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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by StTrump: 11:23am On May 31, 2022
grin
Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by Treasure17(m): 11:23am On May 31, 2022
Who was she during the protest? Claiming what's not hers.
Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by Antoeni(m): 11:24am On May 31, 2022
Life na Turn By Turn
PDB Delegate Snatches Yahoo Boy’s Girlfriend..

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by BSdetective: 11:24am On May 31, 2022
People getting touchy over nothing.
Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by Honestfrend: 11:24am On May 31, 2022
She go sell... Only with that name.. grin
Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by brandnprinting: 11:26am On May 31, 2022
Ajibade123:
few days before #endSars the term soro soke was already trending on the internet due to one one Lola Idije video that went viral
incidentally it falls with endSars protest
this woman claiming she named the movement is really absurd
what do this people really take us for self ...dumb monkeys??

Wrong, only Sanwo-olu can customised that name
Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by King44(m): 11:27am On May 31, 2022
lalasticlala:


https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/endsars-uk-author-under-fire-over-claim-she-named-protesters-soro-soke/



https://twitter.com/mstrishlorenz/status/1529788479521050626?t=fRyqs9pmVJ_sd1Q5RN-99g&s=19

"In particular, growing urbanisation and access to new technology are defining this generation. Enabled by the megacities in which they live and by access to technological advances - which together offer opportunities that were out of reach or simply did not exist for previous cohorts - a creative, entrepreneurial and self-assured generation is emerging; global in outlook but rooted in and proud of their Nigerian and African identity. This cohort exhibits a confident outspokenness and a tendency for creative disruption, leading me to name them the Soro Soke generation (Soro Soke means 'speak out' in the Yoruba language)."
if I were a lawyer and I know the channel I can go through and sue the life out of her and the book, I would do just that and claim damages then compensate myself and the victims the dead for their effort or if I dey the right position. i go sue her career

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by GGirll: 11:27am On May 31, 2022
Soro soke was trending with the exit of saraki dynasty in illorin governorship election in 2015 or 2019 I can't place the actual year, to now see this white woman claiming it, shows how much these whites have been raping African countries, now boldly trying to steal our language on top of the suffering in their laboratory, called Nigeria.
Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by olas24u(f): 11:28am On May 31, 2022
Lies soro soke came from the croward at the protest. Muongo Park the second discoverzd river Niger, as if people did not exist in the place.

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by Seredebe: 11:28am On May 31, 2022
GGirll:
Soro soke was trending with the exit of saraki dynasty in illorin governorship election in 2015 or 2019 I can't place the actual year, to now see this white woman claiming it, shows how much these whites have been raping African countries, now boldly trying to steal our language on top of the suffering in their laboratory, called Nigeria.

It was Otoge that sent Saraki parking, not soro soke

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by olas24u(f): 11:29am On May 31, 2022
BSdetective:
People getting touchy over nothing.

What do you mean, this was how they named esu the devil in a book and affected generations of people.

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by Asianjollof007: 11:32am On May 31, 2022
We should sue this mf, this oyinbo girl is trying to cashout from our struggles and sufferness.

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by femiasaolu2014: 11:33am On May 31, 2022
This is the email I sent to the publisher of the book:

Soro Soke: Cultural misappropriation and false claims by Trish Lorenz
I will like to add my voice to the voices of other 60m Nigeria youths who organically coined and adopted the phrase "Soro Soke" as a moniker for the struggle against police brutality and corruption in October 2020 which your client Trish Lorenz now claims to have coined.


A cursory glance through her social media handles yields nothing to that effect. There were no mentions of the phrase before, during, and after that period when the entire world was focused on the country. #EndSars

Therefore, it is criminal, false, and denigrating of the memory of hundreds of Nigerians who died for the cause for Ms. Lorenz to make a false claim that she named people who participated in the acts of civil disobedience "The Soro Soke Generation".

It's baffling that a foreigner who can't speak a language now claims to have invented an already existing phrase in the same language.

A case of "Mongo Park" discovering the River Niger all over again?

I, therefore, demand that the book be pulled and that false claims be redacted from it.

Also, an apology should be posted on your handles and Ms. Lorenz apologizes for the false claim.

Failure to do this will lead millions of Nigerians to leave negative reviews on Amazon and other book stores, write negative think pieces and reviews online, and do everything possible to ensure that the book doesn't sell.

Resistance is futile, it will only cost you millions in revenue.

Kindly accept the assurances of my warmest regards.


And here is their response:


RE: Soro Soke: Cultural misappropriation and false claims by Trish Lorenz

Dear [Redacted]

Thank you for your email regarding Trish Lorenz’s new book “Soro Soke”.

There was no intention by Trish Lorenz or anyone involved with the book to appropriate the Yoruba expression ‘soro soke’ or the phrase ‘soro soke generation’, and no such claim is made in the book. Rather it was an unintentional turn of phrase in a single interview, the text of which has now been corrected. Soro Soke was chosen as the title due to its use as a rallying cry and call for change among young protestors in Nigeria – something which is made clear in the book.



The Nine Dots Prize, Cambridge University Press and CRASSH

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by MorningStar233: 11:34am On May 31, 2022
sogodihno:
"Soro soke"

Yoruba lagba

This is our incoming president in 2023


Haters should go to hell with their useless 5% votes

Chai Nigerians truely deserve whatever they are getting..I can't believe that anyone will support an aged aged aged ancient of days man to become president of Nigeria...Kai Kai Kai..

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by casualobserver: 11:36am On May 31, 2022
"Soro soke werey" actually started from the Nigerian footballing community and was already trending in the Nigerian tweeter football community before Endsars. A few days before the event that triggered ENDSARS there was some banter on tweeter between 2 sets of fans in a 2 legged European match between Bayern Munich and another team. The 1st leg went in favour of the Bayern and fans were rejoicing on Twitter, unfortunately they lost the second leg and also the aggregate tie. The official twitter of Bayern simply posted "4-1" as the result of the second match (which they had lost) without indicating which club won. Whereupon a twitter follower posted a reply to the tweet: "soro soke werey who get 4? who get 1?"

Thats the origin of "soro soke werey" many have tried to appropriate it to themselves but this is the true origin. Obviously a football fan aware of the trending tweet simply shouted it at Alausa and it blew and became the slogan!

below is the tweet that started it all, check the date:

The tweet was 27th sep. The event that triggered the endsars protest (a video showing a SARS police officer shooting a young Nigerian in front of Wetland Hotel,) did not happen until the 3rd of october , Endsars protests did not begin until[b] 8th october.[/b] it was on 9th october when Hamzat was addressing protesters that the phrase was 1st used in the protest.

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by shadrach77: 11:37am On May 31, 2022
I knew it will be a Nigerian condeming her even before I read the story. Why are people like this? Someone decided to highlight the ills in our society- a foreigner and all you can look for is something to criticise kiss

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by sonature1: 11:38am On May 31, 2022
MadamVanessa:
shocked


What I have seen here is that Africans have started colonizing the white through their languages. grin

I don't think so.

She just wants to make some money
Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by casualobserver: 11:38am On May 31, 2022
shadrach77:
I knew it will be a Nigerian condeming her even before I read the story. Why are people like this? Someone decided to highlight the ills in our society- a foreigner and all you can look for is something to criticise kiss

No like all whites she is more interested in claiming credit and appropriating what isnt hers than highlighting your issues. Your issues to her are only a path to fame for her. they dont care and quite frankly neither to Nigerians themselves.

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by Golan007: 11:38am On May 31, 2022
Naija and wahala.
Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by Golan007: 11:39am On May 31, 2022
shadrach77:
I knew it will be a Nigerian condeming her even before I read the story. Why are people like this? Someone decided to highlight the ills in our society- a foreigner and all you can look for is something to criticise kiss

Na the Naija way.

Always angry about something.

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by hammer567: 11:39am On May 31, 2022
UNTIL WER SEND BRITAIN PACKING, WE GO NO WHERE.



RACIST BRITAIN MUST LEAVE US ALONE BY FIRE AND BY FORCE.



ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS STEALING OIL AND GAS.

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by tunjilana: 11:40am On May 31, 2022
No be from that Lola Idije movie wey dem talk say..."Soro Soke" "Were dey disguise"

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by PlaYaJones: 11:41am On May 31, 2022
Nmezor:
Hmmm, y did she do this?

Be coz I have moiney & I drives range rover spot only £38,000 (cash).....anyways was your nomba again. I forget? cheesy
Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by SeriouslySense(m): 11:41am On May 31, 2022
leading me to name them the Soro Soke generation
Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by BabaAgba79(m): 11:41am On May 31, 2022
lalasticlala:


https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/endsars-uk-author-under-fire-over-claim-she-named-protesters-soro-soke/



https://twitter.com/mstrishlorenz/status/1529788479521050626?t=fRyqs9pmVJ_sd1Q5RN-99g&s=19

"In particular, growing urbanisation and access to new technology are defining this generation. Enabled by the megacities in which they live and by access to technological advances - which together offer opportunities that were out of reach or simply did not exist for previous cohorts - a creative, entrepreneurial and self-assured generation is emerging; global in outlook but rooted in and proud of their Nigerian and African identity. This cohort exhibits a confident outspokenness and a tendency for creative disruption, leading me to name them the Soro Soke generation (Soro Soke means 'speak out' in the Yoruba language)."

Do we know how to read between the lines at all? The author did not say she invented the phrase. Of course, the phrase Sorosoke is a Yoruba phrase. The author only says that she named this new Nigerian Generation, "Sorosoke Gneration"! Who has ever named this generation so?

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by Jibsonified(m): 11:43am On May 31, 2022
GGirll:
Soro soke was trending with the exit of saraki dynasty in illorin governorship election in 2015 or 2019 I can't place the actual year, to now see this white woman claiming it, shows how much these whites have been raping African countries, now boldly trying to steal our language on top of the suffering in their laboratory, called Nigeria.

I don think that was Soro Soke, it was “Otoge” in 2019

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by RevDesm0ndJuju: 11:43am On May 31, 2022
She is Jewish and have a knack of stealing credit from others

That said, the #Endsars protests was a classic CIA color revolution that ended up giving Buhari fiat powers to clampdown on genuine protests , cryptocurrency and experiment on illegal account seizures - all these were recently adopted by the bastard son of Fidel Castro in clamping down on the Truckers movement.

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Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by mariovito(m): 11:44am On May 31, 2022
Antoeni:
Life na Turn By Turn
PDB Delegate Snatches Yahoo Boy’s Girlfriend..

Make yahoo boy go collet delegate daughter na.

Even set, how much delegate collect wey we nor go hear word? Dem collect reach 100k yankee?
Re: Trish Lorenz Book 'Soro Soke' Sparks Outrage Over Appropriation by SeriouslySense(m): 11:44am On May 31, 2022
Thank you for your comment.

Now in that context, it can be disputed, i think we already clearly named our Generation the soro soke generation before she did. Although maybe not as dramatic as she did. In a book as an Author would do, since it becomes a reference for re-echo..

BabaAgba79:


Do we know how to read between the lines at all? The author did not say she invented the phrase. Of course, the phrase Sorosoke is a Yoruba phrase. The author only says that she named this new Nigerian Generation, "Sorosoke Gneration"! Who has ever named this generation so?

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