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Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by Omonigeriarere: 9:03am On Sep 29, 2016 |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by sukkot: 9:16am On Sep 29, 2016 |
it does not get bigger than a nobel poet laurette winner. an acclaim that all authors the world over will give one of their kidneys to covet. HANDS DOWN WOLE SOYINKA IS THE MOST CELEBRATED IN AFRICA. followed closely by chinua achebe and ngugi wa thiongo 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by Spongia1(m): 9:35am On Sep 29, 2016 |
tobimillar:that book did make me weep 1 Like |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by Rapuru14: 10:02am On Sep 29, 2016 |
Eeser:Eeser, Yes. Mariama Bâ is a Senegalese from the Fulani tribe, so you are very correct. 1 Like |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by kennethology(m): 10:02am On Sep 29, 2016 |
jnrbayano: They both too good. |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by temi4fash(m): 10:08am On Sep 29, 2016 |
gunther6: Sent you a message on your WhatsApp |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by sweetilicious(f): 10:46am On Sep 29, 2016 |
LMAyedun:My boyfriend believes so. But i like Chimamanda Adichie. She hits the nail without making reading tiring. |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by leofab(f): 10:47am On Sep 29, 2016 |
gunther6:dont kill yourself over someone else opinion ... Ewu |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by gunther6(m): 10:48am On Sep 29, 2016 |
temi4fash: Hahaha I lost that phone and WhatsApp bro. Send me a PM I will drop my new number. |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by obstead200(m): 10:52am On Sep 29, 2016 |
Innovator90:I must give it to Achebe. Not because of things fall apart. It was a good book. But Arrow of God is the bomb. If I write a review on that book, it might be longer than the book itself. I love that book Let's talk about the best author on Nairaland. I will always give ishilove that title..... Iyawo Nylon bag Ishilove Ishilove Ishilove!!!!!!!! How many times did I call u? Oya come and complete that story 2 Likes |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by gunther6(m): 10:55am On Sep 29, 2016 |
leofab: Don't you have night duty in the brothel where you work? silly dirty mgbeke forming funky. Learn to express your opinion without insults or enroll your uncultured behind in some school that teaches basic etiquette. |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by Eeser: 11:22am On Sep 29, 2016 |
shadrach77:Her book 'So long A Letter' is widely considered very great. Is not by how much abro mi. It's by how well. 1 Like |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by gemale(m): 11:33am On Sep 29, 2016 |
nigeriafarmer:Is dt nt d guy dt wrote 1 play wt d title "I would marry when I'm ready" (I'm nt sure of D title o! I read it a long time ago). |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by Tinu02(f): 11:37am On Sep 29, 2016 |
Rapuru14:And someone placed Chimamanda before Wole Soyinka 1 Like |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by naijamakossa(m): 11:39am On Sep 29, 2016 |
Bede2u:I'm living in a French,so I can proudly tell u that the rewrite many of English novels most especially Nigerians to French. |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by Eeser: 11:39am On Sep 29, 2016 |
Rapuru14:Thanks for the confirmation. |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by jnrbayano(m): 11:53am On Sep 29, 2016 |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by mhosqo(m): 2:13pm On Sep 29, 2016 |
pls anyone that knows d title of one very interesting novel which talked extensively bout the osu caste system (in which a girl called Emily or so , was d main character) please help me out. I really need to get dat book pls. |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by Nobody: 3:02pm On Sep 29, 2016 |
histemple: Deaddddd This cracked me up |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by Nobody: 3:14pm On Sep 29, 2016 |
For me? Good writing is as easy to read as it is profound. Google search Chinua Achebe's "...response to Conrad and marvel at his sheer bravery, and total amazing-ness It goes without saying that he is the best for me Adichie's Americanah is a very beautiful book, then her Half of a Yellow Sun is stuff of legend. Pure gold...not read the coloured flower book yet She is 5 star, to rate her but Achebe is the comet, the One, so to say... 2 Likes |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by profayita: 3:21pm On Sep 29, 2016 |
Rapuru14:what about CHIGOZIE OBIOMA AUTHOR Of THE FISCHERMEN? |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by Micah360(m): 3:32pm On Sep 29, 2016 |
olosupelumi: I completely agree wit u |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by Rapuru14: 3:36pm On Sep 29, 2016 |
mhosqo:Can you remember who authored the work? |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by leofab(f): 12:20am On Sep 30, 2016 |
gunther6:lpw..life ain't gat no spare time your irk..get a life outside social prison... #yolo |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by gunther6(m): 3:27am On Sep 30, 2016 |
leofab: Bitch you mistake me for your father, I stunt where your likes can't smell, keep taking selfie in a car that isn't yours. boorish halfwit |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by glo3nity: 7:20am On Sep 30, 2016 |
gunther6: Propably, it's the O.P's like. Someone the o.p is looking up to as a mentor with great admiration. THAT IS HOW IT WORKS! |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by benELOHIM7(m): 2:52pm On Sep 30, 2016 |
Reasons why you shouldnt compare wole to achebe: 1. Wole is more of a poet than a novelist whereas achebe is strictly a novelist 2. Wole wrote to soothe the white man while achebe was keen on upholding his cultural heritage and wittingly rubbishing the white man's ways. 3. Wole was awarded a prestigious momentary award but achebe....the name achebe is already on its way to the minds of generations unborn. Rexleo: 3 Likes |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by 2odd(m): 3:23pm On Sep 30, 2016 |
benELOHIM7:u don make sense for ur mind abi??. Awards remain in mind n in records forever. |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by benELOHIM7(m): 3:31pm On Sep 30, 2016 |
Wole would have gone into oblivion if not for his gallivantings and political rantings. 2odd: |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by NairalandGod: 3:46pm On Sep 30, 2016 |
benELOHIM7:y You are very ignorant. Wole Soyinka was/is more traditional than Achebe. Wole is a pure traditionalist. His patron god is Ogun. His first son bears Olaokun. One of his daughters bear Moremi. All his children bear deep traditional names. Now, to his work. With books like Lion and the Jewel, A Dance of the Forest, Death and the King's Horseman and many other plays with deep Yoruba myths (including his translation of one of DO Fagunwa's books), I dare to say that Wole Soyinka is more traditional than Achebe. The fact that Soyinka's style is poetic and his command of English has no comparison in Africa (Something the Nobel committee attested to) does not mean he writes to soothe the white man. In Lion and the Jewel, Wole Soyinka made Tradition to triumph over Westernization. A Dance of the Forest and Death and the King's Horseman have the underlying theme of the Yoruba royalty practise of burying a king with a subject. Most of Soyinka's works are either composed around deep Yoruba myths or are political satires. King Babu, for instance, was written to spite Sani Abacha. A Play of Giants was used to spite Idi Amin Dada of Uganda. The Jero's Play was an attack on religious conmen/fraudsters. It was also an attack on our military men who left the barracks and became desk generals. Most of Soyinka's other works are deeply philosophical. Talk of the Road and Madmen and Specialists. It is wrong for anyone who doesn't know a thing about Soyinka's unique literature to say trash about him. This is not about ethnicity but craft. You said Achebe rubbished the white man bla bla bla. In and with what book did he do that? And you said Soyinka writes to soothe the white man. Please, cite a title by Soyinka where he soothed the white man. I have read most of Soyinka's plays. The man has no comparisons in African Literature. Achebe's simplicity or the success of his Things Fall Apart does not make him greater than Soyinka. As for the Nobel Prize, it is not a yardstick foyr measuring the greatness of a writer but I do not like that people rubbish this award because Achebe never won it. It is very simple, Achebe never won it because he never deserved it. Writing simple novels or being a good storyteller isn't enough. You have to be consistent. After Arrow of God (Which I think is even greater than Things Fall Apart), Achebe became empty. His last novel was published in 1988 and Achebe never wrote another. Look at the case of Alice Munro. She won it at her old age. She kept on publishing major quality works. The Nobel Prize is not an award for a single book. Although Hemingway won it majorly for his The Old man and the Sea, he had written great novels along the line. Even if Achebe were still to be alive, he would never be as eligible as the Distinguished professor Ngugi Wa Thiong'O. 2 Likes |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by 2odd(m): 4:25pm On Sep 30, 2016 |
NairalandGod:Boss i bow in awe !!!. I guess the guy didn't bother to Google him up. A professor in almost like seven universities ..................... ............................... 1 Like |
Re: The Current Most Celebrated African Author by NairalandGod: 4:46pm On Sep 30, 2016 |
2odd: Honestly, they don't read well before coming here to talk like an authority. Imagine his puerile argument against Wole Soyinka. |
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