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Other => Media => Topic started by: Jules Winnfield on August 22, 2008, 08:25:23 AM
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For those of you with some culture or lack of, peep TRACE YOUR ROOTS, a 13 part SABC 1 series documenting Indigenous Knowledge Systems and African Cultural Practices to see how they apply to the Modern African.
Produced and Directed by Isaac Chokwe(Krook'd), with Original Music from Ben Sharpa, Raiko and U.K's Soweto Kinch.
TRACE YOUR ROOTS first show aired on Sabc 1 on the WEDS 20th August 18:30 and will continue for the next 12 weeks in the same time slot.
Trace Your Roots will cover various themes such as the Story of Creation, Bantu Migrations, Lobola, Polygamy, The Great Goddess, African/Indigenous Medicine, Slave Names, Totems, Hair, Food, African Music and Mythology.
There are also 6 DNA candidates that will be profiled each week.
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this sounds very interesting and i have heard 'bout it!
are there repeats to the show?
soccer practice makes catching it hard!
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this sounds very interesting!
cosig
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Great informative staff from SABC.
Speaking of which,I heard Oprah say she traced her roots in Africa and her DNA show she is a Zulu HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
She also told South Africans she felt "at home" in the country.
"I went in search of my roots and had my DNA tested, and I am a Zulu," Ms Winfrey said at a seminar in Johannesburg last week.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4096706.stm
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good looks people!
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Great informative staff from SABC.
Speaking of which,I heard Oprah say she traced her roots in Africa and her DNA show she is a Zulu HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
She also told South Africans she felt "at home" in the country.
"I went in search of my roots and had my DNA tested, and I am a Zulu," Ms Winfrey said at a seminar in Johannesburg last week.
Turned out she wasn't Zulu after all....
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id like to tell oprah that im related to her by dna...seeing that she doesnt have kids and all.
i think i have zulu blood too
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this sounds very interesting and i have heard 'bout it!
are there repeats to the show?
soccer practice makes catching it hard!
you play soccer??
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Great informative staff from SABC.
Speaking of which,I heard Oprah say she traced her roots in Africa and her DNA show she is a Zulu HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
She also told South Africans she felt "at home" in the country.
"I went in search of my roots and had my DNA tested, and I am a Zulu," Ms Winfrey said at a seminar in Johannesburg last week.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4096706.stm
was she serious when she said this?
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Great informative staff from SABC.
Speaking of which,I heard Oprah say she traced her roots in Africa and her DNA show she is a Zulu HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
She also told South Africans she felt "at home" in the country.
"I went in search of my roots and had my DNA tested, and I am a Zulu," Ms Winfrey said at a seminar in Johannesburg last week.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4096706.stm
and last year she was from Ghana ???
I need this in my life .
Dad = German
Mom = Capetonian
eish some folks can confuse their kids for no reason.
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think she's a confused woman reads too much into stuff ???
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You keep you America and we'll keep our Africa , LOL .
I just get Pissed when these Americans r on sum " Im home, in my mother land " Grrrr.
Then they still talk crap abt us being appes and ish...
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You keep you America and we'll keep our Africa , LOL .
I just get Pissed when these Americans r on sum " Im home, in my mother land " Grrrr.
Then they still talk crap abt us being appes and ish...
irritates the shit outta me >:(
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You keep you America and we'll keep our Africa , LOL .
I just get Pissed when these Americans r on sum " Im home, in my mother land " Grrrr.
Then they still talk crap abt us being appes and ish...
irritates the shit outta me >:(
Let me guess ......
You must be Zulu too :P
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You keep you America and we'll keep our Africa , LOL .
I just get Pissed when these Americans r on sum " Im home, in my mother land " Grrrr.
Then they still talk crap abt us being appes and ish...
irritates the shit outta me >:(
Let me guess ......
You must be Zulu too :P
not really my mom is im tswana hencce my name ::)
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You keep you America and we'll keep our Africa , LOL .
I just get Pissed when these Americans r on sum " Im home, in my mother land " Grrrr.
Then they still talk crap abt us being appes and ish...
irritates the shit outta me >:(
Let me guess ......
You must be Zulu too :P
not really my mom is im tswana hencce my name ::)
Sorry for my ignorrance, but ur name cud have been in Zulu and I still wouldnt know.
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ha jay im dissapointed in you child :-[
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You keep you America and we'll keep our Africa , LOL .
I just get Pissed when these Americans r on sum " Im home, in my mother land " Grrrr.
Then they still talk crap abt us being appes and ish...
irritates the shit outta me >:(
Let me guess ......
You must be Zulu too :P
not really my mom is im tswana hencce my name ::)
Sorry for my ignorrance, but ur name cud have been in Zulu and I still wouldnt know.
Its actually common for black people to be ignorant about other black peoples culture, so dont feel bad about it.
Xhosa's are hated on here in JHB and its mainly because of ignorance.
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i smell issues up in err ::)
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i smell issues up in err ::)
What kind of issues??
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i smell issues up in err ::)
What kind of issues??
you xhosa? if you are ..............nuff said :-X
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i smell issues up in err ::)
What kind of issues??
you xhosa? if you are ..............nuff said :-X
Come on dude...you say you are from JHB right??
Tell me im lying then. Im sure every xhosa dude on this forum will agree how we are discriminated on up in here.
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You keep you America and we'll keep our Africa , LOL .
I just get Pissed when these Americans r on sum " Im home, in my mother land " Grrrr.
Then they still talk crap abt us being appes and ish...
irritates the shit outta me >:(
Let me guess ......
You must be Zulu too :P
not really my mom is im tswana hencce my name ::)
Sorry for my ignorrance, but ur name cud have been in Zulu and I still wouldnt know.
Its actually common for black people to be ignorant about other black peoples culture, so dont feel bad about it.
Xhosa's are hated on here in JHB and its mainly because of ignorance.
You dont follow to well do you? Im half German and the other half Capetonion. I DONT UNDERSTAND ANY "AFRICAN" LANGUAGE.
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Ethnical Discrimination is a B**** killing S.A. And we ignore it. Hide under covers. Same ish like Xenophobia. I feel ashamed
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You keep you America and we'll keep our Africa , LOL .
I just get Pissed when these Americans r on sum " Im home, in my mother land " Grrrr.
Then they still talk crap abt us being appes and ish...
irritates the shit outta me >:(
Let me guess ......
You must be Zulu too :P
not really my mom is im tswana hencce my name ::)
Sorry for my ignorrance, but ur name cud have been in Zulu and I still wouldnt know.
Its actually common for black people to be ignorant about other black peoples culture, so dont feel bad about it.
Xhosa's are hated on here in JHB and its mainly because of ignorance.
You dont follow to well do you? Im half German and the other half Capetonion. I DONT UNDERSTAND ANY "AFRICAN" LANGUAGE.
A question:When u say German and Capetonian, are those a race?!
cause u get different races of people in both Germany and Cape Town!
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Ethnical Discrimination is a B**** killing S.A. And we ignore it. Hide under covers. Same ish like Xenophobia. I feel ashamed
You know wat neh? Im done trying to explain to the world " wat I am" . Fck it is wat it is >:(. My dad cant even speak proper english.
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Ethnical Discrimination is a B**** killing S.A. And we ignore it. Hide under covers. Same ish like Xenophobia. I feel ashamed
Right on brother.
When or if all the foreigners leave, it will turn cultural real quick. Its not difficult to see the split within our political leadership already.
It really is just a matter of time.
Not to sound like im justifying it all, but this has happened many times before in other african countries.
People indigeonous to a specific country divided against cultural lines fighting each other for whatever reasons.
There is nothing new under the sun. Our ancestors have been fightning each other for centuries...Those tensions never really died down, they were left dormant and have been festering for ages. I hate to sound like a prophet of doom, but the way it all looks now, civil war is emminant in this country. Economic factors will prolly trigger it all off, and when that happens, God help us all...
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Great informative staff from SABC.
Speaking of which,I heard Oprah say she traced her roots in Africa and her DNA show she is a Zulu HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
She also told South Africans she felt "at home" in the country.
"I went in search of my roots and had my DNA tested, and I am a Zulu," Ms Winfrey said at a seminar in Johannesburg last week.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4096706.stm
that was ages ago wasn't it?
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I hate to sound like a prophet of doom, but the way it all looks now, civil war is emminant in this country. Economic factors will prolly trigger it all off, and when that happens, God help us all...
I actually have some money on this. I can make 5 g's if civil war pops off in the following 5 years.
Come on people. Make it happen!!!
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I hate to sound like a prophet of doom, but the way it all looks now, civil war is emminant in this country. Economic factors will prolly trigger it all off, and when that happens, God help us all...
I actually have some money on this. I can make 5 g's if civil war pops off in the following 5 years.
Come on people. Make it happen!!!
LOL!!!! Which tribe are your odds on?? I say the venda's are f***ing errbody up!
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You keep you America and we'll keep our Africa , LOL .
I just get Pissed when these Americans r on sum " Im home, in my mother land " Grrrr.
Then they still talk crap abt us being appes and ish...
irritates the shit outta me >:(
Let me guess ......
You must be Zulu too :P
not really my mom is im tswana hencce my name ::)
Sorry for my ignorrance, but ur name cud have been in Zulu and I still wouldnt know.
Its actually common for black people to be ignorant about other black peoples culture, so dont feel bad about it.
Xhosa's are hated on here in JHB and its mainly because of ignorance.
You dont follow to well do you? Im half German and the other half Capetonion. I DONT UNDERSTAND ANY "AFRICAN" LANGUAGE.
My bad...most "mixed folk" i know of african descent say that they are black. Guess it was ignorant of me to think you shared the same mentality.
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I consider myself black, but I don't speak any native language either, unless you consider Afrikaans native.
Most coloured folks would take offence to being called black. Especially in the Western and Northern Cape.
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Ethnical Discrimination is a B**** killing S.A. And we ignore it. Hide under covers. Same ish like Xenophobia. I feel ashamed
Right on brother.
When or if all the foreigners leave, it will turn cultural real quick. Its not difficult to see the split within our political leadership already.
It really is just a matter of time.
Not to sound like im justifying it all, but this has happened many times before in other african countries.
People indigeonous to a specific country divided against cultural lines fighting each other for whatever reasons.
There is nothing new under the sun. Our ancestors have been fightning each other for centuries...Those tensions never really died down, they were left dormant and have been festering for ages. I hate to sound like a prophet of doom, but the way it all looks now, civil war is emminant in this country. Economic factors will prolly trigger it all off, and when that happens, God help us all...
So let start a unity as individuals. Let stop focussing on stereotypes enforced in our minds, which also translate to our way of doing. Let embrace our differences openly and cautiously, meaning that we must be aware of other when celebrating ourselves and roots. Less self glorification. Respect and care for ones self, ones neighbor, community, province, and country.
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So let start a unity as individuals. Let stop focussing on stereotypes enforced in our minds, which also translate to our way of doing. Let embrace our differences openly and cautiously, meaning that we must be aware of other when celebrating ourselves and roots. Less self glorification. Respect and care for ones self, ones neighbor, community, province, and country.
What bullshit is this? You trying to f*** with my money?
Zulus aren't as smart as you. Xhosas are trying to take over then country. Those coloureds think they're better than everyone, especially the ones with straight hair. Tswanas are scared of everything, and The Sothos think they're so cool with their silly hats and mountain kingdom.
I say fight!
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Ethnical Discrimination is a B**** killing S.A. And we ignore it. Hide under covers. Same ish like Xenophobia. I feel ashamed
Right on brother.
When or if all the foreigners leave, it will turn cultural real quick. Its not difficult to see the split within our political leadership already.
It really is just a matter of time.
Not to sound like im justifying it all, but this has happened many times before in other african countries.
People indigeonous to a specific country divided against cultural lines fighting each other for whatever reasons.
There is nothing new under the sun. Our ancestors have been fightning each other for centuries...Those tensions never really died down, they were left dormant and have been festering for ages. I hate to sound like a prophet of doom, but the way it all looks now, civil war is emminant in this country. Economic factors will prolly trigger it all off, and when that happens, God help us all...
So let start a unity as individuals. Let stop focussing on stereotypes enforced in our minds, which also translate to our way of doing. Let embrace our differences openly and cautiously, meaning that we must be aware of other when celebrating ourselves and roots. Less self glorification. Respect and care for ones self, ones neighbor, community, province, and country.
Man...i really hate to sound "Malcom X-esque/Martin Luther King-esque" here but the truth of the matter is the greatest fear of the western world is unity within the african race. They will never allow that to happen. No revolutionary of that nature has ever fought that battle and survived! Lumumba, Nkrumah i could go on for days.
But i hear what you are saying. And that is the stance i have taken on myself. I will not discriminate on a fellow african based on his cultural practices and/or where he/she comes from. Tolerance is a very easy word to use, but it becomes increasingly difficult when you try to put it into practice.
At the end of the day, there is always hope. But i personally believe that our generation will not live to see any form of successfull cultural integration.
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So let start a unity as individuals. Let stop focussing on stereotypes enforced in our minds, which also translate to our way of doing. Let embrace our differences openly and cautiously, meaning that we must be aware of other when celebrating ourselves and roots. Less self glorification. Respect and care for ones self, ones neighbor, community, province, and country.
What bullshit is this? You trying to f*** with my money?
Zulus aren't as smart as you. Xhosas are trying to take over then country. Those coloureds think they're better than everyone, especially the ones with straight hair. Tswanas are scared of everything, and The Sothos think they're so cool with their silly hats and mountain kingdom.
I say fight!
That's a bullshit joke right there man. >:(
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So let start a unity as individuals. Let stop focussing on stereotypes enforced in our minds, which also translate to our way of doing. Let embrace our differences openly and cautiously, meaning that we must be aware of other when celebrating ourselves and roots. Less self glorification. Respect and care for ones self, ones neighbor, community, province, and country.
What bullshit is this? You trying to f*** with my money?
Zulus aren't as smart as you. Xhosas are trying to take over then country. Those coloureds think they're better than everyone, especially the ones with straight hair. Tswanas are scared of everything, and The Sothos think they're so cool with their silly hats and mountain kingdom.
I say fight!
Lol...
I would love to see what would happen in this country if you were president for 2 weeks!
I would watch from outside the country tho, im too young and man pretty to get caught up in all that anarchy.
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So let start a unity as individuals. Let stop focussing on stereotypes enforced in our minds, which also translate to our way of doing. Let embrace our differences openly and cautiously, meaning that we must be aware of other when celebrating ourselves and roots. Less self glorification. Respect and care for ones self, ones neighbor, community, province, and country.
What bullshit is this? You trying to f*** with my money?
Zulus aren't as smart as you. Xhosas are trying to take over then country. Those coloureds think they're better than everyone, especially the ones with straight hair. Tswanas are scared of everything, and The Sothos think they're so cool with their silly hats and mountain kingdom.
I say fight!
That's a bullshit joke right there man. >:(
Don't get your knickers in a knot. I was merely using an instrument of satire to demonstrate some of the stereotypes which are so prevalent in our people.,
Speaking of stereotypes. Check out my blog over the weekend, when I'll be upping a special piece I'm busy with, on stereotypes. and while you wait, go and click on some of the ads. I'm broke.
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So let start a unity as individuals. Let stop focussing on stereotypes enforced in our minds, which also translate to our way of doing. Let embrace our differences openly and cautiously, meaning that we must be aware of other when celebrating ourselves and roots. Less self glorification. Respect and care for ones self, ones neighbor, community, province, and country.
Zulus aren't as smart as you. Xhosas are trying to take over then country. Those coloureds think they're better than everyone, especially the ones with straight hair. Tswanas are scared of everything, and The Sothos think they're so cool with their silly hats and mountain kingdom.
I say fight!
Eish! Pyro you crack me there.
Sothos up in the Drakensberg areas and Lesotho areas on one shady characters.in 95 we were going to Lesotho with my Grandfather he said he was going to buy some kind of muthi something like that.As we crossed the Border to my Suprise,I have never seen so many cattle in my life,getting in Lesotho driven by them horsemen and their hats.I think the number was between 500-1000 of cattles.Damn! damn!
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I wont be able to trace back my roots, im mixed beyond any other.... cross cultural marriages is a thing my family have been doing forever, so im just happy being an african at the end of the day
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Ethnical Discrimination is a B**** killing S.A. And we ignore it. Hide under covers. Same ish like Xenophobia. I feel ashamed
Right on brother.
When or if all the foreigners leave, it will turn cultural real quick. Its not difficult to see the split within our political leadership already.
It really is just a matter of time.
Not to sound like im justifying it all, but this has happened many times before in other african countries.
People indigeonous to a specific country divided against cultural lines fighting each other for whatever reasons.
There is nothing new under the sun. Our ancestors have been fightning each other for centuries...Those tensions never really died down, they were left dormant and have been festering for ages. I hate to sound like a prophet of doom, but the way it all looks now, civil war is emminant in this country. Economic factors will prolly trigger it all off, and when that happens, God help us all...
So let start a unity as individuals. Let stop focussing on stereotypes enforced in our minds, which also translate to our way of doing. Let embrace our differences openly and cautiously, meaning that we must be aware of other when celebrating ourselves and roots. Less self glorification. Respect and care for ones self, ones neighbor, community, province, and country.
Man...i really hate to sound "Malcom X-esque/Martin Luther King-esque" here but the truth of the matter is the greatest fear of the western world is unity within the african race. They will never allow that to happen. No revolutionary of that nature has ever fought that battle and survived! Lumumba, Nkrumah i could go on for days.
But i hear what you are saying. And that is the stance i have taken on myself. I will not discriminate on a fellow african based on his cultural practices and/or where he/she comes from. Tolerance is a very easy word to use, but it becomes increasingly difficult when you try to put it into practice.
At the end of the day, there is always hope. But i personally believe that our generation will not live to see any form of successfull cultural integration.
I feel you dawg. But, look at it this way, we now have larger tribes known as Xhosa, Sotho, Zulu, Pedi, and etc. And all these were formed by sub-tribes. So I could say I'm not Zulu (even thou I speak Zulu) cos my tribe is the Bhengus and Khumalos. However, I am Zulu cos Bhengu and Khumalo were united under the Zulu tribe. Another cool thing is that we were once a unity-Xhosa, Sotho, Swati, Zulu, and etc: THE NGUNI NATION. And it's possible for us to go back. And like u said, only time will tell
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I may be mistaken here, but I don't think the Sothos were ever part of the Nguni nation, so you shouldn't accept them ;D. I may be wrong though and I get what you're saying.
what about me and Jamie and Ruthie (no Ricky Martin)? Where do we go, with all our dirty mixed blood? Who will take us in?
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So let start a unity as individuals. Let stop focussing on stereotypes enforced in our minds, which also translate to our way of doing. Let embrace our differences openly and cautiously, meaning that we must be aware of other when celebrating ourselves and roots. Less self glorification. Respect and care for ones self, ones neighbor, community, province, and country.
What bullshit is this? You trying to f*** with my money?
Zulus aren't as smart as you. Xhosas are trying to take over then country. Those coloureds think they're better than everyone, especially the ones with straight hair. Tswanas are scared of everything, and The Sothos think they're so cool with their silly hats and mountain kingdom.
I say fight!
That's a bullshit joke right there man. >:(
Don't get your knickers in a knot. I was merely using an instrument of satire to demonstrate some of the stereotypes which are so prevalent in our people.,
Speaking of stereotypes. Check out my blog over the weekend, when I'll be upping a special piece I'm busy with, on stereotypes. and while you wait, go and click on some of the ads. I'm broke.
okay, took ish personal right there man. We all goodie. But, i feel that satires cos turmoil if not used properly or if misinterpreted.
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"My bad...most "mixed folk" i know of african descent say that they are black. Guess it was ignorant of me to think you shared the same mentality."
I think ppl r ppl and once one start to listen to the person you judge for wat they look like the world would be a better place. Im done here , rather sensitive topic, to close to home. :-X
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I may be mistaken here, but I don't think the Sothos were ever part of the Nguni nation, so you shouldn't accept them ;D. I may be wrong though and I get what you're saying.
what about me and Jamie and Ruthie (no Ricky Martin)? Where do we go, with all our dirty mixed blood? Who will take us in?
Pyro, I wasn't excluding anyone or any race. but, I believe you know your own roots main and you don't need any one taking u in, Same applies to anyone
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I may be mistaken here, but I don't think the Sothos were ever part of the Nguni nation, so you shouldn't accept them ;D. I may be wrong though and I get what you're saying.
what about me and Jamie and Ruthie (no Ricky Martin)? Where do we go, with all our dirty mixed blood? Who will take us in?
U could always just join us...BaTswana. 8)
Is it correct to say that I got coloured blood in me? Got lotsa relatives who are coloured. Does that mean I have like a 3rd of white and 2 3rds of black in my blood? :-\
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I may be mistaken here, but I don't think the Sothos were ever part of the Nguni nation, so you shouldn't accept them ;D. I may be wrong though and I get what you're saying.
what about me and Jamie and Ruthie (no Ricky Martin)? Where do we go, with all our dirty mixed blood? Who will take us in?
Got pron?
Then welcome to the xhosa nation ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I may be mistaken here, but I don't think the Sothos were ever part of the Nguni nation, so you shouldn't accept them ;D. I may be wrong though and I get what you're saying.
what about me and Jamie and Ruthie (no Ricky Martin)? Where do we go, with all our dirty mixed blood? Who will take us in?
Got pron?
Then welcome to the xhosa nation ;D ;D ;D ;D
Hahahahah
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I may be mistaken here, but I don't think the Sothos were ever part of the Nguni nation, so you shouldn't accept them ;D. I may be wrong though and I get what you're saying.
what about me and Jamie and Ruthie (no Ricky Martin)? Where do we go, with all our dirty mixed blood? Who will take us in?
U could always just join us...BaTswana. 8)
Is it correct to say that I got coloured blood in me? Got lotsa relatives who are coloured. Does that mean I have like a 3rd of white and 2 3rds of black in my blood? :-\
I don't know, but if yo're hot, I could arrange for you to have some coloured in you.
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Great informative staff from SABC.
Speaking of which,I heard Oprah say she traced her roots in Africa and her DNA show she is a Zulu HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
She also told South Africans she felt "at home" in the country.
"I went in search of my roots and had my DNA tested, and I am a Zulu," Ms Winfrey said at a seminar in Johannesburg last week.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4096706.stm
Believe it or not, DNA tests have been done and it comes out that Oprah is not Zulu.
Some program tested Oprah's DNA and she was somewhat sadden that she wasn't Zulu
(which is somewhat ridiculous, because African-Americans basically come from West or
Central Africa). She's actually Liberian and East Asian!
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So let start a unity as individuals. Let stop focussing on stereotypes enforced in our minds, which also translate to our way of doing. Let embrace our differences openly and cautiously, meaning that we must be aware of other when celebrating ourselves and roots. Less self glorification. Respect and care for ones self, ones neighbor, community, province, and country.
What bullshit is this? You trying to f*** with my money?
Zulus aren't as smart as you. Xhosas are trying to take over then country. Those coloureds think they're better than everyone, especially the ones with straight hair. Tswanas are scared of everything, and The Sothos think they're so cool with their silly hats and mountain kingdom.
I say fight!
That's a bullshit joke right there man. >:(
its very funny actually. HA HA HA!! i burst out laughing.
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I may be mistaken here, but I don't think the Sothos were ever part of the Nguni nation, so you shouldn't accept them ;D. I may be wrong though and I get what you're saying.
what about me and Jamie and Ruthie (no Ricky Martin)? Where do we go, with all our dirty mixed blood? Who will take us in?
U could always just join us...BaTswana. 8)
Is it correct to say that I got coloured blood in me? Got lotsa relatives who are coloured. Does that mean I have like a 3rd of white and 2 3rds of black in my blood? :-\
I don't know, but if yo're hot, I could arrange for you to have some coloured in you.
Give a man an inch, he wants the whole ruler.... ::)
Offer declined.... :P