My brother do you realize that we where not born to this world to suffer?.. Why are we suffering today?.. Why we suffering today is because we rejected eze ana (our tradition)" that's why we were suffering today, none of African born to suffer, we suffer cause we don't know who we are, we are suffering today because we are moving around every where with Bible. Amadioha is who leads judgement, amadioha is who going to judge you when you leave this earth.. Do you know amadioha"is who white people called angle Michael. Do you realize that?? My brothers wake-up don't allow anyone to fool you again... Bible was made by man, go back and read your Bible very well you will understand what am telling you...

ThI've been watching Bollywood movies since I was a toddler and I've never seen any scene where a western preacher walks into a village, goes to a Hindu temple, confronts the Hindu priests, battles the Hindu gods, wins, burns down the temple and converts the entire village to Christianity.

I've been watching Chinese movies too since like forever and I've never witnessed a scene like that.

But 80% of our Nollywood movies with plots set during the colonial era and even modern times have scripts like this; scenes of African gods being defeated by the white man's god.
Does it mean that the white man's god is powerless against Lord Shiva, Lord Krishna, Buddha, Allah and all the Asian gods?

Is it only when matched against the black man's gods that the white man's juju is on top form? Let me tell you something: Religion is nothing but a war of cultural identity and superiority.

And Africa lost.

The Indians and the Chinese held their gates.
They rejected every aspect of colonialism that sought to tarnish and belittle their cultural heritage.

That's why they stand proud today.

That's why you'll never find such scenes in their movies.

That's why you and I will never see anything wrong with a samurai, ninjas, kong fu, tai chi, yoga and all the things we see in movies from the lands of the rising sun.

Heck, Most of us wanted to be ninjas after watching Five Elements of Ninja and American Ninja, as kids.

The fact that ninjas are historically soulless blood thirsty assassins used by Japanese emperors to inflict fear and death on rebellious provinces didn't even matter. We all loved them regardless.

But the very sight of a dibia in a Nollywood movie would send negative signals to our brains.

Why do we always portray our cultural heritage in a negative light?

Yes, they were crude and barbaric; evil even.
But which ancient culture wasn't?
Even the bible and Quran cultures you hold so dearly are no exceptions.

It's funny how a lot of Africans still believe the white man gave them Christianity to save their souls and bring them salvation.

I laugh in 400 years of black slavery and subjugation.

Given how the white man treated our ancestors, like animals, how on earth are you people able to convince yourselves that they gave a Bleep about the black man's soul.

We were animals without souls to them!

Don't you see that you're still slaves?

the white mans world is working on innovative ideas. But Nigerian Facebook is lit with arguments of church tithes and offerings.
Is this how we're going to be great?

I've said this before and I'll say it again.

"Slavery never left Africa. They just removed the chains from our bodies and bound our minds with them". Bring your argument our Christian Brothers let settle it

China wasn't colonised. But you are right just that I think that since there is no god putting our hope in it is not going to save us we need to think far and wide, but still some customs and traditions are holding us back.

Well, I take your point.

However - many Indians did convert to xtianity, likewise Chinese. And many people in both nations are indeed suffering. They are not a good example.

Superstition is dangerous irregardless of its origins. We must do away with it here, there is no reason why we should not.

Mod please can you move this to front page please?

l agree that we must study our heritage, culture, and african religions, but we must do this only academically. For instance, our stories and proverbs must be held dear, but we must neglect much of the ways of the gods.
Even in the bible, we don't follow everything, especially much of the old testament. But there is a lot in the bible to hold unto. We must do thesame with stories of Ahmadioah and Shango, knowing that all religons, cultures, and philosophies, are man made. They are there for us to build on them and evolve.

Even the slaves held on to the god and beliefs of the white man, even though it was the white man that forced the belief on them.
That's to tell you how serious it is.
Many Nigerians today are slaves, but they don't know it.
Talk to them, and they'll abuse you. They'll say you're 'forming woke'.