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And in any case i also named the source of the info which was either al harem or another nler.

EMANI 01

Read my post carefully.

I did not say nyemiri is a kanuri or hausa word.


I mentioned term which kanuri uses for igbos and which came to be regarded as a hausa synonym for igbo people.

According to a nl poster (was it al harem when he first started using this moniker), nyemiri is a kanuri term for igbos which later became widely associated with a hausa use.

Good question.

I'm starting to wonder if indeed this is the case.

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Its possible the number of light skinned igbos may be decreasing though i cant say for sure.

But there just doesnt seem to be that many compared to before.

I could be wrong of course.

I also noticed even people who are like quarter white (with one biracial parent) often have kids who look unmixed.

in general, some black people's lightness comes from non-black admixture, some comes from albinoid gene, while other types of our lightness comes from skin lightening cream same way we see blondes everywhere overseas.

So, i'm not really sure what's going on or if its my imagination that i'm observing.

Stayreal

your post has too many errors which are almost cancelling your main points.

Nigeria is derived from niger which as we all know is the river niger.

All this land of the blacks stuff is getting too redundant plz.

So what if nigeria is the land of the blacks?

Is it whites living there?

Sudan is land of the blacks, nigeria is land of the blacks- plz lets move on. Not that big a deal. And how exactly you concluded nigeria means land of blacks is still a mystery to me but whatever.

Niger could also be interpreted to mean black but its not the only river in africa and neither are african blacks limited to nigeria alone.

I dont usually post on cork threads because they're unbelievably d.umb, but i have to make an exception this one time and mention i feel for the guy and the ways his boss has refused to give him another portfolio so far.

So he's stuck with this one.

And yes, i agree i wasted my time posting on the thread.

This is serious.

Lord have mercy.

Funny thread.

Anyway, i think they're called anchor babies and as to how they feel, who knows for sure.

@ deols

its not all the time that i'm able to view pictures as soon as i log on.

In any case, I dont replace standard news media with nairaland news media.

If you like, depend on nairaland alone for your own news stories. Your choice.

Isnt it this same nairaland where people post pictures of congolese casualties and try to pass them off as nigerian in order to incite people. Likewise, with photoshop and graphic media, any right thinking person would need confirmation from other media sources before jumping at every story on nl.

Anyway, this is a digression.

My point is your and maclatunji are walking around with chips on your shoulders and looking down on everyone else who is not muslim. This is manifesting as reading meanings into things that are not there, taking unnecessary offence at everything.

Even in nigeria at one time teachrs were prohibited from wearing iro and buba to work because tying and retying the wrapper could be distracting in a work environment.

What's the big deal sheesh.

Maclatunji

the fact is I personally consider the issue of casual wear on fridays, as unnecessary nitpicking and majoring in minors.

And can you tell me how a company is forcing you to wear t shirts to the mosque. The way you are twisting stuff simply in order to pick a religious quarrel is quite alarming.

I think common sense would tell anybody you can change into other clothes after work, even if you head straight to the mosque after closing.

Na wa o.


You are just getting yourself in a huff over nothing.

Casual friday is imported directly from america- dont know if they do it in europe but i do know its an american tradition and most times it is optional. Stop making a mountain out of a molehill abeg.

Like i said, field studies could have been conducted beforehand in nigeria to determine its offensiveness to muslims, but even then i think a privately owned company reserves the right to implement such without being accused of whatever.

You're just warmongering unnecessarily.

Maclatunji

nigeria being a country with a significant muslim population, makes it necessary for field studies to be done before some practices are introduced to the nigerian environment.

Wearing casual clothes on fridays isnt supposed to be a big deal- i guess the fact that some muslims might find it offensive just never occurred to most people.

But to the best of my knowledge, casual fridays are optional, not mandatory, and if anyone feels uncomfortable dressing casually on fridays then depending on company policy, such a person should be allowed to wear regular professional clothing on such days.

You really did not show up for that job interview in a long caftan and turban did you? And then started complaining you didnt get the job because you were muslim? Even in saudi people wear business suit and tie nah.

Omg you are so funny. Lol.

Casual fridays are because people want to aggravate muslims?

Maclatunji you are cracking me up. Lol.

Yes, in olden days nigeria, if you are a grown kid (meaning anything from 13+ for the purposes of this discussion), you dont stand around idly while your father lunges heavy suitcases all over the place.

If you try to do so, a couple of heavy slaps will bring you your senses quite quickly. Nobody will tell you next time before you know what to do.

Nigerian fathers have softened somewhat nowadays, with the advent of globalization, travelling overseas, etc, so a lot of dads would be lifting their own heavy luggage without minding much. Besides, if the kids get hurt while carrying luggage, na wahala be that. Or they could also spoil the luggage by dropping it if it's too heavy.

So, everybody has adapted to modern life.

The dads mentioned on the thread are obviously old fashioned hence their seemingly strange behaviour. But its not really that strange.

Lol

maclatunji sweetie (pardon the term)

so nigerian companies are now wearing branded t shirts on fridays?

Lmao.

That was copied directly from the US if so. Its a common practice in america to have casual days on fridays, or some fridays in a month, when employees are allowed to dress casually as opposed to their usual professional wear.

Most times the casual shirts in question have the employee logo on them And were ordered through the company. There are other company themed products as well like cups, mugs, pens, etc.

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Hopefully next time tiger wont be so quick to jump after everything in skirt.

That is one tough lady.

Anyway, its her money and she can spend it as she likes.

If the house wasnt to her satisfaction then she can remodel the whole thing. Nothing new.

Besides, she's providing jobs to the florida construction industry.

As per people not being comfortable with your muslim identity- imo that's only possible if you yourself arent comfortable with their own christian identity.

Look, a friend of mine (not the one i mentioned previously who married a practicing muslim) once dated a muslim guy. In general, nobody had anything against the man. The only complaint from the family was he was too quiet, giving the impression he was looking down on others. He might have been somewhat shy, who knows, but my point is most people did not even mention his religion. And this was despite the fact that folks tend to be wary of muslim husband christian wife marriages because the wife is sooner or later pressured to convert and the man tends to turn polygamous no matter how long he stayed married to the wife. Not saying it always happens but its happened often enough for people to generalize.


And as per the workplace issue- did you apply to a church when you're an imam, or what exactly?

Sweetnecta!!!!

You obviously missed the pan african era when many people (mostly diaspora) dropped their english names and replaced them with traditional african ones. Or, of course, dropped the english names for arabic ones (mostly american blacks).

Were you too young to know about that time or what. You werent born then?

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^1. I dont do religious arguments. You can engage someone else for that.

2. When did you defend me in this section? Refresh my memory plz. I doubt anyone intimidates me here and as a non-muslim, my presence or contributions in the section arent mandatory.

3. Your last two posts are simply to erroneous to be believed. I think YOU are the one with the chip on your shoulder and like i pointed out before, people can sense these things if you're not being sincere.

4. Yorubaland has both a Christian and an Islamic culture, together with an ATR one. Tell me which part practices discrimination against muslims. You say lagos, which has An indigenous muslim population? The traditional rulers are muslim, most of the governors have been muslim, the state industries are controlled and dominated by muslims?

Your arguments simply do not hold up in the face of logic, lol.

i know the next step now will be to drop phrases like "enemies of Allah", with tpia@ heading the list of the "enemies".



hmph.

the cost of truth.

nobody said it was easy.

yes you do

I

av no reason to lie. It was my primary skl(not my entire life),u can imagine how old I was then. I even mentioned going later on, to another school where i met christian children(so, it is not even my ebtire childhood) and their ways(moral aspect) were very weird to me.

sounds like a middle beltan or northern scenario, like i said before.


i do have to point out though, this is the first time in my life that i'm hearing a supposedly yoruba person calling others "christian children".

Na wa. smh.

and on d issue discussed on ds thread, it is very true that religion is a very big factor in the S.west.

yes, nigerians are religious people.

but so far, your interpretation of religious interaction leans towards a northern influence.

I even mentioned how Muslims would be sidelined and not made prefects in schools by christian teachers. Am a witness to  this, nothn u say can change dat fact!

in YOUR school, not every school.

and like maclatunji [and others], your interpretation is subject to bias on YOUR part.

meaning the facts of the matter remain unknown.

@ original scenarios


insensitivity, which might or might not also include arrogance.


take the suitcase scene for instance.

in a typical nigerian setting, the kids would be the ones handling the suitcases if they're old enough.

the father may have been stressed out from his journey and not really in the mood for the wife's chatter.

just guessing here and it doesnt mean i'm not in support of nigerian men being more considerate to their families.

Some of them even think smiling is a bad thing

hmm, and you didnt think to wonder why, or what they've seen where they are, that made them stop smiling.


i guess you're not aware your own smiles are being counted.

no be america you dey? Dont worry.

Edo was grouped with south south because of oil.

However, the reason why the terminology south south still refuses to apply to edo state is because the original designation of mid west came about as a result of politics and also an after effect of the war. In other words, necessity.

Pushing edo state into a south south designation doesnt click because for one, its on account of oil and thus bound to be artificial or is it superficial.

Two, there are ethnic colourations involved which can only lead to more conflict sooner or later.

True that.

Does the baby have a nigerian or yoruba name and where is the father from?