we had a huge fight on the exec committee. i proposed the ala support soyinka. another member of the committee was afraid for the negative repercussions for the ala. i was president, and threatened to resign. steve arnold stepped in and calmed things down. we voted, and the vote to support soyinka passed.
it was a really important moment for me. i admit i can lose my temper; but i couldn't not support soyinka's brave actions.
this deborah business is really the same. she was visited by a fatwa and killed, just as soyinka had been threatened with death threats for supporting rushdie.
you chose where you stand in moments like this.
ken
kenneth harrow
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Ken: I remember exactly when it happened, and Soyinka asked what the heck they were waiting for. He said at 70 if he died (or someone murdered him), he would not be mistaken for an abiku (the mysterious born-to-die child). Yep, he is indeed a man of courage!
MOA
On Saturday, May 21, 2022, 08:37:52 PM CDT, Harrow, Kenneth <harrow@msu.edu> wrote:
amen to soyinka for this. who remembers when a fatwa was placed on him in his defending rushdie? i supported him then at the ala executive meeting.
maybe later i'll recount that story, of a long time ago
ken
kenneth harrow
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michigan state university
517 803-8839
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