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"Peter W. Vakunta" <[log in to unmask]>
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               RENEW YOUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP WITH AAM!!!!

       SEND A CHECK FOR $25 TO AAM, P. O. Box 1016, MADISON, WI 53701

            MEMBERSHIP PERIOD:OCTOBER 1    -    SEPTEMBER 30

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If you go to bed with DOGS, willy-nilly, you will wake up with fleas. Let's keep running around in the vicious circle.

PETER W.VAKUNTA
DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN 
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON
602 VAN HISE HALL
1220 LINDEN DRIVE
MADISON WI 53706-1525
U.S.A
Office  608 262 4067
Home    608 442 6089
Cell    608 381 0407

"The day will come when history will speak... Africa will write its own history... it will be a history of glory and dignity." - Patrice Lumumba



----- Original Message -----
From: "Adetunji A. Lesi" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:35 pm
Subject: Re: S. African Reggae Star Lucky Dube Killed
To: [log in to unmask]


> ***********************************************************
> 
>                RENEW YOUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP WITH AAM!!!!
> 
>        SEND A CHECK FOR $25 TO AAM, P. O. Box 1016, MADISON, WI 53701
> 
>             MEMBERSHIP PERIOD:OCTOBER 1    -    SEPTEMBER 30
> 
> ***********************************************************
> 
> Peter; You don't get it and I am highly disappointed to say the least. 
> It is people like you that feed the fables of others depicting African 
> societies of possessing less sterling qualities. I am still at a loss 
> why you thought you could insult Nigerians (or indeed "some Africans") 
> on this list. You ought to have thought twice before making derogatory 
> comments about a people. Nigerians are far beyond your reach, in every 
> way thinkable. 
> Tunji LesiPresident- UNIMA. 
>  
> 
> > Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:45:33 -0500> From: [log in to unmask]> 
> Subject: Re: S. African Reggae Star Lucky Dube Killed> To: 
> [log in to unmask]> > 
> ***********************************************************> > RENEW 
> YOUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP WITH AAM!!!!> > SEND A CHECK FOR $25 TO AAM, P. 
> O. Box 1016, MADISON, WI 53701> > MEMBERSHIP PERIOD:OCTOBER 1 - 
> SEPTEMBER 30> > 
> ***********************************************************> > Tunji,> 
> > TRUTH is like red hot pepper ; it will hurt your eyes but will not 
> pull them out! I hope that we will take a hard look around and educate 
> ourselves on the TRUTH about AFRICA the kind of stuff some AFRICANS 
> are made of. > Regards.> > > PETER W.VAKUNTA> DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND 
> ITALIAN > UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON> 602 VAN HISE HALL> 1220 
> LINDEN DRIVE> MADISON WI 53706-1525> U.S.A> Office 608 262 4067> Home 
> 608 442 6089> Cell 608 381 0407> > "The day will come when history 
> will speak... Africa will write its own history... it will be a 
> history of glory and dignity." - Patrice Lumumba> > > > ----- Original 
> Message -----> From: "Adetunji A. Lesi" <[log in to unmask]>> Date: 
> Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:20 pm> Subject: Re: S. African Reggae 
> Star Lucky Dube Killed> To: [log in to unmask]> > > > 
> ***********************************************************> > > > 
> RENEW YOUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP WITH AAM!!!!> > > > SEND A CHECK FOR $25 
> TO AAM, P. O. Box 1016, MADISON, WI 53701> > > > MEMBERSHIP 
> PERIOD:OCTOBER 1 - SEPTEMBER 30> > > > 
> ***********************************************************> > > > 
> Peter; My attention has been drawn to the reference you made to > > 
> Nigerians within your comment on the death of Lucky Dube. I am curious 
> > > as to your reason why you thought what you wrote about Nigerians > 
> > within that context was appropriate. It is not your first time at 
> this > > type of subliminal message casting Nigerians in negative 
> light. > > Whatever your bias is, it is high time you stopped such 
> insensitive > > comment. It is this type of comment that perpetrates 
> the stereotype > > about a country, and others like her that have done 
> so much for > > Africa. It is sad that you could be insinuating that 
> Nigerians are the > > reasons for crimes in South Africa. Your 
> negative reference to > > Nigerians show a total lack of sensitivity 
> to this community and I > > don't believe that it is the purpose of 
> this list-serve. I hope you > > can look around and educate yourself 
> about the kind of stuff Nigerians > > are made of. Tunji 
> LesiPresident- UNIMA (Union of Nigerians in > > Madison Area).> > > > 
> > Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:01:30 -0500> From: [log in to unmask]> > > 
> Subject: Re: S. African Reggae Star Lucky Dube Killed> To: > > 
> [log in to unmask]> > > > 
> ***********************************************************> > RENEW > 
> > YOUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP WITH AAM!!!!> > SEND A CHECK FOR $25 TO AAM, 
> P. > > O. Box 1016, MADISON, WI 53701> > MEMBERSHIP PERIOD:OCTOBER 1 - 
> > > SEPTEMBER 30> > > > 
> ***********************************************************> > Sooooo 
> > > Sad! That is what our dream-land (SA) has become : the crime 
> capital > > of the world! In Ogoli (Joeburg) the cops are ducking and 
> diving with > > Nigerian hard drug peddlers; while adolesscent whores 
> do tango with > > haggard contenders.Makes Nelson Mandela question the 
> rationale for > > spending 27 years of his checkered life in a dungeon 
> on Robben Island. > > I lived in South Africa from 1996-2000 and was 
> simply appalled by the > > magnitude of BLACK-ON-BLACK violence that 
> has become the hallmark of > > life in Azania. While the rest of the 
> world is conjugating efforts to > > make quantum leaps in the 
> socio-economic sphere, we are leaving no > > stone unturned in our 
> unrelentless drive toward mutual > > self-elimination. WHO knows who 
> and where next? LUCKY DUBE, please > > rest in peace and extend my 
> regards to Brenda Fassie.> > PETER > > W.VAKUNTA> DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH 
> AND ITALIAN > UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN > > MADISON> 602 VAN HISE HALL> 
> 1220 LINDEN DRIVE> MADISON WI 53706-1525> > > U.S.A> Office 608 262 
> 4067> Home 608 442 6089> Cell 608 381 0407> > > > "The day will come 
> when history will speak... Africa will write its > > own history... it 
> will be a history of glory and dignity." - Patrice > > Lumumba> > > > 
> ----- Original Message -----> From: Aggo Akyea > > 
> <[log in to unmask]>> Date: Friday, October 19, 2007 8:08 am> Subject: 
> > > S. African Reggae Star Lucky Dube Killed> To: 
> [log in to unmask]> > > > > > 
> ***********************************************************> > > > > > 
> RENEW YOUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP WITH AAM!!!!> > > > SEND A CHECK FOR > > 
> $25 TO AAM, P. O. Box 1016, MADISON, WI 53701> > > > MEMBERSHIP > > 
> PERIOD:OCTOBER 1 - SEPTEMBER 30> > > > > > 
> ***********************************************************> > > > S. 
> > > African Reggae Star Lucky Dube Killed> > 2 hours ago> > > > 
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