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With enlightenment and education, this will be phased out in time

The most important factor enabling this is the lack of a support network for women who leave abusive relationships

Fulaman198: Absolutely, the Bini (Edo) people influenced the Yoruba and vice versa. However, that is due to the fact that they live in close contact with one another. The Edos and Yorubas are neighbours. At one point, there were even many people from present day Edo state that spoke Yoruba language. As aforementioned, I can understand neighbouring cultures influencing one another. Like the Wolof and Serer influencing the Fulani in Senegal that many Senegalese Fulani have adopted the word "Ndeysaan" which means forgiveness in their Fulani dialect. In Nigeria, many Fulani Fulani have adopted Hausa words like "Sai or Sey" which means "until" into our own language.

I am not worried about other Africans influencing other Africans. I am more worried about Africans kicking their respective cultures to the curb (which is becoming a worldwide phenomenon). The most widely spoken language (not talking about things from a population perspective) is English.........why? English is not an African language, but it seems to have gained the highest amount of usage around the world. Pretty soon people will say, hmmm what is the point of speaking my language when I can just communicate in English. To me that is epic fail and I'm glad I won't see that this lifetime I hope (I'm 30 years old I still have many years to live God willing ). So as a young man, I know I'm supposed to think it's cool that Africans are no longer behaving 'African', but I don't think it's cool. I think it's quite sad and appalling.

How many African tales do you know? Recently, I acquired an app from the Google Play Store that is most likely Yoruba, but tells tales children folktales that made me feel very happy inside. Will those tales and stories still be around even 30 years from now?

As a person who has a lot of experience in the sciences, maths and engineering, I do agree with one person who stated that with the advent of technology, people are beginning to be less and less like themselves. With the advent of things like Youtube, People can watch videos and movies on how Westerners behave and try to act and behave in a similar manner. Is there no shame in that itself? Whatever happened to being ones self?

Therefore, to answer your second question, there are many things that influence culture these days, it is not only interaction with other groups of people, it's also the fact that human beings are more than willing to give up their own culture for a culture they feel or deem is superior to their own. There are many a Nigerian who have never come across Americans, but since they have Youtube or other video streaming sites, they think they are imitating the way Americans behave.

Look at how many Nigerians who try to talk and imitate American accents in Naija sef. That should tell you something my brother.

OK...seems the issue was the mind set
People looking down on their culture..?


Then you should look beyond the symptoms and deal with the issue

Its a power game
The conquering culture sets the pace

Globalisation, common language, IMF..

The Chinese had to bring their own money to the table to be heard...
Without that they were seen as primitive

Until you understand this...

Fulaman198: I will address your question in parts as openly and honestly as possible.

Define Culture to me: Culture is one's language, one's tradition, one's way of being. Culture is something that can be broken into many subcategories, the type of food a people eat, the type of clothing a people wear, the type of practices a group of people practice, the type of language a group of people speak, the way a group of people act. Their customs, their belief system, their ways. That is culture to me. Fulbe (Fulani) call it Pulaaku/Pulaagu.

Excellent answer which I agree with
However I will throw another question to you

I like the illustration of jellof rice you used
I have eaten the Senegalese version and it was wow!
So I know that the variant I'm used to around is an imitation.

Which brings to this q

Sub cultures can be changed or influenced by another culture however the main culture bloc is not affected.

Example..Yoruba influenced some aspect of Bini culture but the bini culture is distinct in its own right.
-at what point or in which magnitude can a removal of a sub component be termed detrimental to the vulture itself

What is African culture: Whilst African culture differs, (much like European culture and Asian culture), there are still elements in many African cultures that make them African. Although Nigeria is a country comprised of 250+ ethnic groups, we do share a lot in common because of the fact that we are in close quarters with one another. The type of clothing we wear, the food we eat, the respect we believe that we must give to elders, most of these elements are practised not only in Nigeria but also in other African countries as well. An example is Jaloff rice, which is Senegambian in origin (which makes me believe that Fulani brought it to Nigeria). Jaloff rice is eaten in every part of West Africa. Eba (which may be Yoruba in origin) is also eaten everywhere in West Africa. A lot of things we have in Nigeria are also in other countries as well. The kind of music for instance that we play in the Sahel is similar amongst different ethnic groups. For example, whilst there are minute differences between Hausa, Tuareg, Fulani, Zarma/Songhai, Mande, Tubu, Kanuri, etc. forms of music they are almost all pretty much the same. They are all derived from a pentatonic like scale. The Sahel also covers a vast array of African countries.

Very true but you are also aware most of these cultures have myths which subscribe to an eastern origin


Events Led to migration hence the commonality you talk about
However there was a mixture as they met aboriginal people's in the new territories, were affected by conquering or conquered tribes, geographical limitations

These influence culture

Do you agree?


Second question

What influences culture

What is uncommon about African culture - When we incorporate foreign elements into African culture(s) (I mean European elements), African cultures really dissipate. An example of this is Cape Verde, Angola, and Mozambique (possibly even Guinea Bissau). All of which are Lusophone countries (Portuguese speaking). Many of them have no more African elements in their culture asides music. Their names are all fully Portuguese, the languages they speak are Portuguese mainly, and the type of culture they practise is Portuguese culture. I will reiterate my previous point, if some Nigerians continue to not place emphasis on their tradition and culture, Nigeria will become another Angola or Cape Verde. How will we even be able to call ourselves Africans if our languages, our food and customs are no longer African but European?

At least you agree there is European culture

I appreciate your concerns..and they are real
When you answer the first question above we can debate further

Tosyn007: I think its still ok, if Kaguya had been beaten in 2 chapters, wouldn't it be an anti-climax?

True that...however I have not been impressed by the displays of kaguya

She needs to show more than a turbo charged kamui

Fulaman198: Oga, I still dey come, give me one moment I will answer your question

I will be standing by for your response

This topic has great potential for us to discuss and learn and it also has a potential to generate ire


So you need to display good communication skills...patience..listening...

Welldone Sir

Remember culture has more dimensions than cuisine, language and couture.

Also african culture is not monolithic

Tosyn007: Thanks..I meant "wrong"

The real Naruto is also unlikely to escape that attack, she has power but Zetsu is her knowledge..

Guess we will know more

Frankly this guy is losing steam and dragging this ish

Fulaman

You have not answered my q

And as I said you should have set yourself as a facilitator rather than a judge and executioner on this issue

Tosyn007: I think you're xxxxxx in this regard. Madara realized taking care of both of them will be a drag, thats why he busied them with his 4 limbos so he could go up and activate the genjutsu which should end everything including the fight.

Kaguya on the other hand is not fighting to kill, she wants to capture them and take their chakra. You saw how deadly she becomes when she decided to kill Naruto.

I think you left some words unsaid.. wrong perhaps?

Kaguya become deadly firing a bone spear at a clone naruto (saged?) as the clones still exist in the main dimension

Its funny she has so much power and needs zetsu to be tellingher what to do

Danhumprey: Will the 'triad' call 'Neymar-Messi-Suarez' work out? I'm having uneasy feeling about this.

It can work but it will need a double pivot

These are players that dont like tracking back

Also the issue of a center back( world class) is still inthe mix

Sadly.. i think you are the one that should grow up

If u have a brainwave that the world does not revolve around NL, a lot of the attitude you guys display will be toned down

Not everyone that follows Naruto is a student or jobseeker

The common love binds us but u guys never cease to display some form of ego on top naruto knowledge

Continue ur transmigrant posting... its your prerogative just as it is mine to post or decide not to

Or ask any question some of you may deem too low for your 'intellect'

Peace too

Headache ontop wetin

Your condescending attitude permeates your posts.. i guess its part of the ethos here..

It seems its your style

ignore me onwards..

beef for what

I only relate based on what is posted here..

I dont know u personally

hariorh: Honestly, I still don't get you. Is it beef or you just hold a personal grudge against me?

Dantedasz: Damn,I wanna discuss the SCUM manifesto with her already.

I feel u...

these BABES feel u too.. unfortunately this was before the match

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After th match.. it went south

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MrRenaissance: Yeah, I admit it should be extinguished, "ideally"; but realistically, it can't, it can only be reduced/managed with better understanding and tolerance. So you are right.

Cool debate... gender dynamics is a big issue really... all the isms are an offshoot of it

nani667: They look more powerful than Kaguya simply because they were fighting weaker Versions of Naruto and Sasuke.... Back then Naruto only had the Kyuubi and Sasuke only had his Sharingan.... Now Naruto has all the tailed beasts plus the power Hagoromo gave him, Sasuke has his Sharin-Rinnegan.... Kaguya is fighting Naruto 2.0, this current version of Naruto and Sasuke would've ended Juubito in record time ✔

This explanation makes sense..which of course is based on the facts at hand.. not new to me
Unfortunately the hypothesis cannot be tested as we did not see much of madara before he was cut short
I feel madara will have dispatched the boys easily with this 6 limbal


@hariorh
Your response is symptomatic of a condescending attitude which spills across this naruto thread
You dont have to answer if you feel you are superior to anyone... if it makes u feel happy

if your time is so precious to you... move on

Dantedasz: Damn,
Is that bra painted on the Argentine chicks b0.obs? I would love to discuss feminism with a chick like her.
How does a guy un hook a bra like that?

err..... i dont think the lady is wearing any bra...

MrRenaissance: You wouldn't blame me for not knowing the issues in the West as I'm not living there. I can speak only for Nigerian scenery.

ok.. some here believe that way
If u can speak for naija,,,, then u know it is an issue and the issue exists... women outearning their partners
I brought up the western information to show it also exists elsewhere
With time it will fade below the radar

I didn't justify it either, as a matter of fact, I don't justify cheating at all. Cheating is cheating, and it's wrong. All I'm saying is that some people can use such an excuse to do bad things like cheating or getting drunk daily. It's dumb but it happens. Anyone that says White men don't cheat, is an ídiot, are doesn't have a functioning brain.

GBAM!.. i will bold these words

I didn't write it like it doesn't exist (unless you saw it that way), I wrote such way because the mentality (of thinking a woman earning more than men is belittling) is retrogressive and should be extinguished. Such mentality is why problems are created in such marriages at the first place. A mentality that a woman should never earn more than her husband is a rétarded mentality in this age. C'mon, some countries are ruled by women, does it make the male citizens less are inferior to the females? Have you occurred to you that women have their own egos too? We all have egos, but we should be rational in our dealings, that's why we're learned/higher primates

Yeah, different strokes, for different people. Diffrent men and women,will react in different ways.

Now this bolded is what i dont get with your posts

You admit the issue exists and should be extinguished

I dont think it can be extinguished as it is tied to gender identity

I believe with greater understanding, the dynamics can be managed better below the radar for the betterment of the family

Refer to the article on issues in the US....

I cant put the bra71lians for now.. the pain to too much

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Some more world cup eye candy - From the Holland vs Argentina game


An argentine man and a braxil woman do the samba

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Passion

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Cutie

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Rockin on copacabana

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The guy with the cigar...hmmmm

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hariorh: Obviously because Naruto and Sasuke are similar to being gods themselves

Yet.. they were almost schooled before zetsu stabbed madara

Youve started with this your despicable tone

u dont have to respond.. you know

MrRenaissance: LOL. This is another kettle of fish entirely for me, because I don't reside in Yanks, and so don't know how marriage issues unfolds over there. But nevertheless, I'll input some ideas and hopefully it'll be worth your time. I'm more interested in the words you emboldened.

You missed my point in bringing up an article from the West
Its to bring to the fore a misguided notion common in some commenters than white men are ok with their women earning more than men and nigerians are not exposed for bringing forward mundane issues

The issues are not mundane and are real

Now to your own points

@second embolden, Naturally, whether anyone likes it or not, men are 'providers', religiously, culturally and otherwise. Men have egos/prides, and I admit, marriages where women are the bread winners is likely to cause rift between the couples if not well-managed because:

1. the man's ego will shattered. He's likely to feel less of himself if especially he can't cater for his family's need like the wife does

2. The man might be scorned at by his fellow men and the society at large. He'll be a laughing stock.

3. Such better-paid wives are likely to rub it in the husband's face that she provides more than him, because naturally he ought to be the chief provider. And when she does, it'll negatively affect the husband's psyche, etc.

Now in the part you embolden where studies showed that such men will likely cheat if they earn less than their wife, is true, but the harsher reality is that such men will do worst things. Some will end drowning their sorrows in alcohols, some will start keeping late nights while hanging out with friends; because their psyche are affected, it'll lead to a poor séx life etc. But what you should know is that "amount of disparity in amount of salary earned" determines such changes in the life of the man (I'll explain this point later on in this rejoinder).

I will not justify infidelity using the reasons stated above. But note it is an issue which bedevils even western males
Funny when some posters come here saying white men dont cheat

Also, while 'Pew research" stated that wife-at-home-dad-at-work style of marriage was prefered by most Americans (which I prefer it too on the condition I'm making enough cheddah to cater for our needs and she doesn't mind), this I would say "to each, his/her own." Such style works but not in all time. Let me elaborate.

Back in the time of our forefathers, women had no degrees, their primarily job was all about catering/cooking for the family amidst helping out in the farm works. But times have changed. You can't expect any woman with a degree and working while you met her, to dump all her degrees and be a permanent housewife while you make the papers. Some women will agree, some will not and find it boring/waste of knowledge. That's why coys and organizations give 'maternity leaves' etc., for pregnant women to tend to their children/newly born babies. I believe a working class mum can still be working, and don't forget her wifely duties at home, though it'll be hard for her to achieve such compared to a full-time housewife. Now that's where the husband comes in. A understanding husband can help her out sometimes at home when the work is too much for her or they can hire a good nanny/maid/househelp to help out. But the truth(to me personally) remains that, a wife at home while the husband makes the millions is more preferable, or at least till her children are all grown up, then she can start work(that's how I was raised).

I agree with to each his own

@3rd embolden, I beg to differ. Bread winner problems are as much as how much money the female (the bone of contention) earns, as to what they do with the resources.

A man's ego (egocentric/proud type) will naturally make him get angry or feel belittled that his wife is earning more than him, even if the wife is using the money to benefit the family, Even though the man has access to the money. Some men can't just stomach the fact that their wives earns more than them.

If you now agree there is something called the male ego.. why did u write earlier as if it did not exist?
That was the point ihedinobi2 was trying to make
Gender identities revolve around this provider - nurturer roles... though the degrees vary

@fourth embolden, I agree with all the embolden. The use of "many" and not "all" means it's not generalising, so there are many ex-wives/ex-husbands that feel such way.

But what you should know is that "amount of disparity in amount of salary earned" determines such changes in the life of the man (I'll explain this point later on in this rejoinder).

Now about this ^^^ that I said I'll explain, let me give you an example of what I mean.

If man is earning, let's say N150K monthly, and his wife is earning N200K monthly. I make bold to say many men in such category won't feel ashamed, less of themselves, not manly enough or make fuss about it. They won't feel belittled or that the wife is providing more than them. Heck, the wife can't provide more than them. So the probability of chaos emanating from such situations are rare.

Now on the other hand, if the man is earning N50K and the woman, N150K. It's very obvious that the woman is the top dog financially and brings more to the table financially, than the man. Many chaos is bound to result if the two couples didn't handle such situation maturedly. This is where the marriage will be tested the more. So disparity is money earned can't be over emphasised.

So what I'll do in case my wife earns more than me, is during dating, if I perceive any stench of arrogancy/proudness steming from the fact she earns more me, I'll quit if I know I can't tolerate her. But I believe they're many rich women earning more than their husbands, but don't disrespect them or their position in the marriage. All women ain't the same.

Yes all women are not the same and I agree with your scenarios. However men comprise greatly of more than you and I
Others will react in different ways

Nice POVs

UchihaItachi: THIS

ok ooo... lets see the antics of the mature kaguya...

LogansShadow: Make bros J come down from heaven,tell me say na Germany go win,it still won't stop me from rooting for Argentina,come Sunday.#teamLeo #teammakehaterspeeintheritrousers ._______Stat attack(for haters :p ) :Messi is nothing without iniesta they say,"Messi is in the WC final without Iniesta and Xavi,with the said messiahs crashing in the group stage and also Messi's team eliminating the team that thumped Xavi and Iniesta's team" they will never say!. Come on Leo,let's make history!.And btw,all CR7 staunch fans,pls where is Ronaldo in the biggest stage without Modric,Di maria,Alonso? .

GBAM!

wonlasewonimi: It high time we realised the union of man and woman is flawed from the outset. It's better to have an arrangement in place to procreate etc.

Women are generally irrational!

I wont blame anyone that thinks this way
The issue here is what t do about the kids in the loop

How come Jubbito and Jubbi Madara look more powerful than this kaguya of a god

Good.. I agree with all you stated below


I dont think both of you were saying vastly different things..


Its a tough sell even in developed economies not to talk of our context which is a traditional one transiting to a more modern setting

What you have stated is the ideal

What some fail to misundertand is that this issue is also a big deal in the Developed world because it is at the core of gender identity

We will get there.......


I will post the TIME article and would like you to give a seasoned feedback.



http://time.com/#87890/fox-news-female-breadwinner/

Fox News isn't all wrong, but it ain't (just) about the money


Watching the recent kerfuffle over whether it’s sexist to think that marriages might be threatened when wives make more than husbands is a bit like watching a person trying to change a flat on a bus that’s on fire. Everybody’s avoiding the main issue.
In almost a quarter of marriages in the U.S., wives earn more than husbands. This is a huge, fourfold-sized shift from a half-century ago. And the effects on intimate human relations of this realignment in bacon bringing are still shaking out. The prognostications follow one of two narratives: either husbands’ egos — and thus the American family — will be annihilated; or men will eventually learn to stop holding women back and everyone will be better, more equal and richer than before.

A recent Fox news segment rehearsed the first theory, asking a series of young telegenic types if marriage would be destroyed by alpha females and their earning capacity. “Isn’t there some sort of biological, innate need for men to be the caveman?” asked Fox’s Clayton Morris. “Go out and bring home the dinner …?” The segment was roundly scoffed at by media commenters for being hopelessly outdated and antiwoman. “Men at Fox continued to justify their position that female breadwinners marked a breakdown in society,” wrote Emily Arrowood at Media Matters.


But the data, such as it is, tends to support the view, crudely put by Morris, that men find not being the breadwinner a little unsteadying. Pew research shows that most Americans still believe that having a mother at home and a father at work is the best arrangement for raising a family. And it’s true that men’s self-esteem is very much tied up in their ability to do well at work and to make money. Studies have found that men are more likely to cheat and feel worse about themselves when their wives make more than they do.

The anxiety all this generates is at the center of financial journalist Farnoosh Torabi’s new book When She Makes More. “The cold reality about making a relationship work when there’s an unusual income disparity,” she writes, “is that it takes a lot more effort than relationships with no or a traditional income disparity.” Torabi’s book offers a bunch of tips for high-earning wives-to-be, including being very open about their remunerative status, letting men pay the bill at the restaurant even if the women pay the credit-card bill later and sharing a bank account.

Torabi is pregnant, which is lovely for her, but she is in for one helluva shock. (She’s also been married for almost two full years, so it’s impressive that she’s already written a book about being a wife.) Meanwhile, the “marriage experts” on the Fox show probably had a cumulative age of less than 75. All of them, well-meaning as they were, are ignorant of the real issue, which is that the breadwinner problems are less about how much money any one spouse makes and more about what they do with that other resource, time.

But then, how could it be otherwise? Few people are prepared for the ferocity with which children siphon up every available resource in terms of time, money and brain space. It’s easy to be magnanimous and reasonable when every evening is available and every dollar disposable. Husbands and wives can discuss their finances at a leisurely pace over old-fashioneds in a local boîte. Mothers and fathers, on the other hand, usually find they take up the subject in enraged whispers around bedtime after they’ve discovered that the credit-card bill has gone unpaid yet again.

Women, studies show, are still bearing the brunt of child rearing and housework. This is not always because the dads are lazy; sometimes well-educated and competent women decline to delegate child-rearing responsibilities to other people. But either way, the marital-financial equation is exponentially harder to solve when there are offspring. And there’s less time to solve it and less room for error or experimentation. As divorce lawyers know, many ex-wives feel that if they were making most of the money and doing most of the child rearing and homekeeping, there was very little point in having a husband.

And many ex-husbands, who probably easily managed to get past the fact that their wives earned more, did not believe their lower salary then meant they had to do more on the homefront, especially if they worked just as hard as their better-paid wife. The data suggests two-thirds of all divorces are initiated by women, but the data does not show what the husbands did that might have led the wives to call their lawyers.

If we’re going to have an honest discussion about breadwinning women, it can’t just be a rational discussion about the wisest ways to divide up dollars. It has to be about time as well. And I’m happy to lead it off. Right after I get back from dealing with whatever my kids’ school called me about now.

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MrRenaissance: Let's put aside sentiments, no marriage is perfect; whether the ones where the man earns more than the woman, or the woman earns more than the man. I used "intact" because I recognised that no marriage is filled with roses and no thorns, what matters is that both couples finds a way to settle the differences whenever it comes up. So by "intact" I meant an non-perfect marriage but one that still stands at the end of the trials.

Now, to be honest with you about your question, I think a marriage dynamic where a woman earns more than the man is bound to hit the rocks in an African setting, where men have been taught that woman should never earn more them; or that women earning more than them or holding a position above them means disrespect. Such marriage is bound to crash if the husband is egocentric or an illiterate who doesn't recognise that his wife earning more than him doesn't belittle him as long as he's gainfully employed and earning his bucks too.

Last week, I went to a meeting and in that meeting, elections were being discussed with the electoral chairman of the group, urging its member to come out and contest for the positions they like, a woman came out and said she'll contest against another man for the president's slot. 99% of the men in that meeting refused. I asked one man, "why?". Do you know his reply? He said:

"It's an insult for a woman to be president of any group that men belong to. This is nature"

I asked "even if the woman will be a better incorrigible president than her male contestant?"

And he said "yes, a woman should never rule over a man."

Now this archaic mentality is the type of an average Nigerian man. Who feels his wife earning more than him is an insult. I don't buy into that school of though.

Personally for me, the dynamic will work well with me because I want a working class lady, earning millions if possible, for a wife. With that the financial burden is reduced. With that, she won't have to depend on me for even make-up money. If I earn more than her, fine. If she earns more than me, fine. But she should be dependent and can cater for her needs.

It's true that many women will let the idea of them earning more than the man get into their heads, but that's what we've courtship for. During dating, if I feel she's the disrespectful type, I'll dump her asss. But if she gives me my respect and still acknowledges my position as the boss of the relationship, then imma wife her. Her earning more than me doesn't negate her good qualities, a good wife, is a good wife, earning more or not.

jidesp: The logout all is just a Basic Ninjutsu but effective..Thanks

or jujutsu

MrRenaissance: I didn't even bother to reply him, it's a waste of time. Many women earn more than their husband, and their marriages are still intact. I wonder how earning more than a man means the man shouldn't be respected. I blame the sick mentality our Nigerian parents used in raising our men and women up. I don't see why my future wife (I'm not married, forget my moniker) won't respect me if she earns more than me. That she earns more me doesn't make me less of a human or prone to her insults. If my future wife doesn't respect me as I respect her, no matter who earns higher, I'll divorce her if she can't change her attitude.

Expectation and reality tend to be different things.. I noticed you used the word intact... being whole is not the same as wholeness

In your opinion, what is the reality of the marriage dynamic where women earned more than the husband

koyyes: Well said! As time passes, things advance and situation arises that brings cultural/traditional changes. The op cannot tell us that he ties wrapper to work or farms for a living. It has nothing to do with inferiority complex. We are only moving/evolving with time- that is the key to development! Any culture that depicts wickedness and selfishness that brings tears to the eyes of people deserve to go extinct! After all, the same promoters of our culture/tradition sold their brothers to the whites as slaves for petty things like mirror.

While I get your points, there are elements of contempt where not showcasing one's culture lies in some instances

if an eskimo comes to Australia which is mostly hot, will he need to wear his anorak.. NO
He cant speak the language to another except maybe by phone call..

Does it mean he is inferior..NO?

Which is why i asked for definition of culture from the OP..
There

walexpal: The obvious truth is that problems associated with Man and Woman relationship was caused by the Ideologies of the Feminist; 'What Men can
do, women can do better'. I have always said that the idea of gender equality is an abstract, and if we would like to make it real, to eat the cake and also have it we make history for the first time in the entire existence of human race. If we take an hypothetical example, if we have 10 Men and 10 Women for only 10 available opportunities and 7 women are able to get 7 opportunities out of the 10 available opportunities, i am sure a rational person should be able rationalise the rest of the equation with absolute level of precision.

You are wrong...Feminism is not the cause of problems associated with men and women

That problem predates it. Selfishness is the problem

Feminism is an attempt to right the initial over balance of power though it may have perverted too like other ideologies of gender relationships.

AfricanApple: culture is a way of life, d way we live; d way we eat dress greet, d clothes we were and d food we eat. our customs and our believes
our culture is our origin and our origin is our identity

African culture is d culture dat belong to d people of africa

i dnt really understand d last question. do u mean what we dnt have in common as africans or wat is unusual abt african culture in general

Thank you...i agree with the first
However I would like to know what you mean as culture as origin.

Secondly do you think African culture itself is common and monolithic

The question you did not answer
You said there is nothing common with the white man..was what is there is not common in african and non cultures

Are u saying they don't have language. Festivals. Way of greetings, value system etc

Explain..

coogar

Open your eyes n read for once dude

My wish was for Argentina or Brazil to win

I ve said so many timed..but I was scared of the European teams ... rightly so

One mauled the hosts

The other took it to pens

The Germans are favorites... however I want Messi to win...
I will never be happy for a Dutch team filled with kickers n a DIVER to win

Praise Jan it didn't happen