Professor Chinua Achebe is no doubt one of the most acclaimed writer and an internationally recognised author. His new book, There Was A Country has generated a lot of reactions from all quarters, political academic and otherwise. The book has generated a lot of noise that the integrity of the renown Professor has been questioned notably from the Yoruba indgenes.
This is not the first time that Achebe will be publishing a denigration memoir on Awolowo and many has assumed maybe Achebe has a personal fued with papa Awo. What better way can he use to show his hatred for one Nigeria? As far as am concern Achebe is still a Biafra propagandist even when many are clamouring for one Nigeria. Awolowo is a national hero and accussing him of being a tribalist is far from the truth. Posterity has already judged him.
Achebe is a giant in the literary world but there is a thick line between literary and politics. He is surely a voice to reckon with in literature but politically a failure. Why holding Awolowo responsible for that? He accused Awolowo of being driven by power. Achebe should please tell all Nigeria what equally driven him in joining the Biafra quarter without considering the lives of common man that will be lost in war if not power. I believe he just write another fiction and never a fact. That Achebe failed politically is not a news but holding Awolowo responsible for it is a senile, thoughtless and baseless accusation. The bitter truth is that there is no way people can appreciate qualities they don't have in other people. Piling false accusation on Awolowo will never help but create another problem entirely. And even if the allegations are truth, please anything wrong. This is war for crying out loud, and in a war the means justify the end. You started the war and the war consumed you.The Igbo race have not totally recovered emotionally from the war and i sincerely pity them, but who is to blame? Is high time we move on and learn from the past rather than dwelling in the past.
I believe Achebe is sad his Biafra dream may not come to pass, at least in his life time if it will never! It's sad he hasn't gotten over the defeat, i thought old age conquers. He still prefer a Biafra ambassador to an ambassador of one Nigeria.
One thing Achebe must understand is things may be falling apart but Nigeria Will Never Fall Apart!!!
Yusuff Olatunji Mutalub,
October 12, 2012
This is not the first time that Achebe will be publishing a denigration memoir on Awolowo and many has assumed maybe Achebe has a personal fued with papa Awo. What better way can he use to show his hatred for one Nigeria? As far as am concern Achebe is still a Biafra propagandist even when many are clamouring for one Nigeria. Awolowo is a national hero and accussing him of being a tribalist is far from the truth. Posterity has already judged him.
Achebe is a giant in the literary world but there is a thick line between literary and politics. He is surely a voice to reckon with in literature but politically a failure. Why holding Awolowo responsible for that? He accused Awolowo of being driven by power. Achebe should please tell all Nigeria what equally driven him in joining the Biafra quarter without considering the lives of common man that will be lost in war if not power. I believe he just write another fiction and never a fact. That Achebe failed politically is not a news but holding Awolowo responsible for it is a senile, thoughtless and baseless accusation. The bitter truth is that there is no way people can appreciate qualities they don't have in other people. Piling false accusation on Awolowo will never help but create another problem entirely. And even if the allegations are truth, please anything wrong. This is war for crying out loud, and in a war the means justify the end. You started the war and the war consumed you.The Igbo race have not totally recovered emotionally from the war and i sincerely pity them, but who is to blame? Is high time we move on and learn from the past rather than dwelling in the past.
I believe Achebe is sad his Biafra dream may not come to pass, at least in his life time if it will never! It's sad he hasn't gotten over the defeat, i thought old age conquers. He still prefer a Biafra ambassador to an ambassador of one Nigeria.
One thing Achebe must understand is things may be falling apart but Nigeria Will Never Fall Apart!!!
Yusuff Olatunji Mutalub,
October 12, 2012
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