I'm surprised Nigerians have little disposable income, I constantly get emails from generous Nigerians who are soon to be inheritees of massive fortune for a small outlay on my part that will smooth their receipt of their estate.
I expect to be very rich soon.
The OP & specifically Szammie were speaking of black players in general, not only Africans. World wide, not just one location. Page 1 will make it clear what they were asking & discussing.
By the way, everyone on that list has had a whole world of opportunities & tools along with millions & millions of others.
Unfortunately there is only one GM in the US, hopefully there will be more.
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The narrative in US is "All people have equal abilities" if you find the truth and express your different opinion and show evidence to back it up, you will be taking the wrath of the .......... on yourself. Freedom of speech exists only on paper.
This is old, but interesting: http://www.nigerianchess.com/index.php/top-100-best-african-chess-players
I have a list of the top 100 all time. I’ll share it in my blog this week.
I look forward to your list. I'm always happy to learn about interesting players whose games should be more widely known.
I suppose if you are from Africa it might be of interest. Not everyone knows who are our Top players. Especially if you put a face to it. I also enjoyed seeing some of the South Africans there, but many of the others are known to us and play often in some of our online events. They also compete in African Open and I suppose these are the guys to watch.
The same question must then apply about why to bother having rating systems where you compare the players with one another?
I suppose if you are from Africa it might be of interest. Not everyone knows who are our Top players. Especially if you put a face to it. I also enjoyed seeing some of the South Africans there, but many of the others are known to us and play often in some of our online events. They also compete in African Open and I suppose these are the guys to watch.
Also interesting for African-Americans. 
But really, I always welcome a chance to get to know interesting games from players all over the world. Through the writings of my favorite blogger I have come to know several great Hungarian players from the past. I absolutely love to print out entertaining games and play them out on my chess board.
Political correctness is considered "Divinity" in the west now. Truth and facts which disagree with it- discrimination, racism, white supremacy and etc.
I have a list of the top 100 all time. I’ll share it in my blog this week.
Perhaps you would be willing to share part of that list here. Top 100 of all time sounds really interesting.
I think Neuris Delgado Ramirez would qualify as black in most countries and could be in that "black chess players ranking" (questionable as such a ranking may be). I guess he is Afro-Cuban (probably mixed with white and amerindians), but racial identification in Latin America can be complicated and I don't know how he identifies himself.
I think Neuris Delgado Ramirez would qualify as black in most countries and could be in that "black chess players ranking" (questionable as such a ranking may be). I guess he is Afro-Cuban (probably mixed with white and amerindians), but racial identification in Latin America can be complicated and I don't know how he identifies himself.
Please tell us more about him. Maybe you can share some of your favorite games by him.
Access to materials, and books in native language.
Disposable income to spend on chess. Computers and the internet are only just becoming popular there... etc. Whereas Europe and the rest of the world have had them for nearly 30 years.