Nigerians In India Angry Over Murder Of Nigerian Man In Goa

[Northern Son]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24835058

The Nigerian community in India is feeling "aggrieved" after one of its citizens was killed in Goa, Nigeria's high commissioner has told the BBC.

Ndubuisi Vitus Amaku said the resort state's subsequent order to deport Nigerians living illegally there was like "rubbing salt on their wounds".

Meanwhile, police in Goa have made the first arrest in the murder case.

Tensions have been rising since a Nigerian man was stabbed to death last week and five others were wounded.

Soon after the killing, nearly 200 Nigerians blocked Goa's main highway for several hours to protest against the killing, and police arrested 53 of the protesters.

Police blamed the killing on rivalry between local and Nigerian drug traffickers, and Goa's Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar asked the police to track down Nigerians living illegally in the state and deport them.

'Salt on their wounds'
There are about 40,000 Nigerians living in India and Mr Amaku says he is concerned about the safety of his people.

"Indians need to understand that a large number of Nigerians are living legally in India and even if some are living illegally, there are laws in place to deal with that and those should be implemented," Mr Amaku told BBC Hindi's Divya Arya.

He criticised the Goan authorities for plans to deport those living illegally in India.

"If Nigerians are living illegally you don't wait till their compatriot is murdered before you go around picking them up and threatening them with deportation - that is like rubbing salt on their wounds."

Earlier in the week, another Nigerian diplomat had warned of repercussions against Indians living in Nigeria if Goa did not stop "evicting Nigerians" from the state and failed to arrest the killers.

More than 800,000 Indians live in Nigeria and they own approximately 100,000 businesses there.

Mr Amaku said the official's statement was made in the context of the murder and that he felt "aggrieved" like all other members of the Nigerian community.

Indian foreign ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said he was sure that the row could be settled "amicably".

"We have been assured that the investigation (into the murder) is under way," news agency AFP quoted him as saying.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

messed up

 

[Northern Son]

messed up

No surprise though.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21826366

Africans complain of discrimination in Mumbai, India


Nigerian Sambo Davis is married to an Indian woman and lives in Mumbai.

All his documents are valid, but he was arrested by the police recently on suspicion of being a drug dealer.

He and 30 other black Africans were detained for hours before they were let off with an apology.

But the following day, Mr Davis said that he was shocked to read in local newspapers that they were "arrested for drug peddling".

"The police treat us Africans like dogs," he says.

Mr Davis claims he often faces discrimination when he goes to restaurants or when he tries to rent an apartment in gated middle-class communities.

Ikeorah Junior Nigerian cafe owner in Mumbai
But he is nevertheless one of the lucky ones. He found a decent flat to rent, thanks to his Indian wife.

But his fellow countrymen, he says, still face discrimination: "When they go to rent flats in a normal building they are told - 'you are a black man, you are Nigerian, and you are not wanted'. This is racism."

'Hide and seek'
There is no official data on how many Africans live in Mumbai, but since India's economic progress gathered momentum in recent years, many have come to work in and around the city. Unofficial estimates put their numbers at more than 5,000.

Most of them are engaged in exporting garments to Nigeria and other African countries.

Many others are students, enrolled in the region's prestigious educational institutions.

But there are also hundreds of Africans, mostly Nigerians, who live as illegal immigrants in India. They have either "lost" their passports or their visas have "expired".

Every day, these people play hide-and-seek with the police - if they are caught, they are sent to jail.

Ikeorah Junior from Lagos runs a cafe for Africans in a crowded market on Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road.

"I don't understand why they [police] have to go from house to house to arrest the people who don't have their papers. If they don't have papers, then deport them, don't put them in jail," he says.

Ahmed Javed, who is in charge of maintaining law and order in the state of Maharashtra, says it is not that simple: "In most cases they have no passports. So, unless their nationalities are determined, they cannot be deported."

Dozens of Africans have taken up residence on Mira Road, a dusty, nondescript town just outside Mumbai.

One "illegal immigrant" there asked me for money, claiming he had not eaten for two days.

He looked worried and told me that he had been approached by drug dealers to work for them.

Many Africans face discrimination when they try to rent apartments

"I have been here for three years - my visa expired a long time ago. I want to go back home. Please help me, brother," he tells me.

In this neighbourhood, Negro or kaalia (black in Hindi) are the two words indiscriminately used to describe all black people.

"We call them Negro because they are black. They look frightening," says one woman.

"They don't find homes to rent in Mumbai, they only stay in Mira Road. Why? Because of the way they behave. They sell drugs and indulge in other illegal activities. They cannot be trusted," a local man commented, seemingly unaware of the offensive nature of his words.

'Embarrassed and ashamed'

Against such a backdrop of pronounced prejudice, Sheeba Rani married Sambo Davis four years ago and the couple have two children.

Mrs Davis says her parents are enlightened Christians and they blessed them because they thought the marriage was God's wish.

But, she says, she has been ostracised by many friends, relatives and society since her marriage.

Mrs Davis is "embarrassed and ashamed" by the behaviour of the Indian people towards black Africans.

"When I used to go to a mall or if I walked with him, I always wanted him to hold my hand. But when people saw me with him, they thought I was from a bad family or even a prostitute."

Earlier, she did not understand why black people were being looked down upon, but now she says she does.

"Because our society is obsessed with white skin. If I had married a white man, I would have gained more friends and society's approval too."

Mr Davis believes that the discrimination is solely "because I am a black man".

"It's because I am from Africa, I am a Nigerian. I think Indians see us as inferior."

Yet despite the discrimination they face, nearly all Africans the BBC interviewed said they had a soft spot for their adopted country.

They say the relations between India and Africa are "rock solid". Many argued that Indians and Africans are brothers.

"We look after Indians in our countries. They have become rich there. All we want here is for Indians to understand we are not drug dealers. We are not violent. We are just like them.

We've got to be the most hated people on the planet. Indians can easily become millionaires in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria and even look down upon the native populations but look what happens when blacks travel to the sub continent.

The bolded (which is pretty Uncle Tom-ish if you ask me) says everything. The high commissioner is a real nikka though.

 

[Benjamin Sisko]

Well if Africans harass the coolies like they do in India, shyt will be different.

 

[godkiller]

Why are there Indians in Africa





My people are lost everywhere

Why marry a goddamn Indian

 

[Northern Son]

Why are there Indians in Africa





My people are lost everywhere

Why marry a goddamn Indian

Coolies (Indians) came to Africa as laborers well over a hundred years ago.

They're running shyt in Kenya and South Africa. It's extremely fukked up. White people gave them a relatively privileged position in society during colonization.

http://www.africanholocaust.net/articles/SOUTH AFRICA 10 DAYS.htm

^^Informative read.

 

[godkiller]

Coolies (Indians) came to Africa as labourers over a hundred years ago.

They're running shyt in Kenya and South Africa. It's extremely fukked up. White people gave them a relatively privileged position in society during colonization.

http://www.africanholocaust.net/articles/SOUTH AFRICA 10 DAYS.htm

^^Informative read.

Indians are not called "coolies". That's the vernicular the Carribean use, please don't tell me the Africans use it too. They're just Indians.

My people lost even in their homeland

 

[Northern Son]

Indians are not called "coolies". That's the vernicular the Carribean use, please don't tell me the Africans use it too. They're just Indians.

My people lost even in their homeland

"Coolie" in Southern African society refers to South Asians but it's actually fairly derogatory (refers to their former status as unskilled labourers). I know the term is used in the Caribbean but what connotations does it carry there?

 

[Benjamin Sisko]

Coolies (Indians) came to Africa as labourers over a hundred years ago.

They're running shyt in Kenya and South Africa. It's extremely fukked up. White people gave them a relatively privileged position in society during colonization.

http://www.africanholocaust.net/articles/SOUTH AFRICA 10 DAYS.htm

^^Informative read.

Dont forget Uganda too.

Indians are all over the top level positions in Kenyan companies. Like I&M Bank who was founded dominated by Indians. But not only in East Africa but even in Nigeria, the richest man in Africa, Dangote, has Indians on his board.

 

[Crakface]

Aight so beat the shyt of a few indians in Nigeria and i bet that shyt will stop.

 

[godkiller]

"Coolie" in Southern African society refers to South Asians but it's actually fairly derogatory (refers to their former status as unskilled labourers). I know the term is used in the Caribbean but what connotations does it carry there?

It means the same thing.



The fact it means the same thing in Africa bodes ill for my people

 

[Northern Son]

Dont forget Uganda too.

Indians are all over the top level positions in Kenyan companies. Like I&M Bank who was founded dominated by Indians. But not only in East Africa but even in Nigeria, the richest man in Africa, Dangote, has Indians on his board.

It doesn't end there. They're in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia and Zambia eating like Gods and running all the businesses (the ones white people don't run). South Africa's affirmative action laws designed for blacks seem to only apply to them in practice.
The only people who suffer in Southern and East Africa are blacks .

 

[Northern Son]

It means the same thing.



The fact it means the same thing in Africa bodes ill for my people

Why?

 

[Benjamin Sisko]

But shyt like this happens all over Asia and Russia. From time to time over the years, I will read articles that portray the brutal treatment of Africans in their respective host countries, from Malaysia, to China, Thailand, Taiwan, you name it, their will be harassment. If it ain't the brutality, then it's the host people being scared of them.

But very rarely you will hear about mistreatment in Asians in Africa. As a matter of fact, when I brought this up in a African dominated forum (skyscrapercity.com in the African section), those KEWNS were SCARED to talk about the racism they're brothers face and ATTACKED me for bringing it up.

How will they solve a problem if they don't even acknowledge their even is one?? My sig is a testament too many levels of mental slavery that exists even today.

 

[godkiller]

But shyt like this happens all over Asia and Russia. From time to time over the years, I will read articles that portray the brutal treatment of Africans in their respective host countries, from Malaysia, to China, Thailand, Taiwan, you name it, their will be harassment. If it ain't the brutality, then it's the host people being scared of them.

But very rarely you will hear about mistreatment in Asians in Africa. As a matter of fact, when I brought this up in a African dominated forum (skyscrapercity.com in the African section), those KEWNS were SCARED to talk about the racism they're brothers face and ATTACKED me for bringing it up.

How will they solve a problem if they don't even acknowledge their even is one?? My sig is a testament too many levels of mental slavery that exists today.

scared of what?