Chinua Achebe’s death must inspire Africans to read and write

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Billisanix 12 years ago

Your legacy will remain till Jesus Christ come.Well done for your contribution to the black race especially Africans. May you rest in peace.

Your legacy will remain till Jesus Christ come.Well done for your contribution to the black race especially Africans. May you rest in peace.
BUSINESS DEVELOPER 12 years ago

Why should we wait for our hero writers to die before we can be encourage to read and write?l ve always said that ghanaians must be lucky that the british left good education in english and apart from the british,americans,A ...
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Why should we wait for our hero writers to die before we can be encourage to read and write?l ve always said that ghanaians must be lucky that the british left good education in english and apart from the british,americans,Autralia and new zealand we ghanaians write and speak the best accent of the queens english language hence many ghanain teachers go to Libya,china,nigeria,and many countries to teach english,today english is widely spoken and ghana ve not taken advantage of it to train more teach and use mainly as our national official language and to encourage adults ,kids and everyone to read and write hence good writers like kwame nkrumah,Atukwei okine,Adu boahen,Ama ATTA Adioo can not be replaced because many ghanaian dont read hence writers ve also given up.when i was in primary school in the 70's we only spoke in english and got punished when you spoke akan language,but today with about 600 FM radio stations granted liecense to broadcast in ghana most of these ve chosen to in TWI and other local language discouraging most ghanaian not read and write in english which is sad but they know that our local language are as weak as the cedi and are not spoken beyond ghana boarders ,until we start reading and writing to develop ourselves and be part of the changing global world we shall always lack behind .
ELINAM 12 years ago

A nation speaking a twi language that has no literal institutions to back it up.No twi newspapers,novels, books or libraries and still the so-called educated elites in Nkrumah's Ghana are not alarmed. How could the aesthet ...
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A nation speaking a twi language that has no literal institutions to back it up.No twi newspapers,novels, books or libraries and still the so-called educated elites in Nkrumah's Ghana are not alarmed. How could the aesthetics of the language get developed?
Another thing that worries my mind until it came out in this topic is the inability of our leaders to write down their thoughts. Right from Kutu down to Atta Mills, all lacked the mental fortitude to pen a book based on their experiences. How sad.
manhyia 12 years ago

Elinam u hit the nail roght on the head. Many of our languages are neglected. But the truth is that most countries dont move forward with a borrowed language.

Elinam u hit the nail roght on the head. Many of our languages are neglected. But the truth is that most countries dont move forward with a borrowed language.
BUSINESS DEVELOPER 12 years ago

Countries like America,Canada,Argentina,mexico,singapore,brazil and many more have accepted english,spanish and portugese as their various national language and developed their various countries,we ghanaians are lazy and do n ...
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Countries like America,Canada,Argentina,mexico,singapore,brazil and many more have accepted english,spanish and portugese as their various national language and developed their various countries,we ghanaians are lazy and do not want to read and write ,you will be surprise to know the number of ghanaians who live in Uk but can not speak and write english but been in Uk for long time but prefer to speak twi ,the fact is in ghana once one complete Jss or SSS education reading and writing is over which is wrong.
Sankofa 12 years ago

If this is all that you can write in English, you are most to be pitied!

May I suggest to you that it would be far better to be literate in your mother tongue than to be poor at a foreign language.

It is useful to lear ...
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If this is all that you can write in English, you are most to be pitied!

May I suggest to you that it would be far better to be literate in your mother tongue than to be poor at a foreign language.

It is useful to learn English as a foreign language. However, to use it as our official language is only perpetuating colonial subjugation. Remember that we were speaking our local languages before the whiteman arrived on our shores.

Let us learn to be literate in our own languages, and use a local language as our official language. We can still learn English as a foreign language.

We must be proud of our own language and culture.
Kweku Boateng 12 years ago

In Nigeria, if you want to be a governor or senator, you must write a book! We do not have men and women of thought and action ruling Ghana, hence they can't write. RIP Achebe.

In Nigeria, if you want to be a governor or senator, you must write a book! We do not have men and women of thought and action ruling Ghana, hence they can't write. RIP Achebe.
Mr think right 12 years ago

I want to agree with you that it should be a requirement for people aspiring to leadership to be writers at least once upon a time. Writing requires serious thinking and mind searching, which compels a person to examine criti ...
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I want to agree with you that it should be a requirement for people aspiring to leadership to be writers at least once upon a time. Writing requires serious thinking and mind searching, which compels a person to examine critically what he/she is doing because others wolud resd it. If a leader knows others will read into his/her actions they would be mindful of their decisions and how it affects others. I think they should be writers.
ELINAM 12 years ago

Our leaders hide behind big academic qualifications and bambozooled their way into office and we all applaud them.
Today, the state of the nation is so bad that other African nations who barely had any core educated elites ...
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Our leaders hide behind big academic qualifications and bambozooled their way into office and we all applaud them.
Today, the state of the nation is so bad that other African nations who barely had any core educated elites during independence are doing greater things than us.
Ruwanda, a country that killed one million of themselves some 15 years ago got more balls in tackling policies our politicians can't even fathom.
They moved away from being Francophone to Anglophone and starting all over again.Importing teachers from Kenya and Tanzania. A move in my opinion that will not make their kids of tomorrow not having no "colonial master" syndrome .
Can Ghana take any bold decision like that?
Truth-Be-Told USA Soul Brother 12 years ago

Some blacks of US moved away from it to places like Ghana, to get away from the "plantation master" syndrome permanently. Yet now such people live in a place like Ghana, where the "colonial master" syndrome is in full effect. ...
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Some blacks of US moved away from it to places like Ghana, to get away from the "plantation master" syndrome permanently. Yet now such people live in a place like Ghana, where the "colonial master" syndrome is in full effect.
Ghana needs to pay closer attention to Ruwanda, as it is now said to be a better place to do business than even the US.
Ghanaians in the US go after tons of big degrees but in the end can not unite the Ghanaians in the US to REALLY help Ghana and the rest of Africa. Such people do not even relate to Africans Americans that have been or stayed in Africa many times. They fear the true creativity such folks have to really help Africa uplift herself. They do not want to feel shamed by the mindsets of those they call, "akata". Such people whom really are their treincarnated Ancestors returned to be of real help for our Mother.
Oh how Elder Achebe has suffered mentally while looking at black events across Africa and the world. May his Soul rest in peace and he come back even stronger next time.

Sinnerbe4God 12 years ago

Just imagine a man who went to medical school for a full year, but abandoned all for English Literature.

I have learnt something from him; go for what you enjoy doing best.

Achebe's works has been an inspiration indeed. ...
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Just imagine a man who went to medical school for a full year, but abandoned all for English Literature.

I have learnt something from him; go for what you enjoy doing best.

Achebe's works has been an inspiration indeed. May his Soul REST IN PERFECT PEACE. AMEN
U R WHAT U speak 12 years ago

ITIS SAD THAT KEN KURANCHIE WANTS TO SPEAK ON AN ISSUE CONCERNING GREAT WRITERS. KEN IS LIKE SIR JOHN AND SAMMY AWUKU. THEIR NAMES SHOULD NOT BE MENTIONED ON THE SAME DAY WE TALK OF GREAT MEN.

ITIS SAD THAT KEN KURANCHIE WANTS TO SPEAK ON AN ISSUE CONCERNING GREAT WRITERS. KEN IS LIKE SIR JOHN AND SAMMY AWUKU. THEIR NAMES SHOULD NOT BE MENTIONED ON THE SAME DAY WE TALK OF GREAT MEN.
king joe 12 years ago

I love to read his books so much, especially "things fall apart" about Okonko. May he rest in perfect peace

I love to read his books so much, especially "things fall apart" about Okonko. May he rest in perfect peace
Proud Pepeman. 12 years ago

Thanks God for his life. He was an honest man. This is not like our dishonest leaders. It was sad to see the information minister at the recent vetting of the deputy upper west regional minister trying all his best not to let ...
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Thanks God for his life. He was an honest man. This is not like our dishonest leaders. It was sad to see the information minister at the recent vetting of the deputy upper west regional minister trying all his best not to let the vetting committee ask any questions on allegations levelled against the nominee. His excuse was that it will open the flood gates for people to bring unsubstantiated allegations against any of them. While they had the options to postpone the vetting and investigate the allegations, the whole thing was a sham. While the young man sweated like a pig, the committee was trying hard with very open questions to make some semblence of asking him. What is the BNI for? These people have lived with the young man for years and they know what they were talking about. The committee by all their actions were not interested. They felt these were niusance people. As an NDC supported, I see that this government is gradually setting very low benmarks for itself. In a country where those standing up for truth are made pariahs, we are heading for trouble.
SHALOM 12 years ago

THINGS HAS INDEED FALLEN APART. Really the centre could not hold. And the falcon could not hear the falconer any more. Fare thee well our great writer you indeed contributed in deepening the knowledge of many including me in ...
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THINGS HAS INDEED FALLEN APART. Really the centre could not hold. And the falcon could not hear the falconer any more. Fare thee well our great writer you indeed contributed in deepening the knowledge of many including me in the African Literature
Afram Aboagye 12 years ago

i think eventhough he is a legend he can be emulated

i think eventhough he is a legend he can be emulated
Getover it 12 years ago

What makes you think all Ghanaians speak Twi? Twi is commonly spoken in the south not every where in Ghana. English is the national language and is taught in all schools in Ghana.

What makes you think all Ghanaians speak Twi? Twi is commonly spoken in the south not every where in Ghana. English is the national language and is taught in all schools in Ghana.
manhyia 12 years ago

Do most british people speak English? In Britain there are English , Welsh and Scotish people but all of them have decided to speak English. This has united the country for centuries. And it has not stopped other languages. W ...
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Do most british people speak English? In Britain there are English , Welsh and Scotish people but all of them have decided to speak English. This has united the country for centuries. And it has not stopped other languages. Welsh for example is an accepted regional language both spoken in schools and in public life. Yet the Welsh are not accusing the Englsih people of tribalism . Likewise the English dint hae a superiority complex over the other british tribes. I think our main problem in ghana is and remains tribalism. Its not only the belief of superiority but the non acceptance ofother peoples cultures bpth by the majority and by the minority.

The fact that English language is commonly spoken as a language of business has not stopped the French of having french as a national language, It has not stopped the Polish of having Polish as an official language. It has not stopped the Malaysians with over 500 ethinc groups lving there to speak malaysian in this era of ´´globalization´´.

But what stops us from speaking the Twi language ? Why are students punished for speaking their native languages? Why are diasporians and middle class Ghanaians happy that their kids cnat speak their native languages?

To understand this ne has to look back at the time of imperialism. During that time Africans were instilled a sense of inferiority complex by telling that Africans achieved nothing good in comparison to Europe in terms of science, arts, history etc. This racist belief still continues today. Thats why we have this belief that the English is the most sperior language in the world. And thats why we have an over dependency to Europe in terms of culture, language, history. So we are led to thinkeurocentric and not africancentered, Thats why we bleach our skin and wear fake hair from Indians from which asian and european compaies profit a lot .

Because of this africans must decolonise their mind. Europeans are learnig ach others , asians do so too. But what is the issue with africans?

Language aslo means an insttution By speaking your country language one can save itself from imperial forces.

Therefore africans leaders must develop their languages and use it as official/ national languages.

Site i recommend : www.africanholocaust.net
Sankofa 12 years ago

English is a foreign language imposed on us by colonial rule.

It is a travesty that we still maintain it as the official language.

We must learn to be literate in our local languages, including Twi. Let us take pride in ...
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English is a foreign language imposed on us by colonial rule.

It is a travesty that we still maintain it as the official language.

We must learn to be literate in our local languages, including Twi. Let us take pride in what is ours. we must replace English by one of our local languages as our official language.
Esther 12 years ago

I think all africans must do their best to finish what Mr. Achebe couldnt finish

I think all africans must do their best to finish what Mr. Achebe couldnt finish

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