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Book Discussion: Half of a Yellow Sun
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bkismat
#11 Posted : Friday, March 12, 2010 8:09:57 AM
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finally gotten a copy of the book. in fact 2 of her books(+ purple hibiscus).hope i can squeeze sometime this weekend to read it between partaking Jeremiah's frothy waters and being a hapless gooner fan (5 years and waiting).though is afraid of reading the text.horrible things happened to the Igbos during the 3 years Biafran war while the rest of the Nigerians did not even notice it.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt...
-Mark Twain
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leona
#12 Posted : Friday, March 12, 2010 1:10:07 PM
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muganda wrote:


I'll gladly pass the book to you BUT just to make sure you'll read it, I first propose we pick a book or join @bkismat 'Mine Boy' and we do the deed smile


@Muganda
Woiye wacha kuwa mkali na kitabu...smile smile

Sasa Mine boy...reminds me so much of school! You guys please pick something that has never been a setbook.Pray

And btw,i go throught the posts in such a rush i barely read everything,thus the 'skipping' your postsLaughing out loudly What book have you guys decided on for now? and pliz dont suggest that i read through the entire thread!!!

PS:Thanks in advance for the bookApplause
Nevermind what haters say, ignore them til they fade away - Just live your life
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muganda
#13 Posted : Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:15:11 AM
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@bkismat, how far did you go with the weekend reading? Hope the frothies didn't get the better of you. I eagerly await...

Now that you're fully loaded, in the meantime, I beg you allow @digitek1 @leona and I to indulge in a quick Kenyan read of 'Charcoal to Gold'.

@leona, welcome in advance smile Get your Njenga Karume 'Charcoal to Gold' and I'm sure we'll be among the first peeps to review it...
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bkismat
#14 Posted : Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:35:43 AM
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@ muganda. was a good boy this weekend. I'm on chap 21. Will give review once I'm through though I'm not disappointed. it was all I imagined and all. And BTW she was on K24 this morning on the CNN show "African Voices"
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt...
-Mark Twain
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muganda
#15 Posted : Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:39:27 AM
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What what @bkismat, I can't believe I missed it. I'll look for the link.

Lakini share a bit; I just feel like talking about it. It wont take anything away from what you have to say at the end, will it?

What has shocked you so far?
What has made you smile so far?
What has inspired you so far?
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bkismat
#16 Posted : Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:57:38 AM
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One thing is we have refused to learn from our history. Nigeria is still suffering from what brought the Biafran war in the first place.We refuse to learn from our neigbours otherwise their would have been no Rwandan genocide in 1994 or Kenyan PEV in 2007. Thank God it was just for a short while. Some scene like Abdimalik saying we have killed the whole family ,it was Allah's will while killing the family of Ollana's uncle's family sound eerily like what happened in Eldoret and Naivasha. I remember him giving Ollana a pair of leather slippers not long before.And the mama carrying her daughter's plaited head in a from the North, Shocking.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt...
-Mark Twain
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muganda
#17 Posted : Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:27:04 AM
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@bkismat, aiish this Wazua, sometimes the posts run away somewhere.
VERY VERY TRUE
bkismat wrote:
One thing is we have refused to learn from our history.


This comes out clearly in the novel. It's like we know we should polish our shoes everyday, but for one week we want to leave them alone, so we see what happens...

And so the human being is cursed to learn difficult lessons from experience. From the day when Eve and Adam ate the fruit, when they knew so well they shouldn't...


But the author brings it out so well, the tragedy, the cold heartedness, it's the beginning of a difficult part of the book.
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bkismat
#18 Posted : Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:37:59 AM
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and Kainene would have been perfect for "Ollana's revolutionary lover" but maybe its a case of opposites attracting.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt...
-Mark Twain
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muganda
#19 Posted : Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:43:20 AM
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bkismat wrote:
and Kainene would have been perfect for "Ollana's revolutionary lover" but maybe its a case of opposites attracting.
smile

Actually I disagree. You often hear the adage 'opposites attract'. And I've heard Chris Hart (psychologist) oft saying people are attracted to those where they have many things in common.

I believe the three are in a 'common circle', but after that, you have to agree that Olana and Odegnibo are opposite in many ways. Not so with Kainene, I think...

But even more interesting for me, are insights into how women think, and what attracts men to women - the author after all cannot change her gender - it shows in her writing.
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selah
#20 Posted : Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:36:47 AM
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I saw a small part of the writer's interview in K24 last evening and I overheard her say that marriage is a dangerous Institution for women.I didnt get her explaination for that accersion , for those who saw the interview what did she mean by that?
'......to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.' Colossians 2:2-3
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