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AutomaticMotors:
I always wondered why and how some Argentine names always sound Italian .....wow! Now I understand.

As for Argentina they don't even hide their negrophobia ...Even when Nigeria played Argentina and we were proving hard to beat we all saw how erratic and mad maradonna became on the pitch, pouring all sort of racist slurs on our players..

Is that true ?

AreaFada2:
Yes, they are first of all Arabs. They moved from Arabian Peninsula after end of Roman Empire, bringing Islam.
Same way we are blacks or Igbo, Edo, Yoruba, Kanuri before being Nigerian or African. Geographically Morocco may be on the African continent, racially, culturally and spiritually, they are Middle East/Arabs. Fact.

I support Moroccans because of football politics. If Morocco or indeed all African nations did well, the argument to give Africa more slots in FIFA WC would be stronger. Africa should have around 7 slots. Nigeria, Egypt and or Algeria/SA presence in Qatar 2022 would have added more African flavour.

Fact is that France, England, Dutch, Portuguese and even German teams are more African than Morocco team otherwise.

I never support Argentina due to their history with black people. It used to have one of the highest concentrations of blacks in South America around 1850s.

How could Portuguese and Spaniards fill neighbouring Brazil and other countries around like Columbia with African slaves and somehow left Argentina all white? Who worked the fields that generated so much wealth?

Today, who knows that Tango, the national Argentine dance comes from the Congolese (Kikongo) word "Ntangu" for the sun, a dance mimicking the sun's movement through the sky? I guess very few.

As blacks were either systematically eliminated or forced to flee to nearby countries, white Europeans especially Italians were shipped in from Europe. Italy didn't exist as a single country then as it is now. Bits of it were under Austrian, Spanish and other people's control or were small principalities. Emigration was attractive to Italians.

For a former Spanish colony, people don't ask why so many Argentines bear Italian surnames?

Removing politics or history from football/sports or anything is an illusion.

If not why is Russia often not allowed to participate as a nation in Olympics?

https://afropunk.com/2018/07/argentinas-black-population-has-been-systematically-erased-removed-in-whitewashing-effort/

EGBE634
Gregyboy
Samuk
AutomaticMotors
Etinosa

I give you A+ For this very astute response

Haylel:
Because it doesn't make sense to you, it should be cancelled?

Does that make sense to you?

youn:
You guys have started again with these your Arab of a thing, if you are supporting Croatia support Croatia and stop giving excuses, I don’t know why Morocco own is different you know most of North Africa are Arab so what is wrong if they dedicate their win to Arab ? Example like someone from the northern Nigeria win maybe a track event and dedicate it to Islam or all Muslim community does that makes him/her less Nigeria? Or maybe someone from India dedicates his/her win to the whole of Hinduism, does that makes him/her less Asia ? Support who you want to support and stop giving excuses

Bro, please don’t waste your time accommodating ignorance

samuel051:
you should have asked why evil prevail in the dark,that's because of the how dark the minds of individual are,that's how dark things around them seems to be. Not you have neglected the other two factors I stated earlier,it seems you Are just out for arguments and I have seen too many signs trying to type this last message alone. Whatever you believe sir aurvoir sir..

I don't get you at all but thanks anyway.

samuel051:
you are still confused, That's because op wasn't aware of his death few hours earlier.

People not aware of the death so some people within few hours,days or weeks may likely see them at some point (not everyone encounters this stuffs though because every human operates on different frequencies) it is different from seeing someone that you are aware of being dead ages or years ago.

In ops case,he wasn't aware the guy he was dodging was already dead earlier in the day.
If he was,there is no way op would have seen him, certainly not around where those who already knows he is dead lives.

Fair enough. Then back to square one with my question. Why this is phenomenon is prevalent in Africa and almost non existent in the west ? You wouldn't find anyone in the west with firsthand experience. But in Africa, just in one neighborhood, many people would know of someone who had seen a dead person.

samuel051:
That's because people who have such experience are people who moved from other part of the country to the west. These akudayas don't reside where they can easily be seen, they moved to far places.

In the community I schooled,a very popular musician died, this is someone with about 4wives and multiple kids.

Roughly 15 or 20years after his death,a lady from neighbouring African country came to his family house with 3kids to look for his people,telling them how he branched off to greet an old time childhood friend and will soon join them.
Long story short,she was shown his grave and told had died some 15 to 20years ago(can still remember the day this man died and a distant aunt related to him who visits us was crying while breaking the news to my mom,I was live 5 to 6 years old then) she brought photos of them and even the kids are his cabon copy.

My point is these people move far from where they could easily be identified and even at that the world is a small place to hide.

You keep talking about migration or people moving far away from where they could be easily identified. That is your theory. But let us stick to the facts in OP’s story. As the subject line indicates, this was his dead neighbour who didn’t migrate nor moved far away.

samuel051:
it happens everywhere,just that the whites hardly migrate for greener pastures. Or you think majority of whites in Africa that has refused to return to their countries are legit people.

Eg Lagos is a very busy place,people migrate there in thousands every year,there is possibility of everyone having a relation in Lagos and environ, hence the possibility of seeing similar things during the daily hustling.

But a white family can migrate from one part of the states,say utah to Arizona or California,he gets a good job and drives through the traffic daily to his office,not some busy crowded places,where do you expect him to see such, except in park, shopping mall or some other eventful places he rarely goes .

It is the fictitious character you had created in this scenario who doesn’t attend crowded places. A good number of people in the west take crowded subway daily.

samuel051:
it happens everywhere,just that the whites hardly migrate for greener pastures. Or you think majority of whites in Africa that has refused to return to their countries are legit people.

Eg Lagos is a very busy place,people migrate there in thousands every year,there is possibility of everyone having a relation in Lagos and environ, hence the possibility of seeing similar things during the daily hustling.

But a white family can migrate from one part of the states,say utah to Arizona or California,he gets a good job and drives through the traffic daily to his office,not some busy crowded places,where do you expect him to see such, except in park, shopping mall or some other eventful places he rarely goes.

I guess in the OP’story he is talking about his neighbour who lived closed to him and who didn’t migrate anywhere.
In Africa you find plenty of stories like this, people seeing their dead relative and neighbours who had lived close to them.
Or sometime it could be the dead relative sending someone to visit his family.

I have been in the west for 30 years and never at once heard anyone around me talk about someone in their family or cycle of friends who had seen a dead person.
I have never heard of any dead person sending money or his wife and kids to visit his family.

macbede:
ELDER

Saturday,, August 6, 2022

I went to "family house" to reconnect with my neighbours and barb my hair. My barber didn't come in time though the salon was open as early as 8. Other barbers were already at work; but you know the thing with a black man, once he gets a good barber, it's for life (or so it seems at most).

Took a blunt (will quit smoking this year), ate breakfast with my old neighbours, then went to work.

Sunday,, August 7, 2022

Before church, I went down back to the mainland, to trim my beards as I couldn't do that the previous day. While I waited my turn, my neighbour of 22 years, Elder, (God rest his soul), came around.

All our adugbo Bro started teasing him amid heavy laughter (he was loved by all)
"Elder your mama n papa don go morning mass, second mass go start laidis, you no dey go church?

"Elder: As I dey here so, holy spirit dey my body. I be temple laidis, make una no worry.

Immediately he set his eyes on me, he screamed in delight, asked about my family n promised not to leave me unless I do Sunday for him.

Since I have a policy of giving people only what I take ( I don't drink, plus he doesn't roll a joint), I opted to buy him anything else he wanted to eat.

Na so Elder carry me, enter "family house", from fried meats, to indomie to pepper soup, Elder had his fill. Though I didn't know when he took one Budweiser.
He has a thing with drinks. He took one too many after that I guess. I left around evening.

Monday morning woke me up to a draw I won on sports betting that netted me 38k (Argentina Jnr vs Huracen), I went to work late though n dropped by at a warehouse close to my previous home later at noon.

At the warehouse, towards the side where they offload fridges, I saw my manchi, Bro Elder, with his Bongo White trousers n shoes with his worn out suit top. I just greet am dodge, so he doesn't bill me like the Sunday that just finished yesterday. He was saying something about people not remembering him to give him driving jobs. That it was only when we need something that we remember people.

This was around after 1to 2.

Finally got home around 11 pm. As I laid to rest after freshening up, my younger sister screamed from her phone that "brother, my friend say brother elder af die"

I was like how come,?
Wetin you talk?
It's a lie
Are you sure?
Who tell you?
Wetin happen?
...

Elder died at Ojodu Berger, same day at about to 9 in the morning, from a truck that lost its brakes. About four people died on the spot.

He was literally mangled with his insides strewn over the road among the wreckage.

WITH THE SAME CLOTHES I SAW HIM IN DURING 1-2PM!!

Few days, before he was laid to rest, I had a very very vivid dream (if it's truly a dream),

He was angry, called me by my first name and said "Uchechukwu, I no happy. I dey vex". I was glad to see him while muttering "Bro Elder, no vex" till I woke up.

This world has another dimension than what our senses n science defines n shows us.


I dedicate this post to all who passed away painfully this year.

Hmm... very interesting.
I believe akudaya does exist.

Now the question is why is it only in Africa that most of experience encounter happen.
There are very rare instances of Akudaya encounter in the West but in Africa almost everyone knows someone who had gone through such experience.

robinso01:
70 percent of france national team players are Africans by root, Morocco has always claim not to be considered as Africa, that's why she's not part of African union, he has written many times to be part of Europe, but the request was denied. Morocco voted against South Africa hosting 2010 fifa world cup.

And you think the French national team is representative of inclusion in the French society ?

Realist777:
99.999% of them believe that they are more of arabs than Africa so make them go kiss their asses.
The French guys have more African representatives than Morroco

And do you think the average French person considered himself African?

robinso01:
Only if you know that France is more African than Morocco.

Since when French people do consider themselves African? What have you been smoking

robinso01:
France owns this cup

Go and say that on a French Forum.
This is an African forum

Sweetvie:
¿En serio?Finalmente... ¿Qué tan bueno es tu español?
I love Swahili but I think I'll pass

Mas o Menos
Dondes tu apprendre hablar espanol (My Spanish isn't good)

Smashspesh:
Bro, they're in for a long ride.

Messi is clinching the 8th balon d'or.
Messi is ending/ended the GOAT debate.
Messi is winning the world cup.

It's a bitter long season of teeth gnashing for haters, bro.

You guys are starting again

Sweetvie:
Lol... What other language do you speak?

Swahili and a can manage in Spanish. You?

Sweetvie:
Lol... I guess I got one close friend now
I can't cut u off

Voila

Sweetvie:
Hmm
Interesting
Keeping close friends is not my thing.
I prefer acquaintance
No emotions involved

I thought I was your close friend
I guess you had cut me off

Risingblue008:
U see the USA has just stole one of our talented brother /citizen due to the neglect of our leaders,
As it always said
God works in mysterious ways

God is Great

Did the US went to Nigeria and took him there ?
Or you would prefer to see the US leave the boy and family suffering with no papers in the US?

Numerouno94:
Ghanaian re asking same question. U guys said nothing wen a dubious penalty was awarded Portugal against Ghana.

Ok. Go to FIFA and remove that penalty we will b left wit a 2:0 win. So rest.

Can you please provide with the FIFA address

ecoco2014:
Not true. You did not read my thread on November 21st 2022. I have always believed in them and have been optimistic about their abilities prior to their win over Belgium.

Then you are one of the best

robosky02:
Let's go there



Mbappe will be eager to play messi in the finals

As if Morocco won't be eager to play messi in the final.

Kobonaire234:
Brazil was not that fantastic this world cup.

That they lost 1-0 to Cameroon...was a warning sign, with the benefit of hindsight.

No, the 1-0 lost to Cameroon didn't mean anything given that Brazil was already qualified.
In fact, I didn't expect Brazil to win that game.

robosky02:
Morocco have beaten Belgium, Spain and Portugal.....all European nations.... So its natural to think France go collect


And the massive Arab support

Are you by any chance insinuating that ... ( I am afraid to fill the blank )

mattmogan88:
Hurray!

Messi is going to the world cup final.

Sunday is going to be hot

Should we care?

robosky02:
Morocco seem to know France well....
And can even shock them if underrated

It is good to see that Nairanders are becoming optimistic about Morocco.
When Morocco had to face the group stage, Spain and then Portugal, many Nairalanders were always predicting a defeat of Morocco.
But it seems like more people are believing in Morocco now

robosky02:
Morocco are in the World Cup semifinals and not a single team has scored on them all tournament �


1970: First African team to earn a point at the world cup
1986: First African team to reach the knockouts at the world cup
2022: First African team to reach the semifinals at the world cup

The funny thing is the only goal that Morocco had conceded in this world cup is against Canada.
And Morocco 's goalkeeper was born in Montreal, Canada.

DouyeEbi:
Hi Nairalander,
A friend of mine lost his wife about a year ago.... October 2021 to be precise.
He has a son who has been with him since the incident...
His Mon is now telling him to get married again because of his son.
He is now asking me if it too early to start a serious relationship that can lead to marriage.
I say let me bring it here for advice.
Thanks

And you think his new wife will be a savior to his son ?
I am sure his mom knows better than that

Topsoccer:
Morocco must win

The type of African we love.
Much love to you bro

ecoco2014:
His Jersey number was 10. Late Samuel Okwaraji wore Number 8

Correct
Thank you so much

Righteousness2:
Not everyone who looks normal is normal..
There are Principalities and Powers in High places that are Fully resident in many people today.

So many are Helpless to these Forces.

It is not what Doctor can cure. Only an Encounter with JESUS Christ will Break and SHATTER the Yoke.

You have cracked me laughing on the floor with the bolded ...