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Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by Nobody: 10:40pm On Mar 30, 2013
ROYALD:

IAM READY FOR THEY

You are basically begging me to trash your parents. Trust me, I will oblige you and thoroughly trash those gorillas you call your parents.
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by ROYALD(m): 12:26am On Mar 31, 2013
Aigbofa:

You are basically begging me to trash your parents. Trust me, I will oblige you and thoroughly trash those gorillas you call your parents.

Did you comment ? Iam lightly laughing at you. i just laughing you off because you said nothing . laughing.laughing.laughing......
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by ROYALD(m): 12:27am On Mar 31, 2013
Aigbofa:

You are basically begging me to trash your parents. Trust me, I will oblige you and thoroughly trash those gorillas you call your parents.



did you comment ? Iam lightly laughing at you. i just laughing you off because you said nothing . laughing.laughing.laughing......
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by kasiem(m): 1:46am On Mar 31, 2013
Aigbofa:

You are basically begging me to trash your parents. Trust me, I will oblige you and thoroughly trash those gorillas you call your parents.


aigbo, hafa nahh? So, dat hiv wey ur papa give neva kill u?

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Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by simplygreat(m): 2:40pm On Apr 08, 2013
Pataki:

You pathetic IbHOES will just never learn!

Why is your role model not being buried in his homeland in Ogidi or wherever it is in Nigeria?

After all said and done, Ashebe contributed bigotry and tribalism on a nauseating level to Nigeria.

Fullstop!




this your post shows u are daft and dumb and not in tune with the news. ACHEBE IS GOING TO BE BURIED IN OGIDI, IDEMMILI NORTH, ANAMBRA STATE SOON. The ibos or IBHOES as i see that your english foundation lacks so much mortar have a tradition and Achebe kept his tradition without allowing the western influence affect him. he is going to be buried in ogidi soon.i will send u the date when i am sure
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by simplygreat(m): 2:43pm On Apr 08, 2013
thelonestranger: Could Achebe have made it in today's Nigeria? What has he done to improve prospect of younger Nigerian writers?

https://www.nairaland.com/1235784/could-chinua-achebe-make-it#14918792


go and research what he has done to improve the lot of african,world and lastly nigerian writers as a whole.People should learn how to research facts before posting idiotic, senseless,stupid write ups that smack of lack of quality education. if u think i dont know what i am saying ask NGUGI
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by simplygreat(m): 3:02pm On Apr 08, 2013
obowunmi: @ OP: most so-called "African" intellectuals not just Nigerians, write from the United States or London, somewhere abroad....and not in their respective countries. Sounds like an irony to me.

Wole Soyinka is an exception. Even Adichie is based in the U.S. I find it very sad.

where has your knowledge flown too.is it far asia or antartica.have u forgotten the right to freedom of movement and freedom of expression irrespective of where u are. what abt emeagwali is he in naija or u.s.a. if he was in naija, perhaps he may not have gotten d platform to do what he did.where did John write d book of revelation? was it not in exile in patmos.was he in his native country. what matters is your mind, your passion and your dream about an entity. distance or location doesnt matter afterall african writers including soyinka during d civil war wrote against it from abroad and remember the abacha regime. did soyinka not write against abacha from beyond the shores of nigeria
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by bolaino(m): 9:59pm On Apr 08, 2013
simplygreat:

where has your knowledge flown too.is it far asia or antartica.have u forgotten the right to freedom of movement and freedom of expression irrespective of where u are. what abt emeagwali is he in naija or u.s.a. if he was in naija, perhaps he may not have gotten d platform to do what he did.where did John write d book of revelation? was it not in exile in patmos.was he in his native country. what matters is your mind, your passion and your dream about an entity. distance or location doesnt matter afterall african writers including soyinka during d civil war wrote against it from abroad and remember the abacha regime. did soyinka not write against abacha from beyond the shores of nigeria
do u want to rekindle the flames of this thread?
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by bolaino(m): 9:59pm On Apr 08, 2013
simplygreat:

where has your knowledge flown too.is it far asia or antartica.have u forgotten the right to freedom of movement and freedom of expression irrespective of where u are. what abt emeagwali is he in naija or u.s.a. if he was in naija, perhaps he may not have gotten d platform to do what he did.where did John write d book of revelation? was it not in exile in patmos.was he in his native country. what matters is your mind, your passion and your dream about an entity. distance or location doesnt matter afterall african writers including soyinka during d civil war wrote against it from abroad and remember the abacha regime. did soyinka not write against abacha from beyond the shores of nigeria
do u want to rekindle the fire of this thread?
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by Emperor007: 10:56pm On Apr 08, 2013
Dede1:



You are one among many reasons Nigeria is a dead-end piece of junk. Achebe was and remained one of few major contributors to Africa’s progress. You are too ignorant to even begin to comprehend Achebe’s contribution to the progress of entire African continent. In USA, authors of text books that hold rare knowledge are valued more than an idiotic politician who claimed to have granted free education, built TV Station, roads, bridges or stadia by using public fund. An author used his\her natural endowment, time and money to publish books so that drooling airheads such you had the opportunity to spew crap.

If moronic dingbats such as you had followed a bit of Achebe’s preaching and forget the never-do-well structure on a sandy foundation such as Nigeria, the region would have experienced explosion of progress and mutual corporations among nation states rather than ethnical and sectarian massacres prevalent in Nigeria today.

I shall never want to have you as a compatriot.




^^^

Bull's eye, 1000+ likes

We should learn to appreciate good things. Achebe is a legacy that would be remembered by the next generation.




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Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by bolaino(m): 11:22am On Apr 09, 2013
Emperor_007:




^^^

Bull's eye, 1000+ likes

We should learn to appreciate good things. Achebe is a legacy that would be remembered by the next generation.




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good for him.
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by Emperor007: 12:07pm On Apr 09, 2013
bolaino: good for him.




^^^


They know the truth, though would want to change it ( always ).


Achebe is one of the renowned creatures in the evolutionary of human trend. Anything he decided to put in writing, transformed people forever.



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Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by bolaino(m): 1:17pm On Apr 09, 2013
Emperor_007:




^^^


They know the truth, though would want to change it ( always ).


Achebe is one of the renowned creatures in the evolutionary of human trend. Anything he decided to put in writing, transformed people forever.



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chinua achebe was just a lucky man plain and simple, and the reason he could not win the nobel prize was cos he was not qualified to receive one, and instead of the man to use his popularity to preach about the power of forgiveness and moving forward he decided to preach hate and ethnic bigotry. Well he is dead, and he is dead

.And I thank God that we won't need to read books about ethnic bigotry anymore.

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Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by Dede1(m): 2:01pm On Apr 09, 2013
bolaino: chinua achebe was just a lucky man plain and simple, and the reason he could not win the nobel prize was cos he was not qualified to receive one, and instead of the man to use his popularity to preach about the power of forgiveness and moving forward he decided to preach hate and ethnic bigotry. Well he is dead, and he is dead

.And I thank God that we won't need to read books about ethnic bigotry anymore.

Did I not say you were a drooling airhead in my previous post? Nobel crap or prize is an instrument of colonialism created to engender perpetual mental inferiority among Africans and African descents. The legendary Chniua Achebe put a definite stop to such tea table mentality by writing blistering essays and criticisms against Joseph Conrad and his Heart of Darkness. Furthermore, Achebe wrote a novel titled “Things Fall Apart” that had trumped and relegated “Heart of Darkness” into back shelves.

Achebe shamed the Nobel Prize Committee of all Europeans to the point of imbecility. Nobel crap committee realized Achebe could be the only human who walked the surface of the earth that could easily reject the Nobel Prize.

You are one of the Africans I had wished were never born. Alfred Nobel was armaments manufacturer and his inventions were freely used in the annihilation of Africans by the Europeans who wanted entire Africans destroyed?

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Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by 7842I: 2:20pm On Apr 09, 2013
So, the moderators suddenly retured this thread from the ethnic politcs section back to the main politics section, leaving its replica "did obafemi awolowo actually do anything to promote development in Nigeria?"

Heads will roll o cool
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by Ribaman(m): 3:09pm On Apr 09, 2013
bolaino: chinua achebe was just a lucky man plain and simple, and the reason he could not win the nobel prize was cos he was not qualified to receive one, and instead of the man to use his popularity to preach about the power of forgiveness and moving forward he decided to preach hate and ethnic bigotry. Well he is dead, and he is dead

.And I thank God that we won't need to read books about ethnic bigotry anymore.

Any you imagine that you know what Forgiveness really entails?
To be forgiven, one must express regret or remorse for the ill or injury caused. Now, pray tell me who you. Wanted Achebe to forgive, or whom did you want him to preach forgiveness to?

He is one of the many in the beautiful constellation of great writers who never won the Nobel. ( pls research this matter before you reply). Lastly, he never won the Nobel because he dared to challenge Joseph Conrad ( again, do some googling before you post some tribalism infected drivel here).

By the way, I am a non-Yoruba and non-Igbo Nigerian: and have read both Soyinka and the late Achebe. I am the better because of their works.
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by Ribaman(m): 3:15pm On Apr 09, 2013
Dede1:

Did I not say you were a drooling airhead in my previous post? Nobel crap or prize is an instrument of colonialism created to engender perpetual mental inferiority among Africans and African descents. The legendary Chniua Achebe put a definite stop to such tea table mentality by writing blistering essays and criticisms against Joseph Conrad and his Heart of Darkness. Furthermore, Achebe wrote a novel titled “Things Fall Apart” that had trumped and relegated “Heart of Darkness” into back shelves.

Achebe shamed the Nobel Prize Committee of all Europeans to the point of imbecility. Nobel crap committee realized Achebe could be the only human who walked the surface of the earth who could easily reject the Nobel Prize.

You are one of the Africans I had wished were never born. Alfred Nobel was armaments manufacturer and his inventions were freely used in the annihilation of Africans by the Europeans who wanted entire Africans destroyed?

The Nobel Committee tacitly regretted snubbing Ghandi. I won't be surprised if they do the same with Achebe. Achebe more than deserved a Nobel, but hey, he belongs to a select group of stars who never got it: James Joyce, Leo Tolstoy, Samuel L Clemens ( otherwise known as Mark twain) and, of course, many more!
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by T9ksy(m): 3:25pm On Apr 09, 2013
ROYALD:

DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THE WAR ENDED SINCE 1970
MR.DJANGO1 WHY DO YOU CALL IGBO OR BIAFRAN PEOPLE IN THIS TOPIC TALK TO ME ONE ON ONE OK
I WOULD LIKE TO RESTORE YOUR BRAIN TO ACCEPT THE TRUTH THAN GOOGLE ANYTIME YOU LIKE.

NOW EAT THE LUNCH
THERE ARE JUST SOME STUUPID THINGS THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN’T DO." AWOLOWO COMMITTED SUICIDE WHAT A STUUPID ACT
WHAT’S THE POINT OF PUTTING ON MAKEUP, A MONKEY IS GONNA STAY A MONKEY. AS ALL OF US INLUDING YOU KNOW THAT AWOLOWO COMMITTED SUICIDE
I LAUGHOOOOOOOOO…………….PUT THIS TO YOUR BRAIN HE IS A MILITARY MEDICAL MEDICAL SPECIALIST
A PERSON WHO DOES NOT KNOW, AND DOES NOT KNOW THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW AND DOES NOT WANT TO KNOW, AND DOES NOT KNOW THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO KNOW, IS A FOOL



Its instructive to note that this "poison story" emanated from the ibo camp and they have been doing their utmost part to give life to this obviously spurious tales probably drummed up by their dumb leaders and elite whom Awo had taught a vital lesson in the last civil war. Reminds me of another lie told by the ibos about the late sage, as in, he started tribalism in the country because he wouldn't permit Zik (an ibo man and the leader of the ibo union) to manage the affairs of the yorubas. However, when asked to produce evidence of zik's success at that particular poll, they all start dancing PALONGO. They had/have no proof but thatnotwithstanding, they still feel its acceptable to go viral with their slanderous story which they cannot substantiate.

Over half a century later, the ibos are still singing the same vacuous song, we have all got accustomed to.

Bottomline is, the more you ibos HATES Awo, the more we yorubas LOVE him and there's sweet F.A, you poor revisionists with twisted and bitter minds can do about it. The least you can do is to keep churning out your dumb stories but rest assurred we yorubas will be here to punch mighty holes in your juvenille mischievousnous.
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by 7842I: 3:40pm On Apr 09, 2013
T9ksy:



Its instructive to note that this "poison story" emanated from the ibo camp and they have been doing their utmost part to give life to this obviously spurious tales probably drummed up by their dumb leaders and elite whom Awo had taught a vital lesson in the last civil war. Reminds me of another lie told by the ibos about the late sage, as in, he started tribalism in the country because he wouldn't permit Zik (an ibo man and the leader of the ibo union) to manage the affairs of the yorubas. However, when asked to produce evidence of zik's success at that particular poll, they all start dancing PALONGO. They had/have no proof but thatnotwithstanding, they still feel its acceptable to go viral with their slanderous story which they cannot substantiate.

Over half a century later, the ibos are still singing the same vacuous song, we have all got accustomed to.

Bottomline is, the more you ibos HATES Awo, the more we yorubas LOVE him and there's sweet F.A, you poor revisionists with twisted and bitter minds can do about it. The least you can do is to keep churning out your dumb stories but rest assurred we yorubas will be here to punch mighty holes in your juvenille mischievousnous.


While I understand your claims that these poison stories were made up and have no substance, you should also note that there is no smoke without fire. If the man died of any other cause apart from rat poison, please provide his autopsy report for all to see. You are free to love him all you want but the fact that he drank rat poison is suggestive of a darker secret which he wanted to hide, I advice you ask more questions from those in the know than engage in blind arguments.
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by T9ksy(m): 4:04pm On Apr 09, 2013
7842I:

While I understand your claims that these poison stories were made up and have no substance, you should also note that there is no smoke without fire. If the man died of any other cause apart from rat poison, please provide his autopsy report for all to see. You are free to love him all you want but the fact that he drank rat poison is suggestive of a darker secret which he wanted to hide, I advice you ask more questions from those in the know than engage in blind arguments.


I take it that you must have read his autopsy report hence your decision to persist in typing the same lines we have heard from you guys, umptenth times in gthe past? In that case, post it(autopsy report) here for all to peruse or just STFU.

Just the same way, ibos claim they won an election in yorubaland in 1951 but till date, they still haven't been able to produce the election result which shows clearly that NCNC won but hey, that little matter of lack of proof is not enough to prohibit those sore losers from propagating an unsubstantiated lie.

Yes o, we yorubas love Awo.................oko ibo!!!
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by 7842I: 5:34pm On Apr 09, 2013
T9ksy:


I take it that you must have read his autopsy report hence your decision to persist in typing the same lines we have heard from you guys, umptenth times in gthe past? In that case, post it(autopsy report) here for all to peruse or just STFU.

Just the same way, ibos claim they won an election in yorubaland in 1951 but till date, they still haven't been able to produce the election result which shows clearly that NCNC won but hey, that little matter of lack of proof is not enough to prohibit those sore losers from propagating an unsubstantiated lie.

Yes o, we yorubas love Awo.................oko ibo!!!

I have seen his autopsy report and it says the old fool died of an overdose of rat poison. Bola Ige has the report in his custody and that was why he was strangled after he failed to produce the documents when HID Awolowo sent thugs to pick up the document for destruction.

Your problem should not be Igbos winning an election in 1951, your prayer should be that they dont remember to field an Igbo candidate in Lagos guber election in 2015. They will surely win again.

Who cares how much you love AWO, the Igbos only know one animal that bears that name and its a FROG.

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Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by T9ksy(m): 9:08am On Apr 10, 2013
7842I:

I have seen his autopsy report and it says the old fool died of an overdose of rat poison. Bola Ige has the report in his custody and that was why he was strangled after he failed to produce the documents when HID Awolowo sent thugs to pick up the document for destruction.

Your problem should not be Igbos winning an election in 1951, your prayer should be that they dont remember to field an Igbo candidate in Lagos guber election in 2015. They will surely win again.

Who cares how much you love AWO, the Igbos only know one animal that bears that name and its a FROG.


old boy, you are free to open your basketmouth anyhow but the fact remains the fact- Awo s.crewed you ibosgood

and proper. So much so, that more than 2decades after his demise , you ibos are still whinning about the man.

I sincerely pray that you ibos try again to get a foothold in Lagos as that will be our cue to send you mofo ingrates back to your

caves. When we have sent enough of you Igbos to see your maker, then we will ask and get AMNESTY............

Up Awo-oko omo nna
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by ROYALD(m): 10:59pm On May 01, 2013
T9ksy:


old boy, you are free to open your basketmouth anyhow but the fact remains the fact- Awo s.crewed you ibosgood

and proper. So much so, that more than 2decades after his demise , you ibos are still whinning about the man.

I sincerely pray that you ibos try again to get a foothold in Lagos as that will be our cue to send you mofo ingrates back to your

caves. When we have sent enough of you Igbos to see your maker, then we will ask and get AMNESTY............

Up Awo-oko omo nna



BREAKING NEWS HAVING SAID IT ALL AWOLO DIED AND KILLED HIMSELF IS NO LONGER NEWS

I AM WATCHING AND CLAPPING FOR HIM
Re: Did Chinua Achebe Actually Do Anything To Promote Development In Nigeria? by disumusa: 4:08am On Aug 15, 2015
EkoIle1:


Sorry I don't write and peddle hate and bigotry books, your gran pa ashebe wrote enough to keep you hateful, bigoted and busy for the rest of your life.
bro thank you, all ibo think is how to distablise,condem and creat tribal problem as a tools of war since when they lost that civil riot they called war. tongue
EkoIle1:


Sorry I don't write and peddle hate and bigotry books, your gran pa ashebe wrote enough to keep you hateful, bigoted and busy for the rest of your life.
bro thank you, the activities of ibos is how to distablise,condem and creat tribal problem as a tools of war since when they lost that civil riot they called war.

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