The only problem Africans have is idolatry.

inspbado:


I couldn't agree with you more. I was actually agreeing with most of the op's sentiments until he brought in the issue of spirituality.

The thing is ehn; while the whiteman takes the complex things and demystifies them, the African man takes the simple things and mystifies them.

We as Africans really need to wake up from our slumber. We keep blaming everyone else, and not ourselves, for our problems. Africans are too shallow-minded, timid, contented with mediocrity and most times lack the power of introspection and deep thinking.

We keep letting the mundane issues of life, eg ethnicity, tribalism, religious bigotry, unreasonable and excessive accumulation of material wealth, excessive adoration of wealth (I could go on and on), be cloud our reasoning and take our focus away from the big view of life.

We need to take our destinies in our own hands, change our mentality about life, be more responsible, think more deeply, develop ourselves more mentally, stop letting irrelevant issues distract us from the bigger picture; if we can do these and a few more maybe we can HOPE to get close to the whiteman one day( hey! a guy can hope, can't he?
We as a people need to sit down and have a total re-orientation about life; life is not all about eating, sleeping, dancing, f@#king and generally, just consuming and not creating anything or making oneself useful in the general scheme of things.

You couldnt have said it more aptly. Forget the spirituality of a thing. Am not even that spiritual. Am not actually religious but I believe in the existence of God. I only added the "spiritual" part because am certain that it us what will draw attention to the thread. Thanks though.

All of u bashing op, I don't agree with op but one thing I do know is a White man is different from a black man, in terms of mentality and being a human. I dont know abi na the BLACK dey affect black man because there is something seriously wrong with a black man.

Raymondenyi:
God bless u my brother!!! I really need ur kind to gear up n re engineer our black youths, for a better Black race!!! I made thesame comment and was abused by thesame Oreos, like many other commentators here!!! But how do u expect to grow when U can't even identify and accept ur problems (as that is d first step in solving it)... I think I ain't mincing words when I say Africa is doomed... se south Africa right now, speedily plummeting since their independence.. right now, they are beginning to experience electricity challenge... God help us.

Bro i'll need u and the OP, in the thread i'm about to create

"They are starting to experience electricity challange"

But below is what they are doing about it, black government. Medupi power station, 4 800MW, the biggest coal power station in the world. This power station alone will produce more than what the whole of nigeria produces. At a cost of $20Billion.

Another power station being built, Kusile power station, capacity 4 800MW, cost $20billion. Black government doing all this. what is nigeria doing to improve power generation.

There are no nations in Africa. Just dysfunctional entities created in Berlin and other European capitals by the Caucasians for the sole purpose of exploitation of the genuine nations within those dysfunctional entities.

You want to solve the African problem? Better start from that point first.

Blacks are simply poor by reason of their desire for getting rich quick and at chasing the shadows instead of pursuing the right things.
Listen to this by the son of a former diplomat (and other videos by the author) to understand the Nigerian mentality!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxQ8bMmsEm4

Have you have why most of the companies you listed come from one country- America? Does that not substantiate the fact that culture, and not race or skin color is the determinant of development?

blueAgent:
White guys create wealth,jobs and fortunes for generations while our on people(blacks) loot wealth and destory it. google on wikipedia history of most of the world multinationals and their founders.from Mobil,Chevron,Shell ,Facebook,Google,instagram,Pfizer,procter&Gamble,General Electric,IBM,HP,Microsoft,Walmart.,Baker hughes, even to world largest Aircraft company Boeing.the list is endless.
most of this companies are older than the Almagamation of Nigeria in 1920 to say the least.Our own is politics nothing more no brain to utilize resources within their environment.imagine states like Imo and Bayelsa and many states in Nigeria.do not have any single factory or industry.eg in Bayelsa pure water is brought from Delta state.
yet they have politician and wealthy people but no foresight. i pity Nigeria till we change our mindset nothing will change.even corruption is a product of the mindset.

One of the most retarded write up I've seen on Nairaland. Africa is what it is today because of a number of factors not least of which is the unstable political systems from lumping together different people with different ideologies in same countries. This bred a corrupt political class that has been feeding on this system and is refusing to change the system because it is not in their interest.

Africans also have a strong heritage of superstition/poor grounding in scientific approach to problem solving which further worsens the political challenges and has made it difficult for Africans to demand results from their leaders.

This same superstition heritage is what "Africans" in Brazil, Cuba, USA etc carried with them to the "new world". Add their recent history of marginalization and exclusion from political leadership and you the factors that largely explain why people or African origin in those countries appear to have achieved less than the larger populations. The situation is changing as more people of African heritage gain more awareness of these issues. You now have a number of Africans creating businesses and jobs all over the world. More needs to be done but not by preaching self hate as many people are doing here.

VickJames:
I love black people. They love living in denial. They blame everyone for their problems. Like someone said in this thread, he blamed "the leaders", while another blamed "not thinking out of the box", while some said "other white countries are poor".

Hahahahahahahhahahahahah

Black men don't think. Someone said Algeria produces more oil than angola who is the second highest producer of oil in africa!

The black race is below the white race, take it or swallow it. Its not inferiority complex at all. It is the plane fact.

Can you imagine what another person said "it was the slave trade that made everything bad!" What a stupid excuse! When the portuguese and spaniards were thinking of what will be at the other side of the sea, your ancestors were living in mud house.

When Romans were defeating nations, and taking them as colonies, you guys were living in stone-age!

Oh! I remember, someone said the egyptian were the first in building pyramids, lmao! But she forgot that that same egypt have been slaves to different powers. Since the israelites left them.

Its simple, the black man have low capacity to expand his thinking. The black man is always selfish and always thinking about self. A black man can only learn from his teacher, but doesn't have the ability to create new things except he relates with the whites.

I am not saying I am an inferior being to the white but the truth remains that they are by far ahead of you. It is not your leaders that's the problem, the problem is you!

You complain about leaders every time, haven't you changed leaders, has anything changed? Black men!

Let me burst your bubbles, those saying some of these eastern europe countries are poor, I laugh you all. Someone even went ahead and said Ukraine is poor. Ukraine that's giving scholarships to international students who wants to study medicine and other courses? Have u seen an Ukrainian road? Oh please, stop fooling yourselves jooor!

Those countries doesn't have resources but very good tax systems, but they still provide for their people without much problems.

Nigeria: crude oil, bitumen, coal, vast land for agriculture, rubber, gold, iron, access to sea, etc. Still a third world country!

Angola: almost like Nigeria. Third world country.

South Africa: after the whites stopped developing them, I don't know what they've been doing.

Let's leave the shores of africa, what will say about Haiti or Jamaica? Any significant importance in the world except increasing the world dependency rate?


Leave matter for mathias! Blacks are lower than whites!

Like someone said son of Ham? Ham was cursed, remember?

CSTR2:
You are an idiott.
Creating moronnic threads and giving opportunity to nitwits to express their cowardly and sick opinions on cyberspace.

he is soooo ON POINT!!!!Some times I wished the colonialists can take back Nigeria /Africa for re-formatting. Though you can argue that they raped us of our Natural resources but I stand to believe that they left us and treated us way better than our so called leaders. The PM of Italy was removed and stood trial for just less than $1 million, same goes with one French President but you see our avaricious leaders flaunting billions IN OUR FACES while we fools keep defending and hailing them to heavens. The other day an ex governor suffered minor bruises in an accident and he flew out to London in a private jet yet he launched a SUPPOSED first class hospital in his state. Our leaders travel out of Muritala Mohammed Airport everyday to the finest airports in the world and come back to that mess called MMA yet non of them has the conscience to know that something is amiss here. The Blackman is a curse to himself. .....
Enough of the cliché!

museog:
One of the most retarded write up I've seen on Nairaland. Africa is what it is today because of a number of factors not least of which is the unstable political systems from lumping together different people with different ideologies in same countries. This bred a corrupt political class that has been feeding on this system and is refusing to change the system because it is not in their interest.

Africans also have a strong heritage of superstition/poor grounding in scientific approach to problem solving which further worsens the political challenges and has made it difficult for Africans to demand results from their leaders.

This same superstition heritage is what "Africans" in Brazil, Cuba, USA etc carried with them to the "new world". Add their recent history of marginalization and exclusion from political leadership and you the factors that largely explain why people or African origin in those countries appear to have achieved less than the larger populations. The situation is changing as more people of African heritage gain more awareness of these issues. You now have a number of Africans creating businesses and jobs all over the world. More needs to be done but not by preaching self hate as many people are doing here.

i remember during the ebola crisis, foolish Africans were mad at Western countries for evacuating their sick citizens via HOSPITALIZED JETS and treating them with drugs that the western countries have been developing since the previous ebola outbreak in Zaire. Imagine we had THE NERVE to blame western countries because THEY DIDNT GIVE US THE TRIAL DRUGS??What a shame! . What had African countries done to ensure that ebola didn't return to africa after the Zaire crisis 10 years before the crisis in West africa?but the PROACTIVE western countries started developing ebola drugs EVENTHOUGH it didn't affect Europe. The Blackman is certainly a curse upon itself. You can get mad about this statement but there are facts to prove it and this is coming from a BONA-FIDE BLACKMAN so no excuses this time.

exxell:


Do you mind them! Most peeps here are actually pained because I spoke the truth. For the last four days, we have not had light where I am. Nobody is complaining. Noisy generators everywhere! Yet they feel they can come and claim black supremacy!

Where are our Engineers? Where are our scientists? Where are our Architects? None.... We have absolutely none. Just go to our universities.... Producing thousands of quacks on yearly basis. Unproductive and very useless graduates!

Go to their university labs... Moribund and outdated equipments being used to teach students in the 21st century... Nonsense!

while the leaders they hail and defend to heavens are assisting the financial system in the western countries by depositing BILLIONS of dollars regularly.

exxell:


Do you mind them! Most peeps here are actually pained because I spoke the truth. For the last four days, we have not had light where I am. Nobody is complaining. Noisy generators everywhere! Yet they feel they can come and claim black supremacy!

Where are our Engineers? Where are our scientists? Where are our Architects? None.... We have absolutely none. Just go to our universities.... Producing thousands of quacks on yearly basis. Unproductive and very useless graduates!

Go to their university labs... Moribund and outdated equipments being used to teach students in the 21st century... Nonsense!

shut up!!,if u can't make things better don't complain

If as blacks we still celebrate mediocrity then there's no hope ...blacks are more interested in the kardashians nd other mediocre celebs from America than politics . We continue to vote for the likes of Mugabe ,bashir ,kurunziza nd zuma nd think we going anywhere . Truth is ..until we develop a culture of accountability wel still live in sh1t .South Africa is the bright spark of africa but for how long ? Zuma is busy dismantling this country piece by piece ... We are lucky he found a more stable country wen he came in ,otherwise we'd be worse than Zimbabwe .if there was no apartheid nd we let whites run the country ..we'd be better than Australia nd Japan in 20 years

Ilekeh:


Do you want to know why the whites are so successful? They pillage your continet for rich resources. African diamond trades, Gold from ghana, cheap human labour, natural resources, etc.

Yet these are the people you call God.

Have made any sense now? Who gave them access to your human and material resources?

I think the OP is right. The average blackman is wicked and self centred. Pause a while and look at that pix, u spend billions of naira to build mansions but won't bother about the access road because you can buy an SUV, to hell with other road users. If u made ur money in a clean means and pay your tax, did the white man stop u from telling your government to do their job which they swore to do?

We are but wicked people.

Ishilove:

This is too deep for their comprehension, darling

Yes, I am watching and waiting. I hope your ways are right with God?

Everyday, I am trying to work out my salvation with fear and trembling.

Ishi, do you know that the Bible was written by highly advanced scientists who tried to hide true knowledge by posturing as pastoralist bushmen? The Bible is our wisdom, and until we get its real meaning, no salvation for the Blackman/Negro/Israel. (Deuteronomy 4:5-6)

But, all Negroes cannot be Israel, phenotypic contiguity among Blackmen/Negroes/Israel, being black-skinned, is not a definitive marker of true Israel-hood and cannot help much in the identification of the real Israelites, over the eons, admixture of blood has blurred all the lines to make identification difficult. It wouldn't be surprising to see a person who is wholly white but is Israel.

In this light, the emphasis on the coming re-gathering is on the Church, the Bride of Christ, made up of Israel and (former) Gentiles.

cromz:
shut up!!,if u can't make things better don't complain

Are you for real? He should keep quiet? How then will people who can make things better but who are not aware of the situation get to know about it? Things continue to go wrong because we don't give a damn.

Setaje:
The only problem Africans have is idolatry.

Idolatry is selfishness. OP is right

museog:
Have you have why most of the companies you listed come from one country- America? Does that not substantiate the fact that culture, and not race or skin color is the determinant of development?

CLeAtHead:

exxell why did you have to use my suburbs hood.......
#dashmeyansh

holocron:


Dear exxell,
We can feel the anguish in your soul as you write. But...has it occured to you YOUR SPIRITUAL EXPLAINATION for the malaise you have observed in the black race, is actually the problem with the black race? You (blacks like you), no matter your exposure, refuse to objectively and scientifically study and master your physical and social environment with a view to change things for the better. Instead you are quick ( like the intellectually lazy) to jump to spiritual and magical causes of things.

Please wake up, my friend, open your eyes. The modern blackman is a traumatized being, a victim of historical circumstances. The struggle continues. The lot of the European white you idolize today was not much better than many African societies 1000 years ago. But it was the european rennaissance, when they embraced logical thinking in all things, chose scientific learning and rejected all kinds of superstition that saved them. You too should do the same and preach and convert as many of your fellows as you can, and you would surely see the the change.

Most blacks do not have a practical understanding of their physical and cultural world that will enable them to improve their world. YOU CANT CHANGE WHAT YOU DONT UNDERSTAND. We have our heads buried too deep in the sands of superstition, religion, and magic. This is what causes the irrational behaviour you observe. Its like a man trying to navigate his way with an inaccurate, or obsolete map.

There is nothing inherently wrong with the blackman that cannot be corrected by the blackman by simply waking up.

CLeAtHead:

exxell why did you have to use my suburbs hood.......
#dashmeyansh

holocron:


Dear exxell,
We can feel the anguish in your soul as you write. But...has it occured to you YOUR SPIRITUAL EXPLAINATION for the malaise you have observed in the black race, is actually the problem with the black race? You (blacks like you), no matter your exposure, refuse to objectively and scientifically study and master your physical and social environment with a view to change things for the better. Instead you are quick ( like the intellectually lazy) to jump to spiritual and magical causes of things.

Please wake up, my friend, open your eyes. The modern blackman is a traumatized being, a victim of historical circumstances. The struggle continues. The lot of the European white you idolize today was not much better than many African societies 1000 years ago. But it was the european rennaissance, when they embraced logical thinking in all things, chose scientific learning and rejected all kinds of superstition that saved them. You too should do the same and preach and convert as many of your fellows as you can, and you would surely see the the change.

Most blacks do not have a practical understanding of their physical and cultural world that will enable them to improve their world. YOU CANT CHANGE WHAT YOU DONT UNDERSTAND. We have our heads buried too deep in the sands of superstition, religion, and magic. This is what causes the irrational behaviour you observe. Its like a man trying to navigate his way with an inaccurate, or obsolete map.

There is nothing inherently wrong with the blackman that cannot be corrected by the blackman by simply waking up.

Guy na lie. it’s not a problem of “culture,” as if culture creates people’s behavior instead of the other way around.
Siemens is owned by Germany ,Shell by UK.the entire white race and countries are creative and enterprenuers ours is to loot.blame loot on culture.

holocron:


Dear exxell,
We can feel the anguish in your soul as you write. But...has it occured to you YOUR SPIRITUAL EXPLAINATION for the malaise you have observed in the black race, is actually the problem with the black race? You (blacks like you), no matter your exposure, refuse to objectively and scientifically study and master your physical and social environment with a view to change things for the better. Instead you are quick ( like the intellectually lazy) to jump to spiritual and magical causes of things.

Please wake up, my friend, open your eyes. The modern blackman is a traumatized being, a victim of historical circumstances. The struggle continues. The lot of the European white you idolize today was not much better than many African societies 1000 years ago. But it was the european rennaissance, when they embraced logical thinking in all things, chose scientific learning and rejected all kinds of superstition that saved them. You too should do the same and preach and convert as many of your fellows as you can, and you would surely see the the change.

Most blacks do not have a practical understanding of their physical and cultural world that will enable them to improve their world. YOU CANT CHANGE WHAT YOU DONT UNDERSTAND. We have our heads buried too deep in the sands of superstition, religion, and magic. This is what causes the irrational behaviour you observe. Its like a man trying to navigate his way with an inaccurate, or obsolete map.

There is nothing inherently wrong with the blackman that cannot be corrected by the blackman by simply waking up.

everything is wrong with the blackman. they are no match for the whites

spellingcheck:


US is over 300 years old nigeria not up to 70 and you compare? you guys are bunch of low self esteem goats

most people that advocate for black supremacy are more ingnorant than i thought.
go and google It .Liberia had their independence on 24july 1847.nothing to show.
Haiti had independence over 200years ago. all black nation nothing to show. compare UAE or Qatar,Kuwait. and Gabon,equitorial guenia, all oil producing nations with small population. those middle east countries i mentioned had their independence in the 70ths. or google about Singapore a country smaller than lagos state .no resources imports even drinking water.yet far more success than Liberia .Seirralone.that has land resources,Bauxite,diamonds,iron ore, timbers,Gold.

you can spend 1000years on the wrong path.but just 10years on the right path can make a lot of difference.

Ilekeh:


Do you want to know why the whites are so successful? They pillage your continet for rich resources. African diamond trades, Gold from ghana, cheap human labour, natural resources, etc.

Yet these are the people you call God.

Those oil ,gold ,timber and other resources you mentioned.they pay royalities and tax to your government.besides without them you don't know that you had oil and other resources how much more how to extract or use it.

dearpreye:


All men are born equal; it's their habits that separate them - Aristotle.

intelligent and smart people master good habits

blueAgent:


intelligent and smart people master good habits

And that in turn determines the quality of lives they live.

google images of cities in US and Afrixan countries and compare.eg. Dallas,Fort worth,San Antonio , Houston,Midlands all in Texas and compare with say ikeja or Abuja.
mind you US is 10times larger in Land mass than Nigeria
US over 9million square km
Nigeria just about 927000sqkm yet no good road ,railway inspite of shorter distance to cover and hence lower cost of building infastructure in Nigeria.
Alaska a state in US is larger than the entire Nigeria.yet they have better infastructure.
i believe in facts so you can google it up.

white muslims(arabs and middle east people) get more sense and acheive things ,pass black muslims our northern brothers,Aboki.

Lol...so much concidence black is pathetic

exxell:


Nd who allowed them do that? Don't you think it was because we[b][/b] are mentally retarrded? Eh? Answer me? Before their arrival, did we we know how to use those things? Eh dingbat? Answer me retarrd!

Wow.

dmandy:


Are you for real? He should keep quiet? How then will people who can make things better but who are not aware of the situation get to know about it? Things continue to go wrong because we don't give a damn.

But since he can't help the situation why is he complaing instead of motivating us

idu1:
how far bro

Chief am fine oo...dis guys ban me ooo.

How u doing?

cromz:
But since he can't help the situation why is he complaing instead of motivating us

So that you will be aware of the situation and do something if you can.

This is so hurtful, It bleeds the heart of those that gave birth to you. Do you know how many GOD (Blackmen and Blackwomen) it takes to create you? Do you know if you begin to count them from now, in another million years, you will still be counting, and you won't count no apes but Black Anscestors of and with an extremely developed civilizations. You make all Their hearts bleed, They are Consciousness inside of you. If They were to turn 100% against you, what will become of you?

I know and understand the pictures that you are comparing, Do you know what Geomancy means? Findout! read into your life. When you have done that and understand it well, you will come to realize that you can't take another man's way of life from another geographical location and apply that same way of life on your own geographical location it won't and will never work.

Blackman and Blackman is THE GOD, Never in your life forget this. The caucasian man is the devil, it is known worldwide.
https://www.nairaland.com/2163386/african-blackroots-science-religion-science -Read that from An African Elder, The science and philosophy of Africa.


AND DO YOU ALL BLACK PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT WILL BE NEW YEAR ON THE 11TH OF THIS MONTH? JUST 4 DAYS AWAY? A BROTHER MrPresident1 said JESUS WHOSE ORIGINAL NAME IS ESHU BUT "Y" AND "A" WAS ADDED TO THE FRONT AND BACK TO FORM YESHUA IS COMING IN ABOUT 6 DAYS TIMES; I CAN'T BUT WONDER WHAT A COINCIDENCE.

White devils commemorate their anscestors to mark several of their rampages all over the world, the commemorate their blood shedding, murder, and raping and stealing by celebrating the ends of the wars they created, and they do so every sunday, saturday and friday depending on which day they have choosen.
When do you Black illitrates, ignorant and ungrateful Black Descendants (Me included), commemorate Our Gracious Ancestors who gave us life? When? and you want to enjoy life to the fullest? When? Go look into the mirror to see YOUR ANCESTORS.

exxell:
In the background of the first pix, you can see mansions built and lived in by Africans. Thats actually Lekki in Lagos. Am currently here in Lekki. All these mansions costing millions of dollars to build and yet to tar and maintain a decent good road is hard for us! Of course the government should do it! As if world governments are thrown down from heaven and not selected from among the human beings there. In this part of the world, we see our leaders as celebrities and demi gods without even knowing that they too can die! Meaning that they are human after all!

In the second pix, you can see an average neighborhood in America. No houses built with stolen millions. But just look at the neighborhood. Can't you just imagine sleeping there.... Just on the main road! I dont mind oo. From my location in Lagos, I can actually feel the serenity, divinity and coolness of this environment. Imagine writing a movie, reading a novel or carrying out a research in this serene environment. Wont you fell blessed?

Am a black man... But I SPIT ON THE BLACK RACE! Quit all these black is beautiful nonsense. Atimes I feel we are mentally retarrded and lack the capacity to be in existence. Just drive around Lagos tomorrow... You will see a lot of wicked souls walking around in human form. No compassion or human sympathy whatsoever. You will feel the heat and wickedness oozing out their bodies from a mile away. Ready to burn a fellow man with tires just because he stole 500 hundred naira. But willing to lie down and hail a criminal politician who is no more human than his own human nature!

Last time I was at Mbuka Obosi in Onitsha. I parked my father's car to go and buy some spare parts. On coming back, One full tire and the CD loader is gone! Just like that! Nd you say that we are human beings?

Personally, I dont believe that what hampers African growth is bad leadership. What actually hampers us is because we have a lot of malignant, evil, devilish, pugnacious and criminal minded people walking around as human beings. And the most hurtful part is that they are actually bigger in number than the good ones.

If you go to America or European countries, you will actually come to agree with me that why those peeps move forward is because they have a lot of good people abounding there. Human beings with conscience and a sense of morality. People who know that when you are selected to lead, it doesnt mean that you are higher or better than those who selected you. But that you are just selected to be accountable for their well being. Thats all.

NONSENSE!

To those quoting me and saying that the problem with Africa is bad leadership, I repeat myself again: Are leaders thrown down from heaven? Did you read the part where I asked before if Leaders are thrown down from heaven? Are you not aware that our leaders are a reflection of who we are? The message of the thread is to portray that majority of the black man currently are mentally rettarded, evil and wicked! The good ones are few in number. I said it before.