In 1986,J P Clark, Achebe & Soyinka were at Dodan Barracks to plead with IBB to spare Vatsa. Vatsa was still executed


Source;https://www.dosmay.com.ng/2017/12/j-p-clark-achebe-soyinka-pictured.html?m=1

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Intellectuals..

People who learnt, understood and mastered the art of writing..

Not the many mediocre we see these days. Because someone can tell blatant tales to his friends he feels he's a qualified author. Someone who doesn't understand a thing about literature or the performing arts..

Imagine a medical doctor writing a novel. Terrible.


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Many people have replied this post with very terrible words. Lol. I don't blame them. Obviously they can't read. My stance is on learning the art of writing. It's not just studying literature in English or any of that thing. But understanding that writing is an art and should be paid attention to.

Not just because you have one funny story you just feel you have a right to pen it down.

Although I'm 20 I remember this

Great Men...If we can forgo our tribal Ego we can all achieve great things in unity...though their quest was unsuccessful but they still spoke in one voice... That is The Nigeria we want

Soyinka in his old age has become a caricature of his younger self. Cavorting with corrupt APC politicians and betrayed the memory of his friend Achebe by refusing to attend his burial and arrogantly abusing those who called his hypocrisy out.

nku5:
Soyinka in his old age has become a caricature of his younger self. Cavorting with corrupt APC politicians and betrayed the memory of his friend Achebe by refusing to attend his burial and arrogantly abusing those who called his hypocrisy out.

Don't hate you don't know what happened between them.

slimfit1:


Don't hate you don't know what happened between them.

You are too quick to throw hate into this discussion....If you know you can share.

All the while Achebe was alive we never knew of any rancour between them. Soyinka we know never hid his feelings but after his "friend" died he showed his true colours

The history of Nigeria can't be told without talking of events that happened in Dodan Barracks.

When men were boys...

nku5:
Soyinka in his old age has become a caricature of his younger self. Cavorting with corrupt APC politicians and betrayed the memory of his friend Achebe by refusing to attend his burial and arrogantly abusing those who called his hypocrisy out.

why didn't ashebe attend ojukwu's funeral? why must you Ibos view everything through the lens of we vs them.
is it suffice to say that ashebe betrayed ojujwu by not attending his funeral

DuBLINGreenb:
Although I'm 20 I remember this

YOU CAN LIE FOR NAIRALAND!

When the "evil genius" was at the height of his insanity



Today , bloggers have taken real journalism and story telling to the dogs

Before Bigotry and VMS Overtook Pa IBECHE

How many times are we gonna see this shït on FP?


Can I see the mod who moved this?!

Hummm

BuhariNaWah:
How many times are we gonna see this shït on FP?


Can I see the mod who moved this?!

when was the last time you saw something like this on front page?

FTrebirth:


when was the last time you saw something like this on front page?

It was this year

BuhariNaWah:


It was this year

link?

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Wetin consign agbero with overload?

Pleading for a coupist

Wetin person no go hear

We have seen this on FP more than 3 times but it's still okay

This troika defined Nigerian literature and paved the way for the evolution of Nigerian literature.

nku5:
Soyinka in his old age has become a caricature of his younger self. Cavorting with corrupt APC politicians and betrayed the memory of his friend Achebe by refusing to attend his burial and arrogantly abusing those who called his hypocrisy out.

My friend, you use "friend" too loosely. They could just be acquaintance.
Don't forget they were still literary rivals. Although if it was an healthy one or not is what we can't say.
Only both of them can say what truly transpired between them. They too don't share the day to day happenings in their life on the media.
They could just have grown apart. There is nothing like hypocrisy or betrayal. After all we don't have pictures of them sharing meals or attending each others family functions to know how close they were

slimfit1:


Don't hate you don't know what happened between them.

shut up

That was before Ashebe became a liar.

But Shinua had always been jealous for not winning the Nobel

whenever I see pictures like this... I imagine my old age self too.. I wanna be forever young