Chimanada Ngozi Adiche responds to some of the criticism of Chinua Achebe’s memoir “There Was a Country”. I finished reading ‘There Was a Country’ a few days ago and was contemplating my own response to some of the critical reviews of the book. Fortunately for me Adichie has said nearly everything I wa
Nigeria’s Generation of the Bewildered! – A review of “There was a Country”
October 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tweet From London Review of Books, a short excerpt from “Things Left Unsaid” by by Chimamanda Adichie. In Nigeria under colonial rule, he could travel from Lagos to the south-east at night without worrying about armed robbers. This, he argues, is because the British managed their colonies well. His simplification is rooted in disappointment. He [...]
The genocidal Biafran war still haunts Nigeria
October 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tweet From the Guardian: The genocidal Biafran war still haunts Nigeria by Chinua Achebe Almost 30 years before Rwanda, before Darfur, more than 2 million people – mothers, children, babies, civilians – lost their lives as a result of the blatantly callous and unnecessary policies enacted by the leaders of the federal government of Nigeria. [...]
Obodo 9ja
October 25, 2012 By 4 Comments
Tweet Guest post by Adebiyi Olusolape* I read Achebe’s piece in the Grauniad. The piece says nothing about his latest book, but it says a lot about Nigeria. What follows are some of my prejudices and misconceptions, stated in response to statements culled from Achebe’s piece: I believe that it is fundamentally important, indeed essential to our humanity, [...]
A short post on Nigeria
October 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tweet Today Nigeria celebrate 52 years of independence. My home town is in the Niger Delta where we are still waiting for electricity so that at night we will be able to see the stains and lumps of petroleum waste on the shores and mangroves of the rivers, ponds and creeks. This is just one [...]
Fleeing in the time of Biafra
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