remark D: If you don't know what Modern African Literature is, at least you know that Chinua Achebe is the Father of Modern African Literature.

CAMEROONPRIDE: you are not making any sense, I'm asking her definition because I don't want to show people who started writing before achebe and achieved more for her to come and say they are not into modern literature, also let's not forget that literature is not only about novels ...I rest my case.

Ps: if you are an achebe defender, can you answer the questions I posted ,thank u

Son-Of-El:


WS makes simple issues seem complex and ambigous, while CA does the opposite- simplifying complex issues.

remark D: If you don't know what Modern African Literature is, at least you know that Chinua Achebe is the Father of Modern African Literature.

Crayola1: Why does it bother people so much what titles people want to give to others?

A South African gave him the title and the rest of the world ran with it, it wasn't Igbo people who gave it to him. Go fight with the NYT and the BBC if you are upset at the distinction.

Ola Johnson: Those that always cite Nadine Gordimer's statement, not even speech, that Chinua Achebe was the father of African literature when the latter won the Booker Prize in 2007, should ask themselves why didn't she make the same statement earlier in 1991 when she won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Is it not obvious it was a human error which we are all susceptible to as pointed out by Wole Soyinka? What was the basis of calling CA that when it was obvious that his last known book, Anthills Of The Savannah (1989), was published two years before Nadine Gordimer won the Nobel Prize in 1991? He later published There Was A Country in 2012, less than a year before he died.

Could it be that Nadine Gordimer was trying to compensate him because she knew CA would never win it. While the reason why a winner of the Prize is made public, the reason why other nominees lose is not. Gordimer, and by extension, Wole Soyinka, being past winners and possibly, possessing the power to nominate, probably knew why CA could not win it even more than twenty years before his death. It could be a thing which past winners keep secret to themselves. Of all his books only three are translated in Swedish. The number of his books which includes five novels, one list of short stories, one poetry and some children's book, could have also had an adverse effect on him not winning the Nobel Prize.

babyosisi: Wole Soyinka should be careful not to destroy the legacy he has built by involving himself in unsavory affairs.
The first time the Prof disappointed me was when he spoke in support of Patience Jonathan's perm sec appointment,now this.


Chinua Achebe was called the father and grandfather of African literature by others
He did not label himself that
People recognized his immeasurable contribution to African literature and bestowed on him that honor in his lifetime so it is quite petty for WS whom I respect a great to utter such words.
It makes him sound jealous and he should be above such pettiness.
Michael Jackson was called the King of Pop
Elvis was the King of Rock and Roll
Donna Summer was the Queen of Disco While Aretha Franklin is and remains the Queen of soul
That label on Chinua is deserving.


Secondly why speak about Chinua's Book in his death what you couldn't say while he was alive?
I love Soyinka but his words here are beneath a man of his calibre
Maybe old age is setting in
Still respect you sir but you disappoint me here once again

Ola Johnson:
That is WS' style, it can't be understood by the ordinary mind.

CAMEROONPRIDE: you are not making any sense, I'm asking her definition because I don't want to show people who started writing before achebe and achieved more for her to come and say they are not into modern literature, also let's not forget that literature is not only about novels ...I rest my case.

Ps: if you are an achebe defender, can you answer the questions I posted ,thank u

Son-Of-El:


if i hear. That is wole soyinka trying hard to impress and please the imperialist europeans, anyway the nobel paid off...european way of saying, ''that's our boy, keep it up negro(nigger).''

CAMEROONPRIDE: Finally free, okay waiting for my answers:

Was CA the first African writer?
Was he the first novelist?

Did he create a New style/was his style different from his predecessors?

Did he create a New ideology?

In short what makes him the father of Africa literature? Because some journalists said so?

Son-Of-El:


...and let's also not forget that CA was not only a writer of novels, but also of poems, essays, non-fiction books, and children's books...his essays and other works has remained relevant till today, he is also a recipient of the prestigious commonwealth poetry prize. My friend, you have to eat your words.

TheBookWorm:

There is no clear definition.

It is just a title that is given to those who have made a tremendous impact in a field.

Would you deny that Chinua Achebe did not bring recognition and prestige to modern African literature? I think we both know the answer to that question.

CAMEROONPRIDE: but his "fame/success" came from his novel.
Eat which words?

CAMEROONPRIDE:

Would you deny that modern African literature was known and used/read all over the world before Achebe?

Ola Johnson:
If being advanced in literary prowess is imperialism, then you can continue to wallow in your ignorance, and should have asked Chinua Achebe not to have written in the imperialist language, English. Igbo would have been better.

CAMEROONPRIDE: Leopold sedar Senghor need I say more?

Please we live in a free world, we are free to disagree..if tomorrow someone says yakubu is the best African footballer I guess you will disagree..so man up and learn how to take critics...also only one person called him this way and we know how it happened

Son-Of-El:


i can't help but laugh. Is soyinka more 'nobel' than gordimer? Mr man you smell of putrid jealousy.

CAMEROONPRIDE: Leopold sedar Senghor need I say more?

Please we live in a free world, we are free to disagree..if tomorrow someone says yakubu is the best African footballer I guess you will disagree..so man up and learn how to take critics...also only one person called him this way and we know how it happened

TheBookWorm:

Leopold Senghor will always be known as an independence leader first and foremost and not as a poet.

Being the first president of Senegal is an achievement in itself.

CAMEROONPRIDE:

Your point is?

Maybe by you, anyway, did he start writing and getting his books published before CA? YES.

Did he create a new style? : Yes
Did he create a new/an ideology? Yes
Did he achieve more than CA? : yes

Do the maths and tell me how CA can b the father of modern African literature with the like of Senghor?
Can yakubu b the best African footballer with the like of Etoo and drogba? put your sentiments aside the claim is bogus and doesn't make any sense, CA is not the father of anything

CAMEROONPRIDE:

Would you deny that modern African literature was known and used/read all over the world before Achebe?

CAMEROONPRIDE: what does sonyinka have to do with this? Gordimer is the only one who called the dude ****** ....and why in the hell I will b jealous of CA? , refrain to quote me if you don't want to use your brain or are going to waste my time with bigotry, I asked several questions here that you and your crew are yet to answer

Son-Of-El:


...which is.....

Son-Of-El:


his essay on conrad which enjoys relevance globally made him a literary force to reckon with. He made africa and africans stand tall and proud. He is to the white imperialists, a nightmare, a threat or something of that sort. I sense uneasiness in your post.

CAMEROONPRIDE:

Was CA the first African writer? Was he the first novelist?

Did he create a New style/was his style different from his predecessors?

Did he create a New ideology?

In short what makes him the father of Africa literature? Because some journalists said so?

CAMEROONPRIDE: I don't engage fool ^^ Senghor playing in a lower grade, are u all right? Someone who has been inducted in the French academy?


You are funny dude go read about senghor and his negritude movement , you are either too young or simply poorly educated

CAMEROONPRIDE: I don't engage fool ^^ Senghor playing in a lower grade, are u all right? Someone who has been inducted in the French academy?


You are funny dude go read about senghor and his negritude movement , you are either too young or simply poorly educated