Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe makes interesting reading... There is a correlation of events that happened in that novel with our Zimbabwe situation at the moment, i had to go back to my bookshelf and get this except Chapter 8, Daughters... You see, if you and I have a quarrel over an orange we could settle it by dividing the orange or by letting either of us have it, or by handing it over to a third party or even by throwing it away. But supposing our quarrel is that I happen to love oranges and you happen to hate them, how do you settle that? You will always hate oranges and I will always love them; we can’t help it.” “We could decide though, couldn’t we, that it was silly and futile to quarrel over our likes and dislikes.” “Yes,” he answered eagerly. “As long as we are not fanatical. If either of us is a fanatic then there can be no hope of a settlement. We will disagree as long as we live. The mere prospect of that is what leaves me emotionally drained and even paralysed… Why am I still in this Cabinet? Ikem calls us a circus show, and he is largely right. We are not a Cabinet. The real Cabinet are some of those clowns you saw last night. Why am I still there then? Honour and all that demands that I turn in my paper of resignation. But can I?” #Prophetic #Deepthoughts
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:55:17 +0000
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