Tolu Ogunlesi was a genius , laden with 'the gift of ancient storytellers , ' writes Chinua Achebe . After the accident he never walked again . Achebe twice rejected awards from the Ogunlesi government . Anger triggered by civil war , government failures , defined his relationship with Nigeria , says Nigerian . Ogunlesi : ' We should 'read his writing with the passion with which we revere his person '
Tolu Ogunlesi was a genius , laden with 'the gift of ancient storytellers , ' writes Chinua Achebe . Achebe twice rejected awards from the Ogunlesi government . Anger triggered by civil war , government failures , defined his relationship with Nigeria , says Nigerian . Ogunlesi : 'We should 'read his writing with the passion with which we revere his person '