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Soyinka's play, "Kongi's Harvest", is about a dictator who, in his desire to rule forever, usurped traditional authority and engaged in a concatenation of taboo behavior that finally led to his being served with a human head, ...
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Hi SAS,
What's up? Thanks for your input. In Part 8 of this series I wrote the following, which you might want to take a look at again:
"That said, Prof. Biodun Jeyifo, one of Soyinka’s former students, a Harvard Uni ...
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We really don't mind what colour is the leg that is pressing against our neck, we just want to get rid of it.
We were not going to make a comment here since fictional literature is not our forte, certainly not an interest area for us.
But, we could not resist, with all the pretensions about a book of fictions that is being repres ...
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....book of fiction....
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...because the screening occurred in the White House, at the feet President Woodrow Wilson who resisted womens' suffrage until he realized he needed them for the great war?
See?
Slip-ups ...
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....book of fiction....
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...because the screening occurred in the White House, at the feet President Woodrow Wilson who resisted womens' suffrage until he realized he needed them for the great war?
See?
Slip-ups ...
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In ghana and nigeria the intelligence of an educated person is measured by his ability to write in the english language this article in question is full of english bullshit not needed in africa whatwe need is thinkers who c ...
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To smart prof:
Whether vernacular or an accepted official "tongue" of a once-colonized sovereign state, language remains the most effective method of communication among humans; therefore, the more accurately we can relay ...
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Abra Kuma,
Your: "... literature also enhances our traditional and cultural legacies - even the art of fictional literature...."
WE SAY: We agree!
We respect the works, recognizing the individual merits of each (fict ...
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Dear Abra Kuma,
Good day.
You have made a very powerful statement and I thank you for that.
I mean the statement about Soyinka. Very insightful.
You statement about Lee Kuan Yew is even more powerful. Thank you ...
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I RESPECT PROF. WOLE SOYINKA ALOT BUT THIS ABOUT KWAME NKRUMAH I KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT! AT THE TIME THE GOOD PROF WROTE THE PLAY KONGI HARVEST , HE HIMSELF WAS AN AGENT OF THE CIA, I REPEAT AN AGENT OF THE CIA. HE RETRACED HIS S ...
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For all his all encompassing insights on political and social psychologies, and his amazing thespian prowess, I wished Soyinka engaged in narratives that are essentially futuristic for Africa, so that the whole continent wou ...
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Fortunately, Soyinka is still living; bibliophiles in Ghana could invite the Nobel Prize winner to give a talk on his writings, including Kongi's Harvest. Q & A on Kongi's Harvest could involve finding out whether Kongi was ...
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Marcus,
Read my response to SAS (the 16th comment). Fortunately Soyinka has answered that question already. Read the citations I have given SAS to read.
All errors are mine!
Thanks.
Hello SAS,
Good day.
What is up?
Oh yes, I forgot to mention that I have closely read and studied nearly all of Soyinka's works (his interviews, speeches, public lectures, and what have you).
I am also familiar w ...
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I don't think you really understood what I said in my first post.
It is enough to say that nothing you have stated here has anything to do with "Kongi's Harvest" and Kwame Nkrumah as its butt and trope.
You may re-read ...
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When we say literature is not our forte, you need to understand our attributes with respect to other fields of study and endeavor to appreciate what exactly "literature is not our forte" means.
You do not have a clue!
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And what may your forte be in any other area, seeing that you have nothing in your head at any time T?
Interestingly, you mention none. Hence WE(eed) must tell you today, faceless Prof. Lungu, you have naught:
Baku sani ...
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Hi SAS,
Please make time to read those two references I gave you and come back.
Literary criticism and literary theories contribute to how a piece of literature should be understood. Soyinka himself has contributed to ...
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I did not read your answer because it is a digression, not a discussion.
Thanks though.