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West Africa had many empires... ofcoz it might be due to population density... we have greater history than east and southern Africa.

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Jeez,.. not even one west African country won a medal at the Olympic games, yet someone claimed that west Africans are more athletic. seems like we only dominate in football.

1.Kenya, 11 medals (2 Gold, 4 Silver, 5 Bronze) - Track and Field.
2. Ethiopia, 7 medals (3 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze) - Track and Field.
3. South Africa, 6 medals (3 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze) - Swimming, Rowing, Canoe Sprint,Track and Field.
4. Tunisia, 3 medals (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze) - Swimming, Track and Field.
5. Egypt, 2 medals (2 Silver) - Fencing, Wrestling.
6. Algeria 1 medal (1 Gold) - Track and Field.
7. Uganda 1 medal (1 Gold) - Track and Field.
8. Botswana 1 medal (1 Silver) -Track and Field.
9. Gabon 1 medal (1 Silver) - Track and Field
10. Morocco 1 medal (1 Bronze) - Track and Field.

Check the top secondary schools in Africa, east and southern Africa dominate.

1. Grey College South Africa
2. Rift Valley Academy Kenya
3. King Edward VII School South Africa
4. Hilton College South Africa
5. St. George's College Zimbabwe
6. Prince Edward School Zimbabwe
7. International School of Kenya Kenya
8. Accra Academy Ghana
9. Lycée Lamine Guèye Senegal
10. Adisadel College Ghana
11. St John's College Houghton South Africa
12. Maritzburg College South Africa
13. Lycée Guebre Mariam Ethiopia
14. Selborne College South Africa
15. St Alban's College South Africa
16. Lycée Lyautey Morocco
17. Durban High School South Africa
18. Grey High School South Africa
19. St Andrew`s College South Africa
20. Gateway High School Zimbabwe
21. Glenwood High School South Africa
22. Rainbow International School Uganda
23. Lycée Moulay Youssef Morocco
24. Kearsney College South Africa
25. St. James High School Zimbabwe
26. Wynberg Boys High School South Africa
27. Pretoria Boys High School South Africa
28. Lycée Français de Tananarive Madagascar
29. Mauritius College of the Air Mauritius
30. International School Moshi Tanzania
31. Le Collège Mermoz Ivory Coast
32. Strathmore School Kenya
33. Parktown Boys' High School South Africa
34. International School of Tanganyika Tanzania
35. Holy Child School Ghana
36. Christ The King College Onitsha Nigeria
37. Graeme College South Africa
38. Jeppe High School for Boys South Africa
39. Alliance High School Kenya
40. Hillcrest School Jos Nigeria
41. Kingswood College South Africa
42. Hamilton High School Zimbabwe
43. Lincoln International School Uganda
44. Lycée Victor Hugo Morocco
45. Alexandra High School South Africa
46. École Normale Supérieure Guinea
47. Ghana International School Ghana
48. Arundel School Zimbabwe
49. Rondebosch Boys' High School South Africa
50. Starehe Boys' Centre Kenya
51. American International School of Johannesburg South Africa
52. Victoria Park High School South Africa
53. Methodist Boys High School Sierra Leone
54. Harare International School Zimbabwe
55. Methodist Girls High School Sierra Leone
56. Lenana School Kenya
57. St. Andrew's High School Malawi
58. Benoni High School South Africa
59. Waddilove High School Zimbabwe
60. Roedean School South Africa
61. Wykeham Collegiate Independent School for Girls South Africa
62. Lycee Francais du Caire Egypt
63. Christian Brothers' College Bulawayo Zimbabwe
64. Kamuzu Academy Malawi
65. Mount Pleasant High School Zimbabwe
66. Mfantsipim School Ghana
67. Chisipite Senior School Zimbabwe
68. Gayaza High School Uganda
69. Kutama College Zimbabwe
70. Wheelus High School Libya
71. Michaelhouse School South Africa
72. Westville Boys' High School South Africa
73. Namilyango College Uganda
74. Government College Umuahia Nigeria
75. Muir College South Africa
76. Wesley Girls High School Ghana
77. Alexander Sinton High School South Africa
78. Lycée Faidherbe Senegal
79. Royal College Port Louis Mauritius
80. Lycée La Fontaine Niger
81. Lycée Lyautey de Casablanca Morocco
82. Settlers High School South Africa
83. Nyeri High School Kenya
84. Pinetown Boys' High School South Africa
85. Kings' College Lagos Nigeria
86. Lycée Français Liberté Mali
87. Paarl Boys' High School South Africa
88. St. Paul's College Namibia
89. Tafari Makonnen School Ethiopia
90. Wynberg Girls' High School South Africa
91. Bingham Academy Ethiopia
92. Port Shepstone High School South Africa
93. Clapham High School South Africa
94. Hillcrest Secondary School Kenya
95. South African College School South Africa
96. Lycée Blaise Diagne Senegal
97. St Mary's Diocesan School for Girls South Africa
98. Townsend High School Zimbabwe
99. St.Gregory's College Nigeria
100. Allan Wilson High School Zimbabwe

lekkie073: guy, I very been to bole international airport Addis Ababa countless times and I can tell u there is nothing there DAT beats MMA international wing , Ikeja. their airline is d best in Africa and guess what? that's where the country gets 94% of its GDP from. talking of a country DAT has only one telecoms operator. if u be been to Ethiopia, then u would have seen how thousands of Ethiopians sit in front of the airport all day, marvelling at how possible it is for other black ppl to gather enough finance to travel out of their respective countries. truth be told, they have steady power supply and good roads but overall, Addis ababa looks more like Ibadan or Abeokuta. it will be downgrading to compare it with Lagos talk less of abuja

Dude, there's no nigerian airport in the top ten in Africa, the same with universities and schools.. anything requiring management, nigeria doesn't do well in. That's why I say nigeria's economy would be below these countries if not for the oil.

Ethiopia's airport is among the top ten in Africa. Kenya's and Tanzania's universities and schools are ranked above Nigerias, what makes Nigeria giant other oil?

No Nigerian airport was listed among the best in Africa in the 2013 Skytrax
World Best Airport Awards held at Passenger Terminal EXPO, Geneva, Switzerland.
South African airports dominated the top 10 ranking in Africa, with Cape Town International Airport emerging the Best Airport in Africa, followed by Durban King Shaka International Airport and Johannesburg (Tambo) International Airport in 2nd and 3rd places respectively.
This year’s awards, voted by airport customers from around the world, garnered 12.1 million responses.
Egypt’s Cairo International Airport was ranked 4th while the 5th position went to Mauritius International Airport.
East London Airport, South Africa, was placed in the 6th position; Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Ethiopia, 7th; and Port Elizabeth Airport, South Africa in 8th position.
Morocco’s Marrakech Menara International Airport and Seychelles International Airport ranked 9th and 10th respectively.
South Africa also made a clean sweep of the Best Airport Staff category with Cape Town International Airport, Durban King Shaka International Airport, Johannesburg International Airport, East London Airport, and Port Elizabeth Airport occupying all the five positions.
World’s best airport Singapore Changi Airport was voted the 2013 world’s best airport, the 4thtime it had claimed the top prize.
The Singaporean airport toppled Incheon International Airport, South Korea, which moved to second place, to clinch the position.
Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport, Hong Kong International Airport, and Beijing Capital International Airport were ranked 3rd, 4th, and 5th best in the world.
“In winning this prestigious accolade, Singapore Changi cements its place as one of the world’s favourite airports and Skytrax offer their sincere congratulations on what has been a fantastic year of achievement” said Edward Plaisted, Chairman of Skytrax.
“The vast array of leisure and entertainment facilities really standout at Changi and serve to highlight the extent to which the management has gone to ensure maximum levels of passenger satisfaction.
“We only have to look at the fact that Changi served more than 50 million passengers for the first time during 2012, to see that it continues to attract customers and maintain its place as one of the world’s leading hub airports,” Mr. Plaisted added.
Lee Seow Hiang, Chief Executive Officer, Changi Airport Group said that winning the Skytrax World’s Best Airport award again is an immense honour for Changi Airport.
“It is as much a recognition of the passion of the 32,000-strong airport community that is the backbone of Changi’s collaborative and well-oiled operational processes , as it is an affirmation of our mantra in putting our passengers at the heart of all that we do,” said Mr. Hiang.
Three South African airports – the only ones from Africa – were also listed anong the world’s top 100 airports, ranked 22nd, 26th, and 28th respectively.

http://premiumtimesng.com/news/132216-no-nigerian-airport-among-africas-best-10.html

lekkie073: Ethiopia 's military rated above Nigeria? I doubt it. if so, why haven't they helped maintain peace in their neighbour's territory(somalia)? Nigeria successfully established peace in Liberia and sierra Leone . and d latest being d joint effort between France and Nigeria in Mali. give me s equivalent of such success with regards to Ethiopia military..

So going by your logic, Nigeria's military is greater than Egypt's since Egypt hasn't sent any peace keepers to other countries. Ethiopia's military is ranked above Nigeria's, that's a fact. Nigeria went to Liberia and sierra leone and raped over 500 000 teenage girls, they ran away from Mali due to insurgency (boko-haram) in the north.
Ethiopia has world class airports, and their national airline is the best in Africa. What is world class about Nigeria? The east and southern african universities and schools are ranked higher than nigeria's. It's quite clear that without oil, Nigeria would be worse than Ethiopia.

Why should anybody be the greatest African? The white man simply gave up colonialism and apartheid cause it was embarrassing, not that any African leader defeated them. If they want to, they can easily re-colonise Africa or reinstate apartheid, because africans are still weak. The only great Africans are those who can make Africa strong and be able to compete with the rest of the world.

I realise that the population is more a negative cause most are illiterate and poor, 99% don't pay any tax. The oil is what makes naija a giant, without it, the north will look like somalia, and the south Ethiopia. Heck, without the oil naija would have long split.
Ethiopia's military is ranked above Nigeria's, so it's not far-fetched to state that without oil naija will be like Ethiopia.

Another top ten.

[quote author=ojeogu. c]And who told u that climate and skyscrapers is what makes a nation giant. Nigeria is giant of africa because of our population and our consuming power . And we contribute more that any other african in a any A U mission . And don't forget we are d second largest Economy in the continent .[/quote]Yes, largest population, army, oil producer and largest economy after rebasing.

Scorpionking: I believe that the aids was created by the whites to annihilate the blacks so that they can take over the beautiful southern africa.
If west and central africa had appealing climate and nature ,the whites would have stayed back and dominate the land.

Well, that might be the case, but from my research on Google, the migrant labour system seems to be responsible for the high hiv prevalence rate in southern Africa.
Here's one link.. http://brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-095.html

Scorpionking: Nigeria's population is 170million and projected to reach 300million by 2025. Nigerians are sex maniacs with perverted insatiable libido

Though I agree that people are having too many babies, I also believe that the current and projected population figures are grossly exaggerated. The southern African countries have higher rapε stats, ofcoz this might be due to better law enforcement and the definition of rapε (spousal rapε is not illegal in Nigeria). Anyways, I can't find any rapε stats for most african countries including Nigeria.

Southern Africa is also AIDS-ridden, though the transmittion rate is the lowest in Africa, meaning they've got it under control, but still...

[quote author=Jigga_man101]Damn what did west Africans do to you. By the way Europeans don't mess with west Africans because we are more aggressive, smarter, both street and book. From sports, music, movies and intellect, no part of Africa can be compare to west Africans. In Europe it is mostly west Africans dominating the sports, music, movies and top universities. The same goes for America, Canada and Australia. Yeah Southern Africa may be more developed but west Africa dominated in all areas. If we were to get our acts together no part of Africa would be compared.[/quote]Ha ha ha, quite right, but doesn't the huge population contribute to whatever advantage west Africa has? 350million vs 60million.

Dumb negroes, arguing about whose shit smells better, its always a small elite that speaks English fluently in any country. Also there's no such thing as a Nigerian accent, traveling throughout nigeria you'll find so many different accents, this is the case with all multilingual countries.

cap28: That figure you have quoted is grossly exaggerated and even if Mugabe did indeed kill all those people how come Britain and America said nothing at the time? How come the only time they started jumping up and down was when he started returning stolen land back to its rightful owners. By the way Mugabe's alleged crimes pale into insignificance when placed alongside the atrocities committed by the US and Europe not just in Africa but all over the world. Did you know that the Herero and Namaqua people of Namibia were wiped out in the 1920s by the germans because they refused to give up their land? I wonder why you are not up in arms about that

Scramble for Africa



The Herero and Namaqua Genocide is considered to have been the first genocide of the 20th century.[1][2][3][4][5] It took place between 1904 and 1907 in German South-West Africa (modern day Namibia), during the Herero Wars.

On 12 January 1904, the Herero people, led by Samuel Maharero, rebelled against German colonial rule. In August, German general Lothar von Trotha defeated the Herero in the Battle of Waterberg and drove them into the desert of Omaheke, where most of them died of thirst. In October, the Nama people also rebelled against the Germans only to suffer a similar fate.

In total, from 24,000 up to 100,000 Herero and 10,000 Nama died.[6][7][8][9][10] The genocide was characterised by widespread death from starvation and thirst because the Herero who fled the violence were prevented from leaving the Namib Desert. Some sources also claim that the German colonial army systematically poisoned desert wells.[11][12]

In 1985, the United Nations' Whitaker Report classified the aftermath as an attempt to exterminate the Herero and Nama peoples of South-West Africa, and therefore one of the earliest attempts at genocide in the 20th century. The German government recognised and apologised for the events in 2004, but has ruled out financial compensation for the victims' descendants

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_and_Namaqua_Genocide

Anyway, you're a typical mugabe lover, too emotional and with little sense. You only love Mugabe because you feel he stood up to the west, you don't care much if at all about his many crimes. Western leaders don't give a damn that he "stood up" to them, the only people who suffered and continue to are africans. The rodesians were given free land in many African countries including Nigeria.

According to you, any African leader can kill as many of his people as he likes because of the many injustices committed by europeans? Africa will forever remain the dark continent, because of primitive minded people like cap28.

cap28: And you're an even bigger sadist for refusing to acknowledge that the Europeans have killed much more than 20,000 Africans throughout the time they have been on the African continent. How many Africans were killed in ivory coast when the French invaded that country recently ? How many have been killed in DRC in the last ten years, all as a result of either direct intervention from the west or through their funding and training of militias in various parts of the continent.

So all these atrocities by Europeans nullify the genocide against the matebele people? you people are really funny, why not equally condemn all atrocities against africans and stop worshiping mass murderers like mugabe? As I stated before, you hate white people more than you love your fellow Africans. With people like you, Africa will surely remain the dark continent.

SeaGold: IBOs are modern day colonials.

They invade your territory in droves, revamp the economic decadence of the locals and in no time, modernity replaces the once ramshackle environment.

Give it to the IBOs any day, any time. These group has similarity of attitude akin to the white man....development

Bwahahaha
Why does iboland look like a jungle than?

Lol, Ibos and their inferiority complex, their language is endangered in their own land, yet they want claim that it's' thriving in another country..

OBJ = GEJ, this is all meant to fool the public, all these ogas get along quite well with each other.

Nigerians hate themselves more than foreigners do, most would probably airbrush nigerians from other tribes from their own story and that of their people.

cap28: and you are filth for supporting the very people who enslaved your ancestors and continue to perpetrate mass genocide against africans.

So 20 000 matebele citizens mass murdered by mugabe doesn't concern you? All of you mugabe lovers are generaly sadists and would probably commit the same atrocities if given power. Your hate and desire for revenge has clouded your vision, you hate the white man more than you love your own Africans. smh

The question one should ask is, presently can Zimbabwe survive without South Africa? I don't think so.

You're quite right, western nigeria was the region that took a stance and help end apartheid... Out of all nigerian leaders, OBJ was the most vocal and active, the others probably didn't give a dem..

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As has been already stated, ujukwu a complete coward. Biafra was clearly destined to be another French puppet country.

Nobody was invited, it was their own prerogative.

Dummest thread ever!!!!

What a useless thread, how many Angolans were killed fighting against apartheid? I don't see them whining about not being chosen to speak..
On another note.. the sa president was booed and jeered.

www.nairaland.com/1550573/zuma-booed-mandela-memorial

kingston277: So can you explain this picture?
Also I've heard somewhere the San people aren't from southern Africa, but somewhere north due to the presence of a Khoisan group in Tanzania and "San-like people" in the Sahara.

The san people occupied east and southern Africa.

Why do people take pride in being the first people, doesn't that fall into racists claims that certain people are more primitive and less evolved than others?

climate change is a hoax i don't believe in it.