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Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by fotadmowmend(m): 8:42am On Oct 15, 2018
LuciferKristi:
Trouble in Form Six
Without A Silver Spoon
Koku Baboni
Things Fall Apart
Violence
Robinson Crusoe
The Lion & The Jewel
The Bottled Leopard
Chike and The River
Eze Goes To School
Sugar Girl
Drummer Boy
The Gods Are Not To Blame
Burning Grass
Macbeth
The Merchant of Venice
An African Night's Entertainment
Anthills of The Savannah
The entire Harry Potter Series grin
Probably all of Enid Blyton's books
Nancy Drew
J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of The Rings
Treasure Island


All I can remember off the top of my conehead. Will keep updating...
With all these, your secondary school days was between 1999-2000s
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by soke02(m): 8:48am On Oct 15, 2018
Hamlet
The lion and the jewel
Julio cesser
Macbeth
The joy of motherhood
Last duty
The road not taking
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by akdjr(m): 8:56am On Oct 15, 2018
Chike and the River, this is not my husband.
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by Bianda24: 8:57am On Oct 15, 2018
Where should I start self grin
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by teepha: 9:10am On Oct 15, 2018
Sizwe bansi is dead
Lord of the flies
A woman in her prime
Our husband has gone mad again... and so on
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by jimenyo: 9:24am On Oct 15, 2018
They no many so? King Emene Echoes of Hard times Our Husband has gone mad again Telephone Conversation The virtuous Woman Violence Women of Owu The plight of a Seer Chike and the River Vengeance Merchant of Venice Machbet Arrow of God Durumi Sizwe Bansi is Dead Passport of Mallam Iliya The Tempest The gods are not to Blame The Blacks Negro Animal Farm Marriage of Annasewa The Joy of Motherhood The Incorruptible Judge Drummer Boy The Return of Ikenga The last Inheritance Romeo and Juliet In fact,they plenty ooo
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by Bsingle(m): 9:29am On Oct 15, 2018
Lonely days, othello, native son, harvest of corruption and so on.
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by Dmec(m): 9:35am On Oct 15, 2018
Drummer Boy
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by emijo(m): 9:36am On Oct 15, 2018
Joys of motherhood by Emcheta
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by tunary(m): 9:43am On Oct 15, 2018
NwaIgboBoy:
"BUHARI GOES TO SCHOOL"... a book by Lie Mohammed
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha LWKMFHO. L O L you deserve an award bro
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by frbona: 9:45am On Oct 15, 2018
iconceptsnig:


i will get intouch with you... What is the name of the Author ?
victor thorpe, stone of vengeance
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by JJBROS(m): 9:54am On Oct 15, 2018
Things fall Apart

Our husband have gone mad again

The gods are to blame

The Animal Farm

Eze goes to school

Chile and the river

Mallam Iliya

The Echoes in Dark

The college Days of John Ojo

Cheer up brother

My fathers Car

The concubine

The Incorruptible Judge

The wizard of Law

The violence

Macbeth

My last duty

And many more

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Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by JJBROS(m): 9:55am On Oct 15, 2018
Arrow of God

Ovorhame onogbaise

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Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by Sard(m): 10:01am On Oct 15, 2018
I can only remember a few I read in school or on my own.

Koku Baboni

Without a silver spoon

Sugar Girl

The gods are not to blame

Animal farm

Macbeth

Merchant of Venice

Tempest

Akin goes to school

Eze goes to school

Robinson Crusoe

The slave boy

Oliver Twist



Ogboju ode ninu igbo irunmole

Aditu eledumare

Orogodoganyin (not sure if this is the title)

Alejo Oran


I used to read for leisure in those days.
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by Iscoalarcon: 10:11am On Oct 15, 2018
Virtuous woman in JSS1 and Wedlock of the Gods in JSS 2
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by Detolanny(m): 10:31am On Oct 15, 2018
Hmmmmm, my own go long o, though i read a lot of them on my own volition.

African:
The African Child - Camara Laye
The Concubine - Elechi Amadi
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
Arrow of God - Chinua Achebe
No Longer at Ease - Chinua Achebe
The Drummer Boy - Cyprian Ekwensi
Kole The Superstar - Olajire Olanlokun
Without a Silver Spoon - Eddie Iroh
The Virtuous Woman - Zaynab Alkali
Wives and Mothers - Seinde Arogbofa
Chike and the River - Chinua Achebe
The Marriage of Anansewa - Efua Sutherland
Efuru - Flora Nwapa
Weep Not Child - Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
A Grain of Wheat - Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Petals of Blood - Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Mission to Kala - Mongo Beti
King Emene (The Tragedy of a Rebellion) - Zulu Sofola
Zambia Shall be Free - Kenneth Kaunda
The Gods are not to Blame - Ola Rotimi
The Lion and The Jewel - Wole Soyinka
The Road - Wole Soyinka
The Interpreters - Wole Soyinka
The Trials of Brother Jero - Wole Soyinka
King Baabu - Wole Soyinka
Ake - Wole Soyinka
Mother's Choice - Agbo Areo ,Second Chance - Nyengi Koin and other Egret Series I can't recall anymore
Agony in Her Voice - Peter Katuliba, Director! – Agbo Areo, The Betrayer – Sam Adewoye and other Pacesetter Series I can't remember again
Our Husband has gone mad again - Ola Rotimi
Out of his Mind - Bayo Adebowale
Echoes from the Lagoon - Rasheed Gbadamosi
Twingle Twangle, A twinning Tale - Femi Osofisan
Midnight Hotel - Femi Osofisan
The Burning Grass - Cyprian Ekwensi
The Boy Slave - Kola Onadipe
The Return of Shettima - Kola Onadipe and a host of other Books in the African Writers Series
The Return of Ikenga - Chukwuemeka Ohuka
Countdown to Perdition - Muda Atoyebi

Non - African
The Tempest, The Midsummer Nights Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Othello, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Anthony and Cleopatra, Comedy of Errors - All by Williams Shakespeare
Arms and The Man - Bernard Shaw
She Stoops to Conquer - Oliver Goldsmith
A tale of two Cities - Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Animal Farm - George Orwell
1984 - George Orwell
Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
No Orchid for Miss Blandish, Hit and Run, Come Easy Go Easy, The World in my Pocket, What's better than money, An Ace up my Sleeve, A lotus for Miss Quon, Tell it to the Birds, Well Now My Pretty, The Guilty are Afraid - All by James Hadley Chase
Five on a Treasure Island, Five Run Away Together, Five Have a Wonderful Time, Five Get into Trouble, Five on a Secret Trail, and a host of other Series by The Famous Five, all by Enid Blyton
Another little Drink - Peter Cheney
Live and Let Die, Casino Royale, Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever, From Russia with Love, Dr No, Goldfinger, The Spy who Loved me, Thunderball, The Man with the Golden Gun, On Her majesty's Secret Service, You only Live Twice, Octopussy, The Man with The Golden Gun, - All By Ian Fleming in the James Bond 007 Series



Yoruba Literature:
Yemi Da Bira - Kola Akinlade
Ta l'ole Ajomogbe - Kola Akinlade
Je N'lo gba Temi - Oladejo Okediji
Alagba Jeremiah - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Ika Abamo - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Ori Ade Kii Sun ta - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Gbewiri -
Efunsetan Aniwura, Koseegbe, Oleku, Saworoide, Efunroye Tinubu, all by Akinwunmi Ishola
Igbo Oludumare, Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irunmola, Irinkerindo Ninu Igbo Elegbeje, Orike-Onobudo and Agiitu Olodumare, all by D. O. Fagunwa
Aja to 'lepa Ekun - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Abiku So' loogun deke - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Baba Rere, Kekere Ekun, Ayanmo, all by Afolabi Olabimtan
Owo Eje - Kola Akilade
Kini mose - Can't Remember the Author anymore
And a host of other books from Onibonoje Publishers I can't really recall anymore.

Me sef, I read small o. I really miss Badagry Divisional Library, where I read most of the above-mentioned books between '98 - '02 (though I also bought some and still have some). I was there last year and almost all the books they used to have (both African and Non-African) are no longer there.

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Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by ladyverere(f): 10:59am On Oct 15, 2018
Detolanny:
Hmmmmm, my own go long o, though i read a lot of them on my own volition.

African:
The African Child - Camara Laye
The Concubine - Elechi Amadi
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
Arrow of God - Chinua Achebe
No Longer at Ease - Chinua Achebe
The Drummer Boy - Cyprian Ekwensi
Kole The Superstar - Olajire Olanlokun
Without a Silver Spoon - Eddie Iroh
The Virtuous Woman - Zaynab Alkali
Wives and Mothers - Seinde Arogbofa
Chike and the River - Chinua Achebe
The Marriage of Anansewa - Efua Sutherland
Efuru - Flora Nwapa
Weep Not Child - Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
A Grain of Wheat - Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Petals of Blood - Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Mission to Kala - Mongo Beti
King Emene (The Tragedy of a Rebellion) - Zulu Sofola
Zambia Shall be Free - Kenneth Kaunda
The Gods are not to Blame - Ola Rotimi
The Lion and The Jewel - Wole Soyinka
The Road - Wole Soyinka
The Interpreters - Wole Soyinka
The Trials of Brother Jero - Wole Soyinka
King Baabu - Wole Soyinka
Ake - Wole Soyinka
Mother's Choice - Agbo Areo ,Second Chance - Nyengi Koin and other Egret Series I can't recall anymore
Agony in Her Voice - Peter Katuliba, Director! – Agbo Areo, The Betrayer – Sam Adewoye and other Pacesetter Series I can't remember again
Our Husband has gone mad again - Ola Rotimi
Out of his Mind - Bayo Adebowale
Echoes from the Lagoon - Rasheed Gbadamosi
Twingle Twangle, A twinning Tale - Femi Osofisan
Midnight Hotel - Femi Osofisan
The Burning Grass - Cyprian Ekwensi
The Boy Slave - Kola Onadipe
The Return of Shettima - Kola Onadipe and a host of other Books in the African Writers Series
The Return of Ikenga - Chukwuemeka Ohuka
Countdown to Perdition - Muda Atoyebi

Non - African
The Tempest, The Midsummer Nights Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Othello, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Anthony and Cleopatra, Comedy of Errors - All by Williams Shakespeare
Arms and The Man - Bernard Shaw
She Stoops to Conquer - Oliver Goldsmith
A tale of two Cities - Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
No Orchid for Miss Blandish, Hit and Run, Come Easy Go Easy, The World in my Pocket, What's better than money, An Ace up my Sleeve, A lotus for Miss Quon, Tell it to the Birds, Well Now My Pretty, The Guilty are Afraid - All by James Hadley Chase
Five on a Treasure Island, Five Run Away Together, Five Have a Wonderful Time, Five Get into Trouble, Five on a Secret Trail, and a host of other Series by The Famous Five, all by Enid Blyton
Another little Drink - Peter Cheney
Live and Let Die, Casino Royale, Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever, From Russia with Love, Dr No, Goldfinger, The Spy who Loved me, Thunderball, The Man with the Golden Gun, On Her majesty's Secret Service, You only Live Twice, Octopussy, The Man with The Golden Gun, - All By Ian Fleming in the James Bond 007 Series



Yoruba Literature:
Yemi Da Bira - Kola Akinlade
Ta l'ole Ajomogbe - Kola Akinlade
Je N'lo gba Temi - Oladejo Okediji
Alagba Jeremiah - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Ika Abamo - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Ori Ade Kii Sun ta - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Gbewiri -
Efunsetan Aniwura, Koseegbe, Oleku, Saworoide, Efunroye Tinubu, all by Akinwunmi Ishola
Igbo Oludumare, Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irunmola, Irinkerindo Ninu Igbo Elegbeje, Orike-Onobudo and Agiitu Olodumare, all by D. O. Fagunwa
Aja to 'lepa Ekun - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Abiku So' loogun deke - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Baba Rere, Kekere Ekun, Ayanmo, all by Afolabi Olabimtan
Owo Eje - Kola Akilade
Kini mose - Can't Remember the Author anymore
And a host of other books from Onibonoje Publishers I can't really recall anymore.

Me sef, I read small o. I really miss Badagry Divisional Library, where I read most of the above-mentioned books between '98 - '02 (though I also bought some and still have some). I was there last year and almost all the books they used to have (both African and Non-African) are no longer there.



If I say make I start my own secondary school list e no go end. I was an art student. Started �reading from JSS 1.

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Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by MhizGladys(f): 11:22am On Oct 15, 2018
joy of motherhood without a silver spoon the gods are not to blame purple hibiscus oliver twist animal farm
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by jaymartin4(m): 11:41am On Oct 15, 2018
teeorume:
i read Eze goes to school and the concubine ......what did u read lets know

i read faceless
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by alorax2(f): 12:11pm On Oct 15, 2018
qanda:
Quite a no. I can remember these ones
Violence
Bottled Leopard
Drummer boy
Six boys and a Minivan
Robinson Crusoe
Treasure Island
Things fall Apart
Ezes Goes to School
Without a Silver Spoon
Chike and the River
Womens Revolt
Animal Farm
One or Two James Hadley Chase Novels

There is this Novel I read, cant remember the title, a little girl ended up getting her class teacher to marry her father. She had lost her mother....

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i know d novel. d sister of d girl was against the idea
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by alorax2(f): 12:13pm On Oct 15, 2018
frbona:
any idea where I could get get those two books? I'll reward you with an interesting piece myself


i need d pacesetters series oo with d trumpeters series biko
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by ImaIma1(f): 12:54pm On Oct 15, 2018
LuciferKristi:
Trouble in Form Six
Without A Silver Spoon
Koku Baboni
Things Fall Apart
Violence
Robinson Crusoe
The Lion & The Jewel
The Bottled Leopard
Chike and The River
Eze Goes To School
Sugar Girl
Drummer Boy
The Gods Are Not To Blame
Burning Grass
Macbeth
The Merchant of Venice
An African Night's Entertainment
Anthills of The Savannah
The entire Harry Potter Series grin
Probably all of Enid Blyton's books
Nancy Drew
J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of The Rings
Treasure Island


All I can remember off the top of my conehead. Will keep updating...


What about Arms and the Man...i loved that book.

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Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by Paxziano: 3:29pm On Oct 15, 2018
If y'all didn't read "The passport of Mallam ilia", y r we having this conversation? Good day
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by Jurywonder(m): 6:06pm On Oct 15, 2018
Black boy


The joy of motherhood


Hamlet


Romeo and Juliet


The man of the people


The old man and the sea


So long a letter


Purple hibiscus


The government inspector


A woman in her prime
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by Olorunnim: 10:53pm On Oct 15, 2018
Detolanny:
Hmmmmm, my own go long o, though i read a lot of them on my own volition.

African:
The African Child - Camara Laye
The Concubine - Elechi Amadi
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
Arrow of God - Chinua Achebe
No Longer at Ease - Chinua Achebe
The Drummer Boy - Cyprian Ekwensi
Kole The Superstar - Olajire Olanlokun
Without a Silver Spoon - Eddie Iroh
The Virtuous Woman - Zaynab Alkali
Wives and Mothers - Seinde Arogbofa
Chike and the River - Chinua Achebe
The Marriage of Anansewa - Efua Sutherland
Efuru - Flora Nwapa
Weep Not Child - Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
A Grain of Wheat - Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Petals of Blood - Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Mission to Kala - Mongo Beti
King Emene (The Tragedy of a Rebellion) - Zulu Sofola
Zambia Shall be Free - Kenneth Kaunda
The Gods are not to Blame - Ola Rotimi
The Lion and The Jewel - Wole Soyinka
The Road - Wole Soyinka
The Interpreters - Wole Soyinka
The Trials of Brother Jero - Wole Soyinka
King Baabu - Wole Soyinka
Ake - Wole Soyinka
Mother's Choice - Agbo Areo ,Second Chance - Nyengi Koin and other Egret Series I can't recall anymore
Agony in Her Voice - Peter Katuliba, Director! – Agbo Areo, The Betrayer – Sam Adewoye and other Pacesetter Series I can't remember again
Our Husband has gone mad again - Ola Rotimi
Out of his Mind - Bayo Adebowale
Echoes from the Lagoon - Rasheed Gbadamosi
Twingle Twangle, A twinning Tale - Femi Osofisan
Midnight Hotel - Femi Osofisan
The Burning Grass - Cyprian Ekwensi
The Boy Slave - Kola Onadipe
The Return of Shettima - Kola Onadipe and a host of other Books in the African Writers Series
The Return of Ikenga - Chukwuemeka Ohuka
Countdown to Perdition - Muda Atoyebi

Non - African
The Tempest, The Midsummer Nights Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Othello, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Anthony and Cleopatra, Comedy of Errors - All by Williams Shakespeare
Arms and The Man - Bernard Shaw
She Stoops to Conquer - Oliver Goldsmith
A tale of two Cities - Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Animal Farm - George Orwell
1984 - George Orwell
Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
No Orchid for Miss Blandish, Hit and Run, Come Easy Go Easy, The World in my Pocket, What's better than money, An Ace up my Sleeve, A lotus for Miss Quon, Tell it to the Birds, Well Now My Pretty, The Guilty are Afraid - All by James Hadley Chase
Five on a Treasure Island, Five Run Away Together, Five Have a Wonderful Time, Five Get into Trouble, Five on a Secret Trail, and a host of other Series by The Famous Five, all by Enid Blyton
Another little Drink - Peter Cheney
Live and Let Die, Casino Royale, Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever, From Russia with Love, Dr No, Goldfinger, The Spy who Loved me, Thunderball, The Man with the Golden Gun, On Her majesty's Secret Service, You only Live Twice, Octopussy, The Man with The Golden Gun, - All By Ian Fleming in the James Bond 007 Series



Yoruba Literature:
Yemi Da Bira - Kola Akinlade
Ta l'ole Ajomogbe - Kola Akinlade
Je N'lo gba Temi - Oladejo Okediji
Alagba Jeremiah - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Ika Abamo - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Ori Ade Kii Sun ta - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Gbewiri -
Efunsetan Aniwura, Koseegbe, Oleku, Saworoide, Efunroye Tinubu, all by Akinwunmi Ishola
Igbo Oludumare, Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irunmola, Irinkerindo Ninu Igbo Elegbeje, Orike-Onobudo and Agiitu Olodumare, all by D. O. Fagunwa
Aja to 'lepa Ekun - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Abiku So' loogun deke - Can't Remember the Author anymore
Baba Rere, Kekere Ekun, Ayanmo, all by Afolabi Olabimtan
Owo Eje - Kola Akilade
Kini mose - Can't Remember the Author anymore
And a host of other books from Onibonoje Publishers I can't really recall anymore.

Me sef, I read small o. I really miss Badagry Divisional Library, where I read most of the above-mentioned books between '98 - '02 (though I also bought some and still have some). I was there last year and almost all the books they used to have (both African and Non-African) are no longer there.

Awon Omo 98,99
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by cayorday89(m): 9:28am On Oct 16, 2018
I read these books in primary school and I so much love them.. Got images online but will like to have them again...
Hero Number One and The Young Breed... Pry. 4 and 5 respectively...

Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by iconceptsnig: 10:15am On Oct 16, 2018
frbona:
oga I still dey wait

Still searching
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by iconceptsnig: 10:15am On Oct 16, 2018
deafeyez:


Just as in those days that someone sold his birthright for a pot of food abi lol.

Lol grin
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by iconceptsnig: 10:17am On Oct 16, 2018
Preator:

I need the book too.

The slave boy.
Akin goes to school
The return of shetima
Somolu blues
Bloodbath at lobster close

Additions
Around Nigeria in 30days
No longer at ease
Xala
The trial of dedan kimathi
The African child

Chisos shocked
Re: What Literature Books Did You Read In School? by iconceptsnig: 10:17am On Oct 16, 2018
fotadmowmend:

2002-2005 SSCE literatures..... cool

Your Head dey there

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