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https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/3/10/how-portugal-silenced-centuries-of-violence-and-trauma

“It has never previously been established by historians that Mendonça was an African, which is really incredible – that in the 1600s you had this African man who travelled all over Europe to mobilise an activist movement for the liberation not only of Black Africans, but also of Indigenous people in the Americas,” says Nafafé.

In 1684, Mendonça went to the Vatican, where he accused the nations involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade of crimes against humanity. “What I’ve discovered is that this wasn’t just a petition, it was actually a court case, undertaken by Black Africans and supported through highly organised international solidarity,” explains Nafafé. “People always think that the legal abolitionist movement started in Britain, in the late 18th century, but Mendonça really forces us to review our positions on this.”

MOST MAKE AMENDS FOR INIQUITY OF SLAVE TRADE OTHERS EXPLOIT IT

The whole world traded or exchange slaves. We must apologize to the children of those so stigmatized and make appropriate amends. The Iniquity of the father shall follow the children to their graves unless they amend their sins and those of their parents with good deeds to all. What we have today are some extremists hypocrites who double down on iniquities twisting laws, privilege and religion to perpetrate and justify injustice in the name of law and order. https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/how-god-visits-sins-on-the-third-and-fourth-generation

We now have people that are viscerally angry taking extreme positions because they want privileges over children of those that were dispossessed by their fathers. They have seized control of governments by any means they could. If they could not do it by votes, they rigged elections, gerrymandering, outright coup d'etat or insurrection. They claim the law and God are on their side so that they can subjugate minorities and women in their societies.

Anyone that dares to inform or educate based on science or history accepted universally is projected as preaching hate or "fake" news while they counter with their own disinformation. Their intention is to confuse the polity, especially those uninformed. They split communities, families and homes into two. So much so that peaceful gatherings, extended family meetings, even picnics are avoided for peace sake.

The fear of past injustice is real. The way people express fear may be to make amends, reject the past or put on a defense mechanism to justify the unjustifiable. Some people believe the best defense for past uncivilized behavior is to go on offense. They double down on exaggerated privileges that they may lose if they do not fight like hell.

Can anyone defend slavery of the past in most societies without making amends? Apologists that excuse the iniquities of the past by preaching the good they created on the silver lining without seeking justice for their wrong are part of the perpetrators looking for escape or even justifying past wrongful deeds. They come up with "Holy or Saint" to honor evil doers in Church, Mosque and even name captured land or slave plantations.

Years of compromise in politics, moderation, Federal character and years of delicate precedents in courts are overturned with impunity. Africans are becoming un-African buttressing their positions with the privileges of alien cultures. We are no longer our Brothers' Keepers. No matter how long or immediate it is, the children of the oppressed will recover from their nightmare, religious opium and euphoria to challenge the status quo.

Reparation has become controversial in the Americas and Commonwealth countries. The ancient residents of Britain from African and Caribbean countries were denied legal papers in the Country for social benefits they worked and died for until some amends were made lately. Unfortunately, our Youths are confused, embarrassed, expecting salvation from outside, not from their own within since their leaders stretched hands out begging for foreign assistance. The efforts that should have been directed towards self-actualization are channeled into fraud, terrorism or easy endeavors turning them into bandits, ritualists, drug mules and terrorists.

We mourned more than the bereaved for the loss of their Queen, Dictator and Pharaoh as if they were Mother Theresa of the world, wishing for the return of colonial power. Youths want to relocate to locations of the good old days. Anything foreign, even in the form of bananas handed to monkeys, is enough to make some, thankfully not most, turn against their own. They use the same obscenities used by those who enslaved their grandparents against one another.

While on Iniquity and Reparation, some Africans and African Americans have savagely attacked Prof. Uju Anya, an Igbo African that happens to be a Professor in the United States. Unlike the Iniquity here, her sin is pointing to the role of Britain during the Nigeria/Biafran War. By right of her Free Speech, her views on the Queen that presided over the Commonwealth. We cannot hide the decimation and destruction of Native cultures and people in Americas, Asia and Africa.

She is not the only one that has spoken out on this, many scholars did. What is more embarrassing is the circular firing squad created by a few well informed African Americans feigning ignorance. The Yoruba word AKATA is not the problem, rivalry between some earlier African American, many before Columbus and recent Africans is older than the awareness of the AKATA word. Prof. Anya is not Yoruba where the word comes from. Indeed, Yoruba call Nigerians coming back from overseas Akata, Oyinbo, Omowale, Sobowale,Tokunbo etc.

When Arthur Ashe came home to Nigeria, they named him Omowale. Though Akata or Oyinbo may not be as faltering, Black Panther is another wild beast meaning AKATA. They were not named by Yoruba! But any name that people feel is not proper must be dropped from civilized discussion. Akata or Oyinbo is not a name most Nigerians find flattering. Believe it or not, some Yoruba, especially some Youths find it amusing when so called. Some even called one another NIGGA for which they were cautioned against like African Americans caution their Youths.

Trying to create uproar out of poor Prof. Uju Anya for expressing the obvious about the Queen that came from the line of those who pride themselves as the conquerors of Africa, Asia and Americas is misplaced. Turning it into a tribal war between Africans and African Americans with the word AKATA or Oyinbo is despicable. Many of us still remember the last time this tribal war raised its ugly head: OBAMA IS NOT ONE OF US!

However, most African Americans voted for Obama. Even during the Democrats Primary, some well informed and educated African American colleagues campaigned against Obama. Some of those claimed it was not his turn. Recently, another friend said openly that Africans sold them and then followed them to America to take the Quota reserved for them. The Asians sue in court because they think they are cheated out because of the same Quota!

Haba! We are yet to see Irish, Polish, Scottish or Greek Americans attack their own immigrants from home the way some African Americans attack Africans. Quota like Affirmative Action has become a dirty word all the way to the U.S Supreme Court. Indeed, African Americans before or after Columbus and African students have denied their minority status to the Admission Offices in the Ivy League Colleges because of the Stigma. Prof. Uju Anya qualified for her position in her own right, not because she snatched a position reserved for African American.

African Americans are not only respected all over the world, Africa places them on a higher pedestal. Nkrumah, Azikiwe, Awolowo, Nyerere and others invited African Americans home during and after the fight for Independence. Chief Justice Alexander of Nigeria, reputable scholar W.E.B Dubois in Ghana and the United States Justice in South Africa were just three cases in point that worked in Africa. Please show love and direct your anger to the right places.

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Black pastor arrested while watering his neighbor's flowers has filed a federal lawsuit.

(CNN)Attorneys for Michael Jennings, a Black pastor arrested while watering his neighbor's flowers, filed a lawsuit in federal court on Friday alleging that the three Childersburg, Alabama, police officers who arrested him violated his rights under the First and Fourth amendments.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/09/10/us/black-pastor-arrest-watering-flowers-federal-lawsuit-reaj/index.html

FRIENDSHIP ALWAYS OUTLAST SEXY FIGURE IN RELATIONSHIPS

How would you reassure your grown children known as Generation Z to move out and go steady? The latest statistics indicate about a third plan to stay at their parents homes. Some of those even bring their husband home to live (in order to save for house down payment). African children stay longer. They cannot rely on attractive parts of our DNA from first impressions of partners. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/realestate/adult-children-living-at-home.html

The good news about this is that most of us are also attracted by good behavior which gives the impression of a well brought man or lady from a cultured home! Symmetrical shape or face has been the reason put forward for our favorable first impression of people. It gives a person a foot into the door to display their skills and character.

Ladies' natural curves are magnetic to most men and we all know it. It is more pronounced with shapely elastic clothes in the right places. The moment ladies fall out of shape, their men wonder how they fell so easily in the first place. The fact is the natural law of attraction hardly fails to capture us for procreation. While it is true that some couples are happy with adopted children, most Africans still dream about their own.

We must be sincere. It is easier for voluptuous body or Figure 8 to get a sexual partner and a husband than ladies that are naturally wife materials. Humans are naturally created to admire figures we consider beautiful. Even when beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Bad boys are usually attractive because they depend on their looks and swagger.

There are many ladies out there that are self-sufficient and are only looking for responsible men to complement their good personality. Unfortunately, many of these respectable ladies are caught by young men with good looks that do not live up to these standards. Some are so obsessed with themselves, they cannot see anything wrong with their approach.

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Jonathan was our best hope. He was highly educated, fresh and not part of the old baggage that had been ruling Nigeria.

So it is not enough that he tried. This is the same excuse Tinubu voters are propagating, that Lagos is the best ruled state in Nigeria.

Only in the country of the blind.

Nigerians deserve to be the best in the world. Using this mentality we have in this country, Nigeria will continue its run to the bottom.

mycar:
Jonathan tried, the only problem was Bokoharam and it was first in the history of Nigeria.
Regarding corruption, there was no means to block corruption hence he introduced all the instruments used today to fight corruption, please give jonathan a break, check the inflation rate during his tenure and now and tell me.
Exchange rate just varied from 155 to 197 throughout his tenure .
Because APC painted his regime bad and uptil now, you can't still see the difference. Jonathan worked with the best economic team after OBJ

Look at the supporters of Peter Obi, Atiku and Tinubu with their records in Government. You will feel sorry for Nigeria in particular and Africa in general.

Nigeria refused and internationally shun Activists but prefer demonstrated looters to repeat their shameful cleptomaniacs to reign again and again.

All Nigerians do is rationalize evil habits. Your devil is worse than mine.

We thought Jonathan would finally rescue the country. A disappointment that paved the way for Buhari.

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Violence throws your business, home, country and the world into chaos as the oppressed may revolt or refuse to lie down and die. They can also fight back. Every leader grows up in a home. Do your country a favor, raise good children if you can. By the time people get married, become politically active and seek favors, they learn that youthful exuberance must not cloud the rest of their lives as they learn from their youthful misadventures and mistakes.

Whoever wants to rule must first be a success at home, business or charity before running a country. There is a difference between positive reinforcement of behavior and punishment to shape the home, business or government desired. Constant rewards without negative reinforcement encourage opposite behavior. Dysfunctional families or countries produce unruly children becoming adults that aspire to political office where they achieve the goal of authoritarian dictator, even in the western democracy.

When a country elects a driven novice because he exploits their emotions, they deserve the leader they elected. There are many similarities between spouse abusers and dictators of a country. They enjoy unquestionably power at home and in the country. In most African countries, their enablers, like the leaders, are intoxicated by the power that comes with the positions. Adolescents learn by behavior modification that force, violence or crime does not pay. It leads to thuggery, hooliganism, political and religious vandalism.

How does a home or country flowing with milk and honey borrow more money than earned? There is no better reputation than when your children think you are the best dad, your spouse admits to others you are the kindest, your employees claim you are a considerate manager or your countrymen testify that you are the most competent leader. Do your best and leave the rest, there will always be some ingrates or spoilt brats who think it is not enough.

Violence throws your business, home, country and the world into chaos as the oppressed may revolt or refuse to lie down and die. They can also fight back. Every leader grows up in a home. Do your country a favor, raise good children if you can. By the time people get married, become politically active and seek favors, they learn that youthful exuberance must not cloud the rest of their lives as they learn from their youthful misadventures and mistakes.

Whoever wants to rule must first be a success at home, business or charity before running a country. There is a difference between positive reinforcement of behavior and punishment to shape the home, business or government desired. Constant rewards without negative reinforcement encourage opposite behavior. Dysfunctional families or countries produce unruly children becoming adults that aspire to political office where they achieve the goal of authoritarian dictator, even in the western democracy

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We must find the solution to Nigeria, stop dancing around it or looking for spurious reason to justify our immediate gratification.

Igbo prefer Fulani Presidents while Yoruba prefer Igbo Executives Prime Minister until Buhari.

Biafran Jonathan was installed by Yoruba until he paid them back in .... motor park thugs.

Hypocrites push Tinubu as the next president of Nigeria

Published 3 years ago on November 11, 2019

https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/hypocrites-push-tinubu-as-the-next-president-of-nigeria/

More APC Senators defecting?

When Tafawa Balewa became Prime Minister, he negotiated by relinquishing the Finance portfolio to the South. Gowon from the Middle Belt reminded the country that he is a Northerner when he became Military Head of State. He released Awolowo from Federal Prison which his predecessor, Ironsi failed to do after many requests and pleas. More importantly, he appointed Awolowo Commissioner for Finance the South desired as usual.

It shows the political sophistication and chicanery of the Fulani compared to the Southern money worshippers that would sell their birthright for pottage. Do not forget that after Awolowo left as Finance Commissioner, it was Southerners that preached Liberal Market. The North was against it until they realized that their families can enjoy Western education beyond Arab religious teaching. Indeed some Nigerians like Dr. Sodipo and Fela Anikulapo paid dearly in jail for alleged violations of the 100 pounds limit on travelers going abroad.

It was not until Obasanjo as civilian President that he rehabilitated the marginalized Igbo into substantive positions as Finance control. It must be pointed out that Clement Nyong Isong, was also in charge of the Central Bank under Gowon. By the time Fulani got interested in Finance, Lamido Sanusi, an Islamic scholar, was planted as a manager in a private bank to later become the Governor of the Central Bank. More Northerners took over the parallel financial market.

https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/309153/tinubu-deserves-his-dues-as-buhari-renews-fulani-reign.html

Buhari is the head of the Fulani oligarchy that dominates the political power of Africa's most populous country, regardless of APC or PDP candidate. There are many ways to skin a cat, party loyalty is only one of them. But anyone that thinks Buhari would be loyal to a party at the expense of Fulani self-interest, in a country where there is no ideological conviction, is naive or a neophyte.

Tinubu won the flagship of APC and Atiku won the flagship of PDP to contest for the President of Nigeria because their money is power. While it is true that politicians without money can still win, it takes a sincere dedicated revolution of the mind. Tinubu and Atiku have come out winners despite the fact that they are the most corrupt Presidential candidates out of all the contestants. Until lately, only Fulani and Hausa could keep their eyes on the price without financial corruption. Buhari burst that myth into pieces.

There is no one among the delegates in particular and Nigeria in general that does not know how Atiku and Tinubu made their money, yet more Nigerians have resigned to corruption as a fact of life and the way to survive is to join them if you cannot beat them. Even those we thought have integrity have resigned to their parties' picks where foreign money that could have elevated the suffering of the masses were openly displayed and the candidate with ice cream with popcorn, Osinbajo, derided. Na ice cream and popcorn we go chop?

However, Fulani have always kept their eyes on Power rather than Money. When you secure Power, natural resources, foreign income and foreign loans flow in naturally when you are in control. They no longer trust or support any Southern surrogate as President, Federal character or other merit based positions since they can manipulate their way in. Southern Nigerians always put the cart before the horse. They worship money first, by any means.

Who told you Buhari would vote for Tinubu, his Party Presidential candidate; for whia?

They actually used Tinubu to capture the Presidency the same way the South have been inviting Fulani leaders for Alliance since the sixties. The British preferred them as the leaders in the SouthEast, SouthSouth and lately SouthWest did. SouthSouth preferred them to avoid domination by their Southern neighbors. SouthEast formed an alliance with them from the 60s to spite the SouthWest and SouthWest did it in 2015 hoping Buhari would pass them the baton.

Nothing changed. Even if Osinbajo had been endorsed publicly by Buhari, he could never defeat Atiku in the North. What some folks rightly pointed out is that Buhari and the Fulani have accomplished their goal to keep power in the North as long as Nigeria exists as a country. Their game conclusion is to pave the way for Tinubu with his voracious greed that scares every part of Nigeria except those addicted money-mongers in the West he captured. Ask Lagosians.

The South cannot repeat the same feat everytime in favor of Fulani leaders and expect a different result from power hungry Oligarchy who think they are born to rule. Take them seriously when they say the "North" would rule forever. There are few Fulani or Hausa that will dump Atiku for Tinubu or Peter Obi. Until the South and the North Central decide to rally around and vote for one of the other parties or a new party, Atiku wins.

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If dagger, gun and bomb do not kill people no blood thirsty criminal would use them. Culture of violence is a deliberate and cultivated behavior to instill fear, not a mental problem greater than what we have in other countries. It takes calculated actions by ignoring law and regulations enforcement to make high powered guns the preferred choice by instigated killers. We can’t postpone or excuse repulsive and deadly actions to intimidate others as purely a mental problem that cannot be solved while lives are continually lost.

Violence has always been part of human behavior but we became civilized to a point where our brains took over the most difficult tasks instead of our brown. Skills, experience and intelligence gave the smaller man an advantage over the powerful giant. We also use technology to perform tasks such as fertilizers and tractors in the farms for survival to increase our basic need, food production. Automatic weapons are not needed for self defense or hunting. AK-47 and AR-15 are not basic needs within a civilized community.

The world was so bad, we had to invent Religions for the fear of God and Hell for the evil ones. Religion was supposed to civilize and purge us from our sins. We also institute criminal and civil laws to sort the bad folks from the good ones. The bad ones are locked up and the crazy ones are kept in mental homes until they can be rehabilitated back into society. Along the way, we missed our goal. There are some good people that are locked up while criminals roam the streets and get into Governments and Armed Forces.

https://www-modernghana-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.modernghana.com/amp/news/1160941/mental-patients-are-not-the-criminals-with-ak-47.html?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16537559712456&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernghana.com%2Fnews%2F1160941%2Fmental-patients-are-not-the-criminals-with-ak-47.html

MENTAL PATIENTS ARE NOT THE CRIMINALS WITH AK-47 MR-15

The real criminals are insurgents in high places including special interest groups and any Government that creates a culture of violence and gives easy access to AK-47 and MR-15. There is the comfortable feeling out there that the world has changed from the days of brute force, violence and the survival of the fittest in the jungle; to a kinder, gentler and civilized world. We may have predicted our way to utopia too early. It is becoming unclear if we are progressing or regressing back into a world of cave mentality.

Why are the Brains being overwhelmed by the brute force of the Brawn? They would go in search of what kills people. People who slaughter people should not be classed as mental patients to give them soft landing by their sponsors. Call criminals a criminal and stop stigmatizing or insulting mental patients in need of treatment. Those who create the culture of violence must not be allowed to pass blame on most of the mental patients that cannot obtain or afford AR-15 or AK-47 made readily available by organized groups that want to overthrow constituted civil authorities.

If dagger, gun and bomb do not kill people no blood thirsty criminal would use them. Culture of violence is a deliberate and cultivated behavior to instill fear, not a mental problem greater than what we have in other countries. It takes calculated actions by ignoring law and regulations enforcement to make high powered guns the preferred choice by instigated killers. We can’t postpone or excuse repulsive and deadly actions to intimidate others as purely a mental problem that cannot be solved while lives are continually lost.

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As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, display to attract opposite sex is a normal animal behavior.

Just look at birds with pretty feathers attracting opposite sex. But humans go beyond natural behavior to attract, only to deny they ever do or crying harrassment or to blackmail you.

If you are walking alone minding your business and a lady jumps in from of you rolling her yash, watch out.

She could be adjusting her tight or bra right in front of you. Just ignore her until she comes asking you some silly questions like direction to ladies room.

Fernanadezisback,

Look, I do not tolerate insults or nonsense. Go learn some manners. Have a nice day, bye.

Ma'am,

give yourself some credit. I do not think the attention you seek is irrelevant. Look at the topic again. It does not matter if I know you in reality or not. Some of your personality spills into your contribution here.

FERNANDEZISBACK:
I could know how to get attention and be very focused..there is a big difference between getting attention and being focused and stop being distracted by irrelevant issues in reality..
By the way you don't know me in reality..
If you feel I seek attention on here it still doesn't define who I am in reality..so take a chill pill and think more in reality instead of being distracted by irrelevant issues..

Interesting.

Coming from someone who knows how to get attention.

FERNANDEZISBACK:
You chose to be distracted..psy101.. always remain focus..

I like this girl, she is funny.

Focus on what while diverting our attention from what we were doing?

FERNANDEZISBACK:
It's simple.. focus and stop thinking about irrelevant issue..

It is not every lady that flaunt their body parts for sex.

Even those that do, may not want some of the guys they attract.

Jumping in front of a guy to twist your butts can be hilarious. Some of their friends would notice it too.

It is even funnier when they adjust their bra and short pants.

Why?

Gone were the days fat ladies were doing everything to shed fat off their bodies.

All they have to do now is get tight that fit. It used to be well shaped ass.

Reflect7:
Okay, so tell us how many Africans you hate.

Let me start with people like you that lack logical reasoning and cover your insecurities with labels and abuses on others that admitted their faults looking for solutions.

Let us forget about the days our forefathers traded gold for mirrors. The days Queen of Sheba and Musa Kanka Musa invited vandals to come and raid Africa by wasting and depressing gold market worldwide.

It is people like you that preached liberal market and free exchange rates, which no country did or does;

just so that you can import junk, readymades, pins and toothpicks.

It is people like you that supported their Structural Adjustment that wiped out middle class African wealth.

It is people like you that think your Salvation can only come from white man's "investment" as long as you get your crumbs and the chance to launder foreign incomes.

You want more people like you I "hate"?

People should make their points instead of throwing labels to pump up themselves.

The first thing people have to do is to admit their problems before they can work on solving them. I know very few Africans who do not think we as Africans have a problem, actually many problems.

Who wants to deny that and label those that disagree?

Get this straight. Africans at home or in Diaspora have problems like crabs in a barrel pulling one another down. We even hate one another.

Denials won't help us.

Highly distasteful. We only have to prove him wrong.

Botha, former South African President and Ian Smith former Rhodesia PM said worse. Call them racist all you want. It is how they see us and treat us.

Unfortunately, our Youths do not care because they have been trained to have low self esteem and think their salvation cannot come from Blacks like them.

The Asians were also colonized but they have cut their poverty rate to almost none in China to less than 15% in other Asian countries.

The face of abject poverty shifted to Africa as those we chose to lead us dance naked.