agog: May God grant this icon an eternal repose. I love his "Things Fall Apart - the centre cannot hold and the falcon cannot hear the falconer" quotation so much.
We shouldn't turn his death into an ethnic frenzy as observed in the initial trend, but let us all as One Nigeria reflect on what has befallen us as a nation. This is a time of solemn reflection for us all.
May Almighty God make Nigeria great and may He touch the hearts of our leaders to live exemplary life of service to mankind like the late professor.

sadeiyare: "While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.”
― Chinua Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah

WoW

aryzgreat:

OMG! this did not make sense to me until i had some second thought about the meaning! God bless Pa Achebe!

all4naija: I thought things fall apart - the center cannot hold is term dubbed by Chinua Achebe from william butler yeats second coming. The link HERE.

all4naija: I thought things fall apart - the center cannot hold is term dubbed by Chinua Achebe from william butler yeats second coming. The link HERE.

NeoTesla:

What are you really trying to achieve? I hope you're not trying to question the literary icon's creativity. Drawing attention to that statement, one in a book full of many sentences, is almost as silly as saying I shouldn't respond to you with the sentences I'm using because I didn't invent them. You should probably try to find out who the word 'invent' is attributed to.

NeoTesla:

Sorry, I didn't observe the comment you responded to carefully. An honest mistake. You're actually right.

EagleNest: An iroko has fallen. The cannon has gone off and the thunder roared in the sky.
Lightening flashes and disappeared. Our eyes are drenched with tears. Prof Achebe has gone!
A man that fought fiercely for equity and justice even at the expense of his life.
A literary warrior, a fighter, a mouthpiece of the downtrodden, a hero, a light of reasoning, a man of intergrity.
Difficult to describe you in whole, and as you said 'nobody can teach me who I am' you know better who you are, but the little we know about you, is forever green in our heart.
Rest in Peace. Your legacy can never be erased.

TheBookWorm: "You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize. Who ever planted an iroko tree — the greatest tree in the forest? You may collect all the iroko seeds in the world, open the soil and put them there. It will be in vain. The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men."
– Chinua Achebe

From No Longer At Ease

esn1: You can say that again. I had to smile when I read the quotes cos it reminded me of his books. They are so African and you can feel the characters as if they are alive and real. That's literature.

"In the end, I began to understand there is such a thing as absolute power over narrative. Those who secure this privilege for themselves can arrange stories about others pretty much where, and as, they like"

hurricaneChris: A man who rejected $1.5million dollars from Jackson Curtis aka "50Cent" when 50cent wanted to produce a film with the title...things fall apart.
This is what he replied 50cent's attorneys

" This book has been existing even before he (50Cent) was born"

50cent had to change d title of that film

hurricaneChris: A man who rejected $1.5million dollars from Jackson Curtis aka "50Cent" when 50cent wanted to produce a film with the title...things fall apart.
This is what he replied 50cent's attorneys

" This book has been existing even before he (50Cent) was born"

50cent had to change d title of that film

julioralph: "my son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered" Ezeulu to his stubborn son Obika in 'Arrow of God' the best of his novels by my reckoning.
Because Oyinbo people like 'things fall apart' does not necessarily make it the best!

agog: May God grant this icon an eternal repose. I love his "Things Fall Apart - the centre cannot hold and the falcon cannot hear the falconer" quotation so much.
We shouldn't turn his death into an ethnic frenzy as observed in the initial trend, but let us all as One Nigeria reflect on what has befallen us as a nation. This is a time of solemn reflection for us all.
May Almighty God make Nigeria great and may He touch the hearts of our leaders to live exemplary life of service to mankind like the late professor.