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[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=481803.msg6413451#msg6413451 date=1279566330]Name one of the insurance company. . . .[/quote]insurance isnt a new business in nigeria, for goodness sake.

to hear people talk, one would think flooding is a new thing in lagos, a coastal city by a sea port and in a tropical country noted for heavy rainfall.

^^most of the communities living along the african coasts are/were creolized to greater or lesser extents.

not bearing english names still doesnt mean an indigenous culture wont have major outside influences.

unsurprising, imo.

also why so many americans are reading the govt the riot act.

ezeagu:
That was an example of forced education. Some slave traders sent their kids like those of Ghana

the two princes in question already spoke some english before they were kidnapped, due to their dealings with english slave traders [and also since they were slavers themselves]

the ghana link you posted doesnt say anything about the african women being married to european slave traders. ie the kids you mention, werent specifically said to be the children of slave traders.

hmm, if agege bread is as bad as all that, then how come most people have been eating it for decades with no ill effects?

luck?

ezeagu:
@ Original poster.

Yes the names, and like someone posted, the hats and the names of some places are a result of slavery. I'll start with the names, many of the 'New Kalabar' (Kalabari) inhabitants of those days were directly in contact with European sailors/slave traders, something not all were able to do. Many of the royal families made their ports available, and in return Europeans sometimes sent the slave traders children to Europe to study (read here), many of these people changed their names or were working under Europeans when they changed their surnames to the common surnames found in Rivers and other States.

not sure if i'm reading you right, because the main characters in this book, were kidnapped partly as a result of intertribal warfare, and shipped to america and/or britain as slaves.

they [the two princes] were slave traders themselves, btw.

is there anybody on this thread who understands and speaks basic english so people can know what's going on.

right now it's hard to comprehend the babble.

plz enough of the emotional heehawing.

amazing set of dullards on nl.

poverty mentality!!!

only in nigeria would people prefer to label it "stealing"

feeding your child is now a luxury, not a need.


o ga.

shortage of scarce resources like food and meat.

seriously though- the same meat wey oyibo dey take make loaf like bread?

poverty is not good.

^^you've promoted him more, because the angry parts of your post count for nothing.

it's not by force to carry nigeria and africa on your head, abeg.

[s]maybe you were looking at him with bad eye, hence he was afraid to talk to you.[/s]

i wonder if mr fire weak tea grows an extra beard by sniffing around for the location of military schools?

^^do that

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^^yes i am.

is that a problem?

^^^i'm quite sure you know where your village is, outside lagos.

care to share with us what conditions are like over there?

are you yourself now claiming to be a lagosian after abusing others for allegedly doing the same?



_{**anytime one hears the words "I was born and bred in lagos", one immediately knows one is dealing with a person from an abule somewhere**}

anyone comparing pap to spermatozoa, needs to check into rehab. And go cold turkey on the s.ex.

i dont see people thinking of worms while they chomp down on spaghetti.

^^your point?

your not being from lagos gives you mouth to ignore your own state while pouring abuse on others?

and are you blacksta or just his lover.

the man should have gone for his wedding, even if he frowned the whole time . Cancelling it wont bring his friend back.



he has seriously messed up.

Me humbly thinks this is a case of "remove the log in your eye instead of worrying about the speck in mine".!!!!

true talk.

blacksta take note.

are the roads in your hometown better than the ones in lagos?

why not check them out and report back to us on nl.

They'll never start threads or say anything about the other side of the Niger

even more insane is the fact that this aloy emeka thinks she's adept at hiding where she comes from. (not from across the niger).

one day na one day when yawa go scatter.

philip0906:
ok i c. . .nw i understand. . .thanks 4 making it clear

no problem.

you're quite intellectual, as beaf pointed out.

^^yes, I'm the one who cant construct or understand simple sentences in english.