₦airaland Forum

Bananapill:
I wasn't a literature man but I read Achebe's books. I can't remember any of Soyinka's own I read.
If his were very good, my dad would have bought a couple. I read Chinua's own taking delight. His books were the most talked about while a lot of us were growing up.
As for the awards, Chinua, rejected them.

Tellmeastory:
The federal government does not require or seek the consent of a citizen’s family prior to conferring him or her with national honours.

Tellmeastory:
I was referring to national honours.

Surely you know the difference.

Tellmeastory:
The FG must name something big in this country after the legendary Professor Chinua Achebe.

I am a great fan and reader of Wole Soyinka, by the way, so this is not based on any beef with the great Nobel-winning writer, who certainly earned the right to have the National Theatre named after him by President Tinubu.

But we must not put Chinua Achebe, the Booker Prize winning author of Africa’s greatest novel, Things Fall Apart, in the position of the proverbial lizard of his great book who fell from the tall iroko tree, and promised to praise himself if no one else did.

That book is Required Reading in the curricula of schools all over the world, from Kenya to the USA.

It has been translated into over 100 languages worldwide, and remains till date, the biggest selling novel by an African, bringing great honour to Nigeria.

Achebe was also an erudite advocate for good governance and govt accountability.

According to wiki

“Chinua Achebe…. was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel.

Along with Things Fall Apart, his No Longer at Ease (1960) and Arrow of God (1964) complete the "African Trilogy".

Later novels include A Man of the People (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1987).

In the West, Achebe is often referred to as the "father of African literature", although he vigorously rejected the characterization.“

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinua_Achebe

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Gentlemen, we must honour this man.

christistruth01:
What if his family rejects it?

Quintessence44:
Has to be a federal project.

Perhaps the 2nd Niger Bridge?

It would be quite an honour because that bridge cost nearly 2 billion dollars. Huge project.

Tellmeastory:
The FG must name something big in this country after the legendary Professor Chinua Achebe.

I am a great fan and reader of Wole Soyinka, by the way, so this is not based on any beef with the great Nobel-winning writer, who certainly earned the right to have the National Theatre named after him by President Tinubu.

But we must not put Chinua Achebe, the Booker Prize winning author of Africa’s greatest novel, Things Fall Apart, in the position of the proverbial lizard of his great book who fell from the tall iroko tree, and promised to praise himself if no one else did.

That book is Required Reading in the curricula of schools all over the world, from Kenya to the USA.

It has been translated into over 100 languages worldwide, and remains till date, the biggest selling novel by an African, bringing great honour to Nigeria.

Achebe was also an erudite advocate for good governance and govt accountability.

According to wiki

“Chinua Achebe…. was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel.

Along with Things Fall Apart, his No Longer at Ease (1960) and Arrow of God (1964) complete the "African Trilogy".

Later novels include A Man of the People (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1987).

In the West, Achebe is often referred to as the "father of African literature", although he vigorously rejected the characterization.“

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinua_Achebe

……..


Gentlemen, we must honour this man.

DMerciful:
Once a man is dead, thats the end of it all, he has no awareness and cannot appreciate anything....

Tellmeastory:
You are IGNORANT.

You will learn the day you leave this world, that you are NOT your physical body.

DaddyJapan:
Is the M18 in Abuja big enough?

Tellmeastory:
I am not an Obidient.

I realise this forum is a cesspit of tribalism and hatred, but I’m not part of your pigsty.

I’m just a normal Nigerian passing through.

DMerciful:
There is not difference btw you and a stone once you're dead. Don't let anybody deceive you

Tellmeastory:
There are literally MILLIONS of testimonies by people who were certified clinically dead, (which physically is no different form actual death) who were revived, and recounted INCREDIBLE experiences that show that we ALL survive 'death' and transit to the the place we call 'heaven' or the 'spirit world', which is actually our REAL home from where we came to be born briefly as humans.

Your ancestors knew these fact for thousands of years. They communicated with the ancestors, whom they knew were alive on the other side.

You rejected their knowledge to follow ROMAN inventions via 'christianity', which has confused and misled you.

That's why today, you, an AFRICAN WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER, believes that ''once you are dead, that's it.''.

Romans have brainwashed you with garbage.

Bananapill:
I wasn't a literature man but I read Achebe's books. I can't remember any of Soyinka's own I read.
If his were very good, my dad would have bought a couple. I read Chinua's own taking delight. His books were the most talked about while a lot of us were growing up.
As for the awards, Chinua, rejected them.

Tellmeastory:
The FG must name something big in this country after the legendary Professor Chinua Achebe.

I am a great fan and reader of Wole Soyinka, by the way, so this is not based on any beef with the great Nobel-winning writer, who certainly earned the right to have the National Theatre named after him by President Tinubu.

But we must not put Chinua Achebe, the Booker Prize winning author of Africa’s greatest novel, Things Fall Apart, in the position of the proverbial lizard of his great book who fell from the tall iroko tree, and promised to praise himself if no one else did.

That book is Required Reading in the curricula of schools all over the world, from Kenya to the USA.

It has been translated into over 100 languages worldwide, and remains till date, the biggest selling novel by an African, bringing great honour to Nigeria.

Achebe was also an erudite advocate for good governance and govt accountability.

According to wiki

“Chinua Achebe…. was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel.

Along with Things Fall Apart, his No Longer at Ease (1960) and Arrow of God (1964) complete the "African Trilogy".

Later novels include A Man of the People (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1987).

In the West, Achebe is often referred to as the "father of African literature", although he vigorously rejected the characterization.“

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinua_Achebe

……..


Gentlemen, we must honour this man.

Ttalk:
The coastal road that covers 8 States would be named after him though some people vehemently opposed the construction of the road

Tellmeastory:
The FG must name something big in this country after the legendary Professor Chinua Achebe.

I am a great fan and reader of Wole Soyinka, by the way, so this is not based on any beef with the great Nobel-winning writer, who certainly earned the right to have the National Theatre named after him by President Tinubu.

But we must not put Chinua Achebe, the Booker Prize winning author of Africa’s greatest novel, Things Fall Apart, in the position of the proverbial lizard of his great book who fell from the tall iroko tree, and promised to praise himself if no one else did.

That book is Required Reading in the curricula of schools all over the world, from Kenya to the USA.

It has been translated into over 100 languages worldwide, and remains till date, the biggest selling novel by an African, bringing great honour to Nigeria.

Achebe was also an erudite advocate for good governance and govt accountability.

According to wiki

“Chinua Achebe…. was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel.

Along with Things Fall Apart, his No Longer at Ease (1960) and Arrow of God (1964) complete the "African Trilogy".

Later novels include A Man of the People (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1987).

In the West, Achebe is often referred to as the "father of African literature", although he vigorously rejected the characterization.“

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinua_Achebe

……..


Gentlemen, we must honour this man.

Tellmeastory:
I am not an Obidient.

I realise this forum is a cesspit of tribalism and hatred, but I’m not part of your pigsty.

I’m just a normal Nigerian passing through.

Osnuf34:
If you are not then y this, y now? U know for certain that this will bring another round of tribal war on this forum but you went ahead to create it. You are just been mischievous.

legallysly:
I started reading Chinua Achebe's books in the late 80s/early 90s and consider him to be tremendously accompished in the African Prose Genre.

His achievements are not in any way diminished and the Nigerian Government had, in the past, offered him National honours which he rejected.

Tellmeastory:
Since when did you people become afraid of having ‘tribal war’ on Nairaland?

It’s like a goat getting scared to eat grass.

What else motivates any of you here but ethnic rivalry?

The very name of Nairaland is ‘tribal war’.

musicwriter:
Both Achebe and Soyinka should go and get their rewards from white people whom they served. They should get their reward from king Charles of England cause they've done more for his language than African languages.

You're talking about two people who collaborated with the CIA to destroy their own languages!! Two people who made the African continent a language-less continent. Two people who made African languages unattractive to our people. Two people who finally surrendered whatever power was left of Africa to white people after the so called independence. Two people who should be cast away from society into an evil forest.

And you said he has his books in 100 languages around the world? Which of his books is in his native Igbo language? How many of Soyinka's books are in his native Yoruba language?

Who really did they serve with their so called knowledge?

Tellmeastory:
Should I disregard everything you’ve just typed because you did so in English?

A simple Yes or No will suffice.

musicwriter:
Did I tell you I didn't study the English language like you? Or am I supposed to invent a new language to talk to you?

musicwriter:
Did I tell you I didn't study the English language like you? Or am I supposed to invent a new language to talk to you?