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[size=18pt]GREAT GAME BY ARGENTINA, BEST TEAM BY A MILE. THEY DOMINATED POSSESSION AND HELD ON TO THE BALL VERY WELL.[/size]

ON ANOTHER SERIOUS NOTE, AFRICAN TEAMS ARE NOT GOOD WITH SET PIECES.

[size=28pt]WHY ARE AFRICAN TEAMS NOT GOOD AT DEFENDING SET PIECES?[/size]

Fhemmmy:
Cos we never appreciate anything that is ours.
We never appreciate our own women
Never appreciates our own men
Never appreciate our own education
Never appreciate our own "anything"
That is why even some stinking indians will get into a nite clubs in Nija before a clean shaved Nija man.


Design a cloth in Ibadan and label it "Made in USA" and see how it will fly off the shelves

So wearing poor quality clothes is being patriotic abi?? Forgive me for being a "slave" to the white man for desiring better quality product. Thanks for "enlightening" us brother, and saving us free from the "shackles of mental slavery".

AngieFan:
A good friend of mine is of Igbo descent and an expert in all things hispanic/South African so much so that she is now a qualified teacher teaching Spanish in a London school which is a feat seen as she was born and brought up in London speaking English.
After Uni she lived in Columbia for a year where they tried to convince her that she was a mulatto or a quadroon because her skin tone was so pale as some Igbos are.
Terms such as 'mulatto' 'quadroon' etc are very much common there and people darker than her would use them to identify themselves rather than just pure black. These people outright refused to believe that she was of pure African descent and it was a shock to the system for them to meet my 'yellow' friend who told them straight that everybody in her family including her was pure African. It is pretty much like that across the whole South American continent and so I am not surprised that it is also like that in Brazil.

At least she didn't deny her ethnicity. By the way, do you mean Colombia, south america ro columbia, south carolina?

[size=18pt]LET'S GO BEANTOWN!!!! [/size]

MRbrownJAY:
^^^^its the same as your previous link. . . . . . . . i like the way this guy talks about looking for "gals with the right genetic cocktail of German and Italian ancestry, perhaps with some Russian or other Slavic blood thrown in"
black/brown sistas no need to apply!!!!

Yeah, that part pissed me off. Its like they treat those genes as special than others. I just can't wait for Africa to develop so that our tastes would now have a major part in the worldwide industry and not have to succumb to the drum beats of western consumers because we would have our own fashion empires with our own fly supermodels and not some skinny slavic chick. I just can't wait to see people of Genievive Nnaji's complexion on the magazine in all the newstands everywhere you go. There is a fashion website for Africanos called bhfmagazine.com

I sawyour documentary link and it pissed me off that 83% of Afro brazillians would not even admit to being called black, that was appalling. As horrible and as unjustifiable as Jim Crow and apartheid were, that exclusion from mainstream society created a siege mentality and at least fostered a black identity and even though blacks still looked down on themselves, with the help of the black power movement and people like malcolm x and Nelson, eventually blacks in the US and SA became proud and confident of themselves. In the US, black people at least have an identity and they are even proud of it, even mariah carey proudly waves her "afro" flag. In other latin american countries, halle berry and Barack obama would be called white but because of America's history of segregation, and the black power movement in the 60's and 70's blacks are proud of there identities. Brazil needs its own "i am black and i am proud" moment.

Another thing is that some of this people who called themselves white in the video would not even be mistaken for that. This brazillians remind of cubans who hate being called latino, they claim they are white, so so sad,  who are they decieving?

On a non related note, i saw femi's performance on pbs, boy was it electrifying. http://video.pbs.org/video/1511440271/

Algeria would be a surprise package.

My boldest predictions would be that Switzerland and Mexico would make huuuuuuuuuge impacts at this world cup. I also think that south africa would do fine.

Jakumo:
If it were within my power to effect one single change to the Nigerian education system, I would outlaw all forms of corporal punishment and torture in the classroom, and subsequently charge all teachers who violate that law with assault and battery, punishable by summary career terminations, fines or jail time.

Nigerian schools up to the secondary level currently operate under dark regimes of fear and rampant brutality by teachers against students, and consequently by older students against the younger and vulnerable ones. For real and imaginary infractions ranging from improper uniform appearance to littering, students ranging in age from 5 to 15 years old are beaten savagely, extensively and indiscriminately with sticks, belt buckles or electric cables, forced to stand in excruciating positions, slapped about the fragile eardrums, and generally terrorized in ways that would not be out of place in a Nazi death camp.

One can only speculate at the sheer number of debilitating injuries that occur to the eyes, craniums, wrists, spinal columns and limbs of Nigerian students as a direct result of being beaten with sticks, wire and belts by teachers. Massive too is the long-term psychological impact of being subjected to such relentless violence by teachers and seniors, under the guise of " discipline" at school. Without question, the prevalence of grisly mob lynchings throughout Nigeria shares a direct cause and effect relationship with the dangerous and oppressive atmosphere under which secondary and primary school education is imparted.

Ban the cane forever in Nigeria NOW, then fire or arrest all those sadistic child molesters who delight in beating and torturing children under the pretext of being school teachers.

Anybody else have anything sensible to say.

[quote author=Tudór link=topic=459862.msg6190198#msg6190198 date=1276192565]Look here, i repeat[b] IF HE WAS DRUNK[/b] then good riddance to useless scum.

why drive while drunk? he didnt see the truck? yea, that usually happens when you're boozed out.

even if the police check point or truck wasnt there he could have easily have hit an killed an innocent bystander as I was a victim once too.

funny how we spend time lamenting and crying for an alcoholic when there are worthy people out there deserving our sympathies.[/quote]You sir are scum.

Here are the old clips from the match
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYFl6oOad3E&feature=player_embedded

USA beat them at the 1950 World cup, it would be fun if they repeat it again

chic2pimp:
Absolutely Not. Vuvuzelas are the sound of africa.

What Africa?!?! Its not the sound of my country abeg o.

those doctors are the product of our awful educational system.

dayokanu:
Did Chinwetel even know about Fela before the auditioning?

Fela is an international icon, i would doubt that someone of Nigerian descent like that has not heard about him.

Another funny one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdliyrHp_wE&feature=player_embedded

9jafreak:
Although, in a way I would have still preferred D'banj for all that it means for Nigerian-raised Talents.

1 Love!

So you would prefer mediocre acting over quality all in the name of nationality?? Interesting, i would never ever give someone a job because he is from my tribe or from my country if he is not qualified or better if there is someone out there who is better than him, and in  this case light years better.

Boy, Nigeria DESPERATELY NEEDS TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS.

Goodness, Nigeria's health system needs overall revamping.

When Nigerian manufacturers start improving there quality then people would start using Nigerian clothes.

Why didn't they use the American guy who played Fela on Broadway? He was awesome.

Wow, its good that Nigerians start learning that acting is not all about shouting and making animated facial expressions.

The thing is sooooooooooo annoying, they are like bees or flies.

I regret that i can only speak basic yoruba, i wish i could speak ekiti . FOR ALL THOSE NAIJA PEOPLE WEY SABI SPEAK UNA DIALECT I ADMIRE UNA O.

When this old man go retire self?

I also read this one from the new york times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/world/americas/08models.html?src=me&ref=general

Anymore suggestions?

won't cost of petrol skyrocket if subsidies are removed.

I can't speak Ekiti but i can speak yoruba (basic level).