Mynd_44: He was good but not good enough

Mynd_44: He was good but not good enough

Magicdon: Are u sure, but he was the first African writer n novelist to portray d real picture of Africa to d outside world (europe n america). All d previous ideas Europeans had of Africa was misconceptions n preconceptions.

sholay2011:
You just mentioned his strength...but was he really exceptional?
Though, he doesn't need any nobel prize to validate his status as a literary giant but I believe he had his own lapses...

frodobee: Bernard Shaw won it for his work -the man and the sea- an 80somethin paged work. It was a masterpiece though. My point is this, Prof sure is better than most of the awardees, Gordimer attests to that in her speech after overseein the selection process that saw Prof winnin the 'Man Booker' prize; Noble prize board is aversed to individuals who played active roles in a war, except where they accepted peace- that explains the majority of africans who are winners of the peace category. Prof was a warlord. He fought on our side- a victim of circumstance. Kongi as an instance, was against the said war- a fact that beefed up his chances. War is evil. But the man in hi,m dies, who keeps quiet in the face oppression ditto to Kongi.

frodobee: Bernard Shaw won it for his work -the man and the sea- an 80somethin paged work. It was a masterpiece though.

Shaw wanted to refuse his Nobel Prize outright because he had no desire for public honours, but accepted it at his wife's behest: she considered it a tribute to Ireland. He did reject the monetary award, requesting it be used to finance translation of fellow playwright August Strindberg's works from Swedish to English

Magicdon: Are u sure, but he was the first African writer n novelist to portray d real picture of Africa to d outside world (europe n america). All d previous ideas Europeans had of Africa was misconceptions n preconceptions.

Magicdon: [color=#000099][/color] pls see the truth n say the truth. Wat do you mean by his lapses. The people dat were given nobel prize for literature they are not even upto Achebe when you compare their works to his. He really deserves it, n he is not begging for it cos he deserves it n really deserve it, even post humously. Those they gave the nobel award aint they a literary giant? Prof Wole Soyinka is he not a literary giant? Chinua strongly deserves it pls. Wole Soyinka's Kongi is not even world wide acclaimed compared to Things Fall Apart. Things Fall Apart Was translated into more than 70 foreign languages in several countries for chris sake. I believe if Prof Chinua was a European or a white man they would have given him a double Nobel prize award!

Mynd_44: He was good but not good enough

donroxy: I believe those experts and proven professionals in the field of literature awarding Nobel laureate see more than the judgement of U and I in any literature piece....!!!!simple!!!

donroxy: I believe those experts and proven professionals in the field of literature awarding Nobel laureate see more than the judgement of U and I in any literature piece....!!!!simple!!!