An icon in the literary world! RIP

His memoir done more harm dan gud 2 his image,wat he said abt Awolowo a respected nigeria icon is unacceptable..and am nt a yoruba,b4 al u tribalist go all ballistic on me,bt he is gr8 man..d president will attend his burial,d body jst arrived.....RIP SIR

Must you people hide everything even the most benign statement or undisputed written fact?. Can we have an honest back n forth as Nigerians without all the tribal sensitivities and censorship?

You people do more harm than good. Geezzzz.

It is falacious to say a man is a Great man, because in the hussle of his trade he distinguished himself, . I think those that assert this premised their conclusion on obvious error and a very faulty one at that, with due respect to all with opinion that Papa Chinua Achebe was a great man; Is just that I am yet to see the reason(s) for that (or maybe I have not listened enough).

I'm of the opinion that he was a great writer and a good storyteller whose works tell the stories of his people, but a 'great' man in the context of greatness?...nah! I don't think we are fair enough to ascribing greatness to a man who from his writing one could see traces of tribalism- or could one call it enthic promotion?

RIP

eko ileee:

They are obviously writing theirs with many counter views and have been since the book came out including what many are objecting to on NL.

Inconsequential views on Nairaland is not a book.

Return If Possible, d diction hero

deskossy: His memoir done more harm dan gud 2 his image,wat he said abt Awolowo a respected nigeria icon is unacceptable..and am nt a yoruba,b4 al u tribalist go all ballistic on me,bt he is gr8 man..d president will attend his burial,d body jst arrived.....RIP SIR

Thats your view-millions of others might disagree. Go and write your own book and venerate Awolowo, one man's icon is another man's something else. Thats the way it goes.
By the way, can you quote the particular chapter or page of the memoir you are having headache with or maybe you haven't read it too?

Sheriff©:
It is falacious to say a man is a Great man, because in the hussle of his trade he distinguished himself, . I think those that assert this premised their conclusion on obvious error and a very faulty one at that, with due respect to all with opinion that Papa Chinua Achebe was a great man; Is just that I am yet to see the reason(s) for that (or maybe I have not listened enough).

I'm of the opinion that he was a great writer and a good storyteller whose works tell the stories of his people, but a 'great' man in the context of greatness?...nah! I don't think we are fair enough to ascribing greatness to a man who from his writing one could see traces of tribalism- or could one call it enthic promotion?

You should write a new dictionary and maybe refined the word greatness in your prism terms, then the world will become a paradise. One man's tribalism is another man's objective and truthfulness. Live with it until your version of dictionary is out.

Eziachi:
Inconsequential views on Nairaland is not a book.

Pretty much according to you.....

I congrate some pple here who think they have become nairaland prefects and principalities. How shallow-minded they are. The more they expose their shallow-literacy,the more this graet icon gets more accolades.

Truth be said.. no matter how much some people bash him, THEY WISH THEY HAD THE LEAST VESTIGES OF WHAT THIS MAN HAD.


Don't hate,

Strive for excellence, and the world just might go down on it's knee for a fleeting moment when they realize that you have departed.




Na N'udo onyeoma!

eko ilee:


Pretty much according to you.....

Of course its according to me, if you disagree, go and accord yours.

Eziachi:
Of course its according to me,

Now you know why I relegated that pointless and redundant statement to the bottom of the pits.

bobthebuilder99:

People respected and admired him until he wrote that tribal book There Was a Country.

If Nigerians know anything, we know how to spot a common tribalist. That book ruined his reputation here in Naija.

HMM

Sheriff©:
It is falacious to say a man is a Great man, because in the hussle of his trade he distinguished himself, . I think those that assert this premised their conclusion on obvious error and a very faulty one at that, with due respect to all with opinion that Papa Chinua Achebe was a great man; Is just that I am yet to see the reason(s) for that (or maybe I have not listened enough).

I'm of the opinion that he was a great writer and a good storyteller whose works tell the stories of his people, but a 'great' man in the context of greatness?...nah! I don't think we are fair enough to ascribing greatness to a man who from his writing one could see traces of tribalism- or could one call it enthic promotion?

well said. a good (not great) writer does not make a man great. He is an enemy of progress and tolerance whether we like it or not. The truth be told a tribalist is a tribalist whether he is a good writer or not

eko ileee:

Now you know why I relegated that pointless and redundant statement to the bottom of the pits.

You do that. If you need any assistance, just yell.

alj harem:

well said. a good (not great) writer does not make a man great. He is an enemy of progress and tolerance whether we like it or not. The truth be told a tribalist is a tribalist whether he is a good writer or not

Now you said it, go drink that garri with some kwuli.

See their warped minds. Pple who will never ever be remembered for anything good in their lives are here to show d world their level of insecurity.Almost everyone is struggling to read this man's book now to know why d whole world said he was an achiever.

Out of Respct for what Achebe stands for I plead with my Igbo brothers and sisters not to respond to any TRIBAL insults or hateful words hurled at Chinua Achebe from now till his Intered into Mother Earth.
R I P The Great Literary Giant. Adiue. Goodnight.

Eziachi:
You do that. If you need any assistance, just yell.

Why yell for assistance for what I did already with ease and satisfactorily? That makes no sense, not even elementary sense.

bobthebuilder99:

People respected and admired him until he wrote that tribal book There Was a Country.

If Nigerians know anything, we know how to spot a common tribalist. That book ruined his reputation here in Naija.

That's your view, and you entitled to yours. I disagree with you, I doubt if you have read his last book. In that book, Achebe tries to tell you what went wrong at the birth of this country. He is keen to tell you the mistakes we made, but you are only interested in a tribal reading/viewing/interpretation of his works..
I make bold to say that " There was a Country" will become required reading in Nigeria, when eventually we rescue this country from the dogs that currently hold her hostage.
He was not a tribalist, he was a courageous man. A man who was capable to telling the truth.

Riba_man:

That's your view, and you entitled to yours. I disagree with you, I doubt if you have read his last book. In that book, Achebe tries to tell you what went wrong at the birth of this country. He is keen to tell you the mistakes we made, but you are only interested in a tribal reading/viewing/interpretation of his works..
I make bold to say that " There was a Country" will become required reading in Nigeria, when eventually we rescue this country from the dogs that currently hold her hostage.
He was not a tribalist, he was a courageous man. A man who was capable to telling the truth.

I did read the book, and he spent the entire book painting Igbos as flawless saints, who were so perfect, and rich, and pretty, that the rest of Nigeria became jealous and massacred them.

Do you honestly think something like that is based in reality?

Achebe was one of the leaders of the Biafra government, so it's not surprising that he is upset that his government collapsed. It's also no surprise that his "memoir" about the collapse of Biafra is full of so much hate towards the tribes of his old war enemies.

Look at the Igbos who have read the book, and how they act. Clearly, this book is not having a positive effect on society.

Btw, the most compelling rebuttal to his book was written by a Kenyan. You can find it on the Amazon.com review page. I would post it here, but it is too long.

truly there was a country...and in that country there was a man..or was there never a country? RIP

RIP Sir!

Sheriff©:
It is falacious to say a man is a Great man, because in the hussle of his trade he distinguished himself, . I think those that assert this premised their conclusion on obvious error and a very faulty one at that, with due respect to all with opinion that Papa Chinua Achebe was a great man; Is just that I am yet to see the reason(s) for that (or maybe I have not listened enough).

I'm of the opinion that he was a great writer and a good storyteller whose works tell the stories of his people, but a 'great' man in the context of greatness?...nah! I don't think we are fair enough to ascribing greatness to a man who from his writing one could see traces of tribalism- or could one call it enthic promotion?

some one please help me with the DISLIKE botton.

Hiring a plane is spelled - Charter and the continuous form is "chartering".

To talk quickly and continuosly about things that are not important is "chattering".

And the 2 words have different pronounciations.
in all,i say adiue to the brain builder of our time.
Hiring a plane is spelled - Charter and the continuous form is "chartering".

To talk quickly and continuosly about things that are not important is "chattering".

And the 2 words have different pronounciation

Hiring a plane is spelled - Charter and the continuous form is "chartering".

To talk quickly and continuosly about things that are not important is "chattering".

And the 2 words have different pronounciations.[b][/b][/quote]