₦airaland Forum

Well I trying to make a point, that there is no standard that is universal to judge this thing.

And the more we are varied in our cult worship, the easier it is for us to avoid the prospects of genocide. remember Ojukwu and the Sardauna .

By the way y pick on only Soyinka from the list.

Do u agree with the other three then.

I am not one for cult worship so Mandela or the Emperor, I really don't give a toss.

On the other hand if I were boxed into a corner- these are my choices:

1 Ali Farka Toure

2 Fela

3 Wole Soyinka

4 Chinua Achebe

in no particular order

All hail the Emperor.

Lion of the tribe of Judah

There is something very selfindulgent about all the unite Africa proclaimers.

You can now add Gaddafi to their list.

The whole idea is as preposterous as Marcus Garvey buying rickety ships to transport african americans to africa.

As preposterous as Cotton in Harlem

Obj never laughed while carrying out his misdemeanours.

I remember on the day the Orkar men were executed. The picture of IBB with a grin on his face on that day is very indicative of evil.

I would support him if only he could box.

THe guy looks like a big piece of hard dough bread.

Heavy weight boxing sucks right now anyway.

Cricket or Baseball

I feel I am in the minority who like cricket and cant understand in the life of me y you would want to watch baseball.

For one they are more intricacies to the game of cricket either batting or bowling.

Batsmen can either play the sweep, the cover drive or down the field. they can move down the pich as well to play their shot.

In bowling, you have the inswingers and vice versa, spin and fast bowling, the dhoosra of mulitharan or the googly of shane warne.

the bating in baseball is so one dimensional its ridiculous. just power and more power.

The pitching is a bit varied, but unsurprisingly it is the fastball bowlers that dominate.

Give me cricket any day.

@Babasin

Well in the African context yes

he should be summarily shot.

Or better bring back the guillotine.

I suggest Tinubu square for the public spectacle.

What surprises me is the ineptitude of the security services.

If it was a close knit group of say ten thieves repeatedly stealing a la Anini and co. I would find it understandable that they can terrorise and difficult to catch.

But a case of fifty, thirty people suggests that they are vulnerable to infiltration.

The security services should have ears on the ground, spies that can stop this nonsense.

some legends are not worth disputing. this is definitely one of them.

Apart from his prison exploits, he did what Africans have struggled to do in the post colonial era- Give up power.

Many men can face down Obstacles, but few men can handle power.

Mandela I salute you

wanderlay luxembargo- the only blemish on his resume was his real stint. should have been given more of a chance

Pls who knows the nutty and wharfy song Give me Chance

Anyone got it?

would be greatly indebted

his lack of pace makes him in my opinion a bad fit for arsenal

My fave track of his is ''Halftime''

Greatest Rap Album Ever- Illmatic

I dare anyone to challenge

Was the secrets of the sand the one with Rachael and Racquel, one wicked one good?


Who remembers Isaura? There show the modern version on Sky now. Dont watch but brings back memories- Of how my mum made me suffer thru them.

When will you guys keep arguing about things that you cannot affect.

All this jingoism, ethnic sentiment for the sake of what.

I have long since discovered that as a Yoruba man, I am as likely to be bleeped over by a fellow Yoruba as I am an Ibo.

So if any idiot comes to me to come and serve this or that cause, or respect the sacrifices of some dead people, the minimum price for my involvement will be I billion. Then it would be worth it.

The tragic thing about Ojukwu is that his halcyon days were decades ago.

But for different circumstances, he might still be serving the country today.

A great shame.

But come to think of it 4 billion naira is not such a monumental sum.

I mean it only equates to about 20 million pounds.

oops did i say sandie richards i meant sanya richards

sandie richards was butters.

sandie richards

as long as clay players continue to play from the baseline, they wont win nothing

grass is strictly serve and volley

so much so that Sampras is considering coming back

tell me how many clay courters will beat him including Nadal

my bad

mistook the month for april

just crossing the wires

man u make 50m pound bid for ronaldinho

South African accent is ridiculous

as long as the oil lasts

Kaka is more of a threat becos he is one of the fastest players in the world.

Riquelme is beta at holding the ball, and more pleasant to watch really.