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Re: Why Has Achebe Not Won Nobel Laureate? by shinystar(m): 11:50am On Aug 15, 2007 |
SMC, I agree with you. But I think we should not continue to blame others for our failures. That Achebe has not won is not because he is black. Afterall, Soyinka won it. It must be because he has not done what other Lauareates did, which I think is to take a consistent stance against institutional decadence back home. |
Re: Why Has Achebe Not Won Nobel Laureate? by mellow(m): 11:56am On Aug 15, 2007 |
Perhaps his best is not good enough. |
Re: Why Has Achebe Not Won Nobel Laureate? by shinystar(m): 12:15pm On Aug 15, 2007 |
Just maybe! |
Re: Why Has Achebe Not Won Nobel Laureate? by SMC(f): 6:48pm On Aug 15, 2007 |
shinystar: I did say earlier that a good number of black people had won the award. I agree with you on the failure point. |
Re: Why Has Achebe Not Won Nobel Laureate? by lovemajek(f): 10:35pm On Aug 15, 2007 |
The solution to a failure is to acknowledge the reason for failure. Are you saying Achebe is a failure? |
Re: Why Has Achebe Not Won Nobel Laureate? by SMC(f): 11:53pm On Aug 15, 2007 |
lovemajek: Absolutely not. The absence of a Nobel Prize on his mantlepiece or CV does not diminish his greatness. It just means that others have been adjudged as more deserving. That's all. |
Re: Why Has Achebe Not Won Nobel Laureate? by lovemajek(f): 12:14am On Aug 16, 2007 |
You're welcome. |
Re: Why Has Achebe Not Won Nobel Laureate? by haywire07(m): 8:34pm On Feb 18, 2018 |
shinystar: According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who in the preceding year "shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses". He probably didn't make one or all of the criterias |
Re: Why Has Achebe Not Won Nobel Laureate? by Kennyking1234: 1:07am On Mar 11, 2021 |
He was very deserving of the award haywire07: |
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