RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - There was a Country: Baying at the ghost of Biafra

'To be fair, Nigeria's educational system is at best incoherent, in reality in shambles.'

ikhide

The person making this comment has nothing empirical to back up his grand claims about Nigerian education.

Olu A

Is there anyone who is unsure of the embarrassing and pitiable state of Nigeria's educational system? Stakeholders in the system including educational administrators and teachers at all levels, employers, parents, students, and even politicians acknowledge that the system direly needs to be fixed. What is arguable is why there is much talk about it and little constructive action to restore it to its former esteemed state and glory.
It is not necessary to produce and present empirical evidence to support this settled fact. It is not a grand claim to state the obvious. More evidence is not always necessary. It is not prudent to demand empirical evidence at all times or for its own sake.
I might add that primordial interests and politics, rather than the state of Nigeria's educational system, may have more to do with what I believe is the gross misreading of Achebe's book.

oa

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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - There was a Country: Baying at the ghost of Biafra

This is not true-

'To be fair, Nigeria's educational system is at best incoherent, in reality in shambles.'

The person making this comment has nothing empirical to back up his grand claims about Nigerian education.

He simply spouts them.

He also fallaciously links criticism of Achebe's book with his unjustifed claims about Nigerian education.

I beg, make we see road.

toyin


On 2/4/13, Ikhide <xokigbo@yahoo.com> wrote:
> [In which I compile my many various thoughts on Professor Chinua
> Achebe's book, There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra
> culled from my numerous postings on Twitter, Facebook and listserves.
> This is intended to serve primarily as a historical archive of my
> views. So I (we) may not forget.]
>
> I enjoyed reading Chinua Achebe's memoir, There Was A Country: A
> Personal History of Biafra. Many devotees of Achebe will recognize
> several chapters from previous essays; however he does a good job of
> putting them together to tell a majestic story. It is an important
> book, one that should adorn every thinker's book shelf or e-reader.
> What I am going to say here is not a review or critique of the book;
> I don't think that the world could stand yet another review of that
> book. Yes, there are some really good reviews of the book and there
> are many atrocious rants posing as reviews. My favorite review is by
> Tolu Ogunlesi whose coolly cerebral analysis puts to shame the reams
> of hot air from several architects of Nigeria's ruin. Reading the book clearly makes the profoundly sad point that many who have "reviewed"
> the book dispensed with the inconvenience of reading it. Too bad.
> Achebe's memoir is a great, nostalgic look back at a very complex
> era, one that should have elicited a more coherent and respectful
> engagement than what we witnessed when the book was released. To be
> fair, Nigeria's educational system is at best incoherent, in reality in shambles.
> Not much of what Achebe had to say can be gleaned from Nigeria's classrooms.
> And so, many people have reacted with pieces of dog-eared crap because
> Nigeria has not invested in an instructional and intellectual
> infrastructure that keeps her history intact. It is Nigeria's loss, not Achebe's.
>
> Read the rest here...
>
>  
> http://xokigbo.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/there-was-a-country-baying-at-
> the-ghost-of-biafra/
>
> - Ikhide
>
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