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I am the darker brother,
They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes,
But i laugh,
I eat well and i grow strong

Tomorrow i will sit at the table when company comes,
Nobody will dare say to me eat in the kitchen then,
Besides they will see how beautiful i am,
And be ashamed,

I too im a man

Charity Begins At Home

Charities like Live Aid raised a lot of awareness about the poverty in Africa; they staged a global concert in which so many celebrity artists were invited to perform. They promised to give the money raised to Africa. They televised the amount of success they have had with their charity.

All these I am very grateful for. The human in me is very thankful for any sort of help rendered to people in need, however, if they continue to give and give again, we become dependent upon their help. We as Africans can never be independent in our minds and in our economy if all we do is receive and receive.

Africa is blessed with everything; Oil, Diamonds, Intelligence, Exotic animals, wonderful weather and even the most beautiful women to name a few. 25,000 years ago, we were solving mathematical problems; we built house and pyramids with this knowledge.

The Nigerian city of Ile-Ife was paved in 1000 AD on the instructions of the ruler with decorations that originated in Ancient America. Naturally, no-one wants to explain how this took place approximately 500 years before the time of Christopher Columbus. According to scholars, the Yoruba people built numerous walled cities surrounded by farms”. The cities were Owu, Oyo, Ijebu, Ijesa, Ketu, Popo, Egba, Sabe, Dassa, Egbado, Igbomina, the sixteen Ekiti principalities, Owo and Ondo. This shows the enormous wealth and intelligence of Africans

The Nigerian city of Benin was built to a scale comparable with the Great Wall of China. There was a vast system of defensive walling totaling 10,000 miles in all. Guinness Book of Records carried an entry in the 1974 edition that described the city as: “The largest earthworks in the world carried out prior to the mechanical era.”

Autopsies and caesarean operations were routinely and effectively carried out by surgeons in pre-colonial Uganda. The surgeons routinely used antiseptics, anesthetics and cattery iron. One author wrote in the Edinburgh Medical Journal in 1884: “The whole conduct of the operation . . . suggests a skilled long-practiced surgical team at work conducting a well-tried and familiar operation with smooth efficiency.”

It bugs me to know that we have all these resources and we still need help from the outside world. We should be the ones giving out and not always receiving charity, however, we have being made to be inferior, our resources have being stolen from us and our peoples’ minds have being brain washed with the glamorisation of western ideas and ways.

Africa suffers today economically because Africa was robbed and manipulated. A thief who goes into a bank to steal with guns is the same as the thief who manipulates and cons people out of their money and resources. A thief is a thief, regardless of how the theft was carried out.

Africa suffers health wise because if the economy is affected, every other thing follows. The pharmaceutical industry is concerned about making profits alone, so therapeutic drugs are not well distributed in Africa. The average pay in Africa is not enough to buy malaria tablets. This then leads to poor welfare.

I am tired of Charities(I am not against charity in any way) to Africa, though I understand they mean well, I would rather the American and European government return our resources to us, so we don’t have to always depend on what is handed down to us. We have the intelligence to make it happen, we built America and Europe, I believe we can build Africa too; all we need now is the right mentality.

Through History, determination has always paid of.....
the African struggle for independence, and now Liverpool FC, i am not a fan of liverpool fc but i am a fan of good spirit, good football......

I am currently watching the game (liverpool v intermilan) and i can say that i am confident Liverpool will pull this off and save their manager......

By the way, it's 2-0 to liverpool.

Been a while since i heard good music come out of Nigeria/Nigerian Blood,
don't get me wrong i like Psquare (especially that new song, no one be like you), Dbanj ever shouts and never sings, and Tuface is cool but seriously when are we going to get real musicians come out of Nigeria again, i am talking about the likes of Fela, King Sunny Ade and co............if you were born in the eighties or before you will understand what i am saying.

See i grew up listening to Music from these folks, i remember my Dad's turntable (it aint even cds) playing every a.m, i woke up to the sounds of Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Sam Cook, Fela Kuti, KSA , Obey and so on. That is music, not that noisy YAHOOZZEE......did i hear you say "he didn't just diss Olu Maintain", this is no 'diss', it's just that when i have my kids, i want to be able to introduce them to good music from the motherland and i seriously wouldn't want them shouting YAHOO YAHOOZZEE

However, hope is not lost and i still have faith in that part of motherland(Nigeria), i was introduced to the music of a lady called ASA pronouced ASHA, i was like well, let me listen whilst thinking i hope this isn't going to be another rapper wannabe.....so i listened and i am still listening and i will listen tomorrow in my car, and when i get back home i will listen again and again

This woman is soooo good, i am so proud she is from Nigeria, she has that Tracy Chapman, India Arie meets Amy Winehouse kinda vibe (If you know about music, you will understand what i am saying), i especially like the yoruba titled songs, so if you have a minute, why don't you treat yourself to some good music(the kinda music i will be passing on to lil eniola).

http://www.asa-official.com/spip.php?page=album&lang=en

Never GIVE UP, keep your HEAD UP

Dear Soulstar

Positive points are difficult to find from Saturday's FA Cup defeat against Manchester United because overall we were not up to the level of our normal game. We know that and the players know that as well. In fact, the only positive I can think of is that we do not have any new injuries. The talking points at Old Trafford included Emmanuel Eboue's sending off which looked a bit harsh from my position. The game was over after the red card and maybe even before that because we never looked like we could come back.

Then there was Nani's ball-juggling which I thought was a little bit disrespectful. He had a very good game on Saturday but that was not needed. But it can happen to a young player. I didn't really have serious thoughts about the treble but you try and make a choice as late as you can. Saturday was difficult to swallow for the players because it looked like we did not have the physical resources to come back into the game. At the moment our cup defeats are unbelievable. When we lose in the cup we get a hiding. We don't concede in the League but when we do concede we do it well! Either way we need to recover quickly because we need to be at our best to beat Milan.

As for the rest of the season, the targets in front of us are very clear. They are the Premier League and the Champions League. We are not in a position where we have to make a choice. We just have balanced fixtures now and we need to pick ourselves up quickly because we have a massive game on Wednesday. Of course we are back at Old Trafford in April for the Premier League game and you will see a different Arsenal team then. We will be in a different shape when our injuries clear up and I hope the pitch will be in a different shape as well. Thanks for your support.

Arsène Wenger

thIS MOment

Just like it was innocently sent to me
i love this, its too good i have to share it with the world (well you)


Never felt this way before
Never knew it was actually possible
Swear I’m alive but my blood seems to stop flowing
Frozen by the feelings of my heart
Feelings so strong that scare its own possessor
Frozen every moment I have you in my head

Every moment with you, learning everyday
More and more about what makes you, you
Nothing seems to matter when I’m with you
Your presence takes precedence over everything
Everything that used to matter pales compare
To how I feel about you
My senses tell me it’s wrong to feel this way
It’s way too soon and makes no sense
But my heart is telling me not to stop

For once I’m going to follow my heart
I’m going to live in this mysterious moment
A moment that makes no sense to my mind
Because I rather share this moment with u
And risk whatever it will costThan go back to when I never knew you at all