tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805591258317780978.post2090402217382036654..comments2023-12-11T23:40:44.531-08:00Comments on Dialogues: USA Africa Dialogue Series - African Literature: The curse of the Nobel Prizetoinhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07461677276823544553noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805591258317780978.post-59401151045401381812010-12-16T06:53:37.367-08:002010-12-16T06:53:37.367-08:00One of the dumbest op-eds I've read in a while...One of the dumbest op-eds I've read in a while. She needs to take a minute and read Ngugi's "Decolonizing the Mind." That would really help raise her consciousness a little...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723932061351189720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805591258317780978.post-78156547381199300822010-12-13T05:41:42.249-08:002010-12-13T05:41:42.249-08:00While I love Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani's novel I ...While I love Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani's novel I Do Not Come to You by Chance, and I am sympathetic to her call to be innovative in style and break away from merely imitating elder African writers, I had real problems with the fact that she said she would "shudder" at the thought of young African writers taking a lead from Ngugi and writing in their own languages.... See the rest of my response here:<br />http://carmenmccain.wordpress.com/2010/12/12/in-response-to-adaobi-tricia-nwaubanis-in-africa-the-laureates-curse-an-op-ed-piece-in-todays-new-york-times/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com