Bady

About half a mile from Tambico is a pretty large town called Bady, the chief of which takes the title of Faranba, and is in a manner independent.

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008

Indeed, in one of the comments, Bady sums up what I most respect in fiction far better than I ever have: ...what I find most interesting in Achebe is his attention not to questions of who is right and who is wrong since every perspective is flawed and mediated but his exploration of how official truths are produced, which TFA as novel becomes a vehicle for.

Archive 2009-11-01 2009

But I'm going to pause in the fight for a moment and break my self-promise because today I discovered Aaron Bady's astoundingly excellent blog Zunguzungu via a marvelous post Bady wrote at The Valve about Chinua Achebe and the African Writers Series a post that previously appeared on Zunguzungu.

Archive 2009-11-01 2009

Indeed, in one of the comments, Bady sums up what I most respect in fiction far better than I ever have: ...what I find most interesting in Achebe is his attention not to questions of who is right and who is wrong since every perspective is flawed and mediated but his exploration of how official truths are produced, which TFA as novel becomes a vehicle for.

Zunguzungu 2009

But I'm going to pause in the fight for a moment and break my self-promise because today I discovered Aaron Bady's astoundingly excellent blog Zunguzungu via a marvelous post Bady wrote at The Valve about Chinua Achebe and the African Writers Series a post that previously appeared on Zunguzungu.

Zunguzungu 2009

I told them that, after the treatment my guide had experienced, they could not expect that I would go to Bady alone; that if I went I would take twenty or thirty of my people with me.

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008

Tambico — Bady; hostile conduct of the Faranba, or Chief, and its consequences — Reach Jeningalla — Iron-furnaces. —

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008

Bady such articles as I meant to give him, every thing would be amicably settled.

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008

Tambico — Bady; hostile conduct of the Faranba, or Chief, and its consequences — Reach Jeningalla — Iron-furnaces. —

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008

Isaaco went over to Bady to enquire the reason of this conduct; but instead of satisfying him on this point, they seized him, took his double barrelled gun and sword from him, tied him to a tree and flogged him; and having put his boy in irons, sent some people back to

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008