USA Africa Dialogue Series - This Jubilee Is Not Golden(Poem)
By Chidi Anthony Opara Daybreak.Dew-like drizzlesDulling the bright demeanourOf this budding August break day.Drizzles,Downpour.Fore flavour of Ramadan feast. "Today is the eighth day of August"My mind...
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Happy birthday, Chidi! Look on the bright side. At least you are already penning immortality. That's a golden effort. Arugo Agog!(For Chidi...)Once in a whileeven in the midst ofthe numbing strugglesto...
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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Stop the Zimmerman Debates?
This is certainly the most enlightened article I've read since George Zimmerman shot the young, unarmed Trayvon Martin dead: "…If the area where Martin was walking was comparable to a courtyard that...
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Thank you Shina. We dey for mama shola shop for Arugo Motor Park Owerri, dey shak shine shine bobo(star lager).CAO. On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 11:09 AM, <shina73_1999@yahoo.com> wrote:Happy birthday,...
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nice job! (and happy b'day) kenOn 8/8/13 12:09 PM, shina73_1999@yahoo.com wrote: Happy birthday, Chidi! Look on the bright side. At least you are already penning immortality. That's a golden effort....
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - The other side of child marriage
The other side of child marriageKAYODE KETEFEThis piece is conceived as a sequel to my last week theme on the impolicy of the Senate retaining the provision that encourages child marriage in the...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - The politics of “deportation” by Chido Onumah
In response to critics, the governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), was quoted as saying that, "While his government respects the rights and freedoms guaranteed in the constitution, none of...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: This Jubilee Is Not Golden(Poem)
Chidi,Birthdays are for giving thanks that the Almighty has kept us alive, sustained us and brought us to this season, even if the current feeling is a little bitter-sweet.Your family and we too thank...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Fw: THE EMERGENCE OF A TWO-PARTY DOMINANT SYSTEM
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile.From: Tope Olaiya <estyyolly@yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 08:01:48 -0700 (PDT)To:...
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Don't write about 72 virgins not even as a joke. Its neither funny nor intelligent. If you are not referring to young women or girls, you are excused.O.On 9 Aug 2013 02:16, "Cornelius Hamelberg"...
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We Must Hope Still (for Chidi @ 50)Chidi, In the midst of all the pains, agonies and cries in our landIn the rivers of bloodof innocentswhere vile men wash their crimson linenWe must hope stillChidiIn...
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A belated birthday shout out to you Pa Chidi. I understand that our mornings have something of the night about them and that 50 is the age of introspection. However, look on the brighter side, if for...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Amazing Story Richie Parker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiLDMBDPCEY -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "USA-Africa Dialogue Series" moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin. For...
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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: [Mwananchi] Oprah Winfrey 'victim of...
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: margaret gichuki<Wams2006@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 2:18 PMSubject: [Mwananchi] Oprah Winfrey 'victim of racism' in Switzerland:...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Dr Chika Ezeanya's Review of Today Na Today
http://chikaforafrica.com/2013/08/09/today-na-today-by-biko-agozino-a-review/In all, Today na Today without being a hurting read, is a powerful evocation of how much it hurts to be Nigerian. Reading...
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Mwalimu Oyidun,Why do I bother? Respect makes me take you seriously. To ignore you would be nothing less than silent contempt. Surely the holy script / hadith about the 72 holy virgins is not in...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Faux Storms: Niyi Osundare on Achebe, Soyinka,...
Please read today's Kabir Alabi Garba's interview of Professor Niyi Osundare in the Guardian, (Who Begat Literature, August 9, 2013). Ugh! Just when you think that certain issues have been laid to...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - new book on nigerian military
thought folks would be interested in this text reviewed in the guardianhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/09/nigeria-africaAt the dawn of independence in 1960, everything seemed possible for...
View ArticleUSA Africa Dialogue Series - Quote of the Day
"With integrity you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. With fear and guilt removed you are free to be and do...
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Ken,Thanks for the post. It is an interesting reading but it is better to have a copy of the book before any critical review can be made. I think it is going to generate a lot of debate. But right now,...
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