the noval .the fisherman.set in a small town in Nigeria. OK oh.among the 13 nominees.chigozi obioma. y he no go come best.because is referred to GEJ ;Dthe noval .the fisherman.set in a small town in Nigeria. OK oh.among the 13 nominees.chigozi obioma. y he no go come best.because is referred to GEJ

Good!!!, ope no one will attach tribalism to this

emmalexabl:
HE IS A TRUE BIAFRAN AND AM PROUD OF HIM....


SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF HATE WHERE ART THOU

We see him as a Nigerian. Not as a biafran. Moreover. What is biafra.

Orikinla:
Wow!
Since Ben Okri won it, no other Nigerian has won it.
I wish him all the best.

I hope you are not so uninformed. CHINUA ACHEBE HAS WON IT BEFORE

proudly Biafran

new2020:
Biafran man. Truely a blessed people.

[size=18pt]He is proudly NIGERIAN. May be you should write your own fiction and call it "Biafran Man".

Chigozie Obioma

Chigozie Obioma was born in 1986 in Akure, Nigeria.

His short stories have appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review and New Madrid. He was a Fall 2012 OMI Fellow at Ledig House, New York. He has lived in Nigeria, Cyprus and Turkey, and currently resides in the United States, where he has completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan and is now assistant professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The Fishermen is his first novel, and is longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.[/size]

He is biafran

Not a baboon or a monkey please

the novel the fisherman.set in a small Town. it referred to nobody but GEJ.that is y among the 13nominees is come best

Has anyone here read the book? Would be nice to get some reviews from Nairaland members.

alfakoro1:
We see him as a Nigerian. Not as a biafran. Moreover. What is biafra.

"WE SEE HIM AS A ZOOGERIAN"...........ARE U THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE ZOO REPUBLIC.
BIAFRA IS THAT COUNTRY NAME WHICH AT ITS MENTION EVERY ZOOGERIAN TREMBLES......

K

Bro, you want Nigerians to be sole winners.

Orikinla:
Wow!
Since Ben Okri won it, no other Nigerian has won it.
I wish him all the best.

Good thing to witness the proliferation of african literature

Igbo Kwenu.

Ewedu Eaters won't like this.

sometimes i wish i can write but then GEJ wishes he can still be president

The wise man from the East

Joenyam:
A Nigerian am happy about that.
Not a Biafran mirage
God bless Nigeria and keep it.

My friend talk sy e dey pain you say na Igbo man and I will be more happier!!

An Igbo? Yet these faggo*ts would say Igbos don't contribute a dime to the development of this failed state that still works, Nigeria.

chuzydon:
The fisherman, and the story was set in a small town in the 90"s why do I have a feeling this story is about a particular fisherman from a small town that told us he had no shoes [

You no well. That's not what the book is about.

Orikinla:
Wow!
Since Ben Okri won it, no other Nigerian has won it.
I wish him all the best.

Achebe won the Man Booker too.

Brugo:
Has anyone here read the book? Would be nice to get some reviews from Nairaland members.

I haven't. I'm looking for where to buy it because I'm more into Nigerian (African) novels at the moment.

harpazo:
FP....nyc naija, always representing anywhr. Bet that's one thing the neigbouring country doesn't like about us. We hustle and we do it well. God bless me, my family, my state, my country...and the guys out there that still believe in theirselves.

That's not an English word.



I guess you wanted to type THEMSELVES

Orikinla:
Wow!
Since Ben Okri won it, no other Nigerian has won it.
I wish him all the best.

Chinua Achebe won it (when it used to be called the Man Booker Award)

Ndigbo Kwenu!!!!

slap1:


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/arts-entertainment/artsbooks/187491-nigerian-writer-12-others-longlisted-for-2015-man-booker-prize-for-fiction.html

Congrat to the writer.

Hard work pays.

THANK GOD! Congrats for Him. Getting there soon by GOD'S GRACE.

emmalexabl:
HE IS A TRUE BIAFRAN AND AM PROUD OF HIM....


SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF HATE WHERE ART THOU

Nothing calls for this abuse. Igbos and yorubas are the two greatest black ethnic groups in Africa continent. Although every advantages lies on the side of the the great yorubas such as first contact with europeans cum early education, sea ports, lagos been the capital, taking over of virtually all the sector of economy after the Biafran war but am seeing the igbos competing even far better today in all spheres is making me to think igbos are ahead after. That not withstanding, we should not abuse one another. Love allways

Must every post slip out of our hands and betray our penchant for ethnic bigotry? Kai! Smh!

Anyway....(from www.themanbookerprize.com)

Chigozie Obioma was born in 1986 in Akure, Nigeria.

His short stories have appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review and New Madrid. He was a Fall 2012 OMI Fellow at Ledig House, New York. He has lived in Nigeria, Cyprus and Turkey, and currently resides in the United States, where he has completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan and is now assistant professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The Fishermen is his first novel, and is longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

westbare:
nawa with all this, we are one nation

We are not

ThisDumebi:
Must every post slip out of our hands and betray our penchant for ethnic bigotry? Kai! Smh!

Anyway....(from www.themanbookerprize.com)

Chigozie Obioma was born in 1986 in Akure, Nigeria.

His short stories have appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review and New Madrid. He was a Fall 2012 OMI Fellow at Ledig House, New York. He has lived in Nigeria, Cyprus and Turkey, and currently resides in the United States, where he has completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan and is now assistant professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The Fishermen is his first novel, and is longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

He was born in akure, and so?

I can't help you if you missed the neutrality of my comment!

imsuboi:


He was born in akure, and so?

Not surprised one bit, he is from the Land of the Rising Sun because Wise Men always come from the East.

chuzydon:
The fisherman, and the story was set in a small town in the 90"s why do I have a feeling this story is about a particular fisherman from a small town that told us he had no shoes [

Was the fisherman without shoes of the '90s?