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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 12 Sep 2017

    Row over 'case for colonialism' article as US academic calls western colonialism "beneficial" and "legitimate": http://bbc.in/2f3hA7T pic.twitter.com/1FpfLX7W59

    10:35 AM - 12 Sep 2017
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    • Shagari Danjuma Nas 🌍 gumede783 Team@abrahim Persis Roberts OLÓRÍ OKO Safazz Juma Mangoye Abdullahi Suleiman
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      2. James Fisher, MA‏ @AfricanistJames 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        After taking a look at his other articles, I can safely say: he's terrible (and naturally, not a historian, but a pol. scientist).

        1 reply 3 retweets 8 likes
      3. James Fisher, MA‏ @AfricanistJames 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @AfricanistJames @BBCAfrica

        No historian in their right mind would make that argument.

        0 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
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      1. 1st Disciple  🇲🇼‏ @Che_Mwawa 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        "Western colonialism beneficial and legitimate," to who?

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      1. Udo C. Enwereuzor‏ @UdoCEnwereuzor 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This guy's looking for cheap publicity. It's not incidental that he published this crap about Achebe's writings onlu after the man's death.

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      1. Rauna Namukwambi‏ @Ndali84 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Mhmm...That would be unfair....And justification ?

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      2. Julia L. Marks‏ @godwizard 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Well, to be fair, abortion is considered beneficial and legitimate. Is there any real difference? The "ownership" of a person by another.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Garang Maker‏ @GarangMaker23 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @godwizard @BBCAfrica

        When you have no info, don't think of comparison. Nothing positive came out of colonialism...torture, mass incarceration, theft of resources

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Garang Maker‏ @GarangMaker23 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @GarangMaker23 @godwizard @BBCAfrica

        I can go on and on...the subject are totally different so never bring abortion on same level to colonialism

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Bernard Ndungo‏ @phadrock 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Remember Helen Zille's tweet not long ago?

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      1. Chief Chamangwiza‏ @Gabbz_Gabriel 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        They are not sorry after all. Might as well drown in your crocodile tears

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      1. PovertyAid‏ @acegawsu 13 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        He is mentally dehydrated

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      1. NEWTON RUNYOWA‏ @nrunyowa 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Beneficial to whom? Legitimate in whose eyes ?

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      1. RubenRodriguez‏ @RubenRodriguez 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @lorenzokamel

        Garbage.

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      1. Ojeneti‏ @ojeneti 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It's in his genes Racist

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      1. Bozkır‏ @b0zk1r 12 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Latent or manifest. Colonial minded journal. Colonial reflexes. And such works find venue. Shame!

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      1. Max Gallien‏ @MaxGallien 19 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        How the story of this article connects to deeper trends of how academia evaluates success:http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2017/09/19/clickbait-and-impact-how-academia-has-been-hacked/ …

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      1. Roger Wazoua‏ @wazro 17 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I feel sorry for him

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      1. Nwa  ❤Biafra 🌅 🌴 🌴 🌳 🌳 🔺 🔻 💡 👁‏ @Biafrafreedom9 13 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Nwa  ❤Biafra 🌅 🌴 🌴 🌳 🌳 🔺 🔻 💡 👁 Retweeted andybest

        https://twitter.com/andybes50484929/status/908032652455923712 … #Biafra is still going on.

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        @realDonaldTrump @cnni happening right now 13/9/2017 can you help stop ongoing killin against Biafrans IPOB by Nigerian Military #freeBiafra pic.twitter.com/YwrJAoIXFq
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      1. UA Danbaba‏ @uadanbaba 13 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It is sometimes better than the situation we are in, it is contentious, but I agree to some extend

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