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Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by OkunrinOloro: 3:29pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
Funny, because the same applies equally to YOU. Amujale: |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by Amujale(m): 3:35pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
OkunrinOloro: From what you write here, i can easly deduce that you have been brainwashed into believing what they (The West) want you to believe. But you and "The West" are both wrong. According to African studies, simultaneously, Christianity, Islam and Judaism combined are the reason for how broken the world is today. Africans are kind, generous, tboughtful, charming. The West is ruthless, thoughtless, brutal, unkind e.t.c |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by OkunrinOloro: 3:41pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
Allowing one's self to be "brainwashed" by objective facts is a healthy part of intellectual honesty. You ought to try it sometimes. But I noticed you were rather quiet on the issue I raised about the modern day trafficking of Africans by Africans using African voodoo. Or are you afraid that confessing the truth will make you "brainwashed"? Amujale: |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by Johncables402: 3:42pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
JaceBlaze: If Mandela was such a great black man he would have given each race the appropriate size of land , instead most of the land belongs to the minority whites while many blacks live in the fringes of society . I know residential land is more black than white, but what about the land that matters the most ? Agricultural ( You have been made to depend on your oppressors for food)? Is that sanity ?. I didn't know much about the land problems over there until I followed the debate between the Kenyans, the boer guy and lionessza6 , I thought she was playing victim mentality until I did my own research and realised that she actually had a point. Your inequality starts from the ownership of productive land , you cannot not have a bright future without owning the factors of production. Your banks require collateral which is mostly land with value before they give you a loan for a business expansion , how many blacks qualify for this ?. You can never play a meaningful role in your economy without land ownership my guy . I watched a documentary on why Chris chani was killed and it makes sense . The West tagged him divisive, that is because he wanted the land more than welfare that Mandela gave you people . Do you really believe that your boer friends would have opted for peace and unity if the people in slums looked like them ? Do you think they would be celebrating Mandela if the banks and mines belonged to all ( nationalised )? . They only supported the so called unity and peace because they got it all ; the institutions, banks , land and of course some of yalls love and loyalty lol. Your country is burning because of the mistakes of this man . I'm not saying he was a total disaster but he can't possible be a hero for black men , not when a black man still digs the dangerous mines without any hope of his sons ever owning a share . I'm not saying he should have taken everything from whites, but he shouldn't have given it all to them not when all the hard work for centuries has been done by the blacks . Without fixing the land issue , I do not see your country ever finding peace , you will always talk about the rainbow but the cries of the masses cannot be silenced forever . I smell another zim land grabbing case coming closer. With many videos from your country with whites tormenting poor black farmers and the many young blacks crying for land ...........1 2 3 2 Likes |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by Amujale(m): 3:49pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
Generically, Africans are kind, generous, tboughtful, charming e.t.c Generically, "The West" is ruthless, thoughtless, brutal, unkind e.t.c |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by Amujale(m): 3:53pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
OkunrinOloro: No, thank you . There is nothing good about "brainwashing". In my opinion, replacing reality with fiction can never be a good thing. |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by Nobody: 4:01pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
babzo: Answer the question... What killed awolowo? Was it not kill and dry? Heard the otapiapia dried him so well that there was no need for embalmment! Refute it and stop bothering who or what I am Prince of! |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by Amujale(m): 4:02pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
OkunrinOloro: No sir, it doesnt apply to me, because i acknowledge Lewis Latimer as a prolific inventor, whilst you do not. |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by Nobody: 4:09pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
Noel1: Google is ur friend |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by Amujale(m): 4:14pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
OkunrinOloro: Latimer's other notable invention apart from the light bulb filament techniques, is in all reality the humble "telephone" and not the derogatory claim of mobile toilet, so you can stop peddling those false and derogatory claims. Thank you. Lewis latimer co-invented the Light Bulb with Thomas Edison. Lewis Latimer co-invented the telephone with Graham Bell. Lewis Latimer is a reknowned engineer and prolific inventor that has his name engraved into the National Inventors Hall of Fame(www.invent.org). 1 Share
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Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by Youngsage: 4:14pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
obentenyson: Well you have a point. but then again, his name being on the list won't be a bad idea. Heck, Tupac made the op's list too so? 1 Like |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by STILESGANG: 4:18pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
Youngsage:Tupac being on that list is a joke.The op is must be a gang member to even think Tupac us remotely influential.How many people even know that name today except you are into rap? 2 Likes |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by Nobody: 4:20pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
Mayor101010: How many black men knows this? Even some churches have "jesus" pictures in them 1 Like |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by Dreamz77(m): 4:21pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
Mohamed Ali "the greatest " 1 Like |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by hermesprogidy(m): 4:21pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
grandstar:Lol the eastern trumptards will soon come for you. 2 Likes |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by RexTramadol1: 4:24pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
STILESGANG: What's in Tu Pac's head Don't go there, he's an intellectual That's y he uses the cliche 'Don't judge a book by its cover' 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by hermesprogidy(m): 4:26pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
babzo:Leave that young man alone. Tupac was well ahead of his time when it came to music and lyrics in fact one of the smartest and deepest lyricists the world will ever find. People seem to forget he was only 21 years old when he passed on. |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by STILESGANG: 4:27pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
RexTramadol1:I don't know about his intellect but he is not even supposed to be in the top 1000 influential list of black people.Minus those into hardcore gang rap he is extremely irrelevant to the general population |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by okoroemeka(m): 4:32pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
myners007:I think dangote should be on that list been the richest black man is not a joke,that man has the Midas touch,if u try to make your own money you will really appreciate this man |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by wirinet(m): 4:36pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
Johncables402: I disagree with you on all levels. Mandela was a great leader and very few world leaders could ever match his resilience, foresight and humility. Mandela was negotiating from a position of weakness. The blacks had been under decades of oppression. The literacy levels of the black was poor compared to the whites and all the security forces were under the control of the apartheid government. They even have support from the US and the British. Confronting them headlong would have been a suicide mission. I know my brothers from the east usually allow emotions instead of intellect get the better of them. They are ready to fight war without calculating their chances of success. The whites had the economic and military power. No way Mandela would confront them headlong, he will lose and lose millions of the people he wants to protect. The best he could have done is negotiate the best deal, take over government and then empower his people economically and militarily over time. When they have acquired some power, the blacks can then challenge the whites. Seizing land forcefully would have been a disaster. The blacks did not have the expertise and capital to engage in industrial farming, in fact no black African has been able to engage in industrial farming. Hunger would have wiped out a significant percentage of blacks. See what happened when Zimbabwe seized white land suddenly, food prices jumped thousand times fold. Zimbabwe changed from a net exporter of food to a net importer of food. I am highly disappointed at the black governments after Mandela, they have done little to alleviate the condition of the blacks. Instead, they exhibit what is regarded as the black mans curse of Greed, avarice and insensitivity. |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by babzo(m): 4:38pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
prince3009: Keep exposing your stupidity and madness. Better beg your family members to have mercy on you and take you to madness hospital before its too late. |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by forgiveness: 4:46pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
XhosaNostra: Well, I think he is only influential in South Africa. Abdulsalam relinquished power as military head of state in a military rule to a civilian president in Nigeria. He restored the current democracy in Nigeria. This is despite the fact that he found himself in that position due to the death of a seating head of state. His tenure lasted for just 1 year. Even Obasanjo was the first African military head of state to handover to a civilian president. So, I don't think Mandela case was special. Perhaps, Obasanjo influenced him to do that. Mandela to me is not influencial to any African outside South Africa. Halle Sellassie is the number one most influential African that ever lived. This is because after African saw the weakness of Europeans in Ethio Italian war, they came back to Africa to request for independent boldly. 4 Likes |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by princfred(m): 4:46pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
okoroemeka:Anyone with the full backing of oil government of millions of people with upto giving him monopoly in such huge market for decades can do a dangote. Not there. |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by 989900: 4:48pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
hermesprogidy: Tupac was deep, very deep, forget about Pac's music, watch Pac's interviews -- that's your real Tupac! BTW, he was 25/26 when he left. My favourite artist (personally, I'm more influenced by him than anyone on that list, but that doesn't speak for the larger population: the entire human race); not in my top ten most influential Black individual though. |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by Nobody: 4:48pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
hermesprogidy: spurious claim spotted!! Tupac was 25 when he died man 1 Like |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by caracas: 4:50pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
Amujale:Wetin this one dey tlk . Abi u don smoke that thing for this early afternoon?na wa o Africans are kind.....Lol |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by Amujale(m): 4:52pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
caracas: Generically, yes according to history, Africans are known to be kind; at least compared to everyone else. |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by wirinet(m): 4:58pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
OladimejiRufai: If musicians, entertainers and politicians is all we can nominate as the greatest blackman, then we are in trouble. When the whites have a Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander the Great, William Shakespeare, Albert Einstein, Richard Hawkins, and thousands of others that have changed the world. We can only be proud of entertainers. |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by wirinet(m): 5:01pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
princfred:And dangote is the only Nigerian that had full government backing and monopoly. I am sure if you were in the US, you will accuse Jeff Bezos of becoming the richest man in the world because of government backing and monopoly. |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by shadeyinka(m): 5:01pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
Noel1:Ok! |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by Amujale(m): 5:02pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
wirinet: 1.Imhotep ✓ The worlds first multi- genius and arguably the most celebrated academic of all time. 2. Marcus Garvey ✓ Political Activist 3.Malcolm X. ✓ Political Activist 4.Martin Luther King (Jnr) ✓ Political Activist 5.Emperor Haile Selassie ✓ Monarch & Spiritual Leader 6.Lewis Latimer. ✓ Hall of Fame Inventor 7.Jesse Ernest Wilkins. ✓ Renowned Mathematician 8.Muhammed Ali ✓ Professional Boxer and Political Activist. 9.W.E.B Dubois ✓ Political Activist, Sociologist, Historian and Pan Africanist. e.t.c 2 Likes |
Re: Who Do You Think Is The Most Influential Black Man To Have Ever Lived ? by princfred(m): 5:06pm On Apr 26, 2019 |
wirinet:Did Jeff Bezos receive government backed monopoly? Mention another business man in Nigeria with government backed monopoly like Dangote over time as much as him. |
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