NwaAmaikpe:


I on behalf of the Igbos on Nairaland
And the Indigenous People of Biafra wish the Prof a very happy birthday.

Even though we all know Chinua Achebe deserved that Nobel Prize in Literature and not you.
I still admire you.
Thanks for your literary works,
Thanks for your nonconformism
Thanks for the SeaDogs
Thanks for speaking up against oppression.

Happy birthday and many more years sir!

NwaAmaikpe:




Let's not go there..
I think you have given me the next idea for my thread
The Nobel Prize was politically motivated and not based on pure talents.
I have read ALL of Wole Soyinka's works
And ALL of Chinua Achebe's works.

So trust me when I say what I say about who deserved that prize.
Chinua Achebe was not just a writer but a prophet.
He was not just an academic but a beacon of morality.
Chinua Achebe was in a world of his own, almost unrivalled.
This is a fact most respected foreign writers believe and won't dispute.

NwaAmaikpe:


I on behalf of the Igbos on Nairaland
And the Indigenous People of Biafra wish the Prof a very happy birthday.

Even though we all know Chinua Achebe deserved that Nobel Prize in Literature and not you.
I still admire you.
Thanks for your literary works,
Thanks for your nonconformism
Thanks for the SeaDogs
Thanks for speaking up against oppression.

Happy birthday and many more years sir!

Dicksonpal:
Irigiopoppo, happy fob to cbt 05, oirad 2 your rugged lluks.... Awua Palacios

Dicksonpal:
ask ur great grand dad ;dddddd

gensteejay:

The medical use of marijuana is a controversial issue, even among experts.

While the drug makes people feel "high" and more relaxed when taken, its mind-altering effects on consumers make it dangerous to health. Experts have listed short-term effects of marijuana to include altering of the senses; time distortion; impaired thinking, judgement, coordination and memory; paranoia or anxiety (in some people), etc.

Also known as a psychoactive drug, marijuana can cause (short-term) physical effects such as dry mouth, slurred speech, increased heart rate and bloodshot eyes.

Long-term effects of smoking the drug include irritation of the lungs, breathing problems like cough, excess mucus, bronchitis, etc.

Some health practitioners believe smoking marijuana could increase the risk of developing lung cancer.

Pregnant women, who smoke marijuana, could harm the brain development of their child unknowingly.

The biggest health risks from the nasal inhalation of this drug seem to be in those people, who start using it as teenagers or as young adults when their brains have not fully developed.

"In youths who use heavily, studies have shown deterioration in their learning and cognitive thinking that persists into adulthood, even after they have stopped using marijuana." (Harvard University health blog)

In the light of these harmful effects of marijuana, I am of the opinion its risks far outweigh the benefits.

john4reala:
FOOLISH MAN!! You are a course to Nigeria, you formed a fraternity where they kill themselves like animal, Now you brainwashed so many Nigerians that buhari will transform Nigeria in a twinkle of an eye! Because of the level of your education and wiseness everyone trooped out and vote for the Nomadic man! The man has spent most of his times in London!

NwaAmaikpe:




I concur...

Just do the same research on Chinua Achebe.
Then you'd understand the word 'genius'.

Soyinka is good, but he doesn't measure up with Chinua Achebe.
Only that he is a writer as well.

Billyonaire:


While I can not question your line of reasoning, I can ask you few questions:

Are you aware that marijuana is an organic plant ?

How would you know the benefit without smoking it ?

Why not ask Wole Soyinka about it ?

You took your time to re-post the disadvantages of weed, while totally ignoring to post the numerous advantages of the natural plant which was created by your God for healing of nations.

Could it be that Wole Soyinka can not research on marijuana before smoking it in his long fruitful life ?

I think we have questions for Wole in regards to Weed. I do not want to hear the repeated mumbo jumbo about mind altering effects, cos poverty does much more than mind altering to the unread.

NwaAmaikpe:


I on behalf of the Igbos on Nairaland
And the Indigenous People of Biafra wish the Prof a very happy birthday.

Even though we all know Chinua Achebe deserved that Nobel Prize in Literature and not you.
I still admire you.
Thanks for your literary works,
Thanks for your nonconformism
Thanks for the SeaDogs
Thanks for speaking up against oppression.

Happy birthday and many more years sir!

LordOfNaira:


That is what the Nobel Prize considers. They give it to books that are deep. That is why Patrick Modiano, whose subject matter is memory, could win it because his books are superior works of art. The wise men in the Nobel Committee cannot be expected to consider Achebe whose works read like regular storybooks. The question I keep on asking you people is: how many books by other Nobel Prize winners in Literature have you read? You can't be making judgement based on ignorance.

Err. .. I am not sure if my post shows clearly that I consider Soyinka a better writer than Achebe. Even if preferred Ake to Lion & the Jewel (both by Soyinka)

I hope we are on the same side .

I am referring to " the question I keep asking YOU people".

Billyonaire:


While I can not question your line of reasoning, I can ask you few questions:

Are you aware that marijuana is an organic plant ?

How would you know the benefit without smoking it ?

Why not ask Wole Soyinka about it ?

You took your time to re-post the disadvantages of weed, while totally ignoring to post the numerous advantages of the natural plant which was created by your God for healing of nations.

Could it be that Wole Soyinka can not research on marijuana before smoking it in his long fruitful life ?

I think we have questions for Wole in regards to Weed. I do not want to hear the repeated mumbo jumbo about mind altering effects, cos poverty does much more than mind altering to the unread.

banmee:


Seriously? Guy, Nigerians with their penchant for evil turned what is normal and good and made it diabolical. Fraternities are meant to be something of pride in normal societies but not in Nigeria. Soyinka thought he was dealing with sane human beings when he introduced it not knowing Nigerians would twist it.

banmee:

Seriously? Guy, Nigerians with their penchant for evil turned what is normal and good and made it diabolical. Fraternities are meant to be something of pride in normal societies but not in Nigeria. Soyinka thought he was dealing with sane human beings when he introduced it not knowing Nigerians would twist it.

DarkRebel69:


The perchant for evil is perhaps drowned only by the infinite waters of their infinite sea of ignorance.

Prof. Soyinka formed the Pirates primarily to serve as the voice of oppressed students, an organization that would fight for students' rights and curtail the indiscriminate harassment of students – especially sexual harassment of female students by lecturers, which by the way was rife in that era.

The secondary reason I think was to carve out a small, intimate circle of intellectuals and high-flying scholars who would meet occasionally for group-study, to bandy ideas, and even to socialize together - as is done in those Beta Theta Pi confratenities. Even the likes of Nelson Mandela while in college converged on occasion with the likes of Yusuf Dadoo and other African and Indian students for the purpose of exchanging ideas about different political ideologies.

I see no reason why some ignorant gargoyles would come here to spew applesauce about a man who was betrayed into believing that Nigerians would be civilized enough to not upend the course of a well-meaning innovation. It's even worse knowing that these self-same gargoyles would still be incapable of measuring up to the white-haired professor if they had ten lives to live.

ismokeweed:

With names like capital blood abi? Of course everyone will claim their intentions are perfect. have killed thousands but still go around shouting freedom fight and emancipation. See leave story. I've seen these people to the core so don't tell me what I know.

banmee:


Like play like play, this guy sabi English pass me. For Nairaland? Wedonsa.

Ulomoney:


That one don die since na. You think say I be afonja wey dey see spirit.

ismokeweed:

With names like capital blood abi? Of course everyone will claim their intentions are perfect. have killed thousands but still go around shouting freedom fight and emancipation. See leave story. I've seen these people to the core so don't tell me what I know.

john4reala:
FOOLISH MAN!! You are a course to Nigeria, you formed a fraternity where they kill themselves like animal, Now you brainwashed so many Nigerians that buhari will transform Nigeria in a twinkle of an eye! Because of the level of your education and wiseness everyone trooped out and vote for the Nomadic man! The man has spent most of his times in London!