USA Africa Dialogue Series - "Omimi Ejo: An Acrostic": Azikiwe's Elegy for...
Farewell, my bosom friend, and rest in peace,Eager were you to serve the nation's cause,Sincere and loyal friendship I will miss,The forward march of freedom will now pauseUnder a new order of...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: [talkhard] Nyanya: The bomb this time
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Iboro Otongaran<iborootongaran@gmail.com> Date: Thu, May 1, 2014 at 11:00 PMSubject: [talkhard] Nyanya: The bomb this timeTo: talkhard...
View ArticleRe: USA Africa Dialogue Series - iPoem 6: Ibadan Invited Me...
I owe Ibadan a lot. I came here in 1991 and I couldn't leave since then. When i arrived, i had the usual spatial angst common to those who had lived long in Lagos and thought its cultural ambience...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: [New post] CAR BOMB EXPLODES IN ABUJA,...
What will save Nigerians from this carnage? What will satisfy the barons of this senseless and barbaric act against humanity? Aristotle is correct when he wrote that humans are worse than wild animals...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - "Prayer Before Death" Zik's Elegy to Balewa
"Before you satisfy your gory lustSpare me one moment to beseech AllahWho gave life that animates this dustFrom time of birth, through death, to Valhalla." "I pray that should you plan to snuff my...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - "A Man of Valour": Acrostic for Adekunle Fajuyi...
A soldier who defied torture and death,Did dedicate his life to his last breath.Emphatic should Ironsi's death be plannedKeener he would to join this gallant band.Under the grip of those who thirst to...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - "A Spectre Haunts Nigeria" by Zik
A spectre haunts Nigeria:He thrives in a red roof,He ails from Negrophobia,He is power-drunk and egoisticHe is callous, brutish, trickish A Spectre haunts Nigeria:He is wicked and vindictive,He is...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Fw: Probing Our illusions of National Grandeur
------Original Message------To: Ayo OlukotunSubject: Probing Our illusions of National GrandeurSent: 27 Apr 2014 17:45PROBING OUR ILLUSIONS OF NATIONAL GRANDEURBy Ayo OlukotunHosting international...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: ||NaijaObserver|| Re: [NIgerianWorldForum]...
Dr. Adeboye,Was Zik silent or was he ignored? Who would publish him in the thick of those events? Obi Nwakanma CC: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com; usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com;...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Quote of the Day
“Being honest may not get you many friends but it’ll always get you the right ones.” – John LennonLove & Best Wishes, always;...
View ArticleRe: USA Africa Dialogue Series - iPoem 6: Ibadan Invited Me...
Dear all:There is a book of creative writing, "Ibadan Mesiogo" sponsored by the late Chief Bola Ige with the collaboration of the Association of Nigeria Authors, ANA, (old) Oyo State Chapter then in...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: [Raayiriga] FG not supporting northern...
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: ibrahim musa<muazamusa@yahoo.com> Date: Fri, May 2, 2014 at 11:36 AMSubject: [Raayiriga] FG not supporting northern govs' development efforts – USTo:...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: ||NaijaObserver|| PAUL UNONGO & MURTALA...
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Okenwa R. Nwosu, M.D.<okenwanwosu@yahoo.com> Date: Fri, May 2, 2014 at 1:02 PMSubject: ||NaijaObserver|| PAUL UNONGO & MURTALA NYAKO ARE BIRDS OF...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: [Nigeria360::Live] RESOURCE CONTROL ISSUE...
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Collins Ezebuihe<Collyezebuihe@hotmail.com> Date: Fri, May 2, 2014 at 1:01 PMSubject: [Nigeria360::Live] RESOURCE CONTROL ISSUE FAR FROM OVER...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: [talkhard] ||NaijaObserver|| Is North...
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: vincent modebelu<vin_modebelu@yahoo.com> Date: Fri, May 2, 2014 at 11:56 AM Is North cheating at the Confab ?...Hmmmmmm Fellows I think North is...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Adichie Responds to Censorship of Half of a...
In a post on the New Yorker blog titled "Hiding from Our Past," Adichie scolds the State Security Services for holding back the release of the film adaptation of her novel Half of a Yellow Sun. See...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: ||NaijaObserver|| PAUL UNONGO & MURTALA...
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: <anayou@gmail.com>Date: Fri, May 2, 2014 at 2:59 PM Subject: Re: ||NaijaObserver|| PAUL UNONGO & MURTALA NYAKO ARE BIRDS OF A FEATHER...
View ArticleRe: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: [Nigeria360::Live] RESOURCE CONTROL...
I hope that those involved in the discussion about resource ownership and exploitation remember to create facilities to account fully and effectively for agro-ecological degradation and the eventual...
View ArticleRe: USA Africa Dialogue Series - "Prayer Before Death" Zik's Elegy to Balewa
A touching nice piece.One is reminded here that not all Igbos conspired to commit the coup that took the life of these founding fathers.One is also reminded here of the false propaganda of poet Odia...
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