This Nigerian fella, Ozodi Thomas Osuji, has written a convoluted piece, typical of today's Nigeria !!
But he ought to ponder how come that while United Arab Emirates owns 80% loyalty in their oilfields, and little Venezuela owns 60%, Nigeria owns a whopping 0.3% !! The other day I saw on CNN some sick joke of a claim that Nigeria stands in the vanguard for Africa bright future!! Can there be a more frightening nonsense? Nigerians are now specialists in using all Africa's airports to peddle minute amounts of cocaine to the West, a scheme that was first initiated by their First lady and wife to Babangida !! Their institutions, hospitals, Universities etc... are all rotting !! Mugabe kicks out out settler colonists. Nigeria rushes to ingratiate their country to Tony Blair by taking in all the settlers, giving them land up to beyond the horizon, opening up their Banks and dishing unlimited funds for these Rhodesians. Meanwhile Nigerian agricultural engineers are all over the place in Europe and North America, washing latrines !! The Yoruba have thrown away their "Obatala" spirituality, for Arab Gods like Jesus Christ !! Nigerians constantly remind me of the question that Apartheid's theologians in the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa constantly asked themselves i,e, "How come a wise God decided to put the soul of a human being into the body of a baboon?". ===================================================== On 8/11/07, ocii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hehehe, Ozodi Thomas!! > > Maybe we should start banning carrying heavy loads by Africans on their > heads first. Those heavy loads probably put too much stretch on the brain, > thereby affects brain development, especially developing a vital innovative > and invention portion. > > Quite frankly the writer is asking all the necessary questions, > challenging as they are!! > > Ocii > > *Africare- NewPublications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > To: Africare Publications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Africare- NewPublications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:11:55 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [Africare-newpublications] ARE AFRICANS PRODUCTIVE OR ARE THEY > MERE CONSUMERS OF OTHERS PRODUCTIVITY? > > > > *ozodiobi osuji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > Subject: ARE AFRICANS PRODUCTIVE OR ARE THEY MERE CONSUMERS OF OTHERS > PRODUCTIVITY? > > ARE AFRICANS INVENTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE OR ARE THEY JUST CONSUMERS OF WHAT > OTHER PEOPLE PRODUCE? > In emergent African cities, such as Lagos, one sees African women > carry heavy loads on their heads; in rural areas of Africa one sees African > farmers carry their farm products, such as yams and cassavas, on their > heads; they walk several miles with these heavy loads on their heads. One > wonders what the cumulative effect of carrying these heavy loads on their > heads are. Could it affect their brains' functioning? Could it contribute to > their reported lower intellectual functioning? > Why didn't Africans invent the means to carry loads so as to reduce > the burden of carrying loads on their heads? For example, why didn't they > invent wheels, which could have made carrying loads with mechanical means > (such as wheel barrows)? It should be noted that the invention of the > wheel is the basis and precursor for mechanical civilizations. The fact that > Africans did not invent the wheel means that they could not have had > advanced mechanical civilization! > Why were Africans unable to invent things that would have made their > lives a lot easier? Why did they just exist with their suffering lot > unaware that human ingenuity could be employed in reducing human suffering? > Why didn't Africans invent writing to record their history (much of > their written history is thanks to the writing given to them by Arabs and > Europeans)? > Why do Africans, to the present, find it easier to just coexist > with nature without trying to understand and control it or improve it? You > can walk the streets of an African city and see how human inventiveness > could come up with ways to improve things (say, remove the garbage that > litter the streets and, incidentally, constitute public health hazard and > kill Africans, and they do not know it; they live on top of refuse and > breathe its destructive fumes without the slightest desire to do something > about it). > You can talk to a ton of Africans who call themselves engineers and > not see one of them show the slightest interest in coming up with mechanical > devices to improve their peoples animal like and beast like existence; they > merely talk nonsense on politics and generally lack the courage of their > conviction; if you fired bullets into the air, like little cowards, they run > and go hide in underground burrows, or run to the West, and from there > make empty noises unaware that no one makes an omelet without breaking > eggs, you cannot build a country without blood and sweat). These so-called > African engineers are a contemptible and despicable lot; they are useless > though they quickly remind you that they are engineers by calling themselves > engineer this or that. > Are Africans inventive or not? These are questions non-Africans > ask and it is about time we, Africans, asked the same questions. Talking > rubbish about how Africans were responsible for the Egyptian civilization > cannot obviate the obvious: in tropical Africa there is very little sign of > human inventiveness, folk just exist like animals. > If you gave an African a job he seldom thinks of ways to improve > the job process (he is more likely to put his little mind to figuring out a > way to steal from the job, and when he has robbed it down he has no job…he > kills the golden goose that lays the eggs).Why are Africans uninventive? > This is what one wants to know. > One can already see Africans coming up with defensive responses to > ones questions, which in their minds they think is persuasive! > Ego defensiveness that makes one feel good (ah, Africans legendary > happiness, the happiness of thoughtless children) when one is clearly > imperfect is not the same thing as rational argumentation. > I am interested in knowing why nothing I see in my world (cars, > telephones, radio, television, computers, Internet etc) is invented by > Africans. I see stuff invented by Europeans and Asians. > What is going on here? Are Africans mere consumers but not > producers and inventors? > What do you think? Please note that I asked what do you think, not > what do you emote; emoting is not the same as reasoning; as usual, I will > ignore all emoting, for I am in the business of thinking, not feeling. > It is time that Africans are known as thinkers, not just feelers; > as folks who are interested in philosophy and science. Are Africans > inventive and productive or are they mere consumers of what other groups > invented and produced? This is the question that we must now answer. > No rationalizations and prevarications would convince a skeptical > world that doubts Africans ability to produce anything. African leaders > stealing their people's money and using it to live like master thieves is > not the same thing as being real human beings: scientific and technological > animals. > Ozodi Thomas Osuji > PS: I am writing an essay addressing the questions that I asked here; > your reasoned response might contribute to what I write, but if you choose > to emote, as Africans are noted for, I will ignore you, for only thinkers > are welcome in my world. I should observe that this essay is motivated by > the issues raised by Dr Chika Onyeani in his fascinating book, Capitalist > Nigger. > ------------------------------ > Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top > picks<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48220/*http://tv.yahoo.com/>on Yahoo! TV. > > > ------------------------------ > Be a better Heartthrob. 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