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Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by lamentor78(m): 9:28am On Jul 14 |
Tellmeastory: He can name a river or forest in the East after him. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by musicwriter(m): 9:29am On Jul 14 |
Tellmeastory: Their's went beyond just studying English in school like you and I. White people noticed their talent on time and used it against them in such a way that instead of mastering African languages for their writing, they instead chose to master a foreign language. From young Soyinka's days at Leeds University, he was already surrounded by Western secret services and being groomed for the destruction of African languages. But he didn't know! They went all in and from 1962 were used to declare war against African languages. That's why I, you, we write in English today. I know you don't know this because it has been a best kept secret but if you're interested in further information, read the books below. 1. African literature and the CIA 2. The liberal conspiracy 3. White malice: The CIA and covert recolonization of Africa |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Tellmeastory: 9:34am On Jul 14 |
musicwriter: You’re saying the CIA made Achebe to write Things Fall Apart in English in 1958? I’m not really sure what you are saying, man. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Tellmeastory: 9:35am On Jul 14 |
lamentor78: Like the River Niger? That would be quite a step. River Achebe. |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by musicwriter(m): 9:45am On Jul 14 |
Tellmeastory: They've already been trained for that in school like every other African in colonial Africa. Ask yourself: why didn't white people who commissioned the translation of the European Bible into native African languages, promote literature in native African languages? |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by YoungBlackRico(m): 10:35am On Jul 14 |
No. |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Madups(m): 10:44am On Jul 14 |
yarimo:oga we his kinsmen no need am. Make una drug lord look for another cultist or ex drug baron honor as usual. |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by shinealight(m): 11:15am On Jul 14 |
Why must he name something big after Achebe? Was Achebe the twin brother of Soyinka? Even if he was, do they both have to swim the same waters in life? Perhaps people like you should have insisted that Soyinka should also have died when Achebe was called home. What a ridiculous demand on the President!! ![]() ![]() 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Tellmeastory: 11:19am On Jul 14 |
musicwriter: I get your point. But you are making a bigger issue of it than it really is. It’s not as if the books cannot be translated into native languages even today. Nothing has been lost. It’s just a question of demand, especially in a country like ours whose lingua franca is English, with those books written in English to reach the majority of Nigerians, and of course the outside world. So leave the writers alone. They only responded to the society they found themselves in. If we want indigenisation, it cannot start with the writers, but with the govt and people. If the federal govt decides to change our lingua franca to say, Edo or Efik, it wouldn’t take 6 months before you start seeing all these great literary works being translated into Edo language. So it all starts with the oga at the top! 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Owontime: 11:37am On Jul 14 |
I like seeing IPOB tears,it makes me very happy ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by yarimo(m): 11:50am On Jul 14 |
Madups:you didn't even read the thread you just rush to quote in the name of I have commented 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Scientheosopher(m): 12:04pm On Jul 14 |
It's not a must, as the president is not obligated by the law or constitution. That said, it would be a great insult to the memory of Chinua Achebe, especially because things have gotten worse compared to GEJ's govt in which he rejected the third highest national award (CFR) —because of corruption and poverty in the country. OP, you read Achebe, but you don't know the man. |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Madups(m): 12:08pm On Jul 14 |
yarimo:wetin make you feel say i nor read am? Mr itk |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by musicwriter(m): 12:13pm On Jul 14 |
Tellmeastory: It's a big deal, in fact, the biggest deal but which we've been deliberately kept dumb about. It actually needs to start by writing in our native language because that's how everything got destroyed in the first place. The same way literature and culture were destroyed is exactly the same way it would be restored back. And nobody says that we shouldn't study English or even write in English. But nothing in history guarantees that white people and their civilization and language would last forever. Many civilizations have come and gone throughout history. If you just go back a little in history, Latin and Greek used to be the language of Europe. But today Latin is dead, Greek is spoken in just one country. So did the ancient Egyptian language die. So did Sumer and others. We have ignorantly staked the survival of our culture upon the success of white people. We have ignorantly mortgaged the survival of African cultures on belief that white civilization is immuned against destruction like the many civilizations that have come and gone before them. That's a very dumb thing to do. We have everything it takes to stand on our own language. You don't need to write in English to win a nobel laureate. More Chinese writers have won the nobel laureate writing in Chinese than those who won writing in English. But what they do is write their books in their beautiful Chinese language, then translate to English. Do you know that there are more English speakers in China than the whole of Nigeria? But every Chinese has mastery in the Chinese language, not in English. We can write our books in our beautiful native African languages, then translate to English and win a nobel laureate. If we're to be said to be in our right state of mind, the mastery in writing should be in our native language, not in someone else's language. We are keeping our intellectual property in someone else's language!! Oh, my people perish for lack of knowledge |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by ZIAZI(m): 12:54pm On Jul 14 |
Quintessence44: I'm so interested in what you have to say. I know there's more to this life than our minds can fathom. |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Greenfusion: 1:20pm On Jul 14 |
Tellmeastory:A great man is a greate man, whether u honor him or not ...if they like they should ignore him because of politics .....what is Diamond is diamond, no one can change it |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Sleekfingers: 1:21pm On Jul 14 |
😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 Always like to attach sentiments and tribal bullshits to everything..... 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Intrepid01(m): 1:52pm On Jul 14 |
May God deliver Ndigbo from jealousy and hate…😂🤣😀 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by unavailablecity: 1:57pm On Jul 14 |
Tellmeastory: You be igbo abi you no be igbo ? 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by nolamicautos: 2:06pm On Jul 14 |
I’m one thing I love about Tinubu unlike other past leader is that he listens. Chinua Achebe will be honored |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by dragunov: 2:07pm On Jul 14 |
Tellmeastory: Is this now a competition? Go and carry him now. Na by force? Wait until the Agulu fraud becomes president in 3050. Kayyy? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by patrickcollins: 2:15pm On Jul 14 |
christistruth01:Achebe has honoured himself his name will continue to be famous for decades to come as a result of his wonderful books |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by patrickcollins: 2:18pm On Jul 14 |
OkoYibo:He has honoured himself with his great piece of art work and would be remembered by generations to come |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by citizenY(m): 2:19pm On Jul 14 |
Tellmeastory: Please remind me of an author that rejected national honour. |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Mrexcell(m): 2:25pm On Jul 14 |
Tellmeastory: He rejected several national honours while alive his home state have named the anambra airport after him so what's the point of creating this thread? |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Mrexcell(m): 2:29pm On Jul 14 |
Quintessence44: Very true some have even reportedly came back physically to impregnate several women. |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Bossly: 3:20pm On Jul 14 |
patrickcollins: True As for gringolandia, their final collapse is accelerating. zio-western terrorists are doomed 💯 |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by patrickcollins: 4:06pm On Jul 14 |
Bossly:You are the nairaland terrorist |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Image123(m): 4:23pm On Jul 14 |
Interesting take. Why the undue comparison? So anything Soyinka gets, Achebe should be pitied and compensated so as not to offend the tribe. May God cure Nigeria. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Tflex01: 4:40pm On Jul 14 |
Branco6: Lies from IPOB Facebook page. 😂 😂 😂 1 Like |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Tflex01: 4:53pm On Jul 14 |
Tellmeastory: The fact that Achebe's work make more sense to you doesn't mean that Soyinka's work won't make more sense to the majority. You talk like a typical Obidient. |
Re: Tinubu Must Name Something Big After Chinua Achebe by Bananapill: 6:18pm On Jul 14 |
Ofemannnu:This is story is not correct. But I'm sure you loved his literature than Wole's |
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