Nelson Mandela's Funeral.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2524036/Soldiers-seats-Nelson-Mandelas-funeral-service-overruns-hours.html

Nelson Mandela has finally been laid to rest, but what do others think of the extraordinary length of the final proceedings?

Yes and what can be said about all those African dignitaries in their smart suites and fancy dresses, this was a different Africa than is generally displayed to us on our TV screens, not a single poor little infant with faces covered in flies, or women folk walking miles to get a pitcher of muddy water.

But through out all those speeches that were made there was plenty of talk about 'equality', but I saw very little evidence of it this morning.

[naomi24]

I haven't read all the posts, but I do think the media coverage of the proceedings was way over the top. I didn't watch much of it - but if I had I wouldn't have expected to see any poor little infants with their faces covered in flies. Why would you? This was a state funeral.

[jomifl]

Corbyloon, if you examine the table provided in your link you will find that the Channel Islands are in Northern Europe yet they are further south and west than the Benelux countries which are in Western Europe.
The table is a politico-economic tool nothing more. which is why the Canaries are in Spain although they are much closer to Africa whilst Madeira and the Azores are in Portugal though you might never think so since they straddle the mid-atlantic trench and are as far from Portugal as the Seychelles are from Africa.

The Seychelles is the top of separate micro continent most of which is submerged in the Indian Ocean. It is not only outside the African continental shelf but is also separated by the 5200 metre deep Amirante Trench. It has no geological or geographical connection with the African continent.
It is not part of Africa no matter where administrators and politicians place arbitrary politico-economic boundaries.

[sp1814]

jomifl

"Would you say that Morocco is pretty much the same as say, Chad or Nigeria, and that Egypt is pretty much the same as Somalia and the Seychelles?

Or do you think that displays at least some form of ignorance of the countries, their politics, their people, their religion and their relative economic success?"

The Seychelles is an Africa state/country.

However, I've just realised that it was [you who first said that the Seychelles is not IN Africa.

So you introduced geography into this.

You were correcting something I didn't say.

But yes, I went on to say that the Seychelles is an African country.

Because it is.

[jomifl]

The geology of the seychelles originates from the Deccan traps area of India.

[sp1814]

jomifl

Thanks for your feedback - but I'll stick with what Wikipedia says.

And the online world map...

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/sc.htm

[jomifl]

At last sp, you are beginning to get it, Africa is a continent, the seychelles are not in that continent.

[sp1814]

jomifl

This is where you went wrong.

I never said that the Seychelles is on the Africa continent.

I said that the Seychelles is an African country.

To be 'in Africa' doesn't necessarily mean that a place have to be geographically on the mainland.

Jersey is part of the UK, but it's not actually part of the mainland.

[sp1814]

Question:

Are the Seychelles an African country.

Yes?

No?

[THECORBYLOON]

JOMIFL, of the continents there are, which one do you think The Seychelles are in?

[jomifl]

Corbyloon, If you read my earlier post you would see that the Seychelles are a (micro)continent in their own right, they are not part of any other continent. I have not said that the Seychelles were not part of the African union or were not an 'African' country politically.