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take dat: The uncontrolled proliferation of arms and Libyan upheaval which the West is responsible for, contributed to the deterioration of the situation in Mali. My question is, how rich is Mali's mineral resources for these foreign countries to covert, if their true intention is to strip them of their natural resources by securing the access of international corporations to do it? What would have been the African solution to the crisis in Mali since we all see the meddling of the West as neo-colonialism?

There would be no "African solution" to the Mali crisis. Most of the ECOWAS nations did not want to interfere in the conflict. The only reason the Islamists are on the run is because of French initiative and mobilization. Most of these people complaining about French and ECOWAS intervention ego and pride is getting in the way of them recognizing the truth that France is doing the right thing.

[quote author=~Bluetooth]I think people should learn to watch Presstv to know more of what is going on in the western world too which Cnn,bbc and Al-jazeera won't show you.but what can I say,Nigerians would rather stick to Africa movie channels.[/quote]Press TV, is to Iran what RT is to Russia, what CNN is to America, what BBC is to the UK, what CBC is to Canada

obadiah777: LOL IT MAY BE CONVENIENT BUT IT IS A RECORDED PART OF HISTORY. ITS TRUE. MAY I SUGGEST A BOOK CALLED 'FROM BABYLON TO TIMBUCKTU' https://images.betterworldbooks.com/096/From-Babylon-to-Timbuktu-Windsor-Rudolph-R-9780962088117.jpg

I have read it, I own it, and it's a lot of conjecture and pseudo-history.

obadiah777: @ NAIJABABE. THERE ARE SOME EVIDENCE BUT THEY ARE HIDDEN IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC VAULT.

so if it's hidden and has not been exposed.... how is it evidence?

obadiah777: AS SUCH YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET THE EVIDENCE YET, ALTHOUGH IT WILL COME OUT EVENTUALLY BECAUSE EVERYTHING CONCEIVED IN THE DARK MUST COME TO LIGHT.

so you are on here telling people to believe when all the "evidence" has not come out?

obadiah777: SO BASICALLY EVERY DOCTRINE YOU SEE OUT THERE TODAY IS A PLAGIARIZED VERSION OF THE HEBREW LAWS STATUTES AND COMMANDMENTS.

this is obviously BS

have you ever heard of the Code of Hammurabi?

lain: americans are not afraid of isreal because of their military might but .. America would destroy isreal in a minute .. What the americans are afraid of is what the jewish controlled americans would do inside america... All terrorist attacks carried out in the united states has an isreali hand involved.. Isreal can only destroy america using americans

America and Israel are not afraid of each other. Their relationship is mutually-beneficial.

aribisala0: I do not know where you get "BEST" from. Does the size of a military have anything to do with its quality in terms of skill or technology.

I believe you do not understand the information you are posting at all.
To say Nigeria's military ranks 4th in Africa is a very misleading statement. At one time Sadaam Hussein had one of the largest armies on the Planet. See how quickly America dismantled them.

exactly!

this power ranking although informative it is only statistical and might not reflect what happens on the battlefield if any two nations go head to head.

Saddam's Iraqi army was #4 in the world right before the 91 invasion of Kuwait

obadiah777: ALL THE TEMPLE AND EVERYTHING IN IT GOT DESTROYED AND BURNED IN 70 AD

how convenient

advocate666: And how does arab = muslim?
You are reducing a people to a religion practiced in their group. It's like saying Christianity created Nigeria because lord Luggard and his masters were christians.
Like I said, Islam gave us only hatred and intolerance.

exactly. Same guy will tell you Islam is not an Arab religion it's for all.

Agiliti: alchemy, alkali, algebra, alogrithm, and pretty much anything with "al" as it's prefix is arabic by origin. they might not have been the first to practice it, but they perfected it and spread it out, and that directly evolved into what we have here today. even the stars in the sky were catalogued by the arabs, and they still bear the names today
i'm not muslim so i have nothing to gain by this, but it's a known fact baghdad was a centre of learning and inventions for centuries.

next time you want to say im talking nonsense, come with facts

so your equating arabs to islam?

I will remember this the next time I say Islam is an Arab religion and some Nigerian or African Muslim tells me it isn't

yea strike through my words because you can't refute them

bakynes: i can see a lot of pple here have been deceived and brain washed by the white race all that is in the bible where events of the Black kingdom that was rewritten to make you feel you never did contributed anything to the world and that blacks were barbarians before they came blacks actually built the Pyramids in Egypt.There was another kingdom called Nubia the present day Sudan you can also find a lot of pyramids there.The white Archeologist still find it difficult to believe blacks actually built d pyramids.The black race is the Aboriginal man on the face of this planet we had a lot of Civilizations before the white race came into existence.

I'm not in disagreement with what you say. Egypt and Nubia were unequivocally African cultures and civilizations.

But some idiots are resorting to the Bible to prove what is not. When there is ample evidence of our contributions to humanity and civilization all around us.

obadiah777: LET ME SHUT YOU DOWN REAL FAST ON THE BOLDED

LAMENTATIONS 4 VS 8 Their visage is blacker than a coal <<< COLOR OF THE JEWS

LAMENTATIONS 5 VS 10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine <<< COLOR OF THE JEWS

Visage is defined as face or appearance. Their skin was described as "Black" because they were sad and in mourning as a result of the destruction of their city(Jerusalem) and their holy temple. That is what
the Book of Lamentations is about.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR RACE.

Do research into colloquial uses of the word Black in the English language.

I'll deal with the other scriptures you posted after the football game.

shymexx: Good luck, mate!!

look, stick to teaching your Yoruba culture and I will focus on me and my people.

Your not fit, nor educated to teach Ghanaian culture, heritage or anything to do with us.

obadiah777: WELL MY NAME IS NOT SHYMMEX. I AM SIMPLY POSTING THE NON BLACK PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE. TAKE IT UP WITH HIM BRUV

take it up with himself as well

since you clearly disagree with him

shymexx: There's nothing to be ashamed of about that, some empires also bought their clothes from neighbouring states... Even the ancient Benin empire also bought some of its clothes from the Ijebus... Stop rewriting history, fam...

your the one rewriting history.

shymexx: Ghanaians NEVER made Kente - the first Kente clothes were imported from China... Stop posting articles written by revisionists....

Where's PhysicsQED??

What does Kente mean in the Chinese language?


answer that genius

obadiah777: WELL EVERYONE IN THE BIBLE EXCEPT THE EDOMITES ( CAUCASIANS ), RUTH THE MOABITE ( CHINESE ), CORNELIUS ( ROMAN ), KING HEROD ( ROMAN ), JULIUS CAESAR ( ROMAN ), ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES ( GREEK ), ALEXANDER THE GREAT ( GREEK ). EVERYONE ELSE WAS BLACK

EVERYONE means EVERYONE

and he said everyone with no exceptions.

Danka7777: OBADIAH777 and SHYMEXX are few Nairalanders with an unbridled knowledge of history second to none... Keep it up Guys. I would hope a thread would be created and dedicated for the re-education of nescient Nigerians. I did open a couple few months ago, with teachings from Dr. Clarke.

Those 2 are proving to be the village idiots.

One of them said he has never heard of the Nok civilization and the other has stated that Ghanaians imported Kente cloth from the Chinese.

Far from knowledgable imo


Nok is one of Africa's oldest civilizations and Kente cloth is authentically Ghanaian.

With statements such as that I question anyone calling them knowledgable.

shymmex needs to be tarred and feathered for claiming that Ghanaians didn't make Kente Cloth and had it imported from China...of all places mofo China? really?


What if I said the Yoruba were not responsible for the Ife civilization and the brass heads were imported from Iran?

more readings for that yoruba fool named shymmex

http://www.baylor.edu/multicultural/index.php?id=66621

http://www.kentesource.com/kente.htm



he had the audacity to say kente cloth was shipped from China?

LOLLOOLOLOLOLOLLL

it might be imported from China, TODAY because Chinese people bootleg and copy everything

obadiah777: NOT EVERYONE IN THE REGION WAS BLACK. JUST SOUTH OF JERUSALEM WAS THE LAND OF EDOM. THOSE ARE GREEKS AND ROMANS WHO MOVED THERE FROM MT SEIR AND THE CAUCUS MOUNTAINS OF GEORGIA RUSSIA AND TOOK OVER.

a poster named Shymmex stated several posts back that EVERYONE in the Bible is Black

nex: Is it strange to find that a lot of African tribes practice similar traditions like circumcision, animal sacrifice, and age group ceremonies as described about the ancient Hebrews?

Similarities are not sufficient grounds to conclude that people are one in the same.

You don't know how to quote properly despite being on this forum longer than me. I'm not going to deal with all your wild and erroneous claims....but I will deal with these two real quickly.

shymexx: So, who in the Bible was of European ancestry??

Greeks and Romans are European.

Remember, your original post claimed that EVERYONE in the Bible was "Black"

shymexx: I don't care about where the plant is from - however, Ghanaians NEVER made Kente... It was imported from CHINA - go check your history books!!!

lol

This is foolishness.

Stick to teaching your own Yoruba history because your straight ignorant. I don't mind you teaching falsehoods about Nigeria and Yoruba culture. But when it comes to Ghana, I check you everytime.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kente_cloth


Kente cloth, known locally as nwentoma, is a type of silk and cotton fabric made of interwoven cloth strips and is native to the Akan and Ewe people of Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo.

Those of you claiming to be descendents of the authors of that wretched book the Bible....well if that's true it finally makes why Nigeria is so messed up today. Ancient rivalries continued in the modern day Nigeria. No wonder Nigeria is ready to implode lol

niggadee: ethiopian are really negro hebrew Israelites

Ethiopia is a modern day nation-state that is comprised of a number of ethnic groups. None of them speaking Hebrew or referring to themselves as Negro.

shymexx: Firstly, the bible is a book of allegories plagiarised from the continent of Africa, and the book the bible was copied from was WRITTEN by BLACK PEOPLE and all the CHARACTERS IN THE BIBLE WERE BLACKS...

How did you come to that conclusion?

shymexx: Secondly, Africa of the past included the whole of the so-called Middle East - the Brits cut it into two in the 18th century and labelled the other side Middle East...

This is sheer stupidity.

shymexx: Thirdly, there's no ARAB RACE - Arabs are a mix between white and blacks a la mixed race... So, asserting that any character in the Bible was Arab is just stupidity since no "Arab" existed on the planet at that point in history...

more conjecture. You weren't there and don't know who existed during Biblical times.

shymexx: And to the fools asking about how she got here - why can't you ask how Moors got to Europe during the dark ages and were able to colonise Europe for 800 years... Ask how Hannibal and his parents were able to migrate from Phoenicia(present day Lebanon) to Tunisia... Ask how Ashanti Kingdom in Ghana was able to trade with the Ancient China(in case you don't know, kente is from China).... Ask how Mansa Musa of Mali/Songhai Empire was able to trade his gold with all the countries in the world and how he became the richest man in the world....

Moors have a recorded and documented history.

KENTE IS NOT FROM CHINA. THIS IS A BLASPHEOUS STATEMENT OT MAKE JUST STFU.

Do you know Kente cloth is made from Cotton...Cotton is a Savannah plant.

Look, idiot, your angering me.

I'm Ghanaian stop peddling lies..you Yoruba fool.

shymexx: Most Nigerians are RET>ARDED!!! *Sighs*

you fit the description of a retarded Nigerian.

Sweetlemon: Don't take everything you read in the bible literally. Ancient times authors are known for using a lot of illustrations and poetic words in their write ups to create drammatic effects.
It's called LITERATURE

yea obadiah7777 or whatever his name is is a biblical literalist and you can tell by the way he foolishly interprets the scriptures.

obadiah777: WHAT IS NOK ? AND LISTEN, I AM NOT SAYING THERE WAS ZERO POPULATION IN THE INTERIORS OF AFRICA DURING 70 AD. I AM SURE A FEW PEOPLE FROM THE NORTH EAST OF AFRICA MAY HAVE GOTTEN ADVENTUROUS AND WANDERED SOUTHWARDS INTO THE INTERIORS. HOWEVER SETTLEMENTS AND TRIBES AND COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE DID NOT BEGIN TO ESTABLISH THERE UNTIL AFTER 70 AD. TAKE FOR EXAMPLE THE SOUTH HORN OF AFRICA OCCUPIED BY THE WHITES. WHEN THEY GOT TO THAT PART OF AFRICA THERE WAS VIRTUALLY NOBODY LIVING THERE. THIS IS WHY THEY SETTLED THERE. HOWEVER WHEN THE BLACKS GOT FURTHER SOUTH TO THE POINT WHERE THEIR PATHS MET IS WHERE THE TROUBLE STARTED. THE WHITES IN THE SOUTHERN HORN OF AFRICA GOT THERE BEFORE BLACKS REACHED THAT FAR SOUTH. AND THIS WAS ONLY 400 YEARS AGO IN THE 1600S. SO IF 400 YEARS AGO, THE SOUTHERN HORN OF AFRICA WAS UNOCCUPIED, CANT YOU SEE THAT THE CONTINENT ONLY GOT FULLY INHABITED AFTER 70 AD ?

SO TECHNICALLY YOU CAN SAY SOUTH AFRICA BELONGS TO WHITES.

you just lost all credibility with that in bold

[quote author=PAGAN 9JA]yes but there are also many Bella (Touareg slaves/half-breds), Fula, and Songhay volunteers also in these Rebel groups.

not to forget arabs from libya,algeria,etc.[/quote]I absolutely agree.

The situation is probably a bit complex to understand for those who don't have a general history of what has been happening in the country for the last 30 years and those who haven't been following the rebellion from the start.

shymexx: How come Nigeria isn't trying to get one of these toys?

Our fighter jets are obsolete for the 'giant-of Africa' crap...

I sent u a friend request on here awhile ago.

.Nairaland

the 2nd pic in the first post (Air France) is a passenger plane and not a fighter jet

Hardfact: Is that really the case?

somewhat

The Tuaregs in Northern Mali had legitimate complaints but they went about it the wrong way. One thing the media neglects to mention when talking about the situation in Northern Mali, is that the Tuaregs aren't the only group located there. There are others such as Fula, Soninke, etc.

So imo, it was a bit selfish for them to declare the state of Azawad in complete disregard of other minority groups in the area.