₦airaland Forum

Kur17:
You may wonder what kind of education they get esp Nigerians and TZs

They think all Kenyans look like our athletes and that everyone is a Masai, at first I thought they're just making a mockery of us, kumbe that's what their average brain contains...

They even sound more ridiculous our economy is driven only by foreigners ati India and whites..

The reason why you said this is because I said I only know the massai people? You haven't quoted Ethiopia but it looks like that.

You need to take it this way too. . .maybe you guys aren't also informing about yourself well. Kenyans in here know about TPLF because we Ethiopians talk about it here. How many times have you guys informed us about your culture. As a kenyan nation, that was also your responsibility if you want people to know about you. Am not saying you havent informed us about your country, yes you did. But you havent done enough on your culture and tradition. Just make sure you did your part

Kur17:
They're are about 1.1m in Kenya and about 1m in Tanzania,
U'll get more information about them online

Who are they? Are you talking about the massai people?

tlann:
okay and Ethiopia has one of the most violent ethnic conflicts can you explain why

It was the job of our government for 27 years. If Ethiopians come together, they will throw the government off power. . . so, they trained armies from different tribes then paid them to go and bring conflict between the tribes.

Today, every region of Ethiopia is owned by single ethnic group except Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa is the only city with no ownership of a single ethnic group.

Kur17:
Jeeez what kind of education do you people get...?, seems like an average Kenyan is one of the most informed person

When it comes to tribe or culture, I knew many things on nairaland. Many of the Kenyans here don't post pictures of their culture but their cities

TayserMahiri:
Dont take it too seriously. I actually feel like you misunderstood everything I tried to explain in my previous post. I've come to realize that there is a very big difference between how we view, express, process, and interpret each others posts here (Africans from different countries). What I tried to say is that the reason you were correcting me is because you feel I as a Kenyan can be corrected as opposed to a Nigerian whom, for whatever reason, you think cannot be corrected. I used the word 'standard' here. How I wish there was an Amharic word to express that point in my head. The only one that comes to mind is Selamawit.

Ohhhh. . . I get you now. 'Selamawit' is funny hehehehe

Then you benter take my opinion nicely, Because I've known you for a long time here. Your post shocked me so I wanted to correct you (as a friend).

Misunderstanding happens a lot

For example Nigerians and Ethiopians use the word 'fine' for different purpose. Fine means nice in Nigeria and it means healthy in Ethiopia hehehe

tlann:
now you know you should tell me about ethiopian tribes i only know of oromo somali neur amhara gabbra borana some of which we share

We have more than 80 tribes,

Major ones (in population) are

Oromo
Amhara
Tigray
Debub (southerns)
Somali
Afar
Gambler
Benishangul Gumuz

Borena people are still Oromos. Oromos have the biggest population here

tlann:
kenya has around 44 tribes not only maasai, maasai are famous bcoz of their culture

wow, now I know. I've been asking about tribes in Kenya but no one passed me the info

TayserMahiri:
I dont want to accuse you of being myopic my lady. But you should have noticed that the Nigerian guy I quoted brought this nose thing as a way to say we Kenyans are not Africans. Why wouldnt you correct the guy first? Is it because we Kenyans are held to higher standards?.

If you have to know, I have ended my conversation with that guy. You may need points to defend your self. . . but it's not this way. You can't bring up God's work to attack anyone. Why don't you defend yourself by showing that you Kenyans are better in your work not by what God has given you naturally. You may have wanted to attack Nigerians but you attacked Africans as a whole.

Why are you still talking about high standards, you are mentioning it again. No one is inferior here. Stop the low standard high standard thing. It isn't necessary. I love your self confidence and self esteem but sometimes the way you are looking at yourself if going the wrong direction.

And also you still think am coming after Kenya and supporting others. I have no issue with nationality. Why won't you come from mars? If you are saying the right thing I will support you

tlann:
injera is a luhya name luhya is a tribe in Kenya

Really? wow, thanks for the info. Never heard of the name 'luhya'. Only know the massai tribe in kenya

Lionessza6:
Hahahahaha, I just had to quote you on that. And it's so disgusting to look at.

Hehe, seriously. They bleach a lot. Their face is insanely white and their other body is insanely black. Sorry to say this but when you even look at them. . . you feel like their face don't belong to their body. It makes to different parts

Imagine how whites feel for us. If I was white, I would go like 'these people are so much trying to look like me'

Jonraid:
I know a Somali food known as Anjera and yes Injera is a player of Kenya rugby,he's either number one or two in the number of all tries scored in the rugby seven series.I'm yet to know what Injera means! But I'll find it out just for you

Thanks!

Jonraid:
Nigerians have a thing with dark skins,maybe they find it ugly. Seems everyone is either lightskin or white in Nigeria!

It's like only dark skinned people love dark skin. But the light skinned Africans find the dark ones ugly. The dark skinned like it because they have no choice but accept what they look. Some leave it as it is then some bleach, which makes them look like a Zebra.

This isn't correct, I don't have to be dark skinned to like the color. Here in Ethiopia also we have light skinned and dark skinned people. Because I am not dark, I am not going to go ahead and say 'We Ethiopians are dark skinned but i am not'.

MAJORITY AFRICANS ARE DARK SKINNED AND SO I AM. Stop being individualists.. .

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Jonraid:
Kenya Rugby

Rugbeh! Rugbeh! Rugbeh!

Picture one and two showing them lifting the president. Buhari would have died of heart attack if same was did to him!

You guys are serious in rugby lol. You guys have a player named 'injera' right? 'Injera' is our food here. . .

What do Injera mean in your country language?

rvp2018:
Precisely. African really need to confront the demons of low inferiority that makes them hate their skin, their noses, their hair, their lips and god knows what else.

Yes, there is no winning in nature. Dark skin, light skin, Brown, big lips, small lips etc. . .

only nature is perfect, it was all made for a reason. It is also beautiful. If you don't learn how beautiful and perfect it is, it is very sad. Personally, sorry to say this but I rather prefer looking like an African than white. I just love the way we naturally look.

TayserMahiri:
Btw, Nigerian noses have been the subject of study due to their immense size.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1808869415307035

Your post remind me of the fight that Kenyans and Nigerians had on Twitter, saying one is dark skinned more than the other. . . .

First, we all are Africans, being dark skinned and is our thing. Both of you are dark skinned people.

Secondly, why is it being taken as a problem having dark skin? Who said it is bad?

Here also, you are talking about nose. I see inferiority in your post. You are making Africans inferior here. And then you are talking about how you Kenyans are making Africa rise. It clashes. Before you talk about that, respect who you are and where you came from. Or else, no one will. Because you have a thin and long nose, it doesn't mean you have to go ahead and say some about others? Who even said yours is better?

I just don't know why you broght this up in here. It may be a joke but there are acceptable jokes. Tayser, what happened to you?

bantudra:
stay away from me....am not in the mood for women logic....

What logic are you talking about? Who is sticking with you in the very first place

Get well

[/b]Be proud having the bicycle you made rather than the car someone made you.[/b]Don't debate on the things you haven't acheived, but the white people did. You may have great pictures to upload here, but it still won't make sense unless you found out how it was made.

bantudra:
i dont know much about morocco.....but i know that they were once on the iberian peninsula....
this are the moors....
al andalus.....

in case you dont know,they were deported into africa proper when they were defeated after the reconquition.....

did i spell that well....??

shiieet,i realy hate english..... ......

I don't know if this is funny or sad or both. For us Africans to communicate, we use other people language. To understand eachother, we use English. Uhhhh

Jay254:
What?? Neversion had of those claims.. Does it mean the previous govt was run by same tribe?

ALMOST

kikuyu1:
We Africans had to learn new things very very quickly-blaming our leaders is like blaming the drowning tsunami victim;they're equally powerless!!

African governors are doing their job, they are swallowing money. If they weren't powerless, then how could we have a powerful leader like Abiy today. Yes, there is the western supremacy, but it won't make you powerless that much. The whites may want to weaken us, but what do you call it when our leader do More than that? C'mon

bantudra:
north africans with that nasty white skins are not real africans....we know that they are descendents of alexander and moroonic crusaders....
but we dont bother accusing them....they are africans enough now.....

North Africans are still Africans. But it bugs me that Morocco didn't want to be a member of African union for long. I think she is a member now. . .

If other North Africans are ignorant as Morocco people were, they better correct it. To North Africans - don't choose Africa because Europe rejected you. White people are going to fool you and leave you like Morocco. White people don't want any one related anyway with Africa.

Lionessza6:
It's nice to hear you guys have begun seeing changes . Let's hope the changes continue , but I wish you guys won't sell your originality for anything not even the so called democracy. You have good nation it just needs proper management and probably restructuring to let all tribes participate too. Is the new cabinet diverse interms of religion and tribes?.

I've been out there invading white lands . I've been around .

The past government had been trying so many things to break Ethiopia. They tried to break us by letting Christians and Muslims fight, by the way after Abiy came to power, the bad guys burnt 14 of our Orthodox churches and our priests themselves died in there. They wanted us to fight with our Muslim brothers but we can't betray them because we have lived with them peacefully for long and we know that it wasn't them who did it.

They have been creating lies to let different tribes fight. They even entered our Orthodox Church. They were close to segregating our church. They have been misleading us with our history. They have been hiding the truth. The people of Ethiopia has suffered through many things. Today, the cabinet consists of people from different tribes. Our prime minister and vice prime minister are from different tribes and religion. But we need a medicine that help us forget the past because still, we are suspicious on anyone's work relating him with his tribe.

TayserMahiri:
The Ethiopia of today is not the Ethiopia of yore. You have completely lost your pride and everything that defined Ethiopia. Ethiopians are among the Africans dying in the seas (the only ones from Eastern Africa alongside Somalis and Eritreans), arrested in Kenya heading to SA and other better off countries every day. If you look at your situation, you are as bad as the worst in Africa in all ways. You must do something and I hope Abiy is the answer.

Today Ethiopia isn't ancient Ethiopia. But I know one thing, and it is that I won't fall for the new Ethiopia. I will keep chasing the knowledge of my ancestors and their strength. I will educate my self my own way by digging the secret of ancient Ethiopia success. And I will always keep trying to motivate and change people around me. The presence of Abiy has somehow let Ethiopians see what type of country they are in.

TayserMahiri:
Am always right Ednited! You should know that.

Nice joke, lol

sufferNsmiling:
In 2016 nigeria was owing china more than 68 billion us dollar today I can bet you that amount is 70 billion. Look at yourself before you look at another country. Lagos income generation to the debt 900 percent

The whole Africa is in a mess, because of the decision of our government has made. It is embarrassing! Our government keep borrowing money with out permission or willingness of the people, but even 100% of the money isn't given to us but to their stomach. Then we or the next generation is obliged to pay for that. All we inherit here is a bid but nothing else.

Lionessza6:
You mentioned education and consciousness in your earlier post , but you forgot to add that there is a lot of reta'rdation in Africa. This is due to laziness to think , very few want to research and explore , most just want to get to the conclusion and then we wonder why others come to Africa to do the thinking and exploring. Same with the land issue Zim vs South Africa, slowpokes just weigh in without ever looking closely at what happened in zim and why , and also what is happening in south Africa and how ?.

By the way congrats on the 50% women representation of women in your parliament , how do you feel about this and what's your take on your new president?.

You are right, many African nations don't even want to be conscious. They only care for useless things.

When it comes to China, here is how it goes down. . . China keeps helping Africa for the loan, we keep borrowing with out limits. Because they are helping us with the money, we are required to feed their population giving them the job opportunity. If we go against them and prefer to give chance for our nations for the mega projects, they will warn us to give back the money we have borrowed (them knowing we will never acheive that). Then if we are un able to give back the money, what do we know? Our country may be sold. I don't know how true it is but I heard it from a trusted source. Today, the bid Ethiopia has exceeded that when calculated, every Ethiopian is required to pay 3000ETB or 100 USD to finish paying. Imagine! It is all interlocked, we can't run away from China. Once we got in this mess, it gets worse and worse. Why do you think we aren't colonized as ancient slaves? It is because we all are falling on the whites plan and this time it is worse. They are eating all the money, and we aren't fighting them. We are even calling them our saviour because they throw us bag of food we made ourself indirectly. Ayyyy, Africa is a mess.


About our new leader and new cabinet, I am very happy. Leaders who truly know about their country and prioritize country issue before individual need are hard to find in Africa. I hope we have him here. Our women which are appointed are found well too. More than anything, I feel really lucky to see justice in here. Highly corrupt officials are being handed, and so many good things are being seen. But still, we need to pray. There are many things to clear up here. And thanks!


Where have you been though? Been long meeting you. . .

darfay:
Kenyans are mischief makers they troll Nigeria, Tz and everyone around them on tweeter, facebook now c how they are misbehaving on Nairaland. They hate to c their neighbours move ahead. that is why they hate The Tz dude for no just reason

There is good and bad every where. My country has been disrespected by Nigerians, and I've also met Nigerians who appreciated my country again. There are disrespecting Ethiopians as there are good too. I am not trying to defend Kenyans. I don't remain silent all the time. If Kenyans go wrong, I try correcting them.

Because a Nigerian dissapointed me, am not going to laugh at any of the issue the country is suffering through. If my goal is defending, it should be all about defending. Not attack.

tlann:
kenya airways is doing fine now and they didnot sell planes they leased the planes to omani air and turkish airlines to be particular but the planes were taken back for the nairobi newyork route

Sorry, I thought they were sold.

tlann:
i think everyone in this forum is patriotic enough to put up a spirited defence for his or her country but it is not helpful anyway it gets to insults empty boasting lies it gets to a point where people laugh at other countries problem like starving people people being killed by extremism humans have awkward character i dont why people will search starving people to prove a point that is inhumane or brutality

You get me. There is a red line many of us are crossing here.

Patriotism doesn't mean defending self offending other. That is not the meaning of real patriotism. The offense occurs when you jump out of patriotism, then you are mislead

Jonraid:
How did KQ get into this? As far as aviation is concerned, KQ is making progress. It's funny considering that you followed Kenyans all the way here just to make a point. We've been here since this thing was less than 1000 pages,your useless participation won't derail us!

It has been long since I've heard from Kenya airways. The last time I heard from your airways, is when you sold aeroplanes.I heard it was due to loss. How is your airway doing now?