₦airaland Forum

fittty: R.I.P

lorretta u: The thought of that issue keeps me sleepless most times.I wish I could take the law into my own hands and give them a tase of their own medicine.

SlyIg: Take note pls, those that are against Goodluck are doing it cos they want to be in his position but not because they want to perform better than him.
If Goodluck has performed all these works upon the distractions from the boko haram and sponsors, how much more if he was working under a comfortable environ.

Sweetlemon: Can you please elaborate for the benefit of people who may not understand your point?

jhydebaba: I don't want to say that Nigeria is a failed state.

goldfish80: Peter Obi said the election was free and fair and Jang won, Rochas is saying its free and fair but Amaechi won.
These politician keep sinking to new lows every day.

percipi1: I don't like people who turn down facts to boost their primordial sentiments. Honestly if a Nobel Prize winner, whose face is on a national postal stamp in Sierra Leone is considered, in your view, to be of 'relativey limited influence'; then you are definitey worse that your flippant tribalist. If you have issues with Soyinka's English, you should seek clarification.

percipi1: The mere fact that a Nobelist like Nadine Gordimer said its Achebe should be construed within her experience as a writer who had her book published by Achebe. The fact that the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize disagreed with that notion should equally be construed within his experience as a colleague of Achebe and a Father figure himself. Now, Soyinka is the only Nigerian whose face is on the postal stamp of another country- Sierra Leone. You don't just put any foreigner on a national postal, stamp, such a person must be a legend, so we must respect his views even if we disagree

In fact Peter Abraham, the South African who wrote ' Mine Boy' 1954, was considered the first person to introduce Modern African literature to the world audience. Until 'Mine Boy' was written, nobody knew what was like to live under an apartheid regime. Apartheid was of more relevance to world thinking than the refusal of some tribal groups to accept civilisation a'la ' Things fall apart'

By the way Ola, avoid responding to some people on the forum, not everybody can see beyond primordial and tribal allegiance.

Ola Johnson: You've said somewhere that it doesn't exist. Now you are saying I should give you the page. If you have searched, as you want to make me believe and can't find it, let it slide.

Ola Johnson: You can't confuse me, none exists.

Ola Johnson: If you had started searching you would have made progress. Search.

Ola Johnson: I still stand on my position, others may shift grounds: There is nothing like father of African literature.

4chi: and agbalagbi 1st of African literature...happy now??

Same accolade must however be extended to all other one hit wonders like nico mbarga who failed to replicate his "sweet mother" hit. He is hereby declared the forefather of African highlife

and papa fryo whose "denge pose" still resonates as the grandfather of African reggae. So tan?

ngozievergreen: It doesnt mean Awolowo didnt do all he could to be president , yet no way. Tried beibg anti-igbo, no way. Tried propaganda against d north, na dat one evn make him drink ota pia pia.

So , d thread don derail to Awolowo tnz? Achebe, na u biko!