From Algeria to South Africa, Senegal to Somalia...it's one big mofo continent, with close to 1 billion people. Hands up who on the org was born in africa, and where?




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Don't confuse the born in the US - americans... most of them don't know Algeria is a country, much less Senegal.
I was born in Stockholm, never lived anywhere but in Sweden.

I didn't know we had any orgers born in Africa. Cool!

Lammastide said:

Yeah, I'm curious as to how many there are, I know a couple of Egyptians here.

Teacher said:

Oh, and my ancestors were born there, I'm pretty sure. Might have to get that fact-checked by Teacher as she's so obviously more qualified than my inferior ass.

Teacher said:

Most of them were wondering why the US army didn't do anything when Russian tanks entered Georgia (hint: it's also the name of a Country)

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

Where do you live now?

C'mon. Is the unprovoked anti-Americanism really necessary?

Lammastide said:

London

Lammastide said:

Sorry, it wasn't....just remembered a pic I saw




Anyway.....back to Africa

i wasn't

but my ancestors were - i've been trying to get info
SHANNA (where IS she anyway?) had went in with me on a DNA test to find out
and i have the package - just not here

i believe one of the countries was Cameroon.

sammij said:

Cool. I've considered it, but aren't those kits quite expensive?

By the way, folk have been looking for you. Be sure to say hi to Ace.

Lammastide said:

i posted on that thread
and the same reason i haven't been here lately is the reason no one realized i did
whatever.

anyway yea! i hear they are expensive.... i don't really know though...

damn, the rest of the africans must be watching BEN. :dissapointment:

INSATIABLE said:

Lammastide said:

Necessary only to those that do it - for whaever excuse they use to justify it

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

Thanks for letting me know about Georgia being a country. I'm sure GWB was wondering why he couldn't let his forces loose too.

Mach said:

You know something? When enough people have told me "why should I care about Europe or Africa? Everything I need is right here in the US!" then it starts to get to you. When I've met enough people in NC who don't know Sweden is a country... when I've met Americans in Paris who didn't know France was a country in Europe, they thought that Europe is like the US, that all countries are states but we all have the same government. Tell me if it's unprovoked? Go out into your society and ask 100 people what Algeria is. How many will know? Not many.

Teacher said:

And yet the original comment seems no less out of place in a thread having to do with African nativity rather than... oh, say... parochial American thought.



Baffling.

sammij said:

Be fair! I just haven't checked that thread.

But I did inform Ace I'd seen you around recently.

Teacher said:

Oh, shut up.

Lammastide said:

Seriously.

Teacher, how many stupid American tourists have you had the pleasure of meeting? Ten? Fifty? 200? What's sillier--their ignorance, or yours for assuming that's an accurate depiction of 303,824,640 individuals?

Anyway: I was born in the US, but I have friends that were born in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Somalia, Kenya, Nigeria, Angola, Cabo Verde, and Liberia.

Lammastide said:

i posted on the first page of the thread i'm sure

what can you do though, right? it even happens IRL, it's my personality










AFRIKA!

sammij said:

It's not that you go unappreciated. You're just so subtle... like a lovely little Afrikan-Canadian lotus.

Two of my closest classmates were born in Sierra Leone and Uganda, respectively. Their experiences here have been bittersweet, understandably.

My first boyfriend's parents were from Senegal.

Not from Africa, just wanted to point out that I can locate a majority of the 54 African countries on a map and I know that Algeria was a former French colony that had quite a bloody war for independence. (Capital: Algiers) Camus was from Algeria. I wrote my Master's thesis on William Kentridge, a South African artist, so I know quite a bit about the history of 20th century S.A. as well. I also gave museum tours on an exhibition entitled, "Short Century: Independence & Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994" I could go on spewing random facts I know about Africa and its various countries, but what's the point?

Just wanted to illustrate to Teacher that not all US - Americans are complete morons, but thanks for the sweeping generalization.


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I apologise to the thread starter for the inappropriate comment.

Teacher said:

OK, sorry for telling you to shut up.

FunkMistress said:

Get a room you two