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Morgen Chef. Sprechen sie Deutsch?

dmcdad:
Guten Morgen

Price?

Prices and location.

dearygally:
Cheap used office tables for clearance sales..
Can be used as reading table too.

15k. i am interested.

creolehunt:
Blackberry Passport for sale.

Phone is in perfect condition.

Location: Ugbowo-Benin City
Price: 17,500.

Quote me or send a pm let's talk

Nice. What about only the heat transfer machine. What is the cost?

chyinksystem:
This heat press machine is widely used in transferring r photos, words on cotton, fiber, metal, ceramic, glass on. T-shirts, bags, pants and others .

THE four color epson sublimation printer with ciss ( continuous ink supply system) will enable u print out vivid and clear color of your design to transfer . It will also make your printing last longer without peeling.

Sublimation paper ; It is a specific transfer paper Which can print images with mirror reversal through THE SUBLIMATION PRINTER .

THE PACKAGE PRICE IS 160,000 -- WHICH INCLUDES -SUBLIMATION PRINTER , 15 X15 T-SHIRT HEAT PRESS MACHINE , PACK OF SUBLIMATION PAPER OF 100 SHEETS .

For more information call Chinyere ON 07063636774 , at Inksystem Nigeria Ltd at no 12,Simbiat Abiola way Ikeja on
Delivery service is also available for customer outside Lagos.

Please how much is the new Silhouette Cameo 3

radesunbo:
We have in stock Old and new silhouette cameo 3

Can be used for all craft cutting of paper, vinyl, fabric and tshirt making

we have used and new cameo and also the latest cameo 3

We also stock accessories like replacement blade, cutting strip and weeding hook

contact Collegewear on 08054815413 @collegewear89 on Facebook, Instagram, twitter for any more info

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Good morning my people. I am a researcher currently investigating micro hydro power systems in Nigeria. I have information on a particular one in Ovia South West Local Government in Edo State, and I want to visit the place.
So I need a local person on ground that will make my visit and movement easier.
I will prefer final year civil and electrical engineering student in Edo.
Will be nice also if there is a cheap place to stay. I hope to spend 2 days.
Students will be compensated with feeding allowance twice daily.
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The guy dey fight for money. its about the money

Rubyventures:
I like Bron but I think he is fighting for the wrong team.

19. Joshua Vs Eric Molina 10/12/2016 TKO round 3
18. Joshua Vs Dominic Breazeale 25/06/2016 TKO round 7
17. Joshua Vs Charles Martin 09/04/2016 K.O round 2
16. Joshua Vs Dillian Whyte 12/12/2015 T.K.O round 7
15. Joshua Vs Gary Cornish 12/09/2015 T.K.O round 1
14. Joshua Vs Kevin Johnson 30/05/2015 T.K.O. round 2
13. Joshua Vs Rafael Zumbano Love 09/05/2015 K.O round 2
12. Joshua Vs Jason Gavern 04/04/2015 K.O round 3
11. Joshua Vs Michael Sprott 22/11/2014 K.O round 1
10. Joshua Vs Dennis Bakhtov 11/10/2014 T.K.O round 2
09. Joshua Vs Konstantin Airich 13/09/2014 T.k.O Round 3
08. Joshua Vs Matt Skelton 12/07/2014 T.K.O round 2
07. Joshua Vs Matt legg 31/05/2014 K.O round 1
06. Joshua Vs Hector Avila 01/03/2014 K.O. round 1
05. Joshua Vs Dorian Darch 01/02/2014 T.K.O round 2
04. Joshua Vs Hrvoje Kisicek 04/11/2013 T.K.O round 2
03. Joshua Vs Paul Butlin 26/10/2013 T.K.O round 2
02. Joshua Vs Emanuele Leo 05/10/2013 05/10/2013 K.O round 1
01. Joshua Vs Vladmir Klitschko 29/04/2017??

Anthony Joshua is set to Add WBA boxing belt to his IBF belt tonight at Wembley. He will face the Beat from the East: Wladmir Klitschko, in a fight tout to become the biggest in the Heavyweight Category.
This is all AJ career 18 fights via Knockouts in Pictures.
Enjoy.
Joshua Vs Dorian Darch 01/02/2014 T.K.O round 2

Joshua Vs Hrvoje Kisicek 04/11/2013 T.K.O round 2

Joshua Vs Paul Butlin 26/10/2013 T.K.O round 2

Joshua Vs Emanuele Leo 05/10/2013 05/10/2013 K.O round 1

rowanMama:
Ja,ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch

tut mir leid. Bin bechaftigt wegen arbeit. Das ist schön. Deutsch ist schwer Sprache. Ich heiße Kamil.

Stimmt!

Whizpeter:
By German three, I guess he's referring to

Benz

BMW

Audi



German is life!

Thanks for sharing your experience. I appreciate it. I have lived with Arabs and they are not better than any other tribe when we talk about moral uprightness. They do things every other race does. But its important to note that when it comes to the issue of the opposite sex (females) they become too protective and too jealous. They can harass other Nationalities, take for example in the club, but you dare not go near their female folks. Thanks for your observation. Cheers!

EnlightenedSoul:
Ironically, by some me queer twist, it's actually easier to be gay in an Arab country. People would sooner raise their eyebrows at and question hetero couples for the possibility that they might be sinning/fornicating (I've seen people yell "*Haram, ya naas! Tahadur!" at random couples simply walking alongside each other on the street, that they chose to assume aren't married for whatever reason, only for the couple to have to validate themselves and their marriage to them), than so much as take a passing notice of grown same-sex couples engaging in obvious homosexual behavior; some of them being so bold as to finger the belt loops to one or the others pants in full view of everyone, or even outrightly necking (apparently, anywhere but fully on the lips is allowed) on the streets.

I'm not even exaggerating! That being said, when we first got there (Egypt) it felt as if we'd arrived at some sort of gay Mecca for Arabs, the San Fran of Africa, due to how touchy feely the men are with each other culturally. The irony of it all would put me in constant jaw dropping mode for months until I eventually got used to it, but even after that, you could point out the extras that were on each other like white on rice. They were homophobic, and yet somehow blindly oblivious of it at the same time. It was very strange, indeed.

*Oh, people, be careful. It's forbidden!

Top of the day to you all. I created this thread about a year ago. The purpose is just for the sake of education. Not to condemn any religion or tribe. I can connect to the article myself. being a Muslim and having lived and worked with Arabs for more than 2 years.
There is a fact that you guys are missing: NOT ALL ARABS ARE MUSLIMS. Yes, they have Muslim names and covers their head or dresses like Muslims. Same can be said of people in Nothern Nigeria. A lot of Aishas and Hanatus that are not Muslims. Funny thing is the Northerners always like to connect with the Arabs. Its a fact.
I wish we can just understand the basics of this thread and not insult and call each other names. I ask for Allah's to overlook my shortcomings. And I repeat, the purpose of this thread is just for the sake of EDUCATION.

Born on the 12th day of August, 1988 in Wythenshawe, United Kingdom, Tyson Luke Fury is a British Professional Boxer. With a commanding height of 6′ 9″, Fury came to limelight after defeating long-reigning world champion Wladimir Klitschko. In the same fight, Fury also won the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles, with the victory earning him Fighter of the Year and Upset of the Year awards by The Ring.

Early Career

Fury made his professional debut at the age of 20 on 6 December 2008 in Nottingham, on the undercard of Carl Froch vs. Jean Pascal and live on free to air ITV4 in the U.K against Hungarian fighter Bela Gyongyosi, who Fury defeated via TKO in the first round with a combination to head and body. Then until July 2009 he went on to have six more fights in the space of seven months, defeating Marcel Zeller, Daniil Peratyakto, Lee Swaby, Matthew Ellis, Scott Belshaw and Aleksandrs Selezens all via knockout within 4 rounds.
On 23 July 2011 Fury faced undefeated heavyweight Dereck Chisora for the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles at Wembley Arena in London. With Chisora aged 27 and Fury just 22 years old, both men went into the fight with a record of 14-0 and despite Fury's superior size and reach, Chisora went into the fight as the favourite. After 12 hard fought rounds Fury won via unanimous decision (117-112, 117-112, 118-111) with the fight shown live on free to air Channel 5.
Within a year, Fury had another four fights against Nicolai Firtha, Neven Pajkic , Martin Rogan and Vinny Maddalone and won them all via TKO within 5 rounds.
Fury rescheduled a rematch with Chisora on 29th November 2014 at Excel London. Fury was victorious again after dominating the fight up until Chisora's corner pulled him out at the end of the 10th round.

The fight against Wladimir Klitschko, a World Heavyweight title showdown, for the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, Lineal and The Ring Heavyweight titles took place on 28 November 2015, at Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, with Fury winning after twelve rounds by a unanimous points decision, with scores of 116–111, 115–112, 115–112.
On 8 December 2015, the IBF stripped Fury of its title, as the contract for the fight against Klitschko included a rematch clause, precluding Fury from facing the IBF's mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov. Fury had held the IBF belt for only 10 days.

Cancelled Rematch

After months of negotiation, on 8 April 2016 the rematch with Klitschko was finally announced, this time with the fight scheduled to take place in Fury's home town of Manchester at Manchester Arena on 9 July 2016.On Friday 24 June 2016, it was announced that this fight would be postponed to a later date due to Fury sustaining a sprained ankle in training. On the same Friday, Tyson Fury and his cousin, Hughie Fury, were charged by UK Anti-Doping "with presence of a prohibited substance" from a sample 16 months previously in February 2015, a misconduct the two boxers "strenously deny". On September 23, Fury again postponed the fight after being declared "medically unfit".It was reported by ESPN, Fury[b] had failed a drug test [/b]a day before he pulled out of his World title rematch. Fury cited problems with depression after a positive test for cocaine.

Relinquishing world titles and ban

On 12 October 2016, pending investigation on anti-doping and medical issues, Fury took it upon himself to vacate the WBA (Unified), WBO, IBO heavyweight titles, following an emotional statement. It was said that Fury would have been stripped eventually. However, Fury's decision was based on not having himself under constant pressure and allows him time to recover, get professional medical help and spend time with his family.
On 13 October, the British Boxing Board of Control decided to suspend Fury's boxing licens[/b]e. A date in November was set for the appeal hearing

[b]Potential comeback in 2017

In December, Fury's uncle Peter announced that Tyson would be returning around Spring time in 2017 and would aim for a fight against WBC champion Deontay Wilder, who himself will take part in a voluntary defense in February. On December 23, Tyson tweeted that he was back in training ahead of a ring return around April or May 2017. His tweet read, "Merry Christmas guys. I've had a nightmare 2016, done a lot of stuff I'm not proud of, but my promise to you is I'll return in 2017."

[quote author=Santino1 post=46166729]Meanwhile at Ikea (for those who don't know, Ikea is one of the largest store in the world for furnitures and home appliances)

A door holder (a Hodor)[/quote

Lolz...u Re not serious faa....Hold the door...

Santino1:
Meanwhile at Ikea (for those who don't know, Ikea is one of the largest store in the world for furnitures and home appliances)

A door holder (a Hodor)

You are serious faa....lol....hold the door...

By Zahra Grant

“And among His signs is that He created mates for
you from yourselves that you may find comfort and
repose in them, and He put between you love and
compassion; most surely there are signs in this for a
people who reflect.” (Quran 30:21)

After reading Mehrunisa Qayyum’s article, “Polygamy:
A Practical Option,” on Altmuslimah, I found myself
ruminating on the value of this discussion as it relates to women and their right to autonomy and self determination.

Polygamy is a loaded, often polarizing topic and the
overwhelming response (73 comments to date) to
Qayyum’s article testifies to just how strong an
emotional trigger this subject is. While I commend
Qayyum for challenging herself and her readers by
going beyond the knee-jerk Orientalist reaction to
polygamy, the piece fails to discuss the practice of
polygamy within an Islamic framework.

As a Muslim woman, I have personally observed many
polygamous unions in the community in which I was
raised, but my aim here is not to deny any shortcomings
or promote any benefits of this marital arrangement.
What I would like to do is to address the historical
context of the permissibility of polygamy in Islam and
take a look at how it is practiced in modern day Muslim
societies.

First, let us understand why Islam mandated the
permissibility of up to four wives. The Qur’an permitted
polygamy as a solution to the pressing social welfare
problems during the time of revelation, roughly 1,400
years ago. The reasons behind polygamy had nothing to
do with satiating men’s sexual appetites or, as Qayyum
suggests, curbing their wandering eyes. We first read
about polygamy in the Qur’an’s fourth chapter:
Give orphans their property, do not replace their good things with the bad, and do not consume their property with your own.
That is a serious crime. If you fear you will not deal justly by the orphans, marry of the women, who seem good to you, two or three or four; and if you fear that you cannot do justice (to so many) then one (only) or the captives that your right hands possess.
Thus it is more likely that you will not do injustice
(4:2-3).

Note that polygamy and orphans — which in Arabic
refers to fatherless children — are mentioned in the
same sentence. We see this unusual pairing because
polygamy is allowed in the specific context of caring
for orphans. In the early 7th century because Muslims
and non-Muslims routinely faced one another on the
battlefield, men had high mortality rates and lower life
expectancies, leaving many women widows with
fatherless children. The time at which these verses were revealed is a clear indication of one of the reasons why polygamy is permissible in Islam.

These “polygamy verses” were revealed shortly after the
battle of Uhud, which was a devastating loss to the early
Muslim community with many men dying on the
battlefield. The gender imbalance, and the fact that in
that time and place women largely depended on men for their economic survival, made polygamy a pragmatic
solution for a woman seeking protection for herself and
protection for her children who no longer had a father
but often had valuable property to their name that could
be stolen or mismanaged by male guardians. So it is
clear that the Quran permits polygamy for the purpose
of caring for orphaned children and defending their
assets.
Pinning down a reason for why some Muslims practice
polygamy today is more difficult. Let’s be frank, it is
highly doubtful that the majority of men engaging in
polygamous marriages in the 21st century married
widows and decided to do so in order to protect these
women’s children from injustice and exploitation. And
while the numbers vary from region to region, we see
women throughout the world being educated and
employed at much higher rates than in the distant past;
they are increasingly becoming self-reliant and less
dependent on a husband for financial security or for the
welfare of their children.

These changing social conditions make it difficult to
identify and explain why polygamy is justified in
modern Muslim society. While my personal
understanding of how and when polygamy should be
practiced leads me to conclude that the conditions of
modern Muslim societies do not meet Quranic
standards, the Quran reminds us that “there is no
compulsion in religion.” If Muslim laypeople and
scholars agree that polygamy remains permissible,
although certainly not the ideal setup, today as it was
centuries ago, they are free to pursue it.

Having established the original reason behind the
permissibility of polygamy, we turn to how Muslims
practice this unusual marital arrangement in modern day society, as opposed to the why. In order for a
polygamous marriage to be successful, I firmly believe
that each party must enter into the union knowing
precisely what is expected of him or her and what he or
she will give in return.

Whether a woman becomes one of multiple wives
because, as Qayyum points out, her biological clock is
ticking, her career consumes her time or because she
believes the arrangement will eliminate a man’s
likelihood to cheat, she must play a role in the decision-
making process through which this marriage comes
about.
Technically a Muslim husband may take on a second wife without the consent of the first (although the ethics of this executive decision-making can be debated), but it is also perfectly within the rights of a Muslim wife to stipulate in her marriage contract that her husband must seek her counsel and consent before taking another wife and if he fails to, it constitutes valid and legal grounds for separation and/or divorce.

This is the sort of pro-active, pragmatic approach a
woman must take if she plans to enter into a
polygamous marriage, but most Muslim women do not
insist on putting these sorts of key protective
mechanisms in place before signing their name to the
paper.
Muslim women tend to be unaware of their rights in a
polygamous marriage, while men are usually ignorant of
their responsibilities. According to verses two and three
in the fourth chapter of the Qur’an, polygamy in Islam is
permitted in the context of social welfare, so this
arrangement is less about demanding rights from one’s
wives and more about treating them with special care
and consideration.

Yet, many Muslim men use this so-called “right” to
multiple wives as a means to excuse themselves from
the monogamy that Islam actually implores of them in
favor of polygamy. This sort of self-serving attitude
leaves many women in these unconventional unions in
a state of neglect, emotional distress, and without the
comfort that Islamic marriage is supposed to provide.
My hope in contributing to this discussion is that more
Muslim women, whether considering polygamous
marriage or already in such a relationship, take a close,
hard look at their God-given rights within these unions
and assert these privileges to ensure that they are as
happy and as gratified as possible in their marriages.

Zahra Grant is University of Toronto Graduate with a
research interest in gender narratives in the context of
religion. She is a proud Muslim woman, wife and
mother who is dedicated to supporting women’s right
to critically engage in their faith and determine the
journey of their lives. This article originally appeared
in altmuslimah.

ORAN, Algeria — AFTER Tahrir came Cologne. After the square came sex. The Arab revolutions of 2011 aroused enthusiasm at first, but passions have since waned. Those movements have come to look imperfect, even ugly: For one thing, they have failed to touch ideas, culture, religion or social norms, especially the norms relating to sex. Revolution doesn’t mean modernity.

The attacks on Western women by Arab migrants in Cologne, Germany, on New Year’s Eve evoked the harassment of women in Tahrir Square itself during the heady days of the Egyptian revolution. The reminder has led people in the West to realize that one of the great miseries plaguing much of the so-called Arab world, and the Muslim world more generally, is its sick relationship with women. In some places, women are veiled, stoned and killed; at a minimum, they are blamed for sowing disorder in the ideal society. In response, some European countries have taken to producing guides of good conduct to refugees and migrants.

Sex is a complex taboo, arising, in places like Algeria, Tunisia, Syria or Yemen, out of the ambient conservatism’s patriarchal culture, the Islamists’ new, rigorist codes and the discreet puritanism of the region’s various socialisms. That makes a good combination for obstructing desire or guilt-tripping and marginalizing those who feel any. And it’s a far cry from the delicious licentiousness of the writings of the Muslim golden age, like Sheikh Nafzawi’s “The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight,” which tackled eroticism and the Kama Sutra without any hang-ups.

Today sex is a great paradox in many countries of the Arab world: One acts as though it doesn’t exist, and yet it determines everything that’s unspoken. Denied, it weighs on the mind by its very concealment. Although women are veiled, they are at the center of our connections, exchanges and concerns.


Women are a recurrent theme in daily discourse, because the stakes they personify — for manliness, honor, family values — are great. In some countries, they are allowed access to the public sphere only if they renounce their bodies: To let them go uncovered would be to uncover the desire that the Islamist, the conservative and the idle youth feel and want to deny. Women are seen as a source of destabilization — short skirts trigger earthquakes, some say — and are respected only when defined by a property relationship, as the wife of X or the daughter of Y.

These contradictions create unbearable tensions. Desire has no outlet, no outcome; the couple is no longer a space of intimacy, but a concern of the whole group. The sexual misery that results can descend into absurdity and hysteria. Here, too, one hopes to experience love, but the mechanisms of love — encounters, seduction, flirting — are prevented: Women are watched, we obsess over their virginity, the morality police patrols. Some even pay surgeons to repair broken hymens.

In some of Allah’s lands, the war on women and on couples has the air of an inquisition. During the summer in Algeria, brigades of Salafists and local youths worked up by the speeches of radical imams and Islamist TV preachers go out to monitor female bodies, especially those of women bathers at the beach. The police hound couples, even married ones, in public spaces. Gardens are off-limits to strolling lovers. Benches are sawed in half to prevent people from sitting close together.

By

Kamel Daod
Contributing Op-ed writer.
New York Times
Feb 16, 2016

ORAN, Algeria — AFTER Tahrir came Cologne. After the square came sex. The Arab revolutions of 2011 aroused enthusiasm at first, but passions have since waned. Those movements have come to look imperfect, even ugly: For one thing, they have failed to touch ideas, culture, religion or social norms, especially the norms relating to sex. Revolution doesn’t mean modernity.

The attacks on Western women by Arab migrants in Cologne, Germany, on New Year’s Eve evoked the harassment of women in Tahrir Square itself during the heady days of the Egyptian revolution. The reminder has led people in the West to realize that one of the great miseries plaguing much of the so-called Arab world, and the Muslim world more generally, is its sick relationship with women. In some places, women are veiled, stoned and killed; at a minimum, they are blamed for sowing disorder in the ideal society. In response, some European countries have taken to producing guides of good conduct to refugees and migrants.

Sex is a complex taboo, arising, in places like Algeria, Tunisia, Syria or Yemen, out of the ambient conservatism’s patriarchal culture, the Islamists’ new, rigorist codes and the discreet puritanism of the region’s various socialisms. That makes a good combination for obstructing desire or guilt-tripping and marginalizing those who feel any. And it’s a far cry from the delicious licentiousness of the writings of the Muslim golden age, like Sheikh Nafzawi’s “The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight,” which tackled eroticism and the Kama Sutra without any hang-ups.

Today sex is a great paradox in many countries of the Arab world: One acts as though it doesn’t exist, and yet it determines everything that’s unspoken. Denied, it weighs on the mind by its very concealment. Although women are veiled, they are at the center of our connections, exchanges and concerns.


Women are a recurrent theme in daily discourse, because the stakes they personify — for manliness, honor, family values — are great. In some countries, they are allowed access to the public sphere only if they renounce their bodies: To let them go uncovered would be to uncover the desire that the Islamist, the conservative and the idle youth feel and want to deny. Women are seen as a source of destabilization — short skirts trigger earthquakes, some say — and are respected only when defined by a property relationship, as the wife of X or the daughter of Y.

These contradictions create unbearable tensions. Desire has no outlet, no outcome; the couple is no longer a space of intimacy, but a concern of the whole group. The sexual misery that results can descend into absurdity and hysteria. Here, too, one hopes to experience love, but the mechanisms of love — encounters, seduction, flirting — are prevented: Women are watched, we obsess over their virginity, the morality police patrols. Some even pay surgeons to repair broken hymens.

In some of Allah’s lands, the war on women and on couples has the air of an inquisition. During the summer in Algeria, brigades of Salafists and local youths worked up by the speeches of radical imams and Islamist TV preachers go out to monitor female bodies, especially those of women bathers at the beach. The police hound couples, even married ones, in public spaces. Gardens are off-limits to strolling lovers. Benches are sawed in half to prevent people from sitting close together.

By

Kamel Daod
Contributing Op-ed writer.
New York Times
Feb 16, 2016

Inventors in Nevada have taken the first steps towards developing a new train. But the group behind the Hyperloop can expect some competition.
777 miles per hour
Hyperloop is the name of Elon Musk's newest idea. The founder of the airspace company SpaceX and electric car manufacturer Tesla wants to link San Francisco and Silicon Valley with the Central Valley and the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The train resembles a pneumatic tube, reminding some of the mail-sorting cylinders once used in office buildings.
The slim Hyperloop vehicles are supposed to hover on air cushions, which they generate themselves by moving at speed of up to 777 miles per hour (1250 kilometers per hour). Some have doubts, however. How will passengers cope with the extreme acceleration? If travelers get sick, how would first aid reach them in those small cabins?
source: http://www.dw.com/en/building-the-worlds-fastest-train/g-18396627

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Source : Children by Kahlil Gibran

MathsChic:
I know her. But Nigerians can't fit lie sha. She doesn't "lecture" at Harvard. She has only been invited there to give talks on a subject she knows a lot about. Simple!

If I talk about something I know in a University. Hmmmm

Not many in her homeland appear to know about her unique story. But in other lands, especially Europe and America, she is a ‘goddess’ whose works are cherished by kings and presidents.

Without a doubt, the story of Nike Okundaye, the face behind the huge success story of Nike Arts Gallery, located in Lagos, Abuja and Osogbo, is as compelling as it is inspiring.

At a time when young Nigerians are in desperate need of a role model and inspiration in what self-belief and hard work can achieve, Nike’s rise from the status of an unknown village girl born into a seeming insignificant family in a rustic village to a globally celebrated icon would make an A-list inspirational novel.

Born in her native village of Ogidi, Ijumu Local Government Area, Kogi State, young Nike had high dreams about what type of future she wanted for herself. But her dreams were truncated even before they could take form when she lost her mother at age six. “I was six when my mother died,” she said with a tinge of sadness.

With the blow inflicted on her dreams by her mother’s death, young Nike was taken away to live with her grandmother. At the time, many believed that by going to live with an old woman, the young girl’s future had been compromised. But events have since proved that destiny may indeed have been at work in her journey through life.
She had her first contact with the world of arts through her grandmother, who at the time, was the leader of cloth weavers in the community.
She said: “I come from a family of craftsmen. My parents were crafts people from Ogidi in Ijumu Local Government Area, Kogi State. My life as an artist is something that I was born with. I started weaving at the age of six.
“I started with weaving different things, including adire, a traditional Yoruba hand-painted cloth design. As a matter of fact, I can say everything that had to do with textile. They taught me how to weave, using a little calabash. Gradually, I graduated to using bigger materials.”

Though Nike was six years old and barely able to tell the difference between her left and right hands, she already had a picture of the kind of future she wanted.

“My grandmother was the head of all the weavers in our community. So, even as a little child, I already had a dream that I would own a big studio when I grew up. People came from different areas to buy the cloth from her. So, at that time, I already sensed that I might not have the opportunity to go to school.”

With the death of her mother, her grandmother, whose responsibility it was to look after her, did not pamper her in any form. She ensured that the virtue of hard work was instilled in Nike’s young, impressionable mind.

At that time, young Nike, unaware of the reason behind her great grandmother’s action, would cry, believing that she was being unnecessarily punished. “I would cry and lament because I thought she was wicked and punishing me. But today, I always thank her for inculcating in me the virtue of hard work. It was through her that I learnt that you must persevere in whatever you do and never give up on your dreams.”

Although she lost her mother at a time she needed her most, Nike believes that destiny might have been involved in the way her life played out, including her mother’s death. According to her, the mother was a very hard working young woman who would have spared nothing to ensure that her child got a good education up to the university level.

“Even at that young age, I knew that my mother was very hard working. And I am very sure that if she had not died, she would have trained me up to university level. My father was a farmer. He also did several other things like basket weaving to supplement his income. So, definitely, I would have been educated very well if my mother had not died.
“But today, I look at my childhood and all that I went through as something designed by destiny. Who knows, maybe if my mother had not died and I had gone ahead to be educated, I may never have had the kind of opportunity that I have today and may never have risen to the level that I am.”
Nike never went to school to study art, the vocation that has brought her to global spotlight. Vocational training in art was passed down to her by her great grandmother, the late Madam Ibikunle. Watching her great grandmother in the art of adire textile processing and helping her out, Nike walked up the line to become an expert in adire making, dyeing, weaving, painting and embroidery.
A product of the famous Osogbo Art Movement, Nike is today a world acclaimed artist and textile designer. She brings vivid imagination as well as a wealth of history and tradition into the production of adire. Her works are celebrated in major capitals of the world, with her designs exhibited in countries like the USA, Belgium, Germany, Japan and Italy, among others.

Nike spent the early part of her life in Osogbo, a recognised hotbed for art and culture in Nigeria. During her stay in Osogbo, her informal training was dominated by indigo and adire.
Nike’s romance with international exposure began in 1968 when she had an exhibition at the Goethe Institute in Lagos. Since then, she has grown to become a major name on the international art circuit. She is most outstanding in paintings and design of adire, beadwork and batik.

Among Nike’s proudest achievements was her invitation to Italy by the Italian government in 2000 to train young Nigerian sex workers on how to use their hands to engage in creative ventures. Her invitation was as a result of complaints to the Italian government by the young Nigerians that they left Nigeria in search of work, not knowing what they would be forced into. When Nike got to Italy, she taught them skills in craft making and many of the women became self-reliant in no time and stopped their old means of income.

In 2006, she was awarded one of the highest Italian national awards of merit by the government of the Republic of Italy in appreciation of her efforts in using art to address and solve the problems of Nigerian sex workers in Italy.
About two years ago, her adire painting was accepted at The Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum, located in Washington DC, US. Some of her works can be found amongst the collection of prominent personalities around the world, including the White House.

While little is known about Nike and her works across the country, two former presidents of the USA, Bill Clinton and George Bush, were so enthralled by her works at various times that they sought audience with her during their visits to Nigeria. Much more than just meeting and shaking hands with the two former presidents, it was Nike that decorated George Bush’s room in Abuja during his stay in the country.

These two incidents, Nike told The Nation, were some of the best things to have happened to her.
She said: “When President Bill Clinton of the US visited Nigeria, he asked to meet the woman behind Nike Gallery, and I was taken to Abuja to meet him. It was the same thing with President George Bush. I was invited to meet him in Abuja during his visit to Nigeria. I was the one that decorated the room where the president stayed during the visit. What honour can be greater than this? I feel accomplished.”

As an accomplished artist, Nike has taught in several universities in the US, imparting the knowledge of her traditional adire designs in thousands of eager students from across the world. Her teaching exploits, she disclosed, have taken her to revered institutions like Harvard and Edmonton in Canada.
“I have lectured and held workshops in several noble institutions across the world. Some of the universities include Harvard, Columbus, Edmonton, Ohio and in Los Angeles, among others. My first experience with teaching was in 1974. At that time, I taught people with doctoral degrees.”
Interestingly, all the education she had at the time, according to her, was the traditional education that parents pass onto their children.

“The type of education I had at the time was the education that is passed from parents to their children, not the education you get in a classroom. It was the practical type of education,” she said with a wry smile.

In 1983, she established the Nike Centre for Art and Culture in Osogbo, Osun State, where trainings are offered free of charge to Nigerians in various forms of arts. The centre was opened with 20 young girls who were picked from the streets and offered a new life in arts. So far, according to her, more than 3,000 young Nigerians have been trained at the centre.

The centre also admits undergraduate students from many universities in Nigeria for their industrial training programmes in textile design. The centre now admits students from Europe, Canada and the United States of America. International scholars and other researchers in traditional African art and culture also visit the centre from time to time for their research works on the processing of adire fabric and African traditional dyeing methods.
But she says the true story of the gallery started in her bedroom about 47 years ago.

“The gallery you see today actually started in my bedroom in 1968. In 2008, we opened the one in Lagos, and my husband was always the motivator. It was intended to give the young and old a platform to hear their voice.”
As she spoke, with signs of fulfillment splashed on her face, her husband, Reuben Okundaye, a retired commissioner of police, who had remained quiet since the interview started, suddenly joined in the conversation.
He said: “It is with practical education that she has continued to teach and impart knowledge into people with doctoral degrees and masters in Fine Art. Some of these people even come here under the cover of night to seek advice from her. Yet, some would say she is not educated.”

Speaking about another experience, Mr. Okundaye said he once had an encounter with a prominent Nigerian who told him that his wife would have been made a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria if she was educated. Surprised, he said he took a swipe at the man, telling him his wife was better educated than most of the people that were being flaunted.

He said: “You can imagine, I was discussing with one big man the other day and he said that my wife would have been made a minister if she was educated. I was angry and I asked him what he meant by that. Here is a woman who teaches people with doctoral degrees in higher institutions all over the world, yet you say she is not educated. But when the chips are down, they come to her for advice.”
Asked how she feels whenever she teaches in the classroom, Nike looked up as if relishing her achievements, and said: “I feel fulfilled. It was a very high sense of fulfillment. Imagine, a little girl who grew up in a rustic village without any sign of hope for a good future. Now I stand before PHD holders and teach them. I have been invited to meet presidents of foreign countries. I think I should be proud of my little achievements and be grateful to God.”
In spite of her seeming low education, she insists she has no regrets about not attending school. “I have no regrets at all. I give thanks to God for making all these things possible for me. I also thank my husband for standing by me all these years. I must confess that it was not easy coming this far. You will agree with me that for a woman to be recognised, she has to work three times harder than a man.”
Reechoing his wife’s position, Mr. Okundaye said Nike could not have had any regrets, having attained the heights sought by many across the world. “You asked if she has any regrets. How can that be possible? What kind of regret was she supposed to have with all her achievements? She is fulfilled in every sense of the word,” he enthused.
Expectedly, the couple was attracted to each other by their mutual love for arts. Okundaye told The Nation how it all started: “I have always been an arts lover. I have some of her works. Perhaps, like you said, maybe it was destiny that brought us together.”

With a sterling career as a police officer, which saw him attaining the rank of Commissioner of Police and serving in more than four states, the couple has in the last 20 years of their coming together enjoyed the beauty of marriage and weathered the storm together.

Nike, who would be 64 in a couple of weeks, has also successfully created an identity for herself. Her most treasured clothes, she confessed, are adire fabrics. And it is not surprising that she cannot remember the last time she wore anything other than that.

“You may be right if you say I have created an identity for myself with my adire clothes. It is the only thing that I am known with. I don’t wear any other clothe, even when I travel out of the country,” she said.

source: http://africanleadership.co.uk/blog/?p=5766

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There has been a marked rise of very good secondary schools all over the continent. Whilst government schools within African countries started off the best, following independence, much has changed. For the most part, private schools (we consider missionary school as private) outperform government schools. In addition, international schools have taken Africa by storm. Below is the list of 100 best secondary schools.

1. Grey College South Africa
2. Rift Valley Academy Kenya
3. King Edward VII School South Africa
4. Hilton College South Africa
5. St. George’s College Zimbabwe
6. Prince Edward School Zimbabwe
7. International School of Kenya Kenya
8. Accra Academy Ghana
9. Lycée Lamine Guèye Senegal
10. Adisadel College Ghana
11. St John’s College Houghton South Africa
12. Maritzburg College South Africa
13. Lycée Guebre Mariam Ethiopia
14. Selborne College South Africa
15. St Alban’s College South Africa
16. Lycée Lyautey Morocco
17. Durban High School South Africa
18. Grey High School South Africa
19. St Andrew`s College South Africa
20. Gateway High School Zimbabwe
21. Glenwood High School South Africa
22. Rainbow International School Uganda
23. Lycée Moulay Youssef Morocco
24. Kearsney College South Africa
25. St. James High School Zimbabwe
26. Wynberg Boys High School South Africa
27. Pretoria Boys High School South Africa
28. Lycée Français de Tananarive Madagascar
29. Mauritius College of the Air Mauritius
30. International School Moshi Tanzania
31. Le Collège Mermoz Ivory Coast
32. Strathmore School Kenya
33. Parktown Boys’ High School South Africa
34. International School of Tanganyika Tanzania
35. Holy Child School Ghana
36. Christ The King College Onitsha Nigeria
37. Graeme College South Africa
38. Jeppe High School for Boys South Africa
39. Alliance High School Kenya
40. Hillcrest School Jos Nigeria
41. Kingswood College South Africa
42. Hamilton High School Zimbabwe
43. Lincoln International School Uganda
44. Lycée Victor Hugo Morocco
45. Alexandra High School South Africa
46. École Normale Supérieure Guinea
47. Ghana International School Ghana
48. Arundel School Zimbabwe
49. Rondebosch Boys’ High School South Africa
50. Starehe Boys’ Centre Kenya
51. American International School of Johannesburg South Africa
52. Victoria Park High School South Africa
53. Methodist Boys High School Sierra Leone
54. Harare International School Zimbabwe
55. Methodist Girls High School Sierra Leone
56. Lenana School Kenya
57. St. Andrew’s High School Malawi
58. Benoni High School South Africa
59. Waddilove High School Zimbabwe
60. Roedean School South Africa
61. Wykeham Collegiate Independent School for Girls South Africa
62. Lycee Francais du Caire Egypt
63. Christian Brothers’ College Bulawayo Zimbabwe
64. Kamuzu Academy Malawi
65. Mount Pleasant High School Zimbabwe
66. Mfantsipim School Ghana
67. Chisipite Senior School Zimbabwe
68. Gayaza High School Uganda
69. Kutama College Zimbabwe
70. Wheelus High School Libya
71. Michaelhouse School South Africa
72. Westville Boys’ High School South Africa
73. Namilyango College Uganda
74. Government College Umuahia Nigeria
75. Muir College South Africa
76. Wesley Girls High School Ghana
77. Alexander Sinton High School South Africa
78. Lycée Faidherbe Senegal
79. Royal College Port Louis Mauritius
80. Lycée La Fontaine Niger
81. Lycée Lyautey de Casablanca Morocco
82. Settlers High School South Africa
83. Nyeri High School Kenya
84. Pinetown Boys’ High School South Africa
85. Kings’ College Lagos Nigeria
86. Lycée Français Liberté Mali
87. Paarl Boys’ High School South Africa
88. St. Paul’s College Namibia
89. Tafari Makonnen School Ethiopia
90. Wynberg Girls’ High School South Africa
91. Bingham Academy Ethiopia
92. Port Shepstone High School South Africa
93. Clapham High School South Africa
94. Hillcrest Secondary School Kenya
95. South African College School South Africa
96. Lycée Blaise Diagne Senegal
97. St Mary’s Diocesan School for Girls South Africa
98. Townsend High School Zimbabwe
99. St.Gregory’s College Nigeria
100. St. Patrick School Zimbabwe

The Raking Methodology:

Expectedly the rankings of the “100 Best Secondary Schools in Africa” were met with displeasure from most of the people who left their comments on the article. Most people emailed the editor regarding the methodology that was used in compiling the list.

I should state here that ranking high schools from different countries across the continent is always going to be difficult as different countries follow different curriculums and take part in completely different regional assessments.

The author selected the list of schools that have historical prominence at a national and regional level. That is the reason most schools that featured on the list are also quite old, some started well before their corresponding countries became independent. This is especially the case for most public secondary/high schools. Here it is important to note that not all schools take part in regional assessments. Yet, not a single school was eliminated for lack of regional accomplishments. Schools that were very good at a national level, yet lacked regional presence were also considered given that they did not have any regional assessments to partake.
The author then went over the list of a few hundred schools selecting the schools that continued to lead at a national and regional level especially in the past few years when there has been national and regional rankings for secondary/high schools. It is also important to state that countries have different rakings and they rank different criteria which made it difficult to harmonize the list.
In addition to how the different schools have performed at a national level, schools whose students win prestigious scholarships and fellowships at a national and international level earned points above those that did not. On this, some schools had an advantage over others in that the data was readily available on their own websites or their Wikipedia pages. International schools are a case in point.
And success of individuals did not translate into success of the school that that particular individual attended. For instance, Koffi Annan was not enough to have Mfantsipim School (Ghana) on the list. Performance of a school is much more than what one individual had done. Mfantsipim School (Ghana) has done much more than nurturing a UN Secretary General.
The article mentioned, “Most of these schools are old, with tremendous wealth of history. The performance of such schools did take consistency into consideration to eliminate the quick rise and quick fall cases. In addition, great schools such as the African Leadership Academy have yet to prove themselves over years. Only time will tell whether they will remain at the highest level they are at.”
Some readers may disagree with the way we construct our rankings methodology. Let us know if we missed an important component below in comments.
While we should always celebrate success of private enterprise and involvement of the private sector in education, it is important to ask the question; “Is the high performance of private schools at the cost of public schools?” This is an important question since the majority of the continent lack the means to pay for the skyrocketing costs of private institutions and choose instead to rely on public schools notwithstanding the fact that each African deserves good quality education. While I do not believe that a cap on secondary school fees will help, I stand convinced that African governments need to spend more on secondary school education.

Source :
http://233times.com/2014/12/100-best-secondary-schools-in-africa-adisadel-college-ranked-10th/

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Here is an amazing story from a flight attendant on Delta Flight 15, written following 9-11 (this was forwarded to me by a friend):
On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, we were about 5 hours out of Frankfurt, flying over the North Atlantic .
All of a sudden the curtains parted and I was told to go to the cockpit, immediately, to see the captain. As soon as I got there I noticed that the crew had that "All Business" look on their faces. The captain handed me a printed message. It was from Delta's main office in Atlanta and simply read, "All airways over the Continental United States are closed to commercial air traffic. Land ASAP at the nearest airport. Advise your destination."
No one said a word about what this could mean. We knew it was a serious situation and we needed to find terra firma quickly. The captain determined that the nearest airport was 400 miles behind us in Gander, New Foundland.
He requested approval for a route change from the Canadian traffic controller and approval was granted immediately -- no questions asked. We found out later, of course, why there was no hesitation in approving our request.
While the flight crew prepared the airplane for landing, another message arrived from Atlanta telling us about some terrorist activity in the New York area. A few minutes later word came in about the hijackings.
We decided to LIE to the passengers while we were still in the air. We told them the plane had a simple instrument problem and that we needed to land at the nearest airport in Gander , New Foundland, to have it checked out.
We promised to give more information after landing in Gander .. There was much grumbling among the passengers, but that's nothing new! Forty minutes later, we landed in Gander. Local time at Gander was 12:30 PM .... that's 11:00 AM EST.
There were already about 20 other airplanes on the ground from all over the world that had taken this detour on their way to the US.
After we parked on the ramp, the captain made the following announcement: "Ladies and gentlemen, you must be wondering if all these airplanes around us have the same instrument problem as we have. The reality is that we are here for another reason."
Then he went on to explain the little bit we knew about the situation in the US. There were loud gasps and stares of disbelief. The captain informed passengers that Ground control in Gander told us to stay put.
The Canadian Government was in charge of our situation and no one was allowed to get off the aircraft. No one on the ground was allowed to come near any of the air crafts. Only airport police would come around periodically, look us over and go on to the next airplane.
In the next hour or so more planes landed and Gander ended up with 53 airplanes from all over the world, 27 of which were US commercial jets.
Meanwhile, bits of news started to come in over the aircraft radio and for the first time we learned that airplanes were flown into the World Trade Center in New York and into the Pentagon in DC.
People were trying to use their cell phones, but were unable to connect due to a different cell system in Canada . Some did get through, but were only able to get to the Canadian operator who would tell them that the lines to the U.S. were either blocked or jammed.
Sometime in the evening the news filtered to us that the World Trade Center buildings had collapsed and that a fourth hijacking had resulted in a crash. By now the passengers were emotionally and physically exhausted, not to mention frightened, but everyone stayed amazingly calm.
We had only to look out the window at the 52 other stranded aircraft to realize that we were not the only ones in this predicament.
We had been told earlier that they would be allowing people off the planes one plane at a time. At 6 PM, Gander airport told us that our turn to deplane would be 11 am the next morning.
Passengers were not happy, but they simply resigned themselves to this news without much noise and started to prepare themselves to spend the night on the airplane.
Gander had promised us medical attention, if needed, water, and lavatory servicing.
And they were true to their word.
Fortunately we had no medical situations to worry about. We did have a young lady who was 33 weeks into her pregnancy. We took REALLY good care of her. The night passed without incident despite the uncomfortable sleeping arrangements.
About 10:30 on the morning of the 12th a convoy of school buses showed up. We got off the plane and were taken to the terminal where we went through Immigration and Customs and then had to register with the Red Cross.
After that we (the crew) were separated from the passengers and were taken in vans to a small hotel. We had no idea where our passengers were going. We learned from the Red Cross that the town of Gander has a population of 10,400 people and they had about 10,500 passengers to take care of from all the airplanes that were forced into Gander!
We were told to just relax at the hotel and we would be contacted when the US airports opened again, but not to expect that call for a while.
We found out the total scope of the terror back home only after getting to our hotel and turning on the TV, 24 hours after it all started.
Meanwhile, we had lots of time on our hands and found that the people of Gander were extremely friendly. They started calling us the "plane people." We enjoyed their hospitality, explored the town of Gander and ended up having a pretty good time.
Two days later, we got that call and were taken back to the Gander airport. Back on the plane, we were reunited with the passengers and found out what they had been doing for the past two days.
What we found out was incredible.....
Gander and all the surrounding communities (within about a 75 Kilometer radius) had closed all high schools, meeting halls, lodges, and any other large gathering places. They converted all these facilities to mass lodging areas for all the stranded travelers.
Some had cots set up, some had mats with sleeping bags and pillows set up.
ALL the high school students were required to volunteer theirtime to take care of the "guests."
Our 218 passengers ended up in a town called Lewisporte, about 45 kilometers from Gander where they were put up in a high school. If any women wanted to be in a women-only facility, that was arranged.
Families were kept together. All the elderly passengers were taken to private homes.
Remember that young pregnant lady? She was put up in a private home right across the street from a 24-hour Urgent Care facility.There was a dentist on call and both male and female nurses remained with the crowd for the duration.
Phone calls and e-mails to the U.S. and around the world were available to everyone once a day. During the day, passengers were offered "Excursion" trips.
Some people went on boat cruises of the lakes and harbors. Some went for hikes in the local forests.
Local bakeries stayed open to make fresh bread for the guests.
Food was prepared by all the residents and brought to the schools. People were driven to restaurants of their choice and offered wonderful meals. Everyone was given tokens for local laundry mats to wash their clothes, since luggage was still on the aircraft.
In other words, every single need was met for those stranded travelers.
Passengers were crying while telling us these stories. Finally, when they were told that U.S. airports had reopened, they were delivered to the airport right on time and without a single passenger missing or late. The local Red Cross had all the information about thewhereabouts of each and every passenger and knew
which plane they needed to be on and when all the planes were leaving. They coordinated everything beautifully.
It was absolutely incredible.
When passengers came on board, it was like they had been on a cruise. Everyone knew each other by name. They were swapping stories of their stay, impressing each other with who had the better time. Our flight back to Atlanta looked like a chartered party flight. The crew just stayed out of their way. It was mind-boggling.
Passengers had totally bonded and were calling each other by their first names, exchanging phone numbers, addresses, and email addresses.
And then a very unusual thing happened.
One of our passengers approached me and asked if he could make an announcement over the PA system. We never, ever allow that. But this time was different. I said "of course" and handed him the mike. He picked up the PA and reminded everyone about what they had just gone through in the last few days.
He reminded them of the hospitality they had received at the hands of total strangers.
He continued by saying that he would like to do something in return for the good folks of Lewisporte.
"He said he was going to set up a Trust Fund under the name of DELTA 15 (our flight number). The purpose of the trust fund is to provide college scholarships for the high school students of Lewisporte.
He asked for donations of any amount from his fellow travelers. When the paper with donations got back to us with the amounts, names, phone numbers and addresses, the total was for more than $14,000!
"The gentleman, a MD from Virginia , promised to match the donations and to start the administrative work on the scholarship. He also said that he would forward this proposal to Delta Corporate and ask them to donate as well.
As I write this account, the trust fund is at more than $1.5 million and has assisted 134 students in college education.
"I just wanted to share this story because we need good stories right now. It gives me a little bit of hope to know that some people in a faraway place were kind to some strangers who literally dropped in on them.
It reminds me how much good there is in the world."
"In spite of all the rotten things we see going on in today's world this story confirms that there are still a lot of good people in the world and when things get bad, they will come forward.
*This is one of those stories that need to be shared. Please do so...*

Source: http://www.amazon.com/The-Day-World-Came-Town/dp/0060559713