₦airaland Forum

Sonnobax15:
. Bro,with all due respect, you're one among the very few persons whom I respect so much here on Nairaland....

And I expect you to quite understand that,in life,there is what we call 'ideology' and everybody has got one or the other that he/she stands for,and no matter how the society may try to break such a person, he/she would rather die than let go off that ideology....... Funny as it may sound but I believe Professor Wole is one of those people who has such an ideology.....

Talking about the Jonathan's era,I was in My ND2 back then in poly ... And as a matter of fact,I was among the few youngies back then on campus who vehemently campaigned against his re-election.........Am I not a southerner like him? Yes,of course I'm.......But we thought Buhari was the messiah,just like many people do believe Someone today is gonna be their Messiah...But unfortunately,it all turned out to be a dream that later became a nightmare...

I'm sorry if my initial comment didn't go well with you,but that's just my own take....And the earlier a group of people start allowing others to be airing their own views on issues,the better for them....No be their papa buy me phone or data

ariesbull:
In 1986, when African writers decided to boycott the Nobel Prize for the apparent discrimination from the Royal Academy (up until then, no African was considered good enough for the prize), Soyinka showed up as a betrayer of the African collective cause and got the award

.....Soyinka might have a Nobel Prize, but that is not surely a comment on his social value as a writer. Even Abdulrazak Gurnah who was awarded the prize in 2021 said he thought it was a joke. Nobody knew him and he knew he did not deserve it.

In contrast, Ngugi wa Thiong'O has consistently been ignored by the Royal Academy, even though everyone in the literary field knows he is supposed to have long won it on merit. To put things in perspective, he taught Gurnah way back, and has taught many other greats

Ngugi's sin is that he would never bend to the Western ideologies, and he has canvassed on different occasions for African writers and indeed, writers from the Orient, to develop literature in their languages, instead of enriching metropolitan languages.

The West hates people like Ngugi, and can never reward them with their treasured literary prizes like the Nobel. To be an African writer deserving of the award, you have to have no hurtful opinion about the West. It is basically politics by the institutions of World Lit.
Achebe cut the perfect figure for the prize, and it was not surprising that he got it in 1986. Canonised writers like Achebe who took on Greene and Conrad could not have been rewarded for questioning the jaundiced representation of Africans in Western literature


https://twitter.com/onyeka_real/status/1644823054587944961?t=C8B9sK8aOooO7TUj0FTgQw&s=19[/quote]Bullshit. How come those that boycotted did not win the year after the boycott.

*Obidients and wisdom are two parallel lines that can never meet*.

AdesegunSanni89:
This man is greater than all yeebos living or dead.

AdesegunSanni89:
This man is greater than all yeebos living or dead.

AdesegunSanni89:
This man is greater than all yeebos living or dead.

AdesegunSanni89:
This man is greater than all yeebos living or dead.

AdesegunSanni89:
This man is greater than all yeebos living or dead.

Forkthiefnubu:
The man have no credibility and is a tribal power advocate

Zubeezanga:
Lol aye men go celebrate am too, same as vikings,buccaneers and co, lol wat we celebrate sha lol.

Enemiesmasquera:
Soyinka is a hypothetical old man so not worthy to be celebrated

Oakenshield:
After campaigning for buhari he couldn't find his voice

SmartPolician:
No doubt, Wole Sonyinka is an achiever, but he is a constant reminder that education and exposure don't cure tribalism.

Listen, we know how this man went to Ojota to protest against Jonathan. He called Patience Jonathan names that someone of his social status shouldn't be seen calling the first lady of his country.

When Buhari came in, they had a good relationship. Over time, he started calling Buhari incompetent. Guess what, Buhari didn't destroy the economy half as much as Tinubu did. Despite that, Prof has remained silent.

Instead, whenever he speaks, it's always about Peter Obi and the OBIdients - calling young people who want a change of status quo in their beloved country a horrible name.

In conclusion, expunging tribalism and seneless attachment to one's own tribe has nothing to do with education and exposure. It's all about rectitude and willpower.

DevilsEqual:
Eunoiaa, come and cry out your eyes as the only thing that troubles your soul is seeing people celebrate her greatest literary figure in our midst

Remain sorrowful while we celebrate the most important Nigerian literary icon ever

Wail like your life depends on it and yea, I'm EmperorCaesar

AdesegunSanni89:
This man is greater than all yeebos living or dead.

UncleAdebisi:
Only Keke riders are in awe of the cultist.

Sonnobax15:
. Bro,with all due respect, you're one among the very few persons whom I respect so much here on Nairaland....

And I expect you to quite understand that,in life,there is what we call 'ideology' and everybody has got one or the other that he/she stands for,and no matter how the society may try to break such a person, he/she would rather die than let go off that ideology....... Funny as it may sound but I believe Professor Wole is one of those people who has such an ideology.....

Talking about the Jonathan's era,I was in My ND2 back then in poly ... And as a matter of fact,I was among the few youngies back then on campus who vehemently campaigned against his re-election.........Am I not a southerner like him? Yes,of course I'm.......But we thought Buhari was the messiah,just like many people do believe Someone today is gonna be their Messiah...But unfortunately,it all turned out to be a dream that later became a nightmare...

I'm sorry if my initial comment didn't go well with you,but that's just my own take....And the earlier a group of people start allowing others to be airing their own views on issues,the better for them....No be their papa buy me phone or data

Kwaramustgoodag:
No need to be using racist in our own country. Wole Soyinka was made great, but still part of our problem. So kosi oro lenu baba mo. Tori wipe omo wa ti de ori alefa, kole soro soke mo. Very big shame to we true Yorubas.