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Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by Zico5(m): 11:41am On May 17, 2016 |
fabre4:Probably u can lecture me on rationale behind his being given Nobel prize cos I don't know. What else do u need from a man that got professorship without passing through Phd program. That alone speaks volume of wole soyinka antecedent. Ask ur man the motive behind the post if not for tribal bashing. Yoruba is always at the front and will always be, there is no need for tribal sentiment. |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by Scholarnwadimma(f): 12:08pm On May 17, 2016 |
AyamConfidence:I hv read all u mentioned plus Elechi Amadi.The op forgot the great Chukwuemeka Ike frm Ndikelionwu,Orumba North Anambra State. |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by Chukazu: 12:13pm On May 17, 2016 |
beyond tribalism, what worries me most is that we are not doing enough to raise the next generation of writers who should take over from these ones, because obviously they are all getting closer to their Graves, except Amanda. |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by ngoziama: 12:21pm On May 17, 2016 |
DropShot: You eat and breathe Hate! I am a proud: easterner and Nigerian I see all of them as nigerians. Hate eats up the body like cancer so get rid of it. |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by DropShot: 12:27pm On May 17, 2016 |
ngoziama:Losen up. Na joke I dey, hence my last statement there. We be one joor. |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by Nobody: 1:02pm On May 17, 2016 |
stubbornman:Thanks, bro!!!!! And you too!!!!! |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by allaboutobed(m): 2:42pm On May 17, 2016 |
great minds... great writers. I hv read most if their books sha. wish there is any app for downloading Africa literature. still lookin 4 |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by allaboutobed(m): 2:45pm On May 17, 2016 |
u can add urs na........from oda tribes |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by allaboutobed(m): 2:46pm On May 17, 2016 |
crotonite:u can add urs |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by fabre4: 2:51pm On May 17, 2016 |
benji93: What am saying is awards are limited to time and chance but an authors work is infinite . No disrespect to Soyinka even in his own words "This conduct is gross disservice to Chinua Achebe and disrespectful of the life-engrossing occupation known as literature. How did creative valuation descend to such banality? https://ask.naij.com/literature/what-do-you-think-of-chinua-achebe-wole-soyinka-i34.html |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by benji93: 4:20pm On May 17, 2016 |
fabre4:Good, that was why i said that he either tops the list because of this award or he does not belong to the list at all(a list that numbered the greatest Nigerian writers). I cannot talk about the greatest of the two without subjectivity, depending on the style i prefer. but as a matter of fact , if we would talk about the greatest of them ,then we would have to consider the extent of their acclaim, internationally i mean, and i presume that your quotation comes from the previously resonating advocation for a posthumous nobel prize to be awarded to Chinua Achebe, No disrespect to Achebe, but it is either we do not discuss the issue of the greater of both considering how much their work appealed to us, or we discuss it and conclude that soyinka is greater.For the Op to prepare such a list, then facts must be the major criteria for doing such. The long and short of it is that it would be better if both are tagged as among the greatest than compare their greatness, because in the end, such a discussion, would come down to awards. I rest my case. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by Nobody: 4:23pm On May 17, 2016 |
Came to be sure cyprian Ekwensi got mentioned |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by fabre4: 4:39pm On May 17, 2016 |
benji93: seconded |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by HankzBae(m): 5:43pm On May 17, 2016 |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by AyamConfidence(m): 8:44pm On May 17, 2016 |
maggilove:yes ma...cheers...I'm not a literature student...I only read as my hobby 1 Like |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by ICAMETOWIN(m): 8:50pm On May 17, 2016 |
Ekwensi is underrated. that man is one of my all time favourite authors. |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by InyinyaAgbaOku(m): 7:06pm On May 18, 2016 |
Akshow:Novelists are more popular |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by InyinyaAgbaOku(m): 7:13pm On May 18, 2016 |
okitejoseph: |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by Akshow: 8:04am On May 19, 2016 |
InyinyaAgbaOku:it's not a popularity contest. |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by Toroze(m): 8:57am On May 19, 2016 |
After all is said and done its someone own opinion of His or her top ten writers in Nigeria that being said I think JP Clark and Chukwuemeka Ike ought to be on that list but that's doesn't mean Chimamanda should be removed from the list as well. On the matter or Soyinka and Chinua both were literary greats. Yes Soyinka may have won the Nobel prize doesn't stop Chinua from being a good writer, The fact that they wanted to honour him with Commander of the Federal Republic twice and he refused says a lot about him I don't think there's a need to compare them this is an excerpt from his Wikipedia page Despite his scholarly achievements and the global importance of his work, Achebe never received a Nobel Prize, which some observers viewed as unjust.[209][210] When Wole Soyinka was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, Achebe joined the rest of Nigeria in celebrating the first African ever to win the prize. He lauded Soyinka's "stupendous display of energy and vitality", and said he was "most eminently deserving of any prize".[211] In 1988 Achebe was asked by a reporter for Quality Weekly how he felt about never winning a Nobel Prize; he replied: "My position is that the Nobel Prize is important. But it is a European prize. It's not an African prize ... Literature is not a heavyweight championship. Nigerians may think, you know, this man has been knocked out. It's nothing to do with that." |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by Ritchiee: 9:46am On May 19, 2016 |
Akshow:Wole Soyinka remains the greatest of them all.If GEJ were to be given a Nobel Laureate today,he would be recognised not only in Africa but the world as one of the greatest in the world because Nobel Laureate is the greatest achievement given to anybody by a high standing committee of very learned individuals.Chinua Achebe was an equally great writer. |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by chineduemmao: 4:47pm On May 19, 2016 |
tickles2luv2016:i can feel how much you are loving 21 century internet |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by tickles2luv2016(m): 8:05pm On May 20, 2016 |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by alabsmichael(m): 4:02pm On May 21, 2016 |
Kudos to them all |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by chineduemmao: 12:24pm On May 23, 2016 |
tickles2luv2016:"as in" you were already a grown up in the early 90s! a world without nairaland and google. must be very difficult...seriously |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by tickles2luv2016(m): 1:51pm On May 23, 2016 |
chineduemmao: Yea ur very on point,i now get u. |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by chineduemmao: 3:06pm On May 23, 2016 |
tickles2luv2016:ha ha!! difficult and boring |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by tickles2luv2016(m): 8:37am On May 25, 2016 |
chineduemmao: HAba whats difficult and boring again? |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by wizsolzy(m): 9:10am On Jan 14, 2017 |
EdibleCatering: U should hv called him d play maker... A whole john pepper clark no dey dat list... In ibo man's voice.. Nna maka y |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by souloho19(m): 10:38pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
Toroze: Something else we all SLD know..China Achebe was d only man to criticise Joseph Conrad's work..and his criticism is used as a time line whenever reviewing conrad's work. id like y'all to check up on dis |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by souloho19(m): 10:41pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
souloho19:Maybe not only but his critic is d magnifier with which Conrad's work was viewed |
Re: 10 Greatest Literary Writers In Nigeria History by okitejoseph: 10:24am On Jul 05, 2018 |
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