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| Submit Your Tributes For Chinua Achebe Here by Nobody: 1:59pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
THE IROKO TREE HAS FALLEN Submitted by Ezi Okwu Bu Ndu (not verified) on March 23, 2013 - 10:11. AN IROKO TREE DOES NOT DIE, IT SIMPLY FALLS! ACHEBE IS THE ONLY IGBO MAN OF HIS GENERATION WHO DID NOT SELL OUT OR COMPROMISE WHAT HE BELIEVED IN FOR A BOWL OF PORRIDGE. HE STOOD FOR THE TRUTH, SPOKE THE TRUTH AND CALLED A SPADE A SPADE. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE INTELLECTUAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM. HE HAD NO REASON TO GO BOOTH LICKING LIKE THE LIKES OF EKWUEME, ANYAOKU, IWUANYANWU ETC ETC - PEOPLE WHO WOULD SEE BLACK AND CALL IT WHITE FRO SOME CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE Get them rolling in. |
| Re: Submit Your Tributes For Chinua Achebe Here by Chanchit: 2:09pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
How much will I get after paying the tribute..  ?? |
| Re: Submit Your Tributes For Chinua Achebe Here by PapaBrowne(m): 2:42pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
WOW!! A legend has passed! He left us with footprints cast in Rocks! Chinua Achebe came into my consciousness as a child in Primary 2 during the period they were showing Things Fall Apart on TV. I had no Idea how large he was until I traveled out of the country. I had a girlfriend that was half Russian, half Indian and resided in the USA. All she knew about Nigeria came from Chinua Achebe's lens through his books. Her Adoration for him gave me a new perspective of a man I never had much regard for. His books were used in classrooms across the globe to teach African Literature. Through this, my respect and regard for Achebe grew! But I came to grasp his true impact globally when I read Barack Obama's Dreams of My Father and found Obama corroborate the exact same story my then girlfriend had told me!! Then I concluded: A prophet truly is not honoured at home!! This man is Legendary!! His impact will outlive generations globally! Rest in peace, my hero, rest in peace! While things might appear to have fallen apart for those who love and care for you, I know that there is a country where you will be welcomed before the break of dawn and live for time without numbers!! Adieu!! |
| Re: Submit Your Tributes For Chinua Achebe Here by mysticgal(f): 3:26pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
you were 1 rolemodel,i ever wanted to meet,but you are gone,what can i say but rest literary giant,rest chinualomogu.adieu,rip.dats all |
| Re: Submit Your Tributes For Chinua Achebe Here by Nobody: 3:43pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
Achebe was many things to many people. No one word can describe him. He was the root and flower of literature. He was the depth and height of patriotism. He was a citadel of learning. He was an uncompromising critic of corruption. He was all these and many. , . |
| Re: Submit Your Tributes For Chinua Achebe Here by tomakint: 3:44pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
Professor Chinua Achebe through his brilliant works had left an indelible footprint in the sand of time, never, I repeat, never to be forgotten as long as the world remains  |
| Re: Submit Your Tributes For Chinua Achebe Here by Nobody: 3:47pm On Mar 23, 2013 |
Chanchit: How much will I get after paying the tribute..how much would you have lost if you didn't bother commenting?!!? |
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