₦airaland Forum

biolabee: Thanks ma.. i love that book, ditto Man of the People, Arrow of God
He made me yearn for the pre-colonial days

biolabee: i wrote it ma.. its not really a poem but my collection of poignant parts in his greatest work - Things Fall Apart

I remember the vanquishing of Amalinze the Cat
I remember the hunt for the source of the ogbanje in Ezinne
I remember i cried when Ikemefuna was killed and Okonkwo the man with a spring in his step had to be exiled

I remember he looked on his mother's family with disdain though they accommodated him
I remember that when a boy washes his hands, he can eat with the elders
I remember the tale of the bird that learnt to fly without landing as men have learned to shoot without missing

I remember the irreversible progress of colonialism and subsequent loss of our traditional values
I remember Okonko's first son dropping his name for Isaac
I remenber Okonkwo leaving in shame for the world he lost

Things fall apart and the centre cannot hold
Mere anarchy is loose on the land


Live forever, great pensman.. You did your part

biolabee: Who wrote what. sorry i dont get ur question

I remember the vanquishing of Amalinze the Cat
I remember the hunt for the source of the ogbanje in Ezinne
I remember i cried when Ikemefuna was killed and Okonkwo the man with a spring in his step had to be exiled

I remember he looked on his mother's family with disdain though they accommodated him
I remember that when a boy washes his hands, he can eat with the elders
I remember the tale of the bird that learnt to fly without landing as men have learned to shoot without missing

I remember the irreversible progress of colonialism and subsequent loss of our traditional values
I remember Okonko's first son dropping his name for Isaac
I remenber Okonkwo leaving in shame for the world he lost

Things fall apart and the centre cannot hold
Mere anarchy is loose on the land


Live forever, great pensman.. You did your part

Obiagu1: When Soyinka passes on, Nigeria will be left with no one.

Just emptiness!

tchidi: Ngwa, Niger nko? I fit hide there?

pendo89: A nigerian made contact with me from this nl.He is in Kenya working on contract and he is such a nice guy.Told me there are many of them in Kenya.
I have ghanian friends as well and they are very warm. The only hostile people are the ones on twitter and nl like 190.

ok I am no respecter of persons.you can be from mogadishu and I will still love you cz tomorrow i might seek refuge in your country.

pendo89: Is this match still on by the way? I think it should be called off . It's soo tasteless like rubberband.

Now b4 I go,I present the award winning nl 'kenyan attack' to no one but 190 (who else anyway).

tchidi: If we make all this noise and Kenya knack us on saturday ehn......na to run go hide for chad till everytin settle down.

pendo89: they are hilarious but still

It's strange that I don't feel kenyan or nigerian in this matter.All I see like someone said, is poor organisation/logistics from Africans.
When the world reads this guess what they say 'silly africans going neck to neck' yet they are all poor.pathetic

pendo89: Honestly a lot of energy is being spent dissing each other instead of being creative and making money.Typical of us Africans.
Wasting so much time doing stuff that doesn't add value to our lives.What a shame yet neither is a first world country.Smh.
So what if Kenya has the best rugby team and Nigeria the best football team? What about you? Who are you? I mean who even knows that you exist?
The 'Dangotes' are too busy to waste time on such exchanges cz they are thinking of expanding their business to Kenya and Africa. So are the kenyan business men in partnership with nigerian co.
Many nigerians work in kenya and vv.I don't even see what the exchanges end up achieving at all.I hope no one takes it to heart cz it's silly.

Terrorism,419,yahoo yahoo,,hunger,poverty,music,power,internet,pathetic leaders,nollywood,witchcraft,ghosts,hunger are problems afflicting many African countries not only nigeria/kenya.
See,Most Kenyans believe that nigerians are 419,crooks and into deep witchcraft,blame nollywood and media.Nigerians on the other hand believe that Kenyans live in the bush,starve and walk naked. See how ignorant we all are? But the smart business guys know better and capitalise on each country's resources.
I now see why it is easy to colonise Africans and why divide and rule works in Africa. IGNORANCE is the worst disease afflicting Africans and we take pride in it by exhibiting it.
Like seriously, I wish it was SA versus either Nigeria or Kenya.Tomorrow each one wakes up to face their daily struggles,footballers do their stuff get paid and go home smiling while you are busy twittering nonsense.
I am wishing that people could convert those silly twitter exchanges for development.

ok have fun in whatever you do and be proud of it.

nite

CFCfan: He is indeed a lucky man; I wish I was in his 'ofe'

fluid26: Nwanem nwanyi, ezigbo ofe! Odikwa ka Flavour foro ntutu ta..na ogaghi enye nwanta nwanyi a ezum ike.

fluid26: Cool. Looks lyk she still g@t some nutrients to spare him. Nice one Flavy boi.

ogugua88: [size=13pt]Lmaooooo. I don't snatch. I'm not interested in him like that anyway. I have my own Chinedu [/size]

Meddler: The bolded part made me laugh . I consider myself a hair mixologist. I once applied raw avocado to my hair (it's supposed to strengthen and give the hair shine), lets just say when it comes to food, I'll rather have it in my belly than on my hair. Spent almost 2 hours trying to get the traces of avocado out of my hair hehehehehehehehehehe.

I get the urge sometimes and completely understand the way u feel about locs. A couple years ago I stumbled upon a blogger who blogged about her locs and how she took care of it. I'm telling you her locs almost got me to the point to locking. But the price and general upkeep deterred me. If I could find a gud loctician at an affordable price I won't mind giving it a try.

ugoani: sincerely speaking the state of insecurity in this nation have transcend when we will be using social media like nairaland for mere ethinic or tribal abuse to using it to share contructive ideas that can enable us fight these monster among us with their cohurt politicians

ogugua88: [size=13pt]No baby. That was a rumor.[/size]