tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212527544915206406.post7539594296199064377..comments2023-06-12T13:50:10.464+03:00Comments on Benedict Wachira ,,,: The Nobel Peace Prize and AfricansBenedict Wachirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14919921888039744962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212527544915206406.post-40030270217352670482011-09-04T13:04:58.668+03:002011-09-04T13:04:58.668+03:00Yes Ojijo, agreed. We should have our own Internat...Yes Ojijo, agreed. We should have our own International award!Benedict Wachirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14919921888039744962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212527544915206406.post-81247550196031705202011-09-04T08:35:14.045+03:002011-09-04T08:35:14.045+03:00a general glance at the nobel peace prize awardees...a general glance at the nobel peace prize awardees will betray their capitalistic 'western' ideals...indeed, it is only those who are not socailist, culturalists, or traditionalists who will get the prize. it does not matter what africans do, unless they hail the beauty of the western political and economic systems, and do it in english, or such acceptable language...why, for instance, would the recalcitrant writings of Wole Soyinka rise above the african empowering scripts of Ngungi wa Thiong'o? simple, Ngugi is clearly anti-westernisation...and for that, his recent masterpiece, Wizard of the Crow, failed to get him the Prize...we need the Lenin Prize resciciatated, or better still, we need an african prize...think samora, think lumumba, think Nyerere!!!ContractKapitalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090116040421646010noreply@blogger.com