You have written with compassion and insight.
God will bless you for that.
For a person of that calibre who could achieve what he did as a scientist to be reduced by his own actions to the point of being celebrated as a trickster as Tony Agabali and a recent commentator have done,is a tragedy.
In fact,I am at a loss for words.
I get the impression that something went terribly wrong with his scientific career after the unachieved PhD at the University of Michigan.
I hope to come to definite conclusions sooner upon further investigation about what he really achieved that enabled him to win the Gordon Bell prize and his scientific and work experience since the prize.That will enable me to understand what is really happening.Others might but I will not pretend I do.
Something very sad seems to be playing out in Philip Emeagwali's life even if his less than truthful claims outside the fact of winning the Gordon Bell prize has inspired people in going into computing.
Thanks
Toyin
-- On 30 September 2010 23:33, Emeagwali, Gloria (History) <emeagwali@mail.ccsu.edu> wrote:
'I am looking for a way to re=explain myself to the many Black youths I have spoken to
in the UK and using Philip Emeagwali as a point of reference was always hugely welcomed.....' Fatti
Seems to me that you can still point to the Gordon Bell Prize as an achievement ..... and leave it at that.
For a Black person to win such a prize in the 1980s was quite a feat.
Philip Emeagwali should try to complete his doctorate...... or get an honorary one at least. I am sure that of the
numerous universities in Nigeria at least one could confer this on the basis of the Gordon Bell Prize and whatever he has done
since 1989. I know that Bill Gates does not have a doctorate but I never heard him referring to himself as Dr. Gates.
I don't know what PE has added to his cv since 1989, but he must have done something scholarly
or performed some kind of research in the last 21 years. That would strengthen the case.
Apparently Philip Emeagwali has had no institutional affiliation for the last 20 years, so I suggest that he should apply to one of the many
private universities in Nigeria or elsewhere for a teaching job - to earn his claim of being a professor. That should not be so difficult. He can defintely
be an asset in a Computer Studies Unit.
Cases of outright fraud can be dealt with separately and judiciously .... but most importantly Philip
should put some water in the wine that he is drinking.
GE
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"You resisted being used by him; many of our people who did not know about his history of fraud, proudly embraced and disseminated his falsehoods, becoming unwitting participants in the scam." Moses asserted.
This assertion hit me hard. The reason is that I am still recovering from the dizzyness and shock that the persistent attacks on Philip Emeadwali by Moses had on me. At first I just saw it as "rubbish", but the more the daily relevation, the more new things surface to support Moses's attack. . I have attended many Black organised events in Europe and Philip Emeagwali's "contribution to science" was always a point of reference. Beside that I do not know how to explain it to my kids born out of Africa, but who embraceed their African roots deeply. They are very proud of Philip Emeadwali's achievement in a world we as Africans emerged from: slavery, colonisation, underdevelopment, wrong and backward leaders and then the achievements of Philip Emeagwali was a big bang at a time when we were still condenming aparthied and global racism. I mean at a time (1980s) we were still fighting to assert our humanity as Africans. Any does of small Black Intellingence that was covered on the papers such as New York Times was always an other evidence that we are/were as intelligent as the White folks. That was and still is the essence of Philip Emeagwali in our intellectual renaissance in the annual Black History events in the UK.
The other thing is that I have never heard that Philip Emeagwali has produce any material in engineering; lecture in any university; attend any major conference to present his discoveries. He may have done so without my kowledge and I may be wrong; because I have read some of his writings in his blog and he made good analysis on Africa and the importance of intellectual capital. I have also seen his pictures with black boards in the background with mathematical wrtings. Secondly, for him to be honoured at the White House by Bill Clinton manifested that there is some thing in the skull of Philip Emeagwali. To also receive a prize however small or insignificant, indicated that he must have done something in the development of computer science. He may not be the father of the internet, but for the powerful US government to honour a chap like Philip Emeagwali from a remote African village in Nigeria, gave a bit of credence to his claim and I think otherwise the scientific world would have destroy him ages ago.
So Moses, I am not doubting you or the allegations against Philip Emeagwali. If you can produce more evidence on this dialogue, that will help a lot. The reason is that this relevation has exposed some of us as giving false information on Black achievements to the youths for so long. It is only people like you can help to clear the air. You know Philip Emeagwali in person. It seems as you knew him in Nigeria and attended the same university with him in the US.
Wassa
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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:35:41 -0500
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: A Brief History of the Internet: Vint Cerf et al
From: meochonu@gmail.com
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Imagine! This is what he does; he plants his delusions and falsehoods on many black websites and presses by approaching the editors and webmasters as he approached you. He also puts those spurious claims on the many websites that he and his wife have acquired for the purpose of proliferating and furthering the fraud. This is how the internet got populated by his false claims. That's how a lie-riden biographical summary he wrote about his "achievements" went viral to the point of getting picked up by the LSAT to fulfill the need for diversity in the test!! The man is despicable. You resisted being used by him; many of our people who did not know about his history of fraud, proudly embraced and disseminated his falsehoods, becoming unwitting participants in the scam.
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Funmi Tofowomo Okelola <cafeafricana1@aol.com<mailto:cafeafricana1@aol.com>> wrote:
On or about 2008, I received an email from Mr. Phillip Emeagwali, in which he requested the help of cafeafricana.com<http://cafeafricana.com/> to disseminate information regarding his achievement as the "father of the Internet."
I respectfully advised him via Horde webmail to refrain from proclaiming himself as "the father of Internet." Additionally, I advised him to seek psychological counseling for his delusions of grandeur.
Mr. Phillip Emeagwali is NOT one of the fathers of the Internet.
Funmi
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