Benin

It wasn't just white man bad, they stole Africans and sold them.

There's King Tegbasu, there's King Gezo, and present day Benin, who literally, they sold prisoners of war.

You know, so it's not some like America bad.

And then also, We like to talk on the slavery in America.

Let's hear it.

You know, when I was living in Benin for three months, we were taking bucket baths and it wasn't always warm that day.

Sometimes it would be cold and your water would still be cold.

If somebody's using the water downstairs, the water upstairs wouldn't flow.

It was different.

That's what I'm trying to say.

So I'm not afraid of being without water or power in Benin or in South Africa.

I am a little bit of afraid of being without water or power in America because y'all don't know how to act.

So, they have a three-day advantage.

Then, in the other game, in Abiyokuto Sunday, we finished one-on between Rangers International and Nigerian champions as well as AS SuperMap Benin champions.

The first goal or the goal for Rangers was scored by Chidoze Ogundu.

Then in San Pedro, it finished 1-0 between NFC San Pedro and Rivers United.

It's possible.

so it's a different city and come I think I matched the minus two or something so they can train the next day all this is just basically planning for the opponent to know it how it is on the continent but finally half should find a way to scrap this preliminary round it's it's it's not nice

yeah definitely not nice and uh that brings me to you Timothy Timothy Speaking of the second leg to be played this weekend, starting from Friday, on Friday, Rivers United Rangers International, I beg your pardon, will be up against AS Subemap of Benin.

The game will be played at Stade de Kerk.

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So when you say the smaller economies would be more willing to join, to buy into this idea, let me give you for instance, let's say West Africa, you're looking at Sierra Leone on one hand, Benin, and then you have Nigeria, Ghana on the other hand.

So if, let's say the Benins decide to go with this idea, and Ghana is also in there, are you trying to say the Beninese people will benefit more than the Nigerians? Because from where I stand, I feel like the Nigerians would look at it as, you know, we are the big boys.

We need to make, you know, politically, we are the ones who are stronger.

And so even here, monetarily, we are still above you.

And then they have to trade with Nigeria.

So Nigeria is trading with a region.

You see, at some point, Nigeria will have to rethink and say, okay, trade becomes even easier because now you're not dealing with Benin on its own.

Where did you go?

I traveled to Senegal first, then Nigeria, then Ghana and Cameroon, then Benin and Togo, also Sierra Leone, where I have my citizenship, Gambia.

How did that affect your understanding of African food culture?

Well, it Couple of different things.

And so I was meeting actual cousins of mine, blood cousins for the miracle of genetic genealogy.

I was able to go to chess and Senegal and other places.

We died Benin where I had, um, ancestral and familiar connections and which is really a very happy, more than a happy coincidence.

You know, it's for me, it's familiar foods.

Among ourselves, you want to import from Ghana, you open a level of credit in dollar or in euro, and then you pay through those countries to be able to import among ourselves.

Even if you want to import between Benin, the next country, to Nigeria, the same problem.

So there was a sense that we want this thing quickly.

And therefore, across country, a primary and secondary condition to be met.

It doesn't matter.

They said that the demons that is sitting on this family, they went to collect that idol from Benin.

It doesn't matter.

Bible says that the whole universe is upheld by the word of his power.

And the trend in Africa has been that wealthy businessmen who became presidents generally are sensible, pragmatic fellows who do well.

The best example is Patrice Talon of Benin.

He did very, very well, and he didn't try to claim the power.

So what Hakainde is telling us, you don't do this if you're just going to run for one time.

He was the same Craddock who was tried for his life in Virginia for the slaying of the Seminole chief, and though he escaped, it was well known that he had corrupted the witness and bribed the judge.

Afterwards, as a slaver, and even, as it was hinted, as a pirate, he had left an evil name behind him in the blight of Benin.

Finally, he had returned to Jamaica with a considerable fortune, and had settled down to a life of somber dissipation.

This was the man, gaunt, austere, and dangerous, who now waited upon the governor with a plan for the extirpation of Sharkey.