@BouafifNour Cette fois s’en ai la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase car à chaque grand RDV je remarque que nos latéraux (Balde et Kounde) n’ont pas la mentalité qu’il faut pour ces grands soir à chaque fois ils nous laissent à nos destins. Balde est apte car il a été mis au banc.
Toutes mes félicitations à la légende Angélique Kidjo pour cette consécration historique à Hollywood. Première artiste musicale d'Afrique noire à recevoir son étoile. Le Bénin et l'Afrique vibrent avec vous sister !
Comme on doit faire remonter les plaintes à qui de droit, voilà des femmes vendeuses de tissu à TOKPA, propriétaires pour certaines, locataires pour d’autres qui se retrouvent sans sites dans le marché, et qui désœuvrées lancent un cri de cœur.
RT pour que ça aille haut.
Today, at the embassy of the Republic of Benin, I submitted a petition for the banning of @SteveNdukwu from ever entering the Republic of Benin.
In the coming weeks, I will be in Cotonou where I hope to meet with the minister of Culture and Tourism, honorable Babalola Jean-Michel Hervé Abimbola to discuss the dangers of letting reckless content creators like Steven Ndukwu exploit and desecrate Vodun, Benin's sacred, living religion and a cornerstone of their national identity.
Ndukwu brazenly filmed sacred practices, then publicly ridiculed them as mere "tricks," and "fake magic," dismissing centuries old spiritual traditions as superstition for cheap YouTube views and clout.
This is not journalism; it's cultural vandalism which echoes colonial era demonization that portrayed African spirituality as primitive, dark, and fraudulent.
By mocking Vodun an official religion of Benin as"feared and dark"while stripping it of its profound cosmology and community guardianship he inflicts deep psychological violence on believers, erodes cultural dignity, and accelerates the erosion of indigenous heritage already threatened by colonial and neocolonial narratives.
Benin, as the global cradle of Vodun should not tolerate such arrogant disrespect from a foreigner, who unfortunately is a Nigerian like myself.
He entered the country as a guest, then commodified and insulted the nation's soul for profit.
Allowing him back normalizes exploitation, invites more predatory so called "exposés," and undermines Africa's fight for self-determination and pride in ancestral traditions.
Banning Steven Ndukwu is not censorship, it's simply cultural self-preservation.
Benin must defend its heritage with the same vigor other nations protect their holy sites. No one would dare "expose" the Kaaba or Vatican secrets for clicks; African sacred spaces deserve equal reverence and protection.
Lastly, Steven's attitude does not reflect that of the average Nigerian who just wants to visit other places, enjoy their culture, have new experiences and return home.
It is because of individuals such as Steven that Nigerians have a bad reputation outside. Individuals, who do not know their limits or bounds as guests in a foreign country.
Il n'est pas facile de comprendre cette arithmétique.
Or + Uranium + Diamant + Maganèse = zéro ?
Pourquoi 1+1+1+1 serait égal à 0?
● On peut se développer en ayant zéro de tout ça?
Oui! Bien sûr, si se développer signifie devenir riche, étant donné que ces éléments constituent du capital naturel qui n'est pas une partie décisive de la richesse, comparé au capital humain ( santé, éducation, institution) et au capital construit par les populations.
● Regardez la richesse des pays, telle que évaluée par la Banque Mondiale.
Si on raisonne avec ce concept de " capital" et non celui de " développement ", une comparaison internationale est osée par le rapport de la Banque Mondiale, "The Changing Wealth of Nations 2021: Managing Assets for the Future."
https://t.co/eJqxZFysvj et aussi https://t.co/Y0GjlblcEM
● Par exemple si on compare, dans ce rapport, le capital naturel, le capital construit et le capital humain de trois pays comme le Bénin, la Corée du Sud et le Japon, on constaterait quoi?
1) Que le Bénin en 2018 est mieux doté en capital naturel par habitant que les deux autres. 4545 $ US Bénin,
contre 2964 $ US Corée,
et 2755 $ US Pour le Japon.
2) Mais on verra que le capital produit par ces deux dernier pays est respectivement de 141.631$ et 229.869$, alors que celui du Bénin est à 3541$ , donc en dessous même de son capital naturel.
3) Si on continue l'analyse des données, il ressort que pour ce qui concerne le capital humain, alors que le Bénin est à 12.978$US par habitant, la Corée du Sud est à 204.085 US$, et le Japon culmine à 302.454$US.
Conclusion:
A) Avoir des ressources naturelles du sol et du sous-sol ce n'est pas rien, mais ce n'est pas ce qui constituera la richesse du pays, surtout quand on est incapables de transformer ces ressources en capital.
B) La véritable richesse n'est pas dans le PIB mais dans le capital.
C) Le capital humain est de loin la composante la plus importante de la richesse, comparé au capital bâti et au capital naturel.👇
I grew up in the Vodou tradition & I see this act as a profound moral injury to our communities. It is also a prime example of how colonialism has conditioned Africans to disrespect, discredit, & discard anything indigenous to the continent, including our metaphysical worlds.
This is intellectual arrogance.
You can be well-traveled and still be culturally barbarous. Every society has myths: Greeks, Chinese, Indians, even North Americans. The Bible we believe in is full of them. If your whole travel experience amounts to ‘uncovering lies’ in other cultures, you learned nothing
‘Not to stop your $$ from coming in’. I feel so disappointed. 🤮
You are an uncultured fool.
You are so uncultured that you don't know that the power of the masquerade is the myth. You don't know that power of the masquerade is the unseen, the hidden, and the agreement between the community and the symbol..
You've literally nuked all that because you are chasing a viral moment.
What you've done is actually cultural vandalism. But you wouldn't know that, because you are an uncultured swine.
You've violated a sacred boundary for clout. You literally flew a drone into a space deliberately kept mystical, without consent, just to get likes and views.
You're very foolish. Nigeria, your country, has the highest number of people living below the poverty line. Do you see any other West African citizen trying to paint your country bad?
The mystery behind Zangbeto is one of the things that drives tourism, but you're too dense to recognise it.
It is because of this sort of behaviour that your countrymen are hated all over the world.
Wodemaya will never do this.