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Mo' Cheddah looks better then Chika, and it has nothing to do with whether they have hair or not but they are both attractive.

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Malstrom:
White men can keep their women, we don't need them. Ugly or not, the point its another people from another culture why would anybody hold a white woman higher than a woman of his own kind, unless he is so conditioned by racism. Personally I think black women have the right to claim black men an the other way around. (And for the more traditional brothers that has a legacy to pass on through their children will find it a bit more complicated when the mother is white, many such children are less interested about their African side and they are more likely themselves to get with a white partner, your (Yoruba/Igbo/Nigerian/Malian an whatever) legacy will soon be faded out. ) At least this is the case if you live in the diaspora in for example Europe

Anyway people here just seem to think about dating, but you should think about it in the long run. If you plan to find someone for life think about the complications of such relationships when it comes to family, holidays, faith, traditions, racism and what not. Also think about the children, Its not always easy to be in between like that, not always fully accepted of any of the two sides. Are you prepared to struggle with those things? if the answer is Yes, then go on, if you don't prefer African women its your loss lol

cosign 100%

Booshman:
I should have clarified that I was mainly aiming my question at Negro_Ntns.

oh understood

@Emofine
[b]"I am aware that in most cultures the child takes the lineage of the father irrespective of the mothers heritage.

However there are a few cultures that follow the reverse and instead the child's nationality is determined by the mother's background.

Well I began to ponder about those children with duel heritage which clashes. . . i.e if a Ghanaian lady (which I believe takes the maternal side) was to bear a child for a Nigerian man (which gives preeminence to the paternal side) then which nationality does the child then assume?

Also if the scenario was switched around . . thus the mother is Nigerian (which takes the man's lineage) and the father happens to be Ghanaian (which carries the mother's lineage). . . . again I ask which lineage does the child pursue?

Do they (the parents in question) agree with each other upon which lineage the child will follow?

Or do they settle the matter by allowing both cultures to persist in the child?

or are there other options available?"[/b]

In old world countries(especially Africa & the middle east) that is true, however it is changing a little but in new world countries that is not true; now a mixed child can claim any lineage they are but culturally they mostly only follow one and it is based on who their mother is or/and their environment where they are born. I have noticed in Black african countries they respect the view that who ever your father is that is who you are. So most of the time when a African man marries a women of another tribe those kids follow the fathers culture(except if the mother is Ghanian) to a extent, not always though(Nigeria is a example). Although in the western world that rule goes out the window, Most kids tend to follow the mothers culture over the fathers, regardless if they claim all their lineage, because the kids are more closer to the mother cultures then the fathers when it comes to culture(especially if the father is not from that western world). President Obama is a good example, he is Black Kenyan and white American by lineage & blood but culturally he is white American followed by Black or african american(as identity racially) but NOT Kenyan at all.

There is a difference between claiming what lineage is in you and what you follow culturally, and what you follow culturally is more important to old world cultures. I have seen many mixed race and/or ethnicities claim as many lineages they have in them but in the end of the day they usually follow just one culture of theirs. That is the dilemma that most mixed race people, and to a extent mixed etnicities go through and end up as from my observation.

@OP
I would first like to say I believe their is beauty in every race but at the same time there is nothing wrong with people appreciating and loving people of their own race over others. Now I feel it is a little hypocritical for you to complain what Nigerians or any others think when many white men around the world, especially America have considered Black women ugly for a long time. Plus I doubt Black women especially in Africa really care but the way you are asking it seems to me you feel white women are entitled to be considered beautiful automatically not only by your men(which is understandable) but by other races of men, which is ridiculous to me. Not every race of men are going to consider white women beautiful and not every race of men will consider black women beautiful; however in black african countries like Nigeria, Black african women beauty are preferred more over other races and it is the same with European countries they prefer white European beauty over other races. There is nothing wrong with that. In black cultures a women having a big behind is considered attractive while in white cultures a women having a flat behind is considered attractive. Each community has their likes and dislikes when it comes to beauty and attractiveness.

I have witnessed a few white men be very opinionated about their dislike about Black beauty, and they don't feel guilty for it or you ever hear black women make a fuss about it(since they don't care), so please don't turn around and feel that you have that privilege to criticize Black men for the same things some of your men are doing in the first place. Just because the westernized media(which is controlled by white men any way) regards you as the epitome of beauty doesn't mean all black men believe it, especially in Africa.

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Booshman:
Wait, do people actually believe that Ife (and by extention) Ifa divination was founded by Arabs/Middle Easterners? The latter moreso, is impossible as Ifa had to start in Africa, as Middle Eastern sand diviniation (like Chinese geomancy to the further east) both use base-10. Whereas Ifa strictly uses base-2. It wouldn't make sense for Yoruba to change from the original model, if it was an imported Arabic system. They would have stuck with base-10 since that's what they would be (hypothetically speaking) taught by Middle Eastern traders. It's far more probable to think that Arabs, through constant interaction, picked up the divination system from the Yoruba and merely expanded upon it, by turning it into base-10.

I don't believe Ife came from the Arabs or Middle Easterns

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BootyOnMe:
Oh well. . .
Now Ashton can have his own babies.
Instead of wasting away with one old cargo.

LOL LOL

well I have to say I am not surprised, I knew it would happen. Her and Bruce Willis were a better match when they were together then her marriage with Ashton

onila:
giant of africa. abeg dis thread need to make front page abeg

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=777550.msg9488877#msg9488877 date=1320520885]PS: I wouldnt wear the kente. Looks like someone threw up on that junk. Not fashionable at all. Tht's one thing I dont like about Ghana's attires. [/quote]I understand what you mean, the kente sometimes has pretty designs but I am not a big fan of it, and I wouldn't trade my 9ja attire for their attire

[b]"LOS ANGELES (AP) — Demi Moore is ending her marriage to fellow actor Ashton Kutcher, she told The Associated Press on Thursday. Moore, 49, and Kutcher, 33, were wed in September 2005. The couple's relationship became tabloid fodder in recent months as rumors swirled about Kutcher's alleged infidelity.

"It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton. As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life. This is a trying time for me and my family, and so I would ask for the same compassion and privacy that you would give to anyone going through a similar situation," she said in her statement to the AP.

The pair frequently used Twitter to communicate with each other as millions of fans followed along.

"I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi," Kutcher tweeted Thursday. "Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail."

Moore said in 2007 that her May-December relationship with the star of "That '70s Show" and "Punk'd" — who is 15 years younger than Moore — "caught us both by surprise."

"If somebody would have said, 'OK, here is the prediction: You're going to meet a man 25 years old and he's going to see being with you and having your three kids as a bonus,' I would have said, 'Keep dreaming,'" Moore said in a 2007 interview with Vanity Fair. "I think it caught us both by surprise, and particularly him."

Kutcher became a stepfather to Moore's three daughters — Rumer, Scout and Tallulah Belle — from her 13-year marriage to actor Bruce Willis. Moore and Willis divorced in 2000 but remained friendly. Moore and Kutcher were photographed socializing with Willis, and the couple attended Willis' wedding to model-actress Emma Heming in 2009.

Moore and Kutcher created the DNA Foundation, also known as the Demi and Ashton Foundation, in 2010 to combat the organized sexual exploitation of girls around the globe. They later lent their support to the United Nations' efforts to fight human trafficking, a scourge the international organization estimates affects about 2.5 million people worldwide.

Moore can be seen on screen in the recent films "Margin Call" and "Another Happy Day." Kutcher replaced Charlie Sheen on TV's "Two and a Half Men" as is part of the ensemble film "New Year's Eve," set for release next month."[/b]
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[quote author=ijaw_girl link=topic=789010.msg9579496#msg9579496 date=1321553870]picture perfect=such a crappy movie[/quote]oh you are not into "The Perfect Picture", any way I feel that is one of the best movies to come from Ghana, plus Checkmate as far as I am concerned; and I am not even a big fan or follower of ghollywood of Ghanian movies

Crayola1:
Thank you, its a problem for all people of African descent, Black women in America have access to creams that are not as dangerous as the ones Africans and West Indies people use. So they don't get the noticeable "fanta face, coca cola body" look

Its not to knock on Black Americans, since I am one, but to pretend that the thousands of beauty stores stocked to the brim with these things are only for Africans and people from the Islands is a boldfaced lie.

I agree, that is why I don't understand why it was even being debated.

Nayah:
Hi anonymous thanks for sharing!

you welcome, you should see the movie "6 hours to Christmas", he also appeared in the movie; the story is not better then "The Perfect Picture" but the movie is good and Chris is in it

Nayah:
Hi Franel yes I've seen a movie with Jackie and him sure you know it " The perfect picture" and he was fantastic, really like him

I agree Chris was perfect in "The Perfect Picture", to me it's one of the best movies out of Ghana. That's what made me pay close attention to him
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BlackLibya:
I live in the city with the highest population of ethiopians outside ethiopia, i most definitely am not wrong.

Very rare if an american bleaches, I have not ran into any that do. AA's look down on bleaching and bleachers. Even when I went into the beauty supply in my area and when i went to the bleaching cremes the korean lady stopped me and said "no this is just for the african woman."

no it's not

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I don't want to intrude in this debate but skin bleaching is all over the diasporia(in the Caribbean, african american community and Black latina community) & it is happening in Africa & Asia; especially in India, Japan, some african countries especially French speaking african countries like Senegal. So this shouldn't be a debate but the difference between Black communities of many different cultures & Asian communities of many culture's(particularly Indians) is that there is resistance of bleaching in Black communities of all cultures but in Asian communities there is no really big resistance it is accepted, they see nothing wrong with it.

Also I must add that it has been mentioned that asians are the biggest consumers & number 1 buyers of Bleaching creams and etc in the world

HERE IS MY THREAD TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-804407.0.html

TerraCotta:
^^^ Thanks for bringing this back on track, Anonymous6. I'm attaching a few cellphone photos of rare Ife-style terracottas I took from some books I have, mainly "Ife in the History of West African Sculpture" by Frank Willett and "Treasures of Ancient Nigeria" by Willett and Ekpo Eyo. Sorry about the poor quality but it would have taken too much time to scan. I'll try to scan and post more if people are interested though. There are many more terracottas than bronzes, and they show the wide range of influence of Ife culture. Owo terracottas show an obvious Ife inspiration and has been said, also show cultural affinities with Benin. This is a finely-detailed fragment of arms presenting a sacrificial ram:

Thanks, please post more, your pictures are fine enough

congratulations to her