namfav: good question, the answer is no

Eziachi:
No. I meant just you at the moment.

ypzilanti: What does OP want Achebe to do? Bulid roads and bridges? The guy was an author and he excelled at what he did...in fact he was among the best in the world. All that he was fighting for was for your governor and president to be the among the best in the world too. Hope that answers your question.

bolaino: I know I'm going to get lots of insults thrown on my person after creating this topic, but to me the truth is better, I'm not a tribalist or an ethnic bigot, on the other hand I'm a proud Nigerian, one who believes that there is still hope for our great nation, I grew up reading literary works of chinua achebe, and I enjoyed his master piece (things fall apart) so much that I always re enacted this story whenever I was bored while growing up, the author of the book seemed bigger than life to me then, but growing up I discovered one thing about this man, he was a sadist, a pessimist, and a bad critic, he never saw the country Nigeria amounting to anything, he was always quick to condemn from the high pedestal which the "white man" put him, no doubt he has made Nigeria proud in the aspect of literature, but what has he done to help build this country? This is a man who spent half his life abroad pointing out problems of this country, but never offering sound possible solutions to these problems, this man hated his father land so much that he refused a national award twice, I believe that his refusal to accept the national awards stemmed from his hatred of his fatherland, not solely cos he felt the governments had failed the people, this man was not a man of the people as most people are claiming, rather he was a man against the people, he was a doomsday individual, he was hoping for the collapse of this our great country, he hated the market woman, the taxi driver and even the lawyer, he saw Nigerians as a people who could never change for the better, chinua achebe made us proud with his literary works, but aside from that he did not contribute enough for the over all development of this country, we've heard of great doctors who left the western world to come and practice in bush Africa, these men are the kind of people we should look up to, let me not say more, but I believe I have made my views known, may his soul rest, I hope he is buried in the United states.

Eko Ile:

You are gooffing. This has nothing to do with me because I did not coin the word ibo nor forcing your people and your leaders to call themselves ibo unless yours is the usual selective tribalistic mentality stripes you carry on your shoulder.

You sound like the other goof balls on NL with no sense of identity and history.

ypzilanti: Nigeria was in the news yesterday on a positive (though sad) note. When was the last time Nigeria was celebrated in world news for anything? It is the measure of the greatness of a nation to produce people of world renown. Nigeria, at least can boast of having two of the greatest writers of this century.

If Nigeria was working well, the man would have just sat and wrote his books without being overly political. You do not see American and British classic writers talking politics. It's the writers of 3rd world nations that have to fight beyond the page of their manuscript due to the decadence and corruption that they see around them.

Eziachi:
I thought we have done with your IBO thing now as I realise not everybody is educational/instructive material. There people who still believe that the world is flat or is seating on top of a giant elephant, so trying to deviate them to the real fact is like pouring water on a stone, it will never sink.

I hate to repeat myself, we have a name for such a person and I don't like it.

Mr. Globe:

What more is there to be said. Nairaland is like a field where retartded individuals have the opportunity to display foolishness and relate with smart and intelligent folks. The Op will have such fraudsters as awolowo, Fashola and Tinubu as a hero and contributor to the development of Nigeria as against people like Achebe and Soyinka

dayokanu:

Ojuku was already sleeping with Bianca when she was under aged he only waited to formally marry her.

talktimi: We all know the most tribalistic and bigoted group in this country but they are the ones who blame others the most for these same things. I dey laff dem

~Bluetooth:


The triaslistic bas't'ard succeeded in planting hatred in the minds of his people.


That is one hell of an achievement.

~Bluetooth:


The triaslistic bas't'ard succeeded in planting hatred in the minds of his people.


That is one hell of an achievement.

Eko Ile:

lol @ he didn't involved himself directly. That bigoted and mean spirited old man involved himself in the most profound and pronounced way than any nigerian with his hateful book. He single handedly erased the gains we've made, he even poisoned the minds of many generations unborn who are destined to read that hate and bigotry book.

The man did too much damage because of hate and personal bitterness.

seechris: the biafran civil war left a a scar on chinua achebe,he couldnt forgive what Nigeria did to biafra,read half of a yellow sun to see the view from the biafrans

Eziachi:
I am Igbo and there are no people anywhere in Africa called Ibo, and not in Biafra that I knew. ACHEBE is an African Icon of good repute, and that is why from China to Europe or America, all humans that matters are talking about his death, the day you or me dies and there was such a trend, you can come back for this chat chat.

Eziachi:
I thought we have done with your IBO thing now as I realise not everybody is educational/instructive material. There people who still believe that the world is flat or is seating on top of a giant elephant, so trying to deviate them to the real fact is like pouring water on a stone, it will never sink.

I hate to repeat myself, we have a name for such a person and I don't like it.

all4naija: Why can't Nigerians co-operate to move the country forward? Why would Nigerian young generation dwell on the past mistakes our fathers made?

Not until we do some soul-searching and come to term as youths of Nigeria who have place in the scheme of things in the world we will remain another backward people who failured to use the power of knowledge nature offered to us freely, yet we are destroying it with hate and tribalism.

all4naija: Why can't Nigerians co-operate to move the country forward? Why would Nigerian young generation dwell on the past mistakes our fathers made?

Not until we do some soul-searching and come to term as youths of Nigeria who have place in the scheme of things in the world we will remain another backward people who failured to use the power of knowledge nature offered to us freely, yet we are destroying it with hate and tribalism.

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.

~Bluetooth:


Because some fathers are worthless and responsible for spreading tribalism eg Ashebe