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More Bamoun. i love the bamoun traditional architecture. They clearly understood the door lintel and the role of the column in spreading loads to the ground.

The French had to chop off the nose of the sphinx, it was too african for their liking. Op, you have the 2 conical huts labelled East Africa. I dont recognise from which part, please elaborate.

royal architecture, madagascar

highlands of madagascar

Tomb architecture Madagascar

Madagascar
wovwn bamboo walls, plank roofing

Braden2:
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Read the title of the thread. We are not discussing modern or post modern architecture. TRADITIONAL PRE COLONIAL AFRICAN ARCHITECTURE. Time and place

Kasubi tombs uganda. Final resting place of the kings of Buganda.The people are called Baganda, the kingdom is called Buganda and their language Luganda

OreMI22:
We can conclude by saying
1. Abuja is better than nairobi in every facet
2. Lagos is better than Mombassa
3. Port Harcourt is better than Kisumu
4. Enugu is better than Eldoret
5. Minna is better than Thika
6. Maiduguri is better than Nakuru.

......and there ends all kenyan cities.
Meanwhile i have not mentioned top cities as Ibadan, Calabar, Kano, sokoto, onitsha,kaduna, owerri, uyo, warri, akure, ilorin, benin city, yola, bauchi, jos, makurdi, etc.

Not to mention newer cities as yenagoa, awka, osogbo, birnin kebbi, asaba, abakaliki, eket, lafia, jalingo, dutse etc.
So why compare kenya to nigeria?

It is definition of madness.

You sir have fallen into a trap most posters on this thread have fallen into viz. posting an endless stream of physical development, that has been falsely construed to be the only form of development. I also thought you would fall into the 'Lagos GDP is bigger than kenya and ghana combined' trap. My take on this thread is that alot of nigerians are surprised and taken aback by the response of kenyans. My personal life experience is that alot of nigerians in other african countries love rubbishing everything about their hosts and constantly compare the place with back home, and with that, you haven't disappointed. Kenyans are also quite guilty of this too. I was once in the cities of Windhoek, Namibia and Harare,Zimbabwe and i can assure you both are far far more livable and peaceful than Nairobi and i had to tell of my fellow kenyans who tried to downgrade those cities because their service delivery left alot to admire especially in Windhoek. You sir, need to travel to Africa and see for yourself the real state of things is NOT uniform . Alot of things work in alot of african countries, its just that good stories about africa don't sell. Go see the good work that Botswana govt has dobe for the social upliftment of its citizens- where else apart from SA and Gaddaffis Libya would govt give monthly stipend to its most vulnerable citizens, not to mention functioning health systems. Most of Equatorial africa is a mess though, and this has got everything to do with them having govts that are just sales offices of western capital and not their citizens representative. However, i can assure you alot of kenya is changing, and the sentiment here is bullish. This is due to a massive construction boom changing the face of the country and people's fortunes. The place you saw in 2009 is not the same now.


What you need to address is REAL development. What is your take on the comparative state between the two countries mentioned in this thread on known development indicators :
Access to primary health care,
child and maternal mortality,
productivity,
access to clean water,
access to sanitation,
access to electricity,
life expectancy,
life expectancy at birth(how many kids survive to age 5),
security,
access to formal education,
prevalence of preventable diseases,

etc etc

That's what we should be discussing here.

arinzeejikonye:
I feel the sarcasm laced with brutal forthright correctness you tryna assert,if nigeria succeeds,africa succeeds invariably,we are rediscovering,renegotiating the geographical contraption and british experimentation,every facet of nigerian entity is engulfed in multiplicities of marginalizations fused in myriads of shapes and sizes,some clamouring for balkanization and disintergration,de-amalgamation,desolution of political structuralizations and some wishing for reconstitution and politico-economic restructuring.......

The polical vampires already restrategizing on how to devour and win the next electoral trophies,and the vicious circle is strategically re-enginered and recaliberated to keek spinnig amongst them-so detasteful and unbecoming we keep making the same mistakes,and the stasus quo seems inexplicably irredeemable.


No matter who rigs best,be he igala,idoma,igbo,ijaw,isoko,kanuri,fulani,esan,bini,yoruba,hausa,urhobo,igede,ngas,birom,nupe,effik,ibibio,tiv,ogoja,jukun,kabaa,ebira,okun,egun,bakassi,lebanese,shuwa arab,vom,ngwa,ikwere, etc the issues keep worsening,becase the system,structure and foundation is flawed,surely if we dont address this cancerous fundamental issues,i'm afraid ,there aint gonna be any breakthrough.


Owerri, imo state in pictures

Really?!
Is all this English necessary?
I once met a nigerian not too long ago, who told me a surefire way to tell an igbo apart from other nigerians is when they launch into a tirade of quick, incomprehensible, jibberish, feverish and unnecessary outbursts​ of language. Especially when agitated.
are you an igbo bro?

I am a 2.year old.
I have been on nairaland for about that long as well.
Somebody please take me through the process of understanding how the nigerian mind works.
Keep in mind the following:
1. How is this family drama in a far off place of any value to nigerians?
2. How is this even FP material?
3. Why do idle nigerians troll gossip sites from kenya and not even have the common courtesy to quote the original article?
4. Does this increase the Gross Happiness Index of anybody,anywhere?
5. Does this news make you eat more garri or get more fuel for your generator?
6. What is this obsession with kenya? Why doesnt Central African Republic,Gabon or Burundi feature more often in this endless desire by your bloggers(a misnomer,lol) to relentlessly destroy the image of another​ african country?




I tire. I should look 27 at 27 and not 72 at 27.

iblawi:
You and fidha254 are dummies.

When carrying out a research their are metrics and assumptions. As long as you can't bring of those conditions it remains a statement.

I just gave you links that shows major banks in kenya only have 33 branches and 90 ATMs for the whole country and I've showed you Nigeria banks with over 750 branches, another with over 500+ branches and some with 330 branches. Now most of your banks have less than 100 branches and your population is almost 50 million while ours is around 180 million. So tell us how that report is correct without giving us the metrics and assumptions used.

Standard Chartered is NOT a major in kenyan banking industry. The big 4 boys are Equity Bank, Kenya Commercial Bank(KCB), Family Bank and Cooperative Bank. 99% of the people i know have an account with one of these. Standard Chartered doesnt come even close to the range of products these banks offer.

Get that. And get it right.

Like seriously!!! hahaha where are the kenyans? Its like eating yam without palm oil.
Try again!

TayserMahiri:
If we started comparing county/state capitals, beginning with Nairobi and Lagos, they would want us to start elsewhere where they think they stand a chance.

Great one TayserMahiri Fidha254 and others on the lie about kenya being less banked than others. Repeating a lie doesnt a fact make. Thanks guys. You also didnt mention the agent banking phenomenon which renders visiting a bank for deposits/withdrawals even more meaningless, talk less of banking apps/mobile money.

As per my earlier ,and as yet unanswered query, how does the average nigerian living in a town of any size worth mentioning get water into his/her tap? Where does it come from? Also, i would like to know the situation regarding sanitation viz. is there treatment of wastewater etc?

Serious responders only, thanks.

texazzpete:
You wouldn't know the truth if it bit you in the arse.

The state of decay is alarming. It is in their list of demands. If those demands are met, infrastructure improvement will take place and the hospital thus becomes a better place for doctors and patients.


But you care nothing about this, only to whine about 'pay' as if the demands for pay improvements are 'selfish'.

In fact, the vast majority of the pay related demands in this letter are for payment of agreed arrears and salaries that are owed doctors. In other words, their hard earned money.


You woke up this morning to whine about doctors asking for the money they worked for. Does that not seem INSANE to you?!

Sir, you must be a medic. Am i right?

Naija4Fatality:
The future of Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya
[1.] Nigeria =>} It was said that nigeria will experience massive economic development from the year 2020- 2050, so watch out.
Nigerians will look back to the year 2017 and they will start shouting God 4Bid, because the Big change would be obvious that even those who say nigeria and black people can not make anything happen will beggin to change their mind due to the level of changes they have witness and lot of people around the world would want to be part of the success storey with nigeria investing in other africa countries, playing a key role.
The name Naija will become more famous around the world has nigeria population will hit 380-400million in the year 2050 and nigeria Gdp is expected to be around 3-4 us trillion Doller, nigeria will also be the first country in africa to have an economy worth 1us trillion doller.
Nigeria will become big and famous in sports and entertainment to the point that the country will be winning olympic golds and silvers not only in football but in others sport as well.

[2.] South Africa on the other hand might experience massive economic melt down between the year 2020-2050 resulting to poor standard of living , having a population of 70-80million, however this trend could change provided S.A is willing to change and become a forward thinking nation.
And if that happens and the trend change, it means that the country will become one of the greatest nation on the continent, provided it become a forward thinking nation
Normally if the white has not invade south africa, then the country would have look like kenya or even worst than kenya in terms of development.
But the white has become a blessing for S.A in terms of economic development but however the 2020-2050 statistics shows south
Africa economy might be mismanaged and will experience little development compare other region in africa.

[3.] Kenya on the other hand is also expected to experience an economic boom btw the year 2020-2050 with a population of 65-75million.
Kenya could become big in terms of gdp competing with the likes of south africa, angola, Algeria e.t.c

#prediction base on statistics.

Rubbish analysis! Based on what 'statistics'?

kikuyu1:
Exactly! Somalis will go on and on about how Kenyans are useless,ugly and stupid-yet they're living here! Truly some negroes can't comprehend irony. But then again akina Abdi have wayyyyyy too much free time on their hands.

Add south sudanese to the list of arrogant foreigners who insult their hosts, yet they have absolutely nothing back home. I especially dislike the Somalis who are full of BS on an epic scale! Imagine someone called Abdi Ogle calling you ugly! hehehe Just in case you didnt know, they call kenya africans nywele ngumu.

whywhyogun:
a Kenyan boy is accosting business in Mombasa .

Kenya is the most open minded country in Africa to cater itself to sex tourism.

I have never seen beach boys in Nigeria, such a shame.

Really ? You just get random picture and arrogantly declare it to be kenya?
Dont make us give you real proof of nigerian ladies in parks all over italian cities! You guys export sex tourists aka ashawo all over the place!

America!!
Everything about the foundation of America is about buying or outright stealing of land. If Only america remained amongst the 13 original colonies, Africans would probably be lecturing them on human rights and sending missionaries and humanitarian aid! Buy buy buy ! The americans had to buy the following states from Emperor Napoleon of France. Yes ,the bone apart emperor!!
Arkansas
Missouri
Iowa
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
New Mexico
Texas
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Louisiana.

Oh boy! Plus the southern portions of two Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta!

Money buys everything in America, even territory.

And when sale of all these states by Napoleon to America happened, half of the population of these territories were african slaves!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase

He wants to swim with a great white?!?! Oyinbo people!! He better not have a small cut anywhere on him, great whites smell blood in the water from very many miles away. They just understand meat and blood, not English

Lord help that man recover!!!
On a serious note however, many tourists from western countries are very notorious for ignoring advice from tour guides or knowledgeable locals. I have studied this phenomenon for a long time and i have come to the conclusion that they tend to do so because most of them have an implicit bias against black people, and Don't consider their wise counsel to be worth anything because they treat their own black citizens with contempt, and carry over The same attitudes when they travel to africa. It could also be naivete ,because most of their rivers and lakes lack predators(well apart from alligators in Florida), and they also foolishly assume african lakes and rivers are the same as their own. They even ignore warnings about them being susceptible to water borne diseases like bilharzia, which they have no natural immunity against. Heed advice, its free like the air we breathe.
May he recover now, ah ah !

Explorers:
16. Religion.

Ancient Egyptians believed in more than 2,000 deities.

Egyptians worshipped different Gods so that life could be kept in balance. Each God had different “responsibilities”. The list of deities includes hawk-headed Sun God Ra, Goddess of moisture Tefnut, Anubis the god of embalming and the dead, and many more.

The Ancient Egyptians had questions about the afterlife, what happens when you die, and if gods existed. So they invented a religion that they strongly believed in and followed through in their beliefs and worshiped their gods, just like we do today. If they wouldn't have created these religions we would have different beliefs today.


http://www.storypick.com/fascinating-ancient-egypt/

Alot of people may not know this but the adoption of the cross as the pre eminent symbol of christianity owes alot to Egyptian religious practice in the late antiquity period when the founders of the faith lived. Observe that all of those egyptian gods holding an object in the left hand.That object is called an ankh The ankh was the symbol of divinity in ancient Egypt. That christ died on a cross and his divine nature and awe being widely known, and also the notion of a single supreme almighty being being popular since the times of the (heretic!) pharaoh Akhenaten ,proved to be a major factor in the adoption of xtianity amongst egyptians in the roman empire in the early years. The egyptians were the first amongst the many nations in the roman empire to adopt xtianity en masse, and its connection to the symbolism represented by the ankh and cross has not escaped the attention of curious scholars.

How can God allow so much rubbish to dwell in the head of one man? The God i know is merciful, HE wouldn't allow that.




TOTAL RUBBISH!!!!!

i dont have to. i know all kenyan tribes.
fake news peddler,you.

This is more than 10 years old. Please be factual and current. Upgrade yourself

uckennety:
This is Kenya not Ethiopia this is D malu tribe in kenya

Explorers said very clearly Bodi tribe from ethiopia.Which is this 'malu' tribe?

Pidgin2:
I don't argue with Kenyans, you guys trt too hard to compete but despite everything you can never be up to Nigeria, take care

I cant hear you well, there must be too much generator noise on your side. Take care of the fumes,deadly for infants and toddlers.

Pidgin2:
Lol religious tolerance? What happened to Alshabab?

As for political tolerance, was it not your country that had two sitting presidents at once or am I mistaking?

Are your young men and women not illegal immigrants in South Africa, doing drugs and committing crime?

Apart from tourism what exactly is your country's major source income? Yet you compare yourself with a wealthy country like Nigeria, continue

epic fail on all accounts. Get a serious hobby and let us advice this lady with facts.

Pidgin2:
Even Kenya?! Hahaha this is ridiculous, anyways some desperados will migrate to Antarctica sef, chai. I understand how you feel bro, no sensible Nigerian will relocate to your country seeking greener pastures, it must be due to work or drugs(unfortunately)

Nairobi has always been attractive to expats. Plenty of your young countrymen/women studying here too. Good weather.No nonsense people who dislike crime. And we dont kidnap oyinbos for ransom. Stable currency. Religious tolerance. Working public utilities.
So hell yes, Nairobi/ Mombasa/Kisumu/Nakuru/Eldoret anyday over Lagos or Abuja anyday.

Asunke001:
Hello,I will be relocating from switzerland to kenya and was hoping I could get some advice about housing ,schools and way if life there.Any nigerians living in nairobi should be reply.
Merci

perhaps you could ask more pointed questions on all you need to know will be answered by a native or a long term resident like pavore. For instance what ages are the kids? What kind of housing (rentwise) are you looking for and is it commensurate with your hubbys status? What do you guys eat in switzerland: european food or african food? What are your social interests? Are you xtian or muslim? which xtian denomination?

And clear the air on the allegation from some poster above regarding your perceived 'drug dealing' or other shady status you might/might not have.9jans dont have a good rep(sadly), and i have met more upright ones than slippery ones.

Danke viel.

And why am i not shocked. Fashion industry and exploitation ,always been close buddies.