why is Africa often referred to as ” motherland” i mean even by foreigners and mostly here in the United states of America by” African Americans?”
It amazes me that in 2012 certain stereotypes about Africa still exist and some are even embraced by people one would think are open minded. There are many such misconceptions out there but this week I will focus on a few that I've encountered personally in my reading, in the media and in conversation with Africans and people from other parts of the world.
i cant stand those ..i mean the people that go to Africa for whatever reasons and my god.. everything they write , everything they have touched, the grounds they have walked on…. starts with African……
like really, it would be wiser if one can be specific on the locations, culture and country or what ever it is that they think they want to share with us…
my African dress??? i am from Africa i don’t nor have i ever seen an African dress,
i do admit that i have had a dancing cultural attire from my country, but to say the attire is African is down right ignorant and top notch stupidity!!!!
i read a lot about Africa, mostly articles from ammuture travelers to Africa who chronicle their journeys and experiences,
then i read from those that are well schooled from prestigious institutions and rewarded with accolades and accolades of awards for their supposedly well earned experiences and knowledge of Africa and us.
this two groups of idiots are mostly from first world countries….
one thing this two classes of people have in common, is ignorance, simply stupidity multiplied by lack of knowledge and lack of respect for the African continent, its people , the diverse and multiple cultures , the difference in music, differences in attire , the differences in food and above all the difference in people and their life styles basing per every _very different country .
it never seems to amaze me, as to how people generalize Africa, African art, African food, African music ,African attired and African this and my ass African that….
,like really, there is nothing like African this and that.. as people live per their own cultures and per their own countries, laws and what ever that defines them as a nation.
one very ignorant blogger had the decency to say the “African language “ and one as stupid says it is ” typical of Africa”.
what is typical of Africa when African is such a big continent ? .
i will agree if one said very typical of Tswana, typical of south africans or typical of Nigerians and so forth….
but to be bold and generalize the whole continent is the most outrages thing i can ever think of…
why cant it be a white man from any white nation to fall from the sky in to any African country?
mathata hela, he must have been very desperate to escape what ever he was running away from, my heart goes out to him and hope his soul finds it way back home!!!
i just watched a video here , apparently people think and believe that African people do not kiss…
not sure how this can be true when i have heard about tongue and French kissing since i was in primary school . most of all my first boyfriend in primary school kissed me, i have seen those older than me kiss and sure as an African i kiss to self express and show love..
i would however agree that we do not show affection that much in public, but to say we don’t kiss is down right stupidity and insulting..
how then do we make love? are we saying we do not romance?
unless if we fuck like animals may be, but even animals show affection of some kind…
coming to think about it, i recently ran in to a very ignorant American man who told me how much he would like to have African wild sex with me..
what is African wild sex?
The first time that the world consciousness came to even consider the importance of illegal diamond trade in financing the wars, which are reducing Africa to nothing, was when the movie Blood Diamond came on the silver screen.
My personal love affair with shiny stones goes way back when I was a small kid in the middle east. Growing up in the times in which there was nothing like today's internet, to rush to for every fleeting questions that might come to one' mind, pursuing interests and seeking information about them in a third world country was close to impossible.
blood diamonds
