On Sunday, July 10, 2022, 6:53 AM, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Augustine.
Is Kemi referred to as Yoruba in British news, particularly in connection with the PM race?The term ''Yoruba'' does not seem to appear even in her Wikipedia page. For her Yoruba ancestry to resonate in the UK, she might need to emphasise it but her style of thinking seems to be one of total immersion in the dominant culture, not identifying with African particularities.I wonder about the idea that British people generally have any interest in the concepts of Yoruba and Igbo. Do those terms have any coordinates they can relate to? Some scholars and students may know about them. But does the general public care about them?I suspect Yoruba as a culture is better known in the US. Even then, it would be referenced in particular contexts and I doubt if politics is one of those contexts.thankstoyin--On Sun, 10 Jul 2022 at 12:12, 'Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:Yorubas seem to be well known here in the UK.like we are told .the culture survived the slave trade. .ever since the time of the West African students Union.wasu.infact they played on the acronym " wasu" to mean preach in yoruba! People here in uk tend to be very much aware of igbo and yoruba in ukLet me also add that in the book ,Dynamism in African politics by J sofola the central thesis is that the more dynamic of african leaders have benefited from study in usa rather than in the united Kingdom naturally you think of obafemi Awolowo in uk and nnamdi azikiwe on usa..the" competition" seems to be between the Igbo and yoruba in usa--
On Saturday, July 9, 2022, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:But, is she better understood as Yoruba or of Nigerian ancestry or Nigerian born?The term ' Yoruba" might have little meaning in UK society.Thanks--On Sat, 9 Jul 2022 at 20:37, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:--Kemi Badenoch, highest ranking Yoruba minister in the ruling Conservative government, throws in her hat in the race to be PM.
Sent from my iPhone
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Yoruba Affairs" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to yorubaaffairs+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yorubaaffairs/729D2217-4019-4B29-90D6-8789F21777E6%40austin.utexas.edu.
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Current archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Early archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/usaafricadialogue/CAGBtzfO8N8od9nGP3GfoPjGrdVy4zY%2BtbGesMCoat4GjgU2DuQ%40mail.gmail.com.
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Current archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Early archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/usaafricadialogue/CAP9m8jKy4%2BCZM9W7onpx0d3EobDLUtWdw-YOx9rBKX8Ee948Eg%40mail.gmail.com.
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Current archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Early archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/usaafricadialogue/CAGBtzfP1eQwQrd7GwOTLAAh8KFxCGr%2BnYeVJtO%3DWBh9oxQj5JA%40mail.gmail.com.
No comments:
Post a Comment