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June 04, 2005
I Was Voted AFRICAN OF THE YEAR
Washington, DC - June 4, 2005
DC Convention Center
My wife, mother and son accompanied me to the African People's Intercontinental Awards. We had a great time and enjoyed meeting a dozen Nollywood stars.
The oration (as prepared for delivery):
Son of Africa, supercomputer pioneer, we honor you. We heed Kwame Nkrumah’s warning that, “socialism without science is void” in honoring you for crowning Africa with shining scientific discoveries. When you won the 1989 Gordon Bell prize, the “Nobel Prize of Supercomputing,” then-president Bill Clinton called you, “one of the great minds of the Information Age.” The New African magazine readers ranked you as the greatest African scientist ever. Ladies and gentlemen, for his groundbreaking discoveries and for the sheer force of his mind, we present Africa Man of the Year Award to PHILIP EMEAGWALI.
My acceptance remark:
Thank you for recognizing two scientists - Wangari Maathai and myself. We accept our awards on behalf of other African scientists that also helped push back the frontiers of knowledge and create our collective future. On behalf of all African scientists, I say thank you.
Posted by emeagwali at June 4, 2005 11:10 PM
Comments
TO GOD BE THE GLORY THAT THE GREAT SON OF IGBO BIAFRA(IN NIGERIA), SON OF ERI, SON OF GAD, SON OF JACOB,SON OF ABRAHAM WAS GIVEN THIS GREAT AWARD.
GLORY BE TO GOD THAT THIS GREAT AWARD WAS GIVEN ON MERIT (BECUASE SUCH CAN BE IMPOSSIBLE IN A COUNTRY CALL NIGERIA).
MAY GOD CONTINUE TO HELP THIS GREAT SON OF BIAFRA SO THAT HE CAN GREATELY KEEP CONTRIBUTING TO THE WORLD AT LARGE AND BIAFRALAND IN PARTICULAR.
AMAECHI CHUKWUDEBELU
Posted by: Chukwudebelu Amaechi S. at July 3, 2005 01:58 PM
Whenever I visit this site, I feel encouraged to carry on.
Posted by: Okafor David at July 11, 2005 04:44 PM
Great!!!
Posted by: Ekwuruke Nnadozie at November 24, 2005 10:46 AM
