Did anyone happen to read time changes yesterday by nyengi koin? I also like brigandage by taofiq azeez, gods are not to blame by ola rotimi and the yoruba novel kuye.

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Y'all are making me feel so nostalgic! I remember reading a lot of d books u guys hav listed and I'm like "damn...where did my childhood go?". I'd definitely luv to see "an african night's entertainment"...I wonder who they culd get to play d part of d beautiful lead female charater(don't remember her name,but d description of her beauty was so vivid in my mind...and d smell of d voodoo-perfume...) *sigh*

Firstly, i need to thank the Moderator for doing a great job on this thread. I just feel most of the movie makers in Nigeria today try too hard the wrong way. It is not possible for movie makers in Nigeria to get the attention of the western world when they try to imitate western stories. With the movies we have around today, it is obvious that most movie Producers in Nigeria are short of ideas( all we keep getting is the same story with different actors). I have often wondered why certain great Nigerian books that told true stories of the true Nigerian society are yet to be adapted as movies? Movie makers in Nigeria need to wake up and embrace this glaring opportunity to make an emphatic statement in the world. Why can't i tune on my tv set and be graced by a Things fall apart movie with Jim Iyke playing Okonkwo? Am kind of fed up with Nigerian movies and am really hoping i will be able to see something creative and traditional in future. Am hoping someone understand the way i feel. Nolly-wood is doing a great job, but feel with more dedication and creativity they can do better.I would love to see these books adapted as movies:Death and the kings horseman by Wole Soyinka; Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe;Efuru by Flora Nwapa;Palm-wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola; A man of the people by Chinua Achebe.

The Boy Slave and The Return of Shettima
One Week One Trouble and More Trouble for Willie
Efru
The Passport of Mallam Ilya
Burning Grass

vicade: The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta-So Powerful and Emotional I doubt if nollywood can pull it off.

I also like "The Road". Its a play by wole soyinka and a very funny one at that. I also doubt if this can be adapted for screen by nollywood.

Twinge Twangle by Femi Osofisan

Joys of Motherhood by Emecheta would always be a great book! Too bad it isn't that popular. Making a movie out of these books would really be cool, and I think it would have to involve a big budget, just so it doesn't look like the average movie that nollywood is mostly known to produce..

The Potter's Wheel and The Bottled Leopard are other books I'd loove to see as movies.

Finally, The Lion and The Jewel by Wole Soyinka.
The good thing about these books is that it tells the Nigerian culture as it was, during our fathers' times. These are the kinda movies we need to sell to the world, just like the book, "Things Fall Apart"

1 Omo Olokun Esin-Adebayo Faleti
2 One Man One Matchet- Aluko
3 Trial of Brother Jero-Soyinka
4 Ireke Onibudo-Fagunwa
5 Joy of Motherhood-Emecheta

THINGS FALL APART!

All Ben Akponine-Samuel short stories are educative. Could be adapted as High school films.

sholay2011: 1. 'Agbako nile tete'- A Yoruba book I read in my secondary school days. Very interesting.

2. 'Ojo buruku esu gbomi mu'- Another Yoruba book I enjoyed.

3. 'Joys of motherhood' by Buchi Emecheta.

4. 'Purple Hibiscus' by Chimamanda.

The joys of motherhood would be so sad. I cant imagine anyone capturing the essence of the book.

Bitter Taste of Honey by Chukwuezue Nnabuike

I would like to see movies about some of African heroes. Turn some of these biographies and auto biographies into movies.

THE NEW MAN by Femi something from Ife in Osun state.

Palm wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola. D book was performed into a radio series by the WNTV in d 60's but we need to see d TV version
The Gods are not to be blame by Ola Rotimi
The Concubine by Elechi Amadi

all of cyprian ekwesi's books,you just have to love his books though they were short,they were really entertaining and the passport of mallam ilia would make a good movie,just imagine idris elba playing the role .

blackmale: evbu my love and ''ogboju ode ninu igbo irumale''

God bless you! just the first that came to my mind- evbu my love, read it in college

purple hibiscus by chimanda achebe

Efuru
Second chance
There was a country

ovoramen Nogbaisi - Ola Rotimi
Trial of Brother Jero - Wole Soyinka
The Last Duty - Isidore Okpewho
The Victims - Isidore Okpewho
Toads for Supper - Chukwuemeka Ike
Toads for Ever - Chukwuemeka Ike
The Palmwine Drinkard - Amos Tutuola

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trial of brother jero joor

by d prof himself

wuraola Forever. I avent finish reading bt d liru i read i reali enjoyed it.

verdict of the gods
things fall apart
without a silver spoon

Bottled Leopard

sholay2011:
The dad was the antagonist I think, not protagonist...

the dad is the protagonist not the antagonist

do we still have writers in this country?

Ta lo gbingi oro, a Yoruba detective story!

It was the series that made being a Nigerian Intelligence agent seem very cool to me.I still crave to read them all over again.

VillageBoi:

Well said, every single one of them!

The secret of nothing. The book was Published by logman, i think the author is jude ogwu or something. It's actually about the osu caste system

Time Changes everyday. Not very sure of the title but was so pathetic. Read it in 1985 when I was in form one in Zaria.

ehehehehehe....wat abt national year of sex and cmfort...by our own Eze Promoe.lol