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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
2085 Posts |
 Posted - 01 Mar 2006 : 00:11:41
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So who invented:
air conditioning unit,defroster
air purification device
airship (variation)
almanac
auto cut-off switch
auto fishing device
automatic gear shift
automatic refrigeration system
For long-haul trucks.
baby buggy
bicycle frame
biscuit cutter
blood bank / plasma / plasmabag
carpet beating machine
cellular phone
chamber commode
clothes dryer
corn and cotton planter
cotton cultivator
curtain rod
curtain rod support
door knob
door stop
draft regulator
dust pan
egg beater
electric lamp bulb
elevator
elevator device
eye protector
fire escape ladder
fire extinguisher (variation)
folding bed
folding chair
foot power hammer
fountain pen
furniture caster
galvanic battery
gas burner
gas mask
golf tee
gong and signal chairs for hotels
guitar (variation)
hair brush
hand stamp
horseshoe
ice cream scooper
ice cream mold
improved. sugar making
insect-destroyer gun
ironing board
key chain
lantern
lawn mower
lawn sprinkler
lemon squeezer
letter box
library table
lock
lubricator for steamengines
luggage carrier
lunch pail
mail box
mop
motor (variation)
Occustat
peanut butter
pencil sharpener
photo embossing
portable shield for infantry
railway signal
railway telegraphy,
induction telegraph system overhead conducting
electric railway system.
electromotive railway system for long-haul trucks.
record player arm
refrigerating apparatus
riding saddles
rolling pin
rotary engine
sanitary Belt
screw for tobacco press
shampoo headrest
spark plug
spring Seat for Chairs
stethoscope
stove
straightening comb
street spinkling apparatus
street sweeper
telephone transmitter
thermostat control
thin film capacitor,
control device for pacemaker
traffic signal
tricycle
two cycle gas engine
typewriter
umbrellastand
Africans
Peace
Sister Omega
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 01 Mar 2006 : 00:32:06
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I am very suprised. Which africans. How come our inventions have not made us better? the essence of these is to improve our lives and you are only confirming what i have said in my earlier contributions. That we are a people of ironies. Where there is plenty, there is starvation.
The fundamental question is has it taken us any where. Is is monkey work Baboon eat? The problem still remains and the long list and others does not make the picture any better for Africans in reality.
I am more concerned with direct impacts. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 01 Mar 2006 : 00:51:28
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Certainly these inventions were not made in Africa. If you mean those in the diaspora and more so in the United States, they do not consider themselves African. I have seen and heard that said many times. So which Africans are you talking about.
The reality is sister, there is no such thing as African because even in Africa we do not go by that name. We are Ghanians, Nigerians etc. The recent border impasse between Senegal and Gambia goes to confirm that there is no such thing as African. It is a wishful thinking of day dreamers. It is good to dream but it is dangerous to dream with ones eyes open.
Please note that this is Black History month and there is lot out there on the internet on the achievements of African Americans not Africans.
Don't mind the Reggae musicians many of whom sang about going back to the motherland. We are yet to see them there and the reality is, that with all the problems in Babylon, they have not yet made up their minds to go home. Are they still trying to book their plane tickets. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 01 Mar 2006 : 02:10:15
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| By the way i know of an African American who has invented 300 uses for peanuts. He is Mr. Washington and was rceognised by the US President for his inventions at a time when sagregation was still in effect in the United States. But he does not consider himself an African but an American. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
2085 Posts |
Posted - 01 Mar 2006 : 02:37:54
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Regardless whether or not these inventors personally thought of themselves as being Africans is besides the point their DNA would clearly show that the majority of their ancestors were. In times past when their ancestors were taken out of the countries many of the countries you mentioned were not even called the names they are called now. And even some of those countries who have ancient African names like Ghana weren't even geographically placed in the region it is in today.
You see the system of mental slavery has been practiced so long first tried and tested on the Diaspora, and then implemented on the Africans at home and some are brainwashed into thinking that they should put the continent out to be colonialised once again is truly a depraved mentality, and their equivalents can also be seen amongst the Diaspora as well. Now when George Washington Carver invented 300 uses of peanuts slavery had been abolished in the United States for 31 years, after undergoing slavery for approx 350 years in America. Africa had been psychological and physically whipped out of the African American psychi almost totally repressed. So when making sweeping generalisations at least put the example into historical context.
As for the Diaspora I know of plenty people who have resettled across Africa Ghana, Liberia, Ethiopia, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe,Senegal, Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, and Serria Leone.
Peace
Sister Omega
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kayjatta
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Posted - 01 Mar 2006 : 02:43:51
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Mr. Kondorong :
I must acknowledge that you have raised some very important points that needs a lot of attention. Good Points!
But you have also just laid down a nice racist theory of under-development.
However , Africa' s present predicament is a product of a combination of factors including politics and history .
While it is very important to be aware of the historical journey of our continent and people ,our focus must not divert from the crucial moment of today . We have come a long way, and we must continue to search for areas to improve on ; in governance, the economy and integration .
As Werner Heizenberg once stated ,"it is easier to be pessimistic , but our intellectual pride requires that we are optimistic ". We can only "intricate Africa from it's long night of slumber" (Collin Powell)if we focus on positive development rather than the negative.It seems that the most urgent problem is in the "political kingdom".Once that is worked out all other pieces might fall in place, and then maybe my mails to Senegal would not have to go through Europe ! |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 01 Mar 2006 : 19:07:08
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I thinhk this opens up a whole new debate as to who is an African. May be i should consider going to do My PHD on this subject. It is becoming more interesting.
Kayjatta you have said that part of our problem is historical. I hope you do not mean slavery or colonialism because i do not subscribe to that. Slavery was over 300 years and yet we cannot move on. We are still stuck in the past and we want to use it as a means to justify our state. What a convenience. I have not been able to see anyone who is able to explain why he succeeded in oing something. We are very good at giving excuses why things have not been done. We need to see the glass as half full rather than as half empty. We need to be more positive and action oriented.
By the way, this is not a new thing. Africans are considered one of the best project proposal writers but the worst at implementation. All our projects have failed. I have seen and attended a workshop in Africa when the Chief Financial officer at the world bank said that the Gambia was allocated millions of dollars for the development of educational institutions and which is FREE. We could not access even 10% of those funds and they were threatening to take the money back. Let me tell only the ACCA headoffice managed to fully benefit from this free money. Call them in the Gmbia and they will tell you. It was builtt form this free money and they bought all their computers also fom the free money.
Do you know that scholarships come and expire and are not given out. Don't blame Babylon for your problems. If we are committed to change our lives we will. No one will do it for us.
Do you know that more Americans died in the Civil war than the combined total of the allied forces in the Second world war. The civil war in America was not largely to preserve the union but a protest against the emanciapation of blacks which the south was against. It took about 99 years since slavery ended for blacks to be able to vote. That is what Martin Luther said " .....we have been cooling down for too long .... which led to doing nothingsm and stand stillsm .... ". This was in 1963.
We like to cut corners and do not like procedures. How many schools lack infrastructure. Where are our policy makers. The story is thesame all over the continent. Action is our problem.
I will ask you one simple question. Do you how many British forces were settled in the Gambia in order to colonise us. Just a handful, far less than half the population of Banjul. It was the same all over the continent. As to the history of slavery i will talk about that later and why i believe reparation will never be. By the way I am a black african and grew up in the villages.I had never seen my capital until the age of 18. So i know a lot more of African culture that was not seriously tainted by western culture for the first 18 years of my life. This is HOROMSI (the bitter salt).
They must have had support from within to be able to rule over a majority. We chose to be colonised and if we had not then we should have perished trying. There is no record of successful restistance to slavery or colonisation in Africa except Ethipian. Ethiopians are the only people who laid their lives to be free and they fought fiercely. Ask the Italians and the French they know better. That is why the OAU is headquartered there.Where there is a will there is a way. We killed all our best people, the Osagyefo, patrice Lumumba and sent a lot others into exile as political refugees. If we all did as the Ethiopians sister then we will not be Gahanians or Nigeriasn today. I know my African History and was a history major. My fisr public job was with national records and was privy to written Gambian History from 1812 to 1965.
There is a lot of gambian History we know nothing of . the books by patience Sonko are just a tip of the iceberg and infact they were more on marabout wars and kingdoms of saloum, walo and baol.
By the way sister Omega, i now make a living in Intellectual property. That is trademarks and patents. The list you showed above is so small that i would rather you take it off the site. Do you know that there were 355,000 new patent applications in the United States alone in 2004. These are inventions that were filed with the United States Patents and Trademark Office. Your list above which i hope is not exhaustive, cannot be anything that i will thrust my chest for.
There is no mental slavery. It is the convenience we Africans have always resorted to explain why we are where we are. Some will even say that God meant it to be this way and we hope for a better life in the next world. I do not know what religion you belong to but for the religions that have judaic origins (iSlam, Christianity and Judaism) there is heaven and hell. Which means we are accountable for our actions. God is a loving God but he does not come down to give you your rights. You have to work for it.
It is time we look at our selves and stop passing the blame to others.
Kayjatta, we have not come a long way. If that is the case then we rose from the dead because our current situation is not anything that we should be comfortable. We should have done better given all the blessings of resources. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 01 Mar 2006 : 20:43:35
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Less i forget, I do not know where you had your history lesson but i would like to tell you that present day Ghana has always been where the Ghana Empire had been. It is the Asante Kingdom headed by the Asantehene who was the paramount chief. The size of Ghana empire certainly has broken up but the core had not shifted and what is left is what is present day Ghana. Kumasi in present day Ghana is in the heart of Asante land and is still largely populated and ruled(tradionall) by the Asantes. I have been to Ghana at least seven times.
Educate me. I do not know of any country in Africa today that bears the name of a former empire that is not geographically located in that region. i am open to learning new things.
I do not believe in leasing the continent. I was only pointing to the desperation of some people who want a change and who are lost with ideas. This is certainly not my idea and will never be mine. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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Janyanfara
Tanzania
1350 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2006 : 00:47:18
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Hey Sister Omega
Your strategy sounds a very good idea!"The Omega plan".
But alas sister though I quite agree with you,Taalibeh Kondorong,Kayjatta and all good contributors on this topic.
the thing is, I think we are all saddened any time you talk about the richest continent (in resourses)while in reallity THE POOREST CONTINENT....4 ME, heart ache when I think of the Continent I love most,..in tatars.....Shame isn't it?
Why can't we also have leaders who would set examples for the rest of the world to emulate?Any present African leader you talk about,.... Brutal, corrupt,dictatorial,greedy....What went wrong?....I think we need to look at the problem in other to know the root so as to uproot it. If not,we can't move. We are stucked.
Since African countries first gained independance from their former colonial masters,Only a very very few had addopted democratic format.From Jamal Abdoul Nassar of(Egypt) to Nelson Mandela (South Africa),most leader that led their countries to independance where themselves brutal Dictators of savage demi gods who wipped and killed against any opposition to strenghtened themselves on power.
Their successors followed their footsteps and now here we are with another disease(The disease of power and greed).
Any leader who tries to bring real democracy will not breathe.They wount allow you to stay long(Take Murtala Muhamed(Nigeria),Thomas Sankara(Burkinafasso-former Upper Volta),Kabila(the father) of DRC(former Zaire)ect.
Who is behind Africa loosing her best sons?Killed by people trusted and closest to them.
Africa needs cure now than any time the continent is sick.
Peace and Lovex
Mankajang Janyanfara. |
Edited by - Janyanfara on 03 Mar 2006 00:48:19 |
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kassma
334 Posts |
Posted - 04 Mar 2006 : 20:11:25
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| i think to say that the african leaders are not mainly responsible for africa's plight is wrong. in many african countries, people cannot afford to eat, let alone think about inventions or going against the government. africa has a unique situation in that it is the only location or place that was colonized, left with artificial borders, different people mixed up, and then also left with the legacy of colonial rule. and then, into the mix you have to add western influence. believe or not, western governments do have a say in what goes on in africa and most of the time the results are negative. its also helpful to remember that most african countries are very new compared to other countries in the world,and also remember that most of our early and current leaders leaded our countries with the same iron fist that the colonizers used. how is anyone supposed to deal with that. also its hard to do anything if there are no funds, and that is our main problem, especially if the government eats everything. the reason why south africa is rich is because the white people who settled there had money to begin with to invest in it. i don't blame everyday Africans who try and make a living under very suppressing conditions because they're probably doing better that i would under that same situation. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 06 Mar 2006 : 18:29:09
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Kassma
This is a simple issue. Why do we have to allow others to decide for us. Why is is that we cannot decide for others. The difference is that the West is patriotic and will never waiver no matter what government is in place. Their national interest is paramount.
DO NOT BLAME THE WEST FR YOUR PROBLEMS. BLAME YOUSELVES FOR BEING SELFISH AND INDIFFERNT TO THE NEEDS OF YOUR COUNTRY PEOPLE. DO NOT USE EXCUSES FOR OUR INEPT LAZINESS. WE HAVE TO BE COMMITTED AND THE ROAD AHEAD IS A ROUGH ONE. ONLY THE THE FOCUSED AND DEDICATED WILL MAKE IT.
COLONIALISM WAS I BELIEVE ACCEPETED BY AFRICANS. HOW COME A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE CAME TO THE GAMBIA AND WHO CANNOT EVEN SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE MANAGE TO CONQUER AND RULE US FOR OVER 100 YEARS. ARMITAGE HIGH SCHOOL WAS BUILT BY THE BRITISH TO SCHOOL OUR CHIEFS' SONS AND OUR RULERS SACRIFICED THE REST OF THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY CONTINUED TO ENJOY A PRIVILEGE POSITION. BLAME YOUR SELF FOR YOUR FAILURES AND TRY AGAIN RATHER THAN LOOKING FOR EXCUSES TO BLAME OTHERS.
DO YOU EXPECT GOD TO COME DOWN AND GIVE US FUNDS. HELL NO. ALL OUR FUNDS ARE IN FOREIGN BANKS. BUT WHO PUT THEM THERE. THE AFICANS OR THE WEST. DO YOU BLAME THE WEST FOR OUR LEADERS RULING WITH IRON FISTS. REMEMBER, THES ARE YOUR OWN PEOPLE AND IF THEY HATE YOU WHY SHOULD SOMEONE ELSE LIKE YOU. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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kassma
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Posted - 07 Mar 2006 : 01:50:25
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| Kondorong, really, my whole point is that our leaders are messed up and that is the main reason we are in the plight that we're in. don't you think it ironic that many Africans are successful everywhere else but Africa. it is not that we're stupid or lazy, but the fact that the other places that we go to, have opportunities for us that we can us. if i was still in Gambia, i probably would not have this computer to be able to interact with you. if i was in Gambia, and therefore not discussing issues like this with you, it would not be that i don't care, or that i'm lazy, it would be that i don't have the funds to buy a computer and discuss changes because i probably don't have a good job. i think a lot of credit has to be given to the everyday African who survives and manages to enjoy life cause if it wasn so easy to do, i would not in the US and you would not be in Tajikistan (by the way, why are you in Tajikistan). so i think we should sympatize with our people that are under these oppressive and harsh governments. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 07 Mar 2006 : 02:04:49
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| I tried to do something in the gambia for ten years and every year seems to be the worst. tajikistan offers me hope. But why can't have hope in the gambia.The oportunities have to be created by us in our own countries. Our own countries drive us out. Funny isn't it. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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kassma
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Posted - 07 Mar 2006 : 03:02:09
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| i know, it must be frustating. i just hope at the end, i won't feel frustrate and then giveup but i can see what you mean. was it the government, policies, the people, what basically drove you off. |
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ylowe
USA
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Posted - 07 Mar 2006 : 06:55:52
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| You are right Kondorong. Africans got alot of ideas but executing those ideas are the problem. |
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