A different prespective to Life

I had just finished a book by Chinua Achebe, the author of "Thing Fall Apart", called "There was a country". This book was regarded as "Long-awaited ….. and urgently needed", Also "A brave, clear-sighted treatment of the political background and brutal reality of the Nigerian-Biafran War". The book starts with an Igbo proverb, and there are a lot of Igbo proverbs and statements in Professor Chinua, books there is "He who brings kola, brings life", "a toad does not run in the daytime for nothing", etc. He stresses that "understanding the complexity of the world" is more valuable to him. This great man gave a clear-cut dialogue of his life, but most importantly, a Nigerian story and a Biafran story. This book can be said to be controversial, and one should understand that Chinua Achebe is, first of all, speaking as an Igbo man, and he is writing from someone who has been highly involved in the Biafra...

I love watching Game of thrones it is a television series on HBO and its 5th Season very soon on Monday, 13th April 2015 based on a series of books by George R R Martin . It is all about an imaginary kingdom Westeros (which is roughly based on the European kingdoms of the Middle Ages) and it about 7 or more main ruling families or houses and their associated sub-houses or vassals, the psychodynamics and the relationship between them is complex. Scattered among them are some characters who are unique and specific and unlike other television series the good guys do not always win, being good and noble might even put you at a disadvantage.  There was a main character, Ned Stark played by the actor Sean Bean, who was killed towards the end of season one from what seems to be because he was always truthful and honor bound, he held the position of 'The Hand of the King', kind of prime minister. Despite being warned numerous times that he should not trust anybody and when you...