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MANNABBQGRILLS: 12:25pm On Mar 30, 2022
Akharmony:
And after black never stop killing themslves still. .
Hmmmmm, this is deep!

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Rexymania(m): 12:25pm On Mar 30, 2022
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Blakpot: 12:26pm On Mar 30, 2022
Mtchew!
Op, Slessor stopped the killing of twins in a part of cross rivers state called Okoyong, not the entire Nigeria.
Besides, I doubt she was the only one that opposed such practices at that time. Her fame is the product of colonial propaganda- "The white saviour" bullshit.
Regardless she did some good works, unlike mother Theresa.

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Ondalastday: 12:26pm On Mar 30, 2022
WibusJaga:
cheesy

Quite interesting.

But of a truth, if not for the coming of the white man & their influence on blacks, blackman would have still been killing twins & hunting rabbits & Squirrels naked in the bush. grin
Even white people were barbaric at one point in time, there's lots of evidence from history that they burnt witches and kept slaves. Who stopped them from doing all that?

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Henon: 12:26pm On Mar 30, 2022
ednut1:
we should not always believe the white man's version of history. The missionaries were sent not to help us but to help spread Christianity and conduct reconnaissance for their white masters so they could enter us easily. The killing of twins was happening in a single village, not the entire tribe or area as its being painted.
Go and look for food to eat, you are dropping saliva all over floor.

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hucknall: 12:27pm On Mar 30, 2022
ednut1:
we should not always believe the white man's version of history. The missionaries were sent not to help us but to help spread Christianity and conduct reconnaissance for their white masters so they could enter us easily. The killing of twins was happening in a single village, not the entire tribe or area as its being painted.
That's not true. The colonial masters came for business while
missionaries came to spread the Gospel.

Stop spreading lies.

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anonimi: 12:27pm On Mar 30, 2022
WibusJaga:
cheesy
Quite interesting.

But of a truth, if not for the coming of the white man & their influence on blacks, blackman would have still been killing twins & hunting rabbits & Squirrels naked in the bush. grin

Were the whites not doing that and worse before they reformatted their brains to what it is now

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kollysnut(m): 12:28pm On Mar 30, 2022
massmediang:
I met the only surviving twin saved by Mary Slessor over 100 years ago (Video)


Mary Slessor was a missionary posted from Scotland to Calabar in Nigeria by the Presbyterian Church in 1876. She also lived in Arochukwu Nigeria during her missionary work. Mary Slessor stopped the killing of twins in Nigeria and she achieved this by saving a lot of twins either left in the bush to die or from their homes where their mothers hid them.
One of the twin babies Mary Slessor saved by herself before the killing of twins was finally abolished is Mgbeafor Okereke. I met her in her home in Amasu, Arochukwu, where I had an amazing interaction with her.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-apkGyAt0Ck



Is she your mate, its aunty Mary slesssor.....u need to watch that comedey
Originality007: 12:29pm On Mar 30, 2022
ednut1:
we should not always believe the white man's version of history. The missionaries were sent not to help us but to help spread Christianity and conduct reconnaissance for their white masters so they could enter us easily. The killing of twins was happening in a single village, not the entire tribe or area as its being painted.

bring out ur own side of the story, or u shut d fuccck up
ApenaEde: 12:29pm On Mar 30, 2022
This is a disinformation ed down through generation & shoved down d throat of gullibles, that one Mary Slecor abolished killing of twins in Nigeria. This is a fallacy, attempt to deify one of many Invaders that ravaged our land in those days. I am a Yoruba man, neve! I repeat ,never! has Yoruba people throughout of their sojourn down the river Nile & Niger before their eventual settlement in what is now Southwest Nigeria practice the BABARIC ACT OF KILLING TWINS. As a matter of fact twins are regarded as a special gift from almighty, they are regarded as some deity, in some areas till this day , once twins are birthed,their images are made of wood where sacrifices are made to their gods. Hundred of Mary Slecor could not av abolished a practice, if such practice were such endemic as we were made to believe .

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Pinkyposh(f): 12:30pm On Mar 30, 2022
Wow .... I'm just amazed at her eloquent English, even at that age.
christistruth01: 12:30pm On Mar 30, 2022
We now need Christians to save Baby Factory Children and Alimajirin
otomatic(m): 12:31pm On Mar 30, 2022
So she is more than 100 years old?
Iceberg3: 12:31pm On Mar 30, 2022
May God continue to rest and bless her beautiful soul.

And she was such a dashing woman...
mixmastering: 12:31pm On Mar 30, 2022
Rave90:
Amazing stuff!
This is our amazing stuff

History live before our eyes.How can we make this go viral or bless her with monetary stuff
Wooow

Share her details.

If you have a tweeter , tweet her pix or the youtbe video. I am not talking about the narrative of Slessoer stopping the killing of twins but the twin herself.
Never fathomed she could still be alive.

Nice to see Mary Slessor too

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foolbuster: 12:31pm On Mar 30, 2022
WibusJaga:
cheesy

Quite interesting.

But of a truth, if not for the coming of the white man & their influence on blacks, blackman would have still been killing twins & hunting rabbits & Squirrels naked in the bush. grin

This is a big fat lie. Black's were civilized and progressing nicely before the Europeans came and destabilised everything, the consequences of which we are still suffering till today.

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Nyelu: 12:31pm On Mar 30, 2022
I thank God for using her to intervene for twins. If not for championing our cause, I and my twin bro wouldn't have been alive.
Salmoneus(m): 12:32pm On Mar 30, 2022
Shameful
Bahamas95(m): 12:32pm On Mar 30, 2022
Frederick Lugard thunder fire you wherever you're now.

Re: Nairalander Meets Only Surviving Twin Saved By Mary Slessor Over 100 Years Ago by Nobody: 12:33pm On Mar 30, 2022
It's 2022 and yet some people still believe that Mary slessor stopped killing of twins in Nigeria lol.

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Voldoz: 12:34pm On Mar 30, 2022
ednut1:
we should not always believe the white man's version of history. The missionaries were sent not to help us but to help spread Christianity and conduct reconnaissance for their white masters so they could enter us easily. The killing of twins was happening in a single village, not the entire tribe or area as its being painted.

Oga keep quiet, Appreciate the woman. That's why Africa is not progressing.
KosiGee(m): 12:34pm On Mar 30, 2022
Childofaking:
Mary slessor did a great work in Nigeria. On a 10 pounds note in Scotland, is the picture of mary slessor and her missionary route in Nigeria on the other side of the currency, you can see arochukwu clearly written on that currency

I used to have that note in a wallet I used to have in my backpack. It was given to me as change in Edinburgh and I kept it as souvenir…lost it when I lost my bag in one of the trains. Recovered my bag at Waterloo station after two weeks but the £10 was gone.

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cliffypatt(m): 12:34pm On Mar 30, 2022
WibusJaga:
cheesy

Quite interesting.

But of a truth, if not for the coming of the white man & their influence on blacks, blackman would have still been killing twins & hunting rabbits & Squirrels naked in the bush. grin

We had our own form of civilization and unique mode of doing things before the arrival of the white man. The white man didn't influence our culture, tradition and arts prior to the colonial era.

Albeit, we were influenced religiously and politically, our culture and tradition remains pristine.

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chadrain(m): 12:34pm On Mar 30, 2022
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unmask: 12:35pm On Mar 30, 2022
Nigerialabalaba:
"Mary Slessor stopped the killing of twins in Nigeria Calabar and she achieved this by saving a lot of twins either left in the bush to die or from their homes where their mothers hid them."




OP and mods, abeg help us edit the error o. Na for Calabar dem dey kill twins and still dey kill twins today for Calabar till today
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/02/witchcraft-man-to-die-by-hanging-for-poisoning-11-year-twin-daughters-in-cross-river/amp/
but no be for Nigeria abeg.

For Yorubaland, twins are given special courtesies and endearment so tey dem dey pray for every new bride to born twins.
So many Yoruba songs, oriki and proverbs praise ibeji (twins) so tey dey are regarded as dieties to be worhipped for fertility.

Some families get up to 4 generations of twins for Yorubaland and na Yorubaland even get the highest rate of multiple births for the whole world.

Abeg replace the Nigeria with calabar

cc seun lalasticlala dominique mynd44
And Calabar is where again?
treatise: 12:36pm On Mar 30, 2022
WibusJaga:
cheesy

Quite interesting.

But of a truth, if not for the coming of the white man & their influence on blacks, blackman would have still been killing twins & hunting rabbits & Squirrels naked in the bush. grin

Replicas of what would have become of us can be found in Papau New Guinea :

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NdakoIb(m): 12:37pm On Mar 30, 2022
Mary Slessor, The White Queen of Calabar

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caracas: 12:38pm On Mar 30, 2022
ednut1:
we should not always believe the white man's version of history. The missionaries were sent not to help us but to help spread Christianity and conduct reconnaissance for their white masters so they could enter us easily. The killing of twins was happening in a single village, not the entire tribe or area as its being painted.
Make we hear word abeg
Nigerialabalaba: 12:39pm On Mar 30, 2022
unmask:
And Calabar is where again?
Calabar,cross rivers state. shiorr.
We no dey kill twins for Nigeria.
Voldoz: 12:39pm On Mar 30, 2022
foolbuster:


This is a big fat lie. Black's were civilized and progressing nicely before the Europeans came and destabilised everything, the consequences of which we are still suffering till today.

You forget say they colonized America?

Una just day spill trash.

Africa civilize my foot apart from Egypt where civilize again or maybe the wakanda stuff for Black panther day confuse you.

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ruggedtimi(m): 12:39pm On Mar 30, 2022
WibusJaga:
cheesy

Quite interesting.

But of a truth, if not for the coming of the white man & their influence on blacks, blackman would have still been killing twins & hunting rabbits & Squirrels naked in the bush. grin
lol ..but na 100% true

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