Sunday 20 March 2016

the National Hero

The National Hero.

















Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;

W.B. Yeats 'The Second Coming'

When we do speak, and of the Hero, we are too probably associating 'him', and with speak of Conquest, and as said too, a defining in all, Theme that is. That it too now could be said that, when we do speak and of the National Hero, or of the Local Hero too, we are too said to be dealing with factors, and that do too speak and of both Resistance, and Adaptation, and respectively too. That in speak of Resistance, speak too and of the said problems/situations, and that the National Hero is believed said to face, but in speak of the Local Hero, speak now and of matters/issues, and as said too encountered in all.

That it too can be said that, when many do in all, make the attempt, to in all even actually, explain and for the condition or state, that Africa, does in all even find itself in, we do in many a way, come to realize, that it all is said to pertain, and to speak and of what Media, is said to be, and in said comparison, and to speak and of Consciousness in itself. That in speak of Consciousness, and of Africa too, one does in all even find many an argument it could best be said, and as said to refer, and to what Legitimacy, Validity or Verification too, are in all even said to be, for Africa in all, is often presented and from speak truly of Media, and of what too Judgment, Justice or even Righteousness too, are in all even said all about. That the Media, that is often used to portray Africa, does speak of Africa too, and as probably said Accessible, or not, and in too saying that, and in speak too of those said groups, peoples or tribes, and in Africa, cultured in their ways, that African life, does in all even mirror, or truly shadow too, African life, and as said too portrayed, and in speak of African Theatre for instance. That it all and again, does speak and of African life, and as said truly perceived, and from speak and of what too is said Permissible, for the said History and of Slavery and Colonialism in Africa, is believed said best actually perceived, and from Lenses, and that do speak of the Permissible, and not the Accessible truly either.

That it too can be said that, Okonkwo, and as best said here described, a Local Hero, is too said to deal and with said issues in all, and that do speak of Character, and if not of Taboo in itself, and of Okonkwo too, possibly perceived, and from the said perspective, and of the National Hero that is, but in saying that, Chinua Achebe (Mr.), is too now said even, a National Hero, is to speak of him and as said even defining Nigeria, and in speak of Memory, and that does too speak, and of what Remembering, Recollection, and  if not Recalling in itself, are in all even said to be, and in said comparison and to Okonkwo, said now even, defining the Memory of the Ibo people of Nigeria, and if not of South-Eastern Nigeria too, and in speak of a Memory, and that could too be said best to speak, and of the very said term, Ibo, and of Umuofia too that is.

That in putting all this, and in a said African Perspective, and not that too said to speak and of Colonialism or Independence too, is to now and in all even ask, and if or if not, African Time, is actually said to exist. That in most of the World, Time, is said perceived truly, and from speak of the Dated, and if not of what too is said post-dated, pre-dated, or even in said speak too now, and of carbon-dating too for instance [and of the very manner too, most Egyptologists, do in all even seek to study Egyptian History today]. In saying that, the United States of America, or America truly, does offer differing views in all, and of Time, and in Perspective too, is to now speak, and of the said On-set, and if not of the origin too, and in Point, and of Time, the Off-set, the Set ('set your marks'), the Re-set, of African Ears, or even in speak too and of, and of said Timing in itself too that is [and not of the said Periodic truly either]. That in speak of Africa, and if not of 'Things Fall Apart', and by Chinua Achebe too, speak now, and of Time, and as said best perceived, and from a Perspective, and that does speak and of the Initial [and in Awareness], the Start [and of Conscious States], and of the Beginning too [and if not of Consciousness too that is]. That the Nigeria of today, does differ and from that of Okonkwo's Time, and in now too saying that, Nigeria today, does in all even perceive Time, and from a said Perspective, and that does too speak and of the Dated in itself that is.

That what can the National Hero, or the Local Hero too, be said, to teach any of us, and in said regard, and to what does too pass for Conscience in itself, and as said even truly African? That in said speak of the National Hero, speak now and of what too Disparities are said to be, for the Local Hero, does in all even engage any of us, and in knowing and of what Discrepancies, are in all even said to be, and in said regard, and to living out our lives that is. That both heroes, National and Local, do too and in all even, expose to us, lives, and as said too grounded in all, and in speak of Counsel in itself, and in said comparison and to Prayer for instance, and if not of Africa, and Africans too, and as said even perceived, and from speak and of what Coping, or Coping mechanisms too, are in all even said to be.

That the National Hero, said even or perceived, more grandiose in 'his' ways in all, is too said to speak and of Celebration in itself, for the Local Hero, does now present a said even alternate way in all, and of viewing life in itself, believed said even troubling by some, and that does too speak, and of what 'the Kill', is said to be all about.

In finality, both National and Local, Heroes, said now to in all even present life, and from speak and of both Fundamentals and Rudiments too [and if not Principles that is], and as respectively said too, and in a said World too, and that does in all even view life in itself, and from speak truly, and of the Basics that is.

Nigeria after Okonkwo :