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Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by IGBOSON2: 1:35pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
I love novels i no go lie! They posses powers to transport you to a magical world of make-believe, and help you to get lost in the moment! Nothing beats staying indoors on a wet and dreary day, and losing yourself in a captivating novel.....travelling back in time to any particular time and place of the authors choosing! 7 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by SeverusSnape(m): 1:35pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
nagoma: 1 Like
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Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Buonsenso: 1:38pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Volksfuhrer: But I didn't ab initio make an attempt to show one is better than the other, I just made a point which by the way, is the agreed norm that one fiction especially of different genre cannot be 'greater' than another.. Can you say Hemingway the old man... Is better than vs Naipaul masque of Africa..both are literature but of different variety. Appreciate writers and don't bother so much about ranking..you could.compare good, bad and great writers. Achebe to my mind given his whole opus is on a higher plane to Okri. But that's is not precise science just an opinion. 5 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Nobody: 1:38pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
RebelChip: Oloriibu omo yeeboe. Aye e Maa taa big guguru ni. Ooni kuure |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Nobody: 1:39pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
SeverusSnape: brother I dey tells you. Some books like the bottled leopard, an African nights entertainment, without a silver spoon, the potters wheel, the concubine... Choii... Am vibrating right now under AC. 3 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by datribune: 1:39pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Amos Tutuola |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by dokyOloye: 1:39pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
No Cyprain Ekwensi,no Elechi Amadi,no Ola Rotimi,even Chukwuemeka Ike e no dey and many others. Who de fek is Helon Habila when compared to these guys I have mentioned? Op,wetin U de smoke sef |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Menace2Society(m): 1:40pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
searching4love:How dare u talk shi.t about Chinua Achebe 2 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Schematics: 1:40pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Stop arguing with any ediot. Achebe is by far in all ramifications ahead of all Nigerian writers put together and he died as number ONE in Africa. The records are there.. Buonsenso: 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by SeverusSnape(m): 1:40pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
hifaif:Chinua Achebe is Nigeria's greatest writer and probably Africa's, Go figure... Do you know what it means for your book to be translated into 70 languages.... You must be joking for calling things fall apart an overrated book. 4 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Nobody: 1:41pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
searching4love: Average writer ? Use Google. 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by dokyOloye: 1:43pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
nagoma:Chaii,passport of Mallam Ilia. One of the finest piece of literature ever written. Op is probably a teenager for not adding this guru to d list. 2 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by SeverusSnape(m): 1:44pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
RebelChip:Hei!.... You just reminded me, "without a silver spoon", When I read "tears of motherhood", I cried , See "Chike and the river", That "African night entertainment" is another great piece of literary work, My eyes are misty right now. The good old days... 2 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Schematics: 1:45pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Chinua Achebe: The Father of African Literature 2013 saw the sad loss of one of Africa’s most prominent authors and respected scholars: after a short illness, Chinua Achebe died at the age of 82 in Boston, USA. His death saw an outpouring of tributes from those in the arts and politics, including Nelson Mandela, Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka and hip-hop artist and actor Tariq Trotter. Born on the 16th of November 1930 in the Igbo town of Ogidi, Anambra, Nigeria, Achebe was widely known for his novels, essays and poems. Heavily influenced by Igbo traditions, these works drew on folk tales and proverbs, and questioned Western ideas of Africa. Achebe’s most widely read book, his debut novel Things Fall Apart, was first published in 1958 and explores the clash between traditional African culture and colonialism in a fictional Nigerian village during the 1890’s. The novel is rightly held as a modern African masterpiece, while at the time causing controversy for being written in the English language. Achebe reasoned that the use was a powerful tool in the fight to regain ‘what is yours’; English being the language of colonisation. Things Fall Apart was followed by a sequel, No Longer at Ease (1960), which follows the character of Obi Okonkwo, the grandson of the protagonist in his first book. Okonkwo leaves his Nigerian village for an education in Britain, but soon struggles with the Western lifestyle and pressures of his family’s expectations. Arrow of God is Achebe’s third novel in what is often considered as The African trilogy. Published in 1964, it takes its title from an Igbo proverb and was influenced by real events. The novel is set during the 1920’s and centres on the chief priest of an Igbo village who proudly refuses to follow the new colonial rule, leading to his imprisonment and loss of the village’s traditions. Achebe also widely published a number of essays, poems and children’s books, with a number of the essays collected together as The Education of a British-Protected Child. While many of these works were critically acclaimed, his 1975 essay An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness was less so. Reading his essay during a lecture, Achebe presented Conrad as a racist and claimed that the novel dehumanised Africans. It was a lecture that split academics, with many walking out and expressing their anger at his attack on a Western literature giant, while others applauded him for this eye-opening perspective. During his lifetime Achebe was the recipient of a number of awards, including the Commonwealth Poetry Award in 1974, the Man Booker International Prize in 2007 and the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in 2010. Though often regarded as an obvious nominee for the Nobel Prize, Achebe never received the honour, with some believing that his attack on Conrad was the ruling factor for this lack of recognition. After a car crash in 1990, Achebe was left paralysed, and though limited to a wheelchair, he still managed to continue within academia. Achebe was the Charles P Stevenson Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College in New York before taking up the position of the David and Marianne Fisher University Professor of Africana Studies in 2009, a role he held until his passing on the evening of Thursday the 21st March 2013. Achebe leaves behind him a powerful legacy; a literary titan, who was at the forefront of African literature throughout his career and who was the author of the most widely read African novel in the 20th century. He was a man trying to define his identity as an Igbo writer, and a man who managed to teach Western Literature that there was so much more to Africa than what many believed. By Kate Kelsall 8 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by AllNaijaBlogger(m): 1:45pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
searching4love: Jesus! Are you and the nlanders that liked ur comment Nigerians? See ignorance. Ache be has other good works. Go and read. Ignorance is a disease 5 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by sherrylo: 1:45pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Where is Elechi Amadi,Ola Rotimi? |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by uzolexis(f): 1:47pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
All my posts 2day is dedicated to huntila...happy birthday dear, dont worry we'll find that babe 4 u this thread and all d reasonable comments r nostalgic,i feel like reading all those books again 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by dokyOloye: 1:51pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
FrancisTony:my brother look for these books and read then U will know Adichie is a learner when it comes to literary works. Passport of Mallam Ilia by Chprain Ekwensi. Toads for supper by I think Chukwuemeka Ike. The God's are not to blame by Ola Rotimi and U will marvel at d creativity of these fellows. This is d reason some of us were avid readers in our younger days find it difficult to watch these nollywood videos wt their watery content. 2 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by kendological(m): 1:52pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
searching4love:Why are you so foolish? 4 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by sinizia: 1:56pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
hifaif: Unlike you, that thing called Searching4love is a hateful idíot that never makes sense and hates anything Igbo or Christianity. His opinion is out of hate. |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by timilehing(m): 1:57pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Why is Chimamanda on thar list and Shola Rotimi is not there? She's an opportunist that uses political situation of the country to gain popularity. She's no top 50 writer of all time 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Heromaniaa: 2:00pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Dospix(m): 2:01pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
searching4love:"If you don't like a story, go and write your own." I think Achebe had the likes of you in mind when he carved out this quote. It is quite pathetic that you are the only one who holds this view, the world does not share this view with you...infact the world has succintly made it conspicuous that Achebe is the greatest writer that has come from this continent. You and your ilks would continue to suffer from brain mirage if you keep trying to alter this lucid truth. 4 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Nobody: 2:03pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
IGBOSON2: Oh, good to see there are other dreamers like me here I know exactly what you mean... .....and in the present....you keep searching....for that "undescribable" thing (Time travel to those days...when I, would be meant to do stuff before mama's return....next thing I would look up from "my" couch and it is close to her return! And I would not have done any chores! Because I had been reading ! Oh the mad dash to do all before the bell ring.....and the scoldings (eyes roll) would start)....and also putting a novel between the pages of a textbook and pretending to be absorbed in Chemistry....while reading "life" Awesome-ness.....reading 4 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by JJBROS(m): 2:03pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
kennygee: Ola Rotimi name is actually missing........... The god's are to Blame (famous) Our Husband has gone mad again Ovorahme Onogbase 2 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by dokyOloye: 2:03pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
drAvundaa:Chukwuemeka Ike of d toads for supper fame nko? Op is still a learner. |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by mek2002(m): 2:07pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
What about Chukwuemeka Ike? |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Nobody: 2:07pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
JJBROS: Ovonramwen Nogbaisi. 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by queensmith: 2:07pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
sholay2011: i will say the same but I wasnt sure if that was me being bias since Im yoruba. Wole Soyinka IMO deserves the topspot. He's not a Nobel Prize winner for having bushy hair! |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Rossikk(m): 2:08pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
searching4love: How many ya papa don write? 3 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by dokyOloye: 2:08pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
anomsodi:Chaiii,that novel. Children of nowadays are sure missing a lot. |
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