Soso990240: If una like make una hit una head 4 tiled road,Achebe was d greatest in his field..him gap soyinka wit much distance.u musn't cary placard b4 we feel ur impact. R.I.P Boss.

If you are around the Igbo all you hear are boasts about his real and imaginary accomplishments. He is very vainglory seeking.

http://www.igbofocus.com/html/the_igbo_problem_can_be_fixed.html

ROSSIKE: [size=15pt]No longer at ease, things fall apart for a man of the People[/size]

Tribute to Chinua Achebe


Updated Saturday, March 23 2013 at 11:40 GMT+3

By Peter Nguli

If a child washed his hands he could eat with kings. But Eneke the bird says that since men have learnt to shoot without missing, he has learnt to fly without perching. Those are the words of Chinua Achebe.

The death of Chinua Achebe is a great loss for the African continent. Achebe was famous as much for what he represented as for what he had written – an emblem of a continent finding its voice. Every child in Africa grew up with Achebe.


It's only fair to pay tributes in a novel compilation for Achebe and other great African writers. When you are no longer at ease, things fall apart for a man of the people along the anthills of the savanna.

The leopard got his claws because Chike and the river ran across the bridge in the river between and shouted, 'Weep not child', because you brought betrayal in the city but don't despair because the beautiful ones are not yet born. Chinua Achebe, you shaped my literature and command of the English language. I offer you a grain of wheat.


I remember the proverbs that you taught us because as you said, among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.

I say this because whenever you see a toad running in broad daylight, you know that something is after its life. And when a mad man walks around nake.d, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.

You were brave and it is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. Because we often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins of where a brave man used to live.

For when a handshake goes beyond the elbow, you know that it has turned into something else. Those whose palm kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble. You were humble enough professor Achebe. As I stare at your death coffin, the eye is not harmed by sleep. You said that he who has people is richer than he who has money.

So if you want to eat a toad you look for a fat and juicy one. You said that an old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb. So be at ease because you said that if you don't like someone's story, write your own.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them. For when the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk. There is no story that is not true. Perhaps down in his heart, Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness.

Chinua Achebe, you are still alive and I wish you long life. You will never die because we and our future generations will read your works forever.

Do not despair. I know you will not despair. You have a manly and a proud heart. A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone.

Otherwise, the lizard that jumped from the high Iroko tree said he would praise himself if no one else did. When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool. Rest in peace Chinua Achebe.

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000079965&story_title=Kenya-No-longer-at-ease,-things-fall-apart-for-a-man-of-the-People

tellwsdom: So this man is so respected than Obama??..WOW..Lovely

SIR KOL!:
my regret is dat i didnt see Chinua Achebe b4 he died

Eko Ile:



Nobel winner = Not the best

Zero Nobel winner = The best?






ibo logic is always upside down logic..

Eko Ile:


Another loser talk. This joker is even comparing his comedic Nigerian awards with the Nobel.

ROSSIKE:

You're an absolute idio.t to insult the Nigerian merit awards. If you've no respect for this country then get your nasty, dirty self off this thread and off this forum.

Delafruita: of course he contributed a lot.he spent many years in prison...ooohh that was soyinka.he fought to keep nigeria one...ooohhh no..he actually served in the biafran government

i love his oratory and his styleof writing.but as for contribution to the development of the nation,no single writer comes close to wole soyinka.he notm only writes against the government,he acts and outs himself in the line of fire.i dont remember achebe been bundled into jail.or been teargassed by the police during a protest

bad_ass_nigga:

u can still see him na ...just drink otapiapia

Eko Ile:


1. The bitter old man you are screaming his name didn't give a shittt about you and your country, he fought, hoped and prayed for the destruction of your country till his last breath.

2. The same man not only didn't give a damn about the Nigerian merit awards you are crying about, he turned it down disrespectfully several times...


You really need to STFU sometimes you dumb idi/ot.

Eko Ile:


1. The bitter old man you are screaming his name didn't give a shittt about you and your country, he fought, hoped and prayed for the destruction of your country till his last breath.

2. The same man not only didn't give a damn about the Nigerian merit awards you are crying about, he turned it down disrespectfully several times...

You really need to STFU sometimes you dumb idi/ot.

ROSSIKE:

Talk about yourself. You insult the National Merit Awards, we insult YOU.

Efikman: Like Awolowo did right?

Eko Ile:


ashebe your tin can idol insulted your country and award several times, but your dumb asss is worried about eko ile on NL. How reta/rded and goofy can you be...


fcukk you personally and your worthless pepper soup award.

meetmeonline: Hello Nairaland team.....For the health and future of this forum, read and reread every topic you bring to the frontpage to be sure it doesn't draw a line between the Yorubas and the Igbos cus a very serious tension is brewing between these two groups at the detriment of the forum.

PHIPEX: Great prophets always find great honours in foreign countries. When the noise of betrayal by some nairalanders and fellow countrymen dies down and are eternally forgotten, generations yet unborn shall rise and call you Blessed...Rest in peace Achebe

Eziachi:
Achebe and Soyinka are great men of Africa, they are not in contest, in fact they are great friends with mutual respect for each others talent, its only inconsequential time wasters like you that spend their energy trying to create a non existing conflict.

Listen to Kenyan, hear the British. We know the type of heroes you aspires of their praise, and that is the Iboris of this world. My ancestors says that a palm will never cover the moon, no matter how much it tries.

Mazi Achebe is the grandfather of modern African literature, a colossal moon. And its in vain that your tiny palm will try to cover the light that this moon emits.

dick hardener: Nigerians and their archaic mentality. Clannish conflicts is simply crude and for staunch locals period!!!! Folks with a sophisticated and suave mindset do not engage in lousy ethno-social brouhahas as shown here.

ROSSIKE:

Fcukk you too and no, Achebe never insulted the awards, which he received gladly on two occasions. And yes, we can take Achebe's criticism in stride considering his achievements. You by contrast are a worthless, gooey-nosed, jobless riffraff still sucking on his mother's saggy breast. Having won no award in your bedroom much less the country, you are hardly in a position to level insults at anyone, much less the entire nation.

kettykin:

Who ever made it possible for these 2 different people to be in the same country and even doing more to prevent those who want to leave the country for the other , may such a person die a thousand times . I am still baffled how daft Nigerians have been rather than push this 2 groups out of Nigeria so that Nigeria can have eternal peace or at least push Igbos who already want to opt out so that Nigeria can have peace rather we keep hearing how some rogues will spill the last drop of their infected blood to prevent that.

My suggestion is that for Nigeria to have peace these 2 groups igbos and yorubas need to be pushed out of Nigeria

kettykin:

who ever made it possible for these 2 different people to be in the same country and even doing more to prevent those who want to leave the country for the other , may such a person die a thousand times . I am still baffled how daft Nigerians have been rather than push this 2 groups out of Nigeria so that Nigeria can have eternal peace or at least push Igbos who already want to opt out so that Nigeria can have peace rather we keep hearing how some rogues will spill the last drop of their infected blood to prevent that.

My suggestion is that for Nigeria to have peace these 2 groups igbos and yorubas need to be pushed out of Nigeria