Comments on naijablog: Angela Davis in SA yesterday..

We are Jack shit.________________________________w...

2007-09-01T05:24:00.000+01:00

We are Jack shit.

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what;s this 'we' business. speak for yourself--jack shit

You really got me Godwins. What a diss....NOT. Fra...

2007-08-31T20:34:00.000+01:00

You really got me Godwins. What a diss....NOT. Frankly i dont realy understand your comment, but am soooo scared you'll come back at me with your rapier sharp wit. um....NOT.
As for the self titled intellectual against anti-intellectuals,i beg to differ. Initial reactors to jeremy's post WERE being smug and condescending about knowing Ms. Davis. And i know enough independent thinkers/readers here who would pay to see a Nikki Giovanni or an Eve Ensler- Hell, my feminist homeroom teacher got a roar of approval during our graduation ceremony when she referred to God as "She".But then again i do know an awful lot of idiots (albeit lovable ones)who paid alot of dosh to see Beyonce and her "female, all girl band". I just think really- small small.One step at a time, one Benjamin Zephaniah at a time. You'd be surprised at the number of people who are waiting for independent thinkers to come talk to them.So much is wrong here, and so many people know, but think they are alone. We do need to have events like this , invite people like this first in a small setting, and one day (Believe) the National Stadium. Fight the Power baby.

To Anon, I don't read anyone praising themselves f...

2007-08-31T19:28:00.000+01:00

To Anon, I don't read anyone praising themselves for having heard of Angela Davis. The question is more will somebody like her and not Stephen Covey gets invited to come and speak in Nigeria? I doubt it very much. I doubt it very much if the Nigerian intellectual elite or academy will invite a person like who can speak with authority and lucidity about feminsim, popular culture, the american prison industrial complex, injustice, crisis of leadership etc to come and address them. To come and speak about the complexity of female leadership and power. We are just not there yet as a story. We like to yarn dust and thats all we do and we think we are intellectualising. or progressive. We are Jack shit.

Hello there,Anonymous is beginning to sound like '...

2007-08-31T18:34:00.000+01:00

Hello there,
Anonymous is beginning to sound like 'an a-n-i-m-o-u-s-e'.What is it you are defending? Is it literacy or iliteracy? Are you saying it is no good to be intelectual because you're not,while at the same time trying to convey a modicum of intelectuality in your writing.Man,you're neither hot nor cold.I am afraid of you. You should be praise-singing for Yar'Adua. He might dole out a wad or two.

would you all pls stop patting yourselves on your ...

2007-08-31T17:44:00.000+01:00

would you all pls stop patting yourselves on your collective backs for having heard of Angela Davis? You are NOT inetellectuals just cos you have...perhaps you've heard of a small concept called "popular culture"? Granted, George Bush not aware ot it, but then again, he's no rocket scientist either..Go figure (and Fight The Power) Oh, and lest my allusion to Black Panther anthem give you the (wrong) impression that i AM an intellectual (such as yourselves) i'm really only quoting an early rap anthem from NWA (Small concept called pop culture awareness?) Peace Out. Fight The Man. But really, more power to sister Angela Davis. I think you'd be surprised to know how many people are aware of her work and admire her here in Nigeria..it would be akin to one experience Christopher Hitchens shares in this months Vanity Fair- on the book tour for his new bestselling book God is Not Great! "half the people attending had thought they were the only atheists in town". We CAN be a progressive bunch sometimes (If only in theory)

I daresay that anyone who has not heard about Ange...

2007-08-31T15:30:00.000+01:00

I daresay that anyone who has not heard about Angela Davis,especially if you grew up in the sixties, is just textbook literate and out of sync with the global evironment.Unfortunately,
this is the legacy of many Nigerian professionals and academicians who are celeberated over their more urbane peers.

Do you think many Nigerian academics would have he...

2007-08-31T15:04:00.000+01:00

Do you think many Nigerian academics would have heard of Angela
davis let alone inviting her to give a talk? I doubt it very much. Nigerians like to debate about meaninglessness and politics but nothing of note.

Mike, I beg name one or two nigerians.

no clips as far as I am aware. However, there is ...

2007-08-31T15:03:00.000+01:00

no clips as far as I am aware. However, there is plenty of Angela Davis stuff on Youtube. See this for instance: http://youtube.com/watch?v=MMEHNrqfNmY

Jeremy,Since we can't get to SA,when will we be ab...

2007-08-31T13:17:00.000+01:00

Jeremy,
Since we can't get to SA,when will we be able to view clips from Angela Davis' lecture? There's no way to comment on what you have not seen or heard.

Mike - I was referring to Angela Davis, and WITS (...

2007-08-31T13:05:00.000+01:00

Mike - I was referring to Angela Davis, and WITS (and also the History of Consciousness Program at UCLA Santa Cruz), not Theodore Zeldin!

'Oxford academic Theodore Zeldin argues that conve...

2007-08-31T12:59:00.000+01:00

'Oxford academic Theodore Zeldin argues that conversation is crucial if societies are to realize their full potential.' Duhh.

I think Nigeria has a few people that can come up with something more earth shattering than that (probably very expensive) statement of the obvious!