Don't feel too bad; millions of black folks all over the world fell for this fraudulent man's lies. The Jamaican Government even gave him what amounted to a state banquet to celebrate someone they thought was an African pioneer/inventor of the internet! So don't beat up on yourself for being deceived for so long. As for Clinton and Gore, I don't think they were deceived. They knew that this guy was a mediocre at best and that he had no invention that qualifies him for the title of "father of the internet" or "one of the greatest minds of the information age," which is what Clinton called him when he addressed the National Assembly in Abuja. It is just their tradition as white liberals to make us feel better about ourself even it it takes telling us lies or validating the ones we tell. They know what they were doing heaping praise on Emeagwali. It's called white liberal racist pandering. They were identifying with us, with our heroes, and they couldn't be bordered if the folks we have projected as heroes were bank robbers. In politics its called pandering to the base. Emeagwali was being celebrated by a hero-hunting, gullible black press, so Clinton, ever the good politician, gave it presidential luster. The attitude is to join us and celebrate those we celebrate. White liberal racism is that sinister and insulting my broda. It is political correctness and pandering marinated in a political agenda--that of ingratiating themselves to blacks for political support. Wait for Black History Month in February and see what will happen. That's when Emeagwali and Oyibo, our two charlatans, make the most money. That's when they get invited by WHITE liberal institutions to showcase black achievement. You ask yourself: don't these white folks know about true black scientific achievers? They do; some of them even know work in their own institutions. Why do they bypass them genuine black scientist and reach out to a fraud like Emeagwali? Because the latter's fraud has so succeeded that he is recognized in black America as a race hero, an accomplished black scientist. They whites are simply giving black folks what they want, telling them what they want to hear. White liberal patronage is a big industry here. It takes many forms; one of them is what Pius Adesanmi calls the Mercy Industrial Complex. But I am not as offended by that as I am with false flattery and silly excuses and defenses that white liberals advance to explain black failures and fraud, which our people lap up like attention whores.
Give Emeagwali his dues. He is an intelligent fellow. He is a good motivational speaker and writer. But so are millions of black folks. Are we then going to canonize them all or should we be seeking out true standouts, true geniuses, to project as so-called exemplary race men?
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-- On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 3:05 AM, Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:
I have been hoodwinked, no mean feat, considering my Arugo motor park
and Ekeukwu Owerri main market credentials, but I am not alone in
this. President Bill Clinton and Vice-president Al Gore were also
hoodwinked, so were some prominent and credible governmental and non
governmental institutions. That Emeagwali man must still be a genius,
somehow.
What have not ceased to amaze me is why instead of our heroes on this
listserv, these personalities and institutions have continued to
showcase this Philip Emeagwali as a hero.
The man even had the audacity to openly claim consultancy
relationships with some Ivy League educational institutions and one of
the biggest and best Defence establishments in the world today, the
Pentagon. He has even lately been reminding us, as if that is
necessary, of the seniority and superiority of African and Arab
civilizations to the Euro-American variant. I hope no efforts would be
spared in deconstructing him.
Chidi Anthony Opara
http://www.chidiopararesume.blogspot.com
> From: toyin.adep...@googlemail.com
On Sep 21, 2:09 am, Wassa Fatti <wassafa...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello to all,
>
> The discourse on Philip Emeagwali is becoming more tense and some us needa more convincing doses of clarification on whether he is an intellectual fraud. How can that be? Why is he being condemned as a fraud now? This man has been discussed in many corners of the scientific world and no one in the white scientific academia, including the universities he graduted from, has come out to dispute his contributions to information technology to this day. Why are Nigerians disputing his achievements and contributions? The other point is that few years ago I saw a picture of the same Philip Emeagwali at the White Houseon on an international magazine being honoured by the former US President, Bill Cliton, for his contribution to computer science. I have also seen many of his writings and his arguments on how to move Africa forward and not ideas and arguments were not of a fraudulent character, but that of a well cultured and cultivated mind. I would therefore appreciate if those who know him well to show tangible evidence that the man is a fraud. It will be very very difficult for an African like Philip Emeagwali to lie about his achievements scientifically in a country like the US and Europe without challenge. Why was he not challenged in the past? Some of us need to be convinced with evidence that he is a fraud. I have attended many Black History months events in the UK where Philip Emeagwali's photoes are placed on walls in many schools and colleges to show Black contributions to science. For those who are now claimimg that he is fraud need to provide us with strong evidence.
>
> The argument that Philip Emeagwali failed his PHD is not an issue. There are many Africans with PHDs who are still empty headed. Secondly, the best inventors in European history were not even university products. Richard Branson of Virgin company was a school drop out. In his high school report, one of his teachers recorded that "he will either be a millionaire or spend the rest of his life in prison." Today he is financing technology and inovations. The allegation of fraud against Philip Emeagwali is therefore a serious one that will be shocking to many Black diasporan communities and hope an evidence can be provided.
>
> Wassa
>
> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:30:32 +0100
> Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: [NaijaPolitics] Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] - Fw: Phillip Emeagwali
> To: NIgerianWorldFo...@yahoogroups.com
> CC: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com; naijapolit...@yahoogroups.com
>
> Tim Berners Lee has only a BSc in physics.His achievements are well known.He is actually a low profile figure who does not claim more than he has achieved.
> Emeagwali,on the other hand, has generated a spurious profile by claiming achievements he has not made.
>
> That is the problem here.
> Tim Berners Lee continues to work to drive innovation in his field.
> I am yet to see any achievement of Emeagaali's beyond the work that got him the Gordon Bell prize years ago.Berners-Lee is a well known figure in the information technology industry.
> The same cannot be said for Emeagwali.
> As I wrote earlier, a more realistic Nigerian contender is Kunle Olukotun, professor of computer science at Stanford and one of the first incubator of the Niagara microprocessor developed by Sun Microsystems.
> thanks
> Toyin
>
> On 20 September 2010 18:51, menre ayes <Menrea...@hotmail.com> wrote:> http://www.amazon.com/Weaving-Web-Tim-Berners-Lee/dp/0752820907/ref=s...
>
> Dear Fellow Nigerians,
>
> I am responding to this post right now from a computer on the premises of the university where Tim Berners-Lee got his degree. We are proud of him and his achievements so far. We are proud of him, but recently he threw some challenges at us to go further with innovations. Let's give praise when deserved and blame when due.
> His invention concerns the Past, Present and Future of the Web. It's a lot of work. There is a difference in the meaning of the Internet and the Wold Wide Web (WWW). Read more about Tim in his book 'Weaving the Web', or get a copy of it from the link below at Amazon.
>
>> To: NIgerianWorldFo...@yahoogroups.com
> The Founders of Google did not complete their PhD programmes. Today, they are billionaires and the world is proud of them. Tim worked on the Web project, while some other people worked on the Internet project.
>
> Like everyone else, Phillip Emeagwali may not be perfect, but his has contributed something remarkable to humans' knowledge. There is something in him for Nigeria to be proud of. The wolrd Wide Web is still in an evolutionary process, what then can we contribute?
>
> Menre
>
> CC: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com; naijapolit...@yahoogroups.com
> From: toyin.adep...@googlemail.com
> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:07:57 +0100
> Subject: [NaijaPolitics] Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] - Fw: Phillip Emeagwali
>
> Dom Francis and Itaetim,
>
> Emeagwali is a fraud because he claims achievements he does not have.
>
> He claims to have many patents.
>
> There is NO record that he has ONE PATENT.
>
> You can research that yourself at the site of the US Patent Office.
>
> He claims to be a Father of the Internet.
>
> His accomplishments do not seem to support that claim.
>
> The only accomplishment he can be credited with is the Gordon Bell Prize which as as far as I know,does not constitute being a Father of the Internet in his case.
>
> If you want to read about real Fathers of the Internet read about Tim Berners-Lee,who I understand developed Hyper Text Transfer Protocol,which enables computers to communicate with each other in cyberspace.
>
> Cut your claims of your accomplishments according to their reality.
>
> thanks
> toyin
>
> On 20 September 2010 17:33, D Francis <dom-fran...@hotmail.com> wrote:> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com; NaijaPolit...@yahoogroups.com; NIgerianWorldFo...@yahoogroups.com
>
> Common People
>
> Why must we focus on negativity?
> Please tell me what makes Emeagwali a fraud?
>
> Is it because he has not published a book yet?
> Is it because he no patent accredited to his name?
> Is it because he may or may not have a PhD?
> Is it because he charges to make speeches?
> Is it because he has his speeches on the internet and people give him praises for the speeches?
>
> Many prominent visionaries we have today have same profile as mention above.
> If every one us has the same understanding of where we should be or what we should be doing as Emeagwali does, we the blacks should be a force to be recon with in the world
>
> Please try to encourage and not discourage, only knowledge and intelligence can help black people move forward
>
> Cheers
> Dom Francis
>
> From: OlaKassi...@aol.com
> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:48:46 -0400
>
> Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] - Fw: Phillip Emeagwali
>
> Dear All:
>
> I have always stayed away from the Emeagwali controversy simply because
> I do not enjoy watching Nigerians/Africans pull each other down--
> (ala our famous PHD syndrome.)
>
> However there are some instances when we must speak up or else
> the work of our true heroes, --the genuine achievers become rubbished
> by association when the falsehoods perpetrated by some of us are
> finally discovered.
>
> I was also for many years taken in by the Emeagwali Phenomenon and Internet
> self promotion. I looked him up on the Internet and I was impressed by all the
> citations.
>
> In the summer of 2002, I was approached by the Executive of the Nigerian Community
> Association in Toronto to help find a keynote speaker who can helpmotivate our youths
> at the Annual Independence Day celebration, I had no other person in mind but Dr Phillip Emeagwali.
>
> However, after finally tracking him down I was shocked when he informed me of the costs for him
> to appear in Toronto to speak to our youths:
>
> a) Two return business class tickets for himself and his assistant
>
> b) Round the clock limousine service from the moment he lands at the airport until he departs.
>
> c) $10,000.00 speaking fee.
>
> d) Hotel Accommodation--two rooms
>
> After pleading with him, he promised that he would grant some discount on his speaking fee
> because he would be directing his message to Nigerian youths in Canada--but that the other items were not negotiable.
> We never did agree on the percentage of the discount on the speaking fee.
>
> For obvious reasons, I did not bother to call him again. I managed to persuade myself, even briefly
> that I had chosen the wrong vocation. I should have specialized on being a celebrity:)
>
> It was years later, that I finally discovered that I was one of the millions worldwide who have been
> fooled by the Emeagwali Phenomenon.
>
> Bye,
>
> Ola
>
>
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: Moses Ebe Ochonu <meoch...@gmail.com>> ...
> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Mon, Sep 20, 2010 9:58 am
> Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fw: Phillip Emeagwali
>
> Amiel,
>
> With all due respect, I am very disappointed in your insistence that we honor Emeagwali's true "achievements" even after confirming for yourself that the man is indeed a fraud of immense proportion, a self-promoting genius who is, in his claimed field of expertise, a mediocre at best. I can understand Ikhide's frustration. The "debate" on Emeagwali's intellectual fraud has long been settled in the Nigerian cyberspace. Only the most fanatical Nigerian and African American sentimental (as opposed to a rational) investors in black scientific heroism, still take the fool seriously. And, of course, our people back home, for whom even the mere fact of foreign residency is a validation, let alone one that is backed by aggressively deceptive self promotion. Okay, let's do what you're asking us to do and strip away the lies, deceptions, exaggerations, false claims, and the entire intellectual pyramid scheme as someone called Emeagwali's internet based edifice of fraud. When we are done with that, we're left with:
>
> 1. A guy who FAILED his PhD qualifying exam TWICE at my alma mater, the University of
>
>
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