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were u there nayah? |
She was miss Cameroon 1990, now an OBGYN in DC married with 2kidsshe needs some vitamins or something. Too pale. |
https://cdn.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/BN-Photo-Stories_-Episode-3-34-600x400.jpg never a more real example of a strong black woman? got damn, |
that can't possibly be her hair na, look at the pic well its not her hairAre u talking about Ms.Cameroon is wearing weave in the original pic in the OP? To answer the other question yes the one with blonde hair and red lipstick. |
Africans make up a small percentage of the population, and those bleaching creams have long been in the beauty supply stores before there was even a sizable African population, who were they selling it to then?Its not acceptable. On the whole we dont do it, it's not a fad, and we dont call it "beauty creme". We dont write songs about it, nor do we have movies where it happens. In my area there are africans everywhere so i cant answer ur question. All I can say is that I went to a school and nobody did it. Like i said, the korean woman in the store said it was for african women. |
And I gave you sources that show its a problem in the AA and you still deny, dude GFOH with that bs GrinI didnt say its not a problem, I said its not ACCEPTABLE and its not as widespread as it is in west africa. |
not true, if it was she'd be the oldest woman alive in the world. |
the first one. |
Crayola think what u want. Many men refer to the women of their race as exotic, if u dont like it, kick rocks. Anyway, Tyra's show was extremely biased because it acted like bleaching was an epidemic in the AA community, when its a much more serious problem in the Indian/Asian community. |
This practice is becoming widespread with too many bad women with large doses of 'inferiority complex' turning out as mothers and house wives to careless nigerian men.dont let crayola here u talking like that. |
mmm, im not feelin that pale lady on the left. |
How am I hating everything you say? Huh cool ya temper.No i dont. It was an exclamation of joy you sobbing susan. |
Nothing wrong with being "so black".I didnt say there was. Apparently you think there is. Either that or you just follow me from thread to thread, hating on everything I say. Why can I not say they are "so black" and be happy about it? Why does it have to be negative? |
Harems Shocked being a fetish is not the highlight of most people's lives ShockedIf you say so, ancient historians gloated about the women in harems and their ethnicities. Black women are exotic. Sorry, I disagree with you. Many AA's think black women are exotic, sry. |
Dude that is such a lie bleaching is a problem in the African American community, which is why every Korean Hair supply store in black neighborhoods is filled to the brim with skin bleaching creams, or only saving grace is that unlike in developing nations the main ingredient in Skin lightening creams, hydroquinone cream, is limited to 2% which is not as harmful or as noticeable Shocked Dude come off that mess bleaching is a problem among all people of African descent UndecidedDude I have gone to schools that are 98% black and I can promise you that no one bleached. Bleaching for african americans is generally limited to acne scars. The AA experience revolves around the idea that black is beautiful, black power, and complaining about the white man. Most people bleaching are from the Carribean, Africa, India, or Southeast Asia. I didnt even know bleaching existed until I walked in an African store. In school we are taught that ended in the 1920s |
they are so black! |
I live in the US, in a city with a huge Ethiopian population. You're most definitely wrong . . .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." |
What's wrong with being "black"?Did u read the quote or did u just let ur inferiority complex take over? |
https://images.lightstalkers.org/images/924101/Jarawa_14_large.jpg they are so black! Omg, and their teeth, he must have photoshopped them all. Skin and teeth are flawless, he made them blacker to make the pictures prettier. |
So you have not seen the beauty of South Eastern/South Western/Northern/Delta/etc Nigerian women threads at all? Huh Why should they think they are exotic? Okay and a majority of West Africans do like their features while unfortunately there are some that don't same in many places Undecidedbecause they are? Do you not know that the beauty of west african women was highly sought after in the medieval times? There were several places in Spain and Rome where black women were thought to be so noble. Despite their claims of superiority, the Arabs chose to stock their harems with black women. It is known that west african women are beautiful, the portuguese and spanish even during slavery with their great hate of all things african were forced to admit the exceptional beauty of certain african nations as a whole. |
Exotik i am not responded to you anymore. Are u the same weave wearing fool from the other thread who thinks all men dont liek nappy hair? Go take ur non self esteem having self to another thread. All Africans look exotic. I am not saying anything else to you because you are ignorant. |
Um thanks I have already but apparently you've only study bits and pieces. Do you know about the Tuklor Empire? Amadou Bamba? Or is Colonialism the end all be all?Im sry im watching this beautiful carribean woman cook on chopped right now. Yes I do know about the tuccoloeur empire. They speak a variant of pulaar, which is distinct from the pular spoken in Futa Djallon. Kaa haal pulaar? I also know about the Serer(the indigenous senegalese) people and their kingdoms and religion, and I know about the wolof and the fact that they are an ethnogenerated group of people from the fallen Malian empires mixing with the Serer and other peoples. I know quite a bit, the first president of senegal was a Serer, which is odd because he was also an asimileé and most Serers reject french culture. I know about Sokoto, Benin, Nok, Yoruba confederacy. I know about the Zenaga who formed the first great Berber empire, and the Shuwa and Bagharra Arabs who combined with the Sao people to form Kanem and Bornu. I know about King Afonso and the Portuguese and Queen Nzinga of Angola. You may not believe it but I know much more about West African and Central African history than I do about East African, although I am aware of the Italian-Ethio wars, the Eritrean betrayal, Tipu Tip, and the Mau Mau rebellions. West Africa is the home of the most legendary African empires, they built the largest and most massive civilizations(outside of egypt/sudan), only to neglect them in recent history and have the ruins destroyed. Its annoying that most of the west africans i meet on the street dont know about the various nations that existed before colonialism. |
- even though ethiopian and east african women straighten their hair, you only have problem with nigerian and west/ african women who do.Most of them dont, that was my point. - even though ethiopian and east africans bleach their skin, you pardon them and your gripe is with nigerians and west/central african womenI have never seen a bleached east african woman. I said I have heard they do it in their own countries, but i am only talking about what i see in my country. I also said I have never seen Nigerian woman who bleach although many other West African countries do. - even though nigerians have been able to preserve 250 native languages even after going thru "european colonialisms" while ethiopians speak english even though they did not go thru colonialism, yet your issue is with nigerians for speaking english.Ethiopians did go through colonialism actually, for a brief period in the 1930's they were under Italian occupation although it was not recognized by the world. I didnt say Nigerians didnt have languages or werent able to preserve them, I said that I have read articles indicating African language departments are disappearing in Africa. Then I stated anecdotal evidence that some Nigerians are opting to speak English instead of their languages, and that many do not teach their children the language. That much can be confirmed by diaspora Nigerians in these forums. - and oh, even though u believe u are from mali/senegambia, u are repping "BlackLibya" when the "black" people in libya do not identify as black. no wonder u are lost.Im not repping it, im merely bringing attention to it by that being my name. Blacks in Libya do consider themselves black, or apparently you havent heard them speaking in the news reports? If you watch CNN, BBC, etc then I understand why as their genocide was not even covered. - and oh, even though u believe u are from mali/senegambia, u are repping "BlackLibya" when the "black" people in libya do not identify as black. no wonder u are lost.I dont believe I am from anywhere except somewhere in Africa. I said maybe ur attempts to pick me apart fail. and whot was the purpose of the whole thread? an east african to come tell us we should be proud of our features and not to think east africans are more beautiful? as if we needed someone to come tell us dat. i know u will have something dumb to say as a response and it is always amusing to read. oya carry go.So then why do so many west africans complain about how pretty east africans think they are, instead of just worrying about themselves? As much as you say that I am "obsessed" with east african women, you fail to realize that my biggest gripe is that West African women dont think they are the prettiest women. I have not met a single one that thinks they look exotic, however they all think ethiopians look exotic. Every African woman should take pride in her own features because she is beautiful. I keep saying this but you guys keep ignoring it? |
Um no they don't either, I honestly don't think you get out much, and the few times you do you extrapolate to make a judgement. 5 people do not speak for 160 million + Nigerians just like me speaking on behalf of Black Americans would just be one opinion of 54 million people.Lol did I say it was a land of milk and honey, or did i say east africans tend to have more pride? Did I say that no west Africans I met had pride? I dont think i said that. If that's what you thought then maybe that's what you feel, i said on average one is more than the other. I have never met an Ethiopian who told me the white man brought them civilization. If the majority of Africans are proud of their cultures, then they should be building language schools in the united states like other cultures already do. It is not just the largest oil spill, it is a disaster that has destroyed the way of life of Delta people. Ethiopia has its own problems, I am not Ethiopian but people tend to ask me if I am. Same thing with Nigeria. I know about Senegal because the information is available for everyone to read on the internet. You read about the literacy rates and the use of French in govt. Read about the history of Senegal and Senegal during the colonial era. A Senegalese was the first African to be the head of a French department of govt, you think he got there by being the most African of all Africans? |
Does that family consist of these people too. I am just wondering?Lol, they are so beautiful. Can someone tell me why there are only 350 of them left? I heard there used to be thousands upon thousands. Pretty skirts, nice butts, I saw a picture where they have red hair. Pretty cool. Black is beautiful, but they not africans. |
And so what, they told you the spoke English, which I honestly believe is a blatant lie on your part. I've met Africans of various backgrounds and never have they asked me could I speak X language, nor did they hesitate to state where they are from or what language they spoke, many of them West Africans, most immigrants don't like being treated as some exotic thing.Thats funny because Europeans will sit there and teach you their whole dictionary if you ask them, I dont care if they come from Malta. Americans love being exotic when they go abroad, or maybe u dont notice them taking advantage of it? Why would I lie about something stupid? I dont get anything out of it. Dude you just said all East Africans teach their kids their languages and when proven that is not entirely true you then change your line of attack, man you are so phony GrinChange what? Every east african i have met in the states can speak their own language. I said there are situations in countries where kids cannot speak any language fluently, meaning they speak multiple languages to a degree but their parents might think they bastardize the languages. Dude I know you'd like to think West Africa is some how, the mess up of Africa but please go sit somewhere, rent-a-African ideas because I know this guy philosophy. All African nations have their problems, some more than others. But to say that a Nigerian is less proud than an Ethiopian or Kenyan is complete bull.It is the mess up of Africa, along with central africa. It went from being one of the greatest places in the world to being a cesspit filled with people who think being french and british is the way to be. You know what tho, this reminds me, one thing i hate about east african countries are those stupid costumes they wear during the swearing in of their officials. Kudos to nigeria for not doing that. Dude so you've never been to Africa yet you talk as though you are an expert? Wow. I'm not even angry I just find your "experiences" quite funny that you met x so now you can discuss x not that I've seen and experienced x Grin Its like me talking in depth about computers because I own one and once talked with a guy from IBM, at best I can give you basic information but nothing beyond that. Second point, Ethiopians didn't even experience colonialism nor do they have a large group of light skin folk in their country picking on them and still they have the same hang ups so what is your point? Whether they do it here or abroad, they still do it. You are willing to make a sliding scale for what you deem "worthy" it seems.Im just going to say that my area has if not the 1st then definitely the 2nd highest population of africans in this country. So, with that being said, I think my experiences run into the hundreds and not just the few. Plus that is not what you said the first time around, you said Eastern Languages. Stop trying to shift points, that is what you said, you only corrected it when I pointed it out.I did not correct I clarified. I will take the blame for that, it is my responsibility to communicate the idea correctly the first time. Despite French being Senegal's official language Wolof is the language of choice, songs are made in Wolof. An award winning singer from Senegal sang in Wolof. So tell me what is insecure about them? And yes documents are in French, most people understand both but prefer Wolof for day to day business, it suits them, why do you care?What difference does it make? The government is filled with assimileés and that is the direction they try to pull the country. Thank God for poor literacy in Senegal or it would have turned to Ivory Coast. I do not have a sketchy rendition of African history. As Cap28, a fellow nigerian, will tell you, the reason african countries are so bleeped up is because the people put in charge of them to begin with were loyal to the colonizers and not the people. Anyone straying is killed. As far as nigeria, it is possibly the most corrupt in the world, has the worlds largest natural disaster, high STD rates, Lagos is ranked the worst place in the world to live. Most of the roads are cracked and crumbling, and citizens vote based on who gives out a bag of rice. I am probably from West Africa, I wish it would live up to what I read about in the history books, but then again, part of that history is why im here in the first place. Maybe my fam is from Mali/Senegambia lol. |
Speaking at least for Kenya, there are many young Kenyans who don't speak their native language well, or even KiSwahili all that well, many young people speak what's known as "Sheng" (slang). Abeg, no mind am. He's a lost cause trying to teach us his the way the truth and the light . . . mek hin enter Nigeria wit him sabi sabi self he go receive correct konk . . .let him discover the true meaning of Africa that day. Undersabi.I know what sheng is. It is mostly spoken in Nairobi. I am aware of situations in some African countries where young people cannot speak any language fluently, although they are able to communicate to each other. Also, I see u missed it when I said, If Ethiopians bleach in Ethiopia(and I have heard they do) I dont care, because in my country they dont bleach nor sell the cremes.But of course you wouldnt see statements like that, because all you saw was Ethiopia and you ran away with it. Funny thing is that I have met many a Nigerian that tells me that they speak English and that is the end all and be all of the conversation. Assuming they speak anything like Hausa, Igbo, or Yoruba is an insult even when they are clearly Nigerians carrying Nigerian passports. To the contrary, whenever I meet a Kenyan or Ethiopian they ask me if I speak Swahili or Amharic. Emo u can argue amongst yourself, if you cannot even admit there is a problem with people Nigerians wanting an all english nigeria then you are being willfully ignorant. To be honest, I have not seen Nigerians with bleaching problems, but I see it in West Africa in general, so if you cant see that either, so be that as well. |
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https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-803442.0.html As much as you and crayola try to claim different, this young lady hits on exactly what im talking about here when it comes to west africans. https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-803442.0.html East Africans(the whole of east Africa) that I have met are all taught their native languages. It is an embarassment if they are approached and cannot speak it in my country. |
Hmmm hopefully you dont mean this? [img]http://1.bp..com/_JF8UtJK3aog/SUxk9X2FD6I/AAAAAAAAI_Q/WMbfLL0n-uE/s1600/1.jpg[/img] Which the Nigerian artist who created the image himself says that many Africans now claim this as traditional clothing but it is actually from Indonesia and came over during colonization. There you go again with your pathetic patronizing and your "I have" experiences that translates to the undeniable truth for you. I don't like going round in circles so I'm going to say this once more, if you choose not to listen yet again then that problem lays with you.You come into this thread simply because you prefer to disagree with everything I say rather than admit there is definitely some truth in the things I say. While DaRapture made a completely disparaging statement towards Africans, you choose to attack me and my statements. So the fact that they discriminate is still not a problem its the creme that matters ? Wow Undecided Because one is more wrong than the other lol.I think one thing you fail to notice about me is that im not in Africa? To me yes one is worst than the other, but more importantly, most West Africans do not have a large number of light skinned people in their country running around discriminating against them and calling them monkeys and slaves, YET they still bleach. These people who do, I do not see bleaching. The opinions I express will be based on what I see and hear from africans in the diaspora. That is all I can go off of since I have never been in an African country! It would seem to me your anger should be with your compatriots for how they represent you abroad, and not with foreigners who learn about your cultures through them. If Ethiopians bleach in Ethiopia(and I have heard they do) I dont care, because in my country they dont bleach nor sell the cremes. Nor is it Ethiopialand either yet you can't help to mention Ethiopia over and over again as though its the Gold Standard for whatever you are rambling on about.I am pretty sure this topic got on Ethiopia because someone claimed that AA men are obsessed over Ethiopian women. Which derailed the entire thread. As I always say and will continue to say, I think all African women are beautiful however certain types on here only get mad when one says Ethiopians are beautiful, as if they should not too be included. I made a statement about east African languages and Ethiopia and how eastern languages in Ethiopia are in danger because of Amharic. I do not understand why that deserves an education lesson on Swahili, I already know about Swahili. As far as languages in West Africa go, if one wants to truly break the colonial yoke, one has to make ones languages the official language. It says nothing to a student in school when they look up Nigeria and see English as the official language. They will not know Hausa and Igbo and all these other languages exist in Nigeria just by looking at the official language. Official languages mean alot, that is why the Phillipines does not have Spanish as an official language because they hate the Spanish colonizers. It is the reason why people want English as the official language of the U.S, and the same reason why others dont. BTW, you cannot assume that information I did not state, is information I do not know. I am aware that in Senegal no more than maybe 20-35% of the population speak French, however, as French is the official language, almost all govt documents in the country are in French, meaning that govt services are not readily accessible to most. Majority of North Africa is not Arab, although many may identify as such. The native languages in North Africa are Berber languages and the languages of some other groups in the region, Arab is the colonizers language. Only Morocco recognizes Amazigh. As far as Congo, I dont CARE that most of the songs are in Lingala. Again, do you think I have not listened to their music and I am just making comments out of my ass? How would I have known that they use mainly light skinned or bleached women in the vids, almost all with perms or weave? The point is french is the official language and lingala is not. |