tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852318019885206803.post7964421456580070168..comments2023-05-16T15:50:55.264+01:00Comments on the parakeet: The New Kings of NigeriaParakeethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14034748785098588120noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852318019885206803.post-72120237774646911992010-07-22T11:22:03.018+01:002010-07-22T11:22:03.018+01:00This woman, you sabi write no be small.This woman, you sabi write no be small.Chris Ogunlowohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08885085905043779320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852318019885206803.post-16432939571450965262010-07-19T11:05:59.751+01:002010-07-19T11:05:59.751+01:00this is what happens when someone else tells ur st...this is what happens when someone else tells ur story for u! they insists on representing u. my mom will liken this to the rat was eats ur feet while blowing breeze on u so u don't immediately notice. nonsense & ingredients!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852318019885206803.post-23550724043676737892010-07-13T22:54:49.719+01:002010-07-13T22:54:49.719+01:00I saw the documentary when it first aired on the B...I saw the documentary when it first aired on the BBC. And I have to say that I feel your reaction to it on so many levels.<br /><br />The problem with the BBC, CNN, Sky New, UK, the Western world generally is what Chimamanda Adichie referred to as the "single story" which, to my mind, translates into the arrogant and willful reduction of a complex set of events into a single (and often incorrect) notion. Welcome to Lagos was obviously an errorneous and grandiose title for a scripted look at a remote aspect of Lagos life. In fact, a look at the traffic jams in Lagos would have been more representative. There was a scene in this nonsensical programme where the narrator talks about the chronic electricity issues but unfortunately for him the lights were on, so he just faded the picture and switched to the following day! <br /><br />Similarly, the New Kings of Nigeria was grossly misleading. I wanted to watch the programme because i thought it was going to be about the new, emerging middle class of entrepreneurs, self-made ppl and professionals making it happen in Lagos against all the odds but instead got an idiotic portrayal of an insignificant Nigerian. <br /><br />I don't actually mind the characters/ppl shown on both programmes...its the BBC i have an issue with. You won't find the BBC doing programmes on Soyinka, Gani or Fashola or even on the atrocities of Shell & Western pharmaceutical companies in Nigeria and other African countries!<br /><br />Anyway, the BBC is state-owned and state-controlled TV so can't expect too much from it. We have to tell our own stories and improve our collective situation.<br /><br /> Yours,<br /><br /> NemesizOlu Midehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13143588437501746713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852318019885206803.post-87267525250523482692010-07-13T07:08:17.198+01:002010-07-13T07:08:17.198+01:00i'm losing touch ... hw come I didn't see ...i'm losing touch ... hw come I didn't see this documentary<br /><br />going to find it asap & come back heremuscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17677124532981358378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852318019885206803.post-63957690619967744562010-07-12T17:20:59.866+01:002010-07-12T17:20:59.866+01:00Hi.
Thanks for dropping by. Just happening upon yo...Hi.<br />Thanks for dropping by. Just happening upon yours to for the first time. Will spend a while moseying around.<br />As for BBC, God knows where they get their facts from! But clearly they have some love for Nigeria with all these half baked documentaries they keep putting up.T.Noteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15615737640818854979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852318019885206803.post-23892094815296568642010-07-12T03:36:23.017+01:002010-07-12T03:36:23.017+01:00bbc......mschewwwwwbbc......mschewwwwwibiluvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357025487806887917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852318019885206803.post-79770273278704354182010-07-08T21:48:55.570+01:002010-07-08T21:48:55.570+01:00The title was supposed to come from the guys relat...The title was supposed to come from the guys relationship to the King Jaja of Opobo lineage. I agree with you completely that the show just made no sense.Mynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595087387069634003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852318019885206803.post-69881828626313746782010-07-08T18:01:56.026+01:002010-07-08T18:01:56.026+01:00I saw this documentary as well.
And i didn't ...I saw this documentary as well. <br />And i didn't get the point of it.<br /><br />I did notice however that it was not filmed recently, i believe it was just aired becuase of all the rukus and hullaballo Nigerians made over the "welcome to Lagos" series which was in my opinion a FAR better production with a more meaningful story.<br /><br />I also don't think it was the boy's (Walt) work. I think it was actually a BBC documentary that they probably had no intention of airing hence the disjointedness.<br /><br />I think even the producers noticed how vapid and uninteresting it was and that's why "Welcome to Lagos" was probably choosen over it.<br /><br />I still don't blame BBC.<br />When we start telling the world our own stories, then we can complain.mizchifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856675705278891115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852318019885206803.post-30877090222717432202010-07-08T13:47:23.712+01:002010-07-08T13:47:23.712+01:00I share some of your opinions of the documentary. ...I share some of your opinions of the documentary. I think it also did not help that the documentary was aired on the heels of the highly controversial/successful 'Welcome to Lagos' doc.<br /><br />That being said, I wonder if the documentary would have been better if it were longer. It seemed disjointed.<br /><br />Anyway, how now?SOLOMONSYDELLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564768670896215900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852318019885206803.post-6942123462572441292010-07-08T13:46:08.626+01:002010-07-08T13:46:08.626+01:00Well, didn't see the purpose of that documenta...Well, didn't see the purpose of that documentary either-but obviously the BBC knows something that we don't.Blogorattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821621371176285384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2852318019885206803.post-44289559509410918902010-07-08T13:44:29.458+01:002010-07-08T13:44:29.458+01:00i couldnt have said this any better....
If i shou...i couldnt have said this any better....<br /><br />If i should table my grouse with BBC...it will take forever to put into word...HIss*<br /><br />i see u are back to full time blogging.doll (retired blogger)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04617294319074603189noreply@blogger.com