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PoliticsRe: How The Western Media Portrays Africa, China, And India Differently by pashaun(f): 9:53am On Dec 16, 2014
Jews run the media.
FamilyRe: View Point: Feminism Threatens Marriage And Family Values. by pashaun(f): 11:48pm On Dec 12, 2014
freecocoa:
Is this supposed to mean a thing to me? You define feminism to be men-hating, that's not my fault.
The dude is obviously dumb!

fem·i·nism
\ˈfe-mə-ˌni-zəm\
noun
: the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities
: organized activity in support of women's rights and interests

Full Definition
1 :the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes
2 :organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests


misogynist
[mi-soj-uh-nist, mahy‐]
noun
1.
a person who hates, dislikes, mistrusts, or mistreats women.
FamilyRe: View Point: Feminism Threatens Marriage And Family Values. by pashaun(f): 11:21pm On Dec 12, 2014
Misogynist2014:
Why make mockery of Christianity "Following the will of Heaven
every person is born into a social
network of responsibilities and
duties. In this relations a
confucian gentleman must follow
the four virtues, which are love,
justice, decency and wisdom.
There are six types of
relationships between people, in
every relationship between two
people are a senior and a junior,
a superior and a subordinate."
"A nation's strength depends on
its families' honesty," he wrote.
"To bring order into the world, we
must first establish order in the
nation," says Confucius' wisdom.
"To establish order in the nation,
we must first establish order in
the family; to create order in the
family, we must first improve our
personal lives, and to improve our
personal lives, we must first
cultivate our hearts."
Now we for many years have only
heard about women's rights. Now,
it must be about time that we
should hear something about
women's duties.
Modern feminists seem to believe
that the only thing they have to do
is to listen to their feelings and
find out, what they really want,
that will settle all moral doubt.
When will they ask themselves:
"How do I become a good wife?",
or "How do I become a good
daughter?" Most liberated women
never doubt that they are good
mothers, though many of them -
but not all - without hesitation
expose their children to grow up
without their father. #freecocoa #pashaun
I don't give a damn about that. Before feminism men abandoned their families.
FamilyRe: View Point: Feminism Threatens Marriage And Family Values. by pashaun(f): 10:51pm On Dec 12, 2014
KLand:
The socalled feminists are lonely, crazy, frustrated and sometimes perverted. Only those who want to be like them will share their perspective. They are on their own.
And men can't be perverted, crazy, lonely and frustrated?
FamilyRe: View Point: Feminism Threatens Marriage And Family Values. by pashaun(f): 10:46pm On Dec 12, 2014
Africans are the most religious people but yet have the most problems. When will you dumb bleeps realize the Bible and Qur'an was written by people (men) and not by God.

Feminism/Gender Equality just exposed most men aren't as hard working and responsible as women.

Women, for the most part, are raised to be head of household from young ages. Why you think little girls are often playing house and having baby dolls and stuff? They're being trained from jump. Men are raised to a certain extent. They're almost encouraged to go out in the world and be a f*ck up and f*ck everything until they get tired and figure it out for themselves how to be adults.
Christianity EtcRe: Was Jesus Born On December 25? Is December 25 Jesus' Birthday? by pashaun(f): 8:58pm On Dec 12, 2014
No, he was born in March. December 25th has been debunked for a long time.
FamilyRe: Housemaid Serving The Husband: Is It Right Or Wrong? by pashaun(f): 6:16pm On Dec 07, 2014
Tell the wife to get her a male maid.
FashionRe: Nigerian Skin-Bleaching Expert Shares Pictures Of His Transformation by pashaun(f): 5:56pm On Dec 07, 2014
Self-hate
PoliticsRe: Photo Of Arrested Boko Members, Foreigners Among. by pashaun(f): 9:55am On Dec 07, 2014
delishpot:
Oh I got it, the white men are paying our black men to Kill us blacks. Now that I think of it, yeah, lets blame the white men. If not for them, our black brothers will not kill us. Since the white man should clearly be blamed for our black brothers being happy to kill us all cos the white man told them to.
Now, let me see if our black men can pay white men to kill their white brothers. I hope we can do that too.
Another dumb black! A lot of blacks in Africa worship the white man and think Jesus is white. There are poor blacks that will do anything for money. Who the hell do you think is responsible for the crap that's happening in the world?
Foreign AffairsIsraelis Chant: "Niggers Go Home" With Isis-style Flag by pashaun(op): 9:50am On Dec 07, 2014
PoliticsRe: Photo Of Arrested Boko Members, Foreigners Among. by pashaun(f): 9:42am On Dec 07, 2014
delishpot:
I said it, see what they call "white men" I kbew from the start that rge so called white men will be Arab looking. These are not white men o. Foreigners yes, white ? No.
White men were the ones who funded and organized these guys.
FamilyRe: Curcumcision Of Female Children by pashaun(f): 9:28am On Dec 07, 2014
Awaja:
My male & female kids will be circumcised ,it makes a girl to have high libido thereby always wanting to "do,Tufiakwa !! I can't afford a sex maniac as a daughter ,I've been wit one I know how awkward it is
Ignorant. Circumcised males are sex maniacs
CultureRe: Ancient African Mathematics by pashaun(op): 8:44am On Dec 07, 2014
AmunRaOlodumare:
The truth is Europeans didn't invent gun powder nor writing. They just made "good" technical use of it by integrating those into their cultures. They didn't switch to mandarin or something, they just used what was good from outside and incorporated it into their own cultures on their own term.

The same should be done with any technological from outside, that's how you build great nations with a great past. Not second class citizen speaking the language of their ex-colonial masters. All Europeans nations and Asian countries such as Japan, China, South Korea, and many others use their own language for their development. Only the self-defeating and subordinating policies (language of instructions, religions) set up by the colonial master when he colonized us has turned African countries into western dependent second class world citizen. The good news is those are easily reversible once the willingness is there, fear is away and our stockholm syndrome is out. Basically, it's simply about translating and editing books into our own various languages, use a national lingua franca (english maybe) and promote pride and historical continuity of our culture (more than now). This is the secret of all great nations from Britain, France, Germany, Israel (which practically revived the liturgical Hebrew language to create their nation after the world war), China, Japan, South Korea, etc.

Be ourselves culturally, while integrating stuff from outside under our own terms using our own spiritual belief, which are always in motions and our own languages, which will always integrate new words from outside as all languages do. Like Europeans did with writing and gun powder.
I know this.
Literature/Writing AdsFree Black History E-books by pashaun(op): 7:31am On Dec 04, 2014
Check out this site, it has great books.

http://www.thisiskoi.com/


wink
CultureRe: Ancient African Mathematics by pashaun(op): 7:22am On Dec 04, 2014
Elxandre:
They were so civilized and smart, yet the Europeans came and conquered them easily, packing them like sardines to the west.

The fact that they ended up being superior to Africa means they are smarter. (at least for now).

Africans are ridiculous.
We keep screaming for division when we know its not feasible anymore after so many years of being together.

Even divide Nigeria into little tribes, and see what comes out of it.
What will you achieve when you are as small as Niger Republic for example? cheesy

The best chance of Niger-area achieving global relevance is by sticking together.

But how can we, when people keep cursing Lord Lugard for amalgamating our tribes into one after so many years?

The singular problem Africans have is hatred. (Hutu vs Tutsi. and that was just two tribes)
Many African countries have far lesser number of tribes than Nigeria, yet they still have serious hatred amongst themselves.

Divide Nigeria today and you will see that even the Yorubas Or the Hausas or the Igbos don't really love each other.
You will be shocked to see wars breaking out within them.

Will breaking the country into pieces stop the leaders from being greedy and inconsiderate?
You're forgetting Europeans had guns and Africans didn't
CultureRe: Ancient African Mathematics by pashaun(op): 7:19am On Dec 04, 2014
Ploy:
I have thought about Russia and Japan using another language apart from English and still they are developing but then I realised somethings -

*almost all the African countries are created by the colonial masters. What is the relationship between Hausa-fulani and Igbo for example? Irrespective of our tribal differences, they forced us into one. Countries like Japan are bilingual or monolingual but a small society in Africa is multilingual. How then do we select a language out of the array of languages as a language of instruction?

The linguistic situation of Africa is like a mace, there is mutual suspicion as to linguistic domination and marginalisation. This takes us back to where we started. Our political leaders are benefiting from our backwardness. They travel to Europe and America see development but come back home and play to our fantasy. #let us believe in God, we shall be there one day# The question is, do they mean it?

If the problem of Africa can only be solved when we adopt an indigenous language as a medium of instruction, the problem will never be solved.
English is a mixture of languages
CultureRe: Why Do Nairalanders Have An Obsession With Skin Tones? by pashaun(f): 11:09pm On Dec 01, 2014
Vivly:
If only such obsession would be channeled to finding cure for HIV
There's already a cure for HIV/AIDs and Cancer.
Science/TechnologyAfrican American Women Inventors by pashaun(op):
[size=14pt]Sarah E. Goode[/size]

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Sarah was born a slave in Toledo in 1855, but raised in Chicago after the end of the Civil War. She married a Virginia man, Archie Goode, and had six children, three of whom survived into childhood. She and Archie, a “stair builder,” opened a furniture store.

Like today, much of the urban denizens of Chicago lived in tiny cramped apartments, where space was at a premium. A smart entrepreneur, Sarah thought of a way to “hide away” beds in a desk.

Her invention, the “cabinet bed,” was granted a patent on July 14, 1885. She would be the first African-American woman to earn a US patent. When laid out, it was a comfortable bed. Folded up, it became a functional desk complete with writing space, shelves and cabinets.

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[size=14pt]Miriam E. Benjamin[/size]

Miriam Benjamin was a Washington D.C. school teacher and the second black woman to receive a patent. Miriam Benjamin received a patent for an invention she called a Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels. Her invention allowed hotel customer to summon a waiter from the comfort of their chair. A button on the chair would buzz the waiters' station and a light on the chair would let the wait staff know who wanted service. Miriam Benjamin's invention was adapted and used in the United States House of Representatives. Below you can view the actual patent issued to Miriam Benjamin on July 17, 1888.

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[size=14pt]Anna M. Mangin[/size]

Anna M. Mangin developed a special kind of pastry fork in 1891. She received a patent for this device on March 1, 1892. To make pastries, such as cookies and pie crusts, cooks used to mix the dough with their hands. Mangin's fork helped to mix together butter and flour for pastries without the cook having to touch the ingredients. The fork could also be used to beat eggs, mash potatoes, and prepare salad dressings.

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[size=14pt]Lyda A. Newman[/size]

She invented a hairbrush that was able to be taken apart in order to be easily cleaned. She was granted her patent on November 15, 1898.

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Lyda_Newman's_hairbrush.gif[/img]

[size=14pt]Madeline Turner[/size]

Madeline M. Turner invented Turner's Fruit-Press, which paved the way for further development of the fruit press. She was granted U.S. Patent 1,180,959 in April 25, 1916. Turner lived in Oakland, California.

[img]https://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/inventors/images/turner_fruitpress_big.jpg[/img]

[size=14pt]Alice H. Parker[/size]

On Dec. 23, 1919, inventor Alice H. Parker of Morristown, New Jersey, patented her design for the gas heating furnace. Parker’s design would help provide central heating in millions of homes and buildings around the world today. Parker’s gas heating furnace revolutionized how people heat their homes. With her invention, people no longer needed to stock and burn wood in a traditional furnace, which presented a high fire risk when left unattended.

https://www.bet.com/news/national/2012/12/23/this-day-in-black-history-dec-23-1919/_jcr_content/featuredMedia/newsitemimage.newsimage.dimg/121912-national-history-Alice-H-Parker-patented-design-gas-furnace.jpg

[size=14pt]Marjorie Joyner[/size]

Born in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia in 1896 she later moved to Chicago to study cosmetology. Ms. Joyner became employed by Madame CJ Walker where she eventually became the Director of Madame Walker’s Beauty Schools.
During her employment with the Walker Company she designed the “Permanent Wave Machine” which was able to straighten black woman hair and wave white women hair for a long period of time. Her invention was patented but she never profited from it for it was the property of the Walker Company.

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Read More: https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/women_inventors.html
Christianity EtcRe: Christians Must Choose Between Apostle Paul And Jesus Christ - Femi Aribisala by pashaun(f): 6:59pm On Nov 30, 2014
babatgtr:
paul knew Jesus not only that, He knew Him face to face cos jesus show himself to him on his way to Damascus and read all paul letters he always say i d servant of Jesus Christ if paul is not a follower jesus christ and if He did not see him face to face they will never giv him apostle title cos u ave to see christ face to face before u cn be namd Apostle
Lmao. You're a fool! The New Testament was written by the Romans 325 years AFTER Yahusha (Jesus) died. Christianity is a pagan religion. God, Lord, Jehovah, Christ and Jesus are all PAGAN! I bet you believe Yahusha was white with long hair, too.
Family"Aka Fathers Are The Best Dads In The World" by pashaun(op): 2:52am On Nov 25, 2014
[img]http://wsm.wsu.edu/mag_images/big_brother/2012spring_lessons3.jpg[/img]



The Aka fathers have been named the world's best fathers, dedicating the most time of all the globe's peoples to active fathering, according to a new study. Aka fathers even commonly offer their nipple to their crying babies to suck, a method perfectly suited for soothing them until it can be fed, the impressed researchers found.

No fathers spend more time alone with their children than the average Aka, now given the title "Best Dads in the World" by Fathers Direct, a British national information centre on fatherhood. The Aka People, living in the border forests of Congo Brazzaville and the Central African Republic, are a hunting and gathering people.

On average, Aka father hold or are within arms' reach of their infants 47 percent of the time - almost as much as Aka mothers. This, according to Fathers Direct, is the current world record. Only Northern European countries with high gender equality standards are now closing on to Aka fathers. In Sweden, an average father now takes care of 45 percent of parental childcare.

The results of the worldwide study by Fathers Direct were recently published in the centre's journal, 'FatherWorld'. The study included 156 cultures around the world and found that fathering had a low status in most countries. Only 20 percent of the cultures studied promote men's close relationships with infants, and only 5 percent with young children.

Not so among the Congolese and Central African Akas, however. An Aka daddy uses every opportunity to be in close contact with his infant. Aka fathers often take the child along when they go drinking palm wine or during other social activities. They may hold the baby close to their bodies for a couple of hours at a time, says the report.

The study highlights findings by Barry Hewlett, an American anthropologist, who has studied the Aka people for more than 20 years. The dads, rather than mums, are often the ones who settle the babies if they wake at night, Mr Barry also found.

The inevitable question for most non-Aka parents is how can a father take care of a baby still needing mother's milk for hours and hours. Surely, not even an Aka father can breastfeed his hungry baby. Well, he can, almost. His nipple at least will tranquillise the baby. "A father's nipple is perfectly suited to soothing a crying baby until it can be fed," according to the British report.

Researcher Caroline Flint commented that she had earlier come across cases of dads doing this. "It is not a case of the man saying to the baby, 'Here you are, have my bosom,' but usually of the baby snuffling along the father's chest, finding the nipple and sucking. The men are usually very surprised, but the babies seem content. They love to snuggle up to their dads," Ms Flint explained.

Offering their nipple to a hungry baby "could be a big challenge" to most non-Aka males, the researchers however confess. Maybe one should take a group of European dads and their babies out to the Congo for a couple of weeks "to meet the Aka tribe and see what our dads can manage," one however proposed. Aka fathering could become an export commodity - or at least a source of pride for Congolese and Central Africans.
FamilyRe: Where Are The Majority Of True Nigerian Men? by pashaun(f): 1:59am On Nov 20, 2014
Misogynist2014:
Even a scum like you wants 'gender equality.' Pun intended! cheesy
Lmao.. there's already gender equality where I live. Are you afraid of a woman doing a better job than you? grin
FamilyRe: Where Are The Majority Of True Nigerian Men? by pashaun(f): 5:43am On Nov 12, 2014
naijababe:
I agree completely, I just wish the ones who can't will readily admit it so we can move on to the ones who have the wherewithal.

Gender equality is the worst thing that has happened to the human race angry angry angry angry
Bullsh*t
CultureRe: Ancient African Mathematics by pashaun(op): 3:52am On Oct 29, 2014
YungwizzzyPt7:
So how come we are this backward?
You should know the answer to that.
CultureRe: Ancient African Mathematics by pashaun(op): 10:56pm On Oct 28, 2014
Ploy:
rally? Who wan die?
Rally not riot.
CultureRe: Ancient African Mathematics by pashaun(op): 9:01pm On Oct 28, 2014
Ploy:
I thank you, I appreciate your pride in the lost glory of Africa but how can we escape from the claws of bad leaders and take our place in the world?

Literacy started from Egypt Africa
Mathematics from Ethiopia, Egypt, Swaziland.... These are good stories in their time, not now. Our leaders are killing our tomorrow.

I'm proud of Africa but tired of mediocrity.
Why don't you guys try to "impeach" them? Or rally?
CultureAncient African Mathematics by pashaun(op): 8:27pm On Oct 28, 2014
Africa is home to the world's earliest known use of measuring and calculation, confirming the continent as the birthplace of both basic and advanced mathematics. Thousands of years ago, Africans were using numerals, algebra and geometry in daily life. This knowledge spread throughout the entire world after a series of migrations out of Africa, beginning around 30,000 BC, and later following a series of invasions of Africa by Europeans and Asians (1700 BC-present).

[center]Measuring and Counting[/center]

Lebombo Bone (35,000 BC)

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The oldest mathematical instrument is the Lebombo bone, a baboon fibula used as a measuring device and so named for its location of discovery in the Lebombo mountains of Swaziland. The device is at least 35,000 years old. Judging from its 29 distinct markings, it could have been used to either track menstrual or lunar cycles, or used merely as a measuring stick.

It is rather interesting to note the significance of the 29 markings (roughly the same number as lunar cycle, i.e., 29.531 days) on the baboon fibula because it is the oldest indication that the baboon, a primate indigenous to Africa, was symbolically linked to Khonsu, who was also associated with time. The Kemetic god, Djehuty ("Tehuti" or "Toth"wink, was later depicted as a baboon (also an ibis), and is usually associated with the moon, math, writing and science. Use of baboon bones as mathematical devices has been continuous throughout all of Africa, suggesting Africans always held the baboon as sacred and associated with the moon, math, and time.


Ishango Bone (20,000 BC)

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The world's oldest evidence of advanced mathematics was also a baboon fibula that was discovered in present-day Democratic Republic of Congo, and dates to at least 20,000 BC. The bone is now housed in the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels. The Ishango bone is not merely a measuring device or tally stick as some people erroneously suggest. The bone's inscriptions are clearly separated into clusters of markings that represent various quantities. When the markings are counted, they are all odd numbers with the left column containing all prime numbers between 10 and 20, and the right column containing added and subtracted numbers. When both columns are calculated, they add up to 60 (nearly double the length of the lunar or menstrual cycle).


Gebet'a or "Mancala" Game (700 BC-present)

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Although the oldest known evidence of the ancient counting board game, Gebet'a or "Mancala" as it is more popularly known, comes from Yeha (700 BC) in Ethiopia, it was probably used in Central Africa many years prior. The game forces players to strategically capture a greater number of stones than one's opponent. The game usually consists of a wooden board with 2 rows of 6 holes each, and 2 larger holes at either end. However, in antiquity, the holes were more likely to be carved into stone, clay or mud like the example from Medieval Aksum, shown at right. More advanced versions found in Central and East Africa, such as the Omweso, Igisoro and Bao, usually involve 4 rows of 8 holes each.


[center]Fractions, Algebra and Geometry[/center]

"Moscow" Papyrus (2000 BC)

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Housed in Moscow's Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, the so-called "Moscow" papyrus, was purchased by Vladimir Golenishchev sometime in the 1890s. Written in hieratic from perhaps the 13th dynasty in Kemet, the papyrus is one of the world's oldest examples of use of geometry and algebra. The document contains approximately 25 mathematical problems, including how to calculate the length of a ship's rudder, the surface area of a basket, the volume of a frustum (a truncated pyramid), and various ways of solving for unknowns.


"Rhind" Mathematical Papyrus (1650 BC)

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Purchased by Alexander Rhind in 1858 AD, the so-called "Rhind" Mathematical Papyrus (shown below) dates to approximately 1650 BC and is presently housed in the British Museum. Although some Egyptologists link this to the foreign Hyksos, this text was found during excavations at the Ramesseum in Waset (Thebes) in Southern Egypt, which never came under Hyksos' rule. Written by the scribe, Ahmose, in the "Hieratic" script, the text reads as follows:

"Accurate reckoning for inquiring into things, and the knowledge of all things, mysteries...all secrets... This book was copied in regnal year 33, month 4 of Akhet, under the majesty of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Awserre, given life, from an ancient copy made in the time of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt Nimaatre. The scribe Ahmose writes this copy..."

The first page contains 20 arithmetic problems, including addition and multiplication of fractions, and 20 algebraic problems, including linear equations. The second page shows how to calculate the volume of rectangular and cylindrical granaries, with pi (Π) estimated at 3.1605. Tere are also calculations for the area of triangles (slopes of a pyramid) and an octagon. The third page continues with 24 problems, including the multiplication of algebraic fractions, among others.


Timbuktu Mathematical Manuscripts (1200s AD)

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Timbuktu in Mali is home to one of the world's oldest universities, Sankore, which had libraries full of manuscripts mainly written in Ajami (African languages, such as Hausa in this case, written in a script similar to "Arabic" ) in the 1200s AD. When Europeans and Western Asians began visiting and colonizing Mali from 1300s-1800s AD, Malians began to hide the manuscripts in basements, attics and underground, fearing destruction or theft by foreigners. This was certainly a good idea, given Europeans' history of stealing and/or destroying texts in Kemet and other areas of the continent. Many of the scripts, such as the one shown below, were mathematical and astronomical in nature. In recent years, as many as 700,000 scripts have been rediscovered and attest to the continuous knowledge of advanced mathematics and science in Africa well before European colonization.

Source:[url]diasporicroots.tumblr.com/post/87000156338/beautiesofafrique-ancient-african-mathematics[/url]
Christianity EtcRe: Who Wrote The New Testament? by pashaun(f): 6:47pm On Oct 27, 2014
New Testament was written 325 years after Yeshua (Jesus) by the Catholic Church.. The Hebrew Bible was written 900-1000 years before Yeshua (Jesus) was born. The Catholic Church deleted and added doctrines to the Bible (We read today)
CultureRe: Paintings Of The Moors Of Europe by pashaun(op): 4:17pm On Oct 27, 2014
kNarcissus:
wow... I need to research this.
6700 black Africans and 300 Arabs conquered Spain. You can also check out some museums in Europe discussing black-a-moors ...
CultureRe: Paintings Of The Moors Of Europe by pashaun(op): 4:14pm On Oct 27, 2014
Radoillo:
No, they were largely North African Berbers, with some sub-Saharan Africans as well. Authentic Arabs were only very few among them.
6700 were black Africans 300 were authentic Arabs grin

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