"The purple hibiscus", " half of a yellow sun" these are two novels written by Ngozi Adachie C. surprisingly must Nigerian secondary school students don't know who she is. Are they to be blamed? certainly, not. The shift to viewing films, watching football and aping musician had robbed the youngsters of time to read and do their assignment. They only books must read are soccer related or that which deals with celebrities and at times pornographic materials.
How much do youngsters know about Helon Habila, Toni Kan, Kaine Aggrey and even the likes of Dan Brown etc. Their brain is stuff with the names of premiership, la liga, super liga, bundesliga players. That's their preoccupation now. As a Teacher, i am concern and call on nairalanders to suggest ways to encourage the young ones to develop interest in BOOKS.

I'm sorry, but I think only the students of your school are flawed. As at the time you wrote this post, I was still in secondary school. I happen to have read Half of a Yellow Sun. I also read novels a lot. I do not watch a lot of movies, am not into football, I do my assignments, and I do not use pornography.

Please do not generalise.