Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Missing Abiola Irele

Chidi,

Any time you are challenged or cornered you hide behind unjustified angst.

You then threaten to withdraw into your shell or starve yourself of the oxygen of publicity or critical acclaim the foundation of success for your publishing business model.

Is it fair to make a claim without proof?  So why are you unwilling to provide proof to back what you claim?

I have told you this in the past but I will reiterate it now.  If we who read you because of your commission or omission stop interrogating your posts and you, you commence your slide into oblivion.

Cheers.

IBK

Sent from my iPhone

On 15 Jul 2017, at 1:20 AM, Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju <toyin.adepoju@gmail.com> wrote:

The criticism of art is often left to the critic, not the artist.

So, Chidi should be free to be silent on his work.

As for commenting on Toyin's work, please lets allow Chidi to be. Not everyone likes engaging in criticism.

toyin

On 15 July 2017 at 01:43, Olayinka Agbetuyi <yagbetuyi@hotmail.com> wrote:

This is a similar escapist reply you gave a while ago when asked to comment in your own poetry.  You left that to the critics.

Toyin could have said that about Ireles work but he was forthright in writing some things even though Ireles work is equally in the publuc domain.

Something made you pass the comment you made on Toyins work.  We want you to elaborate as part of that public. Your individual take.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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From: Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.opara@gmail.com>

Date: 14/07/2017 18:05 (GMT+00:00)

To: USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>

Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Missing Abiola Irele

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Olayinka,
I can but I won't because Toyin's writings are in public domains, readers can judge for themselves.

CAO.

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