Nigerians and their Self-imposed Mental Slavery.

The biggest country to be colonized in Africa by the British was Nigeria. And, in Asia, the biggest country to be so colonized by the British was India (which then comprised the present Pakistan and Bangladesh). The British came with their technology, religion (Christianity), and culture: names, dressing, food, language and other stuff. 

Try as hard as the British did, India rejected their religion, names, dressing, food, and even language, but they did not reject the British technology. Now, 80.5% of Indians are Hindus; 13.4% Muslims; 2.3% Christians; 1.9% Sikhs; 0.8% Buddhists, etc. Hindi is the official language of the government of India while English is used merely as a “subsidiary official language.” It is rare to find an Indian with an English name or dressed in suit.

On the other hand, Nigeria embraced (to a large extent) the British religion and culture – names, dressing, foods, and language – but rejected the British technology. Before the advent of Christianity, the Arabs had brought Islam into Nigeria through the North. Islam also wiped off much of the culture of Northern Nigeria.  

Since the British and the Arabs left Nigeria, the country has been waxing stronger and stronger in religion, to the extent that Nigerians now set up religious branches of their home-grown churches in Europe, the Americas, Asia and other African countries. Just like the Whites brought the gospel to us, Nigerians now take the gospel back to the Whites. In Islam, we are also very vibrant to the extent that if there is just a little blasphemous comment against Islam in Denmark or the US, even if there is no violent reaction in Saudi Arabia (the Islamic headquarters of the world) there will be loss of lives and destruction of property in Nigeria.  

We are indeed a very religious people. And while we are building the biggest churches and mosques, the Indians, South Africans, Chinese, Europeans and Americans have taken over our key markets: telecoms, satellite TV, multinationals, banking, oil and gas, automobile, aviation, shopping malls and hospitality. 

Ironically, despite our exploits in religions, we are a people with little godliness, a people without scruples about being negative. It is rare to do business with a Nigerian, be they pastor, deacon, imam, alhaji or alhaja without the person laying landmines of bribes and deceptions on your path. Without these, nothing gets done.



Morgan Freeman on How to Stop Racism.

Some of us Will Never be Black Enough.

Russell Wilson, quarterback of Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks , is the latest African American to be accused of not being black enough. Some of his teammates have even called him an “Uncle Tom” in the locker room. Yet, here is the great-great grandson of a slave, a guy whose grandfather is a former president of Norfolk State University, a historically Black College and both of his parents are African-American. Now, how black can a guy like this be?

The question then is who really are black enough? Are they those who Bill Cosby describes as absent fathers, women having kids for six different men and “babies” having babies, the young thugs with pants sagging irresponsibly and the young women whose bodies are covered with tattoos and piercings?

Charles Barkley, once voted the NBA’s Most Valuable Player and named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History stated only recently that: “For some reason, we are brainwashed to think that if you're not a thug or an idiot, you're not black enough. If you go to school, make good grades, speak intelligently and don't break the law, you're not a good black person.”

I guess some of us will never be black enough!

Emancipation From Mental Slavery.

That was several hundred years ago!

But this is the 21st Century.

And there are still too many people out there in the black community who have chained themselves down in mental slavery. Since this problem is self-inflicted, not even a thousand Harriet Tubmans can help set them free. And sadly, a considerable number of them is young. Under the shameful circumstance therefore, the future of the black community is terribly bleak!

The situation is so critical now that these young people keep taking one step forward while, unwittingly, they take many steps backward.

• To them, education stinks.
• A college education, on the other hand, is an abomination in their sight.
• Anyone that speaks good English around them is acting "white".
• Whoever dresses and looks proper is not real.
• Those who embrace hard work as a virtue are considered dumb.
• To a 4th grade drop-out, having a decent $10 job is too cheap and not worth keeping.
• The only ambition of these young people is---either get rich quick or die trying.