₦airaland Forum

taharqa: I still am unable to process that he is gone. Achebe was not just my Best writer, he was one of d very very few humans, dead or alive, I took as a Teacher esp as a Scholar and a pan-Africanist... You can undastad the utter DISGUST I felt when sm small minds (and we unfortunately hv lots of those on NL these days) actuali attemptd to induct him into NL's Hall of Shame cos of HATE and a dilipidating IGNORANCE that rests on Stupidi.ty. The Intervention of @Seun, stopping dat charade, was about d best things he ever did in my view. The alternative wud hv causd INCALCULABLE Demage..... I wish Nigerian Youths can start reasoning FOR themselves, and stop following the CROWD

Akshow: as if e read the entire thread himself. So i should spend my whole time readin eulogies abi? For idle urchins like you that's possible. No time for that for me.

Akshow: Op for real you expect us to read all this? All this story is boring. Rip the father of African literature will suffice. Abeg Na when be naija match

godello: Veteran writers and Achebe’s compatriots, Prof. Wole Soyinka and J.P. Clark, have linked his death to the bomb attacks that occurred in Kano on Monday.

In a joint statement they issued on Friday, entitled “On the Passing of Chinua Achebe,” they noted that his death might have been hastened by the shock from the violence that those they described as Achebe’s people suffered during the attacks.

The statement read, “For us, the loss of Chinua Achebe is, above all else, intensely personal. We have lost a brother, a colleague, a trailblazer and a doughty fighter.

“Of the ‘pioneer quartet’ of contemporary Nigerian literature, two voices have been silenced – one, of the poet Christopher Okigbo, and now, the novelist Chinua Achebe.

“It is perhaps difficult for outsiders of that intimate circle to appreciate this sense of depletion, but we take consolation in the young generation of writers to whom the baton has been passed, those who have already creatively ensured that there is no break in the continuum of the literary vocation.

“We need to stress this at a critical time of Nigerian history, where the forces of darkness appear to overshadow the illumination of existence that literature represents.

“These are forces that arrogantly pride themselves implacable and brutal enemies of what Chinua and his pen represented, not merely for the African continent, but for humanity.

“Indeed, we cannot help wondering if the recent insensate massacre of Chinua’s people in Kano, only a few days ago, hastened the fatal undermining of that resilient will that had sustained him so many years after his crippling accident.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/kano-bombing-may-have-caused-his-death-soyinka-clark/

tomakint: Woe betide any Southerner (southwest, southeast and south-south) campaigning for the return of any Funky Mallam (especially from the core North) to rule Nigeria again!

xtayle: GBAMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!

Alfamann: unfortunately for you mr latunji, i am not a christian and much less a caholic so i am not obliged to have any dialogue with crazy people like you.

So go back to your cave and don't answer me so as not to disturb my guinness and bacon lunch.

shymexx: But why did the man write that controversial book when he knew he won't live long enough to defend himself

He just basically destroyed some of his own legacy before he passed away... That's definitely going to negate some of the accolades he deserves from fellow Nigerians YORUBAS - way to go...

Ermm... But "There was a country" and "The man died" but "the gods are not to blame." - gatts love Naija novelists and how they all saw into the future... Ben Okri gatts release a book to complete the equation...

Please, don't speak bad about the dead because when a black man dies, he becomes a god!!

lynpetra: He needs to get his wrinkled blokos chopped off!!!Anu mpama,ozu!!!

Uziehot: Road to embezlement for d generals. Afta d trainning,the soldiers are to b paid #45k at month end as allowance,bt they get 30k,wat is dat? Pls,d trainin is a form of enrichment to d generals.and its not every1 of them dat is entitle for d payment despite d trainning. Na tricks 2 spend justify d amount in d budget.

zebudaya: FUCKING EMBASSY IN NY now charges us over $2 a minute on their 1900 number. What the fucking, Bleep. I wish I could fucking meet the fucking consul, I will tell him to fucking shove the fucking 1900 up his fucking ass. What the hell do they do with all the fucking money that comes from Abuja. Nasty fucking rouges