tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post1101944101883476584..comments2023-09-21T13:22:39.657+01:00Comments on wordsbody: Discussion with Monica Arac de NyekoWordsbodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965726929008839788noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-21904599019129987852007-10-19T10:26:00.000+01:002007-10-19T10:26:00.000+01:00Anon No. 2,Thanks.In fairness to Okediran, he did ...Anon No. 2,<BR/><BR/>Thanks.<BR/><BR/>In fairness to Okediran, he did pose a similar question to Simi Bedford (whose new book is about Slavery, rather than same-sex relationships) at her reading of 11 October at the Kilburn Diary in North West London. <BR/><BR/>Ques: Did she think that (African) writers in the West have tended to write what Western readers would like to read?<BR/><BR/>Ans: She Wordsbodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965726929008839788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-48125270032667806142007-10-17T13:49:00.000+01:002007-10-17T13:49:00.000+01:00The "idiotic" word was absolutely unncessary anon,...The "idiotic" word was absolutely unncessary anon,it is in my opinion an African narrowmindedness to borrow your words, why do we often have to resort to insults? There are other ways of communicating opinions.You sound angry. Perhaps it is a case of transfered agression. On the Wale comment, I do thing that the older genration of writers seem to have a problem with the new writers winning most Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-55711424628669036522007-10-16T14:09:00.000+01:002007-10-16T14:09:00.000+01:00Anonymous,Please be aware that if you use the cont...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Please be aware that if you use the contentious word in any subsequent comment, I will not allow it through onto the blog. This is certainly its first use in the comment box on this blog and I do not celebrate that. I think we can disagree strongly without resorting to what might appear to be abusive language.<BR/><BR/>I also feel it is easy to be vehement in this fashion whenWordsbodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965726929008839788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-15159563792340916672007-10-16T13:40:00.000+01:002007-10-16T13:40:00.000+01:00MW,the comment in MY opinion was idiotic. Thats is...MW,the comment in MY opinion was idiotic. Thats is how it appeared TO ME. It might not have appeared so to you, but to consider my opinion to be "labelling" is rather jumping the gun and unnecessarily forcing a political correctness issue when there is none!Pehaps if i had called him idiotic ( which i didnt, -nor do i find him to be) i just said his comment was idiotic, TO ME!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-89739799090129466492007-10-16T08:53:00.000+01:002007-10-16T08:53:00.000+01:00Thanks, JD. Glad you like.Thanks, JD. Glad you like.Wordsbodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965726929008839788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-73533403543556456492007-10-16T06:57:00.000+01:002007-10-16T06:57:00.000+01:00Hi MW,I loved this piece. I only wish I could have...Hi MW,<BR/>I loved this piece. I only wish I could have been there... I believe all the questions were valid, regardless! But a lot of people misunderstand writers and the writing process. I still think it is ridiculous to think a writer would write because of awards or an audience (western). Writing is a deep process and like Monica said, people will come away with different interpretations of aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-16835503674391946022007-10-16T01:40:00.000+01:002007-10-16T01:40:00.000+01:00Anonymous,I wish you had made your point without f...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I wish you had made your point without feeling the need to label the ANA President's comment as "idiotic".<BR/><BR/>MWWordsbodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965726929008839788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-25768756267638466462007-10-15T21:51:00.000+01:002007-10-15T21:51:00.000+01:00I found Wale Okediran's comment to be quite idioti...I found Wale Okediran's comment to be quite idiotic and really a thinly veiled insult. In typical African narrowminded male chauvinism.. he assumed/suggested writer writing about lesbianism for a Western audience!!! (Because of course same sex relations is a "western" idea. Puhleeze..I know Wale is exposed enough to know we have gay men and women intellectuals and that homosexuality exists in allAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com