₦airaland Forum

percipi1: Regarding your question, why don't you read my previous submissions. Seems you are not reading them before you respond

shymexx: Damn son!!! I had to read the interview again before I hit the sheet!!

This man is God's gift to Nigeria!!

Anyone who understands English language should be able to decipher those multi-syllable words in the context in which he used them without the aid of a dictionary. However, the most eye-catching thing about the interview, is the structure of the sentences, and the way he was able to intelligently answer the questions directly and succinctly.

I want to meet this man!

percipi1: In all honesty, I do not follow you line of reasoning. I have not contested The title . I have only said that it should be construed within the context of Achebe's role as the first advisory editor to Heinemann. Through him, a lot of African writers were discovered and nurtured. Nadine Gordinmer who gave him the title was one of them and she later got a Nobel. Achebe did not nurture any Igbo, Ashanti, french , Swahili or Yoruba writer so he cannot not be accepted as influencing literatures in those languages.

Regarding Michael and James brown, they are considered such as pop and rock and roll originated from the US and both are considered as the biggest influence in those genres. None of them has been labelled the " father of American music" This logically gives a lie to the basis of your contention


HEY IS LIKE YOU CAN NOT UNDERSTAND A SIMPLE ENGLISH NOW READ CHINUA ACHEBE IS THE FATHER OF MODERN AFRICAN LITERATURE NOT FATHER OF AFRICAN LITERATURE

Remii: This is not to justify violence but personal opinions and clarification
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Buhai was quoted to have said "monkeys and baboons would be soaked in blood if the results of elections were tampered with". This was interpreted to mean hell will let lose if elections were not free and fair. This is the same as what many other politicians said including Ojukwu, Adams Oshiomole, Jega, Tinubu and many others before the elections.

Asari Dokubo was quoted to have said "There will be war if GEJ was not returned as President in 2015 elections" whether election was fair or not.

These are two different statements. One "IF ELECTION WAS NOT FREE AND FAIR" the other "IF A PARTICULAR PERSON DID NOT WIN ELECTION"

Buhari messed up for not speaking out against killing of innocent children and others during the election violence. As statesman, an elder one for that matter should have denounced the violence while it started.

Black Peni5: WTF has London got to do with BIAFRA. Will they form the nation in London?

ebamma: my brother na so, i'm not even sure ojukwu will have loved to step down for another person if biafra have suceeded

T9ksy: old boy, you are free to open your basketmouth anyhow but the fact remains the fact- Awo s.crewed you ibosgood

and proper. So much so, that more than 2decades after his demise , you ibos are still whinning about the man.

I sincerely pray that you ibos try again to get a foothold in Lagos as that will be our cue to send you mofo ingrates back to your

caves. When we have sent enough of you Igbos to see your maker, then we will ask and get AMNESTY............

Up Awo-oko omo nna

Baba4: My husband is proudly Ikwerre and just for the the record he, his father, his mother, his sisters and brothers are the hardest working people I know. Laziness is not a part of their vocabulary. I am also fed up of always, but always having to explain to especially the igbo, that the ikwerre is not an igbo. He has his own distinct culture. Surely they have a right to say who they are and who they are not. I agree with some of the other posters, does it really matter if the ikwerre wants to be part and parcel of another ethnic group? I would have thought that a giant such as the igbo wouldn't give a damn! Why make it a preoccupation?

grafikdon: Umuekpili is my language. I am Ekwulobia, not Igbo. 

Allohrandy: I think she be deported to Nigerian immediately..UK governament should not waste their tax payers money on her..She is among those that give Nigerians bad name abroad.She was involved in a sham marriage for immigration purposes. She came to UK on student visa and should have gone back after her visa expired instead of involving in a fake marriage.. Anyway I wish her speed recovery

seanet01: I hate Achebe.
The enemy of people.