>This was a forward from my cousin's friend Michelo
>
>Michelo Kalambo wrote:
>How to tell an African from an African
> > > > It comes, as something of a surprise to many
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Africans to discover
> > > > that all Africans look the same to non-Africans. How do
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >you tell a Nigerian
> > > > from a Kenyan? And I am not talking about passports or
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >clothing. The
> > > > easiest way, of course, is the name, for example Ogunkoye can
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >only be a Nigerian
> > > > and Njoroge a Kenyan. And where do the Dunns come from? -----
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >they are surely
> > > > from Liberia or Sierra Leone. Surely everybody knows that the loud
> > > >and cocky
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >ones are the West
> > > > Africans; the brooding ones and sly ones are the North and
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >South Africans;
> > > > the East Africans always say yes even when they disagree
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >violently. If you
> > > > want to be more specific, the Cameronians will borrow money
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >to buy Champagne
> > > > whilst the Ghanaians think they invented politics. The
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Congolese think they
> > > > have the best music and the best dancers. The
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Nigerians have a THING
> > > > about clothes, and the Ethiopians think they have the
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >most beautiful
> > > > women on God's earth. Moroccans think they're French, and
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >so do Burkinabes.
> > > > Algerians hate the French. Sierra Leonians smile
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >profusely.
> > > > Liberians can't get over America. All East and South African
> > > >countries have the
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >same national anthem,
> > > > but the South Africans sing it the best. The South
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Africans have no hair;
> > > > the Zambians and Kenyans have prominent foreheads. The West
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Africans have short
> > > > memories and never learn from their mistakes; the concept
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >of order and
> > > > discipline must have been invented in East Africa; the words
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >don't exist in West
> > > > Africa, especially in Nigeria. When a cabinet minister
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >is caught in a
> > > > corruption scandal, he commits suicide in Southern Africa;
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >in West Africa he's
> > > > promoted after the next coup d'etat. In athletics, the divisions are
> > > >easy: from 800m
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >to the marathon the
> > > > East Africans hold sway; the West Africans are only
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >good at the sprints.
> > > > South Africans can only sing. But when it comes to
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >football (soccer), the
> > > > North and West Africans dominate the lesser-skilled
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >East and South
> > > > African. Please read this and forward to all Africans.
> > > >
> >
> >
>AND THEN A LITTLE SOMETHING ELSE:
>
> > >> > > 1.There are at least two people in this world that you would die
> > >>for.
> > >> > > 2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.
> > >> > > 3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want
> > >>to be
> > >> >just like you.
> > >> > > 4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they
> > >>don't
> > >> >like you.
> > >> > > 5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
> > >> > > 6. You mean the world to someone.
> > >> > > 7. You are special and unique.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Forget about the rude remarks.