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54 countries: bluelighters, teach us about the various african countries.

Didn't Ghana knock the US out of the world cup last year? And its just some little sliver of a country in Africa , damn we suck at soccer lol.
 
Somalia:
Basically the whole place sucks. Major industries are stealing boats and having 47 bickering insurgent factions lob cold war era mortar shells into whats already rubble in the only semblance of city it has.
National anthem is sound of various AK's, FAL's SKS's and other poorly maintained rifles crack at random.
Who wants to book a trip (charter; because there is no scheduled air service)
 
^ Somalia makes me sad :(

Think how horrible of a reality it would be to be born there.
 
I worked in a Ghana/Gambian eats joint for awhile, and i sneak stole one of their recipes and adapted it a bit so it's easier for westerners who don't have access to the wild exotic spices and stores they special ordered from.

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(this is an actual photo of their fritters, which are too amazing, too perfect, and i know i cannot even come close, but here is me trying)

"Akara"

NSFW:

2 cups black beans
~1 cup green onion (chopped)
3 cloves garlic (chopped)
cilantro (about 3 tablespoon chopped)
1/2 teaspoon: cumin rosemary oregano ( i like a little more cumin tbph)
salt & pepper ("dash")
1 cup brown rice cooked
1/2 cup cornmeal

Mash 1 can black beans and add second can to mashed beans. Add everything but cornmeal & brown rice, mash super well. (I love foodprocessors) Add brown rice and mix well, then add corn meal and mix well. use spoon, or hands, or whatever, and make them into meatball shapes, fry them in vegetable oil until crispy.

i like to serve them with a red sauce -- marinara is perfect on a baugette, po boy style. i swear, them shits the jam.
 
Kenickie!!
Excellent secret agent skills =D

I must attempt said recipe soon.
 
I think Rwanda is the most compelling, fascinating, optimistic and incredibly beautiful country I have ever seen.
Despite the most appauling and unfathomably tragic past it has had, especially with the atrocities of mass genocide, I just can't comprehend how it has healed itself to the extent it has.
The people are wonderful, the countryside staggeringly beautiful, and the hope and integrity that the country maintains frankly astounds me.
Genocide and human injustice will always be an integral part of it's history, but it seems that harmony and human warmth continue to shape it's future.
Yes Rwanda!
What an inspiring nation you are.
 
^ Unfortunately, I haven't learned anything about Rwanda post-genocide. You've sparked my interest, however ;)
 
Kenickie those Ghanaian akara things look really similar to the Brazilian acaraje. I guess the early Brazialian slaves also liked them so much they adapted them from their West African home countries into Brazilian cuisine.
They serve acaraje in Brazil with okra and shrimp. I think they might use cassava flour instead of corn meal though. And they fry it in palm oil.

I am going to see if I can find some pictures of East African foods in particular Mishikaki to put up in here (not sure of the spelling)
 
^^^ you are right about cassava flour & palm oil. i tried to post a recipe here that a BLer could easily make going to their grocery store, and i know even for me in a major metro area, it would be a hunt finding cassava flour.
 
Over 400,000 women are raped every year in Congo and that translates to about 1152 raped every day, 48 raped every hour and four raped every five minutes.
Click to expand...

http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2011/s3215390.htm

I read a similar article on the BBC website last week stating the same figures. I can't even comprehend how crazy those figures are? .... it sounds like one big free for all :(

I would bet my savings on the fact that the Police are the offenders in many of these situations too.

Just makes me feel lucky/humbled about where I live in the world.
 
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Err the purpose of my America thread was to have americans talk about themselves.

I doubt you'll find a lot of Africans (the real deal) on BL.

They are too busy killing each other.
 
I think there is at least one guy on BL from South Africa. But youre probably right about most Africans not having time to mess around with things like Bluelight. Also in a many places they either dont have the internet or it is really really slow.
 
My mom lived in Nigeria for a decent portion of her life (she is Caucasian, born in OK) ... absolutely loved it there. It was one of her most cherished periods of life. It (used to be) a very safe country. Very beautiful as well, but that is to be expected.
 
I dunno what it is about Nigerians and scamming but it seems to be a favourite occupation in that particular country. I can remember about 20 years ago getting scam faxes from a "Doctor Martens" in Nigeria trying to make arrangements to move a heap of currency out of the country. Sounded just as likely then as it does now.
 
As unimaginable as it might be to legalistic, individual-oriented societies of the first world, I have witnessed the cultural-transmission of treachery from parent to child and from teacher to student by the authority figures conveying this behaviour as socially-acceptable, or even the right thing to do. I have heard a teacher tell a student to raise the prices for farangs (foreigners, a.k.a. "Walking ATMs") of her wares at a student crafts-sale, as if it were the only reasonable thing one could hope to do. This particular example was in Thailand (note: collectivist society, meaning you can have a level of certainty that the majority of people from that society - who tend to speak about themselves in the plural - will have a degree of shared values that is unchanging from one person to another.

Nigeria may not be collectivist as Thailand, but I don't see why the transmission of values described above couldn't happen in there, too.
 
^Sounds like a fair call. From what I have heard Nigerians are renowned for being involved in crime and trickery in other African countries. Well South Africa at least. I'm sure they are just doing what they have to do to get by.

I saw this doco a few months ago. It seems like a pretty extreme place to live

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/welcome-lagos/
 
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