My thoughts

I was just wondering why some countries have pulled through and are doing great and some are not. China and India are just great examples. Their determination and strive to be developed has just paid off. Now they are respected and given great status in the international scene. Africa I believe has refused to make any progress. What the leaders seem to be interested in is their selves. The natural resource God has blessed that continent with is now a curse. Many of the wars in Africa are just because of who wants to control the resources (greedy lot). It is not about how to developed and leave a better country for our children. Africa is rich in material resources but poor in human resources (in my own opinion). Imagine a president or head of state impoverishing, maltreating, exploiting his own people. Imagine people on the top level of government squandering wealth and bringing it to developed countries that already have plenty. Even now the developed world does not want to be part of any of those dirty money.

When these so greedy monsters come to developed countries, they go back not making any changes to the already deteriorating state of affairs in their home country. My prayers is that God will have mercy and bring good leaders, good policies and good initiatives that will help establish Africa as one of the leading continents in the world.

Too Bad

Sometimes, when I read certain things in the paper about Nigeria, it is like there is no hope left for that country. I was just going through the papers and I read that gunmen in Nigeria have kidnapped the elder brother of Nigerian and Everton football star Joseph Yobo. Norum Yobo was kidnapped from his hotel in Port Harcourt. I honestly feel saddened that this case of kidnapping and causing unnecessary pain to innocent citizens is still ongoing in Nigeria. I mean it is a crime in the first place to violate another person's freedom. I feel so ashamed that not only is this a criminal offence but an act that puts everyone from Nigeria in a bad light. Nigerian government have done wrong not only to the Niger-deltans but to all. Everybody wants a piece of the national cake but only few want to contribute any positive thing to the nation. God has given Africans all the necessary resources to live a good life but we are under utilising all our resources. I pray for the family of Norum and also for Norum himself. Only God knows what the man is going through.

Prague the beautiful city

These Pictures where taken in Prague. It is such a beautiful country. I hope and wish Nigeria will one day be known for the lovely cities and beautiful people that make it rather than the likes of Nigerians such as John Wilmots who tried to pocket £17.5million in a fraudulent manner even though he is a barrister and could easily live confortable from his wages. Anyhow please enjoy the photos and have a lovely day.

Racism v tribalism

I was in Prague last week and I was so amazed at how people in the country were staring at me as if they have not yet come in contact with a black person. The first night there, the looks I was getting began to make me nervous. Some one said to me not to worry that they were admiring me. I carried on, saying to myself that I should just relax and maybe they are admiring me or they have not truly been exposed to many black people. The second day, I still got lots of stares, I mean these stares where just like some one ripping your clothes off and just looking at every single part of your body. They never took their eyes off me even when I stared back. The third day I was getting irritated and annoyed by this behaviour I considered rude. I started feeling low, and I started feeling like something was wrong with me. Why will they not stop staring at me? I mean even though they have not seen black people on the streets surely they have seen movie stars and musicians who were black on TV? What broke my heart was that the children who were supposed to be innocent stared at me in the same manner as the grown up. I loved the country. It was such a beautiful country with lots of historic buildings and places to go to. I loved the summer weather. It was just as hot as in Africa. But all these beauty, I couldn’t wait to go back home. I just wanted to leave and not have people stare at me as if I was a creature from space. It may not have been a racist look, it may have just been curiosity and just sheer amazement at another human being with another colour but for me, it felt really scary. No one came to me or said any profanities but the looks I got, I did not like it. It made me feel for one minute that before they even got to know me, I have been stereotyped because of the colour of my skin. I may be wrong in my analysis. It may just be me and my paranoia but I have never gotten such stares in my life before.

Well with all that gone now, please do visit Prague. It is such a lovely and beautiful country. I will put some pictures later. I was discussing this incidence with a friend of mine and he said well anywhere one goes especially if it is not your country, one will get such feelings. He now said to me, which is worst, Racism or tribalism? God help me in this world!