"The enduring impact of Fela's album in defining Abiola's legacy and the reluctance of the public to embrace him, speaks to the power at the disposal of the artist that money cannot buy or power repress. I have always wondered when I read polls that a significant number of Americans still believe their president was born in Kenya. I do not simply laugh like my friends do and say oh, those Americans...! I am not saying that those charging Abiola with dirty money are like "birthers". I am only saying that I think there is something here about how easily things come together to create legends that come to constitute their own truths."
Bode
toyin
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Olabode Ibironke <ibironke@msu.edu> wrote:
The predisposition of some to call what Edward just outlined as a fabulous tale simply because Abiola invokes it is fascinating. That Abiola situates his riches within the economy of post-"nationalization" Nigeria is not some super genius story, neither is it particularly self-serving, in my opinion. But it seems to me that many are intent on what begins to look like a campaign of calumny.
On 6/18/12 1:13 PM, Edward Mensah wrote:The indigenization decree created oligarchs, like in present day Russia, or in South Africa. Certain people were favored by the governments in these countries, and that is not necessarily a bad idea.
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