My peoples the energy and spirit is at an all time high here at the MY OMO NAIJA camp right about now. How long have I been telling you all that the best programming on television in the past three years is HOMELAND, HOMELAND & HOMELAND. So what do you know, I wake up mid-week preparing for my workday when I get a BBM text from my big homie in classic Abu Nazir fashion and who does he run into at a local department store looking all in-cog-negro and took a picture with? “BROOOOOOOOOODY”aka Damien Lewis the biggest actor in the number one show on cable television. Hit the cut below for the Kool Keedz pix of the week to see the “Boss of All Bosses” with Brody hanging out.
Ok people; let me get focused…
This is it people AFCON 2013 final weekend is here and who is playing on Sunday again? Oh yes; the Super Eagles of Nigeria. UP NIGERIA & UP NAIJA! What a FANTASTIC ride these past three weeks have been personally and for our country. It is just really disturbing at times to see how simple minded and superficial many of my fellow countrymen can be when it comes to supporting one another and showing true Patriotism. Football or not; one shall never waiver and become indifferent about the well being of our nation. I really found it troubling to see no evidence of any pre AFCON tournament chatter of support, encouragement, belief in the National team until the shocking upset of Didier Drogba’s Ivory Coast and the scintillating performance of brilliance against Mali this past Wednesday. Now that Nigeria has advance into the finals all the social media talk via Facebook, Twitter, Blogs are all bout how proud to be Nigerian, Naija this, Nigeria that, etc. SMH!
Rather than continuing to drink the white man’s Kool-Aid and look down on your own kind down because of a colonial complex that remains unresolved take heed to the lessons thought to us all by one of the Super Eagles player Victor Moses in this year’s tournament whose parents was murdered due to acts of senseless religious violence but chose to come back to his fatherland rather than represent England to dawn the GREEN/WHITE/GREEN all in the hopes of bringing back smiles and joy to the people that once ruined his innocence as a pre-adolescent, love for family and country. It is these same qualities embodied by the young Moses that should always lure us to unite, fight and celebrate all of our representatives on a national stage WIN, LOSE or DRAW.
If I told you all the jokes my ears have picked up in the past month about Nigeria, Nigerians and our fate it can be truly depressing. So dispirited that all you can do is laugh, laugh and starting punching folks in their chest for living. These were some of my favorites though; “Nigerians do not eat draw soup today o because if you eat draw soup our chances of winning AFCON match is highly unlikely”. The next one was so fitting; somebody on Twitter compared watching a Nigerian football match in the AFCON tournament to waiting on the results of an HIV test”. NWO! And then today’s joke sent to me by my brother goes; a plane carrying politicians crashed into a farm. When the police arrived, they found out that the farmer had already buried them. The following conversation ensued:
Police: Are you sure they were dead?
FARMER: Yes, I’m very sure, though I heard some screaming “Help me! I’m still alive o!” but you know these politicians, they lie a lot!
And there lies the problem. The fact that one of the first glimpses of Nigerian news on television when I arrived in Johannesburg was a broadcast of Christiane Amanpour on CNN roasting the incompetent fool that is Goodluck Jonathan did not help at all. I mean how can this Yahooooooo serve as a representative of for our country? This is so UNACCEPTABLE. While in Johannesburg taking in the AFCON tournament, I never saw so much dislike and hatred for Nigerians like the South Africans had towards my people. I mean I got along great with the Zambians, Ethiopians, Ghanians and other nationalities fine with no problems. The visitors in the country there to watch the tournament were full of positive energy, compliments and unity amongst other Africans except the native South Africans.
My reasons for blogging remain the same, working towards a common ground and gaining an understanding for people from different backgrounds, ethnicities and nationalities in hopes of highlighting our strengths and weaknesses towards a deeper understanding for one another. For three years now I have tried to present this subject matter in a positive and constructive manner but I am human and I believe I this warrants the opportunity to vent just a little so here it goes.
To every hating African out there I want you all to remember that Nigeria is your father FOREVER so continue with your jealousy. While we continue to deploy our armed forces all over Africa to help restore peace in your war torn countries we will continue to unleash HELL on pitch at your National teams.
In the words of Daddy J; “Show Me Someone that likes a LOSER”
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