It sure seems that the Catholic church is very open about showing what they took from Africa. Yet, why is it that in Nigeria and the rest of Africa we seem to reject our own traditional African religion.

Take a look at this website's main page and the awesome images of black people of the Christians in Europe. That photo states so much.


Black African images used in the European Christian Church- Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI pray together in front of the black Madonna

http://www.dilemma-x.net

miiraaj: Let's create a UNITED STATE OF NIGERIA before thinking of United State of Africa.

Nigeria needs to start with getting rid of its colonial name given to it by that British tramp.

Rossikk:

You don't know what you're talking about. African unification was ABSOLUTELY NOT Ghadaffi's 'brainchild'. It's been on the table of the OAU since before Ghadaffi was born. Nkrumah and Marcus Garvey were among its early pioneers. And it is a major tenet of the AU Charter. So leave Ghadaffi out of it and go learn a thing or two about the idea. As for making individual countries work first, that's putting the cart before the horse. The reason why 'individual countries' are not working as well as they should is precisely because of their respective dependent, vulnerable states, which is what continental unification is meant to redress. China was once a mish mash of unviable, competing, 'independent' states, until their elite decided to bring them all under a single Chinese umbrella, language, and central govt. And we can see the result.

You are correct.

c.fours:


Gaddafi is dead, bro.
United States of Africa was his brain-child.


I think we should focus our energies on making our individual countries work first. why put the cart before the horse?

It was not his brain child. You didn't look at the history of it. It started long before him.

Take a read and look at the videos too.
http://dilemma-x.net/2013/02/10/black-history-month-the-united-states-of-africa-the-diasporas-remittances-in-2012/

slimming: Our corruption and religion affiliation will not allow it to last.

Humm, how come it seems to last for the United States and they have a lot more of this than the people of Africa?

noblezone: The disUnited States of Nigeria has not worked yet.

The United States of Africa will have different borders for the states that don't currently coincidence with the borders of the existing countries. It will have borders that more fit with ethnic groups.

Nigeria is an example of maybe what not to do. Because of a few things.

First, Nigeria kept the name its former colonizer gave it. That's something very unlike what took place in the Gold Coast that became Ghana or what took place in Rhodesia that became Zimbabwe.

Why on Earth didn't the people want to take a new name when it was some British tramp that named the place Nigeria?

This is the mother of Nigeria.
Flora Louisa Shaw, Lady Lugard



Part of Nigeria's issues today is tied to the fact that the British convereted those in the South to Christians and let the north remain Muslims and followers of traditional African religion.

When you think about Europe and Asia...how many European and Asian countries have borders that were drawn over the population without either a war creating the borders or the ethnic groups wanting their own borders?

China has lots of ethnic groups and over 1.3 billion people an yet they live under one border.
India has 1.2 billion and they live under one border.

The UK has 3 main native ethinic groups (English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish) and they live under one border even though they have a very long history of fighting one another. The Scots fighting the English, the Irish fighting the English and the Welsh fighting the English. Keep in mind no one forced these people from the outside to be one country. People from outside of Africa force people to be Nigeria.

France has many native ethnic groups and formed itself from Gaul into a country called France.

States would mean that the ethnic groups of what is now Nigeria could split to form their own states and then unify to form a United States. As the United States of America is made up of many people of many races, many ethnic groups and many religions. The most diverse population on Earth live in the United States and they are able to be one nation.

Can the United States of Africa still be created an will Nigeria get itself together so that the continent can focus on progress?


Black History Month: The United States of Africa and African Diaspora’s remittances in 2012
http://dilemma-x.net/2013/02/10/black-history-month-the-united-states-of-africa-the-diasporas-remittances-in-2012/

Dibiachukwu: The easiest way is to stop selling at all. Africa is not a mine field. Nne ala ga kugbu kwa nnu.

The Europeans and the Chinese think that it is.

Why not have a base in Nigeria or Ghana?

The Dutch are racist people.

Should Nigeria or Ghana try to become headquarters for AFRICOM? Could this become a boost the West African economy to host a U.S. Military Base?


Obama administration established U.S. drone base in Africa and AFRICOM’s role and mission explained at Howard University
http://dilemma-x.net/2013/01/29/obama-administration-established-u-s-drone-base-in-africa/

Should African nations demand better value for their natural resources to Europe?

Dutch-The Netherlands wealth tied to Africa


Netherlands (Dutch) Queen Beatrix abdicates for her 45 year old son -Where royal Dutch wealth comes from
http://dilemma-x.net/2013/01/29/netherlands-queen-beatrix-abdicates-for-her-45-year-old-son/

What do you think about Zimbabwe and how the world press covers land reform there?


Zimbabwe land reform and the country’s current economic growth
http://dilemma-x.net/2013/01/27/zimbabwe-land-reform-and-the-countrys-current-economic-growth/

Take a look at how the Queen of the Dutch people rides around in Europe.

Netherlands (Dutch) Queen Beatrix abdicates for her 45 year old son -Where royal Dutch wealth comes from
http://dilemma-x.net/2013/01/29/netherlands-queen-beatrix-abdicates-for-her-45-year-old-son/

These Dutch are just nasty people. Look how they love to show how they enslaved blacks! These even better explains why they think its nothing wrong with going around in black face!

Netherlands (Dutch) Queen Beatrix abdicates for her 45 year old son -Where royal Dutch wealth comes from
http://dilemma-x.net/2013/01/29/netherlands-queen-beatrix-abdicates-for-her-45-year-old-son/

pauli coco: They do that to represent Baltaser ... One of the 3 kings in the bible who visited jesus, mary and Joseph, when jesus was born. Its not a big deal. Pls

That is not true. They are to represent the black African Moors who took over the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal). This is why in their Chirstmas story they come from Spain with Saint Nicholas. Saint Nicholas operated by himself or in the companionship of a devil. Having triumphed over evil, it was said that on Saint Nicholas Eve the devil was shackled and made his slave (a devil) a helper of the saint. The Christians saw the Muslim black African Moors as the devil to white Christian Europeans.

Your are not correct.

The Babylonian king Belshazzar (Balthazar)was from Babylon, located in present-day Al Hillah, Babylon Province, Iraq. That's not Spain.

Zwarte Pieten do not represent your so called Baltaser.

The British discovered oil in Nigeria in the late 1956. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation was established in 1977 and by law it's a crazy joint venture between the Nigerian federal government and foreign corporations:

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation- Nigeria
Royal Dutch Shell- Netherlands
Agip- Italy
ExxonMobil- United States
Chevron, and Texaco (now merged with Chevron)- United States



When will Nigeria and African nations start owning their natural resources? Do Americans, Russians,British, French, Italians, and Dutch allow Nigria and other African nations own oil wells in thier nations? NO

Now this guy is telling the world to keep out of South Africa's business.

Does Nigeria need to do the same thing?

South Africa: President Jacob Zuma warns against foreign interference in ANC’s conference

http://dilemma-x.net/2012/12/11/south-africa-president-jacob-zuma-warns-against-foreign-interference-in-ancs-conference/

This is so insulting. What do the children think these black face people represent?

This is such an insult. What are they doing in Europe at Christmas trying to look like Africans?

http://dilemma-x.net/2012/12/08/santa-claus-saint-nicholas-under-fire-over-black-faced-helpers/

He seems to ignore black issues like black unemployment.

It seems like the hype of having a black US president might be over in Africa. Take a look at this article and check out the videos on that page too.

Little enthusiasm for US presidential elections in Africa
http://dilemma-x.net/2012/09/06/little-enthusiasm-for-us-presidential-elections-in-africa/

The shocker is Mitt Romney actually has a plan for Africa on his website!

What do you think about President Barack Obama's and Mitt Romney's Africa views

This is very interesting.
http://dilemma-x.net/2012/07/15/president-barack-obama-and-mitt-romney-their-views-on-africa/

You've gotta see this! It's got to be more than just wanting to be friendly. What do they really want to do with Africa? When does Africa get to rule itself and workout its own issues?

3,000 U.S. soldiers to serve in Africa next year
As the war in Afghanistan draws down, the Army will be increasing the number of troops deployed to Africa.

http://dilemma-x.net/2012/06/18/3000-u-s-soldiers-to-serve-in-africa-next-year/

13 May 2012

China Not Out to Colonise Africa Economically

Vanguard

Tianjin — China is not planning to colonise Africa economically and industrially through its investments, Chinese officials said.

Wang Kai , the Divisional Deputy Director , TEDA Administrative Commission, Tianjin, China, and Mr Wu Xiaxong, the Divisional Chief , National Development and Reform Commission of China made the statement in Tianjin, China, on Saturday.

The officials spoke at the on-going three-week seminar on "The Construction and Management of Development of Industrial Areas", organised by Tianjin Technological and Economical Development Area (TEDA) Group of Companies.

It seems very important that African nations reach out to the world. But, at the same time African nations must protect their natural resources for themselves to use as well.

China is investing so much in Nigeria and in other African nations that the US and European nations are now in a panic.

India is starting to do the same thing.

It seems that for so long European nations and the US only took from Africa, propped up governments, so that the newly independent countries would end up in wars and stay distracted, while they took all of Africa's natural resources and invested little in infrastructure and little in educational institutions.

China and India seem to want Africa's resources too, but they don't look to be trying to prop up puppet governments and they are investing in major infrastructure projects.

What's the better deal? It's yet to be known.



What we do know is the US and Europe are not thrilled that China and India are nuclear weapons nations that are building up their militaries and saying to the western nations, you no longer run the world and we can make friends with Africa too.

How do you feel about the aggresive Chinese business and population exchange with Africa compared to the exchange that was once dominated by Europe and USA with Africa?

Here's an article that shows how China is really trying to reach out in so many new ways.


China Daily to publish African edition and the African and Chinese population exchange

http://dilemma-x.net/2012/05/16/china-daily-to-publish-african-edition-and-the-african-and-chinese-population-exchange/


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