Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - antetokounmpo

You raise an important point, Patrick. However, think about this: How many kids died picking through the refuse dumps in Cotonou so that Benin and Africa could have a Prof. Patrick Effiboley that we're all so proud of?

On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 3:06 PM 'Patrick Effiboley' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:

While we celebrate Giannis, howmany of the migrants died into the sea, on the way or are in very bad conditions in Greece and elsewhere in the West?

Dr Emery Patrick EFFIBOLEY

Maître-Assitant en Histoire de l'Art

Chef, Département d'Histoire et d'Archéologie, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Bénin

Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand,Johannesburg,(2014-2016) 

www.researchgate.net/Profile/Emery_Effiboley

 

Le mercredi 21 juillet 2021 à 23:56:14 UTC+2, Harrow, Kenneth <harrow@msu.edu> a écrit :

this is not a "greek" name, but he is greek. "illegal" immigrant from nigeria to greece, now the greatest star of the national basketball assn, just won the championship. the story about him is really great: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/sports/giannis-antetokounmpo-greece.html

Giannis Antetokounmpo Is the Pride of a Greece That Shunned Him - The New York Times When Antetokounmpo was still an ordinary mortal, he was seen as just another migrant in Greece illegally. Now that he is a basketball star, "he has become the ambassador for Greece," Odubitan ... www.nytimes.com

kenneth harrow

professor emeritus

dept of english

michigan state university

517 803-8839

harrow@msu.edu

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