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Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by Sterope(f): 11:52am On Aug 18, 2019 |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by new2012: 11:53am On Aug 18, 2019 |
Freeman59: Fiction abt his identify? |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by new2012: 11:58am On Aug 18, 2019 |
pchukwudi: Outside the shithole, we are both Nigerians.. Nobody gives a flying f abt your ethnicity within Nigeria. When you're rubbished in Airports, malls, immigration offices across the , nobody cares if your IBO, Igbo, Yoruba or whatever. When you get that, you drop your unnecessary ethnic prejudice. Ikhide said Abani's record on Wikipedia which Abani has gone to defend directly is false, you're neither saying one is true or false, yours is that IRS against your ethnicity. Wtf! 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by kingjudecy(m): 12:03pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by Nobody: 12:04pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
I will not be surprised if we wake up one day to discover that every thing we think we know are all a hoax. Including Religion and Nigeria civil war stories. |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by naptu2: 12:06pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
By the way, the criticisms are not solely based on a Wikipedia entry. I posted this video on the first page of this thread. I watched this video years ago and in it Chris Abani talked about his experience on death row. So, it's not like a random person edited his wikipedia entry. These are things that he often talks about and he talked about some of them in this video. Watch from 11:30. naptu2: 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by felifeli: 12:11pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
This Pa Ikide again and his Nairaland promotion team ? How does one become a writer? By blackmailing other people all over the place. Why is this desperate attention seeker like this? Na wa o 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by somehow: 12:18pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
Those disputing thw content of this article have not answered any of tthe raised questions so what is the basis of yyour dispute? |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by chiedozie198100: 12:27pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
Joystark: have u heard of kalakuta prison? |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by efeski(m): 12:28pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
9jaBloke: This issue trended since 2011/12 if my memory serves me well. Chris Abani is a good writer no doubt but what's the need for personalizing what could have been a good work of fiction? That's the issue here and not any bigoted narrative as u claim 1 Like |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by Rosarie(f): 12:41pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
OlujobaSamuel:thank you so much 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by Nobody: 12:44pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
ajl:Stop the race hustling , in USA nobody is stopping you from being what you can be period. What affected him is the same thing that affect most Nigerians. They don’t look ahead, stay in the present. Example: A Nigerian business man whose making huge money in business would prefer to buy a G- wagon , instead of improving his business by reinventing or reinvesting. 1 Like |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by pcicero(m): 12:57pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
Freeman59: Was Chris Abani ever imprisoned in Nigeria for his political beliefs ? Yes or No When you people are called out for your lies, you always resort to bigotry and accusing people of hating your success after having lied your way to fame. Like Chris Abani, like Emeagwali, like Obinwanne. Thank God, Pa Ikhide is Edo before you start accusing Yorubas of hatred. A lecturer in the North was just found out to have lied about a non-existent academic achievement. His lies was busted by another Northerner-Farooq Kperogi. No one played the victim, we all condemned the scam. 4 Likes |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by Bizibi(m): 1:34pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
Freeman59:Just pray the inquisitive ones don't come after Chris abani and you should hope it is false because if it is true, the world will fall on him and those defending him now will go into hiding. 1 Like |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by Freeman59: 1:43pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
Bizibi: We're waiting. Wetin full nairaland na talk talk talk |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by Okoroawusa: 2:12pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
Wow! Emeagwali n Abani a fraud? This is hard for me to swallow. But what I know is that most asylum seekers from Africa use the wars, ethnic cleansings, military rules to weave false stories to get into America n Europe right from the 1980s till date. I know of a man who published just one article about the Abacha government next thing he found his way to America n sought asylum claiming that Abacha government was after him because of the article he published n he provided the newspaper clippings as evidence n he was offered asylum. 2 Likes |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by Ijaya123: 2:24pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
superlanny: If you follow your own advice, you will not be here commenting on another person's story. 1 Like |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by Nobody: 2:31pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
Hotfreezers: The three of them have something in common
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Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by ajl: 2:52pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
Xisnin: Your response indicates, just as I mentioned before, that most of you have no clue about the issues you pretend to know about. There is nowhere I said he invented supercomputer. What he did was to come with a way that a supercomputer could carry out a calculation faster than previously done with application in the oil industry. Nothing wrong in going to the media especially if you find yourself in white-dominated society where Caucasians tend to "steal" ideas or inventions that other minorities come up with. You have no experience in this area so you can't to be an authority on this. Typically the media is dominated by white people and often they tend to ignore great things individuals from other races come up with. Apparently you do not know what an invention is and the processes or requirements around it. It is not part of the culture in Nigeria so don't act as if it's an area you can lecture anyone, especially someone like me. Even if one come second in a competition, does that take away the fact that what the individual came up with can greatly impacts humanity. Go learn to read and comprehend issues and points raised in other people's comment before attempting a response. There is a difference between "he invented supercomputer" and "he invented a supercomputer that carried out ....". The later means what he actually invented is a function used in a supercomputer. So, since you are not familiar with the "art" you can easily misunderstand others viewpoints. |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by ajl: 3:12pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
Netanyahu1: Here again, someone who probably has never stepped out of the shore of Nigeria or let alone work in white-dominated society saying "in USA nobody stopped you from being what you can be". Is it the America you see in movies you think I am talking about? You don't have a clue about the American system. In all honesty no one can stop you from being whatever you want to be anywhere in the world but don't feed yourself the illusion that America is a place where all "dreams" come through. If so, you would be using water to fuel your car by now. You claim most Nigerians don't look ahead, and as such Emeagwali is guilty of the same. This sound like your typical stereotype. This is not factual. Your story on the Nigerian businessman that choose to buy a G-Wagon rather than reinvent the way be does business just prove another thing that most of you only focus on individuals that make the loudest noise even though they don't add value to your lives. For such unwise businessmen there are thousands others that are quietly finding new ways to reinvent their businesses. Sadly its a culture where you find yourself, most cant take the time to look deep. 1 Like |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by Nobody: 3:28pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
ajl:Guy you lie too much, your pants on fire, no American company will fire you because of accent and if they you are probably very rich from suing them by now. I repeat again no body is stopping you from achieving greatness in America, Asians are great in USA ,you are the only one stopping your self stop watching cnn and face reality. People with accent occupy prestigeous positions in this country from west coast to east coast and the mountains stop feeding people lies. Again, I repeat Nigerian s prefer to show off than to build on their success, when majority is a certain way I have the right to generalize and that’s what am doing. Fix yourself leave Americans alone. |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by delishpot: 3:51pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
new2012: You got it. |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by maestroferdi: 5:43pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
naptu2:What obfuscating nonsense! So this Ikhide character thought it expedient to latch onto cheap sensationalism to futilely get even on a personal grudge? All I can see here are sour grapes of a cowardly man plodding inexorably to chip away at a rival who appears to have been getting more airtime than him. Indulgence in petty envy will invariably come out ugly... |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by Rosskiki: 10:15pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
superlanny: You will ''mind your business'' until you or your children encounter unfair discrimination in foreign lands based on the lies Abani told about your country. |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by Rosskiki: 10:19pm On Aug 18, 2019 |
Freeman59: Dude, where is the proof that Chris Abani went through all those travails? Even Soyinka didn't experience 1/4 of all those hassles, yet we all know his life story. If a writer is going through such trouble, it's a really big deal in Nigeria, and folks would know about it. |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by Neminc: 6:30am On Aug 19, 2019 |
Sanchez01:We lack critical thinking in this part of the world and that's why we always lag behind in everything. You just read an article on nairaland by someone you don't even know and you've already believed it and started using it as a basis to make judgements on the character of other people that you also don't know. |
Re: The Trials Of Chris Abani And The Power Of Empty Words By Ikhide R. Ikheloa by MightyFortress: 3:46pm On Nov 17, 2019 |
Interesting |
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