Brief Verifiable Facts about Colonialism and Nigeria/Black Africa.

Brief Verifiable Facts about Colonialism and Nigeria/Black Africa. First, it is necessary not to mix up colonialism with Slavery. We must strive to pursue the truth about our past, despite the numerous distortions and false historical narratives being promoted by the mainstream media. Slavery and colonialism are two separate events. The colonialists first banned slavery, went out of their way to enforce the ban, began a period of legitimate trade with African kingdoms and traders and later decided out of greed of course, to conquere us because we were largely spectacularly backward, weak and incapable of defending ourselves and to make it much easier, savagely fighting ourselves. If Europeans had not come to colonise us when they did, the various Islamic Jihads raging across Black Africa would have taken all of us without much resistance as the Arabs/Islamic empires and states were the most civilised and militarily organised groups. When the British formerly conquered Lagos in 1861, they met and quelled not only the very ferocious Yoruba civil war which was selling people to slavery with reckless abandon, but also quelled the equally ferocious Sokoto Jihad of Uthman Dan Fodio which had already exploited the civil war in Yoruba land and was set to reach deeper into today’s Southern Nigeria. Similar Islamic Jihads were also spreading across West Africa. The Christian Missionaries were operating independently from the colonialists. If the fallacies such as “the White man forcing us to become Christians” or “ the White man holding a gun with one had and a bible with the other” had any iota of truth, North Africa would have been all or mainly catholic and Nigeria would not have had much Islam or more Catholic than Anglican as it is today. Slavery and other barbaric practices such as killing of twins were in full operation in Black Africa (example present day, Eastern Nigeria where I come from) when the Colonialists and the missionaries came to Black Africa. I must state here that I have recently learnt about something very disturbing about my own ancestors in relation to slavery. I learnt from an uncle that when my great- great grandfather died, his slaves had their legs broken and buried alive with him. I wish it did not happen but sadly, it appears it did happen as people know every detail of it and have actually done some ceremonies to recognise that something very bad happened. And who did my people enslave? Mainly fellow Igbos and others. There was even a Slave market not far away, according to my uncle and this was happening just about 120 years ago. Britain abolished slavery over 200 years ago Christian Missionaries campaigned to ban slavery and the killing of twins in Nigeria. When the Europeans arrived, most people in Igbo land, Eastern Nigeria were half naked and we lived largely in chiefdoms and had not evolved to the level of kingdoms or to the level of developing any solid civilisation. Hence, we did not even know ourselves and had no way of defending ourselves against any external aggression. It may be plausible to argue that we would have evolved to great Nations if the Europeans had not arrived, but we must also note that if the Europeans had not arrived, our Islamic brothers would have taken us quite easily. Thus, we should really be arguing of whether we would have been better off under Islamic theocracy or not. Yes, our societies at the arrival of colonialism had not evolved to a reasonable level and as such too inferior and weak to withstand external aggressions, but our people were not totally primitive. They were in fact, smarter than us today despite the fact that millions of us are University professors and PhD holders. My discoveries from visiting over 25 European countries and some national museums show that all racial groups share the same human instincts and that precolonial Black African people where evolving just like the most successful European societies evolved, before the advent of colonialism. I first thought about this in Stockholm in December 2003 when I first saw in a European museum, historical artefacts that anyone in precolonial Eastern Nigeria would have easily identified with. And I later saw a UK TV History documentary that showed Blacksmiths doing exactly what my people developed on their own (and still do today) to produce steel. Every human society evolved from a small group to hamlets or villages or chiefdoms to become Nations and Countries. Black African societies where undergoing that natural process before the events of colonialism. I must also say that slavery, both the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the internal slave system was unfortunately, part of that process. For example, an Igbo sub-group Izhi (or Izzi) people in quest for their societal survival were aggressively conquering and grabbing lands from others. Only the arrival of British rule stopped my people from totally wiping out their non-Igbo neighbours. European Colonialism largely empowered ex slaves and other disadvantaged individuals and groups in places like Eastern Nigeria and Igboland in particular. European colonialism fast-forwarded our evolution and development and built successful organised societies and economies out of nothing. The Europeans particularly the British were genuine enough to build solid infrastructures and cities and in organising us just like their own societies. For example, Britain recognised the different groups that make up Nigeria and organised Nigeria in a structure that replicated the United Kingdom. It is grossly dishonest to claim that Britain set us up to fail. Further, contrary to the hogwash we have been long fed that Europeans gave people in the colonies inferior education, Britain and the missionaries actually offered Black people in their African colonies far better opportunities than ordinary White British people had in Britain. For example, many Black Africans attended the best Universities in Britain including Oxford and Cambridge even when ordinary White British people were systematically denied access to higher Education. Britain and the Missionaries also went to a great extent to take quality basic education to many places where there are no longer schools or anything worth calling a school today in Nigeria. For example, most people in Iseke (Ishieke), particularly, the part in Benue State and much of Izhi land stopped having access to quality basic education in the 1960s. Colonisation happened to us because we were weaker and if you like, inferior. What is disgusting and most disgraceful is the failure of people of Black African ancestry to manifest reasonable awareness of the critical need for us to build successful Black societies. It is ignorance and /or Laziness to cry racism over mere words or gestures in the White man’s land when Black Africans are taking ridiculous risks just to come to Europe. Those of us privileged to be adopted into the White man’s society have a huge moral and natural duty to talk more about building successful Black societies out of Black Africa and the Caribbean. John Alexander Nwenu Iteshi London. 21 December 2018

How do you define inferiority in your language?

How do you define inferiority in your language? Black Africa, my people, has fertile lands but we cannot feed ourselves. We also cannot process any cash crop or Natural resources we have and we have plentiful. We do not do well enough in any aspect of societal survival. We cannot construct good modern roads or edifices and have almost zero technological prowess. We depend on the White man to provide us with food, clean water, basic healthcare and even need Oxfam and other White Messianic charities to teach us how and where to poo. Though, we have produced global heroes (e.g. Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama and others), we have not a single society of people of our kind doing reasonably well today or likely to be as successful as any Western society in the next 100 years, even if handed all the monies in the world to do so. Black African countries, arguably, have the highest number of people with PhD in leadership and policy-making positions in the world but for some mysterious reasons, appear unable to think out smart ways to catch up with the rest of the world. Black individuals are incredibly smart, but most of our smartest PhD holders would accuse me of doing something very wrong for this write-up. Most of us will take this post about us as a personal attack on themselves. John Iteshi London, 15 Feb. 2019.

Nigeria's Ides of March Have Come: Serious Crisis in the Offing!

Today's presidential elections in Nigeria is supposed to mark a turning point in Nigeria's history in that, it will be the first time in Nigeria's history that the opposition has a clear upper hand and would inevitably win, but from all indications, the voting could be truncated by INEC's incompetence or sabotaged by the desperate President afraid of his imminent defeat! The current INEC might be headed by a credible man, but it is probably the most incompetent electoral body on earth because of its choice of voting methods and failure to prepare. It is hard to imagine how a Hi - tech electronic voting can be relied upon in the most sensitive presidential elections in Nigeria's history without proper prior testing and voter education. It is equally disgraceful that the largest Black Country in the world is proving to be unable to work out a smart way of conducting its elections without relying on foreign ideas and technology. What really can a country that cannot work out a feasible, acceptable and cost effective elections achieve to justify its existence? Which successful country do we know of that spends the staggering amount of money Nigeria budgets for each elections since recent times? Nigeria has spent at least £1.2 Billion on INEC since 2010 under President Jonathan. This is clearly a very conservative estimate because the 2011 elections alone cost at least N122.9 billion according to Punch Newspapers of May 8, 2013. This amounts to over £400 Million by today's rates. Which serious country anywhere on this planet spends such a staggering amount of money in conducting elections? Which other society of sane people, that has no roads, no modern railways (except the fake ones built by the propagandists of a desperate President), no world class hospitals and no quality educational infrastructures would spent such amount in trying to copy a technology they ought to know would fail, in the name of conducting elections that are bound to be disputed? Arguably, the fact that the man most likely to win represents a real hope and chance for the black race to prove itself, justifies whatever expense, but it is very hard to see a peaceful handover to General Buhari, if at all the elections succeed or are not sabotaged. From the available information about the operation of the card readers, which is central to the voting exercise today, it is both unfeasible in terms of speed and the fact that the system is dependent on mobile phone signals which is clearly not workable in some parts of Nigeria. It is further worrying to note that a country with more than 50% illiteracy but can boast of the most educated central government in the world ( The President holds a PhD and is surrounded by individuals with the highest educational qualifications) did not consider the feasibility of electronic voting in relation to illiterates. In any case, even if the Hi - tech voting were to work, presidential sabotage would be hard to rule out simply because of the desperate manners of those surrounding the presidency. Whatever happens, crisis is inevitable because the current Presidency appears so desperate, it will do anything to stop Buhari taking over as president. And of course, if the presidency unleashes violence and intimidation, Nigeria will boil. Military rule or a sort of caretaker government appears most likely. John Iteshi London March 28 2015.

Bizarre Electoral Logic in Kenya!

Uhuru Kenyatta is clearly running away with it! The only likely obstacle to his achieving the desired 50%+1 of the total vote cast and avoiding a run off, appears to be the bizarre decision to add rejected and invalid votes to the total vote cast. This to me is an entirely hopeless idea because an invalid or rejected vote is definitely not a vote as it cannot be attributed to any candidate. The legal test could be "to whom was it attributed". If a vote cannot by any means be attributed to any candidate in the relevant contest, such cannot possibly be regarded as a vote. To treat an invalid or rejected vote as a member of the total votes cast is to distort the integrity of an election because such votes have absolutely no value and are in fact, not votes at all! I would love to see how any court of law could possibly find that votes that are invalid or rejected are part of the total votes cast when in fact, they were never votes cast, for if they were cast at all they would have not been in valid or rejected. I think the smart thing for the Kenyan electoral body to do is to physically examine all the invalid and rejected votes with the view of finding the intention of the voter. This seems to me to be the only honest and intelligent way!

My Human Response to the Raging Anti-Catholic Sentiments in the Western Media

The Vatican is arguably one of the most influential states, despite being the smallest in the world. It is not surprising that it generates curiosity and / or conspiracies. It should also not be surprising that protestant Churches persist in finding faults on the Catholic Church as they should be, as humans, rightly envious about the continued vitality of the Catholic Church. Facts: The Catholic Church has passed through the worst trials imaginable and still standing very strong. The catholic Church remains not only the strongest Christian denomination ( non- of the old conventional churches - e.g. Church of England/ Anglican, Methodist, Lutheran etc is currently left with any real vigour). For the avoidance of any doubt, the Catholic Church is stronger even in England today than the Church of England. I challenge anybody at all to compare the number of catholic churches in the whole world that have been turned to a drinking joint or non-religious event venue compared with the number in England and Wales alone! Catholic Church leaders are human and can be fallible, just as the direct Apostles of Our Lord Jesus Christ were. There is no sane person linking His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, to any sex scandal. If at all, some Italian media organisation’s information that the Pope’s resignation was as a result of a certain internal findings in the Vatican that some key members of the Vatican were in some ways complicit in sexual abuses/immorality, is correct, it does not represent a weakness, but strength of moral principles on the part of His Holiness. Arguing otherwise would be like the oft-raised hopeless argument that Christmas should not be celebrated on the 25 December because it used to be the day for the worshipping of a certain ancient Roman god, which basically negates one Christ‘s own numerous victories, as it could only have been victory for Christ that a day used for worshipping an idol was replaced with worshipping and celebrating Him! Mainstream western media organisations are news makers and news merchants. They create news by any means permissible e.g. by over producing and over-marketing human brands like Princess Diana, David Beckham etc. Catholic Church has the most plausible claims to Divinity! Even if you wish to discard the fact that Pope Benedict XVI is a successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle of Christ - meaning that the Church today originated from the very Apostles of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the fact the Catholic Church remains strong today despite what it has gone through is a clear testimony of its Godliness! Only something of God could have passed through what the Catholic Church has passed through in history and still be standing very strong!! A Word for those crying over celibacy. There is no evidence that the non-celibate protestant pastors are less likely to commit acts of sexual immorality than catholic priests. In fact, it appears to be the direct opposite. And I stand strong to be corrected! Being an Apostle of Christ, is best through celibacy as exemplified by Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles who completely abandoned their families to work for God. Christ knowingly avoided mixing marital life with the works of his Apostles. Our All knowing Lord of Lords, chose not to do this, meaning He approved celibacy for His Apostles. John Iteshi February 23 2013

London Riots: Talking Posh and Evasiveness Cannot Save Britain from a More Serious Race Relations Crisis!

Yes, Britain is undoubtedly a Broken Society, but Evasiveness will not mend Britain!!
The misdiagnosis has already begun with people playing politics by linking the unrests with cut in public sector. If we can be honest for once, the so-called cuts which some out-of-touch Liberal politicians would blame for every crisis has not significantly reduced the amount of income each person on dole receives. This is not difficult to find out as you can simply go to direct.gov.uk and check the welfare benefit entitlement the most worst off British resident.

The real underlying problem in Britain is Race Inequality which the government chooses to tackle by denial and false propaganda!
The government and the media of Britain are either populated by deeply ignorant people or have been dubiously perpetuating false race equality practices. The crisis that has engulfed London and other cities of Britain mainly led by clearly misguided “deprived” ethnic minorities in my view is a natural consequence of false democracy and false race equality in Britain.

The truth is that we live in a country that specialises in preaching (to its citizenry and the world), the kind of equality and openness it clearly does not practice and probably has no genuine intention of ever practicing.

If educated and or competent Black men cannot obtain befitting jobs due to fake race equality, they naturally would be far less likely to make stable homes. Tell me how many gainfully employed parents would have their children roaming the streets by 10pm?

If young Black males are not given equal access and opportunities to engage in apprenticeship/ work experience when they should, how do we expect that they gain entry into the labour market and become responsible members of the society?

Sorry, Simon Hughes, My MP, I Voted No to AV!

I almost came close to pledging a Yes Vote the day you hurriedly passed me at my slave labour at Bermondsey Underground Station ( where I am confined to an unskilled job not because I am unskilled, but because of all the wrong reasons). Many misguided ordinary people including ethnic minority naturally assume the Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) and the Labour Party are pro-ordinary people and pro-fairness hence; the masses often get easily swayed by any cry for fairness by the Lib Dems or Labour.
I must confess that I was until the last minute slightly swayed by the Yes campaign’s argument for a fairer voting system which they claim is found in the AV system, but the cloud of sentiment cleared off my sight once I sat down to compel my mind to a proper dissection of the arguments of both sides. I was probably swayed by the Yes campaign's argument that the current First Pass the Post system encourages job for life for MPs, but on a clearer look,
I find no force in this argument. Although, I share the sentiment against your likes that are life MPs and the culture of hereditary MPs which your political party equally represent, I do not see any correlation between the current system and jobs-for-life-MPs.
The fact that some people must be MPs not because they are popular or competent or even appreciably intelligent (e.g. the Nadine Dorrises of Westminster), but simply because they are connected or anointed by the party leadership or need to be handpicked to creat some outlook of equality of opportunities is a very British undemocratic practice which cannot be remedied by AV. The only remedy lies in practicing democracy to the letter by way of allowing the members of the party and the masses to choose party candidates. Of course, you should know that due to our kind of parliamentary democracy and the role of our manipulative media that people are always going to vote for the party rather than the individuals. Hence, the reason why MPs like yourself and your boss Nick Clegg have jobs for life must be because favoured candidates are imposed rather than elected by member of the political parties.

It is therefore clear that your argument for Yes is as poor,unintelligent and ppintless as a typical Lib Dem's idea or policy( for example, Nick Clegg’s foolish idea and argument for paternity leave period to be extended to the level of maternity leave).
I must assure you that I was also attracted to the Yes vote because I wanted to vote against the band of nasty privileged one-eyed men in government, but at the last minute I decided against making the most hopeless and incompetent nepotism produced politicians in Britain (Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband) appear great by voting yes.

My general stand is simply that all the major parties are in it together when it comes to cheating or deceiving the people and as well as celebrating inequality . Nepotism and all the public service vices are found in all major political parties with none having the moral ground to accuse another of any unfairness.

I am not fooled to accept that any political party that practices nepotism and inequality can ever stand tall enough to preach fairness! In any case, there is no issue of fairness here. It is simply a case of choosing between commonsense and idiocy and I have rightly chosen commonsense!!