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joke of d century.

ask my ex u comedian

you be naija girl na?

lol. Yea I have given it some thought because I was natural before and my black guy friends will always make comments like "when are you going to change your hair back to the way it was" or they will say "your hair look better long." These are the same guys that will condemn weave up and down!!

is that why u have a white woman for ur avatar? Did they criticize ur brown skin too?

Ur friends are ignorant, what part of the states u in? If u was my girl i would never prefer "long hair". Those men are weak.

Lol so out of the hundreds of languages in naija, there is no area where bantu and atlantic languages occur next to each other?

Does anyone know of any Bantu languages in Nigeria? If so, and are you fluent in Bantu and Atlantic-Congo languages, could you please tell me which one is easier to learn?

Has anyone noticed the plethora of mostly French and British but also American citizens fighting in Libya? If you have been reading the articles, you probably noticed quite a few people who were originally from France or Britain being interviewed.

Here we have a video:

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I dont understand why its wrong for Taureg people, who dont really have a country to fight for Ghaddafi, or even for a few South Africans to purportedly be in Saif's personal security detail, but yet its wonderful when Western citizens go and join the war for the rebels?

adam and eve did not exist. we are descendants of the ape-men.

you believe that? Is that compatible with ur religion?

I dont know if i really believe that.

Why did their ancestors do it in the first place? Did the Creator of heaven and earth give the order, or did some men start it?

U realize the jews recorded their traditions in the various books that make up the bible? The only difference is that they wrote theirs in a book.

I'm not upset I just deem it wrong, I'm not a fan of generalizations. . . .oh by the way my interest was piqued when you mentioned "Afrihili" - I've never heard of such language. . .can you post any more information or links concerning this lingo?

Just wikipedia. It seems all other information is contained in the book the creator wrote.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrihili

It should be somewhat intelligible or easy to learn for you. It's foreign to me. However, I can read Interlingua, which is like Afrihili but Euro-based.

@ BlackLibya I was not offended because I "recognized some truth" in your erroneous remarks. I did take offence and continue to do so by your patronizing tone which you use to constantly tell Nigerians about ourselves even when actual Nigerians who are in a better position to educate you about Nigeria/Nigerians correct you. Why do you think your words about Nigeria holds more weight than Nigerians? If a Nigerian tells you, you are wrong . . .why must you continue to persist? it doesn't make sense at all.

You are AA (I believe, correct me if I'm wrong), if I was to start feeding you misinformation about your people surely you will be annoyed.

*sigh* . . .I think you are very naive, BlackLibya. If you understood anything about Nigeria, her potential, her role in West Africa then you would truly understand why Ghadaffi made such remarks. Is Nigeria the only country in Africa that was forced to become a federation by Britain? Why did he not campaign for those other nations also? The same man asking for an "Africa union" yet contradicts himself by asking Nigeria to dissolve. Such outcome will undoubtedly affect the continent. But why would he have cared as long as he had diluted Nigeria's influence in West Africa and in extension Africa and would have become "King of Kings of Africa" - his remarks never came from the good of his heart or concern.

Emo, you cannot be upset with someone for using the things they see in media and projecting it onto a people. Whether we like it or not, it either represents a strong majority, or will come to influence a strong majority. I will use my own people as an example, look at Tyler Perry and his movies. He most often casts light skinned characters in the "hearthrob" or "bombshell" roles, and while I there may be a little bit of leeway in terms of a brown or dark skinned hearthrob, with women, you will consistently see them being light. Almost all the women in his movies have perms. I may not like the behavior or the portrayal but it speaks to alot of my people. There are a number of us who hate his movies, but the majority enjoy seeing themselves stereotyped in film. I'd have to admit that the biases shown in the movie, are biases we face in real life on the ground.

My people are portrayed in media as violent, thuggish, Hot, and money hungry. While many find it offensive, a large number of people identify with it. It's embarassing, but I cant blame you if you looked at my people that way, because that is what we put out. There are many African Americans who will say that is wrong, does that give them more weight?

I really do not see Nigeria as an independent actor on the African stage. I will sum it all up by saying Nigeria voted in the UN to give power over an African matter to the Arab League. By doing that, it allowed the west to continue to paint the African Union and Africa as a joke. On top of that, Nigeria recognizes a puppet govt, and then doesnt even attach conditions to it. The NTC castigated Africans for not recognizing them, meanwhile pleading to Arab countries to recognize their legitimacy. Nigeria should have stood up, but it bowed its head.

There are benefits to speaking english, but i would love to see kids one day in America have a passion for learning Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Swahili, Amharic, Luganda, or Zulu the same way they fawn over Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, and Cantonese.

Are you sure they are not doctrines of men that were portrayed as sacred tradition? Can they point to their origins?

Their ancestors did it and so they do too, that makes it sacred to them. Can you point to the origins of your christianity?

Speaking English does not mean we have chosen to discard our culture *sigh*
Nigerians are multilingual people, we are able to speak English as well as our various languages. We speak English because it is neutral and a global lingua franca, as well at it being employed as a means to communicate with our compatriots it also enables us to communicate with outsiders. . . how else would you have been able to preach your fallacy to us if we didn't comprehend English? via Yoruba?
Please do not insult us by generalizing us because it would be unfair of me to generalize your entire people and call them all ignorant due to the senseless jargon you have sprouted.

Emo, I think that the reason these statements offend you is because you have recognized some truth in them or felt the same way at times throughout your life. As a person proud African, you probably are angered that such things even occur. Addressing Ghaddafi, he supported the balkanization of Nigeria because that he knows that the federalization of Nigeria was achieved because Britain wanted a federated Nigeria. As far as a calabash, yes it is a gourd used as a container, usually for water. I meant Calabar, the names are similiar and yes they did sign themselves over to the british. In fact, it is probably the Calabar who started the dress you speak of as "delta" because they were the first people in the air to adopt western clothes. European explorers, administrators, and military leaders in Africa often dressed in this manner.

It is not just Oluchi's statement, when I watch Nigerian movies, I never see actresses with their natural hair. When you see Miss Nigeria, her hair is not natural. Emo I will tell you that black people as a whole are not a proud people, we are awakening, but we are not there yet. I am on a forum about nigeria, so I will speak about Nigerians and not AA's or every other African country.

One reason can assume other languages are not taught in Nigeria's schools is because English is the official language. In most countries where a foreign language is the official one it takes over everything. Southern and Eastern languages are under threat also. Southern languages are under threat from English also, Eastern languages are under threat from English and Amharic, of which Amharic is a better alternative than English. About being able to communicate, there is already an auxillary language called Afrihili, which was designed to facilitate communication between Africans across Africa. It is native to Africa as opposed to using European auxillaries which allow European cultural imperialism to creep over.

They teach Yoruba and Igbo in Brazil also, that doesnt mean they are teaching it in Nigeria. If Nigerian public schools are teaching and making Nigerian languages compulsory then I commend them. Look, I'm not Nigerian you're right Emo but we dont need to be enemies. As an ambassador of Nigeria, you should be trying to inform me of the virtues of your country.

BTW, my name is Black Libya just as a way to bring awareness of something that people seem to think doesnt exist.