Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: Fame Hungry African Writer Seeks to be Arrested

I don die finish--oo! Seriosusly, Una dey make too much wahala! Na all dis bookuru wey dey una coconut isi  or ori. Who get time plan this one?

Abeg go rest. :))

Happy new year! 

Maureen

On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 3:20 AM, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <oluwasrividya@gmail.com> wrote:

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MEMO TO AFRICAN WRITER: TO BE SUCCESSFUL, GET ARRESTED by Ikhide Ikheloa

Pa Ikhide

10 hrs · Olney, MD, United States · 

If you are an African intellectual, and you have not been arrested by power-hungry, drunken soldiers in Africa, the white man does not buy your books. Unless you are Chimamanda. Of course. Who would want to arrest her? Her wahala plenty abeg. So, I got out of the plane, wearing my teeshirt and a big grin hoping to be arrested so that I would return to America and sign a big advance for a book. Yes, I will write a book if the price is right! Money na hand, back na ground! Who nor like better ting?) Well, no one arrested me. I was devastated. I already had the tweet typed. "SMH! I have been arrested! RT and share with oyinbo abeg!" @usmc is the twitter handle of the US marines. They will come and spring me from Kirikiri.

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Efe Bazuaye Bad market! lol

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Deb Ok Igue " So, I got out of the plane, wearing my teeshirt and a big grin hoping to be arrested so that I would return to America and sign a big advance for a book ( The Man Cried ). WELL, NO 1 ARRESTED ME. *yinmu*
When next I am going home I will go deliver a bottle of Bordeaux and barbecued leg of American deer to Okey's Uncle. And some Ben Gay for his arthritis, He turns 85 this year. Nice man." - Pa.

*Pheeeeeeeeeew* Thank God say dem no arrest you. U 4 don cry finish now. 

Qwelshion: Is it because U were NOT ARRESTED that you converted the#Book to #Tori ?? unsure emoticon 
#Asking_4_Some_Readers

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Deb Ok Igue Ansa d qwelshion nia. Concerned readers wanna know. wink emoticon

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Pa Ikhide Question wen nor get answer!

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Deb Ok Igue Habba! No wonder dem no gree arrest U. And we the concerned readers will make sure that those racist DSS will NEVER EVER arrest U. Not even d yeye egunje olokpas will ask U 4 common statement sef. 

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Pa Ikhide Shebi if dem arrest me you go stay for Twitter dey do#FreePaIkhide??? SMH

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Deb Ok Igue Hahahahaha Pa No get liver. If na me now, U go speed grab koboko. Common slap, U no fit woz #TyrantB to earn an arrest that will boost OUR book #The_Man_Cried. 
#Woman_Laffs joor. 

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Ufi Uzono

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Ufi Uzono Pa, you bi real case oo. Imagine. Hahahahaha....

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Ndukaku Kingsley Ogwumike There are many ways to kill a rat, Pa. Try a another trick.

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Olamide Ewuoso Pa organize #occupyNigeria maybe that will work, that is how Yinka and Joel Odumakin bought their jeeps. You can pay me consultancy fee later.

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Kelechukwu Nwa-Levi Nwa-Chukwu Pa, Pidgin Grammar: Money for hand, back for ground.

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Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju unforgettable. if you really want to be arrested, for at least six months use Radio Biafra or You Tube or both weekly to broadcast for the removal of Buhari and splash this on your Facebook page then say you are coming to Nigeria to coordinate an armed insurrection. buhari and his people might then take you seriously enough to consider arresting you

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Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju i salivate thinking of the wonderful, deliciously harrowing tweets you can do from detention and the book deal that will come out of it. fame and wealth await the brave!

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