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  1. adam.

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    what was a sjambok ? they kept going on about it but i didnt find out what one was.
    adam., Dec 9, 2008
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  2. Clique

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    Just read this now. You don't think Egypt is in Africa?
    Clique, Dec 9, 2008
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  3. forks

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    well for a start the cradle of civilisation in the west was Egypt which,last time I looked, was in Africa.
    the Ashanti empire lasted for several hundred years and won three wars against the Brits before final defeat by modern rifles and cannon.

    The Benin empire constructed the second largest structure on the planet (after the great wall of China) with ramparts 60 metres high around the city with bronze casting techniques superior to europe in the middle ages (go see them in the British Museum now since we stole them in the 19th century)

    The Shona built a great stone city in Zimbabwe in the 11th century
    And so on.

    Modern African states are the creation of colonialists like the UK and are always going to be unstable because they don't reflect the ethnic makeup of the people. Nigeria for instance is composed of three main groups who are culturally very different.

    There is a lot wrong with Africa. corruption being the main one but to deny that Africans are capable of being civilised is racist shite
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  5. adam.

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    sjambok - afrikaans for 'a fucking big stick'
    adam., Dec 9, 2008
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  6. BRID

    BRID Has name in red. Staff

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    Its a shame to think it, but i think in our lifetime we will NEVER see any progress made in Africa.

    Unless something drastic happens, all that continent can ever look forward to is famine, and war.
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  7. adam.

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    i cant see any progress being made within the next 100 years like.
    adam., Dec 9, 2008
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  8. Pierre

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    It certainly opened my eyes to how bad the situation really is out there & to host a world cup is a total & utter joke
    Pierre, Dec 9, 2008
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    at least it'll make our olympics look mint
    adam., Dec 9, 2008
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  10. MR KUHNT

    MR KUHNT fifi man

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    HE ISNT TRYING TO MAKE ENGLAND LOOK BETTER. HE IS SIMPLY SAYING THAT 'IN ENGLAND' WE DONT DO STUFF LIKE THAT.
    MR KUHNT, Dec 9, 2008
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  11. Phil Mitchell

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    Progress is made all the time.

    Rwanda and Ethiopia for a start. Rwanda has ended the horrific civial war and now has a majority female ruling party (possibly not a good thing :lol: ). Its still massively poor compared to most but to say there is no progress is stupid.

    We all know what happened in Ethiopia in the 80's but it now has one of the fastest growing economies outside the west which is pretty good considering it has no oil.

    Zimbabwe, Congo and Somalia are obviously pretty fuckin offside at the moment but there are plenty of sucess stories over there.
    Phil Mitchell, Dec 9, 2008
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  12. BRID

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    Baby steps maybe, but its a fucking shocking example of just how much this world 'cares' when after nigh on 2 decades passing since 'Live Aid' that the situation looks no better. The idea that foreign aid and collection boxes are going to solve or at least put a dent in these problems is hopeful at best.

    Granted there is progress here and there, but for every country that makes a shift forward, it feels like another 2 slip back into genocide or some other crisis.
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  13. Phil Mitchell

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    Alot of the aid doesnt even get to the people because the leaders dont let it...
    Phil Mitchell, Dec 9, 2008
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  14. Ness

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    just watchin this now, totally wild! thats one place ill NOT be goin to for me holidays.
    I think Theroux is just really nervous and thats why he comes across the way he does, especially after gettin the threat at the start! lol
    Ness, Dec 9, 2008
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  15. BRID

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    Exactly... short of pretty much turning up, invading and handing food to people directly and watching them eat it .... then you can bet the majority of the wonga lines someone elses pocket.

    We do of course, try and install governments covertly, but this is proving to be more difficult in Africa than it is elsewhere like the Middle East.
    BRID, Dec 9, 2008
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    It's his style to portray himself as being nervous and naive in order to lull his subject into volunteering more information than they prehaps would with a more aggressive interviewer
    Mat, Dec 9, 2008
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  17. Ruth

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    It was awful but I had to watch it anyway...It was very brutal though...he'll tell his mates if i hit him with a golf club...he didn't seem to grasp though that now there was a mob wanting to burn him alive... :rolleyes:
    Ruth, Dec 9, 2008
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  18. Congay

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    Has Black Africa had a super civilisation tho? The Morocans of Carthage and the Egyptians whent exactly black where they

    Africa is a deep dark black hole for western money, we keep throwing money and condons at them and they keep shagging standing up refusing to wear condoms. "As long as a slaughter a goat I wont catch AIDS" mentality :lol:

    The population is unsustainable and in a few years its going to implode the whole continent will be plunged into a massive famine and millions of fugees will be looking for a new home.

    A lot of the countrys are fucking deserts for fucks sake, stop shagging and build a dam :spangled:
    Congay, Dec 9, 2008
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  19. adam.

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    :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
    adam., Dec 9, 2008
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  20. Ruth

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    a lot of them also sadly have the mentalilty that if they do catch aids if you rape a baby it goes away.. :rolleyes:
    Ruth, Dec 9, 2008
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