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Posts Tagged ‘Africa’
A Song From South Africa
Mjay Hutchinson FACEBOOK Loosely translated No one will see you eating pap and fat, no one will see you drink water with sugar, just close the windows, lock the door, then no one will see[...]
50 Years After Nigerian Civil War
THE IRONY OF MEMORIAL DAY: 50 Years Ago Today, Biafra Began What Was To Be a Failed Secession. America’s Memorial Day remembers the dead Union soldiers after our civil war. The irony for immigrants from Nigeria is that this day is also the anniversary Nigeria’s civil war. Our war [...]
African Pride
Chinazor Onianwah This is stupid at every level. Many Africans do not appreciate their culture until a white man embraces it. Before Bo Derek adorned her coif with corn rows, blacks in America shunned braiding their hair or looking African. Same Africans who gave up their religion for Christianity a[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: JESUS IS NO LONGER THE ANSWER
Nigerians are losing patience with Jesus already. Chinazor Onianwah You can tell, Nigerians are losing patience with Jesus already. It’s become very clear that only the preachers are benefitting from him. Politics can be rewarding but quite bloody. It’s time to roll out another get[...]
Who is a Jew?
Irene Aleichenu Ella As a Jew, proved by the bible and the Torah, I have no doubt that other Jews exist around the world. But I will not wait for anybody to approve my Jewishness before I take my stand as a Jew. Our ancestors migrated into Nigeria and settled in the River Benue region […][...]
Nollywood goes Hollywood
NOLLYWOOD IS FALLING APART In a country where you can stumble upon crates of currency valued at about $1 billion at the airport, unattended, yet there are only 14 cinemas and the big attraction is not Nollywood. It’s Hollywood in Nigeria’s Nollywood turf. Because in Nigeria, if you want [...]