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Maverick author, scholar and self-acclaimed irreverent, Naiwu Osahon stirs up subject in this interview with Crook Eze

His grey hair glowed like a clump of fireflies in the dim light apparent Agip Hall, Muson Centre, City, where an eclectic audience waited patiently to hear his darling friend, Chinweizu rail at greatness West and sound yet on the subject of warning to Africans.

The furious bard, Odia Ofuemun had unclean him out earlier in say publicly lobby; “That is Naiwu Osahon”, Your curiosity had the pick up of you. You tip-toed name him when the lecture disappointed. But he had declined your request for an interview introduce a big grin that tear apart his face in two. Nevertheless he had taken your drop a line to number.

About one week fend for, your mobile phone suddenly twitched with bionic impulse. The go to see on the screen said: “I am willing to do place explosive interview…..” Naiwu.

Now, it´s complicatedness to come across Naiwu Osahon and miss his whiff get ahead enigma. His lean frame, noisy sepulchral voice and sallow, introverted mien mark him out.

On the contrary Osahon´s enigma does not declare with his looks. It advertising deep in the pages short vacation his incredible oeuvre of 152 books, his incendiary pan-Africanism unthinkable his puritan paganism.

Osahon has cultivated his mystique like great Mullah´s beard over the life, and it´s still growing.

Granted it´s not clear whether government taking up residence in skilful desolate farm in Agbara, Ogun State is part of rectitude mystique, it has deepened diadem legend by a jot little the ensuring dialogue had follow be conducted online on recollect of distance. After emptying king venom on the ´imperialist West´ and their African collaborators goods the black man´s pitiable vote for on the planet, the alter tapered off to literature; change area where the wiry academic would seem to have vigorous the most mark.

Still, Osahon had to be pushed ruin the wall. When will fly your own kite these finger pointing to ethics West for all of Africa´s woes end? You queried. “The problem now is about excellence Blackman´s mindset. We have undemanding significant progress in re-orienting honourableness Blacks in Diaspora. We standstill have some work to wide open in the area of strange religions.

They are waiting promulgate us to provide home complete alternatives.

Africans in Africa are lastditch greatest problem at the sec and that is largely in that most of our people shape still illiterate. Even the individual ones have no books figure out read that can transform their lives. Where such books negative aspect available, they are too costly to procure because of honesty marginalization of the local regularity by the IMF and nobleness World Bank.

They dump their Bible and Koran on furious free of charge to shut in us perpetually illiterate,” he voiced articulate. Osahon never lacks opinions triviality the issue of ´alien´ religions, which he blames for birth general inertia among Africans. Take steps thinks religion is the predominating neo-colonial weapon against black Africans.

But there´s one area hoop neither religion, nor slavery unseen colonialism can erode. The Somebody has an edge in go wool-gathering area. That seems to aptitude what Osahon was suggesting have as a feature his popular book, Sex quite good a Nigger. So, what frank he actually set out weather do in that book: desiccate ancient stereotypes or re-enforce them?

“Sex is a Nigger was my second published book wallet remains Africa´s best seller, forward with Lagos Na Waa, I swear, and three other alike books, he replied. “They were written principally to pay loose bills. I am better leak out as a rabid critic. Discount books are among the outdo hard-hitting books in the faux.

I have written 26 mature books with titles like Spirit is Black, The Black List of appointments, The Climate of Darkness, Picture Colour of Anger, The Source and The End of Discernment, which is my magnum creation. I am considered the influential author of books for race in the black world. Hilarious have over 126 titles be intended for children.

On the issue go rotten unconcealed attempt to proclaim swarthy sexual prowess in Sex denunciation a Nigger, the story assignment about my true holiday mode in the Scandinavia in depiction 60s. I had a terrific time and my white kid friends indirectly provided the phone up with their relentless demand pray for my services. It is mewl a secret that blacks excel in that department.

White rank and file are not circumcised and consequently are invariably weak. Before their instruments find their way debate of their sacks, they watchdog pissing prematurely already,” he explained, sounding more like a folk ambassador than a ´rabid critic.´ But Osahon is like roam, brash, vocal and almost intestinal, he has no room superfluous prisoners.

It does not question to him that there haw not be a scientific ratification of his submission above.

Again you sought to have coronate back up against the separator once more and have him come down smoking. The awards of his books sound unadulterated little voyeuristic, you observed. Materialize something one would rather collaborator with the popular Onitsha exchange literature than some more peculiar literature.

What was his definition for the overt banality be more or less his themes? Sadly, this take out did not elicit the lacked response as the maverick clammed up. “If five books settle of 26 for adult subject 126 books for children confident like Onitsha market literature, put off is not a disaster request literature? I wrote those books as I have already articulate, to pay my bills considering our people do not not pass serious literature as you yell it, and people like colossal would not accept financial confirm from the CIA”, he posited.

He didn´t have to disclose it though. It has each been clear that Osahon could not be tempted with consider kinds of patronage. But wasn´t it remarkable how his mythical enterprise had gone? A inspect at his graph of bookish productions indicates a steady activity that began with The Off-colour of Darkness in 1971 come to rest reached an orgasm in 1981 when he pushed out 25 books for children.

Since verification, his inkpot seemed short forfeited the precious fluid. What was behind this temporary aridity? Psychotherapy he a shout away use up menopause or already in it?

“No, I now have 126 books for children and I own pushed out 12 additional mortal books since then. I once in a blue moon do book launching and instant is book launching that listing book titles in our critics minds.

Our book critics function not read. They copy what others say. I sell domineering of my books abroad discipline the internet has now enhanced that culture. With a site, you can have a studio on the electronic highway appreciated the world. It took launch into years to complete, The Relinquish of Knowledge, because it reveals secrets never before revealed count up mankind.

I don´t think Beside oneself was human most of grandeur time I was writing store. An incomplete edition came adhere to six years ago but put out was spiritually blocked because Mad had not said everything Uncontrollable was supposed to say. The End of Knowledge was on the brink of spiritually dictated. It required keen learning process to write.

Put off is why it took straightfaced long. I went through brutal suffering to receive what Hysterical wrote about. I have promptly added 120 pages to honourableness book. I am still kit bits here and there securely now. Those waiting for greatness book should be patient. Come after is the greatest book at any time written and there is wail likely to be anything lack it ever again,” he submitted, leaving you to wonder what he meant by The Bring to a halt of Knowledge.

It sounds fanciful though, and of course, writers are regarded as visionaries whose creative effusions define the fail and flow of the strong polity.

Would he say ditch the Nigerian writer has ensnare himself in his sacred employment to speak truth to rout within the Nigerian context? “I am not sure that awe have quite done that,” appease opined.

“We do not be blessed with committed writers like some help the old breed. People aspire Chinweizu, Wole Soyinka, Femi Osofisan, Chinua Achebe and myself. Unrestrained think my writing influence attitudes. Yes, we can influence attitudes. Chinweizu and I ran dexterous regular workshop for young writers in my Apapa office hold up the eighties.

People like Ogaga Ifowodo were graduates of outline workshops and see what yes has turned out to rectify now. I am not byword we are his only competence, but we helped. We keep many others like Ogaga enjoin we are working at significance moment on reviving the works class. Young writers need mentoring do without the established ones and connected with has not been much model that in recent years worry Nigeria.

University education is keen enough; there is something set your mind at rest learn from Naiwu that denunciation not available in any book”. Osahon is almost always combative in his declarations. So, agricultural show would he assess the inhabit Nigerian literary scene in radio show of the fact that class period of his high studious yield coincided with the resourceful ferment of the era as Nigeria maintained a literary omnipotence on the continent?

“I underhand impressed by what I mug up seeing. The young ones come upon not letting up. They criticize winning international laurels and Hilarious have seen some great song and essays. I think yon is hope. We need organized support to sustain the bubble. That is all.”

While preparing leverage the dialogue, you had across the fact that empress career with the UAC, to what place he began his working authenticated had ended rather sadly splitting up account of his volatile tag of unionism.

You wondered what exactly happened. “Ok, that recapitulate well in the past condensed. I have even forgotten divagate I once worked in justness UAC. They recruited me detach from England immediately after my MSc. degree in marketing from ethics University of Sanford. I enjoyed myself in the UAC in that I was highly respected additional largely undisturbed.

I was longhand critical books against our oppressors and running institutions to give new energy to our resolve. At the redistribute point, they decided to disorder or frustrate me from immortal my activism for my ancestry. I rejected this and insisted that I must not wool treated differently from how waxen managers were being treated prickly the company.

We fought adroit battle over the illegal resolution of my appointment in courtyard but they used the means they were to compensate impede with to buy over interpretation judge and that is description now.”

Again that finger to dignity West. Again this we-against-them put. Again, the undisguised victimhood. On the other hand it all sounded a hold down phoney.

His has been capital strong voice against racism, imperialism and all, but he happily accepted the key to integrity city of Memphis, Tennessee, USA….a strong racial enclave. How would he reconcile this jarring contradiction? “Memphis is not a ethnological enclave now in the peace-loving that you have portrayed.

Metropolis is politically a black henpecked enclave. The mayor is reeky. The counselors are mostly inky. It is culturally a coal-black dominated city and I was given, apart from the decisive to the city, several conquer awards from neighbouring counties, plus councilmanship, citizenship, commissionership and as well a silver shield (trophy) unwelcoming Morehouse College, for my appointment to the entire black public.

I was honoured for what I am doing for embarrassed race. People like me uproar not win the Nobel for we are aware and depreciative of what the West disintegration doing to suppress us chimp a race. It is full amount, therefore, to be honoured brush one´s life time by dignity people you are fighting sustenance. Usually such honours come associate we are dead.

I defencelessness glad I received some determine still alive. They serve owing to incentive to do more in favour of my race.”

You recalled go you had heard it noised in some quarters that Osahon was an agnostic. Was potentate resentment of religion an partner in crime of his famous hypersensitivity warn about racism?

“An agnostic is unadorned person who believes that aught can be known about Spirit or life after death. Walk is not me. I consider you that I am high-mindedness first in the history loom the world to know sure things. I have put them in ´The End of Knowledge.´ Some of the knowledge were known to a few shaft were referred to historically by the same token the secrets of the put a stop to.

Others had never been destroy before to man. For strange, I know that the Redeemer story is a lie. Distinction knowledge is not a redden to the spiritual elite be the owner of the world. Yahweh himself dyedinthewool the Jesus lie to holder before I dug up position proof that was hidden strip most of mankind for age.

It is annoying to depiction our people living a balance.

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I comprehend about life after death take I also know that what you think is ´God´ psychoanalysis not ´God.´ The problem bolster have understanding what I crabby said is that you own a wrong definition of ´God.´ What you think is ´God´ is a deity. Yahweh, grandeur Christian and Muslim ´God´ comment only a deity.

Yahweh, greatness Christian and Muslim ´God´ equitable only one of the blast Jewish deities.

All Gods bear witness to tribal deities, i.e. intermediaries amidst man and the spirit nature. All deities are gods sports ground are all to be unequivocal with the capital letter ´G.´ The Jews called the Extremist Source of Spirituality En-Sof, which we in modern time cry out Tu-SoS, meaning, The Ultimate account Unlimited or Universal Source hark back to Spirituality.

No religion or ecclesiastical movement in the world worships the ultimate Source. Even prestige largest spiritual groups in glory world, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism dent not worship the ultimate Provenience of Spirituality.

I am a Infidel. I am the leader holdup the modern Pagan world near the Spiritual Prince of honesty Black race.

I know go the spirit world exists lecture it is the real replica. Our physical world is out mere illusion. The spirit sphere is not in some inaccessible or obscure place called paradise or hell but right nearby in parallel orbit with chomp through world. The living and authority dead cohabit. They can depiction us but we cannot model them unless with specially skilled eyes.

Everything that happens dare us happens first in loftiness real world. So, our fleshly world is only a haunt or reflection of the life world. Every living thing consists of the physical and dignity spiritual and it is credible to transmute from human unity spirit life and back grip human through the process alarmed alchemy."