Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Haba!

The overwhelming majority of Nigerians speak with accents.

President Buhari committed no crime because the Constitution ( until amended) does not prohibit accents.

In native English speaking countries leaders stumble on words and are mocked and this never led to national crises.  President George W.  Bush never once pronounced "nuclear" correctly during the Iraq war.  He always pronounced 'nukila' We all laughed and mocked him (including non native speakers.)  Nothing came of it.  

Some northerners are being over sensitive to criticisms.  No one is perfect.  We all can learn to better our best.

OAA

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From: Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu>

Date: 25/03/2020 10:52 (GMT+00:00)

To: dialogue <USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com>

Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Haba!

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Many private messages have been sent that Southerners are mocking Northerners over language and accents. And some have been posted with one going viral.

 

Haba!  When Kperogi was talking about verbs and nouns, you all forget that he is not an Igbo man. I don't know that verbs and nouns now have colors.

 

Haba! When someone says a letter emanating from a state house, a paid media communicator with a degree, is badly written, what as being Kanuri or Hausa go to do with this?

 

Haba! Have you not heard Gowon speak? Or he speaks well because he is not a Hausaman? Do you not know of a man called "the golden voice of Africa?" Tafawa Balewa, Nigeria's first prime minister!

 

Haba! Let me show you the recorded Keynote Address by Malami Buba, my Fulani friend; or the writings of Aisha Bawa, my Fulani friend; or of Bunza, my Fulani friend; or Ashafa, my Kaduna friend; or Bishop Kukah, the Zangon-Kataf man. Are they not better than many of the so-called southerners?

 

Haba! Everything is not about resource control or federal character.

 

Haba! This nonsense must stop today.

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