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Giants of Africa. This is not about passing or exchanging blames. Whether Nigeria breaks or not, you will still be judged by the land you come from.

This is about humility and reinventing yourselves from the ground up, from one generation to the next, not about greener pastures elsewhere. No more mumu in the world except in Africa.

Stop disgraceful selfishness and greed outside and inside your God-given land. You cannot takeover the fruits from the seeds planted by the fathers of another generation.

Work for your own.

The 60s was fine, not perfect. But each region was developing at its own pace.

The war brought disaster and it was the beginning of what to come. If the region's had continued, Nigeria could have been able to boast of at least two regions that could take care of its children.

It was the time those who studied abroad could not wait to get back home. Compared to today that giants of Africa line up for any visa or risk their lives through the desert.

Nah, 60s was our good old days minus the war and it's consequences that are rearing the ugly heads today. You cannot even compare today with the 80s.

So can Nigerian giants even condemn any black outside their country without pointing four fingers back at themselves?

RuudVanNisteroy:
Nigeria is a failed state and a shame and disgrace to the black race. With mentally ill fantasically corrupt thieves ruling it since [b]1960.[/b]

My Dream Team will salvage Nigeria.

https://www.nairaland.com/5690877/dream-team-transform-nigeria-2023


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg7lfHL_l1w

Arrogance Before A Fall.

Giants of Africa dying to get into any land and calling natives lazy and unproductive.

Self-hate is worse than corruption though one leads to the other in form of selfishness.

Where is the African Regional Power the World expected in the 60s?

I am sure some if not all remember the Giant of Africa. The giant whose children became the invaders of every land in Africa and abroad.

Shame! Waiting for foreign rescue of 200 million people.

Thanks for that.

But you should have included Yekini Ogunlere...... alias Tinubu that sent his mentor Pa Dawudo to his grave regretting he sided with Tinubu over the winner of Primary Funso Williams because he was not a member of NADECO.

Wiseandtrue:
Babatunde Raji Fashola (Tinubu)

Tinubu tried everything he could to prevent Fashola from re-contesting for 2nd term but Fashola does not row in the mould with pigs

He had the people by his side and he handcuffed Tinubu with his glaring and unquestionable achievements in Lagos State

If All Lives Matter Then African Lives Matter

Color line was created in the 1600 by laws in Virginia to divide and conquer people along the "racial" line. It may have been shattered or cracked into partial pieces by the children of the same white, black, red and brown people demonstrations around the world. Before then, it was Pope Nicolas the V in 1442 that gave Portugal the Papal bull to capture Africans for slave labor.

It is not yet Uhuru! Despite all the atrocities thrown at Africans, they preached forgiveness, love and only longed for happiness in return. As much as many Africans would like to forgive and move on, they are constantly shocked into the reality of their predicament. In 1962, John F. Kennedy famously said, "those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

300 years of reforms: baptism, religious converts, schools, piety, abolition, etc. have not changed economic subjugation. If anything, grandfathers, mothers and children from different generations have been told change would come peacefully, not by violence. At the same time, they are denying that Systemic Racism still exists. If they were blind, we could say they cannot see but since they are white, they are defending their privileges and can gather enough blacks to reject claims of Systemic Racism while blaming racism on the violence of individual victims.

The same religious pieties that pray with slaves urging them to wait for their reward in heaven while 84% of regular Church goers turned around recently and voted for the most extremist conservative parties in America and Europe. They encouraged worshippers of those that fought against abolition of slavery and revere Christopher Columbus that decimated the American Indians after he was rescued from the Sea. The celebration of traitors against their Country and slave owners entrenched old Privilege as justification for slave labor speaks louder than voice. Oh, they can always apologize and postpone the day of reckoning until judgment day in heaven. They want to go back to the Good Old Days when Africans had no Right. But Harold Washington, the first African Mayor of Chicago rejected it as the worst days of slavery for Africans in America.

Bitterness comes out of hopelessness of the oppressed. When black university graduates earn the same as white high school graduates or you have to do two or three jobs to eke a living while whites with the same skill and qualifications earn and live better than you on one salary. You know it is not fair.

George Floyd's video of Police snuffing precious life out of him in broad daylight was the last straw that broke out the silent majority demonstrating against injustice. But only African families know of many more not carried on televisions or videos. Suppression of peaceful expression of anger by Civil Rights demonstration as dissent encourages a vicious circle of another violence. It was a reminder evidence that Lynching in broad daylight did not end after the 1960s Protests by Africans in America. It is now carried out by the code words of Law and Order. Not different from world dictatorships.

Violence is the cry of the voiceless: it is the difference between those crying for change, those that are hungry; from those that are labelled as criminals. These threats of racial, ethnic, xenophobia and afrophobia kill their African victims slowly like other insidious diseases. It may not show an open wound but it is just as deadly as hypertension.

Our basic natural defense against hate comes from Flight or Fight. This applies to all animals including humans regardless of race or ethnicities for survival. As soon as the threat is over, we default back to our normal selves and all the biological hormones needed for defense preparedness are reset.

When provoked, animals including humans are created to fight when backed to the wall. An indication to live or die fighting for dear life. When you push people into violence by violence and decide to quell even peaceful demonstration by violence, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Ironically, that same natural Response is a Death sentence in the hands of Police among Diaspora Africans and some African countries.

So Africans coach their children on Restrain when questioned by Police. It is only the whites that can boldly demand reason for staged or unnecessary Police intrusions. Any black that refuses to be domesticated in the Diaspora hostile environment is a rebel that must be subdued by "legal" force. We remember the case of Louis Gate, the Harvard Professor, exhausted after returning from an international trip trying to get into his own house. The police sergeant called by his neighbors who knew he had some leg problem, coded him "uncooperative" for backup!

There is more, in terms of ability to cope under such constant emotional pain and interaction, it adversely affects our loved ones and others. Since the hostile environment degrades our well-being regardless of which community we are, our response could also be a double edged sword.

Nevertheless, Fight or Flight is easily indicated as elevated blood pressure demonstrating that our defences are on high alert. The problem starts when only blacks are on constant alert in a hostile and intolerant environment. Anxiety of High blood pressure then becomes a disease

putting additional stress on the blood vessel walls, making them stiffer and decreasing the amount of blood that flows through the body affecting most organs of our body from damage to the blood vessels of the brain, to the heart and kidneys that may result in a stroke, heart failure, kidney failure, obstructions (thrombus), to vessels in our legs.

You could be Louis Gate, Nelson Oyesiku or Philip Ozua in a New York Times article that claimed he Fought Two Plagues and Only Beat One: I know the cumulative burden of those experiences day after day, week after week, month after month, decade after decade. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/opinion/coronavirus-racism-montefiore-medicine.amp.html Therefore, those at risk of dying from hostile environments on a daily basis are more than those dying from Covid-19!

Their argument is that without law and order neither properties nor lives can be preserved. This general agreement empowered constituted authorities to give Police maximum discretion to use force with immunity even when charged to the Court of law. The division between conservative and liberal ideologies has to do with emphasis on the protection of properties or lives. Both value property and life but differ on which is needed to preserve the other. Both can be done fairly.

Favoritism and Privilege favor the elites and their families. Their corruption favors leaders and their cronies with devastating problems for the average man on the Main Street economy. Nobody or generation gives up Privilege without a Fight or Flight at the risk of the lives of Oppressed and Oppressors, otherwise real change will never come.

The only other way out is what we are witnessing right now as white children of the Oppressors see through the hypocrisy of their parents and decided to demonstrate with the Oppressed in larger numbers. This has never happened since the 1600s when we were divided and conquered on imposed color lines. This generation regardless of skin color assigned, woke up in large numbers and decided enough is enough. Put an end to injustice.

On June 12, 2020 The City of Boston that had its own history, declared Racism a Public Health Crisis.

https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/288905/if-all-lives-matter-then-african-lives-matter.html

Country and time has changed, no be small. You cannot visit anyone without notice anymore.

Chai, we used to demand food unannounced. Dis iPhone generation na waa.

Since when has the appointment of one African or even the first African President ever change the plight of their masses.

Hero worshippers.

Many Africans were murdered all around the world but George Floyd was chosen to capture the attention of the world.

An African whose generation was captured and sold away to an unknown land.

God works in mysterious ways. Yet, some Africans do not give a dam. Except for the visas. Pity.

How many of us were moved when Nana Akufo Addo the President of Ghana's message was read at George Flood Funeral broadcasted by major TV stations around the world.

Subduer:
The buffer needed Ngozi to bail Nigeria from the monies they borrowed & shared among themselves.

Please tell me one private business where Ngozi worked and got experience to rescue a country.

Even in non-governmental and not-for-profit organizations, tell us one country Ngozi has rescue from "zoo" or "shiithole" to economic prosperity.

Just one country, please.

A man despised in his own country that even lost popular votes and hated worldwide is loved by Nigerians?

It reminds me of another poll from the same source (I think) that claimed Nigerians are the happiest people and another that claimed Nigeria is the most religious country.

In their own poll in America 84% support the demonstration their President tried to kill with US Army by invoking the Resurrection Act.

Who are these supporters other than opportunistic infectors that go to every land or country claiming the natives are not "Intelligent".

We then wonder what provokes Xenophobia.

Alcohol may be hard to dodge at those wine and cheese parties at conferences outside Nigeria.

The same is true about sugary sodas.

Solution: tell the server to put a couple of drops of red wine in the glass and top it up with salsa or carbonated water.

Pay me later MP.

MetaPhysical:
What flavor margarita?

However cautious and lite i am on the liquor....it could be one tablespoon....i get fired up! I quit margarita and daiquiri completely. My system is to responsive to it, low immunity.

Commonsense99:
Dude let them keep their respect, Ndigbo want out, this is not too difficult to understand.
Nigeria as a country have lost respect in the affairs of the whole world so what is their to be proud for? Only a f00l will sit back and seek for respect in a dilapidated country like Nigeria.

How great is your country?

If the silent Igbo rise up, there is a good chance Ndi-Igbo can gain enough respect from Nigerians, even if the country breaks.

Anyone old enough must wonder which did more damage to Igbo reputation, the war or the chest beaters.

The lesson for all of us is that you have to earn respect. Anyone old enough cannot be happy with the present state of our brothers and sisters we grow up with.

Op good job.

I do wish though that you had included some early writings from Senegal all across to Somali/Ethiopia.

Looking forward to that.

Clap for yourself.

Never destroy childhood or long-term friendship for a few minutes ecstasy.

He really tried, fearless and lucky.

He retired all the military politicians and got away with it.

Appointed Service Chiefs from Middle Belt while the "core" North cried marginalization for the first time in Nigeria.

Brave enough to visit Nzegwu's home.

De-iced Ndi-Igbo since the war and appointed them to strategic positions after some years.

But Obasanjo did not build Cater Bridge

I understand not just by your words but how you feel about your parents. Apparently, they are not loaded enough to turn you into a professional student if they had to sell a land.

If you are that desperate, take the advice of taking JAM all over. If you were advised to switch to biological sciences, please do.

There are many ways to medicine. You can be a microbiologist, virologist, bacteriologist etc.

Prestige of medicine begins to wane as you become older and overwhelmed by patients, good and bad, fine and ugly. What many people so not know is how many hours and clinics you have to take on to make that much money.

You have to be convinced to explain and convince your parents that there are more fulfilling field as medicine. I have some friends that hardly practice clinical medicine as they got older. It's a dirty skilful job.

How many times have you heard Nigerians brag about Russian, Cuban or Chinese doctors? Even in Scandinavian countries, they do not make that much money.

So tell your parents you are going for bigger and better field.

White people destroy black lives and black properties.

Black people destroy black lives and black properties.

Slavery was abolished when it became too risky for white lives and white properties.

Get sense.

As much as I disagree with Khia on a few issues especially Bill Gates, I like the way she schooled the white thrash asslickers.

It is infuriating that some Nigerians still think like many whites. Actually, you should be schooling Khia.

Pity

In the midst of COVID-19 and abuse of Africans all over the world, leaders of Thought and smart business folks are inventing how to function differently and better than the old ways.

What are Nigerians doing? My heroes are better than yours, my rogues are better than yours and my Politicians are better than yours.

You keep on glorifying acquired girls with the closest look to foreigners as trophies to produce more children into countries that limit the number of their own children and population.

You then complain of discrimination against your children they do not want around. If you cannot see through your own hedonic tendencies, you have empty brains with high libidos.

Only the right thinking and smart Africans will survive their God given environment. Make your homes and invite others on your terms, patrons and talents to your homelands.

Sir,

African Arts were BC ie. Before their Christ. Yes, you are selling yourself short. Otherwise Professors here could have invaded your topic.

They are ignoring you.

Ratings can be floated to test acceptance. It's a question of demand and supply. If you want quality programs, demand them by your ratings.

Many shows survive for a while for their sensilzation but always die a natural death when people are tired of it

Can someone explain how a little olosho become big time actress if not by ratings.

THINK!

You asked about Black on Black crimes and I gave you White on White crimes.

Contrary to the stereotype garbage fed to you about African Americans to demonize them, I gave you Black Wall Street history in Tulsa..

Now put them together and THINK.

ogbonti:
dude - what concerns black on black homicide and black wall street ? = you are comparing apples to oranges

Do you know white on white crimes is more than black on white crimes in a 100 years?

What is your point? Do an experiment at home and put two males and two female mice in a pen and watch them grow and multiply in the same cage with little food and water.

Compare that to Black Wall Street and how whites destroy it. Google is your friend.

ogbonti:
but rich in tribalism, tribal wars, nepotism, armed robbery, kidnapping, slavery, ritual killings and a host of rubbish

- DO YOU KNOW BLACK ON BLACK HOMICIDE IN USA FOR ONE MONTH IS MORE THAN WHITE ON BLACK HOMICIDE FOR 10 YEARS?

The Devastation of Black Wall Street

Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1921. A wave of racial violence destroys an affluent African-American community, seen as a threat to white-dominated American capitalism.

https://daily.jstor.org/the-devastation-of-black-wall-street/

BTW

There is nothing wrong with color, man defined it for economic reason to divide and rule quenching Revolts 1500 Virginia.