Reuben Abati's much talked about article-A Nation's Identity crisis- is obviously still generating ripples.Arguments have been bandied back and forth with most folks (young people especially) lambasting the respected social critic for taking the emergent youth pop culture to the cleaners.For me, the question is what the heck?.Abati has trained his searchlight on myriad social issues more germane than the poorly-aped pop culture and it has earned few remarks unlike the varieigated sentiments this is whipping up.
If anything the angry sentiment that followed underscores the same zero-tolerance for dissent for which we blame the geriatrics ( the culpable ones ostensibly responsible for our myriad woes). Our still-fledging pop culture,we seem to be saying is still young for Abati's, who in my view is still young, searchlight. I wonder if it isnt heading for the rock when it is just yet a sapling.
God help us.
hear are some interesting links to the debate.
http://speechgirlbucknor.blogspot.com/2009/06/much-ado-about-article.html
http://bankyw.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-response-to-recent-guardian.html
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/editorial_opinion/article02//indexn2_html?pdate=210609&ptitle=A%20Nation.
Please read and leave a comment.
If anything the angry sentiment that followed underscores the same zero-tolerance for dissent for which we blame the geriatrics ( the culpable ones ostensibly responsible for our myriad woes). Our still-fledging pop culture,we seem to be saying is still young for Abati's, who in my view is still young, searchlight. I wonder if it isnt heading for the rock when it is just yet a sapling.
God help us.
hear are some interesting links to the debate.
http://speechgirlbucknor.blogspot.com/2009/06/much-ado-about-article.html
http://bankyw.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-response-to-recent-guardian.html
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/editorial_opinion/article02//indexn2_html?pdate=210609&ptitle=A%20Nation.
Please read and leave a comment.
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