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Yes!!! I do BELIEVE that certain parts of Africa IS Urbanizing and DEVELOPING at a lightening pace.

and long deservedly soo.

Nice post kony.

And that real.

Just because Africans come to Amerikkka and become a WAGE SLAVE they swear they got it going on. When in reality they are just common people living everyday ordinary lives.

Yet for some reason THEY THINK they are the bee's knees.

When none of them REACH higher than the naturally born American Black man.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13668536?filter=none#dna-comments


[size=18pt]Africa viewpoint: Nigerians at war with each other [/size]

In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, Sola Odunfa laments the blood-letting in Nigeria.

The statistics of fatalities are grim enough but few Nigerians are conscious of the reality that their nation is in the throes of a fierce war which is neither officially acknowledged nor likely to end soon.

The blood-letting is so common that it no longer commands front-page presentation in national newspapers, except when politicians or the Central Bank governor take a rest.

Last Wednesday, the police gave, for the first time, official casualty figures for the violence that hit northern Nigeria after the presidential election in April. The figures were for only two of the five states affected by the conflict.

The police said that 520 people, including six policemen, were killed in Kaduna and Niger, 81 others were wounded and at least 22,000 were displaced from their homes or communities.

In better days in this country, that information would dominate the front pages but last week one national newspaper put it on page two, another on page six and a third downgraded it to page seven.

One should not blame the editors. They have probably become weary of blood-dripping reports coming to their desks daily and now they assume the proverbial posture of the ostrich.

The presidential inauguration banquets turned sour on 29 May when bombs exploded near the nation's capital, Abuja, and in Bauchi and Zaria - both in northern Nigeria.

No fewer than 14 lives were taken away by the bombers.

Jittery police

Two days later in the south-east, police officers reportedly ambushed a convoy of vehicles taking a large number of Biafran loyalists to the city of Owerri to celebrate the 44th anniversary of the declaration of the short-lived secessionist state.

The Nigerian police have repeatedly been accused of failing to quell the violence
In my opinion these Biafran loyalists are on the fringes of society and entitled to have their fun as long as they do not disturb anybody else.

The secessionist war ended more than 40 years ago, so why are the police still jittery at the mere mention of the word Biafra?

They denied killing three of those Biafra loyalists but admitted arresting 300 of them.

It is instructive that the courts have released on bail more than 200 of those charged.

In Lagos state, the police are smarting from the murder of four of their officers by soldiers, pardon me, "unknown soldiers" who were avenging the killing of one of their ranks by a policeman.

In Ibadan, 120km (74 miles) away, the smoke is just settling on the latest round of deadly battles between rival groups in the transport union.

Everywhere in southern Nigeria, armed bandits continue to brazenly rob, violation and kidnap people.

In the north-central and north-eastern states, arson, malicious killings and the rain of bombs show no sign of abating.

Highways nationwide are not safe either, during the day or night, as robbers rule.

Nigerians are killing Nigerians daily but there is no-one to cry to.

In fact, we must not cry aloud for fear of scaring off potential investors. So, hush.

http://www.theroot.com/views/nigeria-heading-toward-second-civil-war

[size=18pt]IS NIGERIA HEADED TOWARD A SECOND CIVIL WAR?[/size]

The signs are ominous, and strangely familiar: communal warfare raging in the politically volatile Muslim Northern regions, with supporters of the ruling party stabbed, hacked or shot; churches, mosques and homes burned; and hundreds believed dead and tens of thousands more displaced. That's the scene so far in parts of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, following its latest round of presidential elections.

Gubernatorial elections in at least three Northern states this week were postponed because of the violence.

The incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan, of the ruling People's Democratic Party, has appealed for calm after being declared the winner April 18 with 57 percent of the vote -- thus avoiding an expected second round of balloting with his main rival, former Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who received 31 percent. Buhari is a Fulani from the predominantly Muslim North; Jonathan is an Ijaw from the predominantly Christian South.

In his recent address, Jonathan harked back to the bloody events that set off the country's North vs. South civil war almost 45 years ago. "If anything at all, these acts of mayhem are sad reminders of the events which plunged our country into 30 months of an unfortunate civil war," said Jonathan.

Today as many as 40,000 people have been displaced, according to the Red Cross, with many of them seeking refuge at police and military barracks. Even the home of Nigeria's vice president, Namadi Sambo, in Zaria in Northern Nigeria, was torched, forcing him to flee. Many supporters of the PDP have met a similar fate.

The scenes are reminiscent of the events that began in January 1966. Back then, in the country's first unsuccessful military coup, mostly Ibo junior officers murdered Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and much of the country's Northern civilian and military leadership. A July countercoup reinstalled Northern leadership, ushered in military government and eventually sparked pogroms in the North in May, July and September -- carried out in part by government troops -- that left as many as 40,000 people dead, many of them Christian Ibos.

Nearly 2 million people soon became refugees. The Ibo-led breakaway Republic of Biafra was declared a year later before a Northern-dominated federal government crushed the rebellion in January 1970. More than 1 million people died in the war. Can this country of an estimated 125 million people be brought back from the brink?

In evoking Nigeria's civil war, Jonathan may have done more than sound an alarm about the West African nation's political instability. He may unintentionally have made a bad situation worse.

"It's as incendiary a thing as he could say," says Jean Herskovits, a retired academic and a longtime Nigeria analyst. "To say this is about the same grievances as '66 is an insult."

Yes, Herskovits said, the present crisis has taken on ethnic, regional and religious dimensions, much like the Biafran War. But more important, she said, today's unrest is a reaction to the pervasive culture of corruption that has long gripped the country, "a rejection of 12 years of PDP" government malfeasance. According to Herskovits, young people in the North pinned their hopes on Buhari as an agent of change, a presidential candidate who could end corruption.

Instead, she says, "we are heading toward exactly what we don't want, which is civil war. People up North are already talking about it."

Already, the Nigerian Independent Electoral Commission has had to postpone balloting in three Northern states because of the tenuous security situation. Buhari has been barred from traveling to one of the states.

How much worse will things get?

A lot will depend on legal challenges to the election results. The United States and much of the international community declared the balloting free and fair. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a speech congratulating President Jonathan, said, "this election represents a positive beginning for Nigeria." But pronouncements from outside have done little to calm the situation.

But almost from the beginning, many have been skeptical of the election results, even in a country where allegations of electioneering -- real or imagined -- are routine. Despite the widespread use of social media to monitor the balloting and track results, there is a general belief among many Nigerians that elections are won and lost not at the polling station but as the votes are tabulated -- a process that remains secretive

Then I guess you don't hear the light skin vs. dark skin nonsense, along with gangs and class and education. Tribalism exist all over the planet, dumba$$.

Black Americans do not DO SH.IT LIKE THIS!

DUMB.ASS

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[size=14pt]Our Shared Inheritance[/size]


I confess, I never felt like a true American. Sure, I believe in freedom, democracy, the rule of law and the precepts put forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. These are beautifully crafted, heartfelt words and documents hammered out and written by men of truly great intent. In fact, as much as the original 3/5thrule offends me as a descendant of slaves, it doesn’t change the fact that I firmly believe that in all, the base upon which America was founded for its true citizens was strong. But while the groundbreaking has begun on a beautiful monument to Dr. King, Washington, D.C. for me has always been a painful reminder of the fact that I don’t feel like a true American. For as much as my parents tried to convince me otherwise as a child, the realities of American society, even as an adult, led me to conclude that there was a ceiling to my individual aspirations; and that I was equally unlikely to see any African-American become president in my lifetime. [b]That is why being present in the nation’s capital on this 20th day of January in the year 2009 was paramount to me. Not just because an African-American was to take the oath of office as president of the United States, but because I wanted to feel what I imagine most other Americans feel when they come to Washington, D.C. I wanted to look at the Washington and Jefferson monuments and the Lincoln Memorial and feel that this was the cradle of my inheritance as well. That is why, after the flights sold out, I didn’t mind driving over six hundred miles across the country. That is why I didn’t complain while standing in 20 degree weather for five hours just to get on the train to D.C. On this chilly January day I yearned for the warmth of July’s Independence Day, the warmth that comes from knowing you belong in the land your ancestors toiled upon as slaves, and died for in a righteous movement at home and wars abroad. So I was surprised when, as I stood less than 30 yards from the podium where “a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant” prepared to take the oath of office to become our nation’s 44th, and first African-American, commander in chief,[/b] [size=14pt]I was distracted. Facing me was the magnificence of the Capital building, built over two hundred years ago over a span of thirty plus years by slave labor. Behind me were the deafening cheers of almost two million of my fellow citizens of all races, three hundred thousand waving flags, gathered on the National Mall shoulder to shoulder to witness the promise of our founding fathers kept, to see a dream fulfilled.[/size] In my hand was my daughter’s favorite teddy bear, brought along so that she would know some day, as I know my ancestors knew then, that I was thinking about all of them at this very moment. I was grateful when we were asked to bow our heads for the invocation, because I could no longer hold them back. Tears shed not in sorrow, but in remembrance and reverence for all Americans, of all colors, who lived and died to make this moment possible. As the tears continued to flow, a queen sang, two young princesses smiled and waved, and thirty-five imperfectly recited and repeated words later the kingdom celebrated with a twenty-one gun salute. Only there are no kings here in America; just the heir to a King, and vanquished was not an enemy, but any lingering doubts about our shared inheritance. by Robert D. Patterson

The term african american is silly. I prefer black american aswell. One can be a ethiopian-american,a nigerian-american, a somali-american but a person cant be an "African"-american lol. We are americans that are black nothing less nothing more

WORD!

Black Americans are NOT Africans.

Cuban American are NOT africans.

Brazil american are NOT africans.

We are from the COUNTRIES WE WERE BORN IN.

There are over 1100 DIFFERENT AFRICAN CULTURES.

T[i]here is only 1 Black American culture.  sure, we differ on class but we DO NOT RELATE to African mores.  Values, CUSTOMS, JUJU, WITCHCRAFT,

and more importantly WE are not TRIBAL against one another.  We do not have a Tribal culture of ONE Group of Black people against Another.

that is indigenious African. 

And that is the BULL.SH.IT africa export to America.[/i]


[size=18pt]TRIBIALISM![/size]

^^^^^^

that's whats up.

This mofo wants us to get in a boat and head back to Africa.

FOR WHAT?

We CHANGING this NATIVE AMERICAN country RIGHT HERE!!!!

what change have Africa done?

Besides take the seat of their COLONIAL MASTER and continue oppressing their OWN PEOPLE?

Cap28 is not mentally stable.

Yet he BELIEVE we should give up our HARD EARNED GOOD LIFE to live in a hut devoid of plumming and electricity with a dirt floor.

that nigga is CRAZY!!!

muthaf.ucker you got the wrong Black dude.

I am a POWERFUL black man living a Upper middleclass existence.

Just because I REFUSE to be busted and raggedy like yo crummy a.zz I gotta be a house negro.

Nigga youza FOOL.

God created this big a.zz earth with all this BEAUTY and I going to GET MINE!

Remember!!!!

you live in that godforsaken country.

Things here on our GROUND is NOTHING like things in your country.

So stop sending nasty messages , NOBODY hears you.

Sure, things get tough, but We can CLIMB OUT of our personal hell hoes.

Can you?

I agree with you. But I am not African. I am a Black American. Unfortunately some Blacks here feel the same way about blacks.

It is the oppressed cycle. However, Blacks here KNOW bullsh.it when we see it. We are VERY skeptical of WHITEY.

We are not fooled by his schemes. Yet, I have seen first hand how africans "react" to whites.

With a slave like mentality and the upmost respect they do not show to anyone else.

Sad and pathetic.

Immigrants LINE UP everywhere AROUND THE WORLD to get here.

You can save your repugnant drivel. NOBODY IS BUYING IT, except for the hopeless OPPRESSED as you.

Quite Frankly, You a sick man.

You have to be to be CONSUMMED WITH SO MUCH HATRED at something you POWERLESS OVER.

FOOL!

[size=18pt]AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL!!!!![/size]


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You see, here we can agree to disagree, and NOT GET KILLED!!!!

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I have noticed one area of weakness among us Africans is. 'Attitude'. We have a defeatist/inferior mentality most times and dont

believe in ourselves.We waste lots of precious time and believe in doing things 'tomorrow' or in the future and not now.We expect foreigners to come and

jumpstart us and as soon as the leave we slow down again or go back to square 1.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Even American Animals are laughing at you.

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African Monkeys too,

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This history is not UNTOLD. It is taught routinely in the American Universities. It is the American Media that chooses to HIDE it and project racial harmony and a antiseptic American agenda

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We were also SOLD BY YOUR FOREFATHERS INTO SLAVERY

So don't leave your African CULPABILITY OUT OF IT.
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You mofos was MAD A.ZZ hell that the slave trade ended in the 19th century.

But LOOK AT US NOW!!!!!!


WE have a BLACK PRESIDENT!!!!

It is not our fault that human beings are some NASTY EVIL AND DISPICKABLE creatures.

And you are one of them.

Since your Funky a.zz want to be so smart, Imma blitz this thread.

just so you know. your Family and Friends are Laughing at you for being Deported.

ESPECIALLY the ones that can't stand your a.zz.

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BIG DUMMY GOT HIS NIGERIAN A.ZZ DEPORTED, BUT FRAUD AND DEMORALIZING BEHAVIOR

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Mandingo - more of america's wonderful informal rule and laws which have relegated blacks to the position of second class citizens in america:

Groundbreaking,

We'd rather be secondclass citizens here in Amerikka, Than A NON CITIZEN IN NIGERIA.

At least our communities are wholesome. They do not STINK. They are not filled with POLLUTION AND RUNNING OIL

http://current.com/shows/vanguard/77541651_rebels-in-the-pipeline.htm

http://current.com/shows/vanguard/92540333_damage-in-the-niger-delta-vanguards-rebels-in-the-pipeline.htm

From my understanding.  They had to SEASON OUT the African GOOK.  Then the Black Americans took it upon themselves to SEASON OUT the African Gook

you know, stuff like

witch craft
running around with no clothes on
screaming like a banshee
wild and litcitious behaviors

then Again the Native American water does wonders for our skin.

Boy, whatcha know about Patrice?

I know what the CIA did to him. It was at a time when the U.S. was adamantly against communist.

They weren't about to let Russia get ahold onto the congo.

then again, look at how the Congo turned out.

So again, Cap28's arguments hold some form of credence Because I am appalled at the conditions in that Rich Country. This can be directly traced back to the Europeans and America's AND the COMPUTER INDUSTRY'S meddling.

STFU morpheus Before I begin to commence whoppin dat a.zz again.

Then again, I'm tired of kick your old a.zz. Its not even fun for me anylonger.

But Cap28

This NONFACTOR MUTHAFUCKA takes the cake. The grizzly bastard only got 1 life to live and he spending it hating on Westerners.

Nigga need to run out into traffic.

The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States in which freedom includes a promise of the possibility of prosperity and success. In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.[1] The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the United States Declaration of Independence which proclaims that "all men are created equal" and that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights" including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream

One American hell hole that's nera is Newark, New Jersey. It's a predominantly black city that is filled with black folks killing each other. And the fact that MandingoII and bkbabe can't see the writing on the wall about the future of the US and it's downturn, they're silly. And self-hating Uncle Toms for calling fellow black people "apes and monkeys."

Yeah but ALL OF NIGERIA IS A SEWER.

The Greek govt should have defaulted on the debt.

The people of greece should carry on rioting and find a way to prosecute the fraudulent bankers from goldman sachs, bank of america and some european banks who were responsible for causing this crisis in the first place.

The people of Greece should not be paying the price for the greed and stu.pidity of their corrupt govt and a corrupt banking cabal

More unpleasant drivel from you.

You should just say you want the world to IMPLODE because YOU ARE SUFFERING and unhappy with your lot in life.

and Africa have a few Nationalist I admired

chek anita diop
Kwame Nkurah
Patrice Lumumba
Stephen Biko
the Silver Haired Nigerian Author

but for a land of a BILLION people, there should be more Critical Thinkers, No?

Nigga you wish!

NOBODY wants to be a Nigerian. In movies Nigerians are cast as the uglies of the uglies.

I am a proud and Happy Black American from Proud and industrious Parents who were born of Proud Africans throughout all of Africa.

Black Americans are the mutts of Africa. The Mutts of Africa living in America are THE CHOSEN PEOPLE of africa

it is 100 Degrees here!!!!!

And NOT ONE TIME will our (AIR CONDITIONING) Electricity Stop running.  And wtf is a generator?

Cap28 blew his priviledges.  Now hes in the land of his birth.

More Happy Black Americans,

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In amerikka African Americans KNOW how to make a way out of no way.