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Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by frederal(m): 4:16am On Mar 23, 2013 |
I hate when people compare river with ocean in magnitude/size; d oceanic Achebe RIP. 1 Like |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by Nobody: 4:31am On Mar 23, 2013 |
tpia@: At times I wonder if youre ok. Arent you the same person that was upset that Nigerians thought giving Patience Jonathan N4Billion to play "Build-A-Mission-House" with was wrong? Didnt you support giving that illiterate money for such a wasteful expenditure based on a terribly flimsy excuse? And u dare to call people illiterates? Please respect yourself dont let me insult you..... 1 Like |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by Crayola1: 4:50am On Mar 23, 2013 |
A link to an Indian Paper about Prof. Achebe http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Chinua-Achebe-revered-Nigerian-writer-has-died-Publisher/articleshow/19127891.cms |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by mamagee3(f): 5:00am On Mar 23, 2013 |
May his soul rest in peace!!! |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by bittyend(m): 5:00am On Mar 23, 2013 |
--- Sorry about that. |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by bittyend(m): 5:04am On Mar 23, 2013 |
阿契贝是一个伟大的人, 但他做了什么, 他不应该这样做. 所有Igbos的女孩, 他的死亡感到痛苦, 可以来我的床为一些长冲程. 吻! |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by bittyend(m): 5:06am On Mar 23, 2013 |
Honouring the man in mandarin with a nice chinko girl lying butt naked. Pouring out a little liquor. Adieu. |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by Nobody: 5:27am On Mar 23, 2013 |
bittyend: Honouring the man in mandarin with a nice chinko girl lying butt naked. Sure, but your Avatar shows you as an ape smoking a cigar. Whatever ni*gga, show a pic so we can believe you, if not... YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE! |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by bittyend(m): 5:31am On Mar 23, 2013 |
kingoflag: The naked chink girl or the liquor? You know the black man is the most desired man on this planet and I have got these chink eyes girls falling in endless love like I'm the bottomless pit. Is the girl you're following your sister? She can get it on top of the Empire state building all day! |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by Pataki: 5:38am On Mar 23, 2013 |
kingoflag: tilapia aka tpia is a chronic bipolar personality. No point for you to harangue her. She is most times best ignored. 2 Likes |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by Ezenwenyi(m): 6:35am On Mar 23, 2013 |
It is indeed so sad that a true Nigerian Icon has gone to the beyond without seeing the good governance he asked for. http://stanleyezenwenyi..com/2013/03/things-fall-apart-in-nigeria-as-legend.html |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by Freewilly(f): 6:41am On Mar 23, 2013 |
THIS THREAD SHOULD HAVE BEEN A STICKY THREAD ON THE POLITICS SECTION OF NIARALAND LONG TIME AGO, IT'S SO NOT FAIR. |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by azpekuliar: 7:04am On Mar 23, 2013 |
tpia@: Can be very embarrassing! This is place has just gone bonkers! |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by Nobody: 7:15am On Mar 23, 2013 |
This has predictably turned to a literary thread....can the forum admin move this to the literature and fictious book section already ? |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by iconaus: 7:25am On Mar 23, 2013 |
Adieu Chinua Achebe the greatest of the greatest . As if you know that u would be gone by now you released the book " There was a country ". thank you for that . i told the world the wickenes of Nigeria to his people . Our grand grand children will ever know the history of Biafra . We igbos are proud of you and thank you again for the Book There was a country . 1 Like |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by tpia5: 7:45am On Mar 23, 2013 |
Those of you who have an axe to grind, meet me on another thread. 1 Like |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by othenok(f): 9:36am On Mar 23, 2013 |
ypzilanti: Wow! You 've earned my respect. I 've been wondering of Nigerians don't understand what a memoir is. Bless you! |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by naptu2: 9:41am On Mar 23, 2013 |
On behalf of our Chairperson, Board of Trustees and staff of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, we would like to offer our condolences to the family of Prof. Chinua Achebe, a great African writer and thinker, who passed away on 21 March 2013 at the age of 82. Nelson Mandela referred to Prof. Achebe as a writer “in whose company the prison walls fell down”. -Sello Hatang
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Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by mekzyphobia(m): 9:41am On Mar 23, 2013 |
RIP our daddy we'll miss u |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by kettykin: 10:09am On Mar 23, 2013 |
I love the above picture showing 2 of the greatest African ever in World history |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by sweetgala(m): 10:57am On Mar 23, 2013 |
Ivynwa: Southeast and Lagos. Very sure there must have been some Yoruba, Hausa,ijaw efik etc in those buses however they are all Nigerian. And we should persecute justice on their behalf as Nigerians. Igbo people can't keep kicking up ethnic dust in the faces of other Nigerians and expect silence. |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by WuzilistiQ(m): 11:04am On Mar 23, 2013 |
The King is dead, the Man we (Litracture world) dreaded ........ Chinua Achebe things has really FALLEN APART and the centre can not hold, a stroke from the ARROW OF GOD to A MAN OF THE PEOPLE, who knows that THERE WAS A COUNTRY.......R -.I.P our LEGEND. |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by sweetgala(m): 11:05am On Mar 23, 2013 |
biolabee: None of them were saints. But Awo was a true nationalist. A pioneer who sought clever ways to eliminate poverty and illiteracy. |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by Nobody: 12:06pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
Sir, I have not made any comment because it was hard for me to accept. Thanks for the legacy! As if you knew the time was near, and you had to give us "There was a country". sir, let not your heart be troubled. That country is not "was", It is! Farewell. 1 Like |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by Nobody: 12:31pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
ypzilanti: No truer words have been written Glad to know that there are still some very intelligent people amongst Nigerian youths Chinua's works would have been incomplete without his memoirs He told his story Anyone pained should tell theirs on reputable pages not on Osun defender or bleating on nairaland Period! |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by tomzman: 2:56pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
Just seeing the news now. RIP Achebe. The Literature world would miss you so much. |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by biolabee(m): 3:59pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
sweet_gala:GBAM but so also were Zik and Sardauna (nationlists)... |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by Nobody: 4:17pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
biolabee: Another funny thing is that post-colonial Africa has been an epic failure... Heck, I can't even point to one country in Africa that can compete with the worst in other continents, yet we continue to churn out books that're interesting to read - but uninspirational to the African mind... All our best selling books are books that dwell on the darkest parts of our post-colonial history - from the Nigerian civil war, to the genocide in Rwanda, to darfur, to Liberia, and blood diamonds of Sierra Leone... It's just worrisome!! And there's a large market for these books and that's why we've contuned to be a basket case... At least, pre-colonial Africa had societies that could compete(if not out-compete) with others at that point in history... That's why I focus on that period for inspiration... 1 Like |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by biolabee(m): 4:19pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
shymexx: Sweet!! The Mandinka, The Dahomey, Oyo Empire, Benin Empire, Songhay Great empires.... |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by richjohn1(m): 5:56pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
I loved this man called daddy Achebe and the love grew with every national award he rejected, he meant everything to me but "There was a country" reduced everything to -zero! I couldn't understand why the embers of hatred should be fanned at such an age and a public figure for that matter! That's why this thread has more than half of its post hidden too bad! I read the review of that book dissapointed, felt so gutted. Anyway outstanding star rest in peace I still love you sir! |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by ikooko(m): 6:27pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
coogar:I Love this, I wish we can all do this, but I guess Achebe refused to reason this way. No P, life goes on. Naija have come to stay. |
Re: Prof Chinua Achebe Is Dead! by A40(m): 7:58pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
The real problem as we speak dey Aso Rock,Natl Assembly,Govt Houses,Secretariats,State House of Assemblies and una dey dey abuse people wey don die both Awo and Achebe! Its sad to see us making the same mistakes the older generation made. Smh The people wey decide to amalgamate this country no try at all! RIP Chinua Achebe! Literature was never my cup of coffee but dude was legendary |
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