Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Chris Abani: Distorting Africa’s History

 

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Chris Abani says on this show that his father was a federal commissioner who disowned him because of his anti-government activism. Anyone knows of any Michael Abani who was a Federal Commissioner during the military regime?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9UR2XLNYn4&feature=related

http://www.newstatesman.com/200105210044

 

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From: Ikhide <xokigbo@yahoo.com>
To: "USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com" <USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com>; "Ederi@yahoogroups.com" <Ederi@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 4 December 2011, 1:45
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Chris Abani: Distorting Africa's History

There are many compelling reasons why Abani's lies and exaggerations should not be ignored as mere fibs by someone intent on furthering his dream as a writer and intellectual. White folks need to understand the caste system in Nigeria. As the offspring of privilege, of a white mother and an upper middle class black father, Abani most likely luxuriated in the lap of adulation and luxury in Nigeria. Abani is biting the hands that fed him by lying about what did not happen to him in Nigeria. Shame on him.  You must understand the impact of these lies on innocent Nigerians who are viewed at home and abroad from the tortured lens of what passes for African literature today. Abani's lies are not mere lies; these are muscular distortions of the history of Nigeria, and by extension, Africa.

Follow my logic here.

- Ikhide

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