Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - USAAFRICA DIALOGUE FAMILY: HAPPY NEW YEAR

hi all, again in the spirit of tremendously warm feelings, a most happy
new year to all. the dialogue here, even when acrimonious, has been very
enriching. i agree that a spirit of cordiality is ideal

i wanted to respond to gloria's points below.
first, friends at today's new years party were very skeptical that trump
would actually get the nomination, and one pol among us hoped he would
since he didn't have a chance of getting elected. i reminded him that
hitler won w 40% of the vote, and it wasn't worth taking any chances
with extremists like trump who could lead us down the path of fascism.

i wonder, however, whether rubio wouldn't actually represent a more
substantial threat to the hilary machine.

on point 5, my fear is not of the rice of neo-nazis in germany. germany
seems better equiped at resisting neofascist parties than maybe any
other european state. but the east europeans are not at all like that.
between what i read of many of them, from poland to hungary to many
others, they are already espousing far right politics, and are as
xenophobic as they come. very very unsettling, and the future of europe
is far from settled. when the french presidential elections come around,
soon enough, marine lepen now represents a real threat.

europeans hate muslims, in large percentages. that bodes very badly for
those wanting peace.

peace only, people
ken

On 1/1/16 12:44 PM, Emeagwali, Gloria (History) wrote:
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> Five hot issues to watch in 2016:
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> 1. Decline of oil to $20.00 a barrel - and the necessary/urgent diversification of oil economies;
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> 2. Defeat of Boko Haram and ISIS- perhaps;
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> 3. Increased migration to Europe and the rise of the neo-Nazis in Germany;
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> 4. Trump vs Hillary on the march to the White House;
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> 5. US Student debt, faculty retrenchment and the proliferation of on-line courses;
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> Happy 2016 to all the wonderful people of usafricadialogue
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> Professor Gloria Emeagwali
> History Department
> CCSU. New Britain. CT 06050
> africahistory.net
> vimeo.com/user5946750/videos
> Gloria Emeagwali's Documentaries on
> Africa and the African Diaspora
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> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 9:36 PM
> To: USAAfricaDialogue
> Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - USAAFRICA DIALOGUE FAMILY: HAPPY NEW YEAR
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> Dear ALL:
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> This 2015 year ending marks my second year on this forum and i want to say what wonderful learning years these have been for me. This forum has been illuminating, refreshing, amusing, thoughtful, educating, humorous, and sometimes outright annoying!
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> To all who contribute to making the forum what i have come to associate it with, i offer a tremendous appreciation, and a sincere wish that you all will go higher in 2016:
>
> TOYIN FALOLA
> KENNETH HARROW
> ADEMOLA DASYLVA
> MICHAEL AFOLAYAN
> IKHIDE IKHELOA
> JOHN MBAKU
> CHIDI ANTHONY OPARA
> AKWASI ASSENSOH
> OLAJUMOKE YACOB-HALISO
> OFURE AITO
> CORNELIUS HAMELBERG
> TADE AINA
> SALIMONu KADIRI
> CHAMBI CHACHAGE
> MOBOLAJI ALUKO
> MOSES EBE OCHONU
> KENNEDY EMETULU
> FUNMI TOFOWOMO OKELOLA
> AYO OLUKOTUN
> OGUGUA ANUNOBY
> OLUWATOYIN ADEPOJU
> SAMUEL ZALANGA
> KOLA FABIYI
> NIMI WARIBOKO
> GLORIA EMEAGWALI
> JIBRIN IBRAHIM
> BIKO AGOZINO
> BODE IBIRONKE
> AND MANY OTHERS...
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> Let the intellectual fireworks be accentuated this year.
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> May our ideas and concerns for our country and for our world bear fruits that will make us compassionate one to another.
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> HAPPY NEW YEAR
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> Adeshina Afolayan
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