"As a rule, I refrain from responding to reviews of my work. Once my work is in print and traveling in the world, it is best, I believe, to leave its evaluation entirely to the acumen of critics and reviewers—even when the occasional reviewer or critic views the work through lens that may strike more discerning readers as lacking in basic perception.
My initial reaction on reading Isaac Attah Ogezi's review titled "On the Fringes of Existence: the Immigrant Question in Ndibe's 'Foreign Gods, Inc.,'" was to let it be, even though I realized that some of his comments were both patently unintelligent and mischievous. But when a friend rang to alert me that, on Facebook and other forums, I had been virtually convicted of plagiarism (and worse) on account of Ogezi's review, I knew it was time—however reluctantly—to suspend my policy."
- Ikhide
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