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voicesofafricaunited: what country are you in
raph4u2007: asl pls
raph4u2007: ngr
voicesofafricaunited: nigeria?
raph4u2007: and u
voicesofafricaunited: USA... i am looking for African to join this new message board http://voicesofafricaunited.myfreeforum.org
voicesofafricaunited: which also has a yahoo email egroup
raph4u2007: well u have found me
raph4u2007: but tell me
raph4u2007: ur name
voicesofafricaunited: my name is Sitaram
voicesofafricaunited: I am doing this for my internet friends in Nigeria and Ethiopia, to show them how to used the Internet to address the world with their concerns
voicesofafricaunited: are you in an internet cafe
raph4u2007 : yeah

voicesofafricaunited: ok... step one is to join the message board.... and save the url so you can revisit
raph4u2007 : send the site again
voicesofafricaunited: step 2, if you like, i can create a forum just for you... you can be moderator of that forum....
voicesofafricaunited: http://www.voicesofafricaunited.myfreeforum.org
raph4u2007 : great
raph4u2007 : do that for me
voicesofafricaunited: step 3.... post your thoughts there, your concerns, fears, hopes dreams....
voicesofafricaunited: what do you see as major problems for your nation.... internal/external...
voicesofafricaunited: another thing you can do is to post a notice on bulliten boards in your city
voicesofafricaunited: simply stating the url address of the message board

raph4u2007 : i will do all that
raph4u2007 : but u have to first help me out by creating the forum for me
voicesofafricaunited: did you join yet... see if you can successfully join
raph4u2007 : i am on it
voicesofafricaunited: but...you must click join, make up an ID name, a password, enter your email address... click submit

voicesofafricaunited: good... i see you joined now
voicesofafricaunited: rcute007
voicesofafricaunited: correct?

raph4u2007 : yeah
voicesofafricaunited: ok.. now... i shall create a forum for you, and make you moderator.... do you have some special name
voicesofafricaunited: for forum
voicesofafricaunited: whatever you like
raph4u2007 : oh k
voicesofafricaunited: or i can just call it rcute007
voicesofafricaunited: and i can always cange it later
raph4u2007 : yeah
voicesofafricaunited: there, now you have a forum rcute007 and you are moderator
raph4u2007 : cool
raph4u2007 : really i feel honored
raph4u2007 : with this
voicesofafricaunited: you are the first to join
raph4u2007 : am so grateful
voicesofafricaunited: i created the forum yesterday...
voicesofafricaunited: we may together change the world with our voices united

voicesofafricaunited: we may make the nations of Africa great, a haven for all

voicesofafricaunited: remember too, if you have a yahoo chat with someone and it is of interest and value, regarding Africa, then you may copy and paste it as a post in your forum, and edit it
voicesofafricaunited: to share with the world your conversation/dialogue
voicesofafricaunited: also, remember, what we post will enter into the google search engines,.... so people searching for topics on Africa will find our message board
raph4u2007 : yeah
raph4u2007 : but tell me
raph4u2007 : i cant ind my country
voicesofafricaunited: well, i created it 12 hours ago... i am just starting to add the countries now
voicesofafricaunited: i was doing that when you contacted me
raph4u2007 : k
voicesofafricaunited: yahoo chat is a good way to find members
raph4u2007 : yeah
voicesofafricaunited: i chose the screen name voicesofafricaunited to attract peoples attention and curiosity
voicesofafricaunited: i have not posted a single message in chat, but already several people have contacted me, besides you
raph4u2007 : cool
voicesofafricaunited: one is someone from India who shall be visiting Africa in the near future
raph4u2007 : hope he is coming down here
raph4u2007 : besides please always keep me informed on the lastest developments
voicesofafricaunited: that person in yahoo is sona_ka_saad
raph4u2007 : oh
raph4u2007 : do i add him to my list
voicesofafricaunited: perhaps you should say hello first... i am not certain... i barely know them...
voicesofafricaunited: if you add. ... say in contact message "If you visit Africa, let me know" or something like that
voicesofafricaunited: oh, they shall visit in January
raph4u2007 : no problem
raph4u2007 : he is online
voicesofafricaunited: yes, they just now message me
voicesofafricaunited: perhaps you can give helpful tourist advice
raph4u2007 : of course i can
raph4u2007 : how can i change my profile
raph4u2007 : course i guess i made a mistake some where
raph4u2007 : i want to change my name
voicesofafricaunited: certainly....
voicesofafricaunited: I created a blog spot for my identity here.... you can have a free blog here as well http://voicesofafricaunited.blogspot.com/
voicesofafricaunited: i just altered the properties of the message board to allow users to change their names
voicesofafricaunited: i have never tried that option,... but it is good to experiment and learn
voicesofafricaunited: also visit and join this yahoo egroup, where you may send and receive emails regarding Africa and this message board http://groups.yahoo.com/group/voicesofafricaunited
raph4u2007 : nice sites
raph4u2007 : i wish u knew how happy i am being part of this
voicesofafricaunited: i am so glad to find a worthy member such as you
raph4u2007 : thank you very very much
voicesofafricaunited: if you like, visit my own message board, http://www.literarydiscussions.myfreeforum.org
voicesofafricaunited: and you can see my writings over the past 8 years, highlights of my writings
voicesofafricaunited: I happend to make internet friends with 2 students in Nigeria and one student in Ethiopia...
raph4u2007 : oh k
voicesofafricaunited: from what they said, it became obvious to me that a message board such as voicesofafricaunited would be very useful to the young people in Africa on the internet
raph4u2007 : yes
voicesofafricaunited: it also occurs to me that so many African-Americans feel a "roots" connection with Africa, and they may take an interest in such a message board
raph4u2007 : yeah
voicesofafricaunited: We can all work on developing a comprehensive Mission Statement for what we hope to achieve, and that will attract other members in Africa, America, and elsewhere
raph4u2007 : yeah
raph4u2007 : tell me
voicesofafricaunited: yes
raph4u2007 : how do i paste a note or message on this site
voicesofafricaunited: well,.... once you are logged in, which you are
voicesofafricaunited: then, you click on the forum to open it up
voicesofafricaunited: once you are INSIDE the forum, you should see a button labeled NEW TOPIC
voicesofafricaunited: click on that, and it opens an edit box with subject line and message portion
voicesofafricaunited: enter a subject.... type your message, and click SUBMIT at bottom
raph4u2007 : good
voicesofafricaunited: feel free to experiment and learn how to use the phpBB message board
raph4u2007 : yes
voicesofafricaunited: http://www.phpbb.com/support/tutorials/
voicesofafricaunited: those are "flash" tutorial that teach you everything about using the message board
voicesofafricaunited: they play like a movie on your screen, showing you what to type and where to click
raph4u2007 : yeah
raph4u2007 : tell me
raph4u2007 : how many aticles have you written
voicesofafricaunited: I have made several thousand posts over the past 8 years
raph4u2007 : k
raph4u2007 : are u still working on the puting NIGERIA on the site
voicesofafricaunited: yes,... i shall do that right now.... for you
raph4u2007 : yes
voicesofafricaunited: i added it, if you refresh your browser you should see it
voicesofafricaunited: or click the upper left phpbb icon to reload
raph4u2007 : k
voicesofafricaunited: do you have computer at home or only internet cafe
raph4u2007 : cafe
voicesofafricaunited: http://www.skype.com/ a woman in Italy on ICQ just told me of this site
voicesofafricaunited: she says it has the best telephone features.... better than yahoo or msn
raph4u2007 : well am not new to the site
raph4u2007 : yes i know
voicesofafricaunited: so, if you have speakers and mike, we could talk with that,... once i join it
raph4u2007 : nah
raph4u2007 : i dont have one
raph4u2007 : but may be next time
voicesofafricaunited: just an idea, not necessary... the italian woman is very keen on that site
raph4u2007 : oh
raph4u2007 : k
raph4u2007 : tell me
raph4u2007 : i wanna write an aticle
raph4u2007 : but tell me
raph4u2007 : what is the main topics we should be writing about
raph4u2007 : are you there
voicesofafricaunited: yes
voicesofafricaunited: here are some examples
voicesofafricaunited: Jeff Max in Nigeria is a biochemistry major who desires to study abroad for his phD
voicesofafricaunited: he has political concerns... for example he sees the USA as a world policeman, and he resents certain things which he sees the USA doing
voicesofafricaunited: he also feels that the USA distorts the news, for example, and exaggerates the AIDS HIV crisis in Africa
voicesofafricaunited: and he feels that Americans have the wrong idea about Africans, and think people are in jungles....
voicesofafricaunited: so, he could write about such issues...
raph4u2007 : thanks for the explainations
voicesofafricaunited: Samuel Osatuyis in Lagos wants to write poetry
voicesofafricaunited: but he has little money for internet cafe
voicesofafricaunited: I told him to send me his poetry via mail, and I could type it up and post it for him...
voicesofafricaunited: but he said that mail would cost $100 via DHL...
voicesofafricaunited: I told him he should go to post office....
voicesofafricaunited: I researched Nipost on google...
voicesofafricaunited: I wanted to know the cost of a letter to USA
voicesofafricaunited: I found a message board for Nigeria... and posted my question
voicesofafricaunited: I received one reply from someone who said that Nipost is corrupt, and the letter would be more expensive than 200 Neira and would never arrive
voicesofafricaunited: Jeff Max told me that he sends letters to USA using Nipost and it only costs 150 nira
raph4u2007 : of course they are corrupt
voicesofafricaunited: and they arrive...
voicesofafricaunited: so... here is a topic.. to write about... regarding corruption in Nipost
raph4u2007 : cool
voicesofafricaunited: I had suggested to Samuel and Max that many people in Africa join together and write to places like Microsoft, and ask for a project to place free internet service in major african cities
voicesofafricaunited: this would empower many students and young people to communicate with the rest of the world
voicesofafricaunited: it would be good for education, and also, the world could get to know africa better
voicesofafricaunited: So, we could write to Bill Gates
voicesofafricaunited: or, perhaps, some companies might consider creating computer universities in africa, to train people, and outsource certain kinds of work, as they do in India
voicesofafricaunited: there are so many possibilities
voicesofafricaunited: you could have a forum with local news and post the most interesting or controversial news item from your newspaper each week...
raph4u2007 : yeah
voicesofafricaunited: here is the link to my post at the nigerian message board http://www.boards2go.com/boards/b...;id=1134954070&user=boomieask
voicesofafricaunited: where i asked about Nipost
raph4u2007 : am on it now
voicesofafricaunited: here is an article about doing business in Nigeria that I found while searching for information on Nipost http://www.ebusinessforum.com/ind...amp;channelid=6&categoryid=22
raph4u2007 : k
voicesofafricaunited: here is the official website of Nipost http://www.nigpost.com/postmaster.htm
voicesofafricaunited: with a photo of the Nigerian Postmaster General
raph4u2007 : good
voicesofafricaunited: ALHAJI A.M. ARGUNGU
raph4u2007 : k
voicesofafricaunited: you see... how many things there are to write an post about...
raph4u2007 : good
raph4u2007 : k
raph4u2007 : really
raph4u2007 : i have got to be on my way now ,u know am in a cafe ,but expect an aticle 4rm me before the next 48 hrs
voicesofafricaunited: excellent...
voicesofafricaunited: this is just the beginning
voicesofafricaunited: we can all accomplish great things together
raph4u2007 : yes