According to BBC’s Fidelis Mbah of the BBC, who monitored the interview, the Nobel Laureate said: “I’m just devastated. I only heard about half an hour ago and I don’t want to say anything yet. I’m just devastated.”
Achebe, a talented and celebrated writer and author of the timeless novel, Things Fall Apart, passed on last night in a a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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A legend has just passed on.
ReplyDeleteBy his grace your soul will rest in perfect peace, Amen.
May God comfort the bereaved family and the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
ONE AMONG THE GREATEST,WHEN I FIRST CAME ACROSS YOUR PICTURE TWO DAYS BACK ON THE INTERNET,I SAID TO MYSELF: "ACHEBE,WHO KNOWS THE AWARD YOU HAVE WON THIS TIME." THEN CAME THIS BLOW ON MY HEAD FROM AN INVISIBLE HAND,SENDING GOOSE PIMPLES ALL OVER MY BODY AS I READ THE MESSAGE THAT FOLLOWS:"CHINUA ACHEBE DIES AT 82".
ReplyDeletePROF,YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE GIANT ON WHOSE SHOULDER I HAVE BEEN STANDING WHILE WRITING MY NOVEL HOPING THAT YOUR GREAT NAME WILL BE ON THE COVER PAGE OF MY BOOK;NOW MY NOVEL WILL COME OUT IN FOUR MONTHS TIME FROM NOW BUT YOU WILL NO LONGER BE THERE AT LEAST TO SAY TO ME : "NNA, JI SIE IKE."
WHEN I TOLD MY WIFE THAT ACHEBE IS DEAD,SHE SCREAMED: "WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM!?,"SHE THEN PICKED UP A COPY OF 'THINGS FALL APART'SHE IS STILL READING,WHICH I BOUGHT FOR HER LAST MONTH HERE IN US,FLIPPING OVER SOME PAGES RANDOMLY AND SHAKING HER HEAD SHE ADDED,"EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE DEAD,YOUR BEAUTIFUL STORY WILL NEVER DIE".
PROF,THANKS VERY MUCH FOR ENCOURAGING PEOPLE LIKE US,WE WILL CONTINUE FROM WHERE YOU STOPED,PROMOTING AND PROTECTING AFRICAN CULTURE AT ALL COST.
REST IN PEACE,GERAT ONE.
ONE AMONG THE GREATEST,WHEN I FIRST CAME ACROSS YOUR PICTURE TWO DAYS BACK ON THE INTERNET,I SAID TO MYSELF: "ACHEBE,WHO KNOWS THE AWARD YOU HAVE WON THIS TIME." THEN CAME THIS BLOW ON MY HEAD FROM AN INVISIBLE HAND,SENDING GOOSE PIMPLES ALL OVER MY BODY AS I READ THE MESSAGE THAT FOLLOWS:"CHINUA ACHEBE DIES AT 82".
ReplyDeletePROF,YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE GIANT ON WHOSE SHOULDER I HAVE BEEN STANDING WHILE WRITING MY NOVEL HOPING THAT YOUR GREAT NAME WILL BE ON THE COVER PAGE OF MY BOOK;NOW MY NOVEL WILL COME OUT IN FOUR MONTHS TIME FROM NOW BUT YOU WILL NO LONGER BE THERE AT LEAST TO SAY TO ME : "NNA, JI SIE IKE."
WHEN I TOLD MY WIFE THAT ACHEBE IS DEAD,SHE SCREAMED: "WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM!?,"SHE THEN PICKED UP A COPY OF 'THINGS FALL APART'SHE IS STILL READING,WHICH I BOUGHT FOR HER LAST MONTH HERE IN US,FLIPPING OVER SOME PAGES RANDOMLY AND SHAKING HER HEAD SHE ADDED,"EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE DEAD,YOUR BEAUTIFUL STORY WILL NEVER DIE".
PROF,THANKS VERY MUCH FOR ENCOURAGING PEOPLE LIKE US,WE WILL CONTINUE FROM WHERE YOU STOPED,PROMOTING AND PROTECTING AFRICAN CULTURE AT ALL COST.
REST IN PEACE,GERAT ONE.
ONE AMONG THE GREATEST,WHEN I FIRST CAME ACROSS YOUR PICTURE TWO DAYS BACK ON THE INTERNET,I SAID TO MYSELF: "ACHEBE,WHO KNOWS THE AWARD YOU HAVE WON THIS TIME." THEN CAME THIS BLOW ON MY HEAD FROM AN INVISIBLE HAND,SENDING GOOSE PIMPLES ALL OVER MY BODY AS I READ THE MESSAGE THAT FOLLOWS:"CHINUA ACHEBE DIES AT 82".
ReplyDeletePROF,YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE GIANT ON WHOSE SHOULDER I HAVE BEEN STANDING WHILE WRITING MY NOVEL HOPING THAT YOUR GREAT NAME WILL BE ON THE COVER PAGE OF MY BOOK;NOW MY NOVEL WILL COME OUT IN FOUR MONTHS TIME FROM NOW BUT YOU WILL NO LONGER BE THERE AT LEAST TO SAY TO ME : "NNA, JI SIE IKE."
WHEN I TOLD MY WIFE THAT ACHEBE IS DEAD,SHE SCREAMED: "WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM!?,"SHE THEN PICKED UP A COPY OF 'THINGS FALL APART'SHE IS STILL READING,WHICH I BOUGHT FOR HER LAST MONTH HERE IN US,FLIPPING OVER SOME PAGES RANDOMLY AND SHAKING HER HEAD SHE ADDED,"EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE DEAD,YOUR BEAUTIFUL STORY WILL NEVER DIE".
PROF,THANKS VERY MUCH FOR ENCOURAGING PEOPLE LIKE US,WE WILL CONTINUE FROM WHERE YOU STOPED,PROMOTING AND PROTECTING AFRICAN CULTURE AT ALL COST.
REST IN PEACE,GREAT ONE..
I remember your advice to me on BBC bookers club, that young writers like me should read more, and read a lot. That the path to which my writing will follow, will flow naturally. I love you Pa. You live on.
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