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Who made Achebe the father of Africa literature?

Achebe books are reader friendly but WS works are made strictly for intellectual. You can't read and comprehend the man's work easily. Intact if you want to buy a book by WS please buy a dictionary too.

All ibo comments are the same, but they're quick to accuse others of tribalism. Soyinka become their enemy for not supporting obi otherwise, how would you not know Soyinka is ahead of any writer from the east including the so called achebe

I must say it meticulously that this is the beginning of ignorance. Why comparisons, if I may ask? 😅😅

Achebe.

I think that Soyinka's Nobel prize was awarded as an affirmative action gesture. Who on earth will like to be called a racist? His body of work does not merit that prize at all. This has always been my position.

How can you compare darkness and light. Achebe is light and wole soyinka is darkness.

Why this question, just to instigate Igbos and Yerobas to hating each other.

We're not here for cultism.

No matter your assessments and comments about these two great Nigeria writers, the fact remains, one used JSS 3 level English for his moonlight novels, while the other is still using Post Graduate English language for his playwright. You ought to know that, moonlight stories is different to playwright. By the way, why can’t you people let the sleep dog lying? Look here, when God crowned Lion in the jungle, who among you have audacity to question God? God has crowned the Lion, those that are still grumbling and murmuring can jump into lagoon on the third mainland bridge in Lagos. Make sure you jump into the sea when there is no passers by. Finally, go and read Achebe’s “There was a Country”

“I would argue that The Greatest Book in English Language is “Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe” ---------- British MP Tom Tugendhat, during UK Parliamentary Hearing November 26, 2020 on the aftermath of the EndSars Protest.

Chinua Achebe Africa’s greatest writer, novelist and author of the book with the widest global readership.

With the colossal impact Achebe has made on millions of readers dead or alive on the African continent basically through the publication of the spiritual Things Fall Apart which has sold over 12 million copies, the sheer immensity of it being translated into more than 50 languages of the world, and the near 100 awards or more that he won among which are over 40 honorary doctorate degrees from so many universities across the globe, do you think there is any other African writer with the same stature as Achebe, given especially that Emenyonu, while paying tribute to him, said “legendary writers like Chinua Achebe come perhaps once in a century”? First of all, check out the Nobel Prize qualifications. They claim in summary that they are looking for impact. The manner the whole world reacted to Achebe’s death affirms an impact which the Nobel laureate committee obviously missed. The prize has never been directed or determined by a numbers game. How many books did Toni Morrison write? I want you to note that in the past I predicted a number of times that Achebe would never get the Nobel Prize. See at least my interview in The Muse no 40, journal of the English Association of the University of Nigeria… Not after the really deadly onslaught at the citadels of white superiority racially and intellectually. Please go back again and read the end of Chapter 8 of Things Fall Apart where the white skin is compared with leprosy. Go back and re-visit Achebe’s attack of Albert Schweitzer, and then of course re-read Achebe’s destruction of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, and tell me whether if you were white you would recommend Achebe for the Nobel Prize. Heart of Darkness, by the way, is one of the top 100 great books in the Western tradition. Those who thought they were the “custodians” of that tradition fought Achebe’s essay for many years. It was only a few years ago that a man as eminent as Professor Graff came to the conclusion that “Achebe was right” about Conrad’s book. Graff indeed encouraged his colleagues in the American academy to accept that fact! --------- Chimalum Nwankwo Professor of Literature, University of Nigeria. Vanguard News July 7, 2013.

In the UK where there are worldwide bestselling authors and Nobel winners, I am not aware of any comparisons or arguments as to who is best amongst them. They are all celebrated. In Nigeria we waste so much time on what divides us than what unites us. This Achebe/Soyinka thing has been going on for years and some people are hell bent on dragging Soyinka down especially since 2023 elections. Let them carry on.

Achebe is the greatest and recognised everywhere 👍💯

On colos 😂

Bola Ige later reap what He sow without justice Till today

Why this discussion?

BOLA REAPED WHAT HE SOWED. HE WAS FAMOUS FOR THE NIGERIANS BUT NOT FOR THE DOWNTRODDEN BIAFRANS. Shame!!

KAMA always happens BIAFRA FREEDOM IS a must

No wonder karma had no mercy on him years later. He died like a chicken and no one brought to book on that account till date.

Do you really think that a personnel file can be altered simply because a person left their job? If you do this many times over you'll be left with such a mess. I have to check my archives again but the last time I looked Ugbomah was still NA 1. I am not quite sure that Wellington Bassey made it beyond the rank of Lt. Col. You may also want to look closely at some discrepancies in promotions. For example Shodeinde was still a Lt. Col. in 1966 while Maimalari who joined the army three years later was already a brigadier by 1966. Also Adebayo who join the same year as Maimalari was a Col. in 1966.

Major Babafemi Ogundipe was among d first 6, while Adebayo was d 7th.... conduct ur research very well

It is to Nigeria’s eternal shame that 3 of these officers were murdered In cold blood

The First Nigerian commissioned officer in the British Royal West African Frontier Forces as wask known and addressed then, Late Brigadier General Wellington Umoh Bassey(NA1) was an Ibibio man from the present-day Ayam Nsit in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The road that leads to Government House in Uyo Akwa Ibom State, the Wellington Bassey Way is named after him and the Wellington Bassey Barrack Ibaqwa in Abak is also named after him.

No contest, even internationally many years after his death his works especially the THINGS FALL APART still greatly invaluable

I was Just thinking about this now! Opened CZcams at now (7:10PM GMT+1 , 27/06/2024 ) And this is the first Video at the top of the page! PS: I did not do any Google search, nor say anything out loud about it, to factor in cache, cookies, Data collection, AI etc. alll in my thinking!

One can't compare achebe and wole. Achebe is far greater than wole

Chinua Achebe was a story teller and he was great at it.Wole Soyinka on the other hand is a multi talented human being.soyinka is a story teller as well.he is also a poet,a dramatist,an activist.play writer,producer. I was shocked when I heard Soyinka speaking fluent french.

Achebe is the greatest and most influential. Soyinka won an oyibo award and that's it

There is no contest. Please go and find out how many languages the novel Things Fall Apart is translated to. All the works of Professor Gbajue can not match that single book.

There's no contest.

Nice one

What of Brig Babafemi Ogundipe who was already a Brigadier under Ironsi by 1966 January coup. He was Snr to Adebayo. Carry out more research to reveal the basic facts

NA O1,,02,,03,,07 are all Biafrans.

Seriously i can understand the pain of the region whose soldiers were killed jn the first coup

NA7 was Lt Col Philip Efiong?

Lol😂

Ogundipe-where-do-you-put-him?

7th may have been Gen. Adebayo!

Great

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You want to remain colony? Fu k you

Art❤❤❤

Ghana gained independence in 1957

Savage and criminal

Only to realize that we hosted criminals!

The late British monarch her majesty Queen Elizabeth II was my second most favorite world figure after his holiness the Pope. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the the third longest for any monarch in recorded history. Third only to King Subhuza II of Swaziland who reigned for 82 years and King Louis of France who reigned for 72 years and 110 days. Her son, his majesty King Charles III, still occupies the position of my second most favorite world figure. God almighty bless the soul of the departed monarch, bless her son King Charles III,the UK 🇬🇧, Ghana 🇬🇭and the Commonwealth countries. From Nigeria 🇳🇬

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah ❤❤

Do you mean four years after independence....