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EDITORIAL CALENDAR
January 2012

    By PHILIP EMEAGWALI
  1. The Futurist
  2. How Do We Reverse the Brain Drain?
  3. Speaker Demo
  4. Out-of-the-Box Thinking in an In-the-Box World
  5. Speaker Demo: Africa's Fate ( YouTube)
  6. Speaker Demo: Internet of Tomorrow ( YouTube)
  7. The Biafran War
  8. The Future of Computers and the Internet
  9. Africa
  10. The Futurist
  11. The Future of the Internet
  12. On Leadership
  13. The Future of the Internet
  14. Univ. of Alberta audio
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  • TIME: The "Unsung Hero" Behind the Internet
    "The Web owes much of its existence to Philip Emeagwali" - TIME magazine
    "A father of the Internet" - CNN
    "One of the great minds of the Information Age" - Bill Clinton (The White House)
    Emeagwali Voted History's 35th Greatest African (pdf, html)
    Inducted into gallery of history's 70 greatest black achievers.
    In top 35: Mandela, Nkrumah, Pele, Bob Marley, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King.
    Emeagwali in Exam Syllabi
    from primary schools to the top U.S. Law School Admission Test (LSAT).
    Nigeria's 50th Anniv. Lecture in Paris



    Interview in London (2002)



    "Africa Must Reinvent Itself," says Emeagwali
    At Developing Africa Forum, Sicily, Italy.
    (English, Italian)

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    Biography of Philip Emeagwali
    Videos, photos,and essays for Black History Month projects on African-American inventors and scientists.

    63. Is There a God?
    62. The Supercomputer Inside An Internet
    61. The Global SuperBrain
    60. My Sixteen-Network-Deep Internet
    59. Wie können wird den „brain drain“ umkehren?
    58. The Perfect School Visit Request Email
    57. Emeagwali Conference: Keynote Speech
    56. EL PAIS - Madrid ¿Fichaje de inmigrantes o fuga de cerebros?
    55. World AIDS Day
    54. Nigeria is Owing Me
    53. Africa Day Lecture [in Canada]
    52. Lecture on Developing Africa [in Sicily, Italy]:
    51. Oil Tanks Exhausted, Think Tanks Needed
    50. 50th Anniversary of the Computer
    49. Embassy Lecture Series: A Nigeria Without Oil
    48. Lecture in Paris (France)
    47. Nigeria's " 50th Anniversary Lecture"
    46. Poetry: "A Father of the Internet"
    45. Tribute: "A Living Hero Moment"
    44. Poetry: Emeagwali Had an Idea
    43. "Poetic Portrait of Dale Emeagwali" -
    42. Poetry: Ikenga For Philip Emeagwali
    41. "One of the great minds of the Information Age" - Bill Clinton
    40. "Digital Giant" - BBC
    39. Africa's Golden Moment Will Come
    38. Internet Worth 'Worth Billions' to Africa
    37. I Am an Artist
    36. Technology is the First Pillar of Progress
    35. Innovation is Africa's New Frontier
    34. How I Reached Internet Frontier
    33. I Am Well Known But Not Known Well
    32. Can Brain Gain Alleviate Poverty? - Part 8
    31. Can the Brain Drain be Reversed? - Part 7
    30. Can the Brain Drain be Reversed? - Part 6
    29. Can the Brain Drain be Reversed?
    28. How Do We Turn Brain Drain into Brain Gain?
    27. Can Outsourcing Reverse the Brain Drain?
    26. How Do We Reverse the Brain Drain of Nurses?
    25. How Do We Reverse the Brain Drain?
    24. Conversations with Emeagwali
    23. The Internet of the Future
    22. My Quest for the Holy Grail
    21. On the Fathers of the Internet
    20. Out-of-the-Box Thinking
    19. Ideas, Not Money, Alleviate Poverty
    18. Chronicles From A Refugee Camp
    17. Africa Must Produce or Perish
    16. Africa Must Innovate or Perish
    15. How Technology Fuelled the Slave Trade
    14. Technology Widens Rich-Poor Gap
    13. Where Did Mathematics Come From?
    12. I Am a Black Mathematician
    11. Last Speaker of Igbo Has Died!
    10. Out of Africa
    9. A Book That Influenced Me
    8. Technology is Africa's Next Resource
    7. The Reinvention of the Internet
    6. I Reinvented My Internet
    5. My Internet is in the Wind
    4. Emeagwali's Equations for the Layperson
    3. Wizards Don't Need Supercomputers
    2. We Cannot Change the Laws of Physics
    1C. Did I Discover or Invent My Equations?
    1B. The Diary of an Inventor
    1A. A Weekly on Life Stories




    I Speak for Africa
    259 pages from a forthcoming book of collected speeches.
    Postage Stamps Honor Supercomputer Genius (pdf, html)
    Stamps issued to commemorate Philip Emeagwali.

    Oscar Winner Denzel Washington Asked to
    Star as Emeagwali
    Ebony magazine features Emeagwali in "Eight Africans & their contributions to the world." Philip Emeagwali Ebony Magazine April 2008
    Philip Emeagwali in April 2008 issue of Ebony ( page 116).
    Philip Emeagwali Conference Collection
    Photos, Emeagwali's remarks, keynote speech, poetry, purpose and papers from Emeagwali Research Center.
    Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself
    Emeagwali on "father of the Internet" and his visit to Switzerland.
    (Listen to or download podcast. Read transcript. The entire 74-minute English-French video will be available to Friends of Emeagwali)
    Emeagwali's Predictions for 21st Century Internet Hailed as
    “Utterly Wondrous, Yet Frightening”

    Review and radio spots (Beyond the Last Computer, video and photos from Trinidad in progress).
    ¿Fichaje de inmigrantes o fuga de cerebros? [Spanish]
    Review of 10-day tour of Spain focusing on African issues (photos, video in progress).(Profile in Spain's No. 1 newspaper)]
    L'Africa deve produrre o perira' [Italian]
    Emeagwali embarks on a 10-day speaking tour of the Island of Sicily.
    La difficile missione del Bill Gates africano
    La Cnn e Times lo hanno battezzato «padre di internet».[Profile in Italy's top business publication]
    Africa Must Produce or Perish
    Africa Day lecture hailed as porous, thoughtful, and textured.
    (photos, video in progress)
    The Dance of Death
    Biafran and Martin Luther King 40th anniversary speech. (YouTube.com/emeagwali)

    Thunder Road to Biafra (pdf, html)
    Nigerian war photos, poems and letters to Emeagwali (250 pages)



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    Intellectual Capital, Not Money, Alleviates Poverty (pdf, html)
    Keynote speech at University of Alberta, Canada. [ video]
    What Makes a Ground-Breaking Discovery?
    Lecture delivered at Michigan State University on April 18, 2007
    (also proclaimed Philip Emeagwali Day by the City of Lansing, Michigan)

    Around the Globe, Technology Widens Rich-Poor Gap
    Keynote speech in Arizona (pdf, html, handwritten, commentaries, watch video below)

    Within the Internet lies Africa's clay of wisdom
    Keynote speech at African Diaspora Conference (pdf, html, french, handwritten, commentaries watch video above)

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    Internet is the 8th Continent!
    Lecture delivered at Michigan State University
    preceding award from Governor of Michigan
    to Emeagwali for his "tremendous impact on the state of Michigan."
    Conversations with Emeagwali
    On a cornucopia of issues [at Univ. of Alberta, Canada].
    African Icons Raise AIDS Awareness
    Emeagwali in historic World AIDS Day broadcast.


    Nigeria is Owing Me
    An interview (Business Day)
    From Dreams to Reality (pdf, html)
    Central ideas from Emeagwali's speeches give birth to
    African Institute of Technology and Africa's Silicon Valley.

    AIDS is Mother of All Wars
    World AIDS Day interviews of Emeagwali
    Globalization Not New; Look at Slave Trade
    Emeagwali's famous speech on black history (with photo essay)
    Welcome to Africa
    Your #1 music stop (visit and bookmark )

    Chasing the Dragon's Tail (video)
    A father of the Internet envisions "The Internet of 2100—AND BEYOND"
    [5-minute excerpt from Emeagwali's keynote speech delivered in Washington, DC.]
    Africa’s Fate Lies in the Hands of Africans (video)
    Excerpt from Emeagwali's speech.

    Orations & Poems for Emeagwali (pdf, html)
    By Bill Clinton and several spoken word artists (80 pages)

    Emeagwali visiting the University of Alberta, Canada to deliver a lecture.

    Supercomputer Pioneer Feted in Fine Style
    Hosted by the president of Jamaica)

    The Party’s Over - The End of Oil
    Who is the Father of the Internet?
    Lecture delivered at Michigan State University
    preceding "special tribute" to Emeagwali in Michigan House of Representatives
    for "tireless contributions [that] revolutionized the computer industry."

    Book of Letters Project Kicks Off
    Archive your letter to Emeagwali for your great-grandchildren.

    People of Yesteryears Speak
    to You About Emeagwali

    1990s, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

    How Do We Reverse the Brain Drain?
    (Bengali, French, German, photo essay, Word and video)

    Did They Heard Me When I Cried "Eureka!"

    Onye Igbo ka Nbu (pdf, html)
    Ozi umu igbo degara Chukwurah Filip nwa Emeagwali (137 pages)

    After God is Dibia (pdf, html)
    Igbo lectures and poems from Friends of Emeagwali (454 pages)

    Never Breathe What You Can't See (pdf, html)
    Photos, poems and letters to Emeagwali. (54 pages)

    Who is Emeagwali? (pdf, html)
    Photos, poems and letters from recent past to Emeagwali. (134 pages)

    Dear Professor Emeagwali
    Letters to and from Emeagwali (1,432 pages).

    Voices from the Caribbean
    A walk down memory lane. (35 pages)

    Supercomputer Guru Out of Africa, Into Future


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