tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post115533190149820130..comments2024-01-18T12:02:23.977+00:00Comments on African Shirts: ... and yet she loves NigeriaNkemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16179240558587295386noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1155935251802487712006-08-18T21:07:00.000+00:002006-08-18T21:07:00.000+00:00Chimamanda is a fine writer. I really enjoy her s...Chimamanda is a fine writer. I really enjoy her short stories. However, I think she should be careful with her constant 'I am an Igbo woman and I am proud stuff'. Yes, she is a diva. either you like divas or you don't. I haven't read Half of the Yellow Sun, I hope it provides a fresh perspective on the Biafran story which needs to be unearthed. But she doesn't have to be such an ethnic absolutist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1155747341446708312006-08-16T16:55:00.000+00:002006-08-16T16:55:00.000+00:00Nothing wrong with being a bit of a diva, especial...Nothing wrong with being a bit of a diva, especially if you've got something to bitch about...and most Nigerian writers I know are proud of their ethnic origins- Achebe and Soyinka to begin with....<BR/><BR/>I haven't read Half of a Yellow Sun so can't comment on the question of stereotyping...but it's sad that even in 2006 we Nigerians still inevitably reduce everything to ethnicityuknaijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364734451470135447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1155496272911815612006-08-13T19:11:00.000+00:002006-08-13T19:11:00.000+00:00Nouvel Observateur left a comment on 13 August, 20...Nouvel Observateur left a comment on 13 August, 2006 14:08 on the post - parts of it libelous. So I have reproduced the comment, but without the bits that would get me sued. <BR/><BR/><B>nouvel observateur said...</B> <BR/>But does Nigeria love Chimamanda? She has a terrible reputation for being a superbitch back home - a tantrumy madam who all too readily plays the 'proud to be an Igbo woman' card without really understanding the ramifications.<BR/><BR/>Her new book promises to be even more divisive, thanks to its glorification of Igbo suffering and its negative stereotyping of Yoruba characters..Nkemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16179240558587295386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1155484695549939162006-08-13T15:58:00.000+00:002006-08-13T15:58:00.000+00:00superbitch? you just discredited yourself right th...superbitch? you just discredited yourself right there nouvel observateur. But i'm guessing you won't understand why. <BR/><BR/>yoruba characters stereotype themselves.<BR/><BR/>i think Chimamanda loves Abba and Enugu. I really think if she lived in Lagos, she won't be romantic about it. The american embassy is not better, I for one am not looking foward to going there, just because they no longer beat people...there are other ways of making nigerians feel worthless.Questhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13821694533219072456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1155478124513614392006-08-13T14:08:00.000+00:002006-08-13T14:08:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1155389205270383902006-08-12T13:26:00.000+00:002006-08-12T13:26:00.000+00:00If you stick fly Virgin, you will arrive on Britis...If you stick fly Virgin, you will arrive on British airways. Trust me!?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01992276117548193938noreply@blogger.com