Speaking on the occasion, His Excellency Prince Ariyo said that he was highly impressed with Dr. Onyeani's visit to Namibia and that it made him very happy to see a great Nigerian to be held in such high esteem by the Namibian public, including the former President and Father of the Nation, Dr. Sam Nujoma who himself gave and participated in a five-hour lunch with the Onyeani party, the current President Hifikepunye Pohamba who spoke highly of Onyeani during the launch of "The Villager," as well as throughout the whole country. He was especially happy that a Nigerian of such high standing provided a different perception of Nigeria, other than that of a "419."
Mr. John Walenga, a member of the SWAPO Central Committee, and Managing Director of the Omalaeti Media Group, publishers of the Prime Focus Magazine, as well as the newly launched "The Villager," spoke highly of His Excellency Ambassador Ariyo, who he noted is highly regarded and loved by Namibians. He thanked the Ambassador for honoring Dr. Onyeani, whose book Capitalist Nigger was very influential and instrumental in starting his publishing empire three years ago when he started the "Prime Focus" magazine. He said that it was necessary for him to spare no expenditure in getting Dr. Onyeani to Namibia to address the Namibian people during the launch of his new publishing venture, "The Villager," because though they had thoroughly imbibed Onyeani's message and could deliver it as well as he could, he felt his people would listen more seriously if Onyeani delivered the message himself.
On his part, Dr. Onyeani thanked His Excellency Prince Ariyo for going out of his way to welcome him in every way possible since former Gen. Ishola Williams (retired) informed him of his coming to Namibia, including rushing back from a very important trip to join him in a dinner of traditional Namibian food organized by Mr. Walenga, as well as attending all the events for which he had been invited. He said that it was a great honor and would greatly cherish the generosity of His Excellency. Onyeani used the occasion to thank the Namibian people for holding him in such high esteem and for their continued faith and application of the Capitalist Nigger's Spider Web Doctrine, as well as continuing to make the book the No.1 bestselling book in Namibia. Finger tasting Nigerian food was served in large quantity, including vegetable and agbono soup, rice and stew and all kinds of Nigerian knick-knacks.
Onyeani, who is Chairman of the African Union Diaspora Task Team (AUDTT), returned to the U.S. on June 22, 2011, but has since been re-invited to Harare, Zimbabwe where he was a keynote speaker last year with the same group arranging for him to speak in Johannesburg; to Zambia in August; to South Africa by the big accounting firm Deloitte and Co during a major company conference, as well as to give the First Memorial Lecture on Mphalele at the University of South Africa.
A major celebration of the 10th anniversary of "Capitalist Nigger - The Road to Success - A Spider Web Doctrine," is being planned.
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