Dzigbodi,
Thank you for the information and the slippery slope we are getting on.
Don't send people to take on me because we see each other every day.
I respect you,I respect your husband for what he has done for this African
Community(founder of Afro Fest) and I will not say a thing to you. The
program is not about showing off any cloth as claimed by critics. Come and
see for yourself what this program looks like.
Thanks.
Kervin Soko
Organizing Committee
2003 Miss Liberia Wisconsin
>From: Dzigbodi Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)"
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: NO LIBERIAN BEAUTY PAGEANT!
>Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:45:15 -0500
>
>Hey, I just got permission from Bunmi, you can lean on me. I'm already
>homeless, there's nothing to lose.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kumapayi, Ray
>Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:12 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: NO LIBERIAN BEAUTY PAGEANT!
>
>Dzigbodi,
>Both you and your hubby are doing very well such that I do not know where
>to
>lean.
>-Ray
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dzigbodi Akyea [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 2:36 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: NO LIBERIAN BEAUTY PAGEANT!
>
>
>I need someone to challenge this guy. Please say something. Oh, not me, I
>need a place to sleep and eat tonight! By the way, the fashion shows are
>to
>show off the clothes. Was it Mr Liberia (Wisconsin) or was it the usual -
>showing off the women? May be the men should follow the footsteps of the
>Oudabis (Fulani men) and give the women a break!
>
>Dzigbodi.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: AAM (African Association of Madison)
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Aggo Akyea
>Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 11:41 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: NO LIBERIAN BEAUTY PAGEANT!
>
>I think we are being too judgmental about beauty pageants and African
>culture. There are several examples in the myriad of cultures of Africa
>where there are competitions to show beauty of both men and women. Think
>of
>the puberty rites of all the different cultures in Africa. It's all about
>showing off beauty in one form or the other - physical, intellectual, etc.
>
>The Fulani tribesmen of dress up and put on make-up to attract women. As
>part of their puberty rites the young women of the Krobo people in Eastern
>Ghana dress up in the most attractive and provocative ways in competition
>to
>attract the opposite sex. In Achebe's "Thing's Fall Apart" there are
>wrestling competitions.
>
>There is Mr. Universe competitions for men too. How about all the fashion
>shows we do all the time? The West has simply put a money making function
>on displaying women. I do not agree with every aspect of it.
>
>We can do what ever we like within our own culture, whether it is a pageant
>to raise funds for a good cause or what not, so long as we do it tactfully
>and with class.
>
>Those are my two cents.
>
>Thanks.
>
> >
> > From: ALEX LAGIA REDD <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 2003/04/29 Tue PM 11:31:40 CDT
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: NO LIBERIAN BEAUTY PAGEANT!
> >
> > NO LIBERIAN BEAUTY PAGEANT!
> >
>
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