₦airaland Forum

vivaciousvivi:
Someone mentioned that it was a seminar and there were members of the Press present. Who then to believe? But I do get your point. as for Hollywood, celebs like Lisa Dunham and De Niro addressed the matter publicly afterwards on why they changed their minds - and yes, a lot of people still criticised them. Believe me, the American public are some of the most critical and outspoken bunch of humans on earth. But to start another round of media tirade - and insults is most unbecoming for a man of his stature and calibre brother

I'll go with Newsweek.This is what a search on Google turned up.
"In a recent discussion with students at the University of Oxford in the U.K., which was shared ina video on October 27, the author vowed to destroy his green card should Trump be declared the winner of the election."
http://europe.newsweek.com/exclusive-donald-trump-pull-us-boko-haram-fight-says-soyinka-518928?rm=eu

slurryeye2:
I have said it before, and I will keep saying it again, the prof has shown to be the man of his words by leaving America immediately Trump got elected. He owns no one any further explanation. A man at the age of 82 have nothing to proof to these toddlers

True.He's a metonymy in this case.
I know you understand.

MrPrsdent:
EXCUSE ME PLEASE....
1. Every ADULT who is granted a green card has to apply for one. Documents needs to be submitted, application needs to be filed and SIGNED BY THE APPLICANT/BENEFICIARY. Interviews take place ,either in the US or in the applicants' home country ,before permanent residency is granted. So NO ONE CAN GET A GREEN CARD FOR ANYONE. So if the Prof said Jimmy carter just went and got a green card for him. THAT"S A LIE.
2. Green Card is just a physical card representing your status of permanent residency in the U.S. If you tear it up or lose it, you can always get a replacement. It doesn't mean tearing it up is a loss of your permanent residency status. If the prof tore it up, he is still a permanent resident of the US and can always pay for a new card to be issued. Replacement cost is $365. Here is a US govt site where you apply for replacement green card. https://www.uscis.gov/i-90. BTW,there is no proof he ever tore it up.
3. The green card is mostly shown while entering the US from overseas. For day to day living in the US, you would seldom be asked to produce it. Because you will already have your social security number and state I.D/Driving licence. The state ID/social security links to your immigration status in the US,so the green card is not needed. That's what (I.D card/driving licence/SSN card) law enforcement or employers would ask you to show. So even if the Prof destroyed his green card, all he has to do is go to US immigration or US embassy overseas, present his Nigerian passport and they would check his details on the computer and fingerprints/photos, and stamp his passport with his green card details. That's all. He doesn't actually need the physical green card to enter or remain in the U.S.
4. The prof is most probably playing to the gallery. I'm sure he'd be back in the U.S within months. He's just traveling ,giving paid lectures and speeches overseas and pretending he's left the U.S once and for all.

Emory uni it is.Contact Jimmy Carter.

otukpo:
Somebody should please advise Soyinka to stop ranting.
He is embarrassing himself.

He needs to set the record straight.
If not,these millipedes will soil his good name when he's no longer around.
He ran to the US and obtained a green card: now we know Jimmy Carter got it for him.
He would not come and enjoy the Change he brought on us: he is presently in the country.
He can't tear his greencard.He knows he would not he allowed into the US if he does that: we now know he once applied for an exiat etc.
Silence is not golden in this case.
Doing so will make them think & say they discomfitted him into silence.
Now they're pissed that he replies.They're angry that he denies them this rare chance to run their mouths without wiring their jaws shut.
Haha.You don't fire at Kongi with an half tank,bishes.

castrokins:
What Exactly Has Happened To Prof. Soyinka? If I Didn't Watch This Report On Channels Tv, I'd Think It's Made Up By The Media. You Made A Promise, Not Just Before Nigerians, But The Entire World. What's Wrong In Reminding You Of An Earlier Promise? I Know You Campaigned For Buhari Who's Cancelled All Hi Promises To Nigerians, But One Would've Expected That A Professor Of Your Standing Would Be Different. Disappointing!!

Nigerians and the entire world?
According to Newsweek:
"In a recent discussion with students at the University of Oxford in the U.K., which was shared ina video on October 27, the author vowed to destroy his green card should Trump be declared the winner of the election."
http://europe.newsweek.com/exclusive-donald-trump-pull-us-boko-haram-fight-says-soyinka-518928?rm=eu
Only the students he addressed can have a say.
These millipedes around should clear off.

He can tear his green card if he wants to and when he wants to.
Giving these spineless vermins a false sense of importance by doing so after their weeping 0rgies is what am against.
He made the statement to a group of students abroad.
How is that any of your concern,nitwits?
I doubt if that class of students is bothered by what he said.
Here you have dolts running their mouths.

blackprowler:
Nigerians and Soyinka! I laugh. Local champion. Nobody knows him. He just got the Africa quota for Nobel in Literature and we no hear word again for 30 years. Just so you know, musician Bob Dylan is this year's winner of the same prize and the guy didn't even bother to respond to the award for days. America is tired of all these hopeless people from failed societies calling themselves "writers" who can not do anything to better their countries. Shior!

"Nobody knows him",
yet you took the pains to criticize him.
What type of logic is that?

I love his reply to the last question. Apt.