called Nollywood butt when it comes to the Hausa's from what I heard some look down on the southern nigerian movie industries and don't care to be part of it, so they have their own industry is called kannywood.

That is the reality of Nollywood in Nigeria

xcelmind:
Hey Guys,

I heard that tomorrow is Eyo Festival and there will no movement in some areas starting from 6AM to 12Mid Night. From what I heard, some area boys use the opportunity  to beat people. Please comment on your experience and advice visitors on what to do.

BTW: They said there is no wearing of shoes. Is that true.

yes it is true, it is part of the tradition of Eyo festival that you don't wear shoes, hat and etc. Watch this video it will help answer your questions

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Siena:
Sister, this is where we as Nigerians get things wrong. When Nigeria is criticized on some issue or the other, we're all too quick to point out other countries doing similar. How does that help us change for the better? So Bollywood is lifting images for their own movie posters. How does that help us as a nation? Bollywood is India's problem, Nollywood is ours. Let's deal with ours, and create something we can all be proud of. Show the world that we can do it, rather than use another country's wrong doings as a benchmark for ours.

understood

Ufeolorun:
Tribal confederacy?nice one.
I sometimes fiddle with same idea like I said earlier people who have shown strong committment to society in the past have always been people with strong cultural identity(Awolowo,Ajasin,adesanya,Ahmadu bello,Saro wiwa) compared to these sexually disturbed,money grabbing louts parading themselves as leaders today.
They have no identity no pride hence they easily are convinced to mess about with serious issues .Religion( am a Christian) has also made people to be out of touch with the society they live in(Nigeria),there are people who are more loyal to Jerusalem/Isreal or Arabia/ Mecca than to the society they live in.
This is one of the reasons I think a state like China will continue to censor whatever comes in as they march into the future made possible through internal strength and cohesion.

Excellent statement

MsDarkSkin:
and bollywood? 

[img]http://pnpmedia.files./2011/09/ra-one-new-poster-pnp.jpg[/img]

https://moviesnepal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/hifajat_Rekha_copy_poster.jpg

in fact there's more >>> http://www.glamzzle.com/bollywood-movie-posters-copied-duplicate-same-hollywood.html

hmmm. . . Guess Bollywood is equally embarrassing.

lol, thanks for posting this, so hilarious. People are talking about Nollywood this & that but won't criticize Bollywood for doing something similar. Copying is copying and those Bollywood ones are more embarrassing because they have the money to make their own, so there is no excuse. I have heard they also copy some Hollywood movies as well.

BlackLibya:
Yessssss, that was it. Why didnt u watch?

that movie just didn't interest me, it just seems tacky and weird to me

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Ufeolorun:
You definitely making sense here.   

This is (quote in bold) what we refer to in modern term as  patriotism and I  think the more passionate (connected) you are about the society you live in, the less room you have for detrimental actions whether  from within or outside.We have had people in the past with a very strong ethnic/tribal inclination and they were very effective politically but they end up being labelled/called bigots and tribalists by some people,they also became targets for all sorts of stuffs.

Nigeria has a dysfunctional federal system where someone who has never visited or does not even care about a state is given power to decide what happens in such state and you know what that means.

I agree

coogar:
of course, i know.
i just like the way it was worded!

oh ok

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=810703.msg9626044#msg9626044 date=1322163591]@Bolded

what does that have to do with anything ?

It is there tradition don't you think ?[/quote]Cosign 100%

coogar:
thanx for making me laugh!

that was a mistake, I meant Nigeria

muyete:
Can somebody help me out with this. I often get confused about regarding english language as either our native language in Nigeria or an official language. This very position is very difficult to determine even in the international relations.

I know there are great minds in the house so I want your contributions.

English is not a native language of Nigeria, it is the official language of Nigeria. Native languages of Nigeria are like Hausa/fulani, Yoruba. Igbo, edo and etc. English can not be a native language of Nigeria because it is was never a native language of the tribes of Nigeria in their first place, it was the native language of the British, who were the ones who colonized England Nigeria.

[quote author=Mai-suya link=topic=810703.msg9625494#msg9625494 date=1322158087]^
I agree with you if it comes to elders in ones particular tribe, u can't take it away from the yorubas.

But am speaking about seniors in general, irrespective of if they r your tribe or not, the Igbo kids and teenagers r slightly more respectful.[/quote]oh ok, I guess I understand what you mean

If Lagos is the only place you assessed Yoruba's then you really haven't assessed them. All  I will tell you is Yoruba's are very respectful to their elders when it comes to kneeling to their parents to grandparents and etc. I don't know about Hausa's and other tribes but Yoruba's respect their elders in yorubaland. So I disagree with your assessment but that doesn't mean I am saying that non-yoruba tribes are not respectful but when it comes to "most respectful" that is in another level because assessing respect is beyond just noticing people greeting you on the street as far as I am concerned.

EzeUche:
Igbo people are leading the way. 

the Yoruba film industry have had some collaborations with Brazil back in 2007 before Nollywood came into the picture, and if your read the article there are Yoruba contributions to. So this is not a igbo or Yoruba thing when it comes to this article's story, even though it is a fact that Igbo's do control basically most of the English Nollywood industry.

well good for him

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The people who came together to sing this music are all Nollywood actresses and actors but I just like the music

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