Prof. Chinua Achebe: A hero returns 1 (BBC)

[P101794]

How dare he say that Heart of Darkness is a racist novel. The most outrageous things any idiot has said.

[MyyyPage]

@P101794" Land in a swamp, march through the woods, and

in some inland post feel the savagery, the utter savagery,

had closed round him—all that mysterious life of the wilderness

that stirs in the forest, in the jungles, in the hearts

of wild men. There’s no initiation either into such mysteries.

He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which

is also detestable. And it has a fascination, too, that goes to

work upon him. The fascination of the abomination .."

Heart of Darkness , c. 1

[slajaa]

Dont mistake him for his phylosophy. He writes about colonial disaster does not mean he cannot play reaggae music or some´thng else. Try read his book properly.

[Sammy107d]

I don't know what you all see here, but I think this documentary has undertones that contradict's Achebe's very anti-colonial values.

[joohls77]

Achebe is simply the greatest!

[lordmyzpt3]

welcome home sir!

[cumbi4real]

have you forgoten his 3 books that formed a statement? Arrow of god,, Nolonger at ease.,, things fall appart. joind as this......... when the arrow of god is no longer at ease, things fall apart. hahaaaa achebe is a genius.

[chelseacarol]

he deserves every recognition he gets and even more. i am proud to come from the same country as a great writer as china achebe.

Nigeria has produced great african writers.

[Alamagan2007]

Chinua Achebe has been inspirational to me since I was 12. I read his first book in Form 1 and then again in Form 4, when his book, "A man of the people" was a set book.

Chinua, we love you. Keep up the good work!

[Dah77]

afromann007: African's greatest men have had little material possessions. Mandela. Nyerere. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o.

[hagipcares4u]

u travel for so long and forgot ur country.......Nigerians Pitied for you to build u a house and shelter u if not u still remain in ur old house ....thats insane never returnd for 20 yrs and made USA ur home....Nigerians are kind if not u could have seen?

[afromann007]

stop saying that, he lived so long in the USA because he was sick and cannot be taken care of in Nigeria. Do you think if he was in Nigeria he will still be alive.

[animecrazie101]

Chinua Achebe is my Grandpa's brother and my mom's uncle and my granduncle and im really met him at a family renion in New Jersey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AfricansArise]

Big up to Chinua Achebe. Shamefully for me, I only read TFA last year. Great book. I need to check out some of his other stuff.

[biafranfighter]

GOD, Afromann007 you keep on showing the stuff you are made of. You are the best Igbo ever to love his culture and his people. Thank you for this video. God bless you.