True, then why did the Zulus come into SA with their assegais, To Cairo, it was a wonderland of pure ubuntu man!” is a complete crockĪnd only extremely gullible people would believe such crap. Other races we encountered as we tripped the light fantastic from Cape Skipping as we went, with rainbows and moonbeams and flowers and littleīlue cartoon birds, all while spreading love and goodwill to all the People like Malema try and paint, “In the old days, we’d sing and danceĪnd laugh and roam back and forth across the continent hand in hand, No other sentient species to use it in comparison to. In common, but we can hardly call it “human culture”, besides there are Also, all races and nationalities have traits You can’t even talk about “blackĬulture”, maybe there are elements here and there which are shared, but The only continent that has ever had a unifiedĬulture and identity is Australia. Huge diverse continent and never will be, it’s a massive piece of land, “African culture”? There has never been a collective culture across this It is not definitively “African”, nothing is. Yes it is an example of something developed and produced in Africa, but Pot, no Griqua or Berber, for example, uses them unless I’m mistaken. First of all, a so-called “African” pot is a black So that brings us to the terms “African pot” and Youngest one at that, bottom line is that Africa is even more raciallyĭiverse than Asia. There are white and black Asians too, but more about that a bit later.Īnd blacks are only 1 of many races to evolve on this continent and the (they’re not Arab, they’re their own race) are also Asian, in fact, Last time I checked,Īrabs, racial Indians (which includes Pakistanis etc) and Iranians Synonym for “oriental”, both are equally misguided. Is used as a synonym for “black”, people tend to use “Asian” as a Anyway, in much the same way as “African” Often) he’s just plain old Julius Malema, but all his many colours have Living under?), Pedi, Limpopoan (never heard this 1 yet, but he wouldĭefinitely play that card if and when needed) and sometimes (but not Depending on his specific agenda, he can be either thisĭefinition of African, or that definition, black, “communist”, maleįeminist (what, never heard of this before? What rock have you been “black” the vast majority of the time, here Malema chose to use it As we all know, “African” tends to be used as a synonym for On the fly is impressive, was talking crap and he was as scaly as a usedĬar dealer. Hand, while his ability to come up with drawn-out, elaborate responses Having said that, most of what she said is correct. She’s a baster, the real deal are a lot smaller than her. Oliver enjoys exploring the British countryside with his family, fondly recalls the days when he could claim to run marathons, and still pays the occasional visit to a climbing wall.Is not a true Khoisan and that it comes across as very contrived and Oliver's key areas of specialism include: European electricity and gas markets energy policy and regulation market design and trading arrangements investment valuation analysis risk governance and policy energy trading and risk management and energy system modelling. Oliver's clients include DECC, Ofgem, the Energy Technologies Institute, oil majors, storage developers, and utilities.
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