http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/22/chinua-achebe-some-reflections/ The TED Blog shares interesting news about TED, TED Talks video, the TED Prize and more. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:04:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/22/chinua-achebe-some-reflections/comment-page-1/#comment-36016 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:55:15 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=73595#comment-36016 [...] Chinua Achebe: Some reflections (blog.ted.com) [...]

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/22/chinua-achebe-some-reflections/comment-page-1/#comment-36015 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:54:33 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=73595#comment-36015 Chinua Achebe was a huge part of my childhood and a pivotal influence on my writing life. His death took my breath away and silenced me for a while. He will be sorely missed.
Eliz

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/22/chinua-achebe-some-reflections/comment-page-1/#comment-35909 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:27:45 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=73595#comment-35909 To this day, Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall apart remains one of my favourite books. Thank you for sharing.

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/22/chinua-achebe-some-reflections/comment-page-1/#comment-35376 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:49:41 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=73595#comment-35376 [...] -Chinwe Ohanele Image credit: http://blog.ted.com [...]

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/22/chinua-achebe-some-reflections/comment-page-1/#comment-35235 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:32:04 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=73595#comment-35235 Thank you so much for sharing these realizations. Wonderful to think how it’s not too late for any of us to fill the holes in our education — wishing you much enjoyment discovering Achebe’s work!

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/22/chinua-achebe-some-reflections/comment-page-1/#comment-35197 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:42:22 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=73595#comment-35197 Once again thanks to the ignorance or arrogance of South African education system, I’m floored. I’ve never heard of this author until today. We wasted so much time and effort in my school education on American and European history and was taught nothing about the rest of the African continent. Thank you Emeka for bringing this to my attention.

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/22/chinua-achebe-some-reflections/comment-page-1/#comment-35096 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:40:50 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=73595#comment-35096 A giant is gone but his words live on.
Great men leave great legacies. Chinua Achebe let us reallize that neither skin colour nor ethnicity can prevent the light that is in anyone from shining.
Your origins and circumstances don’t determine where you will end, they are stepping stones to climb upon. Everyone who keeps hope alive, fans faith to flames and collaborates with love will definitely make a huge difference.
Rest in perfect peace, Chinua Achebe!

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/22/chinua-achebe-some-reflections/comment-page-1/#comment-34990 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:28:00 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=73595#comment-34990 Great speech. If you really think about it, the media not only control what we think, it controls what we think about. And this is a classic case of how One country’s or society’s view on another people can negatively affect billions of people’s perception of them all over the world; especially in today’s society where a story can be transmitted instantaneously all over the world. It is more important now to tell someone’s story from more than one point of view and to the story correctly.

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]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/22/chinua-achebe-some-reflections/comment-page-1/#comment-34972 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:00:46 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=73595#comment-34972 Reblogged this on MasukuOnMyMind..

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