USA Africa Dialogue Series - Achebe Celebration of 50 Years of "Arrow of God"...
Today, March 29, Achebe's Ā "Arrow of God" alights at Otuoke.....join us if you can. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "USA-Africa Dialogue Series" moderated by Toyin...
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Truth is that the Achebe and Soyinka schools would continue to sponsor this type of discussion, hoping that the unnecessary question of who is better between Achebe and Soyinka would be resolved some...
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Between Achebe and Soyinka, I will choose Chimamanda; case closed, abi? Emma OnyeoziliĀ Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:Truth is that the Achebe and Soyinka schools would...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Beauty and the Uncanny: Leonardo da Vinci's...
Thanks to Evelyne Huet for drawing my attention to the correct name of the French poet in the essay as Charles Baudelaire.Correction made.Thanks, EvelyneUpdated copies of the essay are attached.Ā On...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Support African WC Teams - Soccer Niagara Falls...
My fellow Africans,Check out the Gorges Classic Soccer Tournament in Niagara Falls, May 30 - June 1, 2014. A portion of the tournament proceeds will go to support the 5 African teams participating in...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Happy Birthday, Asiwaju Tinubu!
O Beautiful People,Apparently Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is 62 years old and today somewhere in Nigeria, the thieving fox is hosting a "colloqium" on something. I know only because many influential...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Adeshina Afolayan: Death as employment strategy...
"I am not interested in natural disasters. Nigeria is a wonderful country for another reason: We are a country with a unique national problem solving dynamics. The problems that other nations break...
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nice answer! i chose oyeyemi and in close second, fornaOn 3/29/14 1:44 PM, Emma Onyeozili wrote:Between Achebe and Soyinka, I will choose Chimamanda; case closed, abi? Emma OnyeoziliĀ Chidi Anthony...
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i can't help adding that i just taught teju cole's Open City for the second time, meaning i've read it 4 times now, and i can state with complete assurance that it is one brilliant book. very very...
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Ken,Teju Cole demurs when referred to as an "African writer", preferring the label, "internationalist" a la Salman Rushdie, whatever that means. I agree with him and respect his choice of identity. Not...
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hi ikhide i share your enthusiasm for on-line publications. as for adichie, she has made an enormous splash, esp w americanah. she is very good indeed. i don't really get into the game of who is better...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: [talkhard] Heavy gunfire around...
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View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - FW: MEMO TO THE NATIONAL CONFAB, ABUJA-NIGERIA
Ā Remodeling The PresidencyByAnthony A. Akinola*Ā The great Nnamdi Azikiwe had his own special āpolitical anthemā when campaigning in the old Western Region populated by the Yoruba. He often sang in...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: [Yan Arewa] PUSHING NORTHERNERS TO THE WALL...
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View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - News Report: President Goodluck Jonathan Is...
The Nigerian Presidential spokesperson, Dr. Reuben Abati has assured Nigerians that the President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is safe following an attempted jailbreak by detained members of Boko Haram...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: [Yan Arewa] BOKO HARAM: INC FIRES BACK AT...
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Yakubu Muhammad Rigasa<ymrigasa@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:26 PMSubject: [Yan Arewa] BOKO HARAM: INC FIRES BACK AT NYAKO, GUMI, OTHER...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: [talkhard] Shooting At SSS Headquarters:...
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: 247ureports<247ureports@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:51 PMĀ Shooting At SSS Headquarters: One SSS Officer Dead, 10 Boko Haram Members...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Was It Fatal for You, Darling?
"I have been dating age-appropriate men, and I must tell you that sex with men in their late 60s can make you a nervous wreck.It's the climactic moment, if you know what I'm saying. The earth moves,...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: [Mwananchi] HOW AFRICA CAN OWN ITS...
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Beautiful, Kenneth Harrow.Much food for thought.On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 2:59 PM, kenneth harrow <harrow@msu.edu> wrote: hi ikhide i share your enthusiasm for on-line publications. as for adichie,...
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