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CultureRe: Ethiopian Women + Nigerian Men (PICS) by Mandume: 3:13am On Aug 28, 2015
It's funny that these foolish somali/ethiopian-supremacists never show pictures of women like these:
https://i61.tinypic.com/jgljes.jpg https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7026/6460650065_5112b374f1_z.jpg https://www.antiquaprintgallery.com/ekmps/shops/richben90/images/somalia-somaliland-hairdressing-somaliland-antique-print-1900-118331-p.jpg

^^
All of them are somali by ethnicity

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/cc/ff/89/ccff89018c40b21f5971ec3c0e9b3206.jpg
Oromo (Borana)

https://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/be/d5/99/bed5991b4f68fa7794d5f43a379c90f4.jpg
Oromo

[imghttp://farm9.static.flickr.com/8091/8571442788_019423e956.jpg][/img] https://www.photocircle.net/eu/photos/thumbnails/big/2267-Tigray-girl-Northern-Ethiopia--by-christina-feldt.jpg
Tigray-Tigrinya

https://40.media.tumblr.com/5e7892c49fc1ed7534ca24e57da988d2/tumblr_n8bb2sPxaG1sm1ieho1_400.jpg
Habesha

[img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSAYf4JJjLwcFSOsbjDk85cM2cryytcdP8rrFQIa2AyIdhhYvbw9A[/img]
Bodi/Mursi

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xpa1/t51.2885-15/s320x320/e15/11208458_1601155143471561_522556190_n.jpg
Hamar/Hamer.

They're ALL east-african (and many of them are probably Ethiopian by nationality also.
This shit has got to stop when people think that East-Africans are just one homogenous type. That's not the case. All African (and by African, I mean indigenous people, i.e those who have "black" (brown) skin) women are beautiful. There's plenty of room for all of them to shine.
CultureRe: South African Black Females r the Most Refined n elegant Black Girls in d world! by Mandume: 2:14am On Aug 28, 2015
Southyqueen:
says who jus because u've got hate against SA does'nt mean what u'r sayin is true
so plz do urself a big favour keep calm and now that we're the best!
and yeah u'll never find a south african speaking their own language...
but anways im cool no offence
So amaXhosa women do not speak isiXhosa? huh
CultureRe: See How Virginity Testing Is Done In Part Of Africa (pictures) by Mandume: 1:35am On Aug 28, 2015
Crude, but with all kinds of STD's going around, especially HIV, it's actually not all that bad at all. Doesn't have to be performed in public of course.
TravelRe: Cape Town, Most Beautiful African City Pics by Mandume: 10:02pm On Aug 27, 2015
yoruba:
Demographics:
Cape Coloured people account 48.13% of the population, followed by Black Africans at 31%, Whites at 18.75%, and Asians at 1.43%.
Cape Coloured girls are some of the hottest girls in all of Africa, here are some of dem honeys:
The Demographics of Azania is as follows :The 2011 census figures for these groups were Black African at 79.2%, White at 8.9%, Coloured at 8.9%, Asian at 2.5%, and Other/Unspecified at 0.5%.

as you can see, the coloured are a M.I.N.O.R.I.T.Y

Just thought I should present the correct facts.

Edit: That which IS correct, is the fact that cape-coloreds constitute 48.13% of the population in the western cape region, but not the whole country in total.
CultureRe: Black African Nobility Of Ancient Europe by Mandume: 9:00pm On Jan 08, 2015
providence338:
Wow.. just wow...I don't get it. In America and the rest of the world for that matter, you would just be another NIGGER. I'm talking to you so-called Cushites. The word "Cushii" is derogatory word throughout the middle east. And the Ancient Egyptians never depicted you guys in a flattering light. You're sittin' there smacking your gums about slavery, nigga, YOUR SKINNY AZZES WERE ENSLAVED by them Egyptians, don't front! grin YOu were so busy talking about slavery, but somehow you forgot to mention THAT. I'm just taken aback by your smugness and arrogance towards other Africans, we may all have different experiences and struggles but we're ALL Black dummy, isn't that's what Cushite means in Hebrewhuh With the advent of racism/white supremacy, the sooner you realize you're no different than us so called "Bantus", the less you'll make yourself look like a complete FOOL on these boards. You and that Malak guy are real shitheads, shortsighted unenlightened COONS, playing right into the whole divide and conquer trick. Consider yourself to have been 'schooled', don't go out into the real world repeating this NONSENSE ok?

btw, since you think you're so smart, Nigerians mostly constitute the Niger-Congo family, NOT Bantu. Only a small percentage of people in Nigeria are Bantu, namely the peoples of Calabar/Akwa Ibom. Get that through your oblong FIVE-head skulls.... #ICAN'TWITHTHESEPEOPLE
Don't bother with these stringy-haired monkeys. They somehow feel they're "superior" even though most Africans don't even look like them at all. THEY are the abnormality, but somehow they've convinced themselves that their greasy-stringy hair, five-head skullz and god-awful teeth are attractive. Boggles my mind, I tell ya. Don't waste your energy on these losers.
CultureRe: Black African Nobility Of Ancient Europe by Mandume: 8:30pm On Jan 08, 2015
axum:
Stop trying to attach yourself to Cushitics. That word was used to describe the people in The Horn by themselves. Why do you keep adding Bantus who were slaves in the Horn to your theory. Bantus didnt even govern any of these CUSHITIC NATIONS.

WTF, get a life and stop trying to rewrite history
You're the one who tries to rewrite history. The term "bantu" is a RECENT historical term, they/we weren't called that before these filthy euros started colonizing Africa, which means that people who speak bantu languages were ALWAYS present in areas such as southern Somalia.
CultureRe: Black African Nobility Of Ancient Europe by Mandume: 8:23pm On Jan 08, 2015
Maakhir:
Those aren't Cushites but in fact they are nubians.
Nubia & Cush are in the same AREA.
Besides, this Axum guy seems to think that Ethiopian is ONE ethnic group, which it of course isn't, since it is a NATIONALITY. There are plenty of different ethnic groups within the Ethiopian context. Just look at the Hamar/Hamer people, they're as Ethiopian as those who resemble Haile Selassie.

https://i1.trekearth.com/photos/16992/hamer7.jpg[img]http://2.bp..com/-i_FqZek-xL4/UHoDfYVp6VI/AAAAAAAAFLE/1VkiSFv5ZkY/s1600/li.jpg[/img][img]http://1.bp..com/-u8_BFt2H7-g/UZ1NwikCJQI/AAAAAAAACbg/dx88Xdh8ZBY/s1600/_MG_3491-b-1100.jpg[/img]

They've got the BEST looking women too! grin
CultureRe: The Reason Why Blacks Try So Hard To Claim Somalis/ethiopians by Mandume: 3:18am On Jan 08, 2015
I bet somalia11 looks like this:
https://www.geekfore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/phillips1.jpg
^^
No wonder he acts so butthurt, trolling this forum! How is it even possible to look that ugly? I guess Somali baby-gravy coupled with a Somali womb really does the trick, huh?

Just look at this shit: https://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/browbeat/2013/10/131010_BB_SomaliPirate.jpg.CROP.promovar-mediumlarge.jpg https://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/2a/1d/2a1d11164eb0c5c44851c1fe976fc02c.JPG?itok=titaYCMi
https://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article3153540.ece/alternates/s615/Bafta-Winners.jpg

Yeah, you're "gods" alright. Gods of the ugliest fuckin' heifers the world has ever seen! LOL!
CultureRe: The Reason Why Blacks Try So Hard To Claim Somalis/ethiopians by Mandume: 3:03am On Jan 08, 2015
somalia11:
Negroid use somali/ethiopians to uplift themselves. Because without somalis/ethiopians blacks only had a history of slavery and were walking around nude before europeans came. This is why the blacks here and online who are afrocentrics try so hard to use somalis and ethiopians and place them on a peddle stool like the gods we are.
That's rich coming from a guy (you) who's country JUST got an ATM machine in 2014. Somalia is pretty much a prime-example on how NOT to do things. Bleep, even clans within the same ethnic group (Somali) hate each other. It's ridiculous.

Btw, you sound like a European when you write, nobody uses the term "Negroid" in academia anymore, besides, why would anybody treat you like gods? If you actually did some research, you'd know that f.ex the mummy's from the Amarna period in Egypt hailed from west, central & south Africa (their DNA) , not from your neck of the woods, so what sayest thou to THAT? You're nothing but a lookin ass troll. I bet you look like that retard somali guy with the ugly teeth in that Captain Philips movie smiley
CultureRe: Discuss: Black Americans Do Not Have A Language by Mandume: 2:57am On Jan 08, 2015
There's no such thing as "black americans" . You don't stop being an AFRICAN just because your ancestors were enslaved. They are American-AFRICANS. Those who emigrated there by their own free will are Nigerian/Ghanaian/Sierra-Leonean/Keyan-Africans, that's all.

This "shit" is just a way for you to not unite, and build an economy wherever you might be in the diaspora. Look at what the NYPD did to Amadou Diallo. He wasn't a so-called "African-American", but they still murdered him. Why? Because to other non-African peoples, "ya'll are the same" . It's not like the police is going to NOT "stop & frisk" you, just because you happen to be a Ghanaian-African living in USA.

Also, not all the slave-ships went directly to the states, they stopped in the caribbean to pick up "cargo" too, so there are many American-Africans with a multi-ethnic background (i.e Many have a combination of bantu, akan, igbo, wolof, mande, tuareg, fulani ancestry) , so it's difficult for our brothers in the US of A to EXACTLY pinpoint the exact ethnic group from which they hail. Sometimes it's IMPOSSIBLE.
CultureRe: Dark Skinned Biracial People by Mandume: 2:47am On Jan 08, 2015
tpia6:
Black in the context of this thread, means negro, or people descended from natives of subsaharan africa.
Err, you find Africans who look just like any American-African in North Africa who are NATIVE to those regions, so this sub-saharan africa terminology of yours has GOT to GO.
CultureRe: Black African Nobility Of Ancient Europe by Mandume: 2:28am On Jan 08, 2015
axum:
Do you know that African is just a landmass, Arabia is not a continent technically they are Asian, but do you see any Asian (chinese) believing that Arabs are there brothers?

Look at North America, Mexico and USA are not seen as Brothers, even though they live in the same continent.

Same with Africa, not everyone views Africa as Bantus do. Just cause I dont identity firstly as being African doesnt mean I love Arabs or call them brothers. lmao

You are very misguided if you think Somalis/Ethiopian/Eritrean identify with being African. People who identify with African are misguided people who have no identity. Bantu countries are filled with many ethnic groups so their is no real national identity.

But in the Horn of Africa we have a very strong ethnic and national identity and similar culture. And our appearance, culture and history is much different than Bantus. Thus why we identify with our Nation and Ethnicity and not with some random landmass filled with thousands of languages and religions.
Speak for YOURSELF. I've got plenty of Ethiopian, Somali (the ethnic group) & Eritrean friends, they all say they're African, and they're proud of it. If you want to distance yourself from the continent, then that's fine, but don't try to speak for entire communities. "Bantus" don't say "ooh we're African" all the time either, most people identify with their ethnic group first, so you obviously don't know what you're talking about.

But this is the extent of the STUPIDITY of African peoples. We don't understand that foreigners who come here, to enrich themselves, DO NOT CARE WHICH ETHNIC GROUP YOU BELONG TO! If you look African, it's all THE SAME to them. This stupid way of thinking prevents us from uniting with each other, because we fail to recognize that what the foreigners did (and still do) will harm us ALL as a COLLECTIVE. Some might be a little "lucky", like the Tutsi who were considered to be "better" than the Hutu by the british (hence the animosity between those groups) . Africa is NEVER going to rid itself of neo-colonization until its indigenous population start making choices which'll effect us in a POSITIVE way, as a group.

It doesn't matter if you're a Habesha/Mursi/Nubian/Igbo/Wolof/amaZulu/Ovahimba/Tuareg to non-Afrikan peoples. You're still a "nigger" to them (unless they can find a way to create a divide between ethnic groups in any given country, like what happened in Rwanda). KNOW THAT.
CultureRe: The Nuba Peoples Of North Sudan (warning: Tribal Nudity) by Mandume: 7:35pm On Dec 16, 2014
That face--painting is very intricate! Great stuff. How many of them are there?
CultureRe: Letter From A White Woman To Black Men Who Bash Black Women by Mandume: 4:45pm On Nov 08, 2014
Stillfire:
I like it when they show their true feelings and bash away, so you can stay away from the lot. Is it not better to know how someone feels about you?
Imagine a man harboring this kind of psychosis without voicing it, and you as a black woman unsuspectingly dates him, won't he kill you in your sleep? undecided huh
Personally black women need to be careful around black men and tread carefully where these people are concerned.
Thank God I don't have any freaking loyalty to the race, unlike my American sisters that are doomed to be whining over who black men sleep with or not.
Race loyalty is what got white people where they're at today (that's why they created the one-drop doctrine, so they didn't have to give their inheritance to black folks), so there's nothing wrong with that at all. In fact, it's common sense if you value your culture.
CultureRe: The Uselessness Of White Wedding In African Societies!!! by Mandume: 4:25pm On Nov 08, 2014
joywendy:
really op no one is focusing you to do a white wedding.
just say you don't want to do it, than coming here to rant that it's unafrican. There is always a court marriage which is way much cheaper and faster, if that's your problem.

the trad marriage does it offer a certificate to prove that you are both married? i think not correct me if am wrong. that the most important thing in a wedding the marriage certificate.



There are many things we do in Africa that's not a part of our culture from the beginning. you may as well throw your college degree in to the bin since it's un African. you may as well stop typing in English and start typing in your native dialect because every other thing is unafrican. you may as well stop wearing western attire because its unafrican. you may as well drop your religion and go back to the African religion of sango and all because its unAfrican.

if you claim you want to boost the African culture.


ladies who tend to just be normal and don't apply facial makeup are seen as members of the s.u. when she does she is suffering from cultural slavery.
The generalization in your post irritates me.
i know some ladies who prefer trad wedding to the white one.

everyone knows that the white wedding isn't from Christianity. so what exactly are you blabbing about?

inferiority complexhuh
i laugh in Swahili ain't you part of those Africans?
who discriminate others who are trying to continue the old culture by referring to some of things done has barbaric? you will be the first to point fingers at people who decided to wore bare on their feet and tie wrapper.

#smh

hypocrisy at it's peak. undecided
Stupidest post thus far. Since when did a college degree become un-african?
We had educational institutions before the Europeans even had an alphabet (which they got from a group of Africans called PHOENICIANS) ! People from all over the world went to Africa to study in the middle ages. The first university on the planet was built in Africa for gods sake!

The ignorance is strong in you.
CultureRe: Igbos Were The Proto-Bantus -Igbodefender.com by Mandume: 4:05pm On Nov 08, 2014
axum:
Lmao. Their is clear and accurate history showing the relationship between the Horn of Africa (Puntland, Axum) and present day Egypt.

1. The language spoken by the Nubian people (real ancient Egyptians) is in the same language family as Somali and other Cushitic languages

2. The only way to Egypt from sub-Saharan Africa is through the Nile river or the Red sea

3. Their was a time that Axum (Cushiness) controlled Kush and much of Kush was in Egypt

4. The Nubian people in southern Egypt look just like other Cushitic people in Somalia/Ethiopia and Eritrea

5. Their is written and historical proof that their was easy free flow of people from the Horn to Egypt as documennted by Ancient Egyptians as they referred to the Horn as Punt (land of the gods).

All Bantus can say is Egypt is Black cause it's in Africa. And Also Somalis have had kingdoms even taking over much of Ethiopia even before their was such thing as Somali, Cushitic people controlled Yemen and other parts of Arabia and Kush, Punt, Axum, Ajuraan etc.

Meanwhile Bantus happen to claim Egypt just to raise their self esteem. Lmao
Feel free to explain why Ramesses III dna analysis done by DNATribes showed that his y-DNA (paternal lineage) haplogroup was E1b1a? That Haplogroup is most commonly found in west & central Africa (i.e from the Yoruba, Igbo, Bantu's etc) . So whether you like it or not, they were present in dynastic Egypt. There are MANY bantu-speaking ethnic groups who claim to have come from the north.

What I think is kind of funny is how similar certain bantu words are to so-called "Afro-Asiatic" words, take "bantu" as an example. It means "people". If you look at the names of many of the Arabic tribes, they're all called "banu/beni/bani" - something (Quraysh f.ex) . It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the meaning of banu/beni/bani in Arabic means the same (i.e "people", "sons" etc) . The Lingala word for "son" is "bena/bana" , in Arabic it's "bin" (sometimes "ibn"wink and in Hebrew it's "ben". (I have many more examples, but I won't go into that now)
So you've got to ask yourself why a branch of the Niger-Congo languages share similarities with a supposedly completely different linguistic group, Afro-Asiatic (even though I don't believe there's no such thing as the "Afro-Asiatic" linguistic group.. Check out Theophilé Obenga) if they supposedly didn't have any contact with African civilizations in the north?
CultureRe: Dark Skinned Biracial People by Mandume: 8:02am On Nov 08, 2014
Indian is a NATIONALITY, not a race. There are Indians who are as dark as any Afrikan. In fact, it is these dark indians who are the natives of India.

Indians:
https://realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Images_Indus/mix_11.jpg
[img]http://tamilandvedas.files./2013/12/dravidian-girl.jpg[/img]
https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6080/6075830666_6a1b93e33f_z.jpg
https://realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Images_China/India15.jpg
https://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/8e/be/23/8ebe23ed80a0d282f12744cdba48eab7.jpg
https://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/3b/f5/df/3bf5dfa6ad3157af021a7858682e5095.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6184/6071640807_89f5f44ec2.jpg
https://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/54/3f/36/543f360fc9f487f934dcb2b54b2101c4.jpg

There's obviously not going to be a huge change in the skin complexion of an American African, if one parent is American African, and the other is an Indian like the ones I just showed you. Many of these Indians were transported to former slave colonies after the end of slavery to work as indentured servants (Suriname etc) ..

There's a reason why the Greeks called them the "Eastern Kushites"..

The Semang people for an example, are the aboriginals in Malaysia (amongst other countries)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8288/7609546986_6321b7da02_z.jpg
[img]http://3.bp..com/-g1nQcl_cXYI/UIF5XrF1O7I/AAAAAAAAFns/yw3bg2CODE4/s640/kensiuMA.jpg[/img]
[img]http://4.bp..com/-J6coPFaKWT4/UIGDXjR2A_I/AAAAAAAAFpI/kXrNyYmJIkM/s640/542009_10151237870342419_102390728_n.jpg[/img]
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6626328317_42f8f26706_z.jpg
CultureRe: Paintings Of The Moors Of Europe by Mandume: 7:39am On Nov 08, 2014
Radoillo:
No, they were largely North African Berbers, with some sub-Saharan Africans as well. Authentic Arabs were only very few among them.
Authentic Arabs were "Africoid" peoples, check out this blog afroasiatics..com
It's a common misconception that the original arabs are the mulatto-ish people that we're accustomed to today (They are Turks, pale-persians, Romans & Greeks) .

So when the Arabic forces swept across North Africa in the 7-8th century CE, it was mainly black people who did it. So those Afrikans who are muslims in North & West Africa today were converted by fellow black-skinned peoples. You should NEVER forget that! (Yes, your holy prophet was black too) .

And the North African "Berbers" look just like their southern "brethren". Dark skinned people are native to ALL of Africa. Period.
[img]http://www.offroadkangaroo.de/data/image/timbuktu/Touareg.jpg[/img]
https://archive.worldhistoria.com/uploads/30511/berbers_2.jpg
https://i51.tinypic.com/11l63j7.jpg

The Zaghawa for an example, call themselves "Beri" . That's a contraction of the name "Beri Beri", which is what the (original) Arabs (i.e an Africoid people) called the Berbers in ancient times.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8470/8414276066_860dd73dbc_z.jpg

The pale-skinned peoples in the North are NOT Afrikan. They are invaders, and descendants of slaves. Don't forget that the Ottomans brought 2 million (approx) EUROPEAN slaves to North Africa. The Berbers who ruled Spain (Moors) brought with them slaves when they retreated in 1492 also. Then you also have to consider the fact that certain Germanic groups settled in North Africa too (Vandals, Goths, Visigoths, Alans) , so North Africa has never been isolated from foreign tribes. There are even evidence of invasions by pale-skinned peoples going back to Egyptian dynastic times, so just because remnants of these peoples (Romans & Greeks too) stayed, doesn't mean that they're Afrikans. Many of these pale-skinned peoples are now claiming to be "Berbers" & Amazigh and whatever, it's preposterous of course, but that's how these pale-skinned people operate. They claim to be something that they're not, thinking they can lay claim to OUR land. Some of us are unfortunately buying it, but I pray to God, that one day, we might be able to drive these savages into the Mediterranean ocean.
CultureRe: First Nudist Beach Approved In Africa by Mandume: 7:19am On Nov 08, 2014
The Eurofags have gotten to Azania I see...
CultureRe: What Does Your Name (foreign) Really Mean? by Mandume: 7:17am On Nov 08, 2014
DrPaulB:
Good one! Maryam is Arabic Variant of Mary (which is an Hebrew name)... She was actually the mother of Jesus but Maryam/Mary actually means ''BITTER''
alternative spellings: Mariam (Arabic), Maria (French), Mare (Irish)
but Marie is French meaning ''GIFT FROM GOD''
"Maryam" is the CORRECT way of spelling it in ancient Hebrew. It's either Maryam or Miriam, which in turn means that Moses sister Miriam had the SAME name as "jebus" mother.

"Mary" is the anglicized form. Ancient Hebrew is similar to classical Arabic (or rather, the other way around) . Modern Hebrew has been tainted with Yiddish words (Yiddish is a germanic language) .

My name is Richard, it means "Strong Ruler". It's a Germanic name. Due to the fact that I'm adopted, I don't have a name from my ethnic group (Owambo, Namibia) unfortunately.
CultureRe: What Is Preventing Africa From Experiencing A Cultural Renaissance? by Mandume: 6:31am On Nov 08, 2014
maxit2:
IN SHORT:
Humans are like dogs. Different breeds with different qualities.

Some with a lot of muscle but little brain.
Some with brains but little muscle.

Let's not force it people. BLACK race(NOT just AFRICANS) lacks the brains.

By brain, i don't mean the ability to cram formulas or graduate as 1st class in Harvard(This is just a result of hardwork)

A "brainaic" is one who can think outside the BOX/textbooks and see things you'd never see in books.
We just do not belong to that line of human specie.

We have the muscle, the will power to do things. We are survivors. But the brains we just don't have.
And you had the audacity to call ChukwuCantDie "eegnorant" (it's ignorant, you fool) ? You are one stupid person, I'll give you that. Africans built P.Y.R.A.M.I.D.S millenia before Europeans even had their alphabet(s) , so there's nothing wrong with our brains.

One major problem is "tribalism" (I don't like the word "tribe" though) . People who really didn't identify with each other, nor spoke the same language, are now forced to call themselves fellow countrymen. That causes problems.

Then there's the language issue, there are so many different languages spoken in Africa, and sometimes, they're not mutually intelligible. This leads to problems in the education sector when people from different groups go to the same educational institutions. That being said, it's important to mention that there has never been a state, who rose into greatness while at the same time, speaking/teaching in a language that wasn't their own (So using English/French/Portuguese/Arabic instead of our own languages is NOT a good solution.)

We also have to remember the fact that certain nations have not been "bothered" since they regained their freedom. South Korea wasn't colonized by the US after the 2nd World War. Japan was occupied for a short while, but it didn't hamper their economical development significantly.
We can't forget that OUR continent, is the RICHEST continent on the planet, therefore, there's absolutely NO WAY that our former enslavers & colonizers were just going to give it up. Not gonna happen. Who do you think funds these civil wars? We all know we're dirt poor, so how is it, that we're always able to procure an Ak-47, RPG, Machine-Guns, Artillery Pieces, Ammo etc? Same thing goes for our "corrupt" leaders. I'm not defending them, but they are being CORRUPTED, it's not as if they're inherently corrupt. Somebody has to offer a "bribe" for there to be a corrupt leader on the other end, remember?

Our biggest mistake is not putting "tribal issues" aside, and realize that when we drop the ball, it affects ALL OF US, not just Zulu's/Igbo's/Hausa's etc.. Foreign predators do not give a flying fvck about which ethnic group we belong to. To them, we're all Africans, and being that we're Africans, it means that we stand in their way of getting to our resources. That's why they won't HESITATE playing us against each other for their own benefit. I'm not saying that we should forget our individual cultures, customs & languages, but we MUST unite as AFRICANS, and act accordingly. If we do not act in the best interests as Africans, we're doomed to be a group of consumers instead of PRODUCERS.
CultureRe: African-Americans And Their Igbo Roots by Mandume: 6:04am On Nov 08, 2014
osystein:
Fulanis? You were denying that AA have Bantu (Congolese & Angola) ancestry, now you claim Fulani ancestry, what is up with you?
^^
True, the first enslaved Africans who ended up in North America (USA) were peoples from Angola (Jamestown, Virginia) . That being said, I think the majority of the bantu-speaking peoples went to the Islands & Southern America (especially Brazil) .
CultureRe: African Time: The Bug In Our Systems by Mandume: 11:29pm On Jul 22, 2014
BadBoy25: Not all of Africa is the same . Africa is not equal to black people .plus there are numerous other native black settlements around the world . when you say africa , you also mean egypt,tunisia ,Libya,morocco algeria,ethiopia,namibia ,botswana .
Africa is not a black continent . there's not only one climate in africa. not everywhere in africa is like Nigeria.
There are black people in all those countries that you mentioned. Black people (i.e people with brown skin) are the ONLY INDIGENOUS peoples in Africa. The others are there due to migrations & slavery, they're not AFRICANS..

But other than that, it's not smart to lump all the countries together as one. What which may be accepted in Nigeria might not fly in Namibia, or anywhere else for that matter. That being said, being punctual is more important in business/educational situations, i.e situations which bring the country forward. Being 10 min late for a dinner-party isn't exactly a big-freakin-deal.

I grew up in Norway, at uni level (unless there's an obligatory seminar you have to attend or something) , people come & go as they please. You're obviously expected not to interfere (noticeably) with the lecture(r), but it's not like you can't attend a lecture because you arrived late. It's all done in big auditoriums anyway, so there's no way for the professor to do anything really..

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