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| African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by yuzedo: 5:04pm On Jan 22 |
Was on another thread where they mentioned the "Ichidodo", a proverbial bird from The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, but i mixed it up with Anthills of The Savannah. The mix-up got me reminiscing and thinking about the glory days of yore, when the sense of reading was instilled and perhaps enforced in many households... African Writers Series had the very finest African Writers on their list, the novels were world-class.. Authors like Chinua Achebe, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Ayi Kwei Armah, Cyprian Ekwensi, Peter Abrahams, T. M. Aluko, Flora Nwapa, Elechi Amadi, and a thousand other geniuses churned out classics that stimulated our minds and kept our idleness-induced mischief at bay. Who can forget such great efforts as: Mine Boy, Efuru, Jagua Nana, Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, Arrow of God, My Mercedes is Bigger than Yours, etc? I don't get it.... DON'T WE READ ANYMORE IN THIS COUNTRY??!?? |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by yuzedo: 5:14pm On Jan 22 |
Enid Blyton ruled our childhoods.... That woman enchanted us with her exciting and amazing stories of adventures, sharpening our wit, exposure and imagination. The foods and snacks that were a standard inclusion in every work of hers gave me nightmares..  They sounded so tasty and wonderful, marzipans, blueberry waffles, lemonade, cotton candy, sweets and toffees, honey-coated shortbread and cookies, etc.. (while i had to make do with stuff like strong yam & oil, cold eba & day-old soup, kuli-kuli, etc )Enid Blyton's novels were a great part of growing up, indirectly taught me a lot of written English (just like AWS), and was a source of educative, enlightening, stimulating fun on words..... I don't see kids reading these days.  But they know Kim Kardashian and all other trollops on E!... and they will grow up to use short-hand and text-speak in the office when writing out Investment Teasers and important Memos...  There is soooo much available to kids these days.. Google, PDF's, E-books for PCs and Tablets, etc. But i'll be damned if they use these things for anything productive. Am i the only one who has this observation/worry or who recollects how good things were for us growing up? Sigh... 2 Likes |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by naptu2: 5:29pm On Jan 22 |
Famous Five (books & tv series), Secret Seven, Five Find-Outers, Mallory Towers and these delightful tiny little books that we used as literature text books. As I type this I'm looking at my collection of AWS (and associated)books: Chief The Honourable Minister, The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born, The African Child, A Walk In The Night, The Drummer Boy, The Motherless Child, Yay! I've found my Nigeria Handbook 1970! I've been searching for it forever! 1 Like |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by Intrepid!(m): 6:01pm On Jan 22 |
Enid Blyton was a major influence on the kids of the 80s and 90s. Her books were almost a form of currency. Her vivid writing style ensured you read her books hungrily, especially her description of foods and stuff. These brats of today have no idea of what they are missing... |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by Akanniade(m): 11:08pm On Jan 22 |
the small square shaped enid blyton books were my favourite. I always borrowed from my ajebo classmates. I got fascinated to african novels with the pace setters series; christmas in the city, the deliquents, bloodbath at lobster close, the worshippers, sisi, vicious circle etc. |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by Ndipe(m): 4:21am On Jan 23 |
Enid Blyton's novels were part of our upbringing in the literary world and fantasy of a child's imagination. But truth be told, as an adult, I prefer African Writer's series now. |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by uj_sizzle(f): 1:50pm On Jan 23 |
My school had a library filled with both, but Enid was an all time favourite  .Read a couple of African writers too though could hardly pronounce half the names there. |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by Ishilove(f): 7:36pm On Jan 23 |
yuzedo: Was on another thread where they mentioned the "Ichidodo", a proverbial bird from The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, but i mixed it up with Anthills of The Savannah.No we don't  |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by Ishilove(f): 7:57pm On Jan 23 |
Intrepid!:Indeed they don't. |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by CocoLoca(f): 9:49am On Feb 05 |
yuzedo: Enid Blyton ruled our childhoods.... That woman enchanted us with her exciting and amazing stories of adventures, sharpening our wit, exposure and imagination.Hahahahahaha. Funny you.  |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by tzetzefly(m): 12:38am On Feb 06 |
Akanniade: the small square shaped enid blyton books were my favourite. I always borrowed from my ajebo classmates. I got fascinated to african novels with the pace setters series; christmas in the city, the deliquents, bloodbath at lobster close, the worshippers, sisi, vicious circle etc.I was about mentioning this too.... They were the African series of the 70's that got me glued to my seat most days. We had lots of the collection back then in the 80's. I wonder if i can still find any of them at home again....? |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by yuzedo: 12:07pm On Feb 08 |
We still can't arrive at a consensus the way i see it... Which had a more profound effect on your grammatical or imaginative development people? MOD any help queuing this here thread? |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by yuzedo: 12:13pm On Feb 08 |
The Timeless Enid Blyton? |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by yuzedo: 12:15pm On Feb 08 |
Or The Great African Writers Series |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by SimonAndal(m): 7:50pm On Mar 03 |
I have a confession to make, God forgive me: when I was in primary 2, I "pinched" all the Enid Blyton books in our library. I totally had the intention of returning them, but when I was through with one, I had to read it over and over again because it was too damn enchanting. God forgive me. 1 Like |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by SimonAndal(m): 7:52pm On Mar 03 |
African Writers what? What the hell is that?  Some kind of Brain disorder? 1 Like |
| Re: African Writers Series VS. Enid Blytons.. Which Did You Prefer? by Sleemg: 7:50am On Mar 04 |
naptu2: Famous Five (books & tv series), Secret Seven, Five Find-Outers, Mallory Towers and these delightful tiny little books that we used as literature text books. |
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