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lefulefu: 1 she must sabi cook. She must sabi speak vry good english. She must not be dirty. She must sabi wear sxy underwears. She must not be a trouble maker like idowu. She must not have k leg like ijebabe. She must not wear too much makeup like freecocoa. She must wear mini skirt like ogugua. She must have hot legs like ogugua. She must have ikebe like mzzdarkskin

AK 48: Madness!. Next story please

EnnyP: Story. Sufferhead

EnnyP: Story. Sufferhead

r231: Answer this question only if you've used the 3 types before.

Which of these 3 makes the tastier stew or if you had to use one,

which would you pick?

Aza Montana: A friend of mine cohabits with her boyfriend in the city. They are both from different states. The guy said he has 3 kids by a woman staying in his fathers house back in the village but he claims he never married her as they only gave the babies mama accomodation for the past 12 years because she born him kids. He claims he will marry my friend and now has been staying in the same house with her for the past year. He has cheated more than 7 times and he likes to throw parties in his house. My friend still wants to stay with this man as she says she always talks to this mans's mom and baby momma on the phone. I personaly think this man is taking my friend for a ride and wasting her time but she chooses to think i am too harsh and judgemental. What do you guys think of this situation. Is my friend justified or is she mad. Oh i forgot to add that all the woman he has cheated with have confronted my friend and told her everything but the guy keeps bad mouthing everyone so that she can not believe them.

kokosheen: Well for Naija used cars, 90% of the time the suspensions and alignment are gone with engine or cooling problems while the other 10% depends on who (status oooo - CEO, multiple car owner) used it, where the person lives and works and all such not. If you know the details of the car use, you can go for one. I was lucky in 2007 when I bought a toyota avensis from a friend. The friend bought the car new and had an official car with driver he used for his daily runs. If you get an opportunity like this, please go for it, otherwise thread carefully or you might be buying junk.

suggary: I would lose all the respect I have for him if he remarries.he better goes back to the frist wife or remain like dat

rash47: Chris Okotie, so so filled wit materialism

Kayusfity: THANK GOD. WHEN WILL GEJ AND HIS FAMILY BE MURDERED?

Martian: Yes. After slavery and violence, the most effective way to subjugate people is through psychological means and religion proved to be the most effective method. Since the white people had proven to be more economically powerful and much less ignorant of nature, they had already proven to the indigenous cultures that they were culturally superior so selling them the white version of god was easy. "if their god helped them conquer us, he must be the true god".....chinua Achebe expressed this sentiment in things fall apart when the white priest went into the shrine of a feared local god and destroyed it.

Even though we are in the "information age", black people still follow these mythologies blindly so imagine the ancestors who were a lot more ignorant. I guess it was like taking candy from a baby.
Now, some positives did come out of imperialism, but those positives could have come about in a more equitable way intead of all the benefits going to the whites.

The most damage is done by the religions they brought, because they aim for the "supernatural" while condemning the natural under threats of hell. When views like that are what forms these people's philosophies on life, how do you expect them to deviate from it? In an ironic way, these religions are what salves the people whose societies have been damaged by the imperialism and colonialism that introduced the religions in the first place. Gift and a curse.

Also, they really didn't do away with the old beliefs entirely, they just cast some of the characters as antagonists to their god. eg Eshu is now synonymous with the christian devil in yoruba christianity.

They did the same thing on the plantations. Take their religion and culture, give them white names and jesus. Also, tell them that Jesus says that slaves should obey their masters..........and you'll go to "heaven" when you're dead.

Martian: Yes. After slavery and violence, the most effective way to subjugate people is through psychological means and religion proved to be the most effective method. Since the white people had proven to be more economically powerful and much less ignorant of nature, they had already proven to the indigenous cultures that they were culturally superior so selling them the white version of god was easy. "if their god helped them conquer us, he must be the true god".....chinua Achebe expressed this sentiment in things fall apart when the white priest went into the shrine of a feared local god and destroyed it.

Even though we are in the "information age", black people still follow these mythologies blindly so imagine the ancestors who were a lot more ignorant. I guess it was like taking candy from a baby.
Now, some positives did come out of imperialism, but those positives could have come about in a more equitable way intead of all the benefits going to the whites.

The most damage is done by the religions they brought, because they aim for the "supernatural" while condemning the natural under threats of hell. When views like that are what forms these people's philosophies on life, how do you expect them to deviate from it? In an ironic way, these religions are what salves the people whose societies have been damaged by the imperialism and colonialism that introduced the religions in the first place. Gift and a curse.

Also, they really didn't do away with the old beliefs entirely, they just cast some of the characters as antagonists to their god. eg Eshu is now synonymous with the christian devil in yoruba christianity.

They did the same thing on the plantations. Take their religion and culture, give them white names and jesus. Also, tell them that Jesus says that slaves should obey their masters..........and you'll go to "heaven" when you're dead.

PhysicsQED: Well different areas had different belief systems - some were actually a bit tame as far as sacrifices and other ugly practices.

I think you'd first need to list the different belief systems among different groups, their main components and characteristics, their pros and cons, their adaptability and possible relevance to the modern day, what wisdom there was in them, what very faulty ideas they contained, and what ideas would be hard to accept as even a little plausible in modern times. Since there are a lot of different African religions and many seem quite involved, you might want to focus on a small number (at first anyway).

Also foreign religions are different. If someone had colonized us and spread some form of Buddhism among us instead of the two main religions prevalent in Africa today, it would probably be hard to argue that - for many groups of Africans - some sort of improvement wouldn't have occurred in some way.

As for the Abrahamic religions, apart from some of the decent wisdom and moral advice contained in them, they're basically myth mixed with history and philosophy to me and they impose a distorted worldview on both those who are at the core of those religions and those who are on the periphery (such as converts and descendants of recent converts). Also, why blindly follow Semitic/Middle Eastern philosophy/myth instead of developing one's own or continuing where one's ancestors left off?

But of course if people are told that they're condemned to hell if they don't follow those religions, then there's not much one can do to prevent the spread of these religions and their replacement of the old belief systems. I'm not sure whether there were any African religions that threatened hellfire if certain deities weren't followed and obeyed. Nobody wants their friends, family and (good) neighbors to go to hell so once one person is a believer of an Abrahamic religion (although I think there is no hell in Judaism, but there is paradise which only the 'righteous' can experience), many others will soon be believers. I don't think people will revert back to the old belief systems - even if they were updated to fit modern times - in significant numbers unless a drastic break with the outside world somehow occurs.

bunmioguns: .
If you dont know, these are d types of comments that keep d joke section alive. . . .dont expect everybody to appreciate ur joke..owkay!!!!

sexkillz: [color=#000030]Walahi, this Jokes section needs an overhaul. . .

What's with the stupi'd comments? If the joke ain't funny to you, fcck off the thread and look for another. . .[/color]

sexkillz: [color=#000030]Walahi, this Jokes section needs an overhaul. . .

What's with the stupi'd comments? If the joke ain't funny to you, fcck off the thread and look for another. . .[/color]

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Kamardiran: what a way to die...........wondering wat she will tell God for heaven