₦airaland Forum

highpriestess:
How can i date someone without prick.

lol i go 4 a broke boy any day anytime over a small dicked man!!!

greiboy:
Sex is an important aspect of romantic relationships, forget about the hypocrites.

u hv started o!!! But if a lady says this now,,,, u would be the first to condemn o!!!

BluntBoy:
Are you angry

Alright, sweet dreams.

lol angry that what!! I aint good with arguments!!! Just stated my points!! N just so u know I know all the writers u wrote up there!! Sleep tight

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Una don start!!! Good night abeg

BluntBoy:
Achebe king of literature

Someone who wrote just five pop literature

Come on, Shugavee. How many African writers do you even know?

Have you read Ngugi Wa Thiong'O? Have you read Naguib Mahfouz? Have you read Nadine Gordimer? Have you read JM Coatzee?

Achebe was not even as good as Isidore Okpewho. Have you read Isidore Okpewho?

Achebe was lucky with Things Fall Apart. I like his Arrow of God better. But No Longer At Ease, A Man of The People and then Anthills of the Savannah. Please, how is Achebe king of literature

Writing pop literature does not make you king. If not, the likes of Stephen King and JK Rowling will be called kings of literature.

no need to argue, goodnight dear

BluntBoy:
I understand Okonkwo and all the symbolism.

But read that book again, especially the conversion of Nwafor and you would see Achebe's liking for the white religion. His description of the hymn which won the boy over is enough to convince anyone that Achebe took sides with the whites. Always in the story, there was a covert portrayal of the African culture as barbaric and inferior to the ones the whites were propagating. The book did not merely portray the historical triumph of the white over the blacks but also rubbed in our faces the very way the whites saw the African deities ---- powerless and not alive.

And mind you, it was not Achebe that first described Africans as organized. Fagunwa and many others, had done so with their blends of folklore and fiction. Before Achebe, there was African literature.

I can reel them out but I am so tired right now.

And, why aren't you sleeping already I just read that we, night owls, don't live as long as the larks

literature is the depiction of real life, it's neither true or untrue, were we not dominated by the white? Weren't we powerless,

Before achebe ofcourse there was literature!! Onitsha market literature long existed b4 things fall apart but he was the one that created a text that got the attention of all, there was music b4 fela too!! So u see!! Literatry critics like you make his books remain relevant!

BluntBoy:
That book is overhyped.

It didn't liberate Africa in anyway. Instead, it presented Africans as barbaric. Achebe talked about killing of twins, human sacrifices (Ikemefuna's murder) and then painted the whites as liberators. Things Fall Apart is just exactly the same note made by the whites. Achebe was not original.

In another of his novels, No Longer At Ease, he portrayed the Africans as thoroughly corrupt and the whites (symbolized by Mr Greene) as incorruptible.

Achebe simply painted the whites as good in his novels set in precolonial and colonial era.

He doesn't come close to Soyinka in depth, originality and the sustained voice.

Tell me how Things Fall Apart liberated Africans. The only thing it did was even expose us as savages and portrayed the whites like Mary Slessor for instance as our liberators from the worship of dead gods. Read Things Fall Apart, and you will see that Achebe revered the whites and even couldn't hide his disdain for the African religions.

firstly i am not good at writing long epistles so don't mind my errors

Been long I read his books n I hv lost memory of it but here i what i remember

When literature came into Africa by the write men, all their book represent blacks as disorganized and uncivilized,made black look bad to blacks, books like Robinson cusoe n Othello etc

Now in things fall apart, achebe showed Africa as an organized place, a king, cabinet members, a place with rules n regulation, africians with great respect for authority n so on

Futher more the protagonist, forgotten his name, him self represented africa, he was a metaphoric character!! Represented how africians loved n adores their traditions before colonialization, if i can remember correctly he killed himself, n that interpreted the death of the africian culture, after trying his best to burn the churches he still couldn't succeed, so he said instead of him to live with out his africian heritage he would die!!!

Achebe brought the true picture of Africa it's good n bad, if he didnt mention all the negative part, it would be an allusion not literature because indeed africian could kill to uphold their tradition, but he also showed the Good part the whites always neglected

More so his book is not recongniced cause he was so good in fiction, it was so reconginiced because of the effect it had on the African people!! And also foreigners to!!!

Now let me explain why wole soyinka books r seen as European::: wole soyinka mission was to get to European standard so he made his works too hard for the average readers! He made an impact that africians r also intelligent through his styles n diction!!but neglected the africian audience...

In the study of africian literature u must be very good with achebes works, u read things fall apart n arrow of God n so on till u graduate!! But most times u read wole soyinka books ones a while, except u take it up urself!! Futher more his books r manly studied by linguist!! But when it comes to literature Achebe is a king


Awards means nothing my dear, how many awards did fela win, did he win more than davido n wizkid!!! But he made a foundation!! Fela is some worth like achebe when it comes to theatre n performance!!!! Why is fela so relevant?? Because of the social event n influence he attracted with his music!!

Enough said!! U are free not to agree but this is plain fact!!!

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BluntBoy:
You people have started displaying ignorance. Achebe did not win the Nobel Prize simply because he was not good enough for the prize.

There are many writers who wrote about racism and still got a Nobel Prize, for example, the first and still the only black woman to win it, Toni Morrison wrote a lot about racism in America.

Achebe was not even as traditional as Soyinka. Soyinka gave no damn about the whites. He chose to bear his Yoruba name right from the start and he never shied from telling people that his patron saint is Ogun, the Yoruba god of war. Soyinka also speaks against the destruction of shrines and he never wears suit. He received his Nobel Prize dressed in Ankara. If there is one writer who is deeply African, it is Soyinka.

All these conspiracy theories that Achebe was denied because he liberated Africa is hogwash. He was even more European than Soyinka.

lol i know soyinka is great n all!! N i see no need for comparisons!! But achebe did liberate Africa when it came to africian literature !! His book things fall apart cannot be over emphasised!!! Soyinka is a great literatus not withstanding!!

AuntLaVIV:
Throwback picture of the father of modern African literature Chinua Achebe and Afro beat king Fela Kuti in the 1970s.

Lalasticlala

Great men!! AFRICIAN LEGENDS

donstan18:
We can't be sure, no evidence.

So shove your pity into your small ass

we r not sure yeah!! We weren't there but that does mean she lied!!! U smack my ass, what evidence r u expecting to get than her testimony!! Even using reckless words is also sexual harassment! Especially in a working environment!! The way men exhibit their bad behaviour is so annoying!! Anytime a lady speaks abt rape n sexual harassment, irresponsible men start by calling the victim a liar!!! I hope it happens to their family members n their daughters n hope everyone call them liars too!!!

Honestly africian men need to do better!!

Ladyhippolyta88:
It's Congo so no surprises.
African countries have a lot in common

On a serious note it's not funny that matter should be investigated and not swept under the carpet because the man might have influence.
Does the lady not have human rights agencies to report to or at least a ministry that deals on such affairs.
She should not just let the matter die like that.

honestly this is crap!!!

lazeal:
Yeah hopefully...also working on side project to make sure that happens... no money, no honey lol

lol!!!

lazeal:
huh... she like petting too. but let's see how it goes. But really, I just want it to be her.

lol hopefully!! Let me know when it happens

Lazeal happy 4 you!!! But the girl like shakara sha

lazeal:
The guy thinks he is dealing with new nairalander. I have done justice to it already!

lol

Ladyhippolyta88:
You see you.
Polygamous in Nature so that you would cheat on me. so you are amongst them that justify cheating?
It's in a man's nature to cheat.
Ah thank goodness I am a smart girl.

good girl

Preshy561:
ritualist

mad woman!!!

Beyond!!

neezar:
I laf....Do u know how many igbo guys in lag have multiple businesses in the east??

If u go to their villages, You would see massive structures there, They would loose, but not much

saw the comment n laughed.... he doesn't know what he is talking about!!! Even if they indeed lose, there is always room for innovation n improvement!! Igbo people r very well known 4 that!!

They r the same abeg!!

U just kmow the single guys that hvnt been in a relationship in their lives!!!! Fustrated much
*yawns*
*Leaves thread*

Halfpenny:
Too late

please just remove it!!! Please

lazeal:
you think so? Watch what will happen now!

alright good to know!! Just keep talking to her n see how productive it goes!! Maybe too many heart breaks!!! Just be as patient as u can be then move on cause then she is toying with you


Sorry 4 late reply

Lazeal u are welcome

marvin906:
wetin dey worry this one for head self
he never gave her 1k
she only assumed something like
because an iss happened last year which resulted to that
whats your business if am in a relationship or not self

na una sabi!!

marvin906:
that wasnt my intention
furthermore that chick is materialistic
place your brother in my lil one shoes
would you want him to date someone
whos mindset is just to recieve
and the best she can do is just offer sex

r u in a relationship?? Cause if u think there is something with what she said!! Then i doubt u r in the best position to give advise!! Materialistic Is not like u gave her enough n she is complaining!!! 1k is peanut!! Is not like it's money 4 her to buy something 4 herself but to cm see him!!!! By this I know that babe has been trying!!! Tell him to dump her na!! Will she die?

marvin906:
have done my part
the rest belongs to them
what i understand about them is that my lil one
doesn't spend crazily on her
like monthly allowance and all that
and thats the origin of all this not the transport
left to me both would have broke up a long time ago

na so u 4 talk!!!! U don't want them to date!!! Cause this chat is mainly expecting people to bash her!!

marvin906:
who is this
do i look like the author of your frustration
or do i look like the revelation of your fustration
c me see trouble
if you say is me hows that my problem

*eyes rolls*

Tah u r talking abt urself!! N by the chat u hv issues!!! So u want someone to leave her house with out assuring her she would be happy when she comes! As she is ur slave na!!! All the stresss n if she regrets it! She keeps blaming herself 4 being cheap!! Nonsense! If u know u don't know how to handle distance stuff stick with ur babes in ur streets!!!

lazeal:
Okay, i will write another one. I will try to cryptic though because she is a nairalander. when i do, just read and give your insight without quoting the entire piece so i can delete it. i deleted the last one for same reason. dont want her to see it cos it might add some badge to her already inflated ego...

okay!!! Expecting it!! Post it on one of my threads