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African Superheroes: 'You Don't Have to Be White to Save the World'
Al Arabiya ^ | Sunday, 24 January 2016 | Stephanie Findlay

Posted on 01/25/2016 8:00:56 PM PST by nickcarraway

In the first issue of "Aje", a Nigerian comic offering a new breed of superheroes strictly from Africa, university student Teni casts a curse on her boyfriend in a rush of jealous rage and purple lightning.

"Koni dara fun o ni yi aye (it will never be better for you in this life)," snarls Teni in Yoruba, a language and one of the major ethnic groups in Nigeria.

Teni is the creation of Jide Martins, the founder of Comic Republic, one of a handful of comic startups making African superheroes to rival Iron Man, Batman and Spiderman.

(Excerpt) Read more at english.alarabiya.net ...


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1 posted on 01/25/2016 8:00:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
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I would love a black super hero that would stop all those innocent black children from being killed (aka aborted).


2 posted on 01/25/2016 8:05:27 PM PST by Do the math (Doug)
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To: nickcarraway

How about Super Swap Meet Man?


3 posted on 01/25/2016 8:06:52 PM PST by gaijin
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4 posted on 01/25/2016 8:08:15 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Do the math

I can’t recall any super heroes tackling the ongoing abortion massacre, whether white, black or green. Maybe that’s part of the problem.

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5 posted on 01/25/2016 8:10:03 PM PST by Ransomed
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To: nickcarraway

It doesn’t hurt.


6 posted on 01/25/2016 10:52:43 PM PST by Defiant (RINOs are leaders of a party without voters. Trump/Cruz are leaders of voters without a party.)
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To: nickcarraway

I want to see the superantics of General Butt Naked. He dah man.


7 posted on 01/25/2016 11:03:00 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Do the math

I’m fairly certain it’s extremely difficult to get an abortion in Nigeria, something like multiple doctors have to sign off station the life of the mother is at risk.


8 posted on 01/26/2016 12:24:35 AM PST by Raymann
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To: gaijin

Wouldn’t Swap Meet Man be slightly overlapping Fencing of Stolen Goods Man?


9 posted on 01/26/2016 11:25:30 AM PST by T-Bone Texan (The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
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