₦airaland Forum

Nice job PDP!

Nice job President Jonathan.

Rise o mighty Igbo people. If these figures are true, we must get better representation. Or are these Igbos just worried about business?

In all honesty, I hear that Urhobo women can dance very well.

Calm down people, I am sure many of you AA are not used to debating Africans. Most Africans, especially Nigerians do not mean any harm when we are debating. We just tell it, like we see it. However, there is no ill will that Nigerians have towards AA.

Especially, we Igbos see many of you AAs as our long lost kin. So do not take it the wrong way when we Africans talk about our PERCEPTIONS of African Americans.

Some of the Africans you are arguing with do not even live in the United States, they live in England or back home in Nigeria. Speaking for myself, I live in Washington DC, which is also known as a Chocolate city for many reason.

FYI if you look throughout Nairaland, AA are not even on the radar, tribalism is rife in Nigeria. The main groups fight amongst themselves, while the smaller groups, in which most of you have not heard of suffer.

Since you traced your ancestry to the Ndi Igbo, then I shall give you a pass. However, we Igbos have no look. Here are some famous Igbos that you may have heard of.

Chinua Achebe
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Osi Umenyiora
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Nnamdi Asomugha
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Igbos are safe in Kano, in the Hausa heartland, and many Northern state. . After the damage we dealt those people after the last riots, they know to not mess with the Igbos. They came with machetes, and we came out with AK-47s. Praise the brave Igbo man who gave his people weapons to defend himself. Too bad he was later found dead.

25 years? China could do it in 4 years with time to spare.

Obasi forbid that ACN wins any office in Awka Ibom state.

Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan will be our president and there is nothing they can do about it.

baby.me:
May Okija juju strike you deaf and dumb

Sanga sung Mfonobong. Abasi odung ette ye eka mfo esit

Nsido mfinna mfo?

Ron Oneal:
No, I never said Africans or African Americans should look up to anyone, but no, YOU are not our Alpha and Omega, in fact the same people we descend from are also the same people that sold us to the white man in the first place, thats why AAs shouldn't have to look up to Africans. After being sold to the white man and being enslaved, we have overcame, multiplied and became some of the most influential people in the world, thats not me bragging just thats the truth, be a hater if you like. To me, Africans and AAs are no better than each other, so you can kiss my backside with your silly statement about us looking up to you, who the bleep are you anyways? lol.

Who are your progenitor? You all did not come from out of a vacuum. Your ancestors roamed with my ancestors on the continent of Africa. So in a way, we are indeed your Alpha, because we are the source of your culture. Do not ever forget that. A person who is not culturally grounded is someone who can be easily blown away.

And I knew you would bring up the issue of slavery. Slavery is such a complex issue, maybe you should take a look at this section and learn about the intricacies of slavery. Yes, some Africans groups sold slaves to the white man. I will not deny that, in fact, my ancestors built up a commercial empire doing that. However, you should read about the African groups that resisted slavery, because there were many as well. And many slaves were captured along the coast, by European slavers. So yes, some Africans worked with the white, some actively resisted the white man and others tried to run away from them in order to keep their people from being enslaved.

Did you have the audacity to say the most influential people? You AA are known for your bravado, but the fact remains that you all are still considered 2nd class citizens within a nation that you built. To the fact that many Caribbeans and Africans try to distance themselves from the wider AA populace.

Ron Oneal:
We know our roots, thus thats why we call ourselves African Americans, we may not know the exact ethnic group we descend but we know the continent they came from. Actually knowledge of the specific groups we come from was taken away and stolen from us at no fault of our own. Also, ethnicity in Africa itself is fluid, a person who is Igbo, Yoruba, Swahili or Sudanese Arab today may have ancestors who may not have identified as such hundreds of years ago.

Many of you do not even know your roots. A case in point that many want to distance yourselves from being called African American and instead like the name "Black American." You may know your roots, but ask the average black person on the streets of America and they will say "I am not an African, do I look like I live in a hut?" Or they may say, "do you think I live in trees?" I have no problems with AAs who are culturally grounded.

And the Africans who claim the are descendants of Mohammed, that is more for religious reasons than racial reasons. In Islamic culture, people who are descendants of Mohammed are given a certain level of respect, because their ancestor is the one who founded the faith. You will descendants of Mohammed in Africa, the Middle East and Asia so it is not an African thing.

Do not talk to a Nigerian about Brazil. Many Nigerians are descendants of returned slaves from Brazil. If you go to the Brazilian state of Bahia, you will find many who still speak their indigenous language or a dialect of their language. And don't give me that nonsense about the Caribbean and Brazilian slaves who kept their culture. There was even a group in North America, I think they are known as the Gullah people who were able to keep many aspects of their culture. What I want to know is why didn't many of you did not keep your culture and instead embrace the white man's culture and religion.

PhysicsMHD:
You complained about condescending statements, then you went and made a condescending statement. ("They should be looking up to us, because we are there cultural forbears. We are their Alpha and their Omega." 

Out of all the Nairaland posters, I loathe [/b]and [b]admire [/b]you at the same. I know your type very well, in which I see your kind daily at my university. The ones who think they know everything about the world. However, let me tell you this, as much as you think of your intelligence, there will always be those who have sharper minds. Anyway, I still have forgiven you for "outing" my name of [b]Akhenaten [/b]and [b]Rousseau.

Alj Uche:
very correct!

Then following this logic. the Yoruba are indeed the ones who are not politically united and do not speak with one voice.

If Nairaland is anything like Nigeria, I think the Yoruba vote shall be split three ways.

Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP)

We have forsaken our cultural institutions! My ancestors would be ashamed of all the abominations that occur in Igboland daily.

Nigeria has not been good to the various Igbo clans.

Frankly, Nigeria has not been good to anyone.

Some of these AA posters act like we owe them something. We do not owe them anything. Using terms like "look up to them." What kind of condescending statements are this? They should be looking up to us, because we are there cultural forbears. We are their Alpha and their Omega.

When will they realize that they need to go to the source and that is Africa?

They have forsaken their African roots, and would rather be considered a Native America such as the Iroquois or their favorite, Cherokee indian. 

Even if they have remotely Native American blood, but most do not have any. Caribbeans and Brazilians understand that their roots are in Africa. Only a few AA or should say I Black Americans have realized this.

There is always trouble in the SW and then it spreads.  

That sample size seems good enough.

Thirst4Lif:
Africans SHOULD be extremely proud of African Americans. A.A's and the struggles they endured and surpassed are the reasons Africans can come

to the U.S. in the first place! If African Americans had not fought, resisted, had dogs and hoses turned on them and in many cases DIED how

welcome do Africans think they'd be in the United States. Africans would have been grouped with American Blacks and made to sit at the back of

the bus, not be allowed in most restaurants, CERTAINLY Africans would not have been privvy to the U.S.'s educational system etc. African

Americans made ALL of that possible for Africans. So why not say 'Thank You' and come to the realization that had it not been for African

American's there would be no YOU in this country!

Kua aka gị. 

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NO!!!

Why did ACN bring this nonsense into my mother's hometown!

The Western Igbos used to worship snakes such as these.

Lagos is an ACN stronghold. PDP should worry about other states than Lagos. Focus on Port Harcourt and, Enugu, Warri and Abuja.

^^^

Race is a social construct. . .

efisher:
^This is your punishment for insulting us great Nigerians 

Can't you tell by my name that I am "Nigerian" too, or Igbos are still not considered Nigerians?

bk.babe97y:
. . . . . .  Once the "cleansing" starts, u know scum like u will be flushed down the drain, right?

And how am I scum? I am not a son of a politician or any corrupt official. My father made his money the honest way. You better aim that talk somewhere else buffoon.