Every now and then, I come across stuff that makes my blood churn and boil…this blog post - “Nigeria is the Big Skunk Slime of Africa” - is one of such instances.
The writer displays a gross lack of knowledge, for he should have realized that while there are several bad elements among its nationals, Nigeria has contributed immensely to the socio-political, and economic growth of the sub-Saharan African region more than any other African nation, including South Africa - the region’s so called economic powerhouse.
The blogger states: “Nigerians are universally loathed as the scum of Africa by everyone in the rest of the continent“. Yet these ’scum of Africa’ have put their lives and resources on the line by participating in several peacekeeping missions in Africa. All Adam needs to do to purge himself of Nigerian-hatred is check this Wikipedia entry on Nigerian foreign affairs since 1960.
Where was Adam Ash, a self-proclaimed anti-Nigerian racist, when Nigerian was at the fore-front of the Anti-Apartheid movement? Well, I don’t think this matters much to Adam, since he calms to be an ex-citizen of South Africa…I guess he renounced his citizenship himself when the Apartheid regime died.
Despite my objections to the [tag]Heart of Africa[/tag] project; if there is one area the image laundering project needs to address is ‘perceptions’ such as Adam Ash’s. if Nweke, the Nigerian Information Minister, and his crew can do this successfully, he is worthy of a national award.
nigeria just needs to ignore the rest of africa and get its act together. let them sort out their own mess wihtout our young men dying the process
November 27, 2006 at 6:32 pm
[...] Grandiose Parlor responds to a blog post suggesting that Nigeria is skunk slime of Africa, “The writer displays a gross lack of knowledge, for he should have realized that while there are several bad elements among its nationals, Nigeria has contributed immensely to the socio-political, and economic growth of the sub-Saharan African region more than any other African nation, including South Africa - the region’s so called economic powerhouse.” Ndesanjo Macha [...]
November 29, 2006 at 6:49 am
There’s no need to even admit that he exists because to do that is comparable to fighting a mad man, people will think you are colleagues.
November 29, 2006 at 12:39 pm
I am a person who hates to judge people but i thnk uwems comment of nigeria young men dying in the course of african conflics shows that he thinks NIGERIA of all countries is the best in africa!and should keep away from the rest of africa, wrong my friend! most africans are actually not fond of you guys much so it would be a good break.i agree with you people that nigeria has some people who are good but 85% of the rest just strike me as con guys, very loud and no respect for other people, china has already seen the best of your guys in beijing selling drugs and runnng scum everyday already and living off women cause most hate honest work and believe in get quick schemes, i hate to say it, but some things are just a pull from your genes man, you just cant run from it!
December 2, 2006 at 11:24 pm