ThatFairGuy1:
Ashawo has spoken.

vegafbs:
Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has opened up he was indeed disappointed by some remarks made by the late renowned novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe, shortly after Soyinka’s emergence as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.

Soyinka revealed this in a chat with Okey Ndibe, aired on terrestrial TV programme Channels Television’s Book Club.

Ndibe during the conversation recalled how Achebe once said, “The Nobel Prize did not make one the Asiwaju of African Literature.”

He then asked Soyinka how he felt about that statement at the time.

In response, Wole Soyinka said, “The subject was not even literature when he (Achebe) made that statement. I was disappointed that he created a nexus between my normal sociopolitical life and my normal way of articulating an opinion.

“It was almost like because I won the Nobel Prize, I have no right to offer, to do what I used to do before all my life. I responded to it, even though I wanted to make light of it.”

Recall Prof. Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka, born 13 July 1934, widely called as Wole Soyinka is a playwright, poet and essayist.

He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first sub-Saharan African to be honoured in that category.

Source: https://theupdates.net/revealed-why-i-was-disappointed-in-chinua-achebe-wole-soyinka/

Daddysidhan:
The igbos are bunch of jealous people imagine lewandoski accusing C.RONALDO of not being good enough for world footballer of the year while he played same football but only his village chief recognise him. Achebe is truly a bitter nincompoop.

flokii:
No sane person will give achebe anything close to a nobel prize.. a bitter, egocentric, hateful and uncivilized human being

humility99:

Achebe and Soyinka were never on the same level, Achebe was far far better! I did literature in Secondary School, even our Literature teacher, from Edo State said it!
Ask 10 Secondary School students offering Literature to mention just 3 books written by Soyinka, he would hardly do that!
But ask him to mention 10 Achebe's book. Take it or leave it, Achebe was far far ahead of Soyinka.
I am not an lgbo guy, neither am I a Yoruba

Brooklynsouth:
ikpu mma gi gbawa there

flokii:


His writings are full of lies and sentiments mister.. always paints his people as victims and others as guilty even when it's evident that his Igbo people are the cause of all our problems from the deadly coups and bloodshed they started in Nigeria.

The dude was just talented but not entirely honest, say a bitter tribalist.

flokii:
No sane person will give achebe anything close to a nobel prize.. a bitter, egocentric, hateful and uncivilized human being

humility99:

Achebe and Soyinka were never on the same level, Achebe was far far better! I did literature in Secondary School, even our Literature teacher, from Edo State said it!
Ask 10 Secondary School students offering Literature to mention just 3 books written by Soyinka, he would hardly do that!
But ask him to mention 10 Achebe's book. Take it or leave it, Achebe was far far ahead of Soyinka.
I am not an lgbo guy, neither am I a Yoruba

flokii:


His writings are full of lies and sentiments mister.. always paints his people as victims and others as guilty even when it's evident that his Igbo people are the cause of all our problems from the deadly coups and bloodshed they started in Nigeria.

The dude was just talented but not entirely honest, say a bitter tribalist.