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My Professors were excellent people and excellent teachers, but they were not always the ones I needed. James Welch said to me, “We may not be able to teach you what you need or what you want . We can only teach what we know”. I thought this was wonderful. Welch helped me understand that they were not sent there to translate their knowledge to me in a way that would help me channel my creative energies to tell my story of Africa, my story of Nigeria the story of my self. I learned, if I may out it simply , that my story had to come from within me. Finding that inner creative spark required introspection, deep personal scrutiny and connection, and this was not some thing anybody could really teach me...
(Sorry but the last sentence is always whenever I hear something like that grating!!!)
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Here is a piece of heresy: The British governed their colony of Nigeria with considerable care. There was a very highly competent cadre of government officials imbued with a high level knowledge of how to run a country. Thiswas not something that the British only achieved in Nigeria, they were able to manage this on a bigger scale in India and Australia. The British had the experience of governing and doing it competently. I am not justifying colonialism. But it us important to face the fact that the British colonies , more or less , were expertly run.
My Professors were excellent people and excellent teachers, but they were not always the ones I needed. James Welch said to me, “We may not be able to teach you what you need or what you want . We can only teach what we know”. I thought this was wonderful. Welch helped me understand that they were not sent there to translate their knowledge to me in a way that would help me channel my creative energies to tell my story of Africa, my story of Nigeria the story of my self. I learned, if I may out it simply , that my story had to come from within me. Finding that inner creative spark required introspection, deep personal scrutiny and connection, and this was not some thing anybody could really teach me...
(Sorry but the last sentence is always whenever I hear something like that grating!!!)
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Here is a piece of heresy: The British governed their colony of Nigeria with considerable care. There was a very highly competent cadre of government officials imbued with a high level knowledge of how to run a country. Thiswas not something that the British only achieved in Nigeria, they were able to manage this on a bigger scale in India and Australia. The British had the experience of governing and doing it competently. I am not justifying colonialism. But it us important to face the fact that the British colonies , more or less , were expertly run.
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