₦airaland Forum

haybhi1:
God please bless and keep alive this man

Soyinka is a global titan not just as writer and academic but more as an activist and freedom fighter.

MossadAgent:
Some people are grieving over this .

Won ma grieve ku ni

Prof

Congratulations Professeor W. Soyinka.

An icon of literature.

IrepChrist:
The proff is well respected for his contributions to literature and the intellectual body in Nigeria. He has achieved so much and put the nation on the map.

But truth be told. We must stop the game of relevance by association in Nigeria. If he had been vocal against the odds of this APC government he won't receive such honor.

All I see here is eye service and a reward not for his patriotism but his questionable alignment with the government of the day.


I will only speak the truth I know

Jesus loves you ❤️

How many of your family living or dead went to prison because of Biafra?

Next Ondo followed by Enugu and Kano

Emekaonline:
How many of your family living or dead went to prison because of Biafra?

Hear me again I do not underestimate his contributions.

haybhi1:
Lol, just as your whole people stand to wiped out of earth's history. Lol.🤣🤣
Lol, what have I contributed to the world at the moment? You think it's by emotion. Lol. Anyway, I'm on the path to etching my own name too. It's completely different from the field of literature though, that's not even my path. I'll try to give my quota to science and liberate some so much maybe my name may go into the annals of history. However, I would definitely never be found bringing down important and valuable people like Soyinka or doing needless cho cho cho, throughout my life. Peace

Shut up my friend!! You just told the whole world that your life is useless!! And when there's a life threatening calamity, Soyinka's life is more precious than yours.

Go and work on yourself abeg!

lord of seadogs

Sermwell:
Shut up my friend!! You just told the whole world that your life is useless!! And when there's a life threatening calamity, Soyinka's life is more precious than yours.

Go and work on yourself abeg!

lol mumu, how's your own life consequential in the grand scale? Who are you? What have you done? What are you doing? What work have you been working on yourself?
Don't rummage about what you will do.

Dumbo, mgbeke feeling funky. Na by emotion or wistful thinking?

haybhi1:
Lol, these guys are unaware that if global war breaks out today and there are a few planes to save some people, they will put Soyinka, even at 90, in plane ahead of anyone in their clan or tribe, ahead of Obi, ahead of Achebe—no disrepect meant. Lol, such is the might and beauty of being relevant and creating value. No be to dey do cho cho cho

Look fella, work hard in your life to hit that level. Contribute to mother earth such that your existence will remain indelible dead or alive. Only then, you might even go to call Soyinka names and people would bat an eye. Did you see Chimamanda attempting to attack Soyinka, and how it didn't even fly nor got off the ground—in fact, her rep seems to go solo since that time? That shows it would take a huge lot more than just a writer who rode to success majorly by taking advantage of the populace orientation on same-sex marriage and weaponinzing feminism to bring down not only a global academic icon, who is recognized with Noble Prize for his all-encompassing and impactful works in literature and still proffers values even at 90, but also dedicate his life for the liberation and of the less privilege, like the Igbos during the Biafran war such that he went to jail 20+ months; or the oppressed, like the fight for democracy against the tyrannical Abacha. Peak literature and constructive activism—two vital part of existence (they're not up to 10 in history to achieve those).

Your people need to educate themselves and especially folks like you on the need to be useful to earth on such peak and grand scale. Although, I know they lack an expedient role model, but they need to do something—maybe to find a way to inculcate it in education curriculum across peakest SE schools like UNN, Unizik and others. That will help you people be relevant in matters that matter, be a useful group member of earth, rather than going all-out bellicose, looking to drag useful people down rather than emulating them. You'll do not only the world some good, but also your inconsequential group.

Peace.

Will you and your parents be in that plane, if the global war erupt If not you are same as the people you are trolling!!!

PDPdestroyer:
Şțvpïð people full this country, no doubt. When it comes to leadership positions, you all clamour for youths to take charge, but when it comes to fighting for "your rights" you suddenly remember the old generation to take the lead. Soyinka won't make any assessment nor lead any protest against Tinubu like some sore losers have been wailing about, you can all go and ðïẽ! 😎

What did you gain from
Betts edu
Bello yahsya
Amaechi
Wike
Diezani
Bankole
Talk with sense abeg