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: > >> >> >> Pambazuka - Chinua Achebe: A non-romantic view >> >> http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86856#.UWRbTp18vd0.gmail >> >> いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To >> unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web >> interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html >> >> To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >> http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact >> the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >> [log in to unmask]いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい >> > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web > interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the > List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask]いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい