by Kelechi Udensi The time for us to be serious is now. We can never succeed in this war against ...
by Chinedu Rylan Be that as it may, it is not the exclusive preserve of the government to promote its ...
by Nnaemeka Oruh …whoever claims to be fighting for the good of our nation would always stop and ask; “Will ...
by Tobe Osigwe Two incidences that occurred in recent years have made me question seriously the unity of this country. ...
by INC Aniebo …And nobody can deny this is the situation now. I am glad Achebe wrote his memoir. To ...
by James Eze If Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God handed me a cultural frame of reference to aid my understanding of ...
by Ainehi Edoro While I laud Soyinka’s intention to clear up the controversies surrounding his relationship with Achebe, many of ...
by Ibrahim Bello-Kano Indeed, we cannot help wondering if the recent insensate massacre of Chinua’s people in Kano, only ...
by Simon Kolawole In his civil war memoir, There Was a Country, which turned out to be his last work, ...
By Cheta Nwanze “Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child ...
So here is my plea to Nigerian writers. Save us the displeasure of another horrid review of “There was a ...
by C. Nwaonu Maybe we can grudgingly learn to love the other members of the harem or file for ...
by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji You’ve been put on this earth to be all you can be, like the reserves. – ...
by Adewale Sogunro I was hoping that he would look beyond the ethnic divisions, while rendering language to heal the ...
by Femke van Zeijl Most striking are the parts of There Was a Country where history meets Achebe’s personal experience. ...
by Isi Esene Weeks after verbally slamming the renowned writer, Chinua Achebe, over his account of events during the Nigerian ...
by Ken Wiwa “…I had to be careful about the way I handled someone else’s words or opinions… Even when ...
by Uzodinma Iweala I met Chinua Achebe for the first time when I was in high school, but I knew ...
by Reuben Daba Since Achebe released his book, ‘There was a country’, in the United Kingdom a week ago, lots ...
by Stanley Azuakola It was bound to happen. You don’t speak ill of one of the greatest Yorubas of all ...
by Rachel Ogbu Fusing history, memoirs, poetry and prose, Professor Chinua Achebe’s soon to be released book, ‘There Was a ...