Baba,

Nice points you raised there.

Best,
Mboge


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:23 AM, Baba Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Mboge,
>
> Thanks for sharing an insightful essay on the works of Chinua Achebe. The
> author certainly makes a good case against Achebe being "the father of
> African literature." However, I see a couple of contradictions in his
> critique. At one point, he gives Achebe's *Anthills of the Savanah* a
> very pooor rating and declares that it was with this book, published in
> 1988 that Achebe's "literary-story-telling skills began a terminal
> decline." A couple of paragraphs later he declares that Achebe's bad
> writing (romanticism he calls it) came full circle with his 1983 booklet,
> *The Trouble with Nigeria*. If Achebe's writing skills started declining
> in 1988, how could that decline come full circle in 1983, unless of course,
> time moves backwards?
>
> Finally, I wonder why this critic did not write this interesting piece
> while Achebe was still alive. Was he afraid of a possible devastating
> riposte from Achebe? Certainly, the notion of Achebe as father of African
> literature was in circulation long before his death. And since the works he
> gives such bad rating existed as early as the 1980s, the question of why he
> did not come out with his scathing critique until after Achebe's death is
> all the more puzzling. I wonder if this guy does not see himself in one of
> the characters portrayed in what are arguably two of Achebe's
> most political works: *Anthills of the Savanah* and *The Trouble with
> Nigeria*. This is just my personal opinion - which may very well be wrong
> - on this interesting critique of Achebe's works.
>
> Thanks for sharing Mboge. The essay is a great read.
>
> Baba
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Modou Mboge <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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