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liabilities like Sir John is alive, and Chinua Achebe is dead. Anyway God knows why. Ede bii keke!
Ante Ama Ata Aidoo, may you be blessed. I thank you for resurfacing to share your grievance with the international community to mourn the Greatest one, Chinua Achebe, on this faithful day. True you, may Ghana be united for ab ...
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tot he s dead long ago cos I heard of him n things fall apart when I was a kid.
u have gone but live forever and u will never be forgoten in people heart,yes things fall apart,R I P.
RIP
Things have indeed fallen apart with the passing of Professor Achebe. Africa will forever owe a debt of gratitude to him.
And in Achebe's honour, Africa have a responsibility to always bear the falconer and also allow ...
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Things have indeed fallen apart with the passing of Professor Achebe. Africa will forever owe a debt of gratitude to him.
And in Achebe's honour, Africa have a responsibility to always bear the falconer and also allow the ...
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Things definitely fall apart and death intuitively sprung no spontaneous surprise to Mr Chinua Achebe. In life, your mind was never wasted nor idle, and shall carry on ad infinitum. May the force be with you.
May his soul rest in peace. "Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the falcon cannot bear the falconer; things fall apart, the center cannot hold. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.
Akwele, is back so, welcome back to Ghanaweb. I hope all is well.
Someday it must happens, hope we are prepared to continue.
Sadly, things fall apart, the center cannot hold. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. . .
. . . and never seems to change.
Chief, . . . Rest In Peace!
Everyone will go. At 82, he is blessed
Rest In Peace, Chinua Achebe. I read English Literature in Legon, several years ago. I greatly enjoyed your novels. Even now, while living abroad, when I am homesick for Africa, I sometimes still read your books.
Is bad to lose such a great man. I hope and wish Ghana will also produce such type of great people not type of great corrupt like NPP`s.
It was Okonkwo's father, Unoka, who said that "whenever he saw a dead man's mouth he saw the folly of not eating what one had in one's lifetime." Prof. Achebe, thanks for your extraordinary insights that indeed made some of u ...
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This' a massive loss to the world at large. May his soul rest in perfect peace.
He was a prolific writer, may his soul rest in perfect peace.
It is not a 'calamity' because Chinua Achebe lived a good life. He died at 82. He accomplished a whole lot. His writings inspired generations; and will continue to inspire those yet unborn.
The lesson is that we must get ...
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People die and everyone will. At 82, he had a fair run at life.
Indeed, the death of Chinau Achebe is no global calamity. Amma Ata Aidoo is way overboard with such an overstatement.The world would miss his dynamic contributions to literature but we would survive his passing, for crying ou ...
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I agree with you. Calamity is the wrong word to use
Eh Kofi still alive and kicking!
This writer must be awarded a posthumous Nobel prize for literature--he's just splendid.
I WISH TO PAY A GLOWING TRIBUTE TO A GREAT SON OF AFRICAN.AS A LITTRITURE STUDENT,I READ HIS BOOK 'THINGS FALL APART'I STILL REMEMBER SOME CHARACTERS IN HIS BOOK LIKE AMALAZON THE CAT,OKONKO,MR HAWORD WITH HIS,ONE AGAINST THE ...
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Stop choosing words "by heart" to describe the death of one person. No matter how important he was, his death can NEVR be a GLOBAL CALAMITY. Even the Rwandan genocide or what is happening in Somalia and other places are not b ...
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No death is a Global Calamity. We were all born to die one day. This Amatta Aidoo should choose her words more carefully, otherwise she will become a "Calamity Jane"
Can't stop laughting at the word calamity. What global calamity? he was 82.
Yes Achebe's death is a big loss to humanity but to describe it as global calamity is absurd.The man is 82 years
Ofcouse Chinua Achebe's death is a sad loss; but, surely not "massive loss" or "global calamity" as tribute from Amma Atta Aidoo
- Amma Atta Aidoo's homage is in poor English
Osei Wusu-Khanin/osei yaw - london
A mighty African tree has fallen. Achebe has contributed his quota to African education. Some of us avid readers have benefited immensely from his work and the result is inherent in our speech and write-ups. He was fearless, ...
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WE HAVE LOST A GREAT AFRICAN BRAIN. REST IN PEACE PROF CHINUA ACHEBE, MORE IS THY DUE THAN MORE THAN ALL CAN PAY.YOU HAVE PLAYED YOUR PART IN THE AFRICAN LITERATURE, AFRICAN RENAISSANCE.
He was David and Mariann Fisher professor at Brown University!
Until his death, Prof Achebe was lecturing at the David and Marianna Fisher University and also a Professor of African Studies at Brown University.
Things fall apart was very interesting novel even though during my senior secondary school i couldn't understand due to the nature of the English.One need Dictionary to consult each and every time reading the novel.
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I know, Akadu;some of our journalists do not check facts. Very soon, someone will be graduating from David and Mariann Fisher University. Just mark my words.
hahahaha true talk sound ghanaian. some MPs will graduate fromt there soon
The specific Citi FM journalist who made this stupid mistake should be called out. That would be one way of forcing our lazy journalists to check their facts before going public.
MAY GOD TAKE HIS SOUL.
peace be upon you. Africa will miss you but your legacy remains forever. It hasnt fallen apart! it will grow!!!
Brilliant academically and a literary giant but a very abrasive, repugnant and divisive personality. Surprised that AAA my teacher at UCC should see him differently.
You don't even know the man, do you? Those of us who have been blessed to have talked to him in person know he was a kind, gentle and humble man.
You can't pull him down even unto death. Watch your crap before you face MY ...
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I've also talked to him and in my opinion(which I'm perfectly entitled to) the world will be a better place without him. Maybe we are discussing like the six blind men of Hindustan and their various interpretations of what an ...
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May he rest in Peace. "calamity" is the wrong word to use in my view.
Well, that is what I thought, and for a writer of her caliber, it is ridiculous. She didn't reflect on the word before use. "Global" too is also too strong for it. Chinua was a great person, a terrific writer but "global cala ...
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When such gems of human being pass away then, you see that a serious void has been created and be felt all over the continent and not that of some impish politician, Prof. Achebe, Rest in Peace, you have done your part to ope ...
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Loved his books and his style of writing about African traditions.
You left your mark on us forever. Thanks and may you Rest In Peace.
You were a true inspiration for the whole of Africa, most especially women.
May you rest in perfect peace!
Indeed the world fall apart!!! RIP.
I REALLY LOVE PROFESSOR ACHEBE SO MUCH. I ENJOY MOST OF HIS BOOKS INCLUDING THINGS FALL APART, ANTHILL OF THE SAVANNA ETC. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. AMEN
I learn with regret the passing of Chinua Achebe.At Ordinary Level,I was privileged to read his novel NO LONGER AT EASE as a literature textbook. I do salute him for his stand against corruption and tribalism in the Nigerian ...
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''The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh'' may his soul rest in perfect peace.Amen
ACHEBE REST IN PERFECT PEACE
Yes THINGS have really fallen apart.Well said mum.We have all enjoyed him during our school days.Thank you Chinua.May the Lord be with you.
"Things Fall Apart" Africa had indeed lost one of her great patriots. Yes! a great tree is fallen. A true hero is pathetically no more. We shall remember him. May His Soul Rest In Perfect Peace.
But Honorable Ama, long tim ...
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Ras Vulture, I'm sorry you didn't understand the the THINGS FALL APART because of the " nature of the English". I'm glad you made the effort with help of a dictionary. It is a great book.
RIP Prof. Your books made us read African Writers Series. A great. Man, a man of the people, honest and hardworking. Your book : The Trouble with Nigeria should be republished as The Trouble with Ghana. Over to Professor AMA ...
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What the hell is the picture of Ama Ata doing with the story? The subject of that piece is Chinua Achebe and his picture should have come up not Ama Ata!!!
The man lived to see 82 years- the average life expectancy in Africa is under 50yrs in most cases, so we must rejoice and bid him farewell.
Yes, he was a great and influential writer from Africa, but we know that as we wer ...
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His books are still relevant and comparable to our current state. The Okonko's are stll with us.
Rest In Perfect Peace Prof.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre the falcon cannot bear the falconer things fall apart
The center cannot hold a mere anarchy is loosed upon the world .
Thank you sir this I will always remember
Rest in perfect pe ...
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Too many typos in all this! Including 'bear' for 'hear'. Follow the image; find the word; check the text
NOBLE PEOPLE OF AFRICA, BLESSED ONES OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, DIGNIFIED PEOPLE OF NIGERIA, INNOCENT PEOPLE OF GHANA, GLOBAL MAN-MADE -'JACOB'S TROUBLE" AND OF A TRUTH "THINGS FALL APART, THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD!!' BUT ROMA ...
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