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A Nigerian black American who’s also black American Nigerian
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In 2005, I outraged many African immigrants in America on an Internet discussion board when I argued that Africans who become Americans—or who are born in America— can’t legitimately claim to be “African Americans” because doing so would amount to an opportunistic appropriation of a historically contingent term that emerged out of a self-conscious rejection of centuries of appellative violence against a people whose ancestors were brought to America involuntarily, who cannot, with certainty, trace their ancestral roots to any particular country or ethnic group in Africa, but whose racial heritage is unmistakably African nonetheless.
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Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
In 2005, I outraged many African immigrants in America on an Internet discussion board when I argued that Africans who become Americans—or who are born in America— can’t legitimately claim to be “African Americans” because doing so would amount to an opportunistic appropriation of a historically contingent term that emerged out of a self-conscious rejection of centuries of appellative violence against a people whose ancestors were brought to America involuntarily, who cannot, with certainty, trace their ancestral roots to any particular country or ethnic group in Africa, but whose racial heritage is unmistakably African nonetheless.
Re: Insults Africans and African Americans hurl at each other
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What became obvious from the responses I got from last week’s column is that I merely scratched the surface of a deep issue.
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Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
What became obvious from the responses I got from last week’s column is that I merely scratched the surface of a deep issue.
Re: The transportational war on Nigeria’s poor
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As usual, I’ve decided to take a break this week and share with my readers a sample of the responses that my last week’s column generated. Enjoy!
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
As usual, I’ve decided to take a break this week and share with my readers a sample of the responses that my last week’s column generated. Enjoy!
Insults Africans and African Americans hurl at each other
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In the spirit of America’s Black History Month (which is celebrated every February), I have chosen to write on a really uncomfortable subject-matter: the unkind things American blacks and African immigrants in America say to each other either good-humoredly or in moments of inflamed passions.
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Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
In the spirit of America’s Black History Month (which is celebrated every February), I have chosen to write on a really uncomfortable subject-matter: the unkind things American blacks and African immigrants in America say to each other either good-humoredly or in moments of inflamed passions.
The Transportational War on Nigeria’s Poor
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Inflicting transportational misery on the poor appears to be the latest trend in governance in Nigeria. It started with Lagos State governor Babatunde Fashola’s ban on commercial motor cycles in the city of Lagos. Then the Federal Capital Territory Administration followed with its own ban on the use of mini-buses in Abuja and environs. (Motor cycles have been banned in Abuja for years). Kano State’s ban on commercial motor cycles is the latest in the governmental craze to make intra-city mobility a nightmare for the poor.
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
Inflicting transportational misery on the poor appears to be the latest trend in governance in Nigeria. It started with Lagos State governor Babatunde Fashola’s ban on commercial motor cycles in the city of Lagos. Then the Federal Capital Territory Administration followed with its own ban on the use of mini-buses in Abuja and environs. (Motor cycles have been banned in Abuja for years). Kano State’s ban on commercial motor cycles is the latest in the governmental craze to make intra-city mobility a nightmare for the poor.