“Margaret Thatcher funeral guests to include Archer, Bassey and Clarkson”, the UK Guardian bannered almost exclusively last Thursday, days after British Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher’s death. The Independent tidied it closely: “Jeremy Clarkson, Shirley Bassey and Tony Blair, but no Mikhail Gorbachev: Margaret Thatcher's funeral guest list announced”, and other British media did same with the key names penciled for the state funeral of the country’s first and only female prime minister. http://spammer.blogspot.com/2013/04/fascinating-nigerian-heritage-of.html

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Posted: at 13-04-2013 05:41 PM (11 years ago) | Newbie

Truth, as many would suspect, is Shirley Bassey, 76, is a actually Nigerian, paternally speaking. Her father, Henry Bassey was from the Cross River/ Akwa Ibom area, and arrived in Britain in 1919-possibly as part of the salve trade aftermaths.

A sailor, he arrived in Cardiff, Wales, aged 24, as Okun Apauso (possibly a misspelled Okon Akpauso- a typical Efik/Ibibio/Annang name). And, over the next two decades, he lived at a bewildering number of addresses in and around Tiger Bay, at a period of intense anti-black passion. He was widely traveled, always on the ship, and records are said to show that he was involved in a range of misdeeds-one segxwal.http://spammer.blogspot.com/2013/04/fascinating-nigerian-heritage-of.html

Posted: at 13-04-2013 06:49 PM (11 years ago) | Newbie

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