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[quote author=H-Star89 link=topic=732780.msg8898263#msg8898263 date=1313030237]Well my mom doesn't really push me into her culture. I "idolize" my dad somewhat lol, so of course I embrace his culture more. But before I go to med school I want to go to nigeria with my mom. I've been using chinenyenwa a lilttle more than vivian though.[/quote]that's cool. I guess it's always easier to identify more with one side.

ezeagu:
Yeah, but no Nigerian can touch him without major consequences. He gets federal allowance, and he's always listened to in times of elections. Sure, no man is perfect and some negotiations should have been made with the outside, but he cannot be blamed for Nigeria blockading Biafra. He is not the one who called foreigners to strafe 'Nigerian lands', supposedly. The man has been revered as a hero for over 40 years now, hardly at his death, and as I hinted, anyone should dare touch him and see what happens.

I do agree with you on this. he has a strong symbolic power.

[quote author=South-East link=topic=732618.msg8898327#msg8898327 date=1313033617]When and where did this happen, mrs fake historian?[/quote]http://books.google.com/books?id=xNdZnPXsKN4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
starting from page 115 (Chapter7: The Hunger Weapon)
you can find other sources elsewhere too.

H-Star,
how is it like being part of both worlds?
I know a family like that too but the kids identify more with Nigeria than with AA culture. they lived in nigeria for a while.


[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=732780.msg8898154#msg8898154 date=1313027149]But college-educated, upwardly-mobile AAs are perfectly fine folk by me.[/quote]I never got along with them except on a superficial level. mostly cultural difference.

the blame for the war goes both sides. Ojukwu let his people starve to death. he should have worked on a compromise or surrender. he even refused international food aid for his people and that says a lot.
and to top it off, he then fled to cote d'voire to save his own head.  

anyways, he ran for president in 2003 I didn't hear of igbos turning out en mass to vote for him.
he's not even anywhere close to being a political force in the east. This shows that even his people don't care too much for him except to pay lip service.

and of course. every man is a hero. . .  at his death.

Besides, like I said, the magnitude of what Ojukwu did was the greatest. starting a Nigerian Civil war with 2 million dead, many more starved.
That is a huge accomplishment. I don't think anyone in Nigeria can beat that.

maybe Azikwe for being our first president. but he's long dead. Azikwe would receive more press nationwide.

are all these people alive?

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=728064.msg8891521#msg8891521 date=1312952126]I'm still bumping this song. Between this and watch the throne, it has been a good week musically for me [/quote]
should I be concerned?

I thought about the same thing and came to the conclusion that Igbos don't have any other leader.
So even though the guy hasn't done anything since the 60s (except to marry a popular beauty pageant), he is still being revered in igboland.

he is famous for good reasons though. He did do something very big. although with very big nasty consequences that can still be felt today.

Prejudice is probably the correct term to describe it. not resentment or hatred. Africans are not resentful of African Americans. We are prejudiced against them. We are also prejudiced against  hispanics, asians, whites or African Americans for totally different reasons.
and like I said, it's also vice versa. all those cultures including AAs have prejudices against us too.

to quote, use the quote button above the text box when you are making a post. if you can see the smiley buttons, you should be able to see it.

SAFO:
Do you think it might have to do with resentment. As far as black Americans having more advantages available to them? I know most of my friends can't relate to me when I tell them it was normal to go 4 months out of a year without electricity or fetching your water from a well daily when growing up in Nigeria.

I thought you were talking about Nigerians abroad. Nigerians abroad have access to the same amenities as African Americans.

If there is any resentment at all, it is most likely caused by the fact that their kids (born abroad) can easily be influenced by African American culture.
Many send their kids back home for about 6 yrs of secondary school (this is most likely what happened to you) to correct this if they feel it's going to be a problem or if they can afford to do so.

also, non-black employers/neighbors/potential allies sometimes do not distinguish between AAs and African immigrants and so Africans feel that they are being unfairly judged.

h-star u took my comment out of my mouth.
yes. there is a cake on your profile.

SAFO:
But why do you think they despise the ghetto types? Isn't it to each their own.

they feel that they are a bad influence on their kids,
they feel that they have destructive moral values.
etc

"despise" is a strong word though. I don't think Nigerians generally hate AA. maybe some.

I don't think Nigerians despise African Americans any more than hispanic, white or carribean people despise African Americans.
same is true vice versa.


[quote author=H-Star89 link=topic=732780.msg8897334#msg8897334 date=1313014177]im half black american & half nigerian(igbo). I can say nigerians despise the "ghetto" types.[/quote]you are beautiful. and happy bday

M M M:
fake

anoda aba

nakedall:
fake goods.

Bash92:
Fake drugs

femmy2010:

Imitation.

Myself2:
Knock off(aka counterfiet) headquarters of the world

lynkyinka:
fake,  substandard products

lol

Hertsnite:
I'm sorry but the majority of the rioters  in London and Birmingham were Black. you can cherry pick images if like and yes in Liverpool there would be allot more white people in the riots, coz most people there are white.

see how you are making a fool of yourself.
why are these white people rioting. have you asked yourself that question?

what a useless pig.

and yes. your father is a white African!
even whites in SA consider themselves to be South Africans.

Why are people praising this guy. What is so heroic about him? He allowed 2 million people to die in a war that was obviously doomed for defeat and then flew out of the country when d worst came.
That's not heroism that's selfishness and disregard for human life.  I think if Biafra had been fruitful, he would have been a worse dictator than idi amin.

[quote author=Yoru_Igbo link=topic=730972.msg8891387#msg8891387 date=1312947140]Mac Powder good sha but neverthless I eye this chick until I marry and now I still dey eye her na wah when I go stop this eyeing?  [/quote]where did u learn about mac powder. ehn
should your wife be worried?

na wa o
why didn't he just kick them out?

Pafuri:
Send them all home, fathers, mothers, uncles aunties, and all other parasites. Let them insist on their rights in Africa and the Carribean. BTW, I am African. Just in case anyone gets it twisted.

They are British youth. Britain is their home.

Hertsnite:
I say we deport them

They are British. born and bred in britain.
better carry your cross

she's gorgeous.

hbrednic:
PHOTOSHOP, wot did you expect.

lol

what do you mean by "ancient africans" 
what time period/frame are you talking about?

Sagamite:
He is giving you a cool, reserved, mysterious, bad boy face.

The type that makes your stomach wall tighten and gets you curious to know what is behind the mystery.

The type you girls fall for because of your attraction to danger, search for challenge and glory of breaking him with "your feminine charms".

Then you have your emotions damaged and then start looking for good boys because you realise it was not worth the risk and the thrill is always followed with heart ache.

you actually make a bit of sense here.
wow you're on a roll today.

so which one are you? good or bad boy wait let me guess. . .

Some people get pregnant by accident or for some other reasons.

but whoever agrees to become pregnant to prove fertility is a DUNCE.

na wa o

ademiller:
Top Ten Women.

1. My mom
2. My Ma
3. My mama
4. My mummy
5. My Momsi
6. Mummy me
7. Iya Me
8. Nne me
9. My mum
10.Mummilicious


Now is dat so hard to know?

the guy wants sex
the woman wants money
it's a 2 way street.



@deniyor, you must be one of those naija guys abroad with oyinbo. In that case, the guy wants money and the woman wants sex. same thing. just switch the gender.

[quote author=edo.girl link=topic=729865.msg8876524#msg8876524 date=1312753760]Lagos State has a good record of computerising large scale processes/data. I don't think this will be an obstacle.

The only reason I can see for them not introducing the tax yet, is political. It could prove very unpopular.[/quote]that makes sense

MeandSum:
bottom line is this: there is no way to implement this law.  It is a vicious circle.
Just we want it to be so does not mean it would work. I think a better solution would be to concentrate on anti corruption laws.

there is no such thing as "anti-corruption" laws.
you mean law enforcement.

My guess is that we don't have a proper administrative infrastructure/system to successfully impose such a tax.
I may be wrong though.

unfortunately, the chance of the bill passing is 0%