| Author | Message | ||
     Aye Somebody (81.199.76.141) |
Make all ayes come together and understand the rtue orientation of the NBM.. | ||
| Aye Somebody (81.199.76.141) |
make una try show una P.1 everytime...things go clear una the more.Yan una belle 2 4..okay.. | ||
| Anonymous (212.165.163.226) |
Una dey craze touts like una make una comot jo | ||
| juname kaycee (195.166.237.40) |
anonymous, na ogun go pai u, which people be tout? i no blame u u won be jue like ur jew mama and papa dem. ayez are moving oooooooooo | ||
| aye mi axe men (62.192.136.199) |
Aye axe men,which way make we try run things for our T,Papa k dey Game and nothing dey happen.if we pay our skool fees temple go move forward.Aye axe men my na EWEKOKO man and we no dey happy for that said make men no say EYI dey do anyhow and den go see anyhow.Aye axe men na me be ay | ||
| keembash (62.3.255.219) |
I cannot imagine the immaturity of some of you frat men. There's alot more to life than violence, i think you all just need a re-education, or should i say reorientation. and i'm refering to all frat men. Anyway Greetings to you all, be u an axeman, marphite, buka, airlord, kk, vikky and nuff respect to all the other frats that i didn't mention, i am a world airlord from the great oluyole . i'm currently resident in england, and i stumbled across this forum this morning, and to be honest i'm impressed with most of what i've read. i think we all need to come together to make confraternities a positive force in the society. we all know that the situation in Nigeria is depreciating by the minute, and we the educated and proven rugged ones that are supposed to fight for the rights of the masses are foolishly fighting amongst ourselves. Like rugged outlaw dawgg said confraternities in the civilised world are a force to reckon with, why can't we in Nigeria emulate such behaviour? We really need to get our priorities right, all those rugged men from the different frats whose lives were so foolishly cut short due to our inability to comprehend what is right from what is so terribly wrong, i'm sure you'll all agree that it was not worth the fuss. Guys, you are all highly rugged, lets test our wits like real men, lets stop the violence and start the reconstruction of all the confraternities. from there we can make Nigeria a better and greater nation than any of us can imagine. | ||
| butcher 2 (216.139.181.188) |
aye mee axe me.....na butcher 2 from benekrurku dey yarn so..abeg make una try reassemble una sef 4 dat side b/cos as 4 ph, everywhere dey coordinated...imancipation by any means neccesary... | ||
| lordie (216.139.181.188) |
keembash, u are 2 much....pls tell them | ||
| beenie man (216.139.181.188) |
all ayes 4 rivers state make una use una head oh, b/cos una don go kill bagger and dem don fall out 4 us...abeg make we try dialogue this time | ||
| I TJ (216.139.181.188) |
i no go join again....una dey fuck up | ||
| junky (80.88.150.190) |
aye axemennnnnn!!!!!!!!,which parade.movement na movement,so make we try comport ourself.krf go do am 4 us.ayes are rugged and na ruggedity go free us from all oppressors,make krf bless all ayes.na sm 4 ogungba de yan. aye axemennnnnnnn!!!!!!!! | ||
| Anonymous (80.250.41.107) |
aye axe meeennnnn.........I thay hail all aye confr. more grace to our elbow,na bucca dey fuck up with us now .make you know relast we go still bring them down. | ||
| Ayo (212.137.34.25) |
Mr anonymous,80.250.41.107,As you have hailed all confra, all confra sef hail you. As you have brought a sort of complaint about bucca, you have done a right thing. The only thing I was also going to advise is; Have you thought of some form of DIALOGUE before considering the option of bringing them down?Bringing any injus down is not as easy as said,and I could almost tell you it is impossible. You just further complicate things and open new doors for revenge.BUT dialogue is sure better and easier than conflict. THE TRUTH IS EVERY CONFRA WOULD RATHER BE PEACEFUL AND ENJOY fraternising.I can assure you that other frats read these messages, and if channeled well, a dialogue could be very well possible. I know it might not be very easy, but consider dialogue.Keep us informed on how things are going. | ||
| junky (80.88.150.180) |
aye axemen i hail oh.if bucca price dem go pay porously.but make ayes use their mind do everything bcoz ayes no dey loose justified war,na de koko be dat. i hail again no | ||
| Anonymous (80.250.41.81) |
ur mama,junky u don see work abi, na kill u come kill for this world make u think where ur mates dey now. injus no bi fight or 2 kill. no wonder u dey call urself junky, chocho too much, rugged arm robber , police go doog u last last BASTARD! baster!. | ||
| snipper (213.255.194.44) |
aye mi rotten tomatoes,i dey hail ooo.with una low orientation.na so so noise una dey make if e set na una go kawa,begin peacetalk.agberos like una.all of una be touts.una dey live on past glory.baruda's i dey hail ooo. aye mi rotten tomatoessssssss, i dey throw way salute and egede oo.fools. | ||
| pcnemesis (62.255.64.10) |
210604 today: Three feared killed in Ibadan varsity cults' clash From Iyabo Sotunde, Ibadan AT least, three students were feared dead yesterday at the University of Ibadan (UI) in a clash involving two rival cults. Besides, five students sustained severe injuries from matchet cuts in the clash between members of the Eiye Confraternity and Black Axe. The Guardian learnt that the crisis started on Saturday night when members of the two groups engaged in a battle from about 7.30 p.m. till 11 p.m. Sources close to the university community disclosed that the clash reached its peak around midnight as the suspected cult-members enveloped the entire community with gun shots while chasing themselves around the campus. The source hinted that during the clash, one of the students was shot dead at Oba Dam area of the institution and was immediately dumped inside the dam. The Guardian learnt that after this killing, the suspected cult members stormed the Abadina area of the university, where they were said to have held residents of the area hostage for about an hour. As a result of the ensuing melee, two students were killed in a gun-duel between the two secret cults' members. It was gathered that the students matcheted by the suspected cult members during the clash have been moved to a private hospital around the university community for treatment. Two lorry loads of armed policemen were sighted moving round the institution yesterday evening. Efforts to speak with the institution's spokesman on the matter proved abortive as he was not around when The Guardian called. pcnemesis | ||
| junamerichard (66.178.47.245) |
wetin dey, I HAIL ALL SMs FOR ALL UNA Ts. WE ARE RUGGED IN THE EYES OF THE TINGO SO I WANT MAKE UNA DEY DO UNA FINE BOY WHILE SILL BEEN A RUGGED MAN PAPA KRF GO THEY SEE US THRU | ||
| miyaki4life (64.14.92.197) |
men who dey yan na miyaki dey for dey yan aye mi axemen | ||
| ANONYMOUS (195.166.237.40) |
AYE MI FOOLS MI LURDI ABI WETIN UNA DEY CALL UNA SEF AYO ESPECIALLY AYO, GUY ARRANGE URSEF MAKE U NO FOLLOW WATER GO.I HAIL O BUNCH OF TOUTS 1 FOR 30 | ||
| Anonymous (81.18.40.134) |
ay. he don happen, bucca gbe me lomo looo .ija nbo.my people, nothing dey happen we are about to strike. | ||
| azeez (217.117.14.243) |
Make una take am easey now,life no bo so.Well na lack of exposure dey worry most of una,u guys should go out and see life out of school. | ||
| Anonymous (193.60.62.66) |
aIYE NO BI AIYE.AIYE SUMA GURU YOU F**K UP 7TIMES AIYE THOMAS SANKARA F**K UP 147 TIMES BIG FUCK UP 4 UNA.EGEDE SPOIL 4 UR HAND.O.D TEMPLE SONGO BORN AM. WATER CARRY UNA GO. | ||
| cliffire (209.159.164.69) |
FOR UNA MIND, UNA DEY TRY.[NONSESCE] WHEN UNA GO GET SENCE WHY UNA DEY FOOL UNASELF EIYE DEY USE UNA DEY SHINE EVERYDAY.... MEANWHILE UNA STILL DEY ESAGARATE........ NEO BLACK MOVEMENT IS A FUCKED GAME, RIGHT FROM THE DAY WEY MAPHITE FALL UNA HAND, TRY AND BE LOYAL SO THAT U WONT RIOYAL............ BASTARDS..........147...777 714...DODORIMA...ayeeeemilody | ||
| cliffire (209.159.164.69) |
FOR UNA MIND, UNA DEY TRY.[NONSESCE] WHEN UNA GO GET SENCE WHY UNA DEY FOOL UNASELF EIYE DEY USE UNA DEY SHINE EVERYDAY.... MEANWHILE UNA STILL DEY ESAGARATE........ NEO BLACK MOVEMENT IS A FUCKED GAME, RIGHT FROM THE DAY WEY MAPHITE FALL UNA HAND, TRY AND BE LOYAL SO THAT U WONT RIOYAL............ BASTARDS..........147...777 714...DODORIMA...ayeeeemilody | ||
| ligba ligba (193.219.234.157) |
aye mi axmen na ligba ligba from adamawa temple dey hail. krf is on guard. | ||
| amigo_perkin (amigo_perkin) New member Username: amigo_perkin Post Number: 4 Registered: 3-2005 Posted From: 192.116.77.71 |
ayemiaxemen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,seven egede 4 all of una,na aye........,once towncrier zambezi ht,jew name amigoperkin,na fact na hight tyme all rugged brodaz realise wetyn we be we are LORDS and as such behave as such.make we come 2gether co.ordinate bcos papa k has given us d GH to carryout d FM.EGEDE MI LORDS..KRF ON GUARD | ||
| paparazi (paparazi) New member Username: paparazi Post Number: 12 Registered: 5-2005 Posted From: 80.88.157.139 |
mr,snipper you better wake up.u dey yab ayes bcos dem pass your level.make i tell you i be fine boy mentaly,physicaly and educationaly.no matter what you say u cant stop da movement.u say we get low orientation.make i ask you wetin be orientation.dagbo-ju man like u na toilet be ur base.who you be sef. | ||
| paparazi (paparazi) New member Username: paparazi Post Number: 13 Registered: 5-2005 Posted From: 80.88.157.139 |
anonymous,i no blame u,noting good fit come from such an ananymous-goat like u.why u go hail tout.das mean say u dont know where you come from and definatelly dont know where you are going.uncircumcised donkey.i you are not a domkey,you are one way or the other related to a cow.your yan no get sense at allll.u sound like a juuman.NA AYE FINE BOY DE YAN.all men abeg make una dey shun all dis unwanted bitch-niggas like dis.aye mi axe men.anonymous how you feel am. | ||
| paparazi (paparazi) New member Username: paparazi Post Number: 14 Registered: 5-2005 Posted From: 80.88.157.139 |
clifere u go school at all?eiye use aye shine dat one na 4 your pocket.why eiye no yan.na you unoriented dog enter cafe dey vibrate nonsense.marphitic idiot u dey talk like witch-pikin.aye axe men.holla at dat.arrogant caward like you no let me hear you again. | ||
| ayemikafo (ayemikafo) Junior Member Username: ayemikafo Post Number: 27 Registered: 2-2005 Posted From: 195.245.108.149 |
I DEY HAIL ALL OF UNA, U SABI SAY EGEDE NO DEY BREAK.WE DEY DO FINE FOR ENUGU. AYES UNA NO GO BELIEVE AM. dIRTY BAGGERS ARE GROWING UP, THY'VE GOT BEEF AND THEY'RE EDGING 22 BOYS WITH 10 MEN! SCORE IS 13-3. BUT TELL THEM NOT TO LET THAT GET INTO THEIR HEAD, COS WE ALWAYS READY FOR ANYONE. KOROFO DEY ON GUARD!!!!! ANITA MAMISA!!!!!!!! | ||
| bazz26 (bazz26) New member Username: bazz26 Post Number: 1 Registered: 7-2005 Posted From: 82.128.3.7 |
ayemikafo, u are a fool! think of something positive to do with your life......na aye go give u food? e be like say ur mama and papa still dey feed you. Leave skool make u know wetin the world dey talk.....mumu | ||
| king_of_kings (king_of_kings) New member Username: king_of_kings Post Number: 19 Registered: 4-2005 Posted From: 24.43.232.188 |
Thank you so much ,for telling him that. | ||
| gbe_man (gbe_man) New member Username: gbe_man Post Number: 1 Registered: 5-2005 Posted From: 80.179.250.136 |
i need a serious minded maphite to contact me for serious proposal. omi maphites 4 life, the flame remains burning. | ||
| loveless (loveless) New member Username: loveless Post Number: 1 Registered: 8-2005 Posted From: 82.35.78.81 |
all i knw b say egede no go break..i hail all aye men.nuffin go ever beat am. aye axe men | ||
| ayemikafo (ayemikafo) Junior Member Username: ayemikafo Post Number: 29 Registered: 2-2005 Posted From: 195.245.108.138 |
Bazz, if u got a glass jaw u should shut ur mouth cos I'll break ur face. i coment my reserve. EGEDE to all my AXE MEN!! | ||
| paparazi (paparazi) New member Username: paparazi Post Number: 24 Registered: 5-2005 Posted From: 80.88.157.139 |
BAZZ U WELL SO?MY GUY IS TALKING SBOUT 22AND ARO,U DEY ONE JU CORNER DEY YAN ANY HOW. AYE MI RUGGED AXEMEN...UNA SABI.JU-BAZZ MAKE ITELL NO RUNS WEY NO DEY GET GBEGE.SHEY U FEEL ME. U CANT STOP THE SHINING.. COS NO BORN MESS-UP.AND NO FACE FOR FACES ONLY ONE FACE..IN TNE MOVEMENT. AND DO U KNOW ANY ONE AFRAID TO DIE IS AFRAID TO LIVE..COWARD LIKE U.BETTER SHUT UP.ABEG MAKE ALL MEN NO DEY CAST.EGEDE 4 REAL. | ||
| _traitor_ (_traitor_) New member Username: _traitor_ Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2006 Posted From: 210.213.138.65 |
So na so una dey carry unaself dey propagate nonsense. All of una wer dey motherland una dey fack up. Come see how men from diffrent colours dey come together here for europe dey wire cash to each other accounts. Axe man, eiye, vicky dey offer drink to each other dey run things. Una dey fack up. I no blame una.. na teenage exhuberance we dey call am. | ||
| stealflamin New member Username: stealflamin Post Number: 8 Registered: 3-2006 Posted From: 172.212.113.94 |
i hail you all my brothers. I guess there is more to learn that alot of you dont know. No disrepect to u at all but i just want you to know that saying things in all this public room is not a good idea. there is a forum that have been made by the org for us to post stuff. if u need to know more about this then feel free to email me at stealflamin@yahoo.com and pls dont forget that u are a man of great sense and power so lets end this flow in public room and do our thing as it is done. Flame On | ||
| milolo New member Username: milolo Post Number: 1 Registered: 4-2006 Posted From: 81.199.83.203 |
aye axe men! how you na dey , dodorima 4 you EGEDE to all my AXE MEN!!, i beg make some papas email me oooo, jay_mak212@yahoo.com} | ||
| uslion New member Username: uslion Post Number: 9 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 70.116.107.225 |
BY GOD, THE MORE I READ THESE POSTINGS, I MARVEL AT THE LEVEL OF DECADANCE IN THE MINDS OF OUR SO CALLED LEADERS OF TOMMORROW. IF THE YOUTH ARE INDEED THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW, THEN NIGERIA IS DOOMED, WE ARE NOW OPPORTUNED BY GOD TO SEE THROUGH YOUR HEARTS INTO THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP NIGERIA WILL EXPERINCE TOMORROW. SEE HOW MUCH BLOOD YOU ALL HAVE SHED, HOW MUCH PAIN YOU ALL HAVE BROUGHT TO UNTOLD NUMBERS OF POOR NIGERIAN FAMILIES, ALL IN THE NAME OF GANG-BANGING, SINCE ENTERING COLLEGE. SEE HOW MUCH OF YOUR OWN EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS AND FORMER FRIENDS YOU`VE CUT SHORT THEIR OWN DREAMS OF A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES & THEIR FAMILIES. THE FACT REMAINS THAT MOST YOUNG NIGERIANS ARE SO FOOL-HARDY & SO IGNORANT THAT NO WORD OF WISDOM WILL EVER TOUCH THEIR SOULS. I READ & SEE HOW YOUNGMEN, SALUTE THEMSELVES AS " ...THOSE ABOUT TO DIE" A PURPOSELESS LIFE, WERE THERE IS NO VISION, THE PEOPLE DO NOT JUST CAST OFF ALL FORMS OF RESTRAINTS, THEY ALSO PERISH, SAYS THE BIBLE. I OFTEN WONDER WHEN I HEAR REPORTS FROM HOME, WHETHER OR NOT SOME OF THESE CONFRATERNITIES HAVE ANY FORM OF PURPOSE DRIVEN LEADERSHIP. CAN`T THEY RE-INVENT THEMSELVES, CAN`T THESE YOUNG ENERGETIC MEN, RAISE NEW BANNERS FOR TOMORROW? IF YOU BAGGERS, & YOU AXEMEN, AND THE REST OF YOU YOUNGER ONES ARE AS RUGGED AS YOU ADVERTISE, THEN DO NIGERIA A BIG FAVOR AND TURN THESE PURPOSELESS AGGRESSIONS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AND TOWARDS OUR FORMER CORRUPT LEADERS. TURN YOUR ••••••• AGGRESSION TOWARDS THE BABAGINDAS, THE AIKHOUMUS, THE ABACHAS, THE ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKARS & ALL THEIR CRONNIES. THIS WAY WE CAN CELEBRATE YOU ALL & KNOW YOU DIED FOR A JUST CAUSE. ALL YOU YOUNGMEN, SPEND YOUR LIFE PLOTTING THE DEATHS & REVENGES OF OTHER YOUNGMEN LIKE YOURSELF, WHILE NIGERIA IS CRYING FOR YOUNGMEN THAT WILL ASSIST HER RID US OF THE MORAL CONTAGION THESE PAST LEADERS KEEP AFFLICTING THE NATION WITH. I SPEAK TO YOU YOUNGMEN, BECAUSE THESE SATANIC SEEDS THAT IS BEING SOWN ALL AROUND THE SOUTH-SOUTH & SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA, WILL FURTHER EXTINGUISH THE LIVES OF YOUNGER EASTERNERS & SOUTHERNERS & WESTERNERS YET UNBORN. FUNNY ENOUGH, THE NORTHERN PARTS OF NIGERIA, HAS ALMOST SUCCESSFULLY CHECKED THESE ACTIVITIES FROM GAINING FOOTHOLD IN THEIR REGIONS, EXCEPT FOR BENUE PEOPLE. WHILE YOUNG MEN FROM THE NORTH AND ALSO FROM THE WESTERN PARTS OF NIGERIA ARE CONSTRUCTIVELY INVOLVED IN PRIVATIZATION-BUYING OUT AP, UNIPETROL, ETC FORMING ALLIANCES WITH MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS ABROAD. THEIR MATES FROM THE NIGER-DELTA, & IGBOS, ARE BUSY WITH CONTRACT KILLINGS, GETTING DRUNK, HIGHWAY ROBBERY, RAPES & ALL MANNER OF IMAGINABLE EVILS. IN CLOSING, I DARE TO CHALLENGE YOU GUYS, IF YOU ARE AS RUGGED AS YOU THINK, AS KINGLY AS YOU CLAIM, AS BLOODY AS YOU HAVE ADVERTISED, THEN ARM YOURSELF WITH A GREATER PURPOSE. BECOME A PURPOSE DRIVEN CULT, STOP IBB & OTHERS LIKE HIM FROM WEIGHING DOWN OUR NATION ANYMORE. DON`T YOU KNOW THAT YOU ALL CAN ALSO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO? RE-ARM YOURSELF, RENEW YOUR MINDS, RETHINK YOUR IDEOLGIES & REBIRTH YOURSELVES. I SPEAK TO YOU ALL AS A BIG-BROTHER, A NIGERIAN IN DIASPORA, A BLACKMAN THAT WANT TO SEE DIGNITY RESTORED TO BLACK PEOPLE. AS A CHRISTIAN, WHO KNOWS THE PAIN, THE SHAME AND THE COMPOUNDING CUMULATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACTIONS OF MY YOUNGER BRETHREN IN THE CONFRATERNIES IN NIGERIA. | ||
| mankind Member Username: mankind Post Number: 93 Registered: 5-2006 Posted From: 68.8.185.159 |
Hey man, Thanks a lot for your time and words of wisdom...Since you believe so much in God the way you do, He 'll continue to enrich you with wisdom and strenght to the your best to a kinda thwart the negative activities of cultism. I don't know what to add to what you 've said for you have said it all. I come here on this website on daily basis but cannot add anything b'cause of the kinda languadges and the level of the faculty of the guys that come here. It's incredable after all that has been happening in the society - killing and all that. They still haven't learned anythingg from it. I'm kinda busy and ain't got enough time however, I must still kudo you and you got ma appreciation. Take it easy bro | ||
| uslion New member Username: uslion Post Number: 12 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 70.116.107.225 |
FRIENDS, BELOW IS A WRITE-UP FROM DR PHILIP EMEAGWALI, A REPUTABLE NIGERIAN SCIENTIST LIVING IN THE USA. THE REASON AM POSTING THIS HERE, IS THAT I FEEL A STRONG NEED TO START RE-DIRECTING THE FLOW OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON THESE SITES. LIFT UP YOUR HEADS & LOOK UP FROM WERE YOU NOW STAND... Where is Africa Going Wrong? Out-of-the-Box Thinking in an In-the-Box World by Philip Emeagwali emeagwali.com Keynote speech by famed supercomputer pioneer [University of Alberta, Canada, September 23, 2006] I once believed that capital was another word for money, the accumulated wealth of a country or its people. Surely, I thought, wealth is determined by the money or property in one’s possession. Then I saw a Deutsche Bank advertisement in the Wall Street Journal that proclaimed: “Ideas are capital. The rest is just money.” I was struck by the simplicity of such an eloquent and forceful idea. I started imagining what such power meant for Africa. The potential for progress and poverty alleviation in Africa relies on capital generated from the power within our minds, not from our ability to pick minerals from the ground or seek debt relief and foreign assistance. If ideas are capital, why is Africa investing more on things than on information, and more on the military than on education? Suddenly, I realized what this idea could mean for Africa. If the pen is mightier than the sword, why does a general earn more than the work of a hundred writers combined? If ideas are indeed capital, then Africa should stem its brain drain and promote the African Renaissance, which will lead to the rebirth of the continent. After all, a renaissance is a rebirth of ideas. And knowledge and ideas are the engines that drive economic growth. When African men and women of ideas, who will give birth to new ideas, have fled to Europe and the United States, then the so-called African Renaissance cannot occur in Africa. It can only occur in Paris, London and New York. There are more Soukous musicians in Paris, than in Kinshasha; more African professional soccer players in Europe, than in Africa. African literature is more at home abroad than it is in Africa. In other words, Africans in Europe are alleviating poverty in Europe, not in Africa. Until the men and women of ideas — the true healers of Africa — start returning home, the African Renaissance and poverty alleviation will remain empty slogans. After all, the brightest ideas are generated and harnessed by men of ideas. The first annual report by J.P. Morgan Chase, a firm with assets of 1.3 trillion dollars, reads: “The power of intellectual capital is the ability to breed ideas that ignite value.” This quote is a clarion call to African leaders to shift purposefully and deliberately from a focus on things to a focus on information; from exporting natural resources to exporting knowledge and ideas; and from being a consumer of technology to becoming a producer of technology. For Africa, poverty will be reduced when intellectual capital is increased and leveraged to export knowledge and ideas. Africa’s primary strategy for poverty alleviation is to gain debt relief, foreign assistance, and investments from western nations. Poverty alleviation means looking beyond 100 percent literacy and aiming for 100 percent numeracy, the prerequisite for increasing our technological intellectual capital. | ||
| uslion New member Username: uslion Post Number: 13 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 70.116.107.225 |
Emeagwali continued... Yet, in this age of information and globalization when poverty alleviation should result in producing valuable products for the global market and competing with Asia, the United States, and Europe — shamefully, diamonds found in Africa are polished in Europe and re-sold to Africans. The intellectual capital needed to produce products and services will lead to the path of poverty alleviation. Intellectual capital, defined as the collective knowledge of the people, increases productivity. The latter — by driving economic growth — alleviates poverty, always and everywhere, even in Africa. Productivity is the engine that drives global economic growth. Those who create new knowledge are producing wealth, while those who consume it are producing poverty. If you attend a Wole Soyinka’s production of Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart,” you consume the knowledge produced by Soyinka and Achebe as well as the actor’s production, much like I consume the knowledge and production of Bob Marley’s through his songs. We will need wisdom, that which turns too much information — or information overload — into focused power, not only to process, but also to evaluate the overwhelming amount of information available on the Internet. This wisdom will give us the competitive edge and enable us to find creative solutions. The following story illustrates the difference between information and wisdom. Twelve hundred years ago, in the city of Baghdad, lived a genius named Al-Khwarizmi, who was one of the fathers of algebra. In fact, the word algebra comes from the title of his book Al-jabr, which for centuries was the standard mathematics textbook. Al-Khwarizmi taught in an institution of learning called the House of Wisdom, which was the center of new ideas during Islam’s golden age of science. To this day we computer scientists honor Al-Khwarizmi when we use the word algorithm, which is our attempt to pronounce his name. One day, Al-Khwarizmi was riding a camel laden down with algebraic manuscripts to the holy city of Mecca. He saw three young men crying at an oasis. “My children, why are you crying?” he enquired. “Our father, upon his death, instructed us to divide his 17 camels as follows: ‘To my oldest son I leave half of my camels, my second son shall have one-third of my camels, and my youngest son is to have one-ninth of my camels.’” “What, then, is your problem?” Al-Khwarizmi asked. “We have been to school and learned that 17 is a prime number that is, divisible only by one and itself and cannot be divided by two or three or nine. Since we love our camels, we cannot divide them exactly,” they answered. Al-Khwarizmi thought for a while and asked, “Will it help if I offer my camel and make the total 18?” “No, no, no,” they cried. “You are on your way to Mecca, and you need your camel.” “Go ahead, have my camel, and divide the 18 camels amongst yourselves,” he said, smiling. So the eldest took one-half of 18 — or nine camels. The second took one-third of 18 — or six camels. The youngest took one-ninth of 18 — or two camels. After the division, one camel was left: Al-Khwarizmi’s camel, as the total number of camels divided among the sons (nine plus six plus two) equaled 17. Then Al-Khwarizmi asked, “Now, can I have my camel back?” (You can read the rest of this interesting piece at http://emeagwali.com/speeches/africa/where-is-africa-going-wrong.htm) | ||
| uslion New member Username: uslion Post Number: 15 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 70.116.107.225 |
FRIENDS, THE REASON AM POSTING THIS HERE, IS THAT I FEEL A STRONG NEED TO START RE-DIRECTING THE FLOW OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON THESE SITES, LETS STOP THESE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GANG-BANGING. LIFT UP YOUR HEADS & LOOK UP FROM WERE YOU NOW STAND... ...................................................... WHERE IS AFRICA GOING WRONG? Out-of-the-Box Thinking in an In-the-Box World by Philip Emeagwali emeagwali.com Keynote speech by famed supercomputer pioneer [University of Alberta, Canada, September 23, 2006] I once believed that capital was another word for money, the accumulated wealth of a country or its people. Surely, I thought, wealth is determined by the money or property in one’s possession. Then I saw a Deutsche Bank advertisement in the Wall Street Journal that proclaimed: “Ideas are capital. The rest is just money.” I was struck by the simplicity of such an eloquent and forceful idea. I started imagining what such power meant for Africa. The potential for progress and poverty alleviation in Africa relies on capital generated from the power within our minds, not from our ability to pick minerals from the ground or seek debt relief and foreign assistance. If ideas are capital, why is Africa investing more on things than on information, and more on the military than on education? Suddenly, I realized what this idea could mean for Africa. If the pen is mightier than the sword, why does a general earn more than the work of a hundred writers combined? If ideas are indeed capital, then Africa should stem its brain drain and promote the African Renaissance, which will lead to the rebirth of the continent. After all, a renaissance is a rebirth of ideas. And knowledge and ideas are the engines that drive economic growth. When African men and women of ideas, who will give birth to new ideas, have fled to Europe and the United States, then the so-called African Renaissance cannot occur in Africa. It can only occur in Paris, London and New York. There are more Soukous musicians in Paris, than in Kinshasha; more African professional soccer players in Europe, than in Africa. African literature is more at home abroad than it is in Africa. In other words, Africans in Europe are alleviating poverty in Europe, not in Africa. Until the men and women of ideas — the true healers of Africa — start returning home, the African Renaissance and poverty alleviation will remain empty slogans. After all, the brightest ideas are generated and harnessed by men of ideas. The first annual report by J.P. Morgan Chase, a firm with assets of 1.3 trillion dollars, reads: “The power of intellectual capital is the ability to breed ideas that ignite value.” This quote is a clarion call to African leaders to shift purposefully and deliberately from a focus on things to a focus on information; from exporting natural resources to exporting knowledge and ideas; and from being a consumer of technology to becoming a producer of technology. For Africa, poverty will be reduced when intellectual capital is increased and leveraged to export knowledge and ideas. Africa’s primary strategy for poverty alleviation is to gain debt relief, foreign assistance, and investments from western nations. Poverty alleviation means looking beyond 100 percent literacy and aiming for 100 percent numeracy, the prerequisite for increasing our technological intellectual capital. (you can read the entire script at http://emeagwali.com/speeches/africa/where-is-africa-going-wrong.htm) | ||
| black_and_proud New member Username: black_and_proud Post Number: 9 Registered: 12-2007 Posted From: 204.16.125.94 |
Egede na we dey rule...make all jews fem all corner...nothing do us....next year convention is in south africa...we are moving Life!!!! EGEDE!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
| sticky Intermediate Member Username: sticky Post Number: 117 Registered: 1-2005 Posted From: 41.220.73.132 |
yes i believe u guys rule , but u rule in hell, okorofo is there already burning and he is waiting for all of u.look who is giving u visa to south africa, beta dont go and spoil that country like u have done to urs | ||
| sticky Intermediate Member Username: sticky Post Number: 118 Registered: 1-2005 Posted From: 41.220.73.132 |
yes i believe u guys rule , but u rule in hell, okorofo is there already burning and he is waiting for all of u.look who is giving u visa to south africa, beta dont go and spoil that country like u have done to urs | ||
| sticky Intermediate Member Username: sticky Post Number: 119 Registered: 1-2005 Posted From: 41.220.73.132 |
yes i believe u guys rule , but u rule in hell, okorofo is there already burning and he is waiting for all of u.look who is giving u visa to south africa, beta dont go and spoil that country like u have done to urs |
