Yep... That's the iconic "Joy Soap" commercial advert which was an instant hit and it debuted in the early 1980s. It was a hilarious and relatable "Joy Girl" TV ad... With all those "male simps" getting distracted after seeing that "Joy Girl" strutting by. It brings back good memories from back in the day.
Glimpsetv: Popular social media influencer and singer, Speed Darlington, has announced plans to sue the Hypo company after its product allegedly damaged his clothes.
In a video posted by Speed Darlington, he narrated how the product ruined his favorite shirt, which he referred to as his “wife-searching shirt.” He claimed that a part of his very clean and pure white shirt became discolored after he attempted to remove a lipstick stain he noticed following a "hunting show." In an effort to remove the stain, he used the product, which left the stained area discolored. When he soaked the shirt in the product again, part of the shirt ripped. Additionally, his white singlets, which he had soaked along with the shirt, turned yellow.
Angered by this outcome, he has decided to sue the Hypo company for damages.
However, many online users found the video very hilarious and couldn't stop laughing despite his seriousness.
Let us know what you think about this video in the comments.
This guy may have bought a FAKE or adulterated brand of Hypo bleach. Hypo is one of the top brands and I CANNOT recall ever seeing complaints about that brand online. This comedian is the FIRST person that I'll be hearing of who has ever complained about a Hypo bleach tearing off his cloths and failing to remove lipstick stains on the shirt.
In any event, I "strongly" think he's just joking. But if the company that manufactures the Hypo bleach product gets to confirm that the complaint is a hoax, then the comedian should start getting ready to pay damages for de-marketing the Hypo bleach brand. Period.
If you ever find yourself in that kinda situation where you have many kids from "stray bullets," then you've got to live in "harmony" with the kids and their mothers just so that the mothers don't induce the kids with REBELLION towards their father. That's the major thrust of Isaac Fayose's short video which is laced with sarcastic humor. Period.
USCIS Investigates Nigerian Men Over Green Card Marriage Scams
Due to the perceived high number of cases involving claims of marriage fraud by the USCIS, particularly involving men from Nigeria, it has become increasingly difficult for Nigerians to obtain visas to the US. An American lawyer, when asked about the reasons behind this, explained: “When someone from Nigeria, or any country, goes to the embassy and gets a visa to the United States, often they only receive a visitor visa if they are married. The consular official needs to know that the beneficiary of the non-immigrant application is going to return to their home country. Leaving a spouse behind is evidence that the person intends to come back.
Between 2017 and 2022, many non-immigrant visas were granted to Nigerians because they were married. Now, these marriages are under intense scrutiny. In some cases, the marriages were never valid, there wasn't a real person involved, they never formally got married, or they never formally divorced. Sometimes people fake a marriage just to get the visa, and once they arrive in the US, they file for divorce and then marry an American to obtain a green card.”
As a result of the high incidence of fake marriages and marriage fraud, the State Department is now investigating these cases, as many marriage decrees from Nigeria have been found to be fake.
The American lawyer concluded his talk with tips and advice for Nigerians on how to get their visas approved.
USCIS Investigates Nigerian Men Over Green Card Marriage Scams
Due to the perceived high number of cases involving claims of marriage fraud by the USCIS, particularly involving men from Nigeria, it has become increasingly difficult for Nigerians to obtain visas to the US. An American lawyer, when asked about the reasons behind this, explained: “When someone from Nigeria, or any country, goes to the embassy and gets a visa to the United States, often they only receive a visitor visa if they are married. The consular official needs to know that the beneficiary of the non-immigrant application is going to return to their home country. Leaving a spouse behind is evidence that the person intends to come back.
Between 2017 and 2022, many non-immigrant visas were granted to Nigerians because they were married. Now, these marriages are under intense scrutiny. In some cases, the marriages were never valid, there wasn't a real person involved, they never formally got married, or they never formally divorced. Sometimes people fake a marriage just to get the visa, and once they arrive in the US, they file for divorce and then marry an American to obtain a green card.”
As a result of the high incidence of fake marriages and marriage fraud, the State Department is now investigating these cases, as many marriage decrees from Nigeria have been found to be fake.
The American lawyer concluded his talk with tips and advice for Nigerians on how to get their visas approved.
TouchNfollow: Lagos needs N1.2trn for 42km coastline protection – Commissioner According to Alebiosu, “If we are to address the entire stretch of our coastline, the costs are significant. Nevertheless, we must persist in our efforts to protect the ancestral land and livelihoods of the affected communities.
“However, we need to extend this from Alpha Beach to Ibeju Lekki, a 42 kilometre stretch requiring about 105 groins.
“More than a year ago, in February 2023, the cost of constructing a groin was about N12 billion. The total coastline in Lagos is approximately 180 kilometres, Km, which is substantial.
“We have identified some African countries that have tackled similar challenges using better and cheaper groin technology.
“We are studying these methods and want to be thoroughly convinced before committing. We assure the affected communities that the solution is near and ask for their patience,” Alebiosu assured. .as Netherlands forges partnership for coastal zone mgt
FreeStuffsNG: Telecoms giants such as MTN, Airtel, Globacom are in Lagos. Investment banks, importers, exporters, maritime companies, big farmers, oil and gas companies, among others, are in Lagos.
The Nigerian Exchange Limited is in Lagos. Government regulators such as the Nigerian Ports Authority, and many others, are in Lagos.
Lagos has the highest concentration of small businesses in Nigeria, with about 8 percent share of over 40 million MSMEs. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) 2017 data, Lagos has 3.224 million small businesses.
Stable governance
Governance in Lagos has been stable. Only one political family of President Bola Tinubu has ruled the state from 1999 till today. From Tinubu himself to Babatunde Fashola, down to Akinwumi Ambode and Babajide Sanwo-Olu, all have been from the same political party.
Tax revenues have risen from N14.6 billion in 1999 to N651.2 billion in 2022. The state generated N400 billion in the first six months of 2023, the NBS said.
Investors are also betting on the state. Out of a total of N508.98 billion real sector investment made in Nigeria in 2017, Lagos received N235.61 billion, representing 46 percent, the highest in the country, according to data by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN).
Of the N552.64 billion investment in 2018, Lagos welcomed N287.16 billion, representing 52 percent, highest in Nigeria. Also, of a total of N496 billion investment made in 2019, Lagos received N180.63 billion, representing 36 percent, the highest in the year.
“Stability has helped Lagos retain its masterplan and economic blueprint,” said Ifeanyi Okeleke, CEO of Kenfrancis Farms.
“It sends a positive signal to investors that things can’t suddenly[b][/b] turn upside down. However, it has also upended the opposition in the state.”
What drives Lagos
It is easier to identify why Lagos is working. A population of about 20 million is seen as a big market. Of all the 16 million international passengers airlifted in 2022, about 6.526 million, representing 40.3 per cent of the total passenger volume, passed through Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos, said the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The seaports are in Lagos.
“The population of Lagos is huge and concentrated. If you are a city of ports, naturally, economic activities will increase. Also, Lagos is a coastal city, and coastal cities are a magnet because their position boosts economic activities,” Yusuf, earlier quoted, said.
According to the madam, the housemaid has a room that is ensuite but yet decided to urinate inside the kitchen using her mug. She also mentioned that she pays the maid more money than she is supposed to pay her.
Damn! Why did this housemaid pee in her employer's mug when she has a bathroom of her own where she could have peed. She was fortunate to her been given a job by a rich woman and yet she blew the opportunity up ONLY to start begging and calling on God. Who does that?
Thanks to CCTV cameras that have helped to unravel a lot of stealing, misdemeanors, and murder cases in homes and public places over the years.
I once watched several videos showing hidden CCTV images of how males and females in the United States were caught doing things when they thought NO one was looking... From the two employees who were having quick sex romps in the store, to the male restaurant staff who brought out his p*nis to pee in the restaurant kitchen sink, to the White girl working at a fast food outlet who picked up with her bare hands a large piece of dough she was kneading (that had fallen on the kitchen floor) and continued kneading it, and much more.
About the Nigerian West Indies Association (NWIA) Established in 1979 (45 Years) by collective representatives of individual Islands which constitute the Carribean Island, and who have now become residents in Nigeria.
Nigerian West Indian Association (NWIA)- from the Carribean Island, provides a community that engages migrants and descendants of the Caribbean Island (countries from the Carribean Island including; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago); encourages projects towards the socio-economic growth and cultural development of their host community- Nigeria, through humanitarian support and financial grants.
Nigerian West Indian Association (NWIA)- Establishment;
The Nigerian West Indian Association (NWIA), being a Non Governmental Organisation in Nigeria, have an objective to coordinate and provide an organization for West Indian natives and descendants living in Nigeria towards identifying and mobilizing general resources (financial and material) for the purposes of developing their host country- Nigeria and also signify oneness of the people.
The Nigerian West Indian Association (NWIA)- Administrative Policy
The Nigerian West Indian Association (NWIA), is a corporate body, for the purposes of its existence, being a designated association in Nigeria with the objective of coordinating and providing an organization for West Indian natives and descendants living in Nigeria towards identifying and mobilizing general resources (financial and material) for the purposes of developing their host country- Nigeria.
The Nigerian West Indian Association (NWIA)-Board is responsible for the general administration of the association and in particular, formulate policies for the regulation and development of the association, and the exercising and achievement of the functions of the Nigerian West Indian Association, among other responsibilities.
Thank You Jesus
Yep! NWIA.
NWIA: Social media will be utilized to educate, inform, and promote the event. Also to share updates, and engage with attendees before, during, and after the event. Platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter will be used to generate buzz, share photos and videos, and encourage digital interaction through contests and live updates.
U-17 WWCQ: Flamingos Thrash Burkina Faso To Reach Final Qualifying Round
May 18, 2024
Nigeria’s Flamingos secured a place in the final qualifying round of the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup following a comprehensive 6-0 victory over Burkina Faso in Abuja on Saturday.
Bankole Olowookere’s side won the two-legged contest 7-1 on aggregate.
Harmony Chidi scored a hat-trick for the Flamingos in the encounter.
Chidi also scored Nigeria’s only goal in the first leg.
Forward Peace Effiong bagged a brace, while Ramota Kareem scored the other goal.
Flamingos will face either Senegal or Liberia in the final round.
Three teams will represent Africa at this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in dominican republic.
The competition will run from October 16 to November 3, 2024.
Nigeria finished second at the last edition of the competition hosted by India.
Lexie Alford was 21 by the time she had reached every corner of the globe. Now at just 22, she uses her online platforms and persona - aptly, ‘Lexie Limitless’ - to inspire budding travellers via Instagram, YouTube and her website.
We caught up with Lexie to celebrate her title as the youngest person to reach every country in the world. Originally from northern California - which she describes in our chat as “the most diverse of the American states, there’s nowhere I’d rather be,” she currently resides full time in sunny Los Angeles.
Hey Lexie! Thank you for joining us. Firstly - have you managed to travel much in the past year or so?
It’s pretty crazy, I was at Carnaval in Brazil the day before the first registered case there (in early March). So I came back to the US and we were straight into full lockdown.
But yes, during lockdown I did manage to travel for work. I went to Turkey to do a two-week road trip for my YouTube, and another two week road trip in Iraqi-Kurdistan.
Did you set out with the intention of becoming the youngest person to reach every country in the world?
It was more of a natural evolution. I started travelling when I was really young because my mum has a travel agency, a business she started when she was just 19. Growing up she would always pull me out of school and take me exploring with her, which was really cool.
This lifestyle meant that by the time I was 18 I had travelled to around 70 countries already. I had graduated early from high school, and got my associates degree by 18.
But one of my biggest dreams, from being 12 years old, was that I wanted to experience what it was like to live for one year of my life with no school and no work. So I saved up, a crazy amount, so I could take this gap year and travel the world.
I wanted to see as much as I could, and learn as much as I could. It was during that gap year that it dawned on me: how many countries are there? I was only 18, I knew I had some time to do it. So I Googled the youngest person to travel to every country, and James Asquith’s Guinness World Record came up.
When I saw that, I knew I would regret it for the rest of my life if I didn’t at least try.
A lot of people want nothing more than to travel, but financial and time restraints can get in the way. You’ve already said you had set that one year aside - but how did you pay for it?
My project was entirely self-funded. I was working for a really young age, and for my mum’s travel agency. I was really lucky because I was not only earning money, but I was learning so much about travel - specifically how I could do it on a shoestring budget.
I managed to stretch out those savings for a year and a half. And during that time I picked up my camera, started doing blogs, and learnt about social media. I was starting to meet people from the industry and built up a network. I slowly started getting more of a client-base that I was writing content for, and that’s really what launched my business that I run today. ~~ It’s important to bear in mind that when you’re climbing a really big mountain, if you look right to the top you’re going to be discouraged and overwhelmed. But if you just take one step at a time, it’s a lot easier to get to the top.
Do you have a favourite place that you visited? And why?
I have a list, I have a top five. But this is like having to choose a favourite child. The places are my favourites for different reasons. I love Indonesia because of the diving. I’m a diver and the underwater world there is fascinating.
Venezuela, because of its natural beauty, and the kindness of the people. Pakistan was the most hospitable place and people I visited. It has an incredible mountain landscape as well.
Egypt for the history - its preservation is incredible. You can still see the paint and smoke on the walls inside the Great Pyramids. And Iceland. It’s just such a unique island, the most unique place in the world. ~~ Is there anywhere you wouldn’t go back to?
I’m always weary when I talk about favourite places and least favourite places because it’s so subjective. I don’t there’s anywhere I wouldn’t go back to - never say never.
But my travel experience now is very different to three years ago. It’s less about counting countries, and more about seeking out these unique experiences, so it really depends on whether the opportunity is there.
One thing I know is that any travel experience is all about the people. They make or break the journey. It’s the people who make experiences last in your mind forever.
There’s still a lot of stigma around women travelling alone, especially from a safety perspective. But you did much of this journey alone, and so young. Was it ever something that worried you?
I travelled to around 50 or so countries by myself. So that was maybe seven or eight months on my own.
Just as a side note, I truly think it’s something every person, man and woman, should experience at some point in their life: solo travel. It teaches you how to be independent and navigate this crazy world alone. But it also makes you truly appreciate the time you get to spend with people, when you’re back home, or with your family and friends.
Taking the first step into solo travel doesn’t have to be huge. You don’t have to go to a completely different culture, with a completely different language, and try to figure it out. A neighbouring city, a closer country. Just somewhere that you can be with yourself and your thoughts.
You can ease into these things slowly and start learning how to navigate the world. But it teaches us how to be grateful: for the people we have in our lives, the experiences we have in our lives.
What’s the one piece of advice you would give to someone looking to pursue their dreams?
A piece of advice I’ve been given and carried with me for years is to never take no for an answer. Anyone who doubts your ideas, who doesn’t want something to work out in your favour, being rejected. It’s up to you to persevere.
Slytiger: The first time was okay. it was Bellview air (owned by Tunde Yusuf) from Lagos to London Heathrow. Virgin Atlantic, virgin Nigeria and the others were too expensive. Aside the turbulence, it was all okay with Jollof rice and chicken served onboard.
Lots of turbulence on this flight and the couple beside me almost had hypertension. They were first time flyers as well and they kept praying in tongues. Out of fear, at some point the husband mistakenly grabbed my hand thinking it was that of his wife sat beside him.
That's interesting... With the many air turbulences and the in-flight drama from the elderly couple. This must have been in the early 2000s.
Donbisco2010: My first trip was international flight from Nigeria(MMIA) to Dominican Republic ( Las America International Airport). Well, as a young and aspiring man I was so restless on the flight due to the rumor of deportation at each point of entry. I think we had 3 lay overs. And almost on air for 2 straight days. The play was huge and had a lot of leg room and food where served at intervals and we are entitled to make request on whatever we cared for.. Turkish airline, I arrived the country with a reddish eyes and a blocked ear lol afters days on flight. Had lay over at Turkey, Columbia and Panama before touching down in Dominican Republic 🇩🇴. Let's I forget I almost missed my flight at Instabul because I don't know the gate to board my flight. It was an experience...
That's quite an impressive odyssey... Three layovers!
How long in terms of years has this Dominican Republic trip by Turkish Airlines been?
Second, did you go as a solo traveler or was it in a tour group?
Lastly, how was it coping with speaking Dominican Spanish since not many folks speak fluent English on the street level?
shaybebaby: Cuba, I visited in 2008 so a while ago buy I'd like to imagine that it remains largely unchanged considering the fact that even at time, the 60's vibe was still quite visible in Havana.
What drew me to Cuba? I love Latin culture, the dance, music especially bachata ( you should hear me murdering Spanish songs on my playlist🤣), and the language. Plus their recent history with communism was fascinating, to see how the country stagnated after falling out with US post Castro.
There was a lot of poverty, with a distinct lack of access to basic amenities, things were very dated since there was no international trade( at least not to my knowledge) and no real industries. But we know the history of how things became so, so it was an interesting juxtaposition to see the impact of communism in a place that looked like paradise.
I'll admit that my knowledge of the transatlantic slave trade back then was non-existent so I did not have the opportunity to experience it from that context. But I did notice that they had groups of what they called Shango worshippers..so I connected the dots.
What is interesting in those places ( the Caribbean islands) is that you come across people that bear nigerian names, without having a clue that that is a throwback to their forebears. I met a Jamaican in Jamaica ( born, bred, no recent african ancestors) named Nneka, who had no clue it was a Nigerian name, never mind Igbo.
I'm going to reread your post on slave trade, ( I need to digest it) and would love if you have some links to share for further reading. I note that you mentioned Haiti, and as it happens, I'll be going to Dominican Republic in November ( which is the other half of the island) so thank you and gods that made you post this. It will add another flavour to my trip.😁
@ my username, it's a nickname given to me by sister. What about yours? When I see yours I always think Conquistador...aaaaaaand we are back to all things latin😜😜
Whoa! In 2008... That was a long time ago @Shaybebaby. Indeed, as of the time you visited communist Cuba, the biggest island in the Caribbean was still largely trapped in the 1950s-like era with those old 1950s and 1960s American cars. Ever since former President Barack Obama officially visited Cuba in March of 2016, things have vastly improved with a lot of gentrification of parts of Old Havana going on. Most of the old weather-beaten buildings really just need fresh coats of colourful paint and voila, the buildings come off looking really "sexy." In the year 2001, I remember that the past Ooni of Ife (Oba Okunade Sijuade) before the current Ooni of Ife (Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi) officially visited Cuba on the invitation of Fidel Castro to sign economic and cultural agreements and to see the many descendants of Yorubas (many male members of Yoruba royal families from different kingdoms were also captured as prisoners of wars in the 1800s and deported on those Spanish, Portuguese, and American slave ships to the Americas) who were taken to Cuba and the Black and White adherants of the Yoruba religion. The day the Oba (King) and his entourage landed in a plane in Havana was the day heavy rains started falling in Cuba in 2001 after a severe drought that lasted for several months. "Guess what? Afro-Cubans saw the Ooni's visit from Nigeria as a blessing from the Orishas (Yoruba deities) and a sign that what their Yoruba ancestors told them about the mystical powers of the Oonis of Ife is true."
So, did you go to Cuba as a solo traveler OR were you part of a travel group? I feel your vibe right there in "near-absolute" terms on what made you gravitate towards a Cuban vacation as indicated in your post. I want YOU to also share with me some of your favorite "Bachata" music tracks from your playlist on this thread or on the NL Music Section thread. I'd like to immerse myself in that genre of Cuban "Bachata" music while taking a pleasant walk and/or car ride along the Malecon seawall.
There's indeed a gravitation pull for me towards the Latin-American culture especially the Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Carribean culture varieties. The music genres and sounds from the great Lucumi exponent, Lazoro Ros of Cuba who passed on in 2005, Orishas (my favorite Cuban rap and hip-hop group since the early 2000s), Camila Cabello, Carlos Santana, are truly stellar and evoke a feeling of oneness with Cuba! "A lo Cubano."
I'll bet that YOU work in the travel industry or you've got an international career path for you to have already "ticked" Cuba, Jamaica, and other places on your "travel list" of intensely cultural and fun places to visit in the Carribean! You know, I like your sense of adventure.
With reference to the Dominican Republic, I've studied their ancestry DNA results in the past from majorly online sources and a lot of them individually have caramel skin complexions due to their mixed African, Native American, and Spanish descent as shown by the DNA test results. Any Black African person you see in DR is most likely a long-time Haitian immigrant. An African-American lady who is also well-traveled told me that when she visited the Dominican Republic and lodged in a hotel, she developed a sustained upset tummy after eating a meal that contained vegetable salad. So, you have to be on guard to ensure that what you consume is well washed and NOT half-cooked.
So, right BELOW, I have 3 out of all the downloaded videos in my "travel archives" on the Dominican Republic for some years now that I'll share with you here so that you can see things as they are in terms of race relations and more.
1] The FIRST video here will be a revealing the relationship between Haitians and Dominican Republic citizens (to see the full Dominican perspective and discrimination towards Haitians, you have to watch the YouTube video from the time stamp of 7 mins out of the 15 mins long video. Haiti is ALSO experiencing a prolonged and vicious gang warfare right now in the capital city and nearby towns which started years back but it has further escalated right into the posh neighborhoods of the capital city with mass sexual assaults on women and kidnappings for ransom as of this 2024! A wise person or tourist would have to PERISH the thought of quickly dashing into Haiti from the Dominican Republic. It's wild out there!
Divided island - How Haiti and the DR Became Two Worlds
2] Second, Norberis R. is a Dominican female entrepreneurs and travel YouTuber you can check up on here. She and her African-American husband (James) moved back to DR about 2 years ago from Florida in the United States and I've been watching her tips on using Dominican Spanish and visiting DR which meshes right into your next trip to DR as well. She and James dropped their latest video 2 days ago so I'll recommend that you watch that second video below FIRST before watching the older video here.
What I found Out After Moving From the United States to Dominica
3] Third, Jessica Savano visited Cuba from LA in December 2022 and did a Havana mini documentary video on her visit to different areas in Havana revealing the old and new sides of that city.
https://www.slavevoyages.org/resources/names-database2 This is one of the BEST archival sources I've used for years to gain useful insights into the trans-Atlantic slave trade voyages and it contains the database of the liberated African and their names, ethnicities, the names of the infamous slave ships they were liberated from by the British Royal Navy Squadrons off the coast of West Africa, and the final region of destination in the Americas.
I've still got a vast archive of advanced resources on the trans-Atlantic slave trade but I'll stop here to avoid information overload. The main thrust should be to take one bite at a time.
shaybebaby: Heyyy, glad you are having an awesome day,time,weekend(?). That's what I like to hear.
As for me I was happy to play my part in the UK elections, I'm a staunch labour supporter even though I do not like Kier Starmer..Corbyn was and is still my man, and I will never forgive Starmer for kicking him out of the party.
Regardless, I'll continue to vote Labour for their core ideology which lead to the formation of the NHS and the minimum wage.
On to Fuerteventura, yes, I'm saying with my "full chest" that the place is horrible. Considering that the 10 nights I spent there were paid for by my then mother in law ( a freebie), you'd think that would mollify me somewhat. Naaaah. I was miserable all through, I remember asking when we were approaching the island that " do people even live here". It was a black rock( volcanic), no vegetation.. apocalyptic if I am permitted to be dramatic😀.
Give it hard miss, the balearics are much better.
@Supermods, please leave Konquests posts untouched please. Many people come to nairaland looking for information which is hard enough considering the sh1t tsunami that floods the site daily.
To hide, even if inadvertently, one of the few sources of intelligent discourse on here, is tantamount to self sabotage.
I like your feedback here Shaybebaby.
With reference to the UK elections, the variables that made you and other folks to gravitate towsrds voting for the UK Labour Party further emphasizes the importance of catering to the electorates' overall self-interests. It is what it is!
Thanks for the deeper insights into the Fuerteventura Island here. It comes with your "full chest" as a symbol of authority! Your apocalyptic reference cracked me up.
Oh, wow! Just a quick note here... You and your ex-MIL must have related well with each other back in the day. Some MILs have overbearing attitudes due to the fact that their sons are "mummy's boys," while a lot of young female spouses already have preconceived notions about MILs and so create a Soviet-era "iron curtain" between themselves and their mothers-in-law.
I'm gonna trust your judgement on that black island. I wouldn't even want to be caught vacationing on that lone volcanic island called Fuerteventura (A dormant volcanic island like that could one day erupt spontaneously anytime like Mount Vesuvius in Italy many centuries ago, when you least expect it). Hawaii is a lovely place but suffers from occasionally eruptions due to the fact that it's made up of volcanic islands too just like other Carribean islands except some like Barbados that are NOT of volcanic origins.
I like your feedback here Shaybebaby. It's shows how intentional you are.
Now, I'll give my unique perspectives on your prior Cuban and Jamo odysseys.
Afrojuju2017: It's just ridiculous what Ooni is saying. Ile-Igbo and ule-Ugbo mean same thing and is most related to the Ugbo people who are ancestrally from Ife and are now lead by the Oba Obateru Akinruntan.
The Igbo and Yoruba ancestrally divergent even if both are from the Congo subgroups their migration to their present locations is divergent. The only tribes Yoruba are related to are the Tapa, Igbira to the north, to the west the Fon, some sub Hausa groups from north central and we know of the relations between the coastal tribes from Lagos to Delta state.
The issue of kola nut does not correlate because the Ife people which I am one consume kola nut (Obi) in very large volume and it's an important part of traditional gatherings, they were farmers and used it as a stimulant while working the fields under the scorching sun.
Ojaja Ja Idi ote boo'le. Ki baba o pe
@Afrojuju2017,
Igalas are also strongly related to the Yorubas (because they have part Yoruba ancestral bloodlines hence they are classified as Yoruboids)... You seem to have forgotten to mention that in your post. I will also quote you on another post I made about the meaning of the name Ibo (Ibo or Igbo or Onigbo is a highly DEROGATORY name used even before British colonialism by other ethnic groups such as the Igalas, Edos, Niger Deltans, etc, to identify the primitive people East of River Niger who were viewed as ONIGBO or IGBO meaning "bush people" OR slaves, outcasts, and lovers of Cannibalism (eating of human flesh for food) of which there's highly documented historical evidence. I have attached one of many evidence right BELOW in the screenshot which you Ife indigenes have to show the man so that he stops engaging in this embarrassing repetition of WRONGLY saying that Yorubas are related ancestrally to Ibos. This is far from the truth. ONLY the Igalas who are Yoruboid had contact 500 years ago with the primitive bush people called "Onigbo or Igbo" of the East of River Niger via Anambra and Enugu areas
You folks who are directly from Ule Ufe (Ile Ife) have to urgently emphasize the importance of accurate rendition of history to the Ooni and he has to STOP granting interviews and go and get himself educated on the FACT that the Yoruba folks including those of Ufe (Ife) had NO direct contact with the Ibos East of River Niger. On the other hand, history experts from the University in Ife and other institutions can also rapidly help him to DISTILL all the historical and archaeological information if he is not so keen on reading large volumes of books. The fact is that if the newspapers have NOT been deliberately misquoting him for the purpose of pure sensationalism, then he has to spare everyone from the way he runs his mouth without doing enough research and he ends up being insulted by people who themselves don't even know their own cultural or ethnic history.
Last but not least, it's a well-known FACT that all the members of the British Royal family go through series of trainings in language, history, culture, travel, military training, the art of diplomacy and international relations, etc, long before they begin to assume important aristocratic positions or even the role of a King or Queen of England. The same should be made available for every incoming Ooni of Ife and other Oba's in Yorubaland from here on out. Every Yoruba Prince in the Yoruba-speaking parts of Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo, and Ghana must ensure they go through most of these trainings especially on history of their subgroups in Yorubaland, the Oyo Empire, and their relationships with nearby ethnicities other than the Yorubas.
Rekeb: Alaafin Corrects Ooni On Historical Claims Linking Yoruba & Igbo
AJE: AN EARLY YORUBA DEITY WITH NO SECOND FIDDLE. BY ALAAFIN OF OYO. SCRIPT OF THE LETTER
PUBLISHED IN THE NIGERIAN TRIBUNE ON THURSDAY, 2 MAY, 2019 PAGE 9
In recent time, I have been inundated with calls and even visits to my Palace on a recent Video Tape showing His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife during the Aje Festival in Ile-Ife, Osun State. With all sense of modesty but candour, I cannot recall exactly the number of the video tapes that have been sent to me by well-meaning Yoruba elders and patriots.
(2) In the same vein, the traditional rulers have not been left out of this concern and legitimate worries. All across Yoruba speaking areas of Nigeria up to Kwara and Kogi states, the situation to say the least, has been breathless. Even the Yoruba in the Diaspora; Republics of Benin and Togo, Brazil, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada etc have also expressed indignation about the current issue.
(3) Initially, my reaction was to stand by my age long resolve, as the king and Head of Yorubaland, not to interfere in the running of the affairs of other Paramount rulers in Yorubaland of which the Ooni of Ife is one. But after listening thoroughly with meticulous assessment and analysis of the tape, I did not hesitate to come to the conclusion that the time for me to interfere was ripe and absolutely expedient less the cherished historical and cultural heritage of the Yoruba is wantonly dragged in the mud. My interference, therefore, is daintily anchored on the sanctity of Yoruba history, origin and custom which I am convinced the said video tape by Oba Enitan Ogunwusi did not observe.
(4) Yet, even in my response, one should be cautious enough against any inter ethnic hostility and malice within Nigerian context, especially between Yoruba and Igbo. But this should not be turned into historical fallacies. I doubt if any Igbo man familiar with the history of his origin will be happy with the fallacious claim that they originated from Obatala.
(5) Also I do not think the Igbo with a record of highly respected origin will feel comfortable after tracing their origin to ancient Israel with lineage to Eri, the fifth son of Gad who was the seventh son of Jacob, who was the youngest son of Isaac, son of Abraham. Eri, the son of Gad was said to have entered the present Egypt, journeying down Africa, crossing the Nile to Ethiopia (present day Sudan) and finally into the present day Enugwu Aguleri (for more details about this see: THE BOOK NIGERIA 2.O. CARAPACE PUBLISHERS NIGERIA LIMITED. Pg 46 ORIGIN OF THE IGBO: OBU GAD (HOUSE OF GAD) ANAMBRA STATE. Khartoum Street, Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria or www.dayoadedayo.com). Certainly, the Igbo people who are proud of their origin will not feel comfortable with any pseudo history that will make them superior to Israel.
(6) I am not aware of any business relationship between the Yoruba and the Igbo until the 19th century, leading to the amalgamation of the Southern Protectorate and Northern Protectorate that resulted into Nigeria in 1914. In other words, we are related as fellows Nigerians who have been enjoying mutual relationship for each other. Culturally, linguistically, traditionally and historically, we are basically different. We have always striven to promote harmonious understanding in our diversities.
(7) AJE Coming back to the origin of Aje – Commerce, the cowry (Owoeyo) had been the Yoruba medium of exchange long before the Europeans came. Hence the decoration of Sekere drum with cowries in appreciation and honour of Aje deity it is to say the least, instructively abominable for anybody, no matter how highly placed to put any tribe above the Yoruba race as far as legitimate trading business is concerned. This is because Aje remains one of the early deities of the Yoruba whose imagery creation is the popular Sekere music played everywhere in Yorubaland.
(8.) Alaafin Onisile 1738 – 1750: Alaafin Onisile was remarkable for his indomitable courage and lion-hearted spirit. He was moreover very artistic, and was said to have made seven silver doors to the entrances of his sleeping apartment. During his reign, the Sekere (Calabash) drum was ornamented, not only with cowries, but also with costly beads e.g. Iyun (Corals), Okun (Stone beads, Benin), Erinla (stripped yellow pipe beads) and Segi (blue pipe beads), strung with silk thread dyed red; all of native manufacture. He was a great warrior and for his exploits was nicknamed “Gbagida! Wowo I’ewon ab’esin fo odi (Gbagida, an expression of admiration), a man with clanging chains (for prisoners) whose horse can lead over a town wall). The History of the Yorubas. Pg.176 by Rev, Samuel Johnson.
(9) Besides, some families in Yorubaland are classified adherents of Aje deity. Some of these families named their children in honour of their chosen deity, i.e. Aje. Such names include: Ajebandele, Ajewumi, Ajifowobaje etc not to talk of those who dedicate time to worship the deity.
(10) It is also a truism that some cognomen, lineage panegyric, such cognomen include: Aje ti so eru d’omo. Yet another is special request and plea to Aje such as “Aje dakun ma na mi ni pasan re ko se nani” and many others like that.
[b](11) Coming back to modern trade, I make bold to say that it was the imitative of Alaafin who opened the Yoruba to Trans-Sahara trade with West African Countries as early as the fifteenth century. This was especially between the Yoruba and the Hausa-Fulani across West Africa. Trade routes led from Timbuktu in Mali, Goa, Tuareg and Tripoli. Still as far as (Oceanic) Coastal trade was concerned, the Alaafin used the Port of Allada in Wema to control European shippers. “By the middle of the 18th century, when Oyo had grown into an empire in the full bloom of life, Oyo was bounded to the north by the Niger, to the West by Modern Togoland, to the east by its sister Kingdom of Benin and to the South by the Gulf of Guinea, and Porto Novo and Badagry were its main coastal outlets. Dahomey, it may be recalled, became a tributary state of Oyo in 1730 see: Topics in West African History, pg. 90 Paragraph 22 by Adu Boahen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History, University of Ghana. Published by Longman Group Limited, London 1966.[/b]
(12) One other imperative of Yoruba in the pursuit of commerce is that any such pursuit must be legitimate with norms of the society. It is on this note that Yoruba sweat and labour as necessary partners; Yoruba do not encourage cheating and unlaboured wealth. Yoruba work very hard to be wealthy.
“Ise ni Oogun ise Eni ti ise nse Ko ma bo orisa Oro kokan torisa Ibaa bo orisa Ibaa bo obatala O di ojo ti o ba sise ko to jeun”
“Work is the medicine for poverty Who ever is poor Let him not worship divinities Nothing concerns the divinities He may worship the divinities He may worship Obatala It is not until he does a profitable job that he would eat”
[b](13) The above quotations underscore the fact that the Yoruba are very industrious from the beginning with strong emphasis on legitimacy. We have such wealthy and successful businessmen in Lagos who invested heavily on the education of their children. Few examples would suffice. For instance, in 1884, Obadia Johnson, a Yoruba qualified as a Doctor of Medicine. John Randle, son of Thomas Randle an Oyo man who settled at Aroloya in Lagos qualified as a Doctor in 1888, followed by Orisadipo Obasa in 1891. Sapara Williams became the first Lawyer in Nigeria in 1888. In 1893, Herbert Macaulay, a Yoruba man, became an Engineer and A. Agbebi followed in 1911.
(14) Earlier on a Primary School had been established in 1842 in Lagos by the Missionaries. The CMS Grammar School was established in Lagos in 1859 by T.B Macaulay who is the father of Herbert Macaulay. The Methodist Boys’ High School followed in 1876 and in 1879 Methodist Girls’ High School, 1881 St Gregory’s College, Lagos and in 1885 the Baptist Academy (see J.F. Ade Ajayi “The Development of Secondary Grammar School Education in Nigeria, pg 523.[/b]
(15) It also on account of such entrepreneurship backup with distinguished scholarship that the Yoruba established the first Television Station in Black Africa, the first five-star Hotel – Premier Hotel, Ibadan, first Stadium, first dualised Road – Mokola – to State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, first Food Canning Industry, first Skyscrapper – Cocoa House, Ibadan, first farm settlement, First Free Primary Education, free Medical services for school children; all in the former Western Region of Nigeria under the premiership of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The first African Bishop was Bishop Ajayi Crowther, who spoke twelve languages: English, Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa, Fulfulde (Fulani) Nupe, Kanuri etc, Bishop Ajayi Crowther discovered the first ever Igbo Alphabet ‘ISIOMA’ just as the first Newspaper to be published in Nigeria. These are just a few of the “firsts”.
(16) In summary, let it be stated that Nigeria, despite the multiplicity of its ethnicity has been together in harmony in spite of their heterogeneity. All of us leaders should guide against any utterance that can create an atmosphere of suspicion and rancor among the various ethnic compositions.
IKU BABA YEYE Oba (Dr.) Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, JP. CFR, LLD, SAP, D.LLTS, DPA The Alaafin of Oyo and Permanent Chairman Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs Chancellor, University of Maiduguri, Borno State Chancellor, Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State Pro-Chancellor, Keisie International University South Korea Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone.
Very succinctly stated... Straight from the Oyo Kingdom archives.
PressMyButton: Lol, naija politics is not for the weaklings. Now, Ado Bayero is reminded of his Yoruba ancestry meanwhile, Sanusi is also an inlaw to Yoruba. If Tinubu had backed Sanusi, some disgrantled elements would have also accused the President of supporting Emir Sanusi because his daughter is married to a Yoruba. The good thing is, tribal baiting doesn't work on Jagaban, it has never!
Even those people he appointed in his cabinent and gave identity to while he was Governor of Lagos, they happen to be his biggest enemies today yet he doesn't flinch a bit. He still gave them some of the top appointments as ministers and in federal agencies, while different federal projects are on-going in their region. Tinubu is not entrapped by tribal or ethnic wranglings. When he was invited to intervene in Rivers crisis, some disgruntled elements were stiff necked and were spreading blackmails againt him, the President hands off and handed them over to the courts to settle the crisis, the same approach will be in Kano.
Indeed... "Ethnic baiting" is the important key phrase here. The bottom line is that when some people run out of functional ideas, they start huffing and puffing and engaging in emotional blackmail just to deflect attention from the real issues. But it's very easy for intelligent folks to suss out these kinds of mediocrities for what they are... "unintelligent people." The courts should be allowed to decide on this case.
Besides, shouldn't the Hausa indigenous folks of Kano (and other Far Northern States) be thinking of getting back their political, cultural and traditional leadership of Kano instead of having a Fulani Amir rulership that's been on Hausa soil since 1803? There were Hausa revolts against the Fula rulers in the 1800s and even after the British colonialists came to Kano, the Hausa indigenes in the 1900s protested the British recognition of a Fulani traditional rulership over Kano. These are facts of history that can be gleaned from the historical archives. Period.
BeeBeeOoh: “If the President thinks he will use a few of his kinsmen in Kano and the alleged Bayero’s Yoruba lineage to continue to keep the deposed Emir Aminu Ado Bayero in the State, let him wait for 2027, we will show him that those people will not help him,” Dungurawa warned.
Dsimmer: Don't tell me Ooni doesn't understand Yoruba even though he speaks it 🤔 It's Ugbo. Yoruba have several places called Ile Ugbo, such as Ugbo Irunmole. Ugbo is known as forest which is considered as an Orisha in Yoruba land. Yoruba tend to conserve their forest as Orisha.
In fact, Yoruba's Ugbo is Obatala who's Oseremagbo 📌because he was the first primordial Orisha given the task to create the universe before his second half Oduduwa came to complete it. The Ugbo people said to be fighting Ife were Yoruba people in Ife, for example the Obalufon and others, and also the Yoruba which include the Ekiti, Okun (including the Oworo), Ondo people (which includes Ilaje), Itsekiri (Jekri), and also the Ijebu and Awori etc. These were the people fighting with Ife but eventually, everyone settled everything as one big family before Oyo empire was formed.
Meanwhile, it was the Bini and Igala who started calling the slaves (the Uzibwo) under them Ibo or Igbo. It's even found in the old Ibo dictionary which states that Ibo or Igbo means slave. In fact, the Onitsha people refused to bear Ibo or Igbo name as seen below.
Igbo means forest in Yoruba. It was even previously known as Ugbo before the modification of it to Igbo but still known as Ugbo.
Succinctly stated.
The man who is currently the Ooni of Ife has been speaking off-hand and mangling history. He has to be cautioned and told by the high-ranking chiefs to take at least one month off to read credible historical research works on the cultural and ancestral SIMILARITIES between the Yorubas and Igalas. The man keeps engaging in annoying "circular reasoning" and claiming that the Yorubas and Ibos are directly related or that the Ibos left Ife which are both FALSE claims! The Obi of Onitsha too was dishing out the same falsehoods in a BBC interview. These traditional rulers have to go back and relearn their histories bacause they come off as being lazy to me. Yes, the Onitsha folks and Asaba folks including other ethnicities in Edo, Delta, Kogi (Igalas who are classified officially as Yoruboid) all refered DEROGATORILY or derisively to the primitive "bush people" or "forest-dwelling tribes" who are NOW collectively known as Ibo (Igbo) today as "Igbon" in Edo, "Onye Ibo/Igbo" in Asaba and Onitsha, "Onigbo" by the Igalas or simply "Igbo!" Onigbo in Igala simply means SLAVES or OUTCASTS and people who practiced extensive CANNIBALISM or eating of human flesh even after 1900 as can be seen in the attached map BELOW!
The British colonialists came in the 1700s as slave merchants who bought Ibo slaves as recorded in European and American history books from the Ijaws, Efiks, Aros, Aboh, Igalas, Itsekiris, Binis, etc, and then in the 1800s as colonists and they also began to use that derogatory word IBO (IGBO) to collectively refer to those tribes who had individual names for their people such as Orlu, Mbaise, Ngwa, Awka (Oka), etc. These people didn't realize the name "Ibo" is derogatory and so, began to use it also for themselves based on what the British colonists and administrators had institutionalized or proposed.The concept of an Ibo tribe or ethnicity and the Central Ibo language is ENTIRELY a British colonial creation! This is why in published book interviews granted to the White folks and missionaries in the 1800s, the Asaba and Onitsha people did NOT call themselves by the DEROGATORY word Ibo (Igbo) but called the primitive tribes living outside their areas (East of the River Niger) in the bush as Ibos as can be gleaned from the screenshots you attached and ALSO here! With all these historical FACTS, it's important to urgently let this man who will be turning 50 this year to STOP making HIGHLY embarrassing public comments and STOP saying that Ibos of the areas East of River Niger are related to Ife or the Yorubas because they are NOT! He should take a month or two off to get himself acquainted with reading books or have experts from the University in Ife to DISTIL these historical FACTS to him. Period.
Slytiger: Kabiyesi, you are wrong. The Igala (a yoruboid tribe like the Itsekiri) conquered the ibos. That's the only relation we have with the ibos.
That's why some Ibo words are actually borrowed from the Yoruba.
E.g. Ibo - Yoruba - english
Ewu.— Ewurẹ. — Goat. Torotoro—. Tolotolo. — Turkey. Ọnu.—Ẹnu. — Mouth. Nti.— Eti. — Ear. Agba.— Agbon. — Chin. Imi. — Imu—. Nose. Iba. —Iba. — Fever. Gbọrọ. — Gbọ.— Hear. Okute - Okuta - rock/stone Nso nso—. Osuosu—. Menstruation Atọ.— Ẹta.— Three Gini. —Kini. —What Ala—. Ilẹ.— Land Mmiri.— Omi.— Water Okute.— Okuta.— Stone Afufe. —Ifufe. —Wind Oyi.— Oyi. —Cold Ọka. —Ọka. —Corn Ebe.— Ibi.— Place Afa.— Ifa.— Divination Ulọ. —Ile.— House Olisa.— Òrìṣà.— Deity Uru.— Ere. —Gain Ọgbọ—. Ẹgbẹ.— Age-mate Oru—. Ẹru. —Slave Onye—. Eniyan.— Person Akpa—. Apo.— Bag Akpati.— Apoti—. Box
Well said.
Ogede, Omi, Ifa, Ewa, Egungun, Omo/Oma, Ogun in the Yoruba language mean EXACTLY the same in Igala language (Ogede, Omi, Ifa, Egwa, Egwugwu, Oma, Ogwu)... and in English, these words mean plantain/banana, beans, masquerade, child, medicine or war, etc. There's a lot more words that connect the Yorubas and Igalas culturally and linguistically than with the Ibos (Igbos) who got a few words into their lexicon from majorly the Igala boundary settlements of Anambra, Delta State, or Enugu within the last 500 years. The Binis too definitely contributed some of the Yoruboid words as well. In fact, in Onitsha in Anambra, Asaba (Ahaba), Okpanam, Illah, Ebu all in Delta North of Delta State, the masquerades are called "Egwugwu" which is a Yoruba-derived word for "Egungun" or masquerade! "Egwugwu" is just a dialectic spelling of the Yoruba word "Egungun."
These words found there way into the Ibo area East of River Niger via the Igalas (who have part Yoruba ancestral lineages and hence Igala language is also classified as a Yoruboid language and this is further corroborated by the Attah of Igalaland, HRM Michael Ameh Oboni in a 2017 Punch newspaper interview which can still be accessed online where he stated that Igala came into existence as a result of the FUSION of migrants from Wukari (Jukun area) who moved along the River Benue and at the River Niger confluence in the Kogi State area, the met with a significant number of Yorubas and Edos to form the Igalas of today. Idomas also have historic and cultural relations with the Igalas. The Yorubas and Igalas are cousins because Yoruba bloodlines partly exist in Igala hence the similarities in language.
To be honest, this particular Ooni of Ife, though a successful international businessman and real estate investor is NOT well informed and is highly deficient about historical events despite the FACT that the University of Ife (now called Obafemi Awolowo University) has great scholars in history and archaeology who can guide him properly. When he speaks, he ends up making historical errors by trying to connect Ile Ife in Yorubaland with Ibos East of River Niger who are totally different people.
It's the Igalas (who have part Yoruboid roots) that had direct contact with the primitive bush people East of River Niger via the Anambra, Delta and Enugu States axis who the Igalas and Edoid groups of Edo and Delta areas refered to DEROGATORILY as ONIGBO (or Igbo) by Igalas, Igbon by Edos and derogatorily called "Onye Ibo/Onye Igbo" by Asaba and Onitsha folks in the 1800s right to the periods after 1900) meaning "bush people" because they were seen as the sources of slaves and also outcasts who lived in primitive bush environments and engaged in cannibalism or eating of human flesh.
These can be further gleaned from the screenshots below from credible archival historical sources.
shaybebaby: I've watched the video and indeed the beaches are stunning...
But I'm afraid, that's it. Yes, the mountain views are lovely, but it is missing a certain je ne cest quoi ..kinda like a pretty post card.
I think it's a lack of distinct culture as in what makes the people who they are, how they live..all of that adds to certain vibe.
Cuba I've been to Cuba, and the island had a Latin vibe, evident in the music, their dance ( Salsa) , mix of rural living and Havana looking like it was stuck in the 60's. I'd argue the beaches rival the Seychelles but all the above I mentioned made it much more than a beautiful destination.
@Shaybebaby,
Tbh, I think that you or anybody else can ONLY find out about the folks living in ANY country and the TRUE vibes (distinct cultures) that they exude when you get to physically visit them. Yes, Seychelles citizen can be a bit laid back unlike in Brazil, Jamaica or Cuba where you feel the cultural energy through music, cuisines, huge carnivals, etc. The travel brochures and video sharing sites aren't gonna give you that vibe you're looking for except you're telling me you've got clairvoyant powers for teleporting yourself back-and-forth from places you haven't visited before. Maybe I should come visit you to read my well-conditioned palms in order to know what extra riches are in store for me down the road.
Praslin Island and La Digue Island in the Seychelles are absolutely stunning locations for me without a shadow of doubt. At least they should be visited once in a lifetime if you want to experience some inner peace while holidaying and be in tune with the simple things of life by connecting to nature.
Shaybebaby, that's mad cool... You've visited Cuba? What year did you visit? I have a Nigerian-American friend and she has been to Cuba as well in the late 2010s. What really FIRST drew YOU to Cuba? You seem like someone who wouldn't waste time in having the fun of your life drinking Cuban Pina colada and tasting other Cuban cuisines while vigorously swaying from side-to-side to the rhythms of salsa and Afro-Cuban music? *smirk* One of my favorite international Afro-Cuban music groups is called the "Orishas" and the members have been based in France, and I've got all their albums right from the early 2000s (with the tracks replicated on my laptops and mobile devices).
That's one country I've planned to visit from 2025 for the cultural experience with Old Havana and Matanzas Province being very dear to me. Cubans have got a rich linguistic and cultural connection with the Yoruba folks of Nigeria (and other West African Yorubas) as well and they speak Cuban Lucumi (Yoruba). Lukumi is actually the original way Yorubas would greet one another going back to several centuries and it's derived from "Olukumi" meaning "my friend/my confidant." Did YOU know that based on slave ship records, about 250,000 Yorubas were deported on slave schooners to Cuba and about the same number to mainly the state of Bahia in Brazil from the late 1700s right into the 1800s when it peaked due to the Haitian revolution and the lose of Haiti by France as a fallout of the Haitian revolution (which ended plantation slavery there and led to a major shift of plantation slavery to Cuba and Brazil)? Fortunately, they weren't as brutal as that of the United States where chattel plantation slavery was very CLEARLY more brutal with the separation of family members who got sold to other plantations... NEVER to see each other again. That's in the past now but the consequences of those actions are with us today in the form of jazz music, salsa, merengue, and other respected international music forms straight out of the indomitable spirit of the African Diaspora.
The stars are indeed aligning in my favour with your prior visit to Cuba. I'll surely bounce some unique tips off you as we head towards my lift off or visit to that country... Strictly as a leisure traveler.
The curiosity had to have been there in the first place. Thank goodness for the kind of dad you had who created avenues for it to nurtured not stifled.
You are right about intentional travelling 😀 but funny enough I haven't been to any of the balearic islands. Just one Canary Island (Fuerteventura). I beg of you, give those islands a miss..it is just one big barren black rock with black sand- I hated it!🤢🤢
Hope you are having an awesome day so far.
Now let me go check out Seychelles.😀
@Shaybebaby,
A-ha, your feedback here is insightful.
First off, my day has been LARGELY good, thanks for asking (I hope you're having a great time too in the wake of the UK elections that brought in a new Labor Party Prime Minister)... The only exception for me is that I got hit by the very annoying NL antispam bot on one of the older NL Politics Section threads. This is the reason by I couldn't respond to your first reply to me on that thread and I had to quote your feedback here.
Tbh, I absolutely see NO reason why the so-called antispam bot still exists on this Website. I've sent a message to the Supermods to UNTAG that my important hidden post and I'm hopefully looking forward to getting the post released for viewing. Sometimes you don't get your NL post back after the antispam bot ban has expired despite emailing the Supermods.
Back to the Canary Islands (Las Islas Canarias) adventures of Shaybebaby and her fam, that location called Fuerteventura is a bit of tongue twister at first. lol
It (Fuerteventura) has some fascinating beachfront scenes from what I've seen online today. If I get you correctly, are you saying that I should give the "Canary islands" a miss... which as you said here is just "one big barren black rock?" But then again, if you dive deeply into your subconscious, there must have been some positives that you took away from Fuerteventura Island even though you seemed to "hate" it. The opportunity to eat the Fuerteventura cuisines, the fresh breeze that wafted through the air and gently glided over your skin while tossing your hair, and much more.
Last but NOT least, what's the significance of your NL username? What does the coinage mean?
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian has been elected as Iran's new president, beating his hardline conservative rival Saeed Jalili.
The vote was declared in Dr Pezeshkian's favour after he secured 53.3% of the more than 30 million votes counted. Mr Jalili polled at 44.3%.
The run-off came after no candidate secured a majority in the first round of the election on 28 June, which saw a historically low voter turnout of 40%.
The election was called after Iran’s previous president Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in May, in which seven others also died.
The leaders of China, India and Russia have all congratulated Dr Pezeshkian on his victory.
Even before the final results were declared by Iran's interior ministry, Dr Pezeshkian's supporters had taken to the streets in Tehran and a number of other cities to celebrate.
Videos posted on social media showed mostly young people dancing and waving the signature green flag of his campaign, while passing cars sounded their horns.
Dr Pezeshkian, a 71-year-old heart surgeon and member of the Iranian parliament, is critical of Iran’s notorious morality police and caused a stir after promising “unity and cohesion”, as well as an end to Iran's “isolation” from the world.
He has also called for “constructive negotiations” with Western powers over a renewal of the faltering 2015 nuclear deal in which Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme in return for an easing of Western sanctions.
His rival, Saeed Jalili, favours the status quo. The former nuclear negotiator enjoys strong support amongst Iran’s most religious communities.
Mr Jalili is known for his hardline anti-Western stance and opposition to restoring the nuclear deal, which he says crossed Iran’s “red lines".
Turnout in the latest round of voting was 50% - higher than the first round last week, when the turnout was the lowest since the Islamic revolution in 1979 amid widespread discontent, but still considerably low.
Widespread discontent meant that millions of people boycotted the elections.
Lack of choice in the candidates, dominated by Islamic hard liners, and the impossibility of real change as long as the supreme leader tightly controls policies added to their frustration.
Some people who did not vote in the first round were persuaded to cast their ballot for Dr Pezeshkian this time round to prevent Mr Jalili from becoming the president.
They feared that if he won, Iran would be heading for more confrontation with the outside world and that he would bring Iran more sanctions and further isolation.
In order to stand, both candidates had to make it through a vetting process run by the Guardian Council, a body made up of 12 clerics and jurists that hold significant power in Iran.
That process saw 74 other candidates removed from the race, including several women.
The Guardian Council has previously been criticised by human rights groups for disqualifying candidates who are not loyal enough to the regime.
After years of civil unrest - culminating in anti-regime protests that shook the country in 2022-23 - many young and middle-class Iranians deeply mistrust the establishment and have previously refused to vote.
On Iranian social media, the Persian hashtag "traitorous minority" went viral, urging people not to vote for either of the candidates and calling anyone who did a "traitor".
But Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected suggestions that the low turnout represents a rejection of his rule.
"There are reasons [behind the low turnout] and politicians and sociologists will examine them, but if anyone thinks that those who did not vote are against the establishment, they are plainly wrong," he said.
In a rare move, he acknowledged that some Iranians do not accept the current regime. "We listen to them and we know what they are saying and it is not like they are hidden and not seen," Mr Khamenei said.
Since he's a reformist and has the support of the Iranian youths, it's hoped that his policies would lead to the de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East and also reduce the military support for the militant Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis of Yemen. My ONLY concern would be that of his safety because attempts can be made on his life by gun bullets, hand-held missile fire, a car bomb, etc, by Iranian hardliners and their foreign Shiite associates, so, his safety has to be paramount.
Why does she have to stay in a 23million per annum accommodation and expect him to pay half?
That's a fantastic question there. I saw that "23 million per annum" aberration too. Except the older Adeleke patriach wanted his "first" granddaughter to live nearby on the elitist Banana Island. If not, this young lady has to learn how to cut her coat according to her cloth, learn to invest and save for the rainy days. Period.
It's instructive that the young male singer too NEVER paid for his daughter's school fees for over 1 year and his father had to settle the bill on behalf of his grand daughter. It shows a great deal of IRRESPONSIBILY on the part of the young singer tbh. The FACT that he has issues with his first daughter's mother doesn't mean than he should let his daughter suffer. Both of them will indeed have to learn the hard way!
Dele Momodu's niece and MOST of all that male singer have to grow up and stop ranting like kids. That male singer didn't even contribute to paying his first biological daughter's school fees for over a year despite having the money to do so. How irresponsible! A word is enough for the wise.
That's an insightful video interview. I watched the full video on the Etche people and it's NOT strange that all those in the video denied being ethnically Ibos.
In the period leading right up to the creation of Rivers State on May 27, 1967 (among 11 other new states that were created), the following ethnicities such as the Etches, Ogbas, Ikweres, Ijaws and Ogonis, etc, had specifically held meetings from 1966 to 1967 with the General Yakubu Gowon military goverment to create Rivers State for them according to the 1997 interview that Chief Harold Dappa-Biriye granted to the Guardian newspaper. Chief Harold Dappa-Biriye was the father of modern Ijaw nationalism and an indigene of Bonny Island in Rivers State.
Dappa-Biriye emphasized that it was the Rivers State leaders of thought led by Dr. Ken Saro-Wiwa, other professionals, traditional rulers and chiefs that impressed it on General Yakubu Gowon to create states out of the Old Eastern Region because of Ibo domination and lack of rapid development of their areas. About half of the population of the Old Eastern Region were non-Ibos and they had more land mass than the Ibos. This led to the creation of two new states out of the Old Eastern Region on May 27, 1967 and it led to jubilations among the folks of these areas.
Unfortunately, the young, 33-year-old bearded secessionist rebel leader REJECTED this states creation and 3 days later, he and his cohorts declared secession from Nigeria on May 30, 1967 without ANY referendum (while forcibly including these non-Ibo groups who had accepted to have separate states and administrations from the Ibos into the illegally created secessionist enclave). This is what TRIGGERED the Nigerian Civil War that lasted for 2 years 6 months (July 1967 to January 1970) with devastating unintended consequences.
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