Some Indians led by one Sehba Imam met with injured
Nigerian and African students at the hospital in Greater Noida last
Friday. Writing about the visit later on her Facebook page, Iman said:
"The first thing that stuck us was, 'Oh my god how young they are!'All of them were close to my daughter's age -students between 21 to 25 years - young students, in a foreign country.
We all have children or siblings or other close relatives studying in other countries, it’s scary to think what a family would go through when they watch the video of a relative being chased and beaten up by a mob. When they hear that their children cannot step out of their homes for essential groceries and have even run out of drinking water…
Considering the situation, these young men were amazingly calm and
sensible… On many forums, the students are appealing to each other to
stay calm and not to retaliate.
The coordinator of Association of African Students in India, asked us to not apologise on behalf of our countrymen,
‘All of India is not like that, that is what I keep telling everyone, just like all Africans are not the same. There are good and bad people in every country’.
It’s so simple to know and yet so hard for some people to accept this truth. The situation in Greater Noida remains tense.
Two good things we noticed in this lousy situation - One, The educational institutes around are supporting their students and looking after their basic needs currently.
Secondly, administration is sympathetic and helpful. Saw policemen securely bring a group of girls to a pharmacy in an official vehicle, for them to pick up essential supplies. The Policemen were polite and caring (yes, not a gesture we associate with our police force, but life is full of pleasant surprises in the worst of situations)
What remains is the arduous task of addressing the ignorance which makes people believe in and spread bizarre rumours about cannibalism, crime and immorality.
We need to organize joint marches, stand ins and poster campaigns… and perhaps a theatre group can be invited to perform on this issues in Greater Noida villages."
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My oga’s wife and my brother…
For the first time in my life I heard a man say “my body is the temple of my wife alone and I will keep it holy for her” I felt very stupid and pushed my breast back into my bra. It was the most horrifying moment for me, I felt like a slut. My boss is the most principled man I have ever seen and it just makes me want to have him and forget that he is married. Few weeks later, I saw a beautiful lady in my house, I live with my younger bro, we share a 3bedroom flat. I greeted the beautiful lady and went straight into my room,hours later I started hearing moaning sound, the bed sounded like it was going to break into 2, her voice was so very loud I had to increase the volume of my TV set, she was crying like a kid, and was wondering what my kid bro was doing to her. When I heard a finishing sound of orgasm, I quickly rushed to the sitting room so I could see her face and match the moaning sound I was hearing in my head, so they came down and I took a good look at her, her face look very familiar but I did not ask I just went back to my room after I locked the door behind them.
Next morning I went to my office, my boss called for a meeting in his office and we all went. As he was busy talking to us, I was busy looking at the...
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I just can't understand why Indians just have a hatred for Nigerians? What did we ever do to them to deserve this kind of hate? White people colonized them, yet they worship whites BUT Africans that did nothing, they just have hatred. penis exercise program that works
They have some people with hearts still
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So thoughtful of them.
Hope their government is working to put an end to that ugly incident.
. ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Its very sad and to think we treat these people like better people in our country even when they did wrong..
Nigerians has never taken law into there hands on Foreigners b4...
Extremely Sad.
Then just doing this to cover face.
Then just doing this to cover face.why didn't them come amd defend the act and hold a protest against xenophobia
Then just doing this to cover face.why didn't them come amd defend the act and hold a protest against xenophobia
That's kind of them. Humans can be very wicked but many can also be good and show that to others.
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This changes nothing. Groups of white people speak out against racism but the cops still kill black people, black people are lynched, mobbed, and discriminated against in almost every area of life in these western worlds. Visiting them only makes them (the indians) feel better, it doesn't change the fact that they are still being discriminated against. Where are the law enforcement officers during these acts, what is the government doing to the people responsible? why not go on the streets and protest these discriminatory acts? Why is it done behind closed doors where no one can see them? Change is not caused by the passive but by the active.
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