It is not unique to Nigeria or Africa these sort of things happen all over the developing world.

Nijaking sorry Ghanaking

I understand you insecurity.





South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Libya, America, Margaret Thatcher, your nations got a thrashing! Accra in Ghana has electricity and water lol 

Ghanaking1

You sound very racist. Are you(Nigerians) better than Ghananians?

you said it not me, just shows your insecurity. 

And can’t see what you mean I am racist, perhaps you should direct that question to CNN It was their picture quality that showed Ghana and its people in a poor light. I am only making an observation based on what was shown. I was taken aback by what I saw after readings on this board that Ghana is a wonderful and splendid place to travel and live.  What I saw just reminded me of what used to be on TV, those dark primitive Africa images we grew up dreading.

Isn’t Obasanjo and your current president dark complexioned?  At least  you  had no problem with the fact that the soldiers looked like rejects from the salvation army and the ministers looked timid and lacking in quality.

bombsquad

CNN is broadcasting OBAMA from ghana live right now, Something is bothering me though,why is the picture quality not like their regular quality while broadcasting in italy,Germany,Iraq or south koreais this a direct propaganda to show Africans in a past light?

Yes was that done deliberate? Because I  was very surprised Ghana and the Ghanaians looked that bad, it’s like dark primitive Africa. The soldiers looked like rejects from the Salvation Army.  And the ministers looked timid and lacking in quality. But then I have also seen Obasanjo on television and he had a presence about him of confident and quality, someone whose presence demands respect. The new Nigerian president also has a quiet confidence about him

[b]Indians in Trinidad

Urvashi Ramnarine, an employee at the High Commission of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in New Delhi says over forty per cent of the population of Indian origin in her homeland speak in Hindi or Bhojpuri.

Hindi is spoken here primarily by the older people, but in recent years there have been efforts to have it included in the educational system. (This is to further weaken the African languages and dialects)

Indian immigration spanned the period from 1845 to 1917 when over 140,000 East Indians were transported to TT

Urvashi says that the Indian population in Trinidad still adheres to Indian culture and traditions.

Diwali is the second largest festival in Trinidad and it is also a public holiday

As many as 12 radio stations are devoted to playing Hindi songs.

Explaining the cultural heritage of Indians settled in Trinidad, she said, "The wedding ceremony, death rituals, the Ganesha festival and Bhumi pooja are conducted in the same way. I feel a huge affinity to these festivals in India. “They were able to do it because of their culture. They have maintained their cultural practice, which has stood them in good stead, This, has kept them together.






Africans in the Caribbean
Africans in the Caribbean fought to maintain their cultural tradition by forming clubs called Nations in all the islands. Each nation had to pledge to preserve African language, culture, religion, and music.

As in the case of North America, much of the African resistance movement was steeped in religion. Despite the attempts at christianization, Africans were determined to have their religions survive. The Shango in Trinidad and Cuba, Voodun in Haiti, Santeria in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and the Dominican Republic, Cumina in Jamaica, Junkanoo in Jamaica, St. Kitts, and the Bahamas, and Umbanda and Candomble in Brazil, are still surviving today as a result of this resistance. It is possible to find a midnight ceremony in progress in parts of Cuba and Haiti against the backdrop of African drumming.

The church played a strong role in many uprisings. The Africans formed their own churches to fight back christianization. In addition, churches provided an effective meeting place for Africans.

African-Caribbean resistance culture further manifests itself in educational issues. Today there is a major drive towards the reclamation of history and vocabulary.

A number of languages and/or dialects evolved in the Caribbean and Class-seeking Africans and the mixed African-Europeans despised the language.[/b] Nonetheless, the Africans recognized the power in that language.

These languages now form the vernacular of these islands due to the persistence of the people who spoke them. [/b]Today these languages enjoy prominence, and in some places, such as in the French Antilles, and Dutch Antilles, there are government sponsored attempts to document the language, and to create dictionaries. In that regard, the Dutch Antilles are further ahead.

[b]The debt that we owe our ancestry is clear. To allow their work, strength, and courage to go unnoticed, unheralded, and to be superseded would be disrespectful, ungrateful, and unAfrican. We must continue to praise our African parents who struggled for our betterment.

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Children who learn a foreign language beginning in early childhood demonstrate certain cognitive advantages over children who do not.

Some countries in the west are now encouraging foreign mothers to teach their children to speak their mother tongue.

All the Indian children I have come across can speak their mother tongue; their parents make it a duty to teach them, unlike African parents.

It is a disgrace and an insult to grandparents when African (Nigerian) children cannot communicate in the language of their parents.



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Should foreign language instruction start earlier in the U.S.?

Beginning foreign language instruction early sets the stage for students’ to develop advanced levels of proficiencies in one or more languages. In addition, younger learners still possess the capacity to develop near native-like pronunciation and intonation in a new language. Finally, young learners have a natural curiosity about learning which is evident when they engage in learning a new language. They also are open and accepting of people who speak other languages and come from other cultures.

Caccavale: Yes, because it has been shown to enhance children’s cognitive development. [b]Children who learn a foreign language beginning in early childhood demonstrate certain cognitive advantages over children who do not.[/b] Research conducted in Canada with young children shows that those who are bilingual develop the concept of “object permanence†at an earlier age. Bilingual students learn sooner that an object remains the same, even though the object has a different name in another language. For example, a foot remains a foot and performs the function of a foot, whether it is labeled a foot in English or un pied in French.

Additionally, foreign language learning is much more a cognitive problem solving activity than a linguistic activity, overall. Studies have shown repeatedly that foreign language learning increases critical thinking skills, creativity, and flexibility of mind in young children. Students who are learning a foreign language out-score their non-foreign language-learning peers in the verbal and, surprisingly to some, the math sections of standardized tests. This relationship between foreign language study and increased mathematical skill development, particularly in the area of problem solving, points once again to the fact that second language learning is more of a cognitive than linguistic activity.
A 2007 study in Harwich, Massachusetts, showed that students who studied a foreign language in an articulated sequence outperformed their non-foreign language learning peers on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test after two-three years and significantly outperformed them after seven-eight years on all MCAS subtests.

Furthermore, there is research (Webb bibliography) that shows that children who study a foreign language, even when this second language study takes time away from the study of mathematics, outperform (on standardized tests of mathematics) students who do not study a foreign language and have more mathematical instruction during the school day. Again, this research upholds the notion that learning a second language is an exercise in cognitive problem solving and that the effects of second language instruction are directly transferable to the area of mathematical skill development.

Outstrip, is your husband by any chance white? I noticed that black women with white partners tend to elevate their boobs.




Back to the topic, the diet of the American and British Kids are generally filled with additives, hence most tend to be bloated. Whereas the diet of Nigerians kids in their country is more natural. Dried fish, yam, eba although rich in carbohydrates are far more healthy than western foods.

Perhaps it is the chemical in such food - Kentucky fried chicken, fried chips, McDonalds – BIG MAC etc) that also causes them to look and behaviour unpleasantly, has such ill mannerism, and speaks the way they do.

What don’t you understand woman? From my observation most overseas born Nigerians seem to think it is the height of Britishness to speak in colloquial. So when they go to Nigeria and say things like this: “waaaaa”, “init”, “gaaain” and “sainc” it’s no wonder Nigerians don’t understand.


Translation

Waaaaa = Water
Init = isn’t it
Gaaaain= going
Saaainc = something

If they learn to use Standard English Nigerians back home will have no problem understanding what they say.

Okija_juju
See this puppy o!! And who do you think is interested in having a "discussing" with you?!

You of course, unless your name is also tallnaijaf

I find you sooooooooo funny, aren’t you suppose to be the bible bashing, scripture quoting pastor. Or are you one of those who only throw scriptures around when it suits you .

Truth to be told, the reason why Nigerians cannot understand them it’s because the children from Britain and America do not speak proper English.

It’s a shame having to listen to most black children born in Britain many of them speak as if they are choking on chemicalise Kentucky fried chicken, tend not to pronounce words properly and buy into speaking with a cockney accent (Britain lower class dialect) The ones from America all speak with Ghetto slang.


These are the children of people who are pushed into high rise buildings when they arrive in the west. They don’t realise that they are being duped by the council and think they are living the life of luxury trapped in such buildings indigenes reject.

Primitive people.

Truth to be told, the reason why Nigerians cannot understand them it’s because the children from Britain and America do not speak proper English.

It’s a shame having to listen to most black children born in Britain many of them speak as if they are choking on chemicalise Kentucky fried chicken, tend not to pronounce words properly and buy into speaking with a cockney accent (Britain lower class dialect) The ones from America all speak with Ghetto slang.

Okija juju

Please keep your scriptures to yourself, as I was not having a discussing with you.

tallnaijaf

This is why Jamaicans stop watching Nigerians Movies.
They are saying that Nigerians believe in too much Juju.
and they have it in too many of their movies.


Question: if Juju is real, why can't these people who do Juju
use it to make Nigeria a better place and a World power?
just my silly little question.

Well juju is just like obeah practise in Jamaica, Haiti, Barbados and other parts of the Caribbean, lots of people practise it but unlike Nigerians,  Caribbeans practise obeah in secrecy. Why can't these people who do obeah use it to make Jamaica/carribean a better place?
just my silly little question.