USA Africa Dialogue Series - My Christmas Is Noisier Than Yours

"Christ is born in Bethlehem, a choir sings. But, hold it there! Bethlehem is no other place than my village in Anambra State, Nigeria. If you say that is a lie, then you would be the one to pay the ten-ten-thousand-Naira-plus-five-cartons-of-beer fine that the Development Union of my village has slammed upon any member not found in the village this Christmas for the launch of a new project. Yes, "TEN-TEN thousand Naira" fine plus-or-minus the usual gragra from the Union's Executive and harassment by the Provost, the official police officer of the Union."

Read the full text of "My Christmas Is Noisier Than Yours" at:

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Opinion/Columns/5655950-146/story.csp

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Obododimma Oha
http://udude.wordpress.com/

(Associate Professor of Cultural Semiotics & Stylistics)

Dept. of English
University of Ibadan
Nigeria

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Fellow, Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies
University of Ibadan

Phone: +234 803 333 1330;
            +234 805 350 6604;
            +234 808 264 8060.

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