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what is your favorite african proverb? (pg. 3)
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by AndreaCKY772
good one! yeah, i think this is related to the griots (the historians), but i forget which region it originated. |
Oh, thanks! Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head, although I can't find a more specific source :) |
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| Aristronica |
| "What the is juice!?" |
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| Marc Summers |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
dont play footsie with a tutsi. |
"exterminate the Tutsi cockroaches."
"HUTU POWER!"
“Those Hutus who shelter Tutsi cockroaches are the same as cockroaches…the graves are not yet full…gather up your weapons…”
:eek:
Imagine hearing that over the radio. :nervous: |
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| Lilith |
| If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk you can sing |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk you can sing |
William Hung endorses this post. |
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| leph555 |
| Super Man That Nappy Headed Hoe! |
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| chimera66 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
"Every time a man dies, it's as if a library were burnt down"
That's a true African proverb, by the way... I just wish I knew what region is this from. |
probably a lot since many thinga are passed down orally. |
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| chimera66 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Marc Summers
"exterminate the Tutsi cockroaches."
"HUTU POWER!"
“Those Hutus who shelter Tutsi cockroaches are the same as cockroaches…the graves are not yet full…gather up your weapons…”
:eek:
Imagine hearing that over the radio. :nervous: |
do you realize there is abosolutely no difference between these two "groups" of people? I forget which but ligher skinned black people were called one and darker skinned people another when colonizers arrived. So in say my case my sister would belong to one group and me another which is just craziness. |
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| Marc Summers |
| quote: | Originally posted by chimera66
do you realize there is abosolutely no difference between these two "groups" of people? I forget which but ligher skinned black people were called one and darker skinned people another when colonizers arrived. So in say my case my sister would belong to one group and me another which is just craziness. |
They were two different tribes at first, that were identified by Belgium when they colonized it. They established a tutsi aristocracy, and after they gained independence, that all changed. :nervous: The hutu and tutsi were more a social identification, than a tribe at this point.
In my opinion, this genocide is the most frightening, by far. More so than any other, even more than the holocaust. |
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| EvilTree |
| quote: | Originally posted by Marc Summers
"exterminate the Tutsi cockroaches."
"HUTU POWER!"
“Those Hutus who shelter Tutsi cockroaches are the same as cockroaches…the graves are not yet full…gather up your weapons…”
:eek:
Imagine hearing that over the radio. :nervous: |
In between popular pop tunes, like Michael Jackson and Madonna :nervous: |
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| chimera66 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Marc Summers
They were two different tribes at first, that were identified by Belgium when they colonized it. They established a tutsi aristocracy, and after they gained independence, that all changed. :nervous: The hutu and tutsi were more a social identification, than a tribe at this point.
In my opinion, this genocide is the most frightening, by far. More so than any other, even more than the holocaust. |
to my understanding they became two tribes because of the Belgian colonizers and since there is so much inter-marriage they are essential the same people anyway. They aren't as different as other tribes in Africa which literally look different from one another and speak completly different languages...all in all those people are hot messes. |
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| trewqy |
| "Nigga, give me some grape DRINK!" |
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