AustineE1: The topic says Pyrate 'confraternity',I wonder why this people above me are shouting 'cultism',is it that some people cannot comprehend or is it ignorance of the highest order. Merriam Webster dictionary defines confraternity as a society devoted to a religious or a charitable cause. I certainly know from information available to all, that the pyrate confraternity is a charity organization,made up of like minds with the goal of creating an egalitarian society where the strong protects the weak and men are weighed by the strength of their character and not by the colour of their skins,religion or ethnicity. Little wonder why they are highly revered in and outside Nigeria for notable achievements in humanitarian activities and social reengineering. I guess if this isn't a noble society of men,they likes of Prof Wole Soyinka and hundreds of notable men who associates with this group,could have dissociated for preservation of their reputation and image.
you are right. But it was later bastardized by miss reants, vagrants, who later joined the group, cos they thought it was meant to oppress others
AustineE1: The topic says Pyrate 'confraternity',I wonder why this people above me are shouting 'cultism',is it that some people cannot comprehend or is it ignorance of the highest order. Merriam Webster dictionary defines confraternity as a society devoted to a religious or a charitable cause. I certainly know from information available to all, that the pyrate confraternity is a charity organization,made up of like minds with the goal of creating an egalitarian society where the strong protects the weak and men are weighed by the strength of their character and not by the colour of their skins,religion or ethnicity. Little wonder why they are highly revered in and outside Nigeria for notable achievements in humanitarian activities and social reengineering. I guess if this isn't a noble society of men,they likes of Prof Wole Soyinka and hundreds of notable men who associates with this group,could have dissociated for preservation of their reputation and image.
pyrates is noble? Have you schooled in the SS and SE before? Pyrates na cult abeg
Wawelexy: ......... Many dead souls would have been alive if Wole and co didn't create that shit. U are d cofused one here cos u don't even know about this people(from ur wrong definition). If u try to justify cultism or confraternity(anyhow u put it), i will insult u again and again cos u deserve it.
Go back and read about the history of the confraternity.. Why they founded it and what happened tonit after they graduated. Stop showcasing your ignorance to the world
Righteousness2: If you are Privileged to get to a certain age and you still don't see the need to Surrender to JESUS Christ and do away with evil, there will be special koboko for you in Hell.
AustineE1: The topic says Pyrate 'confraternity',I wonder why this people above me are shouting 'cultism',is it that some people cannot comprehend or is it ignorance of the highest order. Merriam Webster dictionary defines confraternity as a society devoted to a religious or a charitable cause. I certainly know from information available to all, that the pyrate confraternity is a charity organization,made up of like minds with the goal of creating an egalitarian society where the strong protects the weak and men are weighed by the strength of their character and not by the colour of their skins,religion or ethnicity. Little wonder why they are highly revered in and outside Nigeria for notable achievements in humanitarian activities and social reengineering. I guess if this isn't a noble society of men,they likes of Prof Wole Soyinka and hundreds of notable men who associates with this group,could have dissociated for preservation of their reputation and image.
Don't mind them,they are illiterates.the name says pyrate not pirate but you know most Nigerians can't spell.
Righteousness2: If you are Privileged to get to a certain age and you still don't see the need to Surrender to JESUS Christ and do away with evil, there will be special koboko for you in Hell.
My people die cos of lack of knowledge. difference between fraternity and cultism is that fraternity is the quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood while cultism is the system or practice of a cult.
To him it's not a cult that's why they are openly doing it.
AustineE1: The topic says Pyrate 'confraternity',I wonder why this people above me are shouting 'cultism',is it that some people cannot comprehend or is it ignorance of the highest order. Merriam Webster dictionary defines confraternity as a society devoted to a religious or a charitable cause. I certainly know from information available to all, that the pyrate confraternity is a charity organization,made up of like minds with the goal of creating an egalitarian society where the strong protects the weak and men are weighed by the strength of their character and not by the colour of their skins,religion or ethnicity. Little wonder why they are highly revered in and outside Nigeria for notable achievements in humanitarian activities and social reengineering. I guess if this isn't a noble society of men,they likes of Prof Wole Soyinka and hundreds of notable men who associates with this group,could have dissociated for preservation of their reputation and image.
Sugar coat it all you want ! Cultism is cultism and people like you that don’t tell it as they see it are the problem if this damned country
Stop barking like an insane dog. Fraternal societies are not cults. In the United States they have existed in all universities for more than two centuries and practically all university students are pledged members of one fraternal society or the other.
Shaolin0147: Soyinka founder of cultist that have wasted thousand lives of our youths!!
johnmartus: Stop arguing with yourself you are just embaracing yourself as well.What do you mean by pyrate you just define what it mean to us which the membershas their own objective and mission. How do you define BLM they said to defend black people but today they are killing the same black they are defending.
Mr painter , well done oo You confuse yourself , even if you can't hear, can't you see ?
AustineE1: The topic says Pyrate 'confraternity',I wonder why this people above me are shouting 'cultism',is it that some people cannot comprehend or is it ignorance of the highest order. Merriam Webster dictionary defines confraternity as a society devoted to a religious or a charitable cause. I certainly know from information available to all, that the pyrate confraternity is a charity organization,made up of like minds with the goal of creating an egalitarian society where uthe strong protects the weak and men are weighed by the strength of their character and not by the colour of their skins,religion or ethnicity. Little wonder why they are highly revered in and outside Nigeria for notable achievements in humanitarian activities and social reengineering. I guess if this isn't a noble society of men,they likes of Prof Wole Soyinka and hundreds of notable men who associates with this group,could have dissociated for preservation of their reputation and image.
Is that what you tell the people you recruit? Is this what this confraternity stand for really?? All those useless boys fighting up and down ,is that one humanitarian activity. Maybe that was the aim, you and know that is no more what this is about...
I know several high ranking and distinguished Igbo members of society who are Pyrates, so you are free to suffer your mental delusion all by yourself.
BSdetector: Any society formed.....first rule: bar igbos from joining. They infect everything they're part of....same thing happened with ogboni. But most people won't learn or understand.
1MCN: Shouldn't Soyinka overgrow this cultism at this age and stage?
should you not know that you have no right to dictate how soyinka should live his life at any age or stage, am not even sure your family generation has even achieved global recognition as he already has.
Righteousness2: If you are Privileged to get to a certain age and you still don't see the need to Surrender to JESUS Christ and do away with evil, there will be special koboko for you in Hell.
1) Fraternities and Sororities: A confraternity, fraternity or sorority (and in, America, Greek letter organisation) are social clubs in universities in many parts of the world. These associations are very common in American universities and very many Americans, including prominent politicians, businessmen, and entertainment stars are members of the associations. The associations were generally formed to help their members academically and serve as a forum for people to network and connect. Fraternity = brotherhood, sorority = sisterhood. Former president George H. W. Bush was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Yale, Bill Clinton is an honorary member of Phi Beta Sigma, and George W. Bush is a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Yale like his father. Basketball star, Michael Jordan, is a member of Omega Psi Phi, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha and comedian and actor Cedric “The Entertainer” is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. Exactly!
What Wole Soyinka started was a fraternity that was meant to be like the fraternities in American universities.
2) Youth gangs: A gang is a group or society of associates, friends or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collectively, in illegal, and possibly violent, behaviour.
Many youth gangs sprang up in the United States in the period between the 1940s and the 1960s. The most well known are the Bloods and the Crips. These youth gangs control territory through acts of violence and intimidation. They usually have their unique colours and symbols like handshakes, walking styles and dances. They could violently attack and even kill someone for wearing their colour in their territory. They raise funds through illegal means like bullying and intimidation, drug sales, etc.
Many fraternities in Nigerian universities became youth gangs in the 1970s and most especially in the 1980s. They engaged in violent acts like murder and assault, gruesome initiation rituals, etc. In response to this, Professor Wole Soyinka pulled the Pyrates Fraternity, now known as the National Association of Seadogs, out of the universities.
3) Mafia: A mafia is a type of organized crime syndicate whose primary activities are protection racketeering, arbitrating disputes between criminals, and brokering and enforcing illegal agreements and transactions. Mafias often engage in secondary activities such as gambling, loan sharking, drug-trafficking, prostitution, and fraud. Examples of Mafia syndicates include the Cosa Nostra, the Yakuza, the Camorra and the Bratva.
The members of these 1980s and 1990s youth gangs have become older and some of them have moved out of Nigeria. They have established their organisations as criminals syndicates in places like Canada, Italy and the United States. They engage in drug trafficking, pimping prostitutes and other illegal activities and they have formed agreements with or fought wars against the Italian Mafia, the American Mafia and other such illegal organisations.
Some members of these organisations have become government officials and high ranking members of the society in Nigeria.
What Wole Soyinka founded in 1952 was a fraternity, not a youth gang or mafia syndicate.
AustineE1: The topic says Pyrate 'confraternity',I wonder why this people above me are shouting 'cultism',is it that some people cannot comprehend or is it ignorance of the highest order. Merriam Webster dictionary defines confraternity as a society devoted to a religious or a charitable cause. I certainly know from information available to all, that the pyrate confraternity is a charity organization,made up of like minds with the goal of creating an egalitarian society where the strong protects the weak and men are weighed by the strength of their character and not by the colour of their skins,religion or ethnicity. Little wonder why they are highly revered in and outside Nigeria for notable achievements in humanitarian activities and social reengineering. I guess if this isn't a noble society of men,they likes of Prof Wole Soyinka and hundreds of notable men who associates with this group,could have dissociated for preservation of their reputation and image.
..... Don't deceive yourself.... What the dictionary see and define confraternity as is very much different from what it actually is here in Nigeria..... I don't care to know how notable wole or the person that died is...... What matters to me is what confraternity has done to the lives of many...... Recently a man beheaded someone and when he was asked the name of his cult, he said it's so so and so confraternity........ Is that what confraternity is all about if they truly abide by the dictionary meaning?
