₦airaland Forum

anonimi:
How many Nigerian soldiers have PERSONAL quarrels with terrorists in the northern and southeastern parts of our country

Why don’t they stand up and say NO to their Oga?

Mirasteel:
That's why he changed his name because he doesn't want colonisers names.

wellmax:
Nigeria has hosted some of the world greatest

BlackViper:
If he wanted an African name, he could have chosen a Yoruba, Igbo, Ashanti, Źulu or Bambara name. Instead he chose an Arab name because he was deceived by the ex convict Malcom X into thinking it was an African identity.

Mirasteel:
That's why he changed his name because he doesn't want colonisers names.

Mirasteel:
That's why he changed his name because he doesn't want colonisers names.

SixSeven:
Shortly after defeating Sonny Liston on March 6, 1964, Elijah Muhammad of the Nation of Islam officially gave him the name Muhammad Ali. He had briefly used the name "Cassius X" just days before this formal change. In his 1975 autobiography, "The Greatest: My Own Story," Muhammad Ali addressed the idea of being "deceived" by clarifying that his name change was a deliberate act of self-liberation, not a misunderstanding of history. Muhammad Ali changed his name in 1964 because he viewed "Cassius Clay" as a slave name that belonged to his ancestors' masters. Even though he was named after a white abolitionist, Ali felt the name was a brand of white supremacy and insisted that he didn't want to carry a name he hadn't chosen for himself.

He opted for an Arabic name rather than an African one because, through the Nation of Islam, he was taught that Islam was the "original" religion and culture of Black people. To Ali, names like Muhammad ("worthy of praise" and Ali ("most high" weren't just titles;, they were a way to reclaim a spiritual heritage that existed before the slave trade. Watch the earlier video I posted.


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7537412986873466134

He argued that these names connected him to a global community and a higher purpose.
In his writing, Ali made it clear that he wasn't deceived; he was seeking a sense of dignity. He believed that an Arabic name was the most authentic way to replace the "X" that represented his lost African lineage. Whether he was deceived or not, I am here stating facts and one man's side of the coin is another man's side.

Yorubastardz:
Same way dem force Agbada on Ishowspeed
They have been doing this for centuries

No single shame at all

SixSeven:
Shortly after defeating Sonny Liston on March 6, 1964, Elijah Muhammad of the Nation of Islam officially gave him the name Muhammad Ali. He had briefly used the name "Cassius X" just days before this formal change. In his 1975 autobiography, "The Greatest: My Own Story," Muhammad Ali addressed the idea of being "deceived" by clarifying that his name change was a deliberate act of self-liberation, not a misunderstanding of history. Muhammad Ali changed his name in 1964 because he viewed "Cassius Clay" as a slave name that belonged to his ancestors' masters. Even though he was named after a white abolitionist, Ali felt the name was a brand of white supremacy and insisted that he didn't want to carry a name he hadn't chosen for himself.

He opted for an Arabic name rather than an African one because, through the Nation of Islam, he was taught that Islam was the "original" religion and culture of Black people. To Ali, names like Muhammad ("worthy of praise" and Ali ("most high" weren't just titles;, they were a way to reclaim a spiritual heritage that existed before the slave trade. Watch the earlier video I posted.


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7537412986873466134

He argued that these names connected him to a global community and a higher purpose.
In his writing, Ali made it clear that he wasn't deceived; he was seeking a sense of dignity. He believed that an Arabic name was the most authentic way to replace the "X" that represented his lost African lineage. Whether he was deceived or not, I am here stating facts and one man's side of the coin is another man's side.

benardtotti:
See 1964 baddie looking well dressed 😁😁😁😁

Yorubastardz:
Same way dem force Agbada on Ishowspeed
They have been doing this for centuries

No single shame at all

meobizy:
At least he didn’t wear a suit underneath it like caucasians do. Nothing I hate more than that.

Mirasteel:
That's why he changed his name because he doesn't want colonisers names.

Melagros:
COMRADES, Muhammed Ali who fuulishly refused to participate in the Vietnam war citing religious belief. He was seen by many as not being a patriotic American

meobizy:
At least he didn’t wear a suit underneath it like caucasians do. Nothing I hate more than that.

divide9ja:
The name he changed it to was a name of arab slave owners

wellmax:
See the way people dress to nightclubs before satan took over completely

Yorubastardz:
Same way dem force Agbada on Ishowspeed
They have been doing this for centuries

No single shame at all

Yorubastardz:
Same way dem force Agbada on Ishowspeed
They have been doing this for centuries

No single shame at all

divide9ja:
The name he changed it to was a name of arab slave owners

just2endowed:
1900 to 1975 was a hot destination among western countries to come holiday in Lagos and Lagos Island. infact, before independence, Victoria island and marina were full of foreigners from london and america and other places. beaches were lively and nigeria was earning in foreign currency through tourism and beach life. But a blackman greed and jealousy drove all these guys away due to nationalization policy of nigeria government in late 70s.

femi4:
only to embrace an arabic name

From slavery to slavery

Judgesledge:
So what exactly is Mohammed Ali, an indigenous African name ?

freeborn02:
He didn't know that the Arabs are wiorse than the western colonizers.

correctguy101:
See this person. Mohammed na wetin ?

E resemble African name for ya ears?