kay29000:


I don't have to read a book to know what it is about. The title and reviews gives me a clear picture what is in the book. The two books you are recommending for me are about Igbo people... This is what I am talking about. It is like he is an igbo culture historian. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with that, but I am much more interested in writers that are not boxed in with sentimental views.

I'll still read the article you asked me to search for. And thanks for not insulting me in your response to my comment. That is rare on nairaland.

anonimi:


I know sey as you be sapiosexy you go get me.
Only that you are still cutting the late man too much slack.
He made tons of money selling his understanding of Igbo culture to the world.
The least he could have done is to have a Foundation that will outlive him by systematically researching, developing and propagating his culture among his own people. Such would have helped shift focus away from only monetary pursuit to academic and socio-cultural values enhancement.
He failed woefully on that account and all his wealth is wasted as it cannot generate collective growth and prosperity for his Igbo people anchored on education.
He claimed to be a traditionalist but lived the worst aspect of modern people.


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rafabenitez:
Today is my birthday guys,achebe my hero and birthday mate,pls show me some love

cstr1000:

Bros, nobody knows fafunwa.
He is a writer for Yoruba readers and shouldn't be compared to global icons.
We are talking of people who created the humanisation of Africans when the world saw us as half man-half beasts .
Fafunwa ko, oduduwa ni.

fumiswtpusytwo:
Even though I am yoruba muslim ,i will pick Chinua achebe over wole soyinka 1000 times.
The man is just too intelligent.
Which he was alive,i would have bleeped him.because I get wet when I see great men.

zanogo:

so because he writes in yoruba makes him substandard? if you are able to read and comprehend yoruba , you will know that the reasoning capability of that man is second to none, are you telling me that assuming Achebe writes all his works exclusively in igbo, does that make him a mediocre writer?. Till tomorrow your Achebe is Still under Wole Soyinka.

merahki:


To think that you have not read his books yet have judged him
Darling, just Google search "Achebe's response to Conrad " now and read it
It is long but you must finish it

When you are done, you can then start from Things fall apart ...you may jump "there was a country" cos I see that's where your beef is...however it describes the Igbo ethos and pathos well...it is a heart book for me...a life defining great book, apt and unapologetic
Cheers

Danladi7:
dont do that.the topic is about chinua achebe

zanogo:

he shouldn't downgrade a brilliant man because he writes in yoruba

Danladi7:


Achebe is a great writer no doubt.


But there are too many lies in there was a country!....whoever doesn't read other people's account of civil war will be guilty of one side story problem and bias!

merahki:


However that book is my (the Igbo) truth So allow me to live it.... Thank you

moscobabs:

I am sure many people will agree with me that D.O Fagunwa and JF Odunjo are greatest writers than both Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka.

Try to read all Alawiye, Ogboju ode ninu igbo irunmole and Igbo elegbeje and testify.

Benita27:
My younger sister once asked me a question after reading a few of Achebe's work. She said, "Why does Achebe like killing his main characters in his novels?". As funny and truthful as the question was, I couldn't answer but wished he was alive to give her an answer.

Anyway, Achebe remains one of the best. "There Was A Country and Things Fall Apart" are my favourite of his works. Hope to read more when time permits.

zanogo:

so because he writes in yoruba makes him substandard? if you are able to read and comprehend yoruba , you will know that the reasoning capability of that man is second to none, are you telling me that assuming Achebe writes all his works exclusively in igbo, does that make him a mediocre writer?. Till tomorrow your Achebe is Still under Wole Soyinka.

cstr1000:

Achebe's ''things fall apart'' is a recommended high school book for students in America and many parts of the west, while Soyinka is just a Yoruba who happened to win a Nobel.
There is no Nigerian and certainly no Yoruba in Achebe's class.
When Achebe died, the US congress paid respect. I don't think there is any Nigerian dead or alive that will have that kind of honour.

Achebe did not write in Igbo, because it will limit the scope of his impact. Fafunwa or whatever he is called is a nobody.

zanogo:

do you think the nobel prize is given to anyhow person? I repeat , your Achebe is below Soyinka, all those thrash you wrote up there is not worth an ounce of a nobel prize, you are just consoling yourself,Achebe is brilliant but dont overstretch the man's capabilities

cstr1000:

Look at this ignoramus.
Hundreds and hundreds of people have won the Nobel for many reasons. How many of those people do you know?
Google is acknowledging Achebe memorial and the US congress also celebrated him, how many Nobel prize winners will ever get that kind of honour.?
The Nobel is not the end of the world. It does not make you the undisputed master of your field, since it is a subjective award anyway. Thousands of deserving people will never win the nobel., while thousands more may win it for very different reasons.

Soyinka may have won the Nobel, but he is not in Achebe's class and he knows it. He does not have his popularity or his global standing.
He will never influence the world like Achebe has.
QED.

fumiswtpusytwo:
Even though I am yoruba muslim ,i will pick Chinua achebe over wole soyinka 1000 times.
The man is just too intelligent.
Which he was alive,i would have bleeped him.because I get wet when I see great men.