tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post762356835274790609..comments2024-01-18T12:02:23.977+00:00Comments on African Shirts: Hosea 4:6Nkemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16179240558587295386noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-2827112073938625282008-02-26T23:55:00.000+00:002008-02-26T23:55:00.000+00:00There is a way you can help. I have been researchi...There is a way you can help. I have been researching this for a while and have created three petitions that let our voices be<BR/>heard. Please sign them for the children.<BR/><BR/>http://childwitches.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>Thank you for posting this, the more the word about this gets out the better.<BR/><BR/>Thank you,<BR/>KelliKellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14713886388074691959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-9766829339644446512008-01-27T03:28:00.000+00:002008-01-27T03:28:00.000+00:00About a month late but whatever, my parents lived ...About a month late but whatever, my parents lived in Eket and I just want to say that not everyone in that community supported what was done to those kids, there were quite a few people that left them food and brought them clothes otherwise those kids would have starved, some of them were eventually taken to the motherless babies home, soooo the point I am trying to make is do not damn the whole communityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-22125081448729568522007-12-21T15:24:00.000+00:002007-12-21T15:24:00.000+00:00We have all been screaming our outrage at this hor...We have all been screaming our outrage at this horrendous story coming out of Akwa Ibom. But everywhere I've looked in the blogosphere, I am yet to find one single suggestion as to what needs to be done to rescue these poor kids from their tormentors..nor has anyone suggested any serious deterrent action to be taken against those pastors. Is this not what we should be seriously considering? Are we not by our collective inaction failing those children?Anengiyefahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12680156670687593504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-91100434884506084702007-12-13T11:42:00.000+00:002007-12-13T11:42:00.000+00:00Having just read your Dec 3rd blog I think I have ...Having just read your Dec 3rd blog I think I have my answer..!<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your tripBarney Cullumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174308030610053011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-38715432702874590472007-12-13T11:34:00.000+00:002007-12-13T11:34:00.000+00:00Nkem,First off- Great to have African shirts back!...Nkem,<BR/><BR/>First off- Great to have African shirts back!<BR/><BR/>Now, I'm mainly writing to ask you to expand on your views on superstition driven child abuse in Nigeria. Is it really more than something on the fringes of West African culture, as you seem to be saying it is? How common do you think it is?<BR/><BR/>I also read that article in the Observor and I found both that piece and your blog v interesting. I have to admit that I thought that sort of thing, while very real and horrific, WAS on the fringe of (West) African culture. It's interesting to hear you say that it's a lot more commonplace than I had previously thought.<BR/><BR/>I'm writing an article for Uefa at the moment on African football achievment. My editors have asked my to provide more colour in the precise form of war, witchcraft and superstition. I am loathe to do this as my article is supposed to be about African success on the football field and I don't want to use my pages to reinforce negative "stereotypes".<BR/><BR/>I have thought for a long time that Africa is painted with yesterday's paintbrushes. As a British Nigerian, do you feel the same? Or do you think that Africa is defined fairly in the media?<BR/><BR/>I hope these are the sort of questions your blogs are supposed to provoke! Keep up the good work mate.<BR/><BR/>BarneyBarney Cullumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174308030610053011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-85481422254440457342007-12-11T19:24:00.000+00:002007-12-11T19:24:00.000+00:00I share your indignance, knowing without a doubt, ...I share your indignance, knowing without a doubt, that the motivation behind pain and suffering that these children are subjected to is not even from a desire to 'free' them from the ties of so-called witchcraft. What does that leave us with? Sadism. Pure and simple...UndaCovaSistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05443026441324744879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-36646723981337687322007-12-10T17:39:00.000+00:002007-12-10T17:39:00.000+00:00Sometimes i hate the context in which "religion" i...Sometimes i hate the context in which "religion" is taken to be.<BR/><BR/>This is why its written in the commandments "thou shall not take the lord's name in vain"<BR/><BR/>Ignorance, greed and just plain stupidity!!!<BR/>I am just really sad and pissed offNneka's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790241470646230047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-34312249695383395442007-12-10T17:02:00.000+00:002007-12-10T17:02:00.000+00:00...and later a lot of 'Christians' in Naija would ......and later a lot of 'Christians' in Naija would claim that the fanatics we have in the country are all north of the Niger.<BR/><BR/>I'm still seething about this.Chxtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03363269342812285103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-91339463404895689342007-12-10T16:54:00.000+00:002007-12-10T16:54:00.000+00:00Ignorance...!I wonder if the causative influence o...Ignorance...!<BR/><BR/>I wonder if the causative influence of missionaries isn't being exaggerated. It sounds to me like a lot of already extreme native superstition is simply exploited by the churches and their pastors.mochafellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518961924300736736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-36334288568738853432007-12-10T13:04:00.000+00:002007-12-10T13:04:00.000+00:00MC, hope my little tweak has restored your sanity ...MC, hope my little tweak has restored your sanity for all time!Nkemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16179240558587295386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-36952483077223954162007-12-10T07:47:00.000+00:002007-12-10T07:47:00.000+00:00Hey, I'm only commenting because '1 Retorts' is gr...Hey, I'm only commenting because '1 Retorts' is grammatically incorrect and is driving me a bit mad. I have already told you what I think.<BR/><BR/>MC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-50346024305335003482007-12-09T12:06:00.000+00:002007-12-09T12:06:00.000+00:00I'm speechless.I'm speechless.Chxtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03363269342812285103noreply@blogger.com