He did not win the Nobel Prize, a thing of personal frustration to him. He demonstrated this in his attack on Wole Soyinka’s triumph. He said that he won the European prize did not make Soyinka the Asiwaju of African literature. Soyinka replied, with dramatic irony, that it was not his intention to be an Ogbuefi of African literature. The Nobel alienation was perhaps felt the most by those who felt he deserved it.

If you read Things Fall Apart, the character that critics see as embodying Achebe’s views was Obierika. That character, unlike Okonkwo, urges accommodation. But Achebe’s life reads more like Okonkwo in terms of an insistence of principle and absence of accommodation. His was a Joycean island.

If you read Things Fall Apart, the character that critics see as embodying Achebe’s views was Obierika.

But Achebe’s life reads more like Okonkwo in terms of an insistence of principle and absence of accommodation.

Eko Ile: Ashebe attacking Wole Soyinka because of Nobel jealousy was just too silly, childish and mean spirited.


What was his problem? Why was he so mad and hateful at everybody and everything?



Wole Soyinka's come back got me laughing sha..

Nominations

Nomination forms are sent by the Nobel Committee to about 3,000
individuals, usually in September the year before the prizes are
awarded. These individuals are often academics working in a
relevant area. For the Peace Prize, inquiries are sent to
governments, members of international courts , professors and
rectors, former Peace Prize laureates and current or former
members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The deadline for the
return of the nomination forms is 31 January of the year of the
award. [44][45] The Nobel Committee nominates about 300
potential laureates from these forms and additional names. [46]

The nominees are not publicly named, nor are they told that they
are being considered for the prize. All nomination records for a
prize are sealed for 50 years from the awarding of the prize. [47]
[48]

Selection

The Nobel Committee then prepares a report reflecting the advice of
experts in the relevant fields. This, along with the list of preliminary
candidates, is submitted to the prize-awarding institutions. [49]

The institutions meet to choose the laureate or laureates in each
field by a majority vote. Their decision, which cannot be appealed,
is announced immediately after the vote. [50] A maximum of three
laureates and two different works may be selected per award.

Except for the Peace Prize, which can be awarded to institutions,
the awards can only be given to individuals. [51] If the Peace Prize
is not awarded, the money is split among the scientific prizes. This
has happened 19 times so far. [52]

tpia@:
[s]folks, be sure to let us know when you get recognized outside nl idle sections.

i can point you to a few guidelines so you know what you're looking for.

number 1: the chinua achebe encyclopedia.


do any of you people have an encyclopedia in your name thats not bend down select, i mean is your own original aka the real deal, not an imitation version hurriedly cooked up because you saw achebe had one.


number 2:

a cat may look at a king.




have fun.[/s]

The alienation was probably complete: alienation from his Igbo home, from Nigeria, from the West, from his art, from a healthy body. It was possible that Achebe was perpetually angry with his country. A man who drew people from around the world to the dignity and magnificence of his culture did not savour the society he so doggedly and elegantly evangelised. He was a contrast to his leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu- Ojukwu, who rekindled an exemplary Nigerianness after the war without quenching his Biafran fire.

Eko Ile:



Off topic....

Eko Ile:


It was possible that Achebe was perpetually angry with his country.



http://thenationonlineng.net/new/sam-omatseye/self-from-self/

tpia@:


not really, considering the fact the topic itself is a repeat one.

did you intend for it to be discussed in literature section?