₦airaland Forum

Ikengawo:
a people's culture is basically formed by how those ppl attain food. simple as that.

i can go into examples if anyone needs it but the culture africans use is one built for and in the feudal era.
i dont believe in totally destroying what's ours but i do believe in evolving it with time appropriately and uniquely if need be.


another aspect of our culture that stunts growth is our attitude towards land.
africans are extremely reluctant to sell land because they attach cultural significance to it.
even though capitalism is based on the selling of property.

these leaves every village, and everyone has seen this, with random patches of grassy undeveloped land that companies might be lining up to buy and do something with, but the owner doesn't want to sell it cause of the cultural significance even though he's poor and can use the money.

Ikengawo:
People speak of development while ignoring some important things we will inevitably have to give up that make nigeria nigeria.


when Japan decided to modernize in the Meiji Restoration, the personally turned their own culture upside down to make a culture capable of supporting development

Japan, the country with the highest concentration of warriors in the ancient world got rid of the samurais that defined it's culture
it ban ways of conduct that were considered culture and took power away from feudal lords that had upheld the nation for ages.


Turkey did a similar thing with attaturk which is why today Turk seems more westernized then the other muslim countries around it.


so my question is are africans willing to give up parts of our own culture that dont make sense in a modern world in order to develop.

my first example is the african market



in the days of substance agriculture, the ancient days, people would grow their own produce, eat, and sell the extra in the market.
these markets came to become a lot of our ancient cities and as they grew they became staples of african culture.

[b]the problem? we are using the same market system we used in 1300 in 2010.
the consequence? modern things like intellectual property can be EASILY duplicated and pirated
markets cannot be regulated or taxed properly
markets promote inferior products like fake medicine, fake electronics, fake clothes, and fake food again because they can't be regulated
markets promote substance agriculture which keeps communities and countries poor in comparison to commercial agriculture
markets make city planning impossible
markets encourage shanty developments and this can be seen in the fact that shanty developments are always by a market
markets allow for child labor and make it impossible to focus on consumer or employee rights
markets discourage fiance and capital investment and most markets are stagnate entities which their owner doesn't expect to grow beyond the basic level
markets aren't making anyone rich in simple terms.




so we're left with an economy that can't be regulated, can't be taxed, can't be improved easily, and is a breeding ground for pirating, inferior goods, dangerous goods, and manipulation of owners and consumers. [/b]



as other countries have realized elements of their cultures that must go in order for development to happen, the africa belief in pan africanism or the overtly romantic view of our past as perfect sometimes gets in the way of us making important sacrifices

mikeansy:
The girl don hammer oh!!!!!!!!

Nigerian chicks go begin find who go beat them make dem for go court

Judge awards ₦100m damages to Uzoma Okere

Justice Opeyemi Oke of the Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere has awarded ₦100 million in damages to Uzoma Okere who was assaulted by four officers of the Nigerian Navy on November 3, 2008.

Ms. Okere sued Rear-Admiral Harry Arogundade, the four naval ratings in his convoy whom she said beat and stripped her on the stated date, when she refused to leave the road for the convoy.

As part of the judgement, the court also asked the respondents to write a letter of apology to the claimants, which must be published in at least four newspapers within one month of the judgement.

ziga:
@post

Mr. Governor is only trying to use makeup to cover wrinkles.

Instead of providing 108 30kva generators, why not work at improving electricity supply.

OPCman:
Thank you for your civilized and mildly put thought. Compared with those who are ashamed of being known as Ibo and always bring tribalism into everything being said about their people and their nation as if there is no Ibo people and no Ibo nation in Nigeria. Even Ojo Maduekwe said in the interview that he is a Nigerian Ibo who represent Abia state not a Yoruba Nigerian who represent Ogun or Lagos in FEC.

Yoruba will say 'ti oju ba nse pin ka'fi han oju' (If any part of your body is causing or giving you problem say it and let it be know in order to know the medicine to apply to cure it). Nigeria mismanagement and mal-administraion will stop if the Ndigbo elites stop playing the Ostrich games to spite the Yoruba by teaming up with the Northerners. If the Ibo educated elites should stop worshipping power and money from the federal government , Hausa Fulani Nigerian will stop using them for all the dirty jobs, then, we would all have a decent and civilized country.
Ibo people should stop defending indefensible, they should be ready to call a pade a spade at all time.

In the Yoruba nation we Yoruba know how to deal with the traitors and political jobbers in our midst i.e Obasanjo, Shonekan, Akinjide & co, the reason these Yoruba bastards will never allow Nigeria to break because they know they would have to leave the Yorubaland for the Yoruba people.
Ibo nation should do the same for those disgracing and devalueing their value in Nigeria context.

PapaBrowne:
Yeah! Kano and Kaduna do have a pretty sizey economy, but the question is- How do you get natural gas from the Niger Delta all the way to the north? The cost of building gas pipelines all the way to the north will scare away the richest Arab sheik!!

The only other options would have been alternative sources like solar energy, however this is too expensive for Northern State Governments and not profitable at all for any private investor!

PapaBrowne:
Yes you are right that we need a national grid.
However, under normal circumstances, it should not be compulsory to turn in all the power you generate into the national grid!
You should only turn in power you don't need so that others can pay for it and make use of it.
Allow states and other private organs generate and distribute electricity and our power problems would be solved in less than 5 years. Just look at what happened in the telecoms sector.

The reason the government is not willing to review this policy boils down again to the northern hegemony.
If the power sector is privatised, almost all investments in the sector would go down south both because of the proximity to Natural Gas in the Niger Delta and the fact that the largest market for energy use is in the south,
Almost no investments will go to up north because the cost of transporting gas coupled with the relatively small economy in the north would naturally discourage any investor.

akigbemaru:
I may put Lagos foo.l, you can't match me because words are not sweet in your mouth. Your mild is bitter like a bile I know that's right fo.ol.
We Yorubas never claimed we have (Abia--the Japan of Africa), (Onitsha--the London of Africa), (Enugu--the Dubai of Africa), (Makurdi--the USA of Africa), but at the end of the day, none of these generated 10 billion nairas for government in 2008. Lagos State single-handedly generated 160 billion nairas and gave back 80 billion nairas to Government, so that government can use it to sustain all your USA, Japan, Dubai of Africa. Bullsh, ts!!

illusion2:
[center][size=38pt]WHY CAN'T ETUHU HOLD ON TO THE BALL !!!!! [/size][/center]

Elenurazor:
All what u a saying is good, the best remains revolution. Kill all these corrupt leaders both past and present and make the federal unattractive, them they will no more be interested. Empoer the states more so that each cabn develop at their own pace than relying on the Fed Govt father christmas.

Sagamite:
Get her whatever she wants and ask for no matter how expensive.

Try and understand what her friends' boyfriends by the friends and try and top it with whatever funds you can lay your hands on. Visit the best designer shops and blow your funds or max out credit cards to get her the top gears.

She deserves it since you seem like the type that cannot lay it bluntly and have to come online for help.

No woman that knows me would come and lay that kinda of crap on my doorstep. Such conversations would even struggle to come out from her mouth as she would be stammering so hard because she is visualising the look I would give her before the cutting words come from my mouth.

akigbemaru:
Aloy.Emeka and Onlytruth.
Don’t get it twisted, if you look at the history or archive of pre-Nigeria era, you shall find out that no other tribe in Nigeria of today had fought more wars or as powerful as Oyo Empire.
Go and check British archives, when wars were fought with foot – which they called infantry soldiers; you will definitely give it to Yoruba.
When wars were fought with horses – which they called cavalry soldiers – In fact, this gave Yoruba warriors hegemony and commanding leads when it comes to war back then.
You go to National Theater in Iganmu or TBS in Race-course and you see horse statues, you might not know what they meant, but they are a commemoration to immortalize our lost cavalry soldiers.
It took all the world powers of then to defeat Oyo Empire. Portugal came through port novo, France digging from Seme, Germany from Calabar, British from Ibo land. They all came hard with one mission to collapse Oyo Empire.
It’s Ibos that are coward and Backstabbers.
If Yorubas never like Ibos, we would not help you codify your language
If Yorubas never like Ibos, we would not bring Christianity to your domain and build the first ever to be known in Ibos’ history
If Yorubas never like Ibos, we would not allow you to continuing mooching us.
But you people didn't have good advisers, when you left East and coming to invade West, it means you have climbed your trees more than leaves.
I have said it many times, if Ibos want Biafran country, you have Bakassi and kidnappers, let them bomb Niger and Benue bridge and continue to govern yourselves. But one warning though, Nigeria is 921,000 square kilometers, you only have 27,000 square kilometers to govern, which I called Ibo land, if you people take a step further that 27,000 square kilometers. Then, you are looking for trouble.

Katsumoto:
I agree with both you posts; and that is why I lay the blame for the mess called Nigeria at the feet of our leaders and the British who ignored the obvious differences in the make-up of the country but created the country for selfish reasons. Asha_80, I particularly agree with your point about Ndigbo and Southern Cameroun. They are so similar in many instances that it would have made sense to merge those two regions.

I only emphasised size because it is an advantage today and it is increasingly showing signs of being important in the future, otherwise, why would China and India join BRIC.

Katsumoto:
Thank you for that. The strength of America today lies in it diversity. It embraces the unique skill-sets of every American, it does not value one section more than another because they are different. What America seeks is the best in every sphere of life. I believe that our leaders in Nigeria have failed because they lacked and still lack the vision to truly harness the gifts of all indigenous people of Nigeria. If, and when, Nigeria breaks up, we will all be the loser for it. All over the world, countries are forming alliances because their is strength in numbers. The strength and bargaining power of the Chinese today is the size of their market. The Chinese are not particularly innovative.

The European Union was formed to counter the strength of the US. The BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) union was formed by the largest countries to counter the strengths of the EU and US. Incidentally the BRIC countries are all developing nations. Our visionless leaders should have been working to be included in such a bloc. Afterall, Nigeria is the largest black nation in the world. Instead, we are forced to keep debating break up. If and when we do break up, we would have lost that advantage. The constituent and emerging republics would be smaller than Ghana, Congo, SA, etc