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waleski:
aloy make we talk facts your thread no make sense

GBAM!

*Grabs popcorn and waits for replies*

Why wasn't I nominated?

I'll be watching that match.

Chiogo, bring that finger back.

Oboma1:
Guy, hit the nail on the head. These are Yoruba names.

Hit the nail on whose head?

A Sudanese refugee has made sporting history by becoming the first African-born player to join an Australian Rules Football League team.

Majak Daw, 18, has been signed by one of the competition's most famous clubs, North Melbourne.

He hopes his success will encourage other African migrants into the game.

Daw and his family fled civil war in Sudan when he was nine years old, and arrived in Australia in 2003 after living in Egypt.

The gangly teenager took up Australian Rules Football just four years ago.

He has signed a two-year contract with the North Melbourne club and will start his career in the reserves while he continues to learn the intricacies of this unique Australian sport.

Confidence boost

Daw hopes his efforts will encourage other African migrants to integrate more into mainstream society.

"When I first started a lot of my Sudanese friends, the boys, they weren't a fan of me playing footy, they tend to hang around the Sudanese people, just one area," he said.

"I kept on telling them you need to get out and explore and know these people, because you're going to be living here all your life - you're not going to be with the Sudanese people the whole time.

"Me making it into AFL will give them more opportunities and give them confidence to go out there and do their own things to better themselves."

Racism has tarnished Daw's journey into the elite ranks of the AFL, but he says the taunts and abuse have only served to harden his resolve.

A spokesman for North Melbourne told the BBC that the teenager had "enormous potential" to succeed at the highest level.

He confirmed that Daw was the first Africa-born player to be picked up by a professional club.

In the past decade about 25,000 Sudanese refugees have been resettled in Australia.

The number of arrivals has slowed as the focus of official government policy in Canberra has shifted towards accommodating those displaced by instability in Burma and Iraq.

Fraud oozing bas.tards.
It's Xmas time, their season to steal.

Nigerian Banks are turning into something else.

Good for her.

May her soul rest in peace!

I wouldn't add my parents pic in a social networking site.
It sounds and looks stupid and dumb.

H2O2:
If I am going to be footing 100% of the bills, you better be ready to SUBMIT to me like a loving respectful wife, as ordered by your Lord God.

What is this about again?

Those stealing cows are going to get busted.

This one is a real question
Poster,why don't you chat with him instead of opening up a thread for this?

Who knows the song that was played in the Nigerian Movie Margaret Thatcher?

How about the name Ode?

^^Professional thread derailers at work!

Fhemmmy:
i noticed that dont often work, but singing works magic.

Prayer works all the time.

What is this thread about again?

Victoria Island is the best place to reside in Lagos.

I laugh in Gbugudu.

^^Is that a post?

I love Meatpies
But you can refer to google for the recipe.

Both are classless.

It all depends in the bvehaviour.

When would there be?

I wear good Clothes on Christmas day.

I'll just pray whenever my spirit is low.

I hope that doesn't happen.