Politics › Warri Conflict, Bloodshed Changed My Writings —efemena, Uk-based Writer by atlwireles(op): 10:06pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
By PRISCA SAM DURU He witnessed the Warri crisis during Abacha’s regime and that changed his entire being. Born and raised in Warri, Delta State, Efemena Agadama, a UK based Isoko writer, got his National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Federal Polytechnic Oko before proceeding to University College Kensington, London where he bagged a Higher National Diploma in Computing. The writer who later got his Masters in Information Technology at the Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, in this interview, shares the transformation his writings have undergone over the years. Excerpt. At what point did you decide to become a writer? I started writing while in secondary school but they were comedies. I was a comedian so had to write comedies to make people laugh and that continued while I was in Federal Polytechnic Oko. But the turning point came during the Warri crisis, between the Itsekiris and the Ijaws. The crisis was horrible. It was bloody. Every night, we awaited the cry of massacre somewhere. No one deserved to witness such a bloody conflict again. We saw youths with double barrel guns, AK47, axes, machetes and charms hunting their fellow mankind. Humans were hunted like goats. The most terrible thing of all was that our very compound, where we lived, shared the same fence with the Meinbutu boys. The most dreaded and scary militant youth of that crisis. Those Meinbutu boys sacked the occupants of that very compound and occupied it. It became their headquarters. They brought their juju priest and armoury. And our backyard became their training ground. You either wake up with the sounds of sporadic gunfire or you sleep with gunshots echoing everywhere. There were things the eyes saw that the eyes should never have seen. I knew my childhood, teenage years and adulthood were painted with conflicts and bloodshed in Warri but that Abacha’s instigated conflict of the mid 90s was the mother of all conflicts that changed my writing from comedy to tragedy.- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/11/warri-conflict-bloodshed-changed-writings-efemena-uk-based-writer |
Politics › Re: Ijaw/itsekiri Youths Clash On EPZ by atlwireles: 9:13pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
asamaigho: i will quote if by tomorow u see dis news on all major dailies, oda dan dat i wish not to glorify u with further response. no need arguing wit a fool cos he will drag u to his RETROGRESSIVE level. Go and sleep. firstly go find out where Escravos is located. |
Politics › Re: Ijaw/itsekiri Youths Clash On EPZ by atlwireles: 9:10pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
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Politics › Re: Ijaw/itsekiri Youths Clash On EPZ by atlwireles: 9:04pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
[s] asamaigho: @wireles if u be warri boy just go okere town hall make u see for urself and stop all dis ur rubbish blabings. [/s] Please keep your lies. |
Politics › Re: Ijaw/itsekiri Youths Clash On EPZ by atlwireles: 9:03pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
asamaigho: i am currently in the escravos community town hall as the events unfold. i am d source....and buy 2mao it will be on all makor newspaper. Do you know where escravos is? Why do you people spread unfounded lies with your one million monikers on this forum? |
Politics › Re: Ijaw/itsekiri Youths Clash On EPZ by atlwireles: 8:51pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
[s] berem: STFU! What makes the thread fraudulent?
Onye ara! [/s] |
Politics › Re: Ijaw/itsekiri Youths Clash On EPZ by atlwireles: 8:45pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
Seun maclatunji, Ikenna351, Ngwakwe, OAM4J, Afam4eva ban this lying OP and close this fraudulent thread. |
Politics › Re: Ijaw/itsekiri Youths Clash On EPZ by atlwireles: 8:42pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
asamaigho: Ijaw militant youths kidnaps an itsekiri boat,confirmed report have it that one of the speed boat convoy escorting chief ayiri emami "bash oloye" the akulagba of warri [b]was captured by patrolling ijaw militants on the escravos warri [/b]river,although it has been confirmed that the occupants which include one mr kiki eyengho is unhurt,this has heightened tension on bothsides as the itsekiri youth vows and endless bloodbath should any itsekiri die from this onslaught. The groundbreaking ceremony of the Delta gas city project EPZ was cancelled by president Goodluck Jonathan following threats from protesting Ijaw youths who claim non inclusion in the ongoing project. But the itsekiri youths on the other side claims that the land belongs to ogidigben community and the ijaws are laying fauls claim using president jonathan as a backup to oppress the itsekiris . What is your source for this news? |
Politics › Re: How Do You Think The Internertional Community Thinks Of Nigeria? by atlwireles: 5:03pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
christopher123: It depends...i was at eu some weeks ago i never had issues with boko haram simply my name is christian name and i was in a conference and staying in top notch place so u can see i was giving tips to whites and asian..they did my laundry
Now i never stayed in ghetto flew lufthansa so why wont i be accorded respect
Yes boko haram is a dent and politicians terrible Whoa, how does this narrative make any sense here? |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Hurray!! Drivers Jubilate As Fuel Prices Goes Two Year Low. Thanks To Crude Drop by atlwireles: 4:58pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
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Politics › Re: How Do You Think The Internertional Community Thinks Of Nigeria? by atlwireles: 4:30pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
PStacks: That is exactly what I'm saying.. If boko haram kidnaps a german.. It is reported that a german has been kidnapped but if a yoruba man commits a crime in germany, how does the igbo man absorb himself of a character generally associatable with only yoruba people..
Ok, Boko haram is not an igbo thing and not a yoruba thing, its a northern thing..
because boko haram is a northern Nigerian thing, how does southern nigerian absorb himself from being a boko haram?
If I travel abroad today, how do I tell them.. Ok I'm nigerian, boko haram is nigerian but I'm not boko haram nigerian, I'm southern nigerian and boko haram is a northern nigerian phenomenon..
I can't travel abroad and have people think because I'm nigerian, I'm capable of being boko haram. Its not fair to me. Is not fair  Nigerians are blamed for crimes committed by other Africans. As people assume all blacks are the same, mostly in Europe. Other Africans also get the heat from issues caused by Nigerians. The people in Germany treat you in the same way and manner you treat yourselves. Blacks/Africans hate themselves, don't expect anything better from a German. Is not a yoruba, Igbo or Hausa thing. It would be a Kenyan, Togolese or Ivorian. |
Politics › Re: How Do You Think The Internertional Community Thinks Of Nigeria? by atlwireles: 3:44pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
PStacks: Its not about self hating negro. Its about National Identity. Its about whom we truly are. Its about whom people think we are.
I won't have an igbo man defraud someone in germany and when I fly into germany as a yoruba man, the germans would term me a nigerian remembering the igbo man nigerian that defrauded him.
Does it truly mean anything to be a Nigerian?
We don't have a National Identity whatsoever as far as I'm concerned.
You dare not compare me with a boko haram idiot that has an ideology to kill, because he is a nigerian and a boko haram doesn't make me the same nigerian with him..
We are different people. We must accept Igbo people are not the same with Hausa people nd yoruba people.
We are far too different. Our diversity is just too much.
We are used to the age long lie that our unity is from our diversity.. !!! For real 
Are we really united?
Not to talk of the source of our unity..
They say the source of our unity is from our diversity and I beg to disagree although I still stand to be corrected. Unless you are trying to turn your thread upside down, the issue here is Nigeria/Nigerian. The German does not know Igbo, Yoruba, Fulani, Bini etc. The German knows Nigeria. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Special Offering For Boko Haram Victims On December 7, 2014 by atlwireles: 3:38pm On Nov 16, 2014*. Modified: 4:31pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
Churches need to have a monthly offering collection for the Northeast Churches. The Church must rise to its responsibility and stop waiting for government. |
Politics › Re: So Amnesty International Was Right Afterall? by atlwireles: 3:33pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
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Politics › Re: So Amnesty International Was Right Afterall? by atlwireles: 3:03pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
[s] Symphony007: Having lived in the Niger delta during the height of militancy, I can attest to the fact that most Nigerians soldiers are barbaric uncultured vampires. I know the amount of innocent young men killed because of frivolous claims that they were militants. They were not only killed but their poor bodies dumped in creeks meanwhile the real criminals went free and are now enjoying allowances, amnesty and education in foreign countries. You can seat in the comfort of your home and cheer on the barbarism or you can stand up and condemn what in going on in the north now. You may think it doesn't concern you but remember rain doesn't fall on one roof, yesterday it was the Niger delta, today it's the North, who knows where next. The vast majority of Nigeria soldiers are brave, patriotic hero's but we need to fight the gruesome ones peptuating barbarism. You can't fight terrorism by becoming a terrorist. Then what are you fighting? [/s] Stop bleeping lying all the time. |
Politics › Re: So Amnesty International Was Right Afterall? by atlwireles: 2:42pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
texazzpete: Sigh. let me try again.
200+ people were just released by the Army. Innocent folks. The army even felt ashamed enough to offer some of them a meager sum as reparation. And these 200+ people are just the tip of the iceberg.
So, no, nobody is talking about Boko Haram members. Your fellow Nigerians - Innocent Nigerians! - are being arrested, detained and I will like the army to keep you for 200 years and release you thereafter. Keep your boko haram patriotism to your pathetic self. |
Politics › Re: So Amnesty International Was Right Afterall? by atlwireles: 2:26pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
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Politics › Re: As Easy As PDP (to Defeat) By Sonala Olumhense - A Must Read !!! by atlwireles: 1:41pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
These writers should do a comparison of 15 years of PDP VS any other timeline in Nigeria. Talk is cheap, present us with empirical data. Let's see what Nigeria was, that PDP destroyed. By the way, PDP will win a landslide victory, only ediots will bet against this reality.
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Politics › Re: How Do You Think The Internertional Community Thinks Of Nigeria? by atlwireles: 1:05pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
Why worry about the international community? Ask two Nigerians to narrate what they tell their international friends about Nigeria. The international community has more regard for you than you have for yourselves.
What a bunch of self hating negros |
Politics › Re: Akwa Ibom House Of Assembly.world Class Infrastructure. PIC.. by atlwireles: 10:01pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
[s] arresa: Stop crying all over the place ..
Show us the new schools akpabio built or STFU and get lost... [/s] |
Politics › Re: I Will Beat You To Death Anytime I Catch You – Tompolo Warns Festus Keyamo by atlwireles: 9:39pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
Fourwinds: so tompolo is now a demi-god. who suppose to apologise.? nonsense rascality. what is d diffrence between him and Shekau now. I can see how d elections will be manipulated in Delta state You can't see anything. |
Politics › Re: Akwa Ibom House Of Assembly.world Class Infrastructure. PIC.. by atlwireles: 9:32pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
[s] arresa: STFU. The fact that I'm a liar or stateless shouldn't prevent you from showing us the new schools in akwa ibom.... show us the new schools akpabio built or get lost with your rubbish... [/s] Look at the kid, today is not picture day in school. Ask your headmistress, she will give a catalog of pictures. Look at what bad belle and jealousy make maggots like you do. |
Politics › Re: Akwa Ibom House Of Assembly.world Class Infrastructure. PIC.. by atlwireles: 9:23pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
arresa: Good to know you get small sense because I'll disgrace you altogether... Stateless liar, you will not be the first to try, ask the others where it landed them. |
Politics › Re: Akwa Ibom House Of Assembly.world Class Infrastructure. PIC.. by atlwireles: 8:58pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
Tribal3AST: I want to play that game.
Lagos itself is a mess, the pictures of bad schools in Lagos are not far fetched. You think that guy is from Lagos? Just a NL spam bot, pretending to be a Nigerian. |
Politics › Re: Akwa Ibom House Of Assembly.world Class Infrastructure. PIC.. by atlwireles: 8:51pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
Tribal3AST: I have got few pictures of Lagos schools.
Click like if you are interested 
Those who live in glass houses don't throw stones  Don't post any picture, you will be playing his game. |
Politics › Re: I Will Beat You To Death Anytime I Catch You – Tompolo Warns Festus Keyamo by atlwireles: 8:06pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
DavidHume: Ds statement shows I'm uneducated nd dat I'm a thug lik him |
Politics › Re: I Will Beat You To Death Anytime I Catch You – Tompolo Warns Festus Keyamo by atlwireles: 7:58pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
RebelLeader15: I are a very stup1p entity. So if my mother slap my father publicly, I will advice my father to go privately and lick my mother's butt........ |
Politics › Re: I Will Beat You To Death Anytime I Catch You – Tompolo Warns Festus Keyamo by atlwireles: 7:11pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
DIVINE78: Besides lacking analytical mind and being a shameless tout your English Language leaves a lot to desire. Eya, analyst, oya tell us why Keyamo dey cry in public about his friend Tompolo. |
Politics › Re: I Will Beat You To Death Anytime I Catch You – Tompolo Warns Festus Keyamo by atlwireles: 6:35pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
firstolalekan: Oloriburuku I am a Hopeless jobless militant. my days are numbered... |
Politics › Re: I Will Beat You To Death Anytime I Catch You – Tompolo Warns Festus Keyamo by atlwireles: 6:23pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
firstolalekan: I be must be a complete cretin. What a silly response from a retàrded jobless fool. To hell with me and my godfather tompolo Hopeless leader of tomorrow. |
Politics › Re: ''nairaland Now In Thehands Of Reno Omokri &the Pdp'' by atlwireles: 6:14pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
Desola: [s]Will it kill you to shut the Fvck up? [/s] |
Politics › Re: I Will Beat You To Death Anytime I Catch You – Tompolo Warns Festus Keyamo by atlwireles: 5:33pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
jaytee01: My stupidity is beyond redemption...smh. |