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Mandela memorial: Sign language interpreter called a "Fake"

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  • Pelicles 10 years ago

    It is quite amazing to see this man standing so close to Obama and acting like he is interpreting what the president was saying to his audience.

    These are some of the reasons while the Israeli Prime Minister did not attend ...
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  • gyan 10 years ago

    I feel the man was translating 'America English'.

  • NEMESIS ROCKET, UK 10 years ago

    I smell a rat here. That fake interpreter look like a type Ghanaians! Especially that so-called Ghanaian's Nelson Mandela in-law? Remember his story on ghanaweb a few days ago? (Mandela’s Ghanaian son-in-law speaks out G ...
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  • SHAMO 10 years ago

    NAIJA ALATA HOW MANY HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED TODAY IN NAIJA? AND HAVE YOU KILLED SOMEBODY TODAY IN UK STREET? HAHAHAHAHAHA SUB HUMAN NEMISIS

  • NEMESIS ROCKET, UK 10 years ago

    Ghanaian 'KAPWEPWE' PYMIES AND UGLY AKANS, (a HORRIBLE tribe in Ghana), where these EVIL, hyprocrite, demented, nincompoop and Contemptible Contemnor and BASTARD ROMANO, crawled out from, are the originators of TERRORISM in W ...
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  • NEMESIS ROCKET, UK 10 years ago

    should read: 'HORRIBLE phenomenon'

  • GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 10 years ago

    THOSE CANADIANS ARE SHADY N FAKE!

  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

    What about your murderous Nigerian BOKO HARAM and MENDS? How many people have they killed this week? Your Nigerians are savages and cannot pass any test to belong to Human race

  • NEMESIS ROCKET, UK 10 years ago

    Profile of Ghanaian TERRORIST, Manfo Kwaku Asiedu:

    A drifter
    Real name suggested to be George Nanak Marquaye or Sumaila Abubakari
    Raised in Ghana and immigrated to Britain in late 2003
    Turned himself in to police after ...
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  • CONTEMNOR 10 years ago

    WHAT ABOUT ADEBOLAJO" TOBI" AND ADEBOWALE KILLING BRITISH SOLDIER LEE RIGBY AFTER HITTING HIM WITH A BLUE TIGRA CAR AT 40MPH AND THEN TRYING TO SEVERE HIS HEAD WITH ARGOS KNIVES. BARBARIC NIGERIANS. STUPID YUROBAS WITH STUPID ...
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  • princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

    DONT MIND THAT OKPOLOPO FISH NO HEAD.
    NEMESIS IS THE VAGABOND NIGERIAN WISE TALK LABELLED WITH 419.

  • NEMESIS ROCKET, UK 10 years ago

    The harder the come, harder they fall. Mr. Senseless princewilly, welcome to the battle of the brave. Trust me, you are NOBODY by the time l finish with you. WO maame the Lankan.

  • CONTEMNOR 10 years ago

    THE GUY WAS TRAINED IN SHITHOLE NIGERIA, HIS SIGN LANGUAGE WAS ONE OF MANY CONFUSING SIGN LANGUAGES TYPICALLY FOUND IN DAFT NIGERIA
    IT IS CALLED "THE OMOPO PO PO" YUROBA SIGN LANGUAGE

  • NEMESIS ROCKET, UK 10 years ago

    Ghanaian HORRIBLE Akan tribe are so heartless in their acts of terrorism that they do no care if their evil actions would hurts innocent children or not. And it surely did, when their evil plot to kill Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, bac ...
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  • CONTEMNOR 10 years ago

    Reasons Igbos Should NOT Marry Yorubas:

    1. They’re dirty.

    2. All they know how to do is party.

    3. They eat too much oil.

    4. Their women flirt/sleep around too much.

    5. Their men will ALWAYS cheat with a Yorub ...
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  • NEMESIS ROCKET, UK 10 years ago

    Igbos Tribe Number 1 In Crime Aboard,-dominance Of Igbos In 419 Scams Was A Harm
    Igbo Leaders Meet To Plot Strategy
    From Jaiyeola Andrews in Asaba

    The maiden edition of the Igbo leadesrship retreat organised by the Ohan ...
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  • princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

    I SCREW YOUR DEAF MUM SO YOU HIRED AN INTERPRETER IN AJEGUNLE TO TELL YOU HOW I CAME IN HER MOUTH.

  • NEMESIS ROCKET, UK 10 years ago

    I thought that snake bite off your UGLY AKAN/EWE dirty kotibotor. PrinceKOTIBOTORwilly, I was that you confused bastard is mixture of unholy alliance between a kapwepwe Akan gorilla with an Ewe prostitute. I reserved more co ...
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  • princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

    SOMEBODY MAY HAVE USED MY E MAIL.
    I DID NOT INSULT YOU BECAUSE I DONT HAVE TIME FOR INSULTS.

  • CONTEMNOR 10 years ago

    STUPID ALATA PEOPLE

  • Julor Agyekum Kwakwe (JAK) 10 years ago

    This is the time to talk about Madiba life not sign language.

  • Stevoo 10 years ago

    Hahahaaa what a shame to black Africa,I suspect this man was contracted by Jacob Zumah upon the advice of John Mahama the most dirtiest crooks in leadership.South Africa should get their money back.

  • FOYOOSIS 10 years ago

    Are you implying that the man wasn't thoroughly screened by security/protocol prior to his so close standing by Obama to do the signs or interpretations he was assined to do?

  • Nii 10 years ago

    My friend, I absolutely agree with you on the porous security issue. That was my thought when I saw the clown of interpreter.

    However, Israel was a strong supporter and financier of apartheid in South Africa. Therefore it' ...
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  • wona 10 years ago

    Most Israelis fought along with mandela. Even the ANC has intellectuals of Israeli origin.
    Pls. stop fooling others with your islam orientated hatred.

  • Adjei 10 years ago

    I believe our national organizers are learning from this fake interpreter story

  • Justice Kpegah jnr. 10 years ago

    That was the language of Kweku Baaku,FAKEMAN.

  • Mapululu 10 years ago

    The man was probably translating into Zulu.

  • Ghanaian 10 years ago

    YES! HANDSPEAK IS UNIVERSAL with a slight variation.

  • JB Ansong 10 years ago

    the only TWO universal languages that are independent on region and any conventional language.

  • Ghanaian 10 years ago

    Nothing works right on this continent. People will cheat, lie, fake, pretend....and feel it is acceptable or should be acceptable. No,it is not; and not by any stretch of imagination!

  • C.O.D 10 years ago

    If he was fake, as many are pointing out, who put him there? Its a big disgrace and disheartening. Oh Africans !!!

  • KK 10 years ago

    This is funny in as much as it's sensitive, the guy should interviewed and asked to explain himsef

  • Kojo! 10 years ago

    That's Africa for you.

  • Philip 10 years ago

    All die be die. Never again. God bless Africa.

  • NiiBi 10 years ago

    perhaps he couldnt pick the Pres. Obama's accent. thats no excuse though because not stopped him from watching speeches by Pres. Obama and politely excusing himself from this embarrassment.

  • Just passing by 10 years ago

    I'm sure some higher-up in South Africa gave the contract to his friend or his brother instead of contacting a trained professional interpreter instead. We're all Africans here, we know how it goes.

  • Kwadwo 10 years ago

    This should not had happened

  • Nkosi Sikalele Africa 10 years ago

    I thought something was not quite real about the guys sign movements even though I don't sign language. It all goes to show how corrupt South Africa is under the totally-corrupt leadership of the brain-damaged ANC. Mandela's ...
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  • JB Ansong 10 years ago

    ... the sign language.

    I saw the entire memorial ceremony and can tell that the man was indeed fake: he did the same hand movement time and time over and over again, although the context of what the speakers said was not r ...
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  • Kasavubu Mordzi 10 years ago

    I wondered a number of time as same movement went for different words. I also could not understand why the other person's (white lady)movements ran against our fellow's.
    My conclusion was that ONE of them WAS NOT SKILLED. N ...
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  • CITIZEN ONE 10 years ago

    Oh Yes, now you all know what Ghana TV, Radio and Movies look and sound like.

    Twi for You!!!!

  • HOT 10 years ago

    THIS A SHAME AMONG OTHER THINGS NO ACCOUNTABILITY IT A SHAME SO CALL BRICK COUNTRY SIMPLE THINGS LIKE SIGN LANGUAGE IS ISSUE. I AM GLAD NO EUROPEAN COUNTRY WAS ALLOW TO SPEAK BECAUSE THEY WERE PROPONENT OF APARTHEID. SHAME TO ...
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  • Classic 10 years ago

    The guy was using SA language for his people in the at the stadium and home. The Westerners and others misinterpreted this in English language. Does everything has to be in English? Why can white people acknowledge others c ...
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