I am a young Nigerian who has been brought up in England, no less with a white family all my life. I am now 28 yrs old and have fell in love with a White English lady.

I am very aware of my country and visit it countlessy and have every intention of taking my “mixed race2 children there regularly so that they are able to get to know there paternal culture as much as possible…something I did not have the luxury of doing.

Yes, unfortunately we do need to recognise difference in colours/cultures etc because of the world we live in. It was not GODs design for racial hatred, but yes there were different cultures in Biblical times and they were significant.

The key thing to remember here is know your market and promote the right message. Yes, the magazine front should be showing young Nigerian children what they can become…and if me as a full black person see a half black person, when 80% of the population around me is full black, then I am going to think that being full black does not bring forth such success…its a natural thought that I would have…not out of racism, just out of naturality. Nigerians are constantly sold teh western dream and I see them week-in, week-out cleaning my streets, working in the toilets of my night clubs, serving me burgers in their pursuit of the Western dream. And the sad truth is that such imagery will only continue to enforce that.

So in summary…there are cultural differences that people need to recognise, but I pray that my children are treated on merit of their abilities and not elevated due to them being “yellow” as it was so disgracefully put.

Being mixed race does not make you superior, but it als does not make you inferior…if we can get it right at grass root level, then we can change our country (Nigeria) into the place that GOD intends it to be!!!

Hope this makes sense and does not offend…to be honest, if it does I not sure I actually care, ha…

So seriously, get over yourselves. Ruby did a great job and so did Louise. So in stead of sitting here and commenting on what could have, should have and would have been done, the only thing I can tell all of you is, I’d like to see you do a better job!

Peace!

I would have loved to see young, talented and successful or upcoming Nigerians who are Nigerian on the cover not people who have come in for a sole purpose to “grab” all the Naira, Pounds, Euros and Dollars Nigeria has.

Nigeria please give us some credit so you can get the respect you are truly due!

Peace

at least the clothes they used on the cover ‘Obsidian’ is from a good young Nigerian designer (love Louise’s dress!)

so sorry 2 add fuel 2 the fire but i thought i would point out that i found it really funny that every1 was absolving Louise cos she’s half black, but errr her father is NOT Nigerian.

also app Alex Cole and Lolu who run Insomnia nightclub were also app supposed 2 b on the cover as well but dropped out…

whether these things make a diff or not 2 ur discussion i don’t know, but thought id at least correct the details.

Where i lived in Victoria Island, the Security guards had no respect for the white folks who lived there, but you’d see them running helterskelter for them because of the change they’d get in the end..its as simple as that.

Ive seen where black folks have slapped white dudes here, beaten them even, if you no get kudi, nothing for you ooooh!

However, my mixed race South African colleague is treated like a princess and red carpet rolled out for her everywhere. She is given a ‘free pass’ and has access to every big boy in town because of her colour. At work she gets away with murder when she simply has not delivered. I am basically saying, we Nigerians have one rule for ourselves and another rule for everyone else. We worship white skin, light skin and hate on our own colour. We have been brainwashed and it has passed down through generations.

I would say that Louise has made the most of what she has got and kudos to her for it. As for Ruby…? Who is she? What has she done? We should look to ourselves, praise ourselves and build ourselves up before worshipping foreigners. Most of these foreigners do not mix with Nigerians, they stick together, come here, rob the country blind and we reward them with the cover?!?!

Come on Olaotan, you surely could do better than this!!!