BigBashiru: have lived in europe and north america for over twenty five years...i feel so down and hopeless... on my way to work i read of a boat load of africans trying to enter Italy or the Port of Spain almost every month.

One day in my church in Europe some missionaries from my church went to Africa, the video they brought back was them showing Africans who did not know where they were a map and was guiding and explaining to them where they are relative to other places and countries... I had to stand up and leave the service not because whites have done anything wrong in the majority white church but why things are the way they are between the races.

DO NOT COME HERE AND BLAME BAD LEADERSHIP. WHY DO WE HAVE PERPETUALLY BAD LEADERSHIP AND THE EUROPEANS DO NOT? EVEN CHINA AND INDIA HAVE DECENT GOVERNMENTS AFTER ALL WE FLY OUT THERE FOR HEALTH CARE.

In my job, I am the only black there... the whites are very organized and it shows in their mentality; whereas the nigerian is drowning in come today come tomorrow, they are looking for how to do things fast and well same day not tomorrow.

Then think about this, your phones were invented by non blacks, your cars, equations, Gauss Law, laws of motion, no great black scientist with original ideas im talking of establishing cause and effect equations from first principles or coming up with cure for ebola or even city planning.

then we have the universities where kids sent to school start forming cults...

are we cursed or what... we need answers not just say bad leadership... some say it was in Genesis when Ham was cursed...

Up today, we are lining up at various embassies looking to leave no different than those getting into europe by sea except we use lufthansa and klm.

dont mention colonialism(others colonised have exceled), bad leadership (bad leadership are BLACKS and whites dont hv perpetual bad leadership)...

i look for things to be prod of about being black i find non, look at black neighborhoods in the USA... how can i become a proud black person and not be subservient to the whites and chinese in my job, they have the power! even to get a job, unless God is working a miracle for you, you have to dehumanise and lose your african dignity by acting and sounding white, adapting to white environments and culture; we all speak their language today... what other option exists? stay in nigeria and die of hunger (remember the unemployment rate is so high) where the only industries are O&G, banking and importation that cannot support 160 million people.

And dont mention egypt or south africa, we are talking of sub saharan africa.

anyway, guys non defensive and objective input are welcome... why did the Creator choose it this way...? and what can I do to stop feeling this way?

The thought process you have are thoughts that hit every black man living in a multi-racial environment. You need to learn to overlook all those things and despite all the ills learn to love yourself for who you are because you were created for a purpose. Remember, God makes no mistakes in what he does and there's a reason for your creation. One thing black people have is compassion, kindness, spirituality looking out for each other, mercy, faith, hope, belief in God and the afterlife, communal living - basic human qualities that make life worth living, lacking in advanced countries characterized by individualism, selfishness, backstabbing, and self-gratification. Ever wondered why natural disasters are rife in advanced countries than in Africa?

Life isn't measured by the yardstick of technology or development. Life is measured by the little but mighty things that matter in life - qualities of love and human relationships. When life is over, the quality of life you lived is measured by how much love you gave away and not by technological advances you made nor the number of academic degrees you obtained. All of which Jesus described himself as vanity. Little wonder Jesus himself wasn't born in so-called advanced countries, neither was he white himself(the greatest lie ever told to humanity) and with biblical evidence that suggests he was Negroid - having hair like a wool and skin color like bronze. We all know that Negroids have wooly hair and Caucasoids wavy hair and the color of bronze is brown, not white or pink. When Joseph was told to take Jesus to faraway Egypt in Africa (not surrounding countries of Lebanon, Arabia, Jordan with white people) to hide in the midst of his fellow people from Pharaoh, why do you think that was so? Does one go to hide where the people there are entirely different from him? If hiding from someone, common sense will tell you to hide in the midst of people who look exactly like you to make you difficult to be found. The bible mentioned that the people of Israel at the time of Jesus and also in Egypt were idol worshippers. Which race has been historically known to carve graven images for themselves and bow down to them? Ancient whites were cavemen, living in caves, battling extreme cold weathers, sitting around fires and striking fires with stones ie the Eskimos, Inuit etc. During the time of Moses in Egypt in Africa, one issue he constantly battled was the idol worship of the people.

Over 2000 years ago, and during the time of Jesus native Egyptians were recorded to be black(Kemet) with many books written in that time that say so, until the recent arabic invasion of North Africa. And seeing that it takes only 3 generations to turn a black person to white person, remaining unchased black locals were intermarried with to produce light-skinned first generations who further were intermarried with to produce more lighter second-generation light-skinned individuals until the 4th generation where all traces of black presence were wiped out completely. A phenomenon called 'breeding out the color'. The same policy similarly perpetrated against the aboriginal blacks of Australia to have all surviving black australians 'mixed' with white blood continually each generation to produce light-skinned generations until they become purely white. Similar phenomena which we still observe today. You wouldn't believe that 'white' Michael Scofield from Prison break has a dark-skinned grandfather or Mariah Carey, only a first-generation interracial progeny, who easily passes as white has a black father. She married a light-skinned interracial man to produce white-looking progeny. In our world today where we are taught abhorrence of anything black, her children will grow up tomorrow to deny being black and claim white instead.

Not also forgetting the massive edits that were made to the bible by the early church fathers to suit themselves. Ever wondered why the bible is silent on Jesus' race or his sexuality? Don't you think references leading to his race or his sexuality might have been purposely removed so as to not conflict with what the early church fathers wanted him to be?

I don't identify as christian but I believe in Jesus and his mission on earth, which actually differs from what modern day christianity lies to us. There's a greater meaning to Jesus' statement, 'the stone which the builders rejected will turn around to become the head corner stone'. There's a purpose of every creation.

Learn to be proud of yourself and your skin color. There are some things on earth beyond the understanding of the mind/brain of mortal man that are much better understood when life is over. The satisfaction and value in life lie not in academic success nor technological advancements - fleeting things of the world, but rather in the way you treat your fellow human beings. If there was to be a place in the afterlife for people known to have committed the most evil of inhuman acts to another human, it would be full of Caucasoids, especially of ancient times till now and very few Negroids. Slavery, racism, sexism, discrimination, holocaust, land-grabbing etc. whatever evil you can think of you name it, were all started by them and recorded in the history of Caucasians.

lisadem:

iyola olotu' idi. #biting my tongue sef# hahahaha. How u dey my boi?

Odinma! My fellow telecommunications engineer!

Dear Odumchi,

Can you please unhide my post hidden by anti spam bot?

https://www.nairaland.com/646049/nigerian-igbo-african-american/35#18378685.

Thank you very much.

AnOlderAmerican: Earlier one of the posters who turned my gut inquired as to just who my words were directed, well to those educated buffoons who in their abomination of all things Igbo are now accusing Igbos of trying to rewrite the history of the slave trade and forge DNA as if to claim an IGBO monopoly on Slaves in the New World! What's next envious animals g? Did an IGBO assasinate JFK? 9/11, THE WORK OF AN IGBO? WAS JACK THE RIPPER AN IGBO TOO? DID AN IGBO EAT LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD'S GRANDMA? SOMEONE FARTED, BLAME THAT IGBO! Get a life Igbo haters! Oh and before you go there, I am an Igbo lover and I have a good life in the USA that allows me to discover the world objectively.

@Bold...thanks! That bold part won't go down well with some people here o. Like I said before, its only those who haven't met the Igbos before that will give in to the rife anti-Igbo sentiments on this thread.

Notice that the Igbos here aren't exchanging words/curses with anybody here yet curses and being thrown at us. You'll ask yourself, what have we done that warrants all these?

My brother, please note that the pictures posted here about Igboland are false. People just pick up pictures from anywhere and tag them as Igboland.

I would have posted a thread here for you to visit if you want to see the beauty of Igboland but on a second thought I held back because some evil-minded person on this thread would go there and spoil the thread with his neurosis. I'll post the link on your FB message inbox.

There's a place close to Aba, in the same Abia state where your nieces got fiancés from, called Abiriba. The place is quite beautiful and because of it, it was nicknamed 'Small London'. Lol.

Enugu is another beautiful state in Igboland. Then talk about Owerri, Asaba, Awka, Port Harcourt, et cetera.

AnOlderAmerican: I have yet to meet an Igbo as hateful, vile, ignorant, bias, morally and mentally impaired as those who have taken advantage of the thread to dishonor the great Igbo nation. You disgust me.

Thank you, brother. You have spoken well. Bless your soul.

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Kairoseki77:

No one cares about Nollywood.

YOU brought it up to change the subject from the words of your bigoted brother.

You are truly psychotic. The only strategy your people seem to have is to blame others and claim to be victims.

@Strikethrough... . Emm...the world cares about Nollywood, sir. That's why it has been ranked second in the whole world in volume of production. Nollywood doesn't care if you acknowledge it or not. You should have known Igbo boys by now.

unmask: there is a thread on what it really takes to be a man....and one of the requirements is being yourself when everybody wants something else......kudos to you man.....

Exactly. Nigerians still find it difficult to look at life from that angle. The pervasive culture is one of conformity. You must conform whether you like it or not. And its stifling to so many.

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roli21: Pls al d gurus...i need toefl n gre materials..pls fwf 2 ridimic@gmail.com.....thks n God bless u

Send a blank email to selfstudy360@gmail.com and you'll receive an automatic email response containing the download links you need.

samnoah: First time on the thread. Got introduced by foohard; a great friend.I'm enjoying these coments cos they are insighting. Its great that we can have people volunteer to share this great amount of info here. Have got two admissions in US earlier for master's but never went for visa interview cos the schools didn't offer me any form of tuition reduction. Already completed a master's degree here in naija just recently and looking forward to putting in for phd in the US. Hope to get valuable supports from here.

Welcome to the House, SamNoah. Your life shall never be the same again.

hannahmoyan: PLS DOES ANYBODY KNOWS ABOUT VIU(VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY)?I need an update asap pls thanks

Please, VIU is a big no-no at the embassy. Do not apply to that school.

crespo67: Tanx somuch bro 4 ur quick reply and encouragement..was planning fall 2014,buh am not certain yet..my undergrad cgpa was a 3.46....so,i was rily hoping to use my gre scores to make up 4 dat...sent my transcript to WES earlier this year,buh my ish is paying 4 it from here..i don't knw if I cud use my gtbank master card to pay...I was also hoping to get a GA/TA...wiv doze scores,i aint sure if I wud get dat even if I got an admit...buh,i wudnt give up wiv d scores,wud contact a faculty at UH 2 see wat my stance wud be...tanx a lot bro.....

3.46 will get you somewhere around 3.20/4.0. Its still above the 3.0 bench mark for most good universities in the US. As for paying for WES using your mastercard, yes you can. Kunlebal just paid for his WES translation using his GTB ATM card on monday.

Email a faculty member at UH to see what chances you stand. Your scores and GPA could get you what you want but only if you apply to less competitive schools or less-than-average schools.

Step84:

@bigfrancis21 its been a long time, I really once again appreciate ur effort here. This decision I have to make to better our both lives and I bliv with God on our side things will work out fine IJN! Thanks a lot. I will definitely feed u back as it goes.

You're welcome bro. Keep us updated.

syahboy: Hello Nairalanders, I recently took the Gre and today I received the official Score Report Quant-165, Verbal-156 Total 321 and AWA-5.0(Not stellar but laudable).

I started practising for the test since march and to be honest the first powerprep attempt I scored a meagre 290. However, I requested for materials on this forum and some materials were sent to my mail. I found the barrons basic as it covered some aspects of the quant section but not up to actual test standard.

A friend of mine recommended the Nova Gre Bible which I found very efficient as it teaches all the tricks and formulas needed to ace the Quant section, infact with this book you can get a perfect score on the Quant.

For the verbal I learnt 299 common Gre words and also practised with the free verbal flashcards from magoosh gre, although on test day the words were actually reasonable than the ones on the practise test.

I did a lot or Reading comprehension questions on both Barrons and http://codecoax.com/grerc/ as this was an area I struggled with. For the AWA I studied essays from http://gre5dot5./ and it helped me a lot as two of the essays on my test were directly from this site. I also recommend downloading the ebook Gre-AWA model essays.

Powerprep is a must as it helps you get the test experience, also your score on the powerprep will likely be your actual score on test day plus or minus 10 points. In summary practise, practise, practise and you'll do great. Having great scores is not esoteric, just be passionate and zealous and you'll make it. On test day I sent my scores to TAMU, ASU, UIUC and UTD. Currently doing my final semester and will be applying for Spring 2015 semester(EE VLSI) plus my Toefl is on tuesday, wish me luck guys

@Bolded...

Kofsy, are you seeing what i'm saw? (in the voice of zebrudayah )

Congrats Jason! With scores like that you can get into any university in the US!!! Dayyyumm! Why don't you try U Maryland? With your titillating score, i'm quite sure that you can get in.

How was your TOEFL?

FutureDon: Congrats BigFrancis, I've benefited immensely from your posts. Keep posting them; I'll never get tired of reading I wish you good luck with your future aspirations.

Lisadem, congrats bro! Your determination has finally worked for you.

Thanks Bro.

JFdENIGMA: Please bigfrancis21, kofsy,sholay2011 et al, I am new in this house, for a start I want to register for GRE I saw in page 99 bigfrancis' info on how I can do it myself but I want know what the PREFERRED CENTER should be. I am wanting to write it in BENIN. Is there a center in BENIN. If not what are the options in Nigeria for me. Planning on writing by September.

You can write the GRE in Benin but its the paper test, not CBT. The centre is Edo House/Debyl Limited. I wrote the paper test too.

Amefrica: Bigfrancis is high on kush lol.. I was asking him on bbm yesterday, when was his interview and he said very soon..
Secrecy of the highest order! Anyways, congrats bro i'm very happy for you...
Imperiouxx, we gon' drink to stupor today n get pissed..
Once again! Congrats!

biafranqueen:

That is what I know and wrote a few weeks ago.( Love is the all and all) Your judged by those acts alone and it is tampering with my life purpose. How do you deal with family and co workers with low vibrations?
What do you think about the Universal Laws that are reality is a manifestation of our mind of course we know gravity is one but what about, the Law of Cause and Effect ( karma).
Who is your favorite author ? You have so much knowledge do you have a blog, website or are you just helping people to evolve because that is part of your purpose.

No, I don't have any favourite author. 6 years ago my inner spirit was restless and desperate to fill up my knowledge base which I had forgotten a lot while growing up (no thanks to the memory veil). I knew deep within me that what the church preached and the prevalent belief system were mostly false. My soul just knew. Hence, I sought the real truth. And I started searching for knowledge which I had forgotten. Over the years I've come across a couple of websites that carry the sincere truth of spiritual knowledge of which I've announced them previously in one of my posts. I also don't have a blog, or website but I like that idea. I've thought about publishing a book, a well-detailed book about the afterlife, life on earth, love, reincarnation, pre-destination vs freewill, human sexuality, male/female energy balancing, human auras, why certain things happen on earth, why people are born into certain circumstances, karma etc. The book is really going to be detailed.

Karma is the law of cause and effect, give and take. Its a spiritual law of justice that ensures that 'good' and 'bad' are balanced.

next excel: Bigfrances pls i will like to give u a call today,u can foward ur number to my mail @ ezeorahexcel@gmail.com

You can email me at beaudefrax@yahoo.co.uk.

Lagos appointment date available for 7 of August!

obiomachris:

how about a bible institute. what do you think about that one.is it also the same with community colleges? pls reply as soon as you can

Bible institutes are considered the same as community colleges by the VOs. To stand a better chance of getting your visa, apply to a university.

Square65:

I think you mixed up state (Illinois) and city (Chicago) . But I'm sure you didn't mean that. Keep up the good job!

Hehehe...
My bad. Corrected.

biafranqueen: Yes it was me check out this link. Your right I am a mature soul / priest
http://personalityspirituality.net/articles/the-michael-teachings/reincarnation-the-35-steps/stage-5-the-old-soul/

That's good. You're evolving. So is everybody else. You'll need to focus on your life purpose as indicated to you in your NDE to evolve further. Spiritual growth all depends on an individual. Some individuals, though a few hundreds of them, evolve so quickly in just one life time that they jump from say, young soul stage to late mature stage. Some remain on a particular stage in so many lifetimes until they get it right and move on again. This s because during each lifetime opportunity for spiritual evolution, they fail to look inwards to determine their life mission and live by it in order to achieve it. Rather they get carried away by worldly attractions, thus skipping their life mission for that life and wasting the opportunity. This they repeat in several lifetimes until they finally get it right and move on.

Never deviate from your life plan. I still remember what my life purpose is (I never forgot my pre-birth experience and life selection process) and I've been living my life ever since doing just that.

Your life mission of caring for and helping widows shouldn't be neglected. Keep doing it, and most importantly with love and compassion in your heart, not because you were ordered to do it. Each time you're helping somebody, do it because your heart was touched, you felt compassion and you WANT to do it. Not because you were ASKED to do it. The intentions of the heart matter and are what are used to differentiate true workers of good deeds and those that perform good acts for public fame, the name, to feel good, to be seen as a good person by those around them, etc. Also extend your kindness to anyone around you who is in need of help.

foohard: @bugfrancis021

Got it bro.. Will do it ASAP. Still waiting for the weather details in Chicago.

Regards.

Google it up on google. Several websites exist that describes the weather conditions of Chicago. Be sure to include the exact city in Chicago your school is in when googling as the weather of Chicago, for example, may not be the same with Urbana Champagne, though both cities are located in the state of Illinois.

Rossikk:


I'm a bit uncomfortable with that black = bad/white=good imagery you've drawn up here.

I think the appearance/form of manifestation of images we 'see' generally tend to conform to our earlier held beliefs/stereotypes regarding them.

We know that all appearance of form is illusion. The only thing that is real is Consciousness. All things we 'see' exist only in our 'heads'. Form is merely electromagnetic signals which are interpreted/decoded according to the constitution of the receiver. I can imagine certain consciousness realms in which the exact opposite would hold true, ie that what we call 'black' or 'darkness' is associated with truth while 'light' and 'white' represent falsehood.

And both realms would be right.

What I explained in details was the human aura, the different colours and their interpretations. Each of these colours exist round every human being. Every living individual has an aura which could be predominantly one colour or a combination of colours. When angels, spirit guides and unborn souls look down on a human being, they see the particular aura color of the individual very easily and this colour is what they use to determine/evaluate one's spiritual level and what extra work, if any, that needs to be done to improve. One's current spiritual level corresponds to his aura colour.

Pick up any book on auras or google 'auras' on google, thousands of websites abound that explain the human aura.

Tshift.:
Aug 22-23 available for abuja.
Am a silent follower of this thread. Pls the great gurus in the house, i just scheduled appointment for aug 23 but my school resumes Aug 15, i hope to expedite it, but i need to ask, is any thing wrong scheduling an appointment at abuja meanwhile i filled lagos on my DS160? If i have commited blunder rescue me, what do I do? Thanks.

Please, your interview location on your DS-160 must tally with the interview location on your visa page. That is what the law says. Since you booked for abuja, fill out another ds-160 form bearing Abuja as interview post, copy out the new ds application ID, go back to your visa appointment account and update the new application ID using the 'update button'.

foohard: Hello house,

To start with, I want say thank you to all and bigfrancis21 cos he has replied my e-mails to him.

Quickly, I just renewed my Int. Passport cos the date I booked for interview could not allow for 6 months validity as required by the embassy. Have filled all forms like DS-160, pay Sevis fee and Visa fee with the hold passport information. What am I suppose to do? I still have the old passport but its been canceled at the passport office. Am I suppose to change the passport details or just go with the two passport and xplan to the VO? Please help with your helpful advises.

Also, my brother Imperoux... Have read a post of you on this thread with a full description of weather condition of Mexico ... Kindly help me with such description for Chicago.

Awaiting your prompt responses... Regards.

You're welcome.

Yes, its pertinent that you update your new passport number. Very important. Visit your visa booking page, use the update button and update your new passport number. Then also fill out a new DS-160 form bearing the new passport number and submit. Copy out the code and update on the visa booking page the same time you'll be updating your new passport number.

eedrism: Amem Amen amen no denials for any of us
My fellow brodaz nd sister,I really need ur help now and I need a very good and interesting answer to this question A̶̲̥̅♍ about to ask,as I A̶̲̥̅♍ sick and tired of been in nigeria,The question is this.
I gained admission into salisbury university Maryland,USAsince octorber 16 2012 and I went to my interview here in lagos,but I was refused due to unknown reasons and I went for another interview again In january again but I was refused again,but later on I guess to know that I w refused the first and second time because I didn't have both toefl/sat but now my school official have already sent me a letter that I should print it out and take it along with me to the embassy when A̶̲̥̅♍ going for another inte stating I A̶̲̥̅♍ exempted from doing the sat exam which my skool resume jan 24th been a spring semester so I have to mail my skool and they have to move my admission to the fall semester which his august and I hew I-20 formwith me but he didn't include a new admission letter with the new I-20 he sent to me for the fal semester period and when I asked him he said I should use the same admission letter that it the new i-20 I jst need to fill again,so I just want to know if this is not going to affect me again at the embassy.

Your admission letter of last year and your new I-20 are good to go. However, going with a SAT/TOEFL waiver letter covering your not writing any standardized test will NOT suffice at the embassy. As you did not write any, you'll have to come up with a very cogent reason for not writing any test. The usual my-school-waived-it-for-me alibi will fail to work for you at the interview. Instead say that, 'my SS3 subjects in my high-school transcripts and my SSCE were evaluated and because of my excellent performance in them since SS3 subjects are the core subjects, my department waived the SAT for me'.

Finally, remember, articulate and post your two previous interview experiences for the house to review.

Karioska: @ Imperious BigFrancis GboyegaD and all the great chairman men of NL.

My friend cannot find a date to book for over a week now.

Please I will like to know what could possible go wrong for someone not to see any date to book for Lagos embassy (even though the person can see Abuja date)> Please do you guys think it is a peculiar problem or a general problem. based on your wisdoms sirs what do one do.

klplus: Hello house,
Please I have an emergency. I have been looking for visa appointment date in Lagos since 5th of July, kindly help if you find any. I need it urgently my school resumes by mid August. Thanks

Didn't an August 15 date pop up earlier today for visa interview? Why didn't you book when it was announced on the thread and people were booking? The date has passed. Who knows when next dates will become available. Maybe in the next 3 days. That is why it is advised that you keep checking back on this thread for when members post date availability. Now august 15 has passed. The next interview dates will be from august 16.