Danladi Dele Agbeyo

thanks Mr.dalandi, i  thought i was the only atheist in nigeria. but how do you cope with it? In a place where everybody believes in God, i found it easy to tell people i'm a theist than to tell them i'm atheist

Hello, I have hope that Nigeria with its wealth can set an example for  the continent , hopefully without the shackle of religious beliefs

Hi Danladi. Thanks for the response! That's really disturbing that a crazy Muslim made a death threat to you. Did you call the police on that person? I hear about this all over the Muslim world with these fanatics having this mafia mentality. There are currently three very religious African nations that are part of the Atheist Alliance International, but no nations with a Muslim majority (except Nigeria, but 50.5% Muslims is not much of a majority).

Would it be even more dangerous for you if you were to step into the less developed areas of Nigeria with the Christian fundamentalists who burn witches? Or do the Muslims have a monopoly in this mafia mentality?

That's good that you were born in one of the most progressives parts of your country. I too happen to be lucky to be born in an area of my country where atheists are more accepted, especially after the Catholic priest scandal which has made the northeast region of the United States the most non-religious region in the country.

That was a great test that you made with the people on TV. How did the people react when they saw you didn't go blind?

As for atheism in Nigeria. How is it among young people? Do you find more young people in the Yoruba area to be less religious? Are atheist books sold in bookstores in that region or even in other parts of the country?

By the way. Have you read Adebowale Ojowuro's book: Crisis of Religion? I'm planning to order his book today.

Thanks for the offer to be friends Danaldi. I hope that, together with all of the rest free thinking humans, we will be able to expose and dispose of the religious blood sucking frauds, and help make this world a much better place to live.

Thank you my friend. I wanted to invite you myself but I just waited a little bit. :) Cheers !

Hi Danladi. It's been a while since I last talked to you. I just reread your profile and it says that:

"I am an Atheist and have been an advocate of secularism in Nigeria through the use of media including print and electronic media like Radio/ TV. I hope to establish a school for humanism in Nigeria with the vision to turn it to a full fledged University in the nearest future."

Is it really hard to go on electronic media and promote secularism in Nigeria? If so, what do you encounter? Do you get good feedback? I hear about religious extremists in Nigeria, do you risk any possible violence from them? How is the younger generation in Nigeria? Are they more or less religious?

Peace brother!!

Pleased to meet you. Somewhere you mention universal education as a cure to these religious problems we see in the Middle East. I do agree, with a special note. UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION. As happens in North America and Europe, the educated are often the source of many very wrong approaches in Gov and world power structures. These people are able to corrupt entire systems and populations because the 'rest' of the population are not educated enough to follow the stream and content of what is going on in these power structures. I was lucky enough to have temporarily lived in a society which put education and health above ALL other values by UNIVERSALITY THROUGH ZERO COST. Universal Access to Education lasted only 10 years in Quebec, as our idealist government tried to create a Swedish political society here amidst N.America. The dreamers died (Quebec and Sweden) and so the dream died. The other most important issue to a fair society is that corporations may not control government. For this, it must be illegal to buy elections. A country must give itself laws that electoral parties may only use a certain stated amount of contributions, no matter private or public, all monies spent must be accounted for. This is my dream for all countries, Education, Health Care, and fair elections. And you seem to be pushing for this in Nigeria, good for you.

You may be interested in a radio series that was done by CBC a few years ago regarding the effect of biology (microbes) in the context of European imperial colonialism in Africa and South America. A study about how Africa's gene pool is closer to the European gene pool and therefore the microbes brought along with colonialism did not kill off Africans, whereas they did kill off most natives in South America, leaving the power structure in S.America to the Whites, whereas in Africa, the 'visible' power is no longer in the hands of whites (even though the colonialism is ongoing at a hidden political level). Wish you the best

Kilroy was here. :)


Glad to make your acquaintance, Danladi.