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"I was a finalist in the @TheHugoAwards this year in editing & fiction
categories. You don't have to be CIA to know why this is important.
They invented Google right? Why not use it? Or better yet, just read, since I
even brought everything to you. If you don't want to do the barest minimum &
crosscheck.
Something that's only happened for 5 people in the profession's history. The
last time, in 2001, 21 years ago.
I'll be the 1st BIPOC to get that honour, the 1st non-American, and the only
person to, this year. If I win both, I'll be the 1st & only person in the
genre's history to. Cuz of this I said to try to attend WorldCon. Be there when
I possibly make history, again. But naaa
Apparently that's not enough reasons to get visa to attend the WorldCon. If I
had been considered & denied I wouldn't even have worried as much. But I don't
feel I was even considered at all. It didn't look like. Despite all I did
(seperate from being ultra excellent at what I do
After I undertook to attend the Hugo, I did a @gofundme drive ran for me by
@jasonsanford. We raised over $7000 in a day. I started trying to get a visa
interview appointment. Nigerians reading this know how nerve wracking that is.
This was in June.
Btw then and August, like 2 months, I got an interview date. I battered my soul
to pieces for that. Nigerians understand. Immigration firm I went to refused to
talk to me. Said no one was going to US from Nigeria now cuz no dates. Everyone
said it was impossible. But I got it
That's how many layers of impossible I have had to beat. How many miracles. But
this is Nigeria. Everything needs a miracle. The most basic ish. Miracle after
miracle till you are one short. After I got the date, for today by 7.30am I did
everything. Got everything ready
Printed my Gofundme page to show how I got funding, got a letter from
@jasonsanford attesting to his help, printed statement of account, printed
hotel reservation at the WorldCon hotel, printed invite from WorldCon.
Everything was on check. Got there, they didn't check anything. Any of my
documents. Didn't look at anything, ask me anything about the trip, what the
WorldCon was, why I was going, where I was staying, how I was getting funded.
Nothing. Nothing I saw them ask others."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
