Writers have great tendencies to impact generations.

Eze goes to school! Wow. I still remember that book.. people like this should be celebrated.... Who did not read this book... almost every one. Except indomie generation

my new book onuorah goes to heaven

Sleep well Pa'

R I P

MrEgbegbe:

RIP my mentor

Buhari

You will never go unpunished

take it easy bro

Keneking:
So Eze has died now...this government sef

How did Eze finish his school?
Was Eze ever married?
Did he marry from the East?

Rip to the guy

Something must kill a man. Death is Death...
However, R.I.P to the veteran Author..
...

One of the best books I read as a child, biko where can I get it and this other book where a couple gave birth to a,child with a conplete set of teeth and d child killed a leopard that comes to carry away children from his village. Cant remember d name though

RIP sire

Eiyaa! May perpetual light shine upon your soul and may the host of Saints cum Angels lead you to Paradise.
Meanwhile, if you didn't read Eze goes to School then, you are highly a kid

How sad! Knowledge is not heritable, he has gone with everything, only that he has immortalised himself through his works. He will continue to live as a memory in our hearts. May his soul rest in peace.

RIP sir, i read your book... alot of ppl were inspired to study hard by eze goes to school.

RIP.

MrEgbegbe:

RIP my mentor

Buhari

You will never go unpunished

Clown

RIP Sir


Famous quote from the book


.....Eze''s Uncle said, looking at Eze''s mother "if that boy grow up to be a bad boy, you will be held responsible" ..... at this time, Eze''s mother began to cry. Now she was feeling the impact of the the death of Eze''s father Okonkwo Adi.



I read this book last 31 years ago!

May your soul rest in peace. I personally benefited from your work in your book eze goes to school, I really did enjoyed that book in my jss1.

RIP Sir...Can't forget Eze goes to school

alorax2:
One of the best books I read as a child, biko where can I get it and this other book where a couple gave birth to a,child with a conplete set of teeth and d child killed a leopard that comes to carry away children from his village. Cant remember d name though

The bottled leopard

thesicilian:
RIP. His masterpiece EZE GOES TO SCHOOL was one of the first few story books I read in primary school, along with others like CHIKE AND THE RIVER, SUGAR GIRL, NO SUPPER FOR EZE, A LUCKY CHANCE, etc. I didn't even know he was still alive since.

yea true, very epic,his collections were just sound, we the 'far back sect' will miss his efforts on education restructuring . Every one from d old sch will always remember him as 'Eze goes to school'!

That book deserved a continuation, as young as I was then I cried when I remembered how the father was killed by leopard, imagine how he would have struggled to survive that attack and that particular bitterleaf soup ezeadi ate in the opening paragraph, I still salivate about it till now. That book always made me wish to stay in the east not in the town but the villages, fortunately destiny finally brought me to the east.

writers are going
we are the only hope

I will never forget that book Eze goes to school, tho I don't rember much about it.Same goes for Simbi and Ali

RIP to an icon.

Any primary school pupil that did not read 'Eze goes to school' is that one a pupil?

akinlex:
The death has been announced of renowned writer and author of Eze Goes to School, Onuorah Nzekwu.

The literary doyen passed away at the age of 89, Friday night. The real cause of his death is still unknown at the moment.

Pa Nzekwu became popular for his book entitled Eze Goes to School, written in 1963.

While commiserating with his family over the incident, Abdulahi said the late writer would forever be remembered for his literary works, which preached about the importance of education.

“Yes, it is true but I can’t confirm what actually the real cause of his death was; but it is a big loss to the Nigerian literary community.

“We would miss him dearly and we pray God to grant the literary icon eternal rest in his bosom,” he told our reporter.

When asked on what ANA is doing to help the aged and struggling writers, Abdulahi said the association needed to take census of those writers alive so as to make the necessary moves.

“Well, ANA is doing its best but we still need to take census of those icons alive. We can do more of cooperative programmes for them. We might not have the money but we still need to know them.

“For instance, we have a large portion of land in Mpape, Abuja for the association, the government can come in and build houses for those literary icons,” he added.

Born February 19, 1928 in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Nzekwu was a writer who explored the internal conflicts inherent in the relationship of the educated Igbo to traditional Igbo culture.

Nzekwu’s first novel, Wand of Noble Wood (1961), portrays in moving terms the futility of a Western pragmatic approach to the problems created by an African’s traditional religious beliefs.

In 1963 he published a children’s book, Eze Goes to School (written with Michael Crowder), and his third novel, Highlife for Lizards, appeared in 1965.

He had worked as a teacher, civil servant and journalist, also wrote Wand of Noble Wood, Blade Among the Boys and other fictional and non-fictional works.

http://looknaija..com/2017/04/eze-goes-to-school-author-onuorah.html

Rest in peace man.

His novel "Eze goes to school" was one of my fav in those early years. . continue to rest on PA

Pavore9:


With these books you listed, you no be "today's​ meat"! We read Chike and the river in Primary 4.

Hahaha. "It hav tay!"

Eze goes to sch was epic...then eze goes to college was calculated....bottled leopard was a class.....chike and the river.....my best was (African night entertainment).... Eze goes to university.....they re all classic..


I CNT remb the name again...a boy I think Ade was sent to oxford to study cuz d mother wanted him to study aboard...he joined bad gang...the dad later died cuz of his irresponsible actions...the novel was in Yoruba settings....

I did not read 'Eze Goes To School' because of school work but for the attitude of our seniors then.
Whenever you disobeyed them and they are punishing you, you would hear 'Do you know when I read my Eze Goes To School?'
It was so common then to hear seniors asked that question. I decided to buy the book and read it so I could also ask such question authoritatively when it gets to my turn.

RIP to the literary icon.I over enjoyed reading 'Eze goes to school' those days

Na wah o. Buchi Emecheta also died.

RIP. I still have Eze Goes To School in my book collections