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WebmastersA Thread For Bloggers by LOSKYXANDER(op): 5:46pm On Oct 08, 2015
This is a thread for users to gather together and interact. We can share our problems, experiences and also advice ourselves on the way forward. Now let me set the ball in motion. Can someone explain the concepts of seo optimization on and ways to go about it to increase traffic. And has anyone discovered that the settings that enables visitors comment on blogs is missing in the dashboard? Feel free to participate in this thread if you are a blogger. You can also drop the url of your blog if you like. Mine is
www.alexmonye..co.ke/?m=1
Christianity EtcRe: Why Is The Most Religious Continent In The World The Poorest? by LOSKYXANDER(op):
According to the Gruzia Online portal, the most religious countries are Ghana (96% of respondents from this country said they are believers), Nigeria (93%), Armenia (92%), Fiji (92%), Macedonia (90%), Romania (89%),Iraq (88%), Kenya (88%), Peru (86%), Brazil (86%), Georgia (84%), Pakistan (83%), Moldova (83%), Colombia (83%).Russia is in the centre of this list with the index of 55%.

The least religious countries, according to the survey results, are as follow: China (with only 14% of believers among the respondents), Japan (16%), Czechia (20%), Turkey (23%), Sweden (29%), Vietnam (30%), Australia (37%), France (37%).
http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/78845.htm
You might want to take a look. Africa ranks top in continents anyway. Well, nobody is tagging religion with poor!
Christianity EtcRe: Why Is The Most Religious Continent In The World The Poorest? by LOSKYXANDER(op): 11:57am On Sep 24, 2015
An2elect2:
Before you make me look troublesome, this was your initial post;
Its no dout that Africa has officially being ranked the
most religious continent in the word over time, and yet
we are where we are. While countries filled with
Atheists continue to move forward in progress.


You vomited what all atheists have been using to attack us on this forum. And you want an 'educative and free of jibes' response? when your original post is wrong on all fours? Lolsss
Responses that will tackle the mentality and behavioural pattern of the average African. And of course, Religion has a major role to play in this aspect. Now madam, do you have a problem with that??
Christianity EtcRe: Why Is The Most Religious Continent In The World The Poorest? by LOSKYXANDER(op): 11:22am On Sep 24, 2015
An2elect2:
What i said are simply undeniable facts, China is on the course of becoming one of the most religious nations, just like Russians they are becoming more and more accepting of religion but not organised religion. I, myself detest any belief that is institutionalised and that is where you should direct your anger for there be some of us who practice true and pure religion and will not fail to use our resources to better our country.

Blaming religion for your woes makes you look dumb.

You are not an atheist indeed
I started the thread for people to share their views in an educative manner. I had no intention of sparking any religious conflict. For God sake, I'm not blaming religion for anything. So you might want to take it easy. Well, thanks for your view anyway.
Christianity EtcRe: Why Is The Most Religious Continent In The World The Poorest? by LOSKYXANDER(op): 10:50am On Sep 24, 2015
An2elect2:
Which developed country was built on atheism? and which of these countries are filled with atheists? you and your fellow scatterbrains got a lot to prove because we know over 90% of the people in this world are religious.

Why pick on religion if it did not stop others from 'progressing'?

Must we all 'progress' the same way?
well, you and I know, the truth about the western world. And, that 90% claim of yours is entirely false!!. Go to China, Germany or Russia and see what I mean. And besides, I am not an Atheist!!
Christianity EtcWhy Is The Most Religious Continent In The World The Poorest? by LOSKYXANDER(op):
Its no dout that Africa has officially being ranked the most religious continent in the word over time, and yet we are where we are. While countries filled with Atheists continue to move forward in progress. Or perhaps we are getting some things wrong. Your views are welcome.
ALL YE RELIGIOUS THREAD VISITORS VIEWING WITHOUT COMMENTING, FOR HOW LONG SHALL YOU KEEP RUNNING!!!
I NEED ANSWERS
GamingRe: Check Out This Online Avenue For Gaming Out!!! by LOSKYXANDER(op): 10:22am On Aug 14, 2015
cao:
You also displayed the typical African mentality by basically telling us to click your site. I clicked it to see what all the fuss was about, to know whether it was one of the many spam links we get here, it's simply a blog, a blog that said The Witcher 3 was out now (as in recently), even though the game had been out since May.

You could have linked us to one of your well written articles, but no you decided let me just get traffic. See MissTechy posts for how it's done. So please next time don't attempt to BS a BS-er.

Sidebar: Abeg MissTechy no vex-o, but I'll always use as an example of an excellent blogger, who utilises NL efficiently.
Madam, what exactly is your problem? different people have seen this, but u seem to b the only one talking (in the form of typing...anyway they mean the same thing). If u r not interested why not ignore cry
GamingRe: Check Out This Online Avenue For Gaming Out!!! by LOSKYXANDER(op): 12:32am On Aug 14, 2015
cao:
He basically wants you to click his blog...
Well... typical african mentality you just displayed. That's just one of our biggest problems. (the way we reason)!!!!
GamingCheck Out This Online Avenue For Gaming Out!!! by LOSKYXANDER(op):
Most people in naija find it difficult in terms of updating themselves on Games online (this is contrarily to the case of sports). Well, life for game freaks has been made easy for game freaks like us (I'm sure you are in this forum because you love games). wanna see what I mean? then simply visit http://www.alexmonye..com/

WebmastersRe: How Can I Make My Posts Available On Google Search Results? by LOSKYXANDER(op): 4:39pm On Aug 06, 2015
Pls can a fellow blogger help out with the above question?
WebmastersHow Can I Make My Posts Available On Google Search Results? by LOSKYXANDER(op): 8:44am On Aug 06, 2015
Hi nairalanders...I am a blogger. Please can someone help me out on how I can make my posts appear on search results. I have already indexed my blog on google. But that only has to do with making your blog name and title visible. How about making my POST TITTLE AND POSTS visible on search results. Please help
WebmastersRe: Pls Help Me With My Infolinks Account by LOSKYXANDER(op): 9:45am On Aug 01, 2015
Warlord3000:
I should assume so... Citibank is not your regular commercial bank with outlet everywhere but more of a corporate entity..

Am sure reservations were made for such cases.. Try it out or give a call to Citibank hr for the swift code of your particular bank.

Best of luck
Do u use infolinks? I have had some clicks from visitors on the infolinks ads on my blog, and yet they have not reflected on my infolinks account dashboard. Do u have any reason why that is so?
WebmastersRe: Pls Help Me With My Infolinks Account by LOSKYXANDER(op): 8:04am On Jul 31, 2015
Warlord3000:
Seems you are using citibank and the code you inserted there was the swift code for citibank USA{which happens to be the headquarter} why not Google for the list of bank swift code in Nigeria and copy the one related to your bank cos a bank swift code itself differs once in a while..
Thanks a lot. I actualy found out that it's city bank. But the only code I found related to Nigeria was that of Lagos. Does this really matter since I am based in Port harcourt. Can I still get the money while in Port Harcourt?
WebmastersPls Help Me With My Infolinks Account by LOSKYXANDER(op): 11:53pm On Jul 30, 2015
Hi nairalanders, I have a serious issue with my infolinks account. I am a blogger, with a registered infolinks account. My request for adverts from infolinks was approved recently. When filling my bank details, I called my bank for the swift code which was requested in the form. I input the code, (CITIUS33) but each time, I got a reply ''SWIFT code is not valid for Nigeria (8 or 11 characters). Contact your bank to obtain this code''. Pls take note that the code matched with the part for intermediary bank details. Pls can someone who earns from infolinks help me out with this? What other swift code could they be talking about?
CareerRe: Help!! Geologic Information System Training by LOSKYXANDER(op): 7:16am On Jun 15, 2015
urchman101:
If you mean Geographic information systems (GIS). I can help you.
Yes, please I need help
CareerHelp!! Geologic Information System Training by LOSKYXANDER(op): 5:48am On Jun 15, 2015
I am a geology student seeking to boost my skills in my area of study. I am sure we have a lot of geoscientists in the house. Please can anyone help me out with where I can acquire such training and how much it will cost?
PoliticsRe: Former Petroleum Minister, Alison-Madueke, Undergoing Breast Cancer Treatment by LOSKYXANDER: 11:01am On Jun 07, 2015
And there she is in London, recieving the best health care she can lay her hands on, knowing fully well the state of the Nigerian health care system. SMH for this country!!
FamilyHow Our Father Raped Us — Daughters by LOSKYXANDER(op): 6:00pm On Jun 02, 2015
Ibadan— Oyo State Police Command has
arrested a man who allegedly defiled his two
under-aged biological daughters and two of his
nieces, all between 14 and 17 years.
The crime was allegedly committed at Moniya
in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state.
Though the suspect, a herbalist, denied the
incest allegation, saying he was being held for
a crime he did not commit, the confessions of
the four girls took many people at the state
police headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan by
surprise as they narrated how the father had
sex with them at different times.
While parading the suspect, identified as
Tajudeen Awoniyi, Oyo State Commissioner of
Police, Mr. Muhammed Katsina, said the
accused person had carnal knowledge of his
own daughters whenever he was drunk.
The commissioner alleged that the suspect
would give black soap to the other two nieces
before having sexual intercourse with them
one after the other.
The children, aged between 14 and 17.
Speaking with newsmen yesterday, one of the
victims (names withheld), said: “My sister and I
are the nieces to Tajudeen Awoniyi.
“His daughters came to our house and asked us
to follow them to their place. On getting there,
her father told us he would give us soap by
midnight which we must use to bathe.
“Around 1a.m., he woke me up, gave me a
black soap and asked me to go and take my
bath. After taking my bath, I went to him and
he placed something under his tongue and
asked me to sleep on a bench.
“He had sex with me. Afterwards, I was
bleeding and he asked me to go to bed. By
morning, he sent my sister and me out of his
house.”
The sister, who is about 16 years old,
corroborated the story, saying “after taking my
bath at night, he tied my mouth with cloth so
that people would not hear me when I cried.
“He had sex with me afterwards and by
morning he sent me out of his house.”
He’s been sleeping with me since last year
—Daughter
One of his daughters also said: “My father has
been sleeping with me since last year.
Whenever he comes home drunk, he sleeps
with me and my sister (names withheld). He
had slept with me three times now since last
year.”
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/man-defiles-two-daughters-nieces-in-ibadan/

WebmastersRe: Top Must Have Wordpress Plugins. by LOSKYXANDER: 7:46pm On May 11, 2015
Frankicent:
89pounds is so expensive to pay for a year.


send me a mail to Contact@GeekLogic.Net let's talk business on getting your new WordPress blog... i"l do the creation and design for you mail me
please don't get my question wrong. I have no plans of getting a new wordpress blog. I want to continue with the one I have. The thing is I don't know wether I will be degraded to the free plan or not if I don't pay up by wednesday for the premium plan
WebmastersRe: Top Must Have Wordpress Plugins. by LOSKYXANDER: 1:52pm On May 11, 2015
Frankicent:
Trust me WordPress is the best blogging
platform ever. I have blog on WordPress before.
And soon will migrate this blog to WordPress...
For those who don't no how beautiful WordPress
is am going to share this tutorial with you.
Most of this plugin are perfect.Some will bring
GOOD TRAFFIC for you while, others will protect
your blog and so on.


1..AKISMET
If you don't no what akismet is for..
Akismet is an advanced hosted anti-spam
service.Akismet is quite
possibly the best way in the world to
protect your blog from comment and
trackback spam. It keeps your site
protected from spam even while you
sleep.


2...GOOGLE SITEMAP
With the Google SITEMAP Plugin you can create
and add a SITEMAP file to Google Webmaster
Tools, and get the info about your site in Google
Webmaster Tools.Another great way of getting
quality GOOD TRAFFIC


3..W3 TOTAL CACHE
W3 Total Cache improves the user experience of
your site by increasing server performance,
reducing the download times and providing
transparent content delivery network (CDN)
integration.


4..SHOW TOP COMMENTOR
The Top Commentators Widget a sidebar widget
to show the top commentators in your WP site.
It encourage more comments on a blog.


5.. STATS
Stats lets you know how many
visits your site gets, and what posts and pages
are most popular.


6...ALL IN ONE SEO
*.XML Sitemap support - submit your sitemap to
Google and Bing and improve your SEO
*.Google Analytics support*.Support for SEO on
Custom Post Types
*.Advanced Canonical URLs
*.Fine tune Page Navigational Links
*.Built-in API so other plugins/themes can
access and extend functionality
*.ONLY plugin to provide SEO Integration for WP
e-Commerce sites
*.Nonce Security built into All in One SEO Pack
*.Support for CMS-style WordPress installations
*.Automatically optimizes yourtitlesfor Google
and other search engines
*.GeneratesMETA tags automatically
*.Avoids the typical duplicate content found on
WordPress blogs
*.For beginners, you don't even have to look at
the options, it works out-of-the-box. Just
install.
*.For advanced users, you can fine-tune
everything to optimize your SEO
*.You can override any title and set anyMETA
description and any META keywords you want.
*.Compatibility with many other plugins


7..AFTER THE DEADLINE...
It sound funny you will be surprise when you no
what this plugin does.

It's an artificial intelligence and natural language
processing technology to find your writing errors
and offer smart suggestions.


8..SHARE THIS..
This button is an all-in-one widget
that lets people share any content on the Web
with friends via e-mail, AIM,Facebook,Twitter or
text message.
For now this is all i no. If you no any other
plugin please drop them in the comment box..
Goodluck!


Source: http://www.geeklogic.net/2015/01/top-must-have-wordpress-plugins.html?m=1
I am a new wordpress blogger. I chose the premium plan (89 pounds) per year. right now, I have till wednesday to enjoy my 2wks free trial. I currently wish to opt out of this plan and go for the free plan. my question is, after wednesday, will my account be degraded to the free plan If I dont pay up?
WebmastersPlease Help Me With My Blog!!! by LOSKYXANDER(op): 3:09am On May 01, 2015
I recently launched a blog wit wordpress. I chose the premium plan (99 pounds) per year. Please anyone who has knowledge/experience with wordpress should give me the details of the mode of transaction. I mean, how is the money usually paid to wordpress. Right now I am enjoying the normal 2 weeks free blogging trial which will soon expire. Candid advice please
Jokes EtcTake A Look At This by LOSKYXANDER(op): 11:33am On Apr 14, 2015
Which would you choose?

RomancePre-marital Sex: To Do Or Not? by LOSKYXANDER(op): 12:24pm On Apr 09, 2015
Pre-marital sex is sexual activity practiced by
persons who are unmarried.
It is prevalent in both developed and
developing countries.
In some cultures, the significance of premarital
sex has traditionally been related to the
concept of virginity. Unlike virginity,
premarital sex can also be referred to none
than one occasion of sexual activity or more
than one sex partner.
There are cultural differences as to whether
and in which circumstances premarital sex is
socially acceptable or tolerated. Social
attitudes to premarital sex have changed over-
time as its prevalence has become common
place in various societies.
Social attitudes to pre-marital sex can include
issues such as virginity, sexual immorality,
extra-marital and unplanned pregnancy,
legitimacy issues, besides others. It may take
place in various ways, for example, it may take
place as casual sex, with at least one
participant seeking to experience or
experiment with sex, it may also take place
between a couple living together in a long-
term relationship without marriage, between a
betrothed couple, engaging in sexual activity
before their anticipated marriage, or between
strangers who just met and in so many other
situations.
From the 1950s, the term “premarital sex”
referred to sexual relations between two
people prior to marrying each other by the age
of 21 and 22, as such, there were no
consideration that one who had sex would not
marry. The term was used instead of
fornication, due to the negative connotations
of the latter.
As there are traditional views on premarital sex
so also there are religious views. Those on
traditional views hold that sons and daughters
should be bethroted before their marriage.
That is, a couple who live together in hope of
marriage could have sex after their bethrotal
or “the spousals.” Until the mid-1980s, it was
normal and acceptable for the bride to be
pregnant at the nuptials, they could even later
go to church or public ceremony, after child-
birth or entirely forget about the marriage
based on some religious views.
Despite the disapproval of clerics of premarital
sex, couples still co-habit before plans of
marriage commenced.
Starting in the 1920s, after World War II,
premarital sex became more common, this was
especially prevalent among women. By the end
of 20th century, between 75 and 80 percent of
Americans had vaginal intercourse before the
age of 19. Majority of women during the
1920s under the age of 30 were nonetheless
virgins at marriage, however, half of those who
were not virgins only had sex with their
fiances.
Nevertheless, sexual interactions between
people without plans to marry was considered
unacceptable.
Effect from 1950s till date, the stigma
attached to premarital sex diminished. Love
began to become enough for a reason to
practice sex, instead of marriage or
engagement. Premarital sex became rampant,
people now views sex before marriage as
something unique to behold before one gets
marry.
In Nigeria, the same view is accepted, people
engaged in the act without considering the
negative impact.
Some youth told this writer that they can never
engage in pre-marital sex, because that is sex
before marriage, they added that fornicators
will not inherit God’s Kingdom, and based on I
Thessalonians 4:3, they will obey God rather
than listen to their own body. Other youths
also stated that, “God instituted sex and
marriage, and sex is not a sin, if done with the
right person; and if it is done with the wrong
person, that is when it becomes a sin, and
others interjected, demanding that if
premarital sex is a sin, why did King Solomon,
the wisest king in Israel marry 300 wives and
700 concubines, and for the reason that God
fully supported him, they too can not continue
to eat “Ogbolo Soup” without eating “Egusi
Soup” interchangeable. They also said that God
even called Abraham his “Friend,” a man with a
wife and concubine who gave birth to the Arab
nations, was still a friend of God. They
concluded that there is nothing wrong with
premarital sex, when done in the right way.
Furthermore, premarital sex is viewed by
majority in our society as normal and believe
that without a lady getting pregnant, her bride
price can not be paid.
No wonder, 33 percent of sexually active teens
reported being in a relationship where they felt
things were moving too fast sexually, and 24
percent had done something sexual they did
not really want to do.
There are several polls that have indicated peer
pressure as a factor in encouraging both girls
and boys to have sex. The increase in sexual
activity among adolescents is manifested in
increased teenage pregnancies and an increase
in sexually transmitted diseases.
Looking at Christian doctrines, the Episcopal
Church only approved sex between married
men and women, while the Jehovah’s witnesses
also believe in sex between married couples
not premarital sex. The Episcopal Bishop and
writer John Shelby Spong has theomized that
the New Testament was not against sex before
marriage basing their points on the views on
two Greek words, “moichera” which mean
adultery, which is restricted to sexual betrayal
of a spouse, why the second point is “porneia”
which means fornication which is used as a
genetic term for illegitimate sexual activity.
They state that premarital sex is not stated in
the New Testament.
Cohabitation is simply wrong for Christians.
Sexual intimacy during your engagement might
not be fornication. It would certainly be civil
disobedience and spiritual dishonesty. And that
is wrong before God.
From all angles, premarital sex, though widely
accepted, is traditionally, scripturally and
religiously wrong.
source-http://nigerianobservernews.com/03042014/features/features6.html#.VSZeIzNw0jM
FamilyRe: Husband Wants Divorce From Wife Because Of Sexual Starvation by LOSKYXANDER: 8:32pm On Apr 04, 2015
missclasssy:
[color=#000050]First of all, you took my original post out of context and you quoted me, foaming at the mouth, ranting and raving nonstop like a hag experiencing menopause or an orgasmic mad woman.....

I said it's always advisable for a couple to "know each other" before deciding to enter into marriage
This doesn't imply that you go around sleeping with every tom, _dick and harry.

This helps you in knowing if you are both sexually compatible.

There have been lots of couples who have had marriage problems just because one partner isn't sexually satisfied or just because sexually, they aren't just congenial, due to the fact that they hadn't engaged in sex before sealing their relationship in marriage

I will still continue to affirm my assertion that sex before marriage is always the best.[/color]
And madam, what do you say about fornication, huh?
EducationRe: Students Protest Alleged Attempted Rape In FUTO (Pics) by LOSKYXANDER: 1:16pm On Mar 25, 2015
God knows....As a futoite, I hate man o war with passion!!!!!angry
Christianity EtcHow True Or False Is This? by LOSKYXANDER(op): 9:28pm On Mar 18, 2015
When the missionaries came to
Africa they had the Bible and we
had the land. They said 'Let us
pray.' We closed our eyes. When
we opened them we had the Bible
and they had the land.
PoliticsThe Underdevelopment Of Africa By Europe- By Washington Alcott by LOSKYXANDER(op): 9:19pm On Mar 18, 2015
'How can anyone claim Africa did not
have societies before the arrival of
colonialism? Political, economic and
social structures existed in African
society well before the 19th century.
Frederic Caillaurd, during his quest to
discover the source of the Nile,
marvelled at the structures of Egyptian
society. Massive empires existed in
Zimbabwe and Zululand (to name two)
and were crushed by the land grab of
the colonial empires in the 19th century.'
Robin Walker
What caused Africa’s underdevelopment is a
complex issue. Europe’s past (and present)
exploitation of Africa played a significant part.
Before the Europeans arrived in Africa, Africa
had vibrant economic, social and political
structures. These were severely disrupted by
Europeans to create wealth for themselves.
European dominance over most of Africa
through the transatlantic slave trade lasted 440
years, from 1444 to 1885.

Triangular trade
Starting from the arrival of Portuguese ships
on west African shores in 1444, the Europeans
set up an elaborate triangular trading system
to transport enslaved Africans, import
plantation produce, and export European
goods to both Africa and the Americas.
'Shipments were all by Europeans to
markets controlled by Europeans, and this
was in the interest of European capitalism
and nothing else.'
Walter Rodney
The transatlantic slave trade caused the forced
removal from Africa of millions of Africans.
This number included a large percentage of
skilled tradesmen and women from a range of
occupations and professions who were making
their contribution to African societies. Without
them, African societies themselves were
weakened.
Africa had trading systems which had
developed over hundreds of years – well
before Europeans ever arrived on their shores.
Europeans destroyed these systems in large
areas of Africa when they developed the trade
in enslaved Africans. Local systems were badly
affected and overwhelmed by the demands of
the new trade in enslaved Africans, a trade
imposed by the better developed guns and
ships of the Europeans.
Trade and domination
Slave trading undermined the ‘Gold Coast’
economy of west Africa. It destroyed the gold
trade. Slave raiding and kidnapping made it
unsafe to mine the land or to travel with gold.
The Europeans’ demand for slaves made raiding
for captives more profitable than gold mining.
The transatlantic slave trade encouraged
Africans to wage war against one another and
conduct raids, instead of building more
peaceful links.
Europeans used their superior shipping and
skills and military power (primarily their guns)
to dominate trade to and from Africa.
Europeans became the leading traders of Asian
and African consumer goods. This was
particularly striking in the early centuries of
trade. Europeans relied heavily on Indian
cloths for resale in Africa. They also purchased
cloths from several parts of the west African
coast for resale elsewhere. Morocco,
Mauritania, Senegambia, Ivory Coast, Benin,
Yorubaland and Loango were all exporters to
other parts of Africa – through European
middlemen.
By the time that Africa had escaped the
shackles of the slave trade and entered the
colonial era, its main export was raw cotton.
Yet its main import was manufactured cotton
cloth. This remarkable irony points not only to
technological advance in Europe but also, and
most importantly, to the stagnation of
technology in Africa owing to the trade with
Europe. Europeans did not want African states
to develop their own technology. They did not
want them to be able to make their own
manufactured goods.

African resistance and independence
Exploitation did not end with the ending of the
transatlantic slave trade. Britain began to ban
the trade in slaves from 1807, and it was not
until 1957 that the Gold Coast – now Ghana –
finally became the first African country south
of the Sahara to become independent from
European rulers. This period of time was filled
with long, bitter colonial conflicts. These
conflicts were not always wars in the usual
way with armies and guns.
For 150 years after 1807, Europe tried to
control Africa and its wealth. They used brutal
massacres as well as treachery, for example
involving the bribing of African chiefs, and
betrayal of their treaties and agreements, such
as with Queen Nzinga of the area now called
Angola, in their attempts to do this. Africans
would use all their available resources to
defend their people and territories. They
would fight back against the Europeans with
guerrilla tactics, sabotage, non cooperation
and by the destruction of those crops and
businesses based in Africa that benefited the
Europeans.
Many Africans fought and worked to gain
political independence from Europe, often
inspired by the 5th Pan African Congress held
in Manchester in 1945. African countries did
eventually gain formal political independence
from the Europeans. However, Europeans still
exerted a huge amount of influence on how
African countries developed. Their natural
resources were still mainly owned and
managed by European investors. Europeans still
owned much African land. Europeans were still
the main buyers of African crops and minerals.
Africans had to cope with these issues as well
as many other legacies of the European
controlling presence in Africa.
In addition to all of these developments, Africa
also had to deal with some key events
including the dividing up of Africa into distinct
countries by the European powers that took
place at the Berlin Africa Conference
(1884-1885), and the impact of two world
wars.

Ongoing exploitation
Some would argue that Africa has never freed
itself from domination by the west. In the late
twentieth century and in the twenty first
century, the relationship between the west and
Africa has been primarily one of exploitation.
International trading agreements with Africa
have been unfair on African countries. These
agreements have been overly influenced by
western big businesses. Such unfair agreements
and relationships have allowed individual
African officials to get rich while the region
sells itself cheaply and develops no
infrastructure.
This relationship of exploitation has been a
common feature of the European intervention
in Africa. It started with the arrival of the
missionaries, and continued with the arrival of
European merchants and mercenaries, and
most lately, with the western multinational
corporations.
Economic instability
When economists look at African countries
they generally find their economies are weak.
There are regularly many economic signs of
this, including:
a weak Gross Domestic Product (GDP, which
measures the value of local production and its
growth);
the exports of primary products and
agricultural products getting smaller;
a low level of using modern industrial
machines;
a terrible national debt to richer countries and
the gap between rich and poor getting bigger
and bigger.
On top of this, many multinational
corporations do not even sell African products
using prices established by the laws of supply
and demand in a free market. Increased costs
of production are not passed onto the
consumers who buy the produce, instead they
are sold from the source in Africa at a lower
rate which means less income for African
workers and business. The global market also
sets a price on most of Africa’s exports and so
the higher production cost cannot be
recouped. At the same time, a rise in
productivity will not necessarily lower world
prices by an increase in supply, because the
demand may remain fairly small. Africa has
mostly been caught in this economic cycle.
This is a fundamental inequality in
international trade and once this has been set
up it is difficult to change.
To sum up, we can say that an unequal trading
system has been imposed on Africa by Europe
from the mid fifteenth century onwards. This
unequal trading system, in one form or
another, continues today. It has meant that
African countries have never built up sufficient
national wealth to invest in their infrastructure
(in things such as roads and electricity supply)
and industry so that they can develop as
countries properly.
source-http://www.revealinghistories.org.uk/africa-the-arrival-of-europeans-and-the-transatlantic-slave-trade/articles/the-underdevelopment-of-africa-by-europe.html
Jokes EtcRe: Amazing Facts You Might Not Know by LOSKYXANDER(op): 1:24pm On Feb 14, 2015
Ayoakinkahunsi:
This is more than a joke
Though many of it sounds funny
Thanks for posting this
You are welcome wink
PoliticsRe: FG Warns US, Others Against Unguarded Utterances by LOSKYXANDER: 7:50pm On Feb 12, 2015
Please this message should go straight to the USA!!! BUSY BODY people always finding it difficult to mind their bussiness!!!!! angry
Jokes EtcAmazing Facts You Might Not Know by LOSKYXANDER(op): 9:08pm On Feb 11, 2015
★ Ants never sleep!
★ When the moon is directly overhead, you will
weigh slightly less.
★ Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the
telephone, never called his wife or mother;
because they were both deaf.
★ An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
★ “I Am” is the shortest complete sentence in
the English language.
★ Babies are born without knee caps – actually,
they’re made of cartilage
and the bone hardens, between the ages of 2-6
years.
★ Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted.
★ Butterflies taste with their feet.
★ A “jiffy”, is an actual unit of time for 1/100th
of a second.
★ It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes
open.
★ Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
★ Minus 40° Celsius, is exactly the same as
minus 40° Fahrenheit.
★ No word in the English language, rhymes with
month - orange - silver -or- purple.
★ Shakespeare invented the words
“assassination” and “bump".
★ Stewardesses is the longest word typed with
only the left hand.
★ Elephants are the only animals that cannot
jump.
★ The names of all the continents end with the
same letter that they start with.
★ The sentence, “The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog”
uses every letter in the English language.
★ The shortest war in history was between
Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar
surrendered after 38 minutes.
★ The strongest muscle in the body is the
tongue.
★ The word “lethologica” describes the state of
not being able to remember the word you want.
★ Camels have three eyelids to protect
themselves from the blowing desert sand.
★ TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be
made using the letters on only one row of the
keyboard.
★ You can’t kill yourself by holding your
breath.
★ Your stomach has to produce a new layer of
mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
★ The dot over the letter “i” is called a 'Tittle'.
Christianity EtcRe: 5 Solid Proves That God Exists by LOSKYXANDER(op): 7:15am On Feb 08, 2015
davien:
And how did you figure out all of this?
Armed with the best physics of the 20th
century, Albert Einstein came to a
conclusion with his theory of relativity. Just
consider the effect of mass on time. A
planet's hefty mass warps time -- making time
run a tiny bit slower for a human on Earth's
surface than a satellite in orbit. The difference
is too small to notice, but time even runs
more slowly for someone standing next to a
large boulder than it does for a person
standing alone in a field. The pre-big bang (before the beginning of the universe)
singularity possessed all the mass in the
universe, effectively bringing time to a
standstill. well, no one can comprehend the idea of eternity.
You learn more here science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/before-big-bang.htm
CrimeRe: My Children Were Killed, They Didn’t Die In Any Spiritual Bath – Grieving Mother by LOSKYXANDER: 7:45am On Feb 07, 2015
lookingforjob:
[b]Once upon a time, there was a warlord named odumegwu Ikemba Ojukwu. He wrongly fought for the disintegration of Nigeria by trying to carve out a biafran territory. This action led to a civil war and ojukwu's actions led to the death of millions igbos. Instead of standing by them to fight and defend them, he fled cowardly to ivory coast on exile. The actions of the civil war are still unforgiven by the igbos till today. They forgot the then head of state was under a mandate to protect the territorial integrity of Nigeria. Since the head of state was a northerner, igbos have Since hated the north and Yoruba's. They are the major followers of this administration even though its obvious that its not performing. They prefer to suffer and live in penury than vote for the right change. This is why they consider buhari as a wrong candidates whereas had APC presented a young hausa/yoruba in his 40's, they will still label him no good. This is just to educate the ignorant ones about the reason why the igbos decided to follow Jonathan like a fly following a corpse to the grave[/b]
Tribalistic ignoramus!!!!. see who is talking about ignorance!!

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