Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Is Something Wrong With Me?

Dear Prof Falola,

I profusely thank you for your selfless labour for the African race.

There is nothing wrong with you for highlighting and helping to address our epochal issues.

But something is wrong with those who are silent (acquiesce) or support the wickedness, hypocrisy, violence against vulnerable people, wild greed/self-centredness, racism etc that characterize/dog our current civilization and assail our collective humanity.

Prof, your place is positively assured in African and world history.








On Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 07:58:27 PM GMT+1, Harrow, Kenneth <harrow@msu.edu> wrote:







dear all

please join me in applauding our renowned, respected moderator. his work on behalf of ALL of US, in postings about everything to do with africa, from politics, to religion, to current events, to covid... all this indeed is demanding, stressful, and difficult
for him, but informative, healing, community building for us. what do the people do about all those nurses and doctors and grocery store clerks, who are out there risking their lives so that we might be able to live and go on with our lives? they take out
a few minutes, maybe thursday at noon, go to their windows, balconies, and applaud. why? not just to show appreciation, but really to say, we are all one.

toyin falola, you are never alone. we all appreciate you much more than you will ever know.

👍❤️🙌😁

ken











kenneth harrow


professor emeritus


dept of english


michigan state university


517 803-8839


harrow@msu.edu







From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu>

Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 8:04 AM

To: dialogue <USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com>

Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Is Something Wrong With Me?







Reading some items on this site as well as others, as in the case of appointments in Nigeria, I have come to the conclusion that something is wrong with me as a person and with my emotion. When there are
bigger issues, as in the ongoing protests, the devastations by COVID-19, the behavior of President Trump, declining economies in Africa, I become obsessed with those issues. I forfeit sleep and food. I will hold a cup of coffee and won't be able to raise it
to my sleep. I feel betrayed.





I wonder how some of you are able to leave the bigger issues and focus on the smaller ones, sometimes totally irrelevant to the concerns of our civilization and collective humanity. How are you able to disconnect
and live your normal life?





At 3AM this morning, I came to the conclusion that you are the ones who are doing the right thing and that something must be wrong with me.


Moderator




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