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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by JBArokonkwo1(m): 5:32pm On Jun 13, 2020

SecretSpy666:
Waoh! This is great. The igbos are good people

I have not seen any muslim woman from the north who is a popular writer

Note: Zainab Alkali was a Christian lady. She was Elizabeth Alkali from southern Borno, Borno State. A member of ECWA church but later converted to Islam.

If you know any northern woman who is a Muslim from birth and is a writer, let me know so that I can do research on her

I don't have a problem with your idiotic write-up. What I have problem with is the mofos that liked the comment

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by 3Ceagle(m): 5:33pm On Jun 13, 2020

Nigerians of all tribes are doing well out there. That the easterner and the westerner are most travelled Nigerians, also make them higher in number of legitimate successful persons and criminal minded out there. This lady may know little of her root in Nigeria but the name picks her out. Same as it would, if she is a criminal. Nigerians learn to be objective in your criticism. Every race or tribe has good and bad people. Yesterday it was Obiwanne today it's hushpuppi. I wish her greater heights in America.

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by IronHead99(m): 5:33pm On Jun 13, 2020

Anazp:
Some people will come here and start saying she's Igbo. Nonsense. When last did she visit Igbo land? Inferiority complex and the south easterners are like Siamese twins

We don't want to know when last she visited igbo land, go and celebrate your own Afonja sister. Meanwhile. IGBO - AMAKA

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by VirginSearcher(m): 5:33pm On Jun 13, 2020

Lovelyn451:
Shey if I start writing book I'll go to America

You will go to Iraq grin

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by EBCO: 5:34pm On Jun 13, 2020

Thanks for the compliments. The Oluo’s are not Igbos. We are from Obibi, Etche in Rivers State. My sister is certainly not a Christian, she is an Atheist.

We also know for a fact that Muslims are awesome people and there are a lot of masterful scholarly works by Muslim authors.

Thank you again for your compliments, and make sure to love one another irrespective of tribe, religion and/or other social constructs.

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Johnjanrt: 5:35pm On Jun 13, 2020

SecretSpy666:

Mention their names and the names of their books. I live in the north and I have master degree in African literature. I'm not talking from ignorance point of view

Wasted Knowledge. You can be educated but not intelligent. Is the point you're buttressing. You claim to bag a Masters degree yet can't think straight. If Masters degree is being like you I better remain ignorant for life. Mtcheeew

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Tranquillity360: 5:35pm On Jun 13, 2020

DuwaRepublic:

I always congratulate Igbos when you do good things. I visited this thread to do the same until I read your bigoted statements, so I’m calling on the mods to moderate this thread so we can congratulate Igbos and celebrate her as a Nigerian.

Anyways congratulations to her, Igbo Amaka! You people are very good writers, Chinua Achebe is one of my favourites

You called the yoruba mods to ban me for saying the truth.

Whether you celebrate her or not,it changes nothing.
We are used to hates from west.

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Nobody: 5:35pm On Jun 13, 2020

Nice, I’ll get to this point someday, Working towards it already cool

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Nobody: 5:35pm On Jun 13, 2020

SecretSpy666:
Waoh! This is great. The igbos are good people

I have not seen any muslim woman from the north who is a popular writer

Note: Zainab Alkali was a Christian lady. She was Elizabeth Alkali from southern Borno, Borno State. A member of ECWA church but later converted to Islam.

If you know any northern woman who is a Muslim from birth and is a writer, let me know so that I can do research on her

what's all dis na

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by idonhammer: 5:35pm On Jun 13, 2020

Yes bro, just as hushpuppi my guy is making the waste proud now.

BlowYourMind:
igbos are great thank you Obinwanne Okeke for making us proud

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by sesan85(m): 5:35pm On Jun 13, 2020

Masterkernel1:
Igbo Amaka... If you aren't cool with my comment, shift jor!

Lol, I follow Ijeoma Oluo on Twitter, and she's always refuted Igbos who call her Igbo. Ijeoma Oluo has always pointed out that she's Etche, not Igbo. Go take it up with her on Twitter.

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Fuckingmallam45(m): 5:37pm On Jun 13, 2020

naijaschoolguru:

Nana Asma' u
Hafsat Abdulwaheed
Bilikisu fuutuwa
Amina mama
Ayisha Osori
Balaraba Ramat Yakubu

If you want to know more about these people, Google them and their books, you can even search their books from Amazon. They are all a renowned and prolific writers. Next time be vast in knowledge before starting a tribal e- war. A whole Master Holder, behaving like a sec school cert person. I shake head for you oo bros.

I like this grin

uppercut.

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by sesan85(m): 5:37pm On Jun 13, 2020

Massive congratulations to Ijeoma Oluo, the proud Etche (not Igbo) woman.

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Nobody: 5:37pm On Jun 13, 2020

Tranquillity360:
You called the yoruba mods to ban me for saying the truth.

Whether you celebrate her or not,it changes nothing.
We are used to hates from west.

Who are the igbo mods? I copied the ones who moderate this forum, oya tell me the igbo mods I’ll summon them too.

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Smoke55: 5:38pm On Jun 13, 2020

Anazp:
Some people will come here and start saying she's Igbo. Nonsense. When last did she visit Igbo land? Inferiority complex and the south easterners are like Siamese twins

atleast She Is Proud Of His Igbo Origin Thats Why She Still Retain Her Igbo Name,unlike Anthony Joshua She Didn't Change Her Name..

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Nobody: 5:39pm On Jun 13, 2020

sesan85:
Lol, I follow Ijeoma Oluo on Twitter, and she's always refuted Igbos who call her Igbo. Ijeoma Oluo has always pointed out that she's Etche, not Igbo. Go take it up with her on Twitter.

OMG she’s not even igbo

Should’ve known not to take this people for their word.

One of them has been stalking my mentions chest beating all this time for nothing lol haha I feel played biko why must you people always do attaché by force grin

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Dextre(m): 5:39pm On Jun 13, 2020

Depressed101:
Nigerian American Writer Becomes New York Number 1 Bestseller

I was scrolling through Instagram today when I saw this post, a list of New York Bestseller, most of which where about racism... I took a closer look at the picture and found out that the number 1 new York best seller for Paperback nonfiction book this week was "SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE" by a Nigerian-American.

Her name is Ijeoma Oluo I had to goto NY times website to confirm, here you go see for yourself : https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/

Her biography
Ijeoma Oluo is a Seattle-based writer, speaker, and Internet Yeller. She’s the author of the New York Times Best-Seller So You Want to Talk about Race, published in January by Seal Press. Named one of the The Root’s 100 Most Influential African Americans in 2017, one of the Most Influential People in Seattle by Seattle Magazine, one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Seattle by Seattle Met, and winner of the of the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award by the American Humanist Society, Oluo’s work focuses primarily on issues of race and identity, feminism, social and mental health, social justice, the arts, and personal essay. Her writing has been featured in The Washington Post, NBC News, Elle Magazine, TIME, The Stranger, and the Guardian, among other outlets.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijeoma_Oluo

This is an american abeg...nigerians are the ones raised in naija. Leave her be,na hushpuppi and mompha dem be una product

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Tranquillity360: 5:40pm On Jun 13, 2020

DuwaRepublic:

Who are the igbo mods? I copied the ones who moderate this forum, oya tell me the igbo mods I’ll summon them too.

Am waiting for ban from your yoruba bothers.

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Nobody: 5:41pm On Jun 13, 2020

SecretSpy666:
Waoh! This is great. The igbos are good people

I have not seen any muslim woman from the north who is a popular writer

Note: Zainab Alkali was a Christian lady. She was Elizabeth Alkali from southern Borno, Borno State. A member of ECWA church but later converted to Islam.

If you know any northern woman who is a Muslim from birth and is a writer, let me know so that I can do research on her

religious fanaticism. is a disease,,that's why I hate religious people

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by coolcentbigman(m): 5:41pm On Jun 13, 2020

SecretSpy666:
Waoh! This is great. The igbos are good people

I have not seen any muslim woman from the north who is a popular writer

Note: Zainab Alkali was a Christian lady. She was Elizabeth Alkali from southern Borno, Borno State. A member of ECWA church but later converted to Islam.

If you know any northern woman who is a Muslim from birth and is a writer, let me know so that I can do research on her

Can you make any point without comparison or cooking up tribal war, what have you achieved yourself?? Even her books without reading it is for people like you(racists).

Anyway I wouldn't forget the main purpose of me clicking on this thread, she has done well for herself and there are many of this kind of people contributing massively to the world but their efforts are not celebrated by their own country instead we promote madness in this country.

I do tell my friends if you want to explore your true gifts/talents to its fullest leave Nigeria and go elsewhere the world will celebrate you. Nigeria will move forward if only they can start investing in humans and reward people for their efforts.

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Dextre(m): 5:42pm On Jun 13, 2020

IronHead99:

We don't want to know when last she visited igbo land, go and celebrate your own Afonja sister. Meanwhile. IGBO - AMAKA

You are so not matured. You people must not see someone of substance,na tribal wars. Why don't you go and achieve something too instead of staying here wallowing in a pool of naivity.

And ehmm pls do share this write-up with all your fellow 'arguers'. Let them learn too

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by SaintChukz(m): 5:43pm On Jun 13, 2020

Organicist95:
Yoruba AMAKA

Are you sure you don't need someone to check on you?

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by vertueptime: 5:43pm On Jun 13, 2020

Thank God its not about Biafran powder, due to restrictions on air travels, none has been caught this endemic period

Depressed101:
Nigerian American Writer Becomes New York Number 1 Bestseller

I was scrolling through Instagram today when I saw this post, a list of New York Bestseller, most of which where about racism... I took a closer look at the picture and found out that the number 1 new York best seller for Paperback nonfiction book this week was "SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE" by a Nigerian-American.

Her name is Ijeoma Oluo I had to goto NY times website to confirm, here you go see for yourself : https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/

Her biography
Ijeoma Oluo is a Seattle-based writer, speaker, and Internet Yeller. She’s the author of the New York Times Best-Seller So You Want to Talk about Race, published in January by Seal Press. Named one of the The Root’s 100 Most Influential African Americans in 2017, one of the Most Influential People in Seattle by Seattle Magazine, one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Seattle by Seattle Met, and winner of the of the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award by the American Humanist Society, Oluo’s work focuses primarily on issues of race and identity, feminism, social and mental health, social justice, the arts, and personal essay. Her writing has been featured in The Washington Post, NBC News, Elle Magazine, TIME, The Stranger, and the Guardian, among other outlets.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijeoma_Oluo

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by ChimaAdeoye: 5:44pm On Jun 13, 2020

Depressed101:
Nigerian American Writer Becomes New York Number 1 Bestseller

I was scrolling through Instagram today when I saw this post, a list of New York Bestseller, most of which where about racism... I took a closer look at the picture and found out that the number 1 new York best seller for Paperback nonfiction book this week was "SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE" by a Nigerian-American.

Her name is Ijeoma Oluo I had to goto NY times website to confirm, here you go see for yourself : https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/

Her biography
Ijeoma Oluo is a Seattle-based writer, speaker, and Internet Yeller. She’s the author of the New York Times Best-Seller So You Want to Talk about Race, published in January by Seal Press. Named one of the The Root’s 100 Most Influential African Americans in 2017, one of the Most Influential People in Seattle by Seattle Magazine, one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Seattle by Seattle Met, and winner of the of the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award by the American Humanist Society, Oluo’s work focuses primarily on issues of race and identity, feminism, social and mental health, social justice, the arts, and personal essay. Her writing has been featured in The Washington Post, NBC News, Elle Magazine, TIME, The Stranger, and the Guardian, among other outlets.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijeoma_Oluo

Since this was something positive and they used the fake generic term "Nigerian" to describe the person,
I immediately knew the person was IGBO!.......and ofcourse I was right!

If this person had been Yoruba or Fulani, the title would have read, "Yoruba writer becomes New York's bestseller"
SHM!

...Lolzz... they just changed the title of the thread again to : "Ijeoma Oluo: so you wan talk about race?"
Silly tricks played by some Nigerians who hate Igbos, but ALWAYS want to benefit from Igbo hardwork all the time.

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Inda2020: 5:46pm On Jun 13, 2020

SecretSpy666:
Waoh! This is great. The igbos are good people

I have not seen any muslim woman from the north who is a popular writer

Note: Zainab Alkali was a Christian lady. She was Elizabeth Alkali from southern Borno, Borno State. A member of ECWA church but later converted to Islam.

If you know any northern woman who is a Muslim from birth and is a writer, let me know so that I can do research on her

With this type of fellow Nigerian future is seriously in danger

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Ezennwa(m): 5:47pm On Jun 13, 2020

SecretSpy666:
Waoh! This is great. The igbos are good people

I have not seen any muslim woman from the north who is a popular writer

Note: Zainab Alkali was a Christian lady. She was Elizabeth Alkali from southern Borno, Borno State. A member of ECWA church but later converted to Islam.

If you know any northern woman who is a Muslim from birth and is a writer, let me know so that I can do research on her

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by AskProf: 5:47pm On Jun 13, 2020

Masterkernel1:
Igbo Amaka... If you aren't cool with my comment, shift jor!

Ada dimma

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Proffdada: 5:47pm On Jun 13, 2020

Ogbuu101:
Nothing like Nigerian American.
She's Biafran American.

so is Diezani, Stella Odua and patience Jonathan grin

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Nobody: 5:47pm On Jun 13, 2020

SaintChukz:

Are you sure you don't need someone to check on you?

it's you that need check up

LEARN TO MIND YOUR BUSINESS

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by AskProf: 5:49pm On Jun 13, 2020

Inda2020:

With this type of fellow Nigerian future is seriously in danger

And, the present?

Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by sesan85(m): 5:49pm On Jun 13, 2020

DuwaRepublic:

OMG she’s not even igbo Should’ve known not to take this people for their word.

One of them has been stalking my mentions chest beating all this time for nothing lol haha I feel played biko why must you people always do attaché by force

Yeah, she's always denied being Igbo. She'll tell you she's Etche, not Igbo when some Igbo guys used to bother her about her "Igboness." She's mixed race though.

See some of her tweets setting the records straight that she's Etche, not Igbo: Ijeoma Oluo
@IjeomaOluo
20 Apr 16
Replying to @NicoDiala
& I'm Etche, not Igbo so you can go to that
convention by your damn self. @NicoDiala
View conversation ·
Ijeoma Oluo
@IjeomaOluo
7 Mar 15
Are you mixed or fully Igbo? — mixed. And
Etche, not Igbo. ask.fm/a/c2aadnad

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Re: Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want To Talk About Race" Is New York Number 1 Bestseller by Annruby: 5:49pm On Jun 13, 2020

Tribalism has eaten nairaland deeply,good luck seun . I'm out

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