Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: Moderator's Caution

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very nice piece. Very nice and informative. The reality is we all should stay on the side of truth at all times. Nobody is leaving Nigeria for the other unless we all we all agreed to disintegrate ;though no thanks to those who are spoiling our country that is blessed with honey and cheese.  The fact must be told do whatever is expected of you when you are in position and it should be known that  that action you took was brought about by the expectations of your position-it may not be the best.  At war time decisions must be taken and the onus is on whoever is responsible to take actions to perform. If it were to be an Igbo man saddled with responsibilty to take an action he would be expected to perform though the decison taken might not go down well with all and sundry BUT a decision must be taken period. You can only give what you have depending on your perception and intelligence.  As mentioned let the generated discuss be an avene to  expand the frontier of knowledge and nothing more.   Nigeria will surely rise. ?.........we all feel otherwise But till then.

atarOnSaturday, November 3, 2012, Folu Ogundimu <ogundimu3@gmail.com> wrote:a
> Kwabby, Kwabby, I like your proverb o! Fire us some more. Thanks. 
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> On Nov 3, 2012, at 10:05 AM, "Akurang-Parry, Kwabena" <KAParr@ship.edu> wrote:
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> Well-spoken Oga Falola! As the great akyeame (linguists) of Akuapem say, when the crocodile surfaces from the pond to warn birds whose nests hang over the pond to stop their discordant chirping, it means that the songs of the birds have lost their harmony and ritualization of performance.
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> From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Toyin Falola [toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu]
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> To remind contributors to focus on debates and not insults. That someone does not like Soyinka's book does not make him anti-Yoruba; and if you do not like Achebe's book this should not make you anti-Igbo. Were I to say that both Achebe and Soyinka are not my favorite authors, am I anti-Nigeria? I do not like Things Fall Apart, but I like Arrow of God. I can give you my reasons, but am I anti-Okonkwo? 
> I have read the eight essays in Soyinka's Of Africa, but it is both a waste of my money and time, as I have come across six of the essays before in the collections released by Bookcrafts. Am I anti-Soyinka for saying that it is a waste of my time? It is a work of introspection, and it should not be compared with Achebe's There was a Country, a definitive book that marks a moment in history and which has an immediate entry into the canons of that moment. No question, There was a Country will be with us for ever; Of Africa will head to the shelves to be rescued in footnotes and endnotes. In expressing my own conclusion on both books, you can disagree with me and reach a different conclusion, but am I pro-Igbo and anti-Yoruba? When Ikhide said that Nigerian universities are sub-standard, when did he tell you that he is excluding the University of Nigeria, Nsukka from his observation? When Bangura says that he wants Romney to win, people tend to forget that he is a card-carrying member of the democratic party and once served on the executive of its branch. Bangura is not even a Republican, and responses of hatred, collecting money, etc. are made in ways that rubbish a person's preference and opinion. That Bangura wants Romney to win does not mean that he hates Obama, unless you want to say that the minimum of 45% of the country's population who will vote for one candidate or the other do so on the basis of hatred. Were I to say that I prefer Buhari to have won the last presidential election in Nigeria, do I hate Ijo people? Let us exercise maturity.
> Some people do not have a particularized frame of mind. My best friends are Igbo, and the person I want to see everyday is Gozie Ifesinachukwu. No Hausa person has ever made a single unkind statement about me. The historian who I now respect the most is an Idoma by the name of Moses Ochonu. He writes so well, and I told Professor Nimi Wariboko yesterday that God created him and Moses on a special day. Nimi and Moses are now Africa's treasures. Where a society is well ordered, Nimi Wariboko would be the one to have received the honorary doctorate at the University of Port Harcourt where he graduated and not Mrs Patience Goodluck.
> I know Professor Aluko, the great teacher of blessed memory, and his son Professor Bolaji Aluko. I have had meals with both of them. They enjoy good arguments, see themselves as reformers, and they just want you to give them evidence whenever you make a point. Professor Aluko, the late economist, could have a vigorous debate with you for 3 hours non-stop. Both the father and son will not let you get away with an un
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