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Black Kenichi: A few things.............. fascinating. I'll check it out. Most West African countries controlled by the French became docile! Fact.

Please do go into more detail about this docility and how it's a "fact" and make sure to mention all the revolts in the French ruled parts of West Africa as you do so.

Black Kenichi: These are the same French speaking West African countries that are experiencing quite a lot of turmoil. These same French speaking West African countries that were the French men's b[i]i[/i]tch while the British had to fight tooth and nail to occupy Ghana. Btw the French considered Senegambians quite docile especially the Wolof! While the Brits genuinely feared the Akan so much so they wanted to stop the import of Akan slaves. Also wasn't Ghana the one of the first West African countries to gain indepedence!?
Most West African Sahelian countries are either bitches to Islam (mainly Arabs), the French or to there own inferior gene pool.

Read about Samory Touré and Behanzin and Umar Tall's assault on a French fort and stop yarning opata for here. I get that you want to rep your Akan ancestry, but stop stretching the bounds of credibility.

gezzyvinci: we don finish...even fiji

lol

@ SmoothCrim

Dude, stick to what you know (Ghana). Within Nigeria, southerners also dominate sports. It's not about traveling abroad, but about interest in competing at the professional level. Traditional Hausa boxing (dambe) is popular in some parts of the North, but that hasn't translated into anything at the professional level in either boxing or kickboxing for Nigeria.

And most of the bad stereotypes about Nigerians emerged as the country deteriorated under backwards Northern military rule. There are bad stereotypes about other groups or countries around the world but at least many of them have something to balance it out developmentally or in terms of good governance. That said, I think Northerners can excel in sports if they make more of an effort, but they really need to focus on education in the North before even investing heavily into sports. In fact, all parts of Nigeria need to improve in education.

shymmex: Hakeem Olajuwon played for America - but they still refer to him as a Nigerian..

Uh. . .no.

This is almost certainly false. I've had discussions with ordinary oyibos here in America on sports. They have no idea where he's from and a few of them assumed he was originally from Kenya (and this was before Barack Obama was running for president and brought Kenya even more into the imagination/consciousness of westerners than it already was).

The only people that would know he's Nigerian are those that have read that about him specifically in sports magazines or sports reporters/commentators that go out of their way to dig up the personal history and details of each athlete.

Some interesting bits of history here. I do hope Bakassi is returned to the indigenous inhabitants at some point.

This is insanity.

https://www.hamillgallery.com/ANNANG/AnnangMask01.jpg

https://www.hamillgallery.com/ANNANG/AnnangMasks.jpg

https://www.hamillgallery.com/ANNANG/AnnangMask.jpg

Annang mask

[img]http://2.bp..com/-n90VY6bSFbQ/T1Iy2OfhkCI/AAAAAAAAB9U/K_3soBlL610/s1600/7.jpg[/img]

Ekuk antelope mask

[img]http://3.bp..com/-MWBg9rfOKx8/TxbJhjf3LNI/AAAAAAAABms/ZJFn7mRLr7Y/s1600/1_MasqueEket.jpg[/img]

[img]http://3.bp..com/-GBSH92LoWw4/TxlLNH-DyAI/AAAAAAAABnk/bMRboK9OS34/s1600/4_MasqueEke.jpg[/img]

Eket (Ibibio) masks, Cross River area, South East Nigeria.

[img]http://3.bp..com/-DizekVvDzTk/TsESPsWMdDI/AAAAAAAABHE/qREDBO0qv-0/s1600/3mossi.jpg[/img]

Mossi people, Burkina Faso

[img]http://3.bp..com/-Xem3kvIbOEE/TsETcFXiJDI/AAAAAAAABH0/se3DCyXEaCk/s1600/5r343-04_1mossi.jpg[/img]

Chameleon mask, Mossi people, Burkina Faso

[img]http://2.bp..com/-cGRlWbqSi54/Tg3Gz1hvBLI/AAAAAAAAAhs/JtCqYVKM5IQ/s1600/A713luba.jpg[/img]

[img]http://4.bp..com/-ABcGO6IJWcM/TyURKe1bMlI/AAAAAAAABuM/vMGPVrzPWuM/s1600/1_luba.jpg[/img]

From the Luba of D.R. Congo.

https://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/4783/6960811_1.jpg

https://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/4783/6960811_5.jpg

Ogoni antelope mask

[img]http://1.bp..com/-FXOA7P7LSK8/TxUDQDdGVcI/AAAAAAAABmU/MgNxwGnxN2E/s1600/Masque-Karikpo-Ogboni.jpg[/img]

A mask representing a goat. This was also labeled Ogoni, but it could be from somewhere else.

[img]http://4.bp..com/-n3N3fb8Ztzg/TxQ6j-QUvXI/AAAAAAAABls/6OEkhMejI5I/s1600/4_ogoni.jpg[/img]

This was labeled as an Ogoni mask on the site I got if from, but that site has some errors so it could be from elsewhere.

[img]http://4.bp..com/_c3R4u_tcpyw/SgxCfqDfYuI/AAAAAAAAAIM/HrzrQ4fkG9E/s400/Fon_Applique.jpg[/img]

"The Fon people of Benin are noted for their appliqué banners (pictured to the left), made by sewing cut out pieces of cloth onto a fabric background to form designs."

https://www.indigoarts.com/gallery_art/fon_devil.45k.jpg

Daguesu (Lightning-splitting Ram) in Battle
Banner by Mme. Leo, Fon people, Benin, 1997
Fabric applique (62"h x 43"w)

https://www.indigoarts.com/gallery_art/fon-kings1.48k.jpg

Twelve Kings of Dahomey
Royal Dynasty Banner
Fon people, Benin, 1997
Fabric applique (35"h x 49"w)

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_2002.517.1-2.jpg

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_2002.517.1-2_av1.jpg

Silver Buffalo and Elephant, 19th century
Republic of Benin; Fon
Silver-copper alloy, brass, copper, and iron
Each H. 12 in. (30.5 cm)

https://www.foreverhbcu.com/catalog/images/DAHOMEY%20WALL%20HANGING.jpg

Dahomey wall hanging

https://www.introspecinc.com/giftshop/dahomey.jpg

"Dahomey Wall Hanging

Wall hangings from Dahomey to decorate any room. Traditionally used only by royalty, hangings are brightly colored squares and rectangles that depict common African scenes, animals, and symbols."

Well they were not really called Amazons within their society or by other Africans that came across them. European visitors in the 18th century labeled them Amazons after the women warriors of the Greek myth and the label stuck.

https://www.nigerianwedding.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Nigerian-wedding-head-tie-1.jpg

Now that's a pretty woman.

In some sense, and on some level, Patrick Obahiagbon is actually illiterate.