Hey just stopped by on youtube for some class stuff, stumbled onto this playlist and now want to leave a comment. Your enthusiasm is a really nice change from just a stale reading, additionally, your pauses to further explore what you just read manages to keep me thinking and interest in the book. Awesome job!
"If a man comes into my hut and defecates on the floor, what do I do? Do I shut my eyes? No! I take a stick and break his head..." Best line in the book. xD
thank you so much for this. I was so many chapters behind and i have the lowest grade in my AP class. Tomorrow when i turn my make up work in, i’ll definitely see an improvement!!
Your the perfect audio book for me 😍😍😍not to fast not to slow just perfect and like so you explain the hard things..i wish u can read me a book so i can sleep in bed 😅😅😂☺️
You are a great reader, and I appreciate you doing this. However, I am shocked by the way you present the missionaries in this story as "horrible." How horrible can it be that they hope to rid these people of the entrapment of their superstitions? The reason that the missionaries lived after 4 days and 7 weeks was because it was false gods that they were following. Perhaps they allowed them to stay because they wanted freedom from the oppression of their false religion and inwardly they yearned for Truth!
The missionaries brought hegemony in the form of religion. They used Christianity as a weapon to disarm the Igbo. It was an insidious and deliberate move to undermine the native civilizations in Nigeria.
@@strandedlantern Perhaps they left the comforts of their own homes to bring schools and hospitals and the Bible because they cared about them. Achebe himself would not have been able to learn to read and write, attend college, and write this novel had they not. Yes, there are corrupt people in any organization, but to assign motive to an entire group is careless. Keep in mind that Achebe was a Christian, too. To attempt to indoctrinate students by assigning a false motive to the missionaries is to do what you blame the missionaries of doing: taking over a culture by infiltrating their education. You do a great job reading; please let students discern the meaning of these stories on their own. Your job is to teach them to read and to write; doing so gives them the freedom to interpret, just like Achebe's people were given the gift of doing. Thank you again.
@@ronriles1513 Achebe spoke Igbo. He wrote the book in English so people like us would read it and see what I just pointed out. It was his response to Heart of Darkness, which promoted White supremacy and racism. As a teacher, I feel like it's my job to expose oppression. The missionaries and other Europeans in the book are oppressors, if they weren't, we never would have this book in the first place.
@@strandedlantern He wrote because he didn't like the way his people were being portrayed. Period. It wasn't an indictment against the people who taught him a second language and so much more. As a parent, I expect you to teach reading and writing, allowing our students to come to their own conclusions. Do you want me to teach your child how to become a Christian in school? Then don't teach your ideology to mine. You are doing exactly what you accuse others of doing, you just excuse it because you believe yourself to be right. They certainly believed they were exposing the oppression of idolatry and superstition. It is exactly the same.
@@ronriles1513 it's been a fun chat, Ron. I teach what I teach. If you don't want your kids to know that White, British missionaries are the bad guys of a story written by a man whose entire life was controlled by hegemonic factors perpetrated before his birth, then tell them not to stop by my channel. I am committed to exposing White supremacy and Eurocentic hegemony, and if you don't want to hear it, move along. These videos are not required for anyone to view. I haven't even taught this novel since 2015. I'm not even an English teacher anymore. I teach future teachers to be anti-racist educators these days.
His interpretation is what helps people understand the book. If you just want him to recite it, why can't you just read the book or even the pdf online if you don't have the book?
I love they way you read the book the difference vocies and then. explaining some complacated parts that don't make sense
Hey just stopped by on youtube for some class stuff, stumbled onto this playlist and now want to leave a comment. Your enthusiasm is a really nice change from just a stale reading, additionally, your pauses to further explore what you just read manages to keep me thinking and interest in the book. Awesome job!
Thank you so much for making these! You saved me so many times!
"If a man comes into my hut and defecates on the floor, what do I do? Do I shut my eyes? No! I take a stick and break his head..." Best line in the book. xD
That part came a few seconds before he read it lol
You're a great reader! Thank you so much and please continue to make these awesome and helpful videos. God bless!!
You my friend, are a legend
u are a fantastic reader 🙏🏼bless
this is great!! this helped a lot!! you're a great reader and thank you for explaining the part of the book when they get confusing !
Thank you so much for creating these videos. Your reading and commentary has truly supported the comprehension of my ESL students.
very good book
these videos are life savers honestly
thank you so much for this. I was so many chapters behind and i have the lowest grade in my AP class. Tomorrow when i turn my make up work in, i’ll definitely see an improvement!!
Thank you
God bless u
Damn... I’m a twin and never knew people used to think we were evil and disgusting mistakes
You were born in the right time period
@@disneyfan_1237 Indeed!
Thank you so much bro
❤️
What happens at the end of the chapter that temporarily eases the conflict between the clan and the Christian community?
change the speed to 1.25 or 1.5
Brendon Schilling OH MY GOD YOU'RE A GENIUS
Your the perfect audio book for me 😍😍😍not to fast not to slow just perfect and like so you explain the hard things..i wish u can read me a book so i can sleep in bed 😅😅😂☺️
Goat
U are Savin me big guy ❤️
Watched your audio again in English great stuff man
thank you
Yo Ima need you to crank out all quiet on the western front real quick
Queeeeeeen 👑
Thanks
Wow.
Chris Beard is fond of Zach Rams
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You are a great reader, and I appreciate you doing this. However, I am shocked by the way you present the missionaries in this story as "horrible." How horrible can it be that they hope to rid these people of the entrapment of their superstitions? The reason that the missionaries lived after 4 days and 7 weeks was because it was false gods that they were following. Perhaps they allowed them to stay because they wanted freedom from the oppression of their false religion and inwardly they yearned for Truth!
The missionaries brought hegemony in the form of religion. They used Christianity as a weapon to disarm the Igbo. It was an insidious and deliberate move to undermine the native civilizations in Nigeria.
@@strandedlantern Perhaps they left the comforts of their own homes to bring schools and hospitals and the Bible because they cared about them. Achebe himself would not have been able to learn to read and write, attend college, and write this novel had they not. Yes, there are corrupt people in any organization, but to assign motive to an entire group is careless. Keep in mind that Achebe was a Christian, too. To attempt to indoctrinate students by assigning a false motive to the missionaries is to do what you blame the missionaries of doing: taking over a culture by infiltrating their education. You do a great job reading; please let students discern the meaning of these stories on their own. Your job is to teach them to read and to write; doing so gives them the freedom to interpret, just like Achebe's people were given the gift of doing. Thank you again.
@@ronriles1513 Achebe spoke Igbo. He wrote the book in English so people like us would read it and see what I just pointed out. It was his response to Heart of Darkness, which promoted White supremacy and racism. As a teacher, I feel like it's my job to expose oppression. The missionaries and other Europeans in the book are oppressors, if they weren't, we never would have this book in the first place.
@@strandedlantern He wrote because he didn't like the way his people were being portrayed. Period. It wasn't an indictment against the people who taught him a second language and so much more. As a parent, I expect you to teach reading and writing, allowing our students to come to their own conclusions. Do you want me to teach your child how to become a Christian in school? Then don't teach your ideology to mine. You are doing exactly what you accuse others of doing, you just excuse it because you believe yourself to be right. They certainly believed they were exposing the oppression of idolatry and superstition. It is exactly the same.
@@ronriles1513 it's been a fun chat, Ron. I teach what I teach. If you don't want your kids to know that White, British missionaries are the bad guys of a story written by a man whose entire life was controlled by hegemonic factors perpetrated before his birth, then tell them not to stop by my channel. I am committed to exposing White supremacy and Eurocentic hegemony, and if you don't want to hear it, move along. These videos are not required for anyone to view. I haven't even taught this novel since 2015. I'm not even an English teacher anymore. I teach future teachers to be anti-racist educators these days.
you talk to much just read the story
His interpretation is what helps people understand the book. If you just want him to recite it, why can't you just read the book or even the pdf online if you don't have the book?
I have a reading problem so I would like just to listen to the story
Alysha ethridge thats why u need him to break down the story for u lml
*too
thank you
thank you