ahiboilandgas:
or u can't comprehend what he said ....he used theatrical language to reply...

wirinet:



All these people must be Afonjas then that nominated a 55 page book for Nobel Price;

1. Members of the Swedish Academy and of other
academies, institutions and societies which are
similar to it in construction and purpose;

2. Professors of literature and of linguistics at
universities and university colleges;

3. Previous Nobel Laureates in Literature;

4. Presidents of those societies of authors that are
representative of the literary production in their
respective countries.
- https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/literature/

I still say it, you guys have chronic psychological issues, that is connected to the fear, envy and jealousy of Afonjas. You can't go a single day, sorry a single hour without thinking of Afonjas.

maestroferddi:
All these turanci you are writing here do not add up.

Don't tell me you are this naive or uncircumspect....

Achebe never had the Nobel for Literature conferred on him for one main reason: His acclaimed stance against the white establishment in their attempt to depict black Africa as an inferior race. He was renowned for challenging long-held views that African literature is not pristine and that African writers had little literary merit.

Achebe dared the supremacists. He hinted severally that he didn't need the prize to underline his standing as one of the best men of letters of all time.

In. terms of depth, technical and cultural significance, reach and universality, Soyinka knows there was no time he could have held a candle to Achebe.

Where are Soyinka's Things Fall Apart, No Longer At Ease and Arrows of God?

How many Nigerians have heard of Jero Plays, Kongi Harvest and The King's Horseman (hope I got that title correctly)?

Achebe is undisputably one of the greatest literary minds ever to come out of Africa.

You don't have your magnus opus translated to over five dozen languages for nothing....resa ipso loquitor...

rusher14:


When you need money...holler.

SarkinYarki:
over 116 people have won the Nobel prize for literature including Bob Dylan the country musician !!!! so Wole Soyinka should stop disturbing like he is the first and last person to win it ..Its not a that much of a big deal jare

SarkinYarki:
over 116 people have won the Nobel prize for literature including Bob Dylan the country musician !!!! so Wole Soyinka should stop disturbing like he is the first and last person to win it ..Its not a that much of a big deal jare

RTSC:
Achebe is the most read, the most translated African author of all times.

Not even the Nobel can confer that on you.

Soyinka was a great writer too and definitely deserved the Nobel.

SLAP44:
In the end, Soyinka spoke so many words and ended up saying nothing in response to the issues raised.

Such an evasive character is not worthy of even the readers digest author of the week award.

Bridget95:
Why can't you people reason about ethnic sentiments.Reno is more Yoruba. His mom is from the same state as wole yet he reasons from a reasonable point of view.Chinue Achebe resonates well in the literary world far above wole soyinka.

SLAP44:
In the end, Soyinka spoke so many words and ended up saying nothing in response to the issues raised.

Such an evasive character is not worthy of even the readers digest author of the week award.

maestroferddi:
All these turanci you are writing here do not add up.

Don't tell me you are this naive or uncircumspect....

Achebe never had the Nobel for Literature conferred on him for one main reason: His acclaimed stance against the white establishment in their attempt to depict black Africa as an inferior race. He was renowned for challenging long-held views that African literature is not pristine and that African writers had little literary merit.

Achebe dared the supremacists. He hinted severally that he didn't need the prize to underline his standing as one of the best men of letters of all time.

In. terms of depth, technical and cultural significance, reach and universality, Soyinka knows there was no time he could have held a candle to Achebe.

Where are Soyinka's Things Fall Apart, No Longer At Ease and Arrows of God?

How many Nigerians have heard of Jero Plays, Kongi Harvest and The King's Horseman (hope I got that title correctly)?

Achebe is undisputably one of the greatest literary minds ever to come out of Africa.

You don't have your magnus opus translated to over five dozen languages for nothing....resa ipso loquitor...

dazzlingd:


Who in your ancestry has ever been nominated

SarkinYarki:


Bob Dylan ..Now kill yourself

SLAP44:
In the end, Soyinka spoke so many words and ended up saying nothing in response to the issues raised.

Such an evasive character is not worthy of even the readers digest author of the week award.

AkataYeriYeri:

Mynd44 Lalasticlala OAM4J Dominique justwise
Rule 2

rex444:
But he has a point ....ever read profs books as well as Achebe's? As a growing child I read a number of Achebe's books but non of profs......and I think this award usually goes to the writer with widely read books

SLAP44:
In the end, Soyinka spoke so many words and ended up saying nothing in response to the issues raised.

Such an evasive character is not worthy of even the readers digest author of the week award.

Goke7:
some fellas are just educated illiterates e.g. Reno.

Soyinka has paid his dues, not many including those who are always using their ethnic bigotry to cast aspersions knew the efforts Prof Soyinka made to persuade the Govt back in the 60s to avert the bloody civil war.

It's high time folks are properly educated from the history books to give credit rightly where it belongs and stop exposing their high level of illiteracy, the fact that Soyinka never supported your favourite politician does not reduce or diminish his hard earned credentials and precious contributions to the project called' Nigeria'. Nigeria would have been a better place if we had more like him.

dazzlingd:


Congratulations, your greatest life accomplishment....

BuhariAdvocate:
This useless Rino trying to foment trouble again.its an embarrassment to compare prof soyinka with that half baked achebe .

SarkinYarki:


No !! My sweetest acomplisment today is that I can feed many people that are doing better than you oo

Bridget95:
Why can't you people reason about ethnic sentiments.Reno is more Yoruba. His mom is from the same state as wole yet he reasons from a reasonable point of view.Chinue Achebe resonates well in the literary world far above wole soyinka.

SLAP44:
In the end, Soyinka spoke so many words and ended up saying nothing in response to the issues raised.

Such an evasive character is not worthy of even the readers digest author of the week award.

SLAP44:
In the end, Soyinka spoke so many words and ended up saying nothing in response to the issues raised.

Such an evasive character is not worthy of even the readers digest author of the week award.