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Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by gbadexy(m): 5:37pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
The book is a must read. He is my best nigerian author. |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by alex14(m): 5:37pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
I knew this will make it to the front page,,,,the magic word BIAFRA . I remember the very important thread about offshore/onshore oil dicotomy,,,,it never made it to the front page, as a matter of fact, that thread vanished mysteriously. nairaland=Nigeria and they're both dying or even dead already. 3 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by iamtheprincipal: 5:39pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
The much awaited book from the grandfather of African Poetry is finally out. Great kudos to the team that made this available to the Post-'70 lads. Another great insight into the Nigerian Civil War from a Biafran Insider, telling the actual tales. I can't wait to get a copy. Many thanks to our amiable Prof. Chinua Achebe for this noble fit of achievement. |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by DANILSA(m): 5:44pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
Cant wait to read the book from Nigerian's greatest author ACHEBE,i read one from OJUKWU " why i was involved" then went ahead to read OBASANJO"S "my command" and one other my odyssey. Hope ACHEBE will not be biased. |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by omonla5: 5:45pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
bittyend: I shall lead my people from Remoland(Iperu Remo) in a brutal war against Nigeria. The country needs to be balkanized. Are you from Iperu |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by Nobody: 5:47pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
idowuswap: Igbo has started thier nuisancical act again that's hausa kill them like fowl.even thier agbari ojukwu abi na agbari socket run 500 mitre.your teacher in school must have been a proper olodo for teaching you absolute nonsense and impacting trash in your filthy brain in school! Is it not better you write in pidgin than disgrace your stewpidity in a public forum like this? Aren't you ashamed that at your age you can't write properly? What a shame! 9 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by Claus(m): 5:52pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
kingingkinging: I use the term war between brothers metaphorically and also borrowed from the title of the book "The Brothers War" written about the Biafran war. Anyway, if I may explain further, I was pointing to the fact that many children did not need to die from starvation. This is especially true in a war where the desired outcome was to bring the siblings and friends of those children into a unified Nigeria to form the next generation. The statement that "starvation is a legitimate weapon of war" was indeed very cruel when it was well known that it was mainly children that were starving to death. 3 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by dayokanu(m): 5:56pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
Awolowo must have been way ahead of his time. War is war not a Palmwine drinking contest 4 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by zannie(f): 5:57pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
Must get my copy. Achebe is a literary giant! I've heard so many war stories. I do not wish to live in such times. But the story must be told so we and our descendants do not forget the past. |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by str8talk1: 6:05pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
I am waiting 2 photocopy d pirated copy in Nigeria(Home of Piracy). 3 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by bittyend(m): 6:11pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
omo-nla: Yeah, original Iperu son from the lineage of the big Agbonmagbe royal family but I can't put my surname here. |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by manosteel(m): 6:22pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
Things fall apart, my all time favorite. Like the saying goes, if you are educated in Africa, and never read Things fall apart, you are more or less like an illiterate. 1 Like |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by aurenflani: 6:31pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
Whitehorse: I pre ordered the book here in the UK from Amazon UK and it arrived my house 2 days ago. Got two copies, giving one away to an inlaw. |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by Whitehorse: 6:33pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
OK folks, I have the book open right now. Here comes snippets... Page 228 - The question of Genocide My summary: 30 years before Rwanda, over two million people died in the Nigerian Biafra war as a result of 'starvation as a legitimate weapon of war' Igbo's had charged that the Nigerians had a design to exterminate Igbo's from the face of the earth, based on a holy jihad proclaimed by mainly Islamic extremists in the Nigerian army. international Criminal Court investigation report: 'hatred of Biafrans (mainly Igbos) and a wish to exterminate them was a foremost motivational factor'. More to come folks.... 1 Like |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by balladin: 6:38pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
[quote author=bittyend] Holy shiit, Chief Obafemi Awolowo was GANGSTAR! So educated, intelligent, brilliant; yet he kept it gangstar to his grave. It's a world of kill, or be killed; and everything is fair in a war. Vicious world, I tell ya. More reason why I keep it gangstar as well, it's the survival of fittest doctrine that controls the conscious/knowledgeable minds. Death before dishonour and act before acted upon, phuck what everyone thinks, you don't owe no one shiiit. Merry making after war, but when it's on, it's on. Chief Obafemi Awolowo reminds me of myself. Brutal, gangstar, ghetto, shrewd, and vicious; yet still standing among the best in the corporate world. Pity and survival don't mix like two dycks; survive first, and feel pity later. Long live Biafra![/quote How sad. Such a pity we still have a lot of miserable Nigerians. |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by Shaw007(m): 6:39pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
I'v read every bOOK!! Yes,EVERY book from that man over and over again,especially 'man of the people' . . .a new one,from his own personal experience!! Is priceless. . .oH lOrdy Lord. . .october eh!?!! |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by mimifonwon(f): 6:45pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
bittyend: wait what the hell is remoland? |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by mimifonwon(f): 6:49pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
rafhell: Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has published his long-awaited memoir, There Was a Country, about the brutal three-year Biafran war. i so respect this man, the only nigerian that refused countless national honors just because the government that gives it is corrupted. Sometimes i wished my mother or her family will talk abt the biafran war, but as i have learned the memories are too painful to speak of. In his old age he still remains a man true to his words and if only we had leaders like him...then i would be proud to call nigeria my home. 1 Like |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by Whitehorse: 6:49pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
Page 233 - The case Against the Nigerian government Quotes and summary Statement credited to Awolowo: ' All is fair in war and starvation is one of the weapons of war. I do not see why we should feed our enemies fat in order for them to fight harder' Achebe: Indigenization decree of 1974 was designed to force foreign ownership of companies to Nigerians knowing fully well that Igbos after the war would not have the financial muscle to participate. Achebe: Igbos were not and continue not to be integrated into Nigeria, one of the main reasons for the country's continued backwardness, in my estimation More coming.... 1 Like |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by Whitehorse: 7:02pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
Page 249 - Corruption and Indiscipline 'Nigerians are corrupt because the system they live under today makes corruption easy and profitable ' Have to go out now folks, might come back with more later 1 Like |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by Whitehorse: 7:04pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
@aurenflani Why are you modifying my post? So childish... I'm not here for any flame war, I'm here to discuss a book. If you can not give any input without coming across as a re/tar/d, please keep quiet. Thank you 1 Like |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by lafuria1(m): 7:15pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
Whitehorse: OK folks, I have the book open right now.gowon and black scorpion werent muslims. well the thinking that all northerners are muslim made the igbos think so. as for me that war should never had happened.unfortunate. |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by Nobody: 7:31pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
I only sabi read books wey dem write in pidgin English... Abeg any copy in that translation? |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by Whitehorse: 7:42pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
^^ I agree, the war was unfortunate and should NOT have been. More worrisome is that we have refused to confront and address our past like the Germans did after WW2 or like SA did after the fall of Apartheid... Just like we are in deniel about the aim and purpose of Boko Haram... 2 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by belovedaja(m): 7:46pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
I cant wait to get my copy |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by merengue: 7:51pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
Cant wait to read that memoir. Anyone have an idea when it will be available in paperback in Nigeria? E-books strain my eyes too much. Also waiting for the biography of Amb. Arthur Mbanefo. Please also read Chief. Onuora Nzekwu's "Troubled Dust", they will shed more light. |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by Librate(m): 7:53pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
*checks 2days date* haba DHL! DHL !, my copiesss |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by COOLDUN: 8:04pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
idowuswap: Igbo has started thier nuisancical act again that's hausa kill them like fowl.even thier agbari ojukwu abi na agbari socket run 500 mitre. Can your Yoruba tribe defend a local government Area in your tribe for only 2 hours? only a warning from the Hausa fulanis made you people to run to the Dahomey, Benin Republic before the war. Where is your Benjamin Adekunle today, now a palm Karnel cracker in his God forsaken village. Bloody Cowards.Dirty sadists.Centuries to come you will still remain as BEREIBES in the eyes of your Nothern slave masters. They know you as people with two tounges and faces. 1 Like |
Re: Chinua Achebe Publishes Biafran Memoir by Whitehorse: 8:07pm On Sep 27, 2012 |
Guys why the fight? Is'nt this thread meant to discuss the book? 1 Like |
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