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Adewale Sogunro reviews Chinua Achebe’s ‘There was a country’
by Adewale Sogunro Chinua Achebe I was hoping that he would look beyond the ethnic divisions, while rendering language to heal the wounds between ethnic groups in Nigeria from the…
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Femke van Zeijl: There was a Country: An outsider’s review
by Femke van Zeijl Most striking are the parts of There Was a Country where history meets Achebe's personal experience. The restraint with which he describes the death of poet-warrior…
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: We remember differently – A tribute to Chinua Achebe at 82
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Chimamanda Adichie Achebe’s most recent book, his long-awaited memoir of the Nigerian-Biafra war, is both sad and angry, a book by a writer looking back and…
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“Highly irresponsible”: Gowon lets off on Obasanjo over the latter’s criticism of Jonathan
by Isi Esene Weeks after verbally slamming the renowned writer, Chinua Achebe, over his account of events during the Nigerian Civil War, former president and founder of the Nigeria Prays…
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Ken Wiwa reviews Chinua Achebe’s ‘There was a country’
by Ken Wiwa "...I had to be careful about the way I handled someone else’s words or opinions… Even when there was strong disagreement, one had to remember to be…
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Simon Kolawole: Indeed, there was a starved country
Gowon and Awolowo could have done much more to help the dying and diseased civilians. And, clearly, Ojukwu fatally erred by refusing to accept the conditions for the delivery of…
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Opinion: No escape from the sceptre looming over us
by Kenechi Uzochukwu This generation is largely confused. From the biased accounts, many of the generation believe the war was fought between Awolowo and some hapless Igbo women and children…
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Achebe’s book is propaganda, I did not starve Igbos to death – Gowon keeps talking
by Isi Esene Nigeria's war-time military president, Yakubu Gowon, has been unequivocal in his reaction to the book titled, 'There was a country,' published by renowned author, Chinua Achebe. In…
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Simon Kolawole: Achebe and the future of Nigeria
Actually, I used to expect so much from our leaders. But I have grown frustrated. After closely observing Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan in the last…
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Gowon on Achebe, “He is talking from a position of ignorance”
by Isi Esene Nigeria's Civil War president, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), has hit renowned writer, Chinua Achebe, very hard over the content of his recently released book on the Nigerian…
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Tolu Ogunlesi reviews ‘There Was A Country’: “Chinua Achebe makes peace with Nigeria”
Chinua Achebe’s latest book, There was a Country, has appeared fifty-four years after the author’s first novel, Things Fall Apart, today arguably the best-known novel ever written by an African.…
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In his own words: How Awolowo defended himself from Achebe’s accusations when he was alive
by Reuben Daba Since Achebe released his book, 'There was a country', in the United Kingdom a week ago, lots of Nigerians have stated their stands on the touchy issue…
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Saro-Wiwa reviews Achebe’s “There was a Country”
by Noo Saro-Wiwa But many Nigerians resented it, and Achebe admits that the Igbo could be cocky, brash and materialistic, though he rejects the popular suspicion that there was a…
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Firestorm: Yoruba leaders blast Achebe for “attacking” Awolowo
by Stanley Azuakola It was bound to happen. You don't speak ill of one of the greatest Yorubas of all time and not expect a backlash. Not even if you…
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There was a country: Chinua Achebe breaks long silence, publishes Biafran memoir
by Isi Esene Chinua Achebe, one of Africa's most legendary writer, has published his long-awaited memoir about his experience during the Nigerian Civil War which broke out in 1967. The…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: Haters gon’ hate – An open letter (YNaija FrontPage)
How can you have a National Honours ceremony in which there are no medals to be given out? And then to crown it all, this year it has emerged that the…
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PHOTOS: #WhenWeWereKings – (A bit of) Nigeria’s history in pictures
by Isi Esene Today's photo story is a collectors' item, it takes us back memory lane to an era in the history of Nigeria when we were kings and our…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: Is Nigeria great? (YNaija Frontpage)
The mistakes of yesterday (the missed chances at greatness) are not doing anything to influence the decisions of today. Yet, when greatness shows up, it leaves none in doubt of…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: Good ol’ days (YNaija Frontpage)
It is sad that Nigerians above a certain age spend so much time living in the past, lamenting how things used to work, such that there is no energy left…
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‘Things Fall Apart’ named one of ’50 most influential books of the last 50 years’
by Tolu Orekoya 'Things Fall Apart' is one of Africa's most celebrated novels, renowned for its skillful plotting, depth of characters and its revelatory story of cultural conflict between traditional…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: Connecting the dots (YNaija FrontPage)
It is my opinion that Nigeria is to a large extent the way it is because we the people are unable to connect the dots. “Connecting the dots” (one of…
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“There Was a Country” – Chinua Achebe sets to release personal history of Biafra at age 82
by Rachel Ogbu Fusing history, memoirs, poetry and prose, Professor Chinua Achebe’s soon to be released book, ‘There Was a Country’ is the book the literary world can’t stop talking…
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Chinua Achebe, Jesse Jackson and Ama Ata Aidoo for Garden City Literary Festival!
by Ifreke Inyang This year’s edition of the Garden City Literary Festival (GCLF) starts on the 12th of September. The excitement in Port Harcourt is reaching fever pitch…
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