A comment by a Louis Alozie on the Business Day piece left me in stitches for a while:
"Philip Emeagwali has not responded to all these claims that he's a fraud because he is under a high level classified status.His major accomplishments have been for the United States Government which translates to his silence.Those classifying him as fraud cannot get anything from him,"
http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13751:philip-emeagwali-and-the-nigeria--50-honour-roll-&catid=96:columnists&Itemid=350
But what is equally most worrisome, along with what Prof Ochonu has elaborated well on why we need to be straightforward even if it hurts, is the slant by some that how come Nigerians are the ones exposing and highlighting this case when he remains highly regarded in America. By inference, they argue that if American media has not dug this up, he must be genuine, and the Clintons of this world cannot be fooled so easily. I find that stance quite disturbing because it pervades thinking in Africa on what consitutes a legitimate discourse, particularly in scholarly enquiry: It has to come from Europe or America, the West, then it can be taken seriously. If a rookie journalist from the New York Times et al writes something about this, it must be true etc... bla bla. The element of self denegration in such thinking is really pathetic.
I hope Emeagwali respond quickly by being more honest about his accomplishments. This could be herculean of course because he has built his career and reputation, an entire life, on some of these 'achievements'. He sure needs a fresh start and he can get one by setting himself free for once. It is rather tragic in a way, but he can redeem himself from today.
Sulaiman Adebowale
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:01:41 +0100
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Phillip Emeagwali's Fraudulent Activities Have Tainted the LSAT
From: ayo.m.o.obe@gmail.com
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Honestly, the scientiests and IT and computer specialists will know whether there is any substance in Philip Emeagwali's claims about his fatherhood of or unclehood or second cousin twice removed-hood to the Internet. Perhaps there is some 'wriggle room' there - though since it seems possible to trace the only sources that appear to acknowledge the great man's greatness back to the great man himself it is probably 'wriggle' only in the sense of the fish on the hook.
But when a man claims a wife that he never married as his! I mean, come ON! That is doing it a bit too brown!
Ayo
The most disturbing thing to me is that Philip Emeagwali had the audacity to place my photo
next to his- by cut 'n paste wizardry- to make the fraudulent claim that I was his wife. I stumbled on a newspaper that
innocently bought into the lie and was able to get an apology from the editors.
For the last few years I have had a disclaimer on my website at:
What a jerk! What a fraudster! He should be stopped.
Professor Gloria T. Emeagwali
Prof of History and African Studies
From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ikhide
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 4:18 PM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Cc: LSATTS@LSAC.org; toyin.adepoju@googlemail.com; meochonu@gmail.com
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Phillip Emeagwali's Fraudulent Activities Have Tainted the LSAT
Toyin,
The Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) administers the Law Schools Admissions Test (LSAT). Their contact information is at:
I strongly suggest that we all write to the LSAC to complain about this travesty and explain patiently to them the monumental fraudster that Mr. Philip Emeagwali is. The man is obviously suffering from delusions of grandeur, which is unfortunate. However to the extent that he is hurting our reputations, the man must be stopped. Toyin, I would be happy to sign on to any correspondence that you craft to go to the LSAC and any other reputable organization that has been snookered by this buffoon. There is hope; already several institutions are pulling his nonsense down from their websites. We must not relent until this man repents. I have copied the LSAC on this email. They should know that their last LSAT examination was tainted by the devious antics of that fraudster called Mr. Philip Emeagwali. If the LSAC does not investigate this fraud, I am prepared to go to the American press on this. The man is endangering the test scores of tens of thousands of youngsters. This is an outrage.
How can the LSAC be so snookered/ All they needed to do was google the fool.
- Ikhide
From: toyin adepoju <toyin.adepoju@googlemail.com>
To: Ikhide <xokigbo@yahoo.com>; naijapolitics@yahoogroups.com; Nidoa <nidoa@yahoogroups.com>; nai <naijaintellects@googlegroups.com>; naijaobserver@yahoogroups.com; naijaelections <naijaelections@yahoogroups.com>; naija_it_professionals@yahoogroups.com; nigerianworldforum <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: meochonu@gmail.com; usaafricadialogue <USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thu, September 23, 2010 2:17:19 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: [NaijaPolitics] Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] - Fw: Phillip Emeagwali
Ikhide,
I see this LSAT test paper that references Emeagwali's achievements is from Emeagwali's website.
Does anyone know what country this exam was set in?
I want to ask the compilers of the question on Emeagwali the sources of their information.
I want to find out why I cannot find information on Emeagwali on academic fora.I want to know why I cannot find evidence of his work being discussed by scientists.
Thanks
Toyin
On 21 September 2010 16:26, Ikhide <xokigbo@yahoo.com> wrote:
Moses,
To give you an example of how bad the Emeagwali virus is, a passage about him just made it into the LSAT ;-) At least here they didn't call him the Father of the Internet. The man is a genius sha, I give it to him.
Enjoy ;-)
- Ikhide
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