The long-awaited Americana is ready to be published on 11th April. From all indications, it will be a bestseller, as the author of The Purple Hibiscus took five years to coin this his newborn baby. It sounds sweet, as that will be his first book on America and his first about race. One of the features that he probably does not lack in his writings, whether the book has a Nigerian setup…
Just came across an article written by a mentor, Chimamanda, on an icon, Achebe that I will never cease to admire. It is a piece that all must read as it is an Eagle describing another Eagle. These are just too of those Nigerians that continue to make me dream high and higher. Chinua Achebe At 82: “We Remember Differently” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie I have met Chinua Achebe only three times.…
Nigeria, though, almost over tormented by her ugly and very recent insecurity and corruption, continues to showcase personalities and celebrities. The recent forbes‘ assessment of the most influential personalities in Africa has shown that Nigeria is not just that nation where Boko Haram, corruption and kidnapping characterize the journal headlines, but also a nation of many personalities and celebrities. It is really interesting to see how they range from writers through musicians.…
My point of view This is one of the long waited analysis of what I call, “Chinua Achebe and the Biafran Saga”. Even though I think that this write-up raises many important questions yet to be answered on the Master Piece of Achebe, I am still among those who have always thought that there is a need to have a book of the kind. It was just last month, that I was…
Let’s continue savouring the analysis of this great piece of work. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Chika Unigwe Consider Chinua Achebe’s There Was A Country by Carolyn on Oct 10th, 2012 Nigerian-born writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Chika Unigwe differ somewhat in their consideration of Chinua Achebe’s recently released memoir of the Biafran War, There was a country. While Unigwe says in a review in the New Statesman that readers who have waited…
As the debate and discussion goes on, on this recent Master work of Achebe, There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra, I am beginning to think that the best approach could be to, first, lay hand on this book, then go through it, before coming up with critics or appreciations. All the same, I came across this description giving at the Bookdepository.com and wish to share it with those who…
Just came across this good News which ordinarily should be a paste setting one if there were many other Nigerians in this trend of Peace research. I really think it is time for all hands to be on desk in order to move this country forward. Here is just a plus in the history of a nation who have adamantly refused to make a good history. Have a good reading. At a…
Corrupt, mismanaged, and seemingly hopeless: that’s how the international community viewed Nigeria in the early 2000s. Then Nigeria implemented a sweeping set of economic and political changes and began to reform the unreformable. This book tells the story of how a dedicated and politically committed team of reformers set out to fix a series of broken institutions, and in the process repositioned Nigeria’s economy in ways that helped create a more diversified…
Nigeria is said to be a Country, good and fine, but I am beginning to think that the idea we have of a country is different from what it ought to be. A nation should, I suppose, independent of the cultural, religious, climatic differences, share a common goal, a common purpose, and this should be expressed by the amount of peace and freedom that every member of the State enjoy in any…
If there is any continent that draw more attention in the World, it should be Africa. From a recent observation, it appears that any International Journal without a topic on Africa lags behind. The most interesting aspect of it all is that it seems the best way to make a website popular is to attribute a column to this black Continent. One only need to have a look at such important journals…
