The moment u open your eyes and see that we are all hypocrite in a way, then u wouldn't have written this long post condemning her.

Reflect7, save your words.

I read her Purple Hibiscus as a 12 year old. Her Tedtalk on the danger of a single story is undeniably the most captivating gospel against stereotypes I've heard till date.

From following her since my childhood till this day, I can tell you there's no reason for her rejection of the National Honour other than the resentment she has for the Nigerian State like every other Igbo person I've met.

The last time she spoke at the NBA conference, she said Nigeria does not respect her heroes by making reference at the same meeting to the Late Dora Akunyili who was villified for her good works. Who are the people who killed her husband? Who are the people who attempted to assassinate her? Like every Igbo person, she blamed Nigeria for not honouring Akunyili when it was her very own fake drugs manufacturing brothers that perpetuated the scariest evils against her.
From her submission that day, I solidified my conviction that she's not different from other Igbos who use the words " Nigerians" to cover their misdeeds , "Igbo Amaka" to receive commendation and "Biafra" to blackmail.

If Biafra was a country, she would never reject Biafra's award even if it was the poorest and most despotic country on Earth.

Her greatest influence is Achebe. He hated Nigeria with passion, she does too.

There's no hypocrisy here.

she and her people are battling serious inferiority complex. they should be ignored. she is just like Achebe the Biafran propagandist and faux image launderer

And Lass Lass ! Those Oyibo go still address her as a BLACK AFRICAN. WOMAN

Reflect7:
AMERICA SLAUGHTERED ONE MILLION INNOCENT PEOPLE IN IRAQ BASED ON LIES ABOUT WMDs, JUST TO STEAL THEIR OIL.

AMERICA IS ALSO DOCUMENTED TO HAVE INVADED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, 197 OF THE 202 COUNTRIES ON EARTH.

SO WHY IS SHE ACCEPTING AWARDS FROM THEM LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE, AND REJECTING AWARDS FROM NIGERIA?

Her mentor, Achebe was the same. He rejected Nigerian awards but received awards from all these imperialist countries - Britain, USA, France, Australia, Canada etc.

These are the same countries that enslaved Africans, colonised and looted African resources for over 500 years.

Countries that today retain the looted funds by their stooges in power in Africa, and refuse to return them.

Countries that allow their banks to serve as Accessories After Theft by receiving looted African funds.

Countries that hold and exhibit our looted ancient artefacts and treasures in their museums, from the Benin bronzes to the Ife bronzes, and refuse to return them despite repeated appeals by the Nigerian government.

So HOW is it that you can be receiving awards from these countries whose crimes against humanity are on a whole different scale entirely, while rejecting national awards from your own country?

IT IS THE VERY HEIGHT OF HYPOCRISY.

Your Nigeria has been slaughtering millions of her people without remorse for decades. The ethnic cleansing is on going as we speak.
Achebe refused the bloody award because of this.., Chimamanda has also refused the sick award for similar reasons.
Take your award and shove down your behind.

Reflect7:


No I won't, and don't.

We're not all slaves to the USA like you.

Start by rejecting their polio vaccines down North

Her chosen, shey nah by force to collect politicians award

I didn't bother myself to read this post. Why hasn't the OP discuss about the bigotry and wickedness going on in the country? You all just pretend that everything is good because you enjoy from someone else oil/gas revenue. Keep supporting injustice and bad policies, since to be very wicked individual is an envidence of how to play politics some of you accuse others of not knowing how to play.

naijapikin2:
y have a point, but the fact still remains that nigeria has a worse record (publicly) than america in terms of principle and values. Publicly in quote because the figures you raised are unproven. My take

What figures are unproven?

Whatever the number killed in Iraq, for instance ,it is far worse than anything Buhari did.

Not to mention the numerous other countries, from Vietnam to Haiti to Guatemala.

Nigerians are always drinking panadol for some one else's headache..

Reflect7:


If those things are bothering her, why is she not bothered by the 1 million innocent people slaughtered by the USA in Iraq?

Or the fact the USA is the biggest arms exporter to the world?

Or that the USA has sponsored rebels in the Congo just to be able to steal their natural resources there such as colbalt, leading to a conflict that has claimed millions of lives?

Or due to serious issues of police brutality against blacks in the USA, and general institutionalised racism there, which sees blacks attendng the worst schools, and facing bigger unemployment problems than whites, etc?

Why are all these JUST FINE to Ms Adichie?

go and rest, is it a must to accept what you dislike? Are you going to leave her life for her? She do not want a sugar coated love by accepting what she dislike. She is igbo, we dont pretend to love what we hate. Her rejection of the national honour is a wakeup call for handlers of this nation to re-engineer the nation.

Reflect7:
AMERICA SLAUGHTERED ONE MILLION INNOCENT PEOPLE IN [b] IRAQ BASED ON LIES ABOUT WMDs, JUST TO STEAL THEIR OIL.

AMERICA IS ALSO DOCUMENTED TO HAVE INVADED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, 197 OF THE 202 COUNTRIES ON EARTH.

SO WHY IS SHE ACCEPTING AWARDS FROM THEM LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE, AND REJECTING AWARDS FROM NIGERIA?[/b]

Her mentor, Achebe was the same. He rejected Nigerian awards but received awards from all these imperialist countries - Britain, USA, France, Australia, Canada etc.

These are the same countries that enslaved Africans, colonised and looted African resources for over 500 years.

Countries that today retain the looted funds by their stooges in power in Africa, and refuse to return them.

Countries that allow their banks to serve as [b]Accessories After Theft by receiving and storing looted African funds.

Countries that hold and exhibit our looted ancient artefacts and treasures in their museums, from the Benin bronzes to the Ife bronzes, and refuse to return them despite repeated appeals by the Nigerian government.

So HOW is it that you can be receiving awards from these countries whose crimes against humanity are on a whole different scale entirely, while rejecting national awards from your own country?

[b]IT IS THE VERY HEIGHT OF HYPOCRISY.

The above is a vomit from ill-educated and nonsensical Nigerian. Is she from Iraq? The issue about the shithole called Nigeria touches her forbearer's compound. By the way, in the 1977 “An Image of Africa”, Achebe lampooned the Europeans including the members of the committee for the so-called Nobel Prize. In order to spite him, the committee dashed the silly award to a Nigerian in 1986 on Literature when the dude has no novel to his name. As a matter of fact, the Nigerian guy is a playwright. In fact, Achebe indicated he had no need for the nonsensical award.

Reflect7:


Why do her 'principles' not apply to the USA , Britain, France and other imperialist countries she collects awards from without question?

Or her 'principles' only apply to Nigeria?

Those countries you mentioned did not kill 3m of her people,

Reflect7:
AMERICA SLAUGHTERED ONE MILLION INNOCENT PEOPLE IN IRAQ BASED ON LIES ABOUT WMDs, JUST TO STEAL THEIR OIL.

AMERICA IS ALSO DOCUMENTED TO HAVE INVADED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, 197 OF THE 202 COUNTRIES ON EARTH.

SO WHY IS SHE ACCEPTING AWARDS FROM THEM LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE, AND REJECTING AWARDS FROM NIGERIA?

Her mentor, Achebe was the same. He rejected Nigerian awards but received awards from all these imperialist countries - Britain, USA, France, Australia, Canada etc.

These are the same countries that enslaved Africans, colonised and looted African resources for over 500 years.

Countries that today retain the looted funds by their stooges in power in Africa, and refuse to return them.

Countries that allow their banks to serve as Accessories After Theft by receiving and storing looted African funds.

Countries that hold and exhibit our looted ancient artefacts and treasures in their museums, from the Benin bronzes to the Ife bronzes, and refuse to return them despite repeated appeals by the Nigerian government.

So HOW is it that you can be receiving awards from these countries whose crimes against humanity are on a whole different scale entirely, while rejecting national awards from your own country?

What did Nigeria do to you that those countries did not do 1000 times more of?

TAKING AWARDS FROM THEM IS THE VERY HEIGHT OF HYPOCRISY.

They didn't kill her own people- something you can't understand.

gidgiddy:


Can you truly compare America, Canada, Uk and Australia with Nigeria? If we are to follow your logic, nobody would recieve any award from any country in the world as there are no Saints

However, when you talk about Nigeria and these other countries, when you compare human rights, human development, democracy, rule of law, quality if life, security and capital development between these countries and a country like Nigeria, you will weep

Nigeria has become poverty capital of the world, second most terrorised country on earth, ranks low on human rights and the rule of law

So I dont blame Ngozi Adichie for not accepting the award, she probably felt that an award from such a failed country was meaningless, and I agree with her

This is your inferiority complex talking.

Leave aside the fact that Nigeria is a developing country like 80% of countries on Earth, with an annual budget of 38 billion dollars compared to the USA's 7.6 trillion dollars (making comparisons between the two truly foolish), there are MANY indices you can judge Nigeria by, which are not negative. Africa's largest economy with a GDP of 1.2 trillion dollars calculated by Purchasing Power Parity, the largest and fastest growing middle class in Africa, largest film industry, largest music, fashion and entertainment industry, 4th most powerful military after Egypt, SA, and Morocco, startup and tech capital of Africa, major sporting power of Africa, the cultural capital of Africa, Africa's best educated population and a rising manufacturing power, with substantial manufacturing plants in the motor vehicle industry, ship building, chemicals, iron and steel, petrochemicals, fertilizer, urea, and other sectors. A country projected to become the 3rd most populous nation on Earth after China and India by 2050, meaning she is a veritable magnet for world class level investment in the decades ahead.

There is a LOT to be positive about Nigeria and its prospects if you and Adichie cast aside your endless disgruntlement, bitterness, and holier-than-thou pretend piety predicated on nothing.

I'm done talking about this award thing sef.
So set of people we know are just too stubborn

Reflect7:


If those things are bothering her, why is she not bothered by the 1 million innocent people slaughtered by the USA in Iraq?

Or the fact the USA is the biggest arms exporter to the world?

Or that the USA has sponsored rebels in the Congo just to be able to steal their natural resources there such as colbalt, leading to a conflict that has claimed millions of lives?

Or due to serious issues of police brutality against blacks in the USA, and general institutionalised racism there, which sees blacks attendng the worst schools, and facing bigger unemployment problems than whites, etc?

Why are all these JUST FINE to Ms Adichie?

This thing seems to pain you this much?


Were you this pained when Buhari left Nigeria to Britain to tell the whole world "Nigerian youths are lazy, always looking for free money"?


Were you this pained when Buhari made known his biases against the Igbos when je said "I can't treat the ones that gave me 5% and the ones that gave me 97% the same way".


Y'all be ranting because someone made a choice that has no national value and the President and his gang have been making bad choices with generational consequences for the entire nation, all these your reasoning didn't come to play.

You know one thing about authors, most of their actions are ideologically based including their works. If you understand that clearly, you'd know that Adichie didn't do that because of morality (she's not that qualified), she did that because of her solidarity with her own people who feel mistreated by Buhari.

What you wrote there won't make her change that.

Reflect7:
AMERICA SLAUGHTERED ONE MILLION INNOCENT PEOPLE IN IRAQ BASED ON LIES ABOUT WMDs, JUST TO STEAL THEIR OIL.

AMERICA IS ALSO DOCUMENTED TO HAVE INVADED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, 197 OF THE 202 COUNTRIES ON EARTH.

SO WHY IS SHE ACCEPTING AWARDS FROM THEM LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE, AND REJECTING AWARDS FROM NIGERIA?

I like it that you bolded that part. Obviously your first 3 statement has answered you question but lack of a deep thinking spirit won't let you see it.

Now let me ask you this; Did USA and other countries Achebe and Adichie receive awards from kill 3 million of thier people?

I'm asking this since your question has to do with crime committed against humanity. Let's start from there.

Fulani herdsmen have been ransacking her community here in Nigeria killing and maiming yet no single arrest and that has really confounded her.

Maybe this is her way of protest.

Nosayer:

This thing seems to pain you this much?


Were you this pained when Buhari left Nigeria to Britain to tell the whole world "Nigerian youths are lazy, always looking for free money"?


Were you this pained when Buhari made known his biases against the Igbos when je said "I can't treat the ones that gave me 5% and the ones that gave me 97% the same way".


Y'all be ranting because someone made a choice that has no national value and the President and his gang have been making bad choices with generational consequences for the entire nation, all these your reasoning didn't come to play.

You know one thing about authors, most of their actions are ideologically based including their works. If you understand that clearly, you'd know that Adichie didn't do that because of morality (she's not that qualified), she did that because of her solidarity with her own people who feel mistreated by Buhari.

But her people were mistreated more by the AMERICANS.

Are you aware how many millions of Igbos were carted off as slaves and how many were thrown out into the open sea when the ships started to leak?

Over a 400 year period?

More recently, did the US allies, the British, not supply arms and fighter jets to the Nigerian govt to prosecute the Biafran war, which killed millions of ''her people''?

So why is she collecting awards from all these countries which were instrumental to the suffering of her people?

Or is she unaware of the nefarious roles these nations have played in the history of ''her people''?

In fact those imperialist powers are the REAL threats to her people, as they prop up the local stooges who implement their imperialist agenda.

Adichie frowns upon, and shuns the local stooges, while sucking up to the REAL Imperialist oppressors who pull the strings, and gleefully accepts their awards.

Why?

phorget:
Her choice, shey nah by force to collect Buhari award?...

this is not Buhari award, Buhari don't even know many of them.
Every igbo man and woman is born to hate Nigeria so am not surprised.

rickpat:
I'm not a fan of the lady in question,but I believe if you go deeper,you might find out why she doesn't take awards from NIGERIA....I personally if given an award in Nigeria I will decline.. I'M NOT PLEASED WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CLOWNS THAT CALL THEMSELVES POLITICANS...so she might have her reasons...she has right to association...so no need judging or calling her names, people have personal principles

nothing like personal principles, she hate buhari, majority of them hate buhari without any reason. Peter and gej killed more than 135 you youths in Anambara but today they see Peter Obi as the best thing that happened to Igbo land after slice bread.

Validated:


Why are you bleating on Chimamanda's rejection of Buhari? Not everyone want to give credibility to a bigot of a government that is out to kill, steal and destroy.
Shey he was busy appointing only the 97% to his failed govt. Why is he now giving awards to the 5% that the world honoured as best of Africa? To gain validation? I would reject him if I was nominated.

Thank you Chimamanda, the sterking Amazon of the land of the Yellow Sun!

you can never satisfy your haters. You guys hate buhari, unfortunately the more you hate him the more we love him. You can as well kill yourself because Buhari is the president.
Children of HATE!

Obidient4life3:
Even you that is ranting will jump on anything American !

you hate a country and you want us to believe that Peter Obi is coming to fairly rule this country. Maybe you guys think we are fools.
One day this action will hunt her.
Children of HATE!

Hoedogwu:


Because the USA would never do those things you listed to its own citizens. The USA puts it's country first and guards her citizens jealously. Unlike this useless country that sponsors terrorist attacks against its own, steals from its own, renders it's own useless. Get the difference?

the people that are sponsoring terrorists are the same people that you people want to vote to power. Everybody knows that Peter Obi is the major sponsor of ipob terrorists but some blind illiterates want us to vote for him.

asanausana91:
this is not Buhari award, Buhari don't even know many of them.
Every igbo man and woman is born to hate Nigeria so am not surprised.

Teni is also an igbo lady and that was why she snubbed the ”presidential handshake”.
I wonder how it's so convenient for you folks to tag everyone who isn't cool with the way the country is been manage an igbo person. If Nigeria is living up to every region why should an “igbo person” hate her?
I don't have a reason to hate Nigeria but at least I have reasons to dislike the government of the day.

asanausana91:
you hate a country and you want us to believe that Peter Obi is coming to fairly rule this country. Maybe you guys think we are fools.
One day this action will hunt her.
Children of HATE!

I am for PO and not because he is coming to right every wrong but just for the fact that it will be on record that all the 3 major tribes in Nigeria had a hand in destroying Nigeria.

Hausa/Fulani been running this country with little or NO progress, couple of Yoruba had ruled too so let's have an igbo man.

They have finished ranting about uju, it's now time to rant about Chimamanda...


Their sister teni disgraced herself in the ceremony but nobody is talking about that as she is not Igbo...

typical of Yoruba people...

Antivirus92:
They have finished ranting about uju, it's now time to rant about Chimamanda...


Their sister teni disgraced herself in the ceremony but nobody is talking about that as she is not Igbo...

typical of Yoruba people...

I'm yoruba and definitely for chimamanda and teni, I fully supported their actions.. Infact I wish a lot of people will do what teni did to our leaders. Chimamanda was even lenient for refusing instead of coming and refusing it at the point of presentation to send a clear message.. The only people pained or hurt with teni and chimamanda action are tinubu urchins and fulani terrorist... They kill you everyday and still expect you to bow to them.. Nigerians have been so mentally destroyed that they now see their chains as jewelry that they are willing to defend it wit their last blood.. So pls dont confuse every Tinubu supporter with us real yorubas.. The only people that turned everything to tribal slurs are tinubu rascals so know that distiction

Your post made no sense to me.is chimamanda a native of united states or Nigeria? You are talking about alleged crime that happened some centuries ago, even before she was born.

Chimamanda reasons for such rejection is very simple and clear.
*The killing of women and children in southern Kaduna
*Denials of state policing to stop crime across the country
*Lopesided appointment across the country
*Federal government telling world bank to focused development to the north alone
*Federal government continuous disobedience of Court orders
And so many atrocious act

Reflect7:
AMERICA SLAUGHTERED ONE MILLION INNOCENT PEOPLE IN IRAQ BASED ON LIES ABOUT WMDs, JUST TO STEAL THEIR OIL.

AMERICA IS ALSO DOCUMENTED TO HAVE INVADED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, 197 OF THE 202 COUNTRIES ON EARTH.

SO WHY IS SHE ACCEPTING AWARDS FROM THEM LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE, AND REJECTING AWARDS FROM NIGERIA?

Her mentor, Achebe was the same. He rejected Nigerian awards but received awards from all these imperialist countries - Britain, USA, France, Australia, Canada etc.

These are the same countries that enslaved Africans, colonised and looted African resources for over 500 years.

Countries that today retain the looted funds by their stooges in power in Africa, and refuse to return them.

Countries that allow their banks to serve as Accessories After Theft by receiving and storing looted African funds.

Countries that hold and exhibit our looted ancient artefacts and treasures in their museums, from the Benin bronzes to the Ife bronzes, and refuse to return them despite repeated appeals by the Nigerian government.

So HOW is it that you can be receiving awards from these countries whose crimes against humanity are on a whole different scale entirely, while rejecting national awards from your own country?

What did Nigeria do to you that those countries did not do 1000 times more of?

TAKING AWARDS FROM THEM IS THE VERY HEIGHT OF HYPOCRISY.

This is just a rant of an illiterate.. The first responsibility of a country is to its people.. Every country is guilty of imperialism one way or the order even the great oyo empire, Benin empire, zazzau empire, fodio empire all raded other communities for the benefit of their own, it's human though unjust but it's what catapult human development, the aberration come when you now stop raiding outside your territories but instead killing and stealing from those you are supposed to protect.. Every sane citizen of such a nation are suppose to be up in arm to ask for justice and civil disobedience is a very mild mild way and should be commended.. This is not about about hatred but reality, the country is dying and all you can still think of is defending your oppressors.. I hope we all learn

Reflect7:


If those things are bothering her, why is she not bothered by the 1 million innocent people slaughtered by the USA in Iraq?

Or the fact the USA is the biggest arms exporter to the world?

Or that the USA has sponsored rebels in the Congo just to be able to steal their natural resources there such as colbalt, leading to a conflict that has claimed millions of lives?

Or due to serious issues of police brutality against blacks in the USA, and general institutionalised racism there, which sees blacks attendng the worst schools, and facing bigger unemployment problems than whites, etc?

Why are all these JUST FINE to Ms Adichie?

Before you show your hatred.. tell your government to provide for its citizens first the way American government is providing for it citizens.. you sighting American wars in the middle East is useless and senseless.. what has Nigerian government done for it citizens.. American government have been providing for it citizens since time immemorial