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Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by obafemee80(m): 7:16pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Chinua Achibe and Wole Soyinka.. 2 of Nigeria's greatest writers @OP If this is taken into due consideration by those who would question the veracity of this article, then, can such person tell the public which of Wole Soyinka's phantom books outshines Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart, Anthill of the savannah, Arrow of God, No longer at ease, There was a country in terms of sales and ratings. Most of Chinua Achebe's book have international accolades with best seller and all there is. Its not by how many books Chinua Achibe has written,or by sales or ratings. As described in Nobel's will one part was dedicated to "the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction". OP is talking as if noble prize is been awarded by Waec or INEC 6 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Earth2Metahuman: 7:16pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
YonkijiSappo:like I told one ediot on the other thread, if its by writing a best selling story, george RR matin (the writer of game of thrones) woulda won it two times in a roll if that is possible. I think smart igbos shouldn't leave thing in the hand of these mor0ns who keep crawling out of shitty holes ever day. 7 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Guestlander: 7:17pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
YonkijiSappo: Lol Beeni o. God bless D.O Fagunwa, "Ogboju Ode" for ever. 7 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Neoguru6: 7:24pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Olabestonic001: Olabestonic001:Out of those three books you mentioned I only know of one, that is how unpopular Wole Soyinka is (he is just overhyped by yoruba controlled media), Chinua Achebe was robbed in broad daylight by politics and "yorubas are the most educated tribe". If you read my OP you would notice that I didnt write Wole off, I graded him with Chimamanda Adiche. With all sincerity, Wole soyinka isnt up to half of Chinua Achebe. 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Nobody: 7:26pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Neoguru6: This is why drug couriers, gala sellers and fan yogo peddlers should never dabble into intellectual matters. I read your posts but refrained from commenting because I knew that you would definitely advertise your foolishness. You think the entire Nobel prize committee was populated by Yorubas who influenced the process in favour of Soyinka? You think winning a Nobel prize is like one of your worthless chieftaincy titles that you give to armed robbers? (Osisikanwu the Abia armed robber was actually an Igbo chief) Chinua Achebe's things fall apart is a book that accompanies good quality palmwine and bushmeat. There is nothing intellectual about that book. It's an easy read that paints Africa and Africans the way the whites want it. Boy, go and read 'The Interpreters' by Wole Soyinka. If you read that book without food in your stomach, you can run mad. It opens all your brain cells blocked by Akpu. As regards this argument, always remember that it is only someone who is down that tries to pull another down. If you think Soyinka's Nobel is fraudulent, you can borrow some worthless ultimatums from the Ohaneze and give it to the Nobel Prize committee. 20 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Neoguru6: 7:27pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
LordOfNaira:Still non supersede Things fall apart Again, can you compare those authors to William Shakespeare? 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Neoguru6: 7:33pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Earth2Metahuman:If you were smart enough you would know we arent talking of movies or scripts |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Ozid(m): 7:34pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Neoguru6:Broda stop unnecessary comparison. Achebe and Soyinka are two different writer with different literary styles. While Achebe is more successful in African literature Soyinka has been able to combine both African and western style of writing perfectly well and to me that was what earned him the Nobel laureate award. 5 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by LordOfNaira: 7:34pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Neoguru6: Harry Potter has sold over a million copies and yet Rowling doesn't come close to Soyinka. Nobel Prize is not awarded based on the popularity of a single book but on the depth of the writer's works. That is why popular best selling authors like Stephen King, Rowling and many others may never even be considered for the Nobel Prize. Let me ask you a question, how many books by Nobel Prize winners do you know or that are popular? 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Neoguru6: 7:37pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
deomello:if you had sat in class you would know that only metals have lustre property. 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Neoguru6: 7:39pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
LordOfNaira:If william shakespeare were alive dont you think he deserves a prize? 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Earth2Metahuman: 7:41pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Neoguru6:what a mor0n .. He thinks game of throne is a movie script? Why do we have so many brain dead mor0n amongst flat heads? 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Neoguru6: 7:41pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Ozid:You didnt answer my question |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by deomello: 7:42pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Neoguru6: Meaningless and thoughtless rubbish, just like your thoughtless, meaningless and rubbish thread. 8 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Nobody: 7:44pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Earth2Metahuman: He's an unenlightened dunce just like his ilk. 7 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Neoguru6: 7:44pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Earth2Metahuman:Did you come to make raucous or to exihibit scallywaggy attitude? 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by deomello: 7:44pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
LordOfNaira: The primary 2 kid thinking OP obviously doesn't understand the difference between quantity and quality. 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Earth2Metahuman: 7:46pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Neoguru6:use your tongue to count your teeth loser. 2 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Neoguru6: 7:47pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
deomello:Simple property of metal you cant remember. Empty brain. E pain am. 1 Like
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Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Earth2Metahuman: 7:48pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
LordOfNaira:stop schooling a mor0n 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by deomello: 7:50pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Guestlander: D.O Fagunwa won the Margaret Wrong Prize in 1955 and was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen of England in 1959 when JJC achebe released things fall apart. In fact, Wole Soyinka translated Ogboju Ode into English in 1968 as The Forest of A Thousand Daemons. 11 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by deomello: 7:53pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
OkoYiboz: Glad that horrible book was never considered for the Nobel just like the hate filled book he wrote before dying. The man took hate and bitterness straight into his grace. 10 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Neoguru6: 7:55pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Earth2Metahuman:swerve 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by masseratti: 7:56pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Neoguru6:wole is a playwriter,chinua is a novelist,you cant compere their books its wrong,its like compering maths and english language,wrong. On issue of best sellers,it natural for fictional books to be best sellers,just like harry potter,game of thrones,and mind you chinua books gave the world an insight of african.culture,what made wole to win the nobel is his writing style not how many copy of the book he sold. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Neoguru6: 8:00pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
masseratti:Do you win a fight by ur style or actually winning? 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Neoguru6: 8:01pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
deomello:Chinua was on that list that year 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Nobody: 8:23pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Neoguru6: Sorry bro, no one remembers who came second. Deal with it. 7 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Jetleeee: 8:30pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Awon omo iya ti pari ise lori eleyi Na to just chop Amala balance am with malt remain for the thread so 15 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Neoguru6: 8:31pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
OkoYiboz:In a rigged system 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Austeeenxx: 8:41pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
It's people like this OP that give Ibos a bad name. 5 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Jetleeee: 8:44pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Deomello Okoyiboz Yonkijisappo Earth2metahuman. E mu position. Onje o ni pe jina. "Iya Alamu e se kia" 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Wole Soyinka's 1986 Nobel Prize, A Monumental Fraud. See WHY by Neoguru6: 8:48pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Austeeenxx:If you had gone to a proper school you would know it is spelt Igbo. Just another free education churn out 2 Likes |
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