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This is heavy news, especially since Khloe out of the sisters looks the most different among the sisters when it comes to resemblance However I feel if Khloe Kardashian's late father is not the biological father he would have made that known way before he died, so I sort of doubt and don't believe the story; Plus the Kardashians sisters late father had a bigger nose then their mother, and based on the pictures I see of the father, Khloe has more of a resemblance to her father then the other sisters actually.

Kardashian sisters
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Khloe Kardashian
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Robert Kardashian(late father of the Kardashian sisters), also one of the lawyers who defended OJ Simpson during the OJ trial
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http://www.nndb.com/people/223/000025148/
http://www.worldbiography.net/kardashian_robert.htm
http://starcasm.net/archives/12509

DaRapture:
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Is this wife of his an AA?

No,  she is African from the Ivory coast but it shouldn't be a surprise because I never heard or seen a black african footballer/AA woman couple before

David Beckham and wife, Victoria Beckham
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Wayne Rooney and wife, Coleen Rooney
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Didier Drogba and wife, Diakite Lalla
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John Terry and wife, Toni Poole
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Joe Cole and wife, Carly Zucker
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Samuel Eto and wife, Georgette
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http://entertainment.ezinemark.com/leading-celebrities-gather-at-samuel-etoo-charity-gala-7736a64392a0.html

Alessandro Del Piero and wife, Sonia
https://www.lasan-hienvuong.com/Tuc%20Cau/2010-Africa/SoccerWives-GirlFriends2.0/sonia-amoruso-alessandro-de-piero.jpg

Jens Lehmann and wife, Conny
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Anelka and wife, Barbara Tausia
https://www.hellomagazine.com/imagenes/news-in-pics/2007/06/18/nicolas-anelka-pic.jpg


http://www.therichest.org/sports/soccer-players-and-their-wives/
African International Footballers Married To Real African Women: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-757364.0.html

mg215:
Thanks for the good tips, i plan on going to east africa too. It would be helpful if you could teach me a few Swahili words, but i will go to the kamusi website. Kampala and Rwanda sounds like a lot of fun. I have heard much about burundi, but i plan to visit there. I just want a woman who i can connect too, i want to have a connection. Are you from the East Africa region, you know a lot about the area.

Well you can go to any country in Africa, however if it is your first time to travel to Africa, go to countries that are african american friendly or exposed. Africa is a continent with more then 50 countries, is not a continent that you just go to naively, especially if you don't have african friends from the individual african countries you are interested in, to help and advise you. So I advise you to go to countries where their government have Diaspora outreach programs and tourism packages for african americans/americans as yourself. The countries that have that are South Africa, Ghana, Liberia(to a extent), Senegal; I think Kenya and Tanzania may have something like that as well. The african country that is the best first time option is Ghana, there are african american communities there now and their is inter-marriage between the two groups(followed by south Africa then Liberia).

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Don't get me wrong though Nigeria is a beautiful country as well, but the Nigerian government doesn't have black Diasporian programs there. When it comes to african women, well I know Liberians, Gambians, South african, and etc love african american men; any way good luck in your trip to Africa.

Hero:
I'm an African American as some of you may know. I was just wondering why is it that Nigeria unlike Ghana and Brazil and others has not began a program to tap into the wealth of African American tourism, most of which is being ushered off to Caribbean and Europe?? And NO, it's not because we don't want to visit. That notion by many Africans is totally unfounded when addressed to the majority of the AfAm population in this day and age.

I personally know many, many fellow African Americans whom have stated that they'd love to visit Africa someday, and beyond that,  have insinuated that they see such a visit as somewhat of a Islamic-like pilgrimage to Mecca event for all blacks in diaspora to take part in,  aka,  a pilgrimage in which all blacks should make at least once in their lifetime before they die. I've been 4 times, 2 of which included visits to Naija, and I loved every one of them, and can't wait to go on another.

My dad is part of an African American tourism group in which goes on a trip to Africa every other year. And on the in-between years they go to Brazil, the Caribbean, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and such other heavily African descended areas. Now with all of that said, one thing in which I along with the fellow AfAm's whom were on the these trips to Africa with me experienced was the fact of that,  unlike when we visited the Caribbean or Brazil,  in Africa we, in large, were not seen as fellow brothers and sisters by the natives,  but rather little different than our white counterparts, and in some cases worst than.

In Nigeria and some parts of Ghana too,  we were frequently addressed as Akatas(sp), and often in Nigeria, the term,  Oyebos(sp) was addressed to us. We later learned that these terms were derogative in nature, and that Oyebo was actually a term mostly addressed to whites, so by being called this,  we were seen as little more than darkened whites by many.  Hurtful as that was to hear, we didn't let such things expressed by the ignorance of some ruin our trips, and we ended up meeting lots of interesting people, exploring beautiful lands and wishing to return sooner than later.

On my first trip to Africa there was only like 40 AfAm's on the tour,  we all went back and talked about how great it was and on the second tour I went on there was like 100 AfAm's. We left from that tour and again told everyone how great it was, and then by the time I took my 3rd tour,  there was about 145-150 AfAm's on the tour. Then by the time I took my 4th and final tour there was a whopping 235-250 AfAms on the tour. And that's just one tour out of tens of similar tours in which had left out that same year,  full of AfAm's looking to make that long awaited pilgrimage back to or to,  for the first time, Mother Africa.

Ghana, Senegal, Egypt, South Africa and Kenya are primary destinations for African American tourist,  for that they present the greatest incentives to this market. If you build it,  they will come!! If Nigeria builds a marketing incentive for AfAm's to come to Nigeria, they will come in droves and pump lots of its ((($800Bill))) in wealth into the Naija market while they're at it.  They'll buy land, houses and more, if only the proper incentive is given to them to do so.

Don't believe me, just ask Ghana about how serious we are about this. Within just a few years after that nation has implemented several major incentives to increase African American involvement in the nation,  the number of African Americans visiting the nation yearly has been growing rapidly, as has the number of these individuals whom are buying/building up homes and land in the nation; investing in companies, and building others.

While the Nigerian government is creating incentives for entrepreneurial White Zimbabweans to come to Nigeria and live, Ghana has been and continues to,  create incentives for entrepreneurial African Americans and other blacks in diaspora to come to Ghana and invest their time, talent and wealth,  and thus far it's wilding great results. Thousands of African Americans already live full-time or part time in that nation, and guaranteed thousands more will follow suite in the near future.

CLICK LINK BELOW:

http://odili.net/news/source/2005/dec/28/424.html

To be honest, I feel Ghanian and Brazilian government care's more for tourism exchange with african americans then the Nigerian government. Even the south african government has out reach programs for african americans but the Nigerian government doesn't really see it as a priority, to be honest I don't see that ever changing. However the Nigerian government is doing more programs when it comes to tourism but not directly at one demographic or aggressively like Ghanians. Personally I don't think there is anything wrong with Ghana's or Nigeria's path, but it isn't as clear cut as you make it seem.

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I must also add though that I have noticed that ghanians and african american tend to connect better with each other then Nigerians and african americans, not so much with culture but the Afrocentric philosophy african americans embrace is more en-lined with the pan-africanism philosophy view Ghanians embrace but Nigerians don't embrace either philosophy. I am not siding any side just saying what I have observed.

ifyalways:
Interesting.

Btw,is the 'Orisha' and 'eyo' festival same?

Actually NO, they are two different festivals
Eyo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyo_festival

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=801978.msg9912466#msg9912466 date=1325925609]Thank you anonymous for bringing this.

Please all, give this a balance. . . .dnt focus too much on the appearance and stylish image of the connection but talk also to the significance of the goddesses and the rituals of offerings and acts showcased in these videos. We talked so much of the visualization of the Ife heads and their artistic beauty that we did not gain value in the secrets the heads were sharing with us.[/quote]Thanks, I feel this is a interesting topic and should be talked about because the threads topic is one of the reasons Yoruba culture has a strong influence outside Nigeria, especially in the diasporia like Brazil.

I don't know any of them except Chike Ike, and I doubt that with Chike Ike but the others it is possible if they happen to be in a movie that will exposed them and elevate them up to one of the top Nollywood celebrities. However I am glad new acts are getting into Nollywood because as Nollywood starts to progress, and the likes like Genevieve, Omotola, ini do less movies, get older, and etc we would need new faces to replace them and bring the aura these ladies have brought to Nollywood. So I guess we shall see and wait for this year

Tehy:
Yvonne Okoro is 1 pretty lady too

true we will see if she is in the list in the future

[b]"It's a paradox. As cinemas close across Africa, homegrown blockbusters are actually eclipsing Hollywood on the African market as for the first time in 13 years an African feature competes for the top award at Cannes.

This weekend, "A Screaming Man" by Chad director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun joins 18 other movies selected to contend for the prestigious Palme d'Or, awarded May 23 at the close of the 12-day film festival.

Yet cinemas across the continent are pulling down screens, converted to pentecostal churches, night clubs or warehouses.

The average rate of closure is estimated at one a month - an endemic trend blamed on ticket prices too high for the average African as well as on the proliferation of cheap pirated DVDs at any street corner.

Around 50 cinemas remain in business - most in South Africa and Kenya with a few in Nigeria - thanks to mushrooming city shopping malls.

In Ivory Coast, west Africa's cultural crossroads, "cinema is dying, if it is not dead already", said award-winning producer Roger Gnoan M'Bala.

In Senegal, home to some of the continent's most renowned early filmmakers such as the late Ousmane Sembene, cinemas have all but shut down. "Senegal is one big black screen," said local weekly La Gazette.

A vestige of film resistance in West Africa is the Oscars' equivalent, FESPACO, Africa's biggest film festival held every two years in Burkina Faso.

But Africa's most populous country Nigeria 18 years ago burst into production with affordable movies now shot with digital cameras that shun the more expensive classical 35mm format.

Known as Nollywood, the Nigerian movie industry has in recent years galloped ahead of Hollywood to be ranked second in the world in production terms after India's Bollywood.

A UNESCO study last year placed Nollywood second to Bollywood in terms of the numbers of films produced, with Hollywood trailing in third position. In 2006 for example, Nigeria churned out 872 productions against 485 in the United States.

Film-makers say the digital camera has helped boost African film production, with Nigerians releasing what some dub "microwave" movies that can be ready in under a month.

Nollywood "has taken over completely" from Hollywood, said Nigeria's film producer and director Teco Benson, saying it is the latest "superpower" in the movie industry.

"It's Africa's new rebranding tool".

The good news is that African film-lovers go for Nollywood.

"Africans watch more Nollywood than Hollywood," commented another local director and producer Zeb Ejiro.

Most Nollywood movies depict societal ills - corruption, fraud, drugs and human trafficking, love triangles and witchcraft - and almost all go for happy endings.

One reason for Nollywood's popularity lies with South Africa-based pay television MultiChoice. It has four 24-hour channels dedicated to African content, predominantly Nigeria productions. Two of the channels run movies in two of Nigeria's main languages, Yoruba and Hausa.

But in poor neighbourhoods, shacks with old TV screens placed on dusty alleys or verandas pass for video viewing centres. Bootleg copies sell for a couple of dollars across the continent.

In central Africa, Nollywood movies are the only ones sold by market vendors as "African movies", with the Nigerian productions dubbed into French in such countries as Cameroon and Gabon.

In Kenya, Nigerian films are also a hit - many of them broadcast on terrestrial networks - but face competition from Bollywood due to a historic large Indian population in the eastern African country.

Nollywood films are also immensely popular in Sierra Leone, to the extent of choking the growth of the country's own movie industry, said Thomas Jones, a radio play scriptwriter.

"Nollywood has hampered the growth of the local film market because my contemporaries have just resigned themselves to watching these films from Nigeria," he said.

More affluent South Africa on the other hand has seen a growth in its movie sector since the end of apartheid, and Neill Blomkamp's science fiction "District 9" was this year nominated for an Oscar.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nollywood is "very popular on television" after being dubbed into the local Lingala dialect, according to Petna Ndaliko, a local organiser of the five-year film festival in the eastern town of Goma.

And even in the tiniest of African countries such as Gambia, "Nollywood is ahead of Hollywood", said Nigerian businessman Barnabas Eset, who since 2000 has been renting out both Nollywood and Hollywood movies."[/b]
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/nigerias-nollywood-eclipsing-hollywood-in-africa-1974087.html

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It depends on what region or country outside Nigeria because if you mean other countries like Niger then I would say Hausa is most influential there but if it Yoruba I would say Brazil and Cuba. So i guess it depends on the country however most Nigerian hip hop and rap singers outside Nigeria like D'banj, Ice prince, and etc use alot of Yoruba infused in English in their music so there could be some truth to that.

isn't this thread suppose to be in the romance section