AareGaa:


Achebe was an ordinary novelist.
He could not have won Nobel laureate.

Those who won laureate are complete writers in drama, poetry, novels
Achebe tried his hands
on poetry and drama and he failed woefully

can you proof this point of yours?

Okolo3662:
1[b]. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy[/b]
2. To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee. Hardcover book first published July 11, 1960. Novel won 1961 Pulitzer Prize. Later made into an Academy Award winning film.
3. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
4. One Hundred Years of Solitude Garcia Marquez, 1982.
5. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster.
6. Things Fall Apart by Chinualumogu Achebe.
7. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
8. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
9. Beloved by Toni Morrison
10. Mrs Dalloway by Vagina Wolf.
11. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
12. The purple color by Alice Walker.

They are my favorites.

tishbite42:

Igbos are the whole world that have praised the man. From Obama to Godimer to countless number of people.
Thank God Tinubu is in the saddle, representative of all Yorubad worldwide, and we can see how dumb and foolish you people are.
Even the Fulanis are far smarter than you. Look at the mess we now have in less than a year. You should be ashamed to compare Tinubu and Obi. Even his wife and children won't be stupid to do such comparison.

When did Obama praise Achebe? Ibos are the most delusional tribe I have known. Even, an educated ibo talks like an illiterate.
You're comparing Obi that cannot express himself well with smart and intelligent Tinubu?
Mumú biaflans!

The same ibos believed Buhari was cloned.
It is ibos that hype crippled Achebe.

tishbite42:

Just 'Things Fall Apart' no be Wole Soyinka mate.
There are levels to this.

It is ibos that hype Achebe.
Achebe was envious of Soyinka throughout his life crippled life. It was the envy and bitterness of Soyinka that eventually killed. Today, Soyinka is still agile at almost 90 .
He was an ordinary novelist.
He was a complete failure in drama and poetry.

AareGaa:


When did Obama praise Achebe? Ibos are the most delusional tribe I have known. Even, an educated ibo talks like an illiterate.
You're comparing Obi that cannot express himself well with smart and intelligent Tinubu?
Mumú biaflans!

The same ibos believed Buhari was cloned.
It is ibos that hype crippled Achebe.

You are full of bitterness.... Between soyinka and Achebe, who is more known in international community

Renman:
You are full of bitterness.... Between soyinka and Achebe, who is more known in international community

Soyinka is known worldwide, only ibos hype Achebe.

The same ibos called tribalist like azikiwe, a nationalist.
Azikiwe connived with ibo soldiers to murder his contemporaries.

AareGaa:


When did Obama praise Achebe? Ibos are the most delusional tribe I have known. Even, an educated ibo talks like an illiterate.
You're comparing Obi that cannot express himself well with smart and intelligent Tinubu?
Mumú biaflans!

The same ibos believed Buhari was cloned.
It is ibos that hype crippled Achebe.

Go and check what Barack Obama said about Chinua Achebe
Ignorance is bliss
The works of Achebe are 100x more popular than that of Soyinka
Hope you won't be foolish enough to argue that

tishbite42:

Go and check what Barack Obama said about Chinua Achebe
Ignorance is bliss
The works of Achebe are 100x more popular than that of Soyinka
Hope you won't be foolish enough to argue that

There's nothing popular in his Achebe's book. It's Ibos that like hyping their own, just the way dumb and inarticulate obi is being hyped.

Achebe spent his days envying Soyinka. It was the envy that killed him prematurely

Okolo3662:
1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
2. To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee. Hardcover book first published July 11, 1960. Novel won 1961 Pulitzer Prize. Later made into an Academy Award winning film.
3. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
4. One Hundred Years of Solitude Garcia Marquez, 1982.
5. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster.
6. Things Fall Apart by Chinualumogu Achebe.
7. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
8. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
9. Beloved by Toni Morrison
10. Mrs Dalloway by Vagina Wolf.
11. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
12. The purple color by Alice Walker.

Do you really mean the name of the publisher of serial number 10. ?

Authoreety:



Seriously!

Is this how u accuse people on this forum?
Seun you have to do something about this false allegation.
Meanwhile, wats the meaning of bots

You don't know what a bot is? You're going to be investigated because you are being economical with the truth.

ONNYX:


You have done well for yourself. But I bet you don't belong to this generation who do not understand the mystery that lies in words.

That you grew up in Nigeria and you read the books above shows that you are more than an average reader.

Haha thank you. Yep, grew up and still in Nigeria and I'm in my mid 20s actually but if you mean not belonging to the generation psychologically, then yes, I've always been a RETRO PERSON. I know only 2 of my friends that read books.

One of the first good books I read was Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and I've been hooked to novels ever since. I've got this long list of novels I need to read, it's got those nostalgic books like KokuBaboni, Sugar Girl, Chike And The River and other books like Citizen Kane, Black Man Of The Nile...

What are your favourite novels?

AareGaa:


Soyinka is known worldwide, only ibos hype Achebe.

The same ibos called tribalist like azikiwe, a nationalist.
Azikiwe connived with ibo soldiers to murder his contemporaries.

Who knows soyinka worldwide

Stop typing with bitterness!


https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/african-writers#:~:text=1.,on%20literature%20from%20the%20continent.

AareGaa:


There's nothing popular in his Achebe's book. It's Ibos that like hyping their own, just the way dumb and inarticulate obi is being hyped.

Achebe spent his days envying Soyinka. It was the envy that killed him prematurely

Things Fall Apart sold more copies than Soyinka's entire catalog
Deal with that
The truth hurts
Cry no more

EmperorCaesar:
Shakespeare books no even dey here

Went to quora to read up on this and they are there arguing about mark twain, ralph emerson but for here, even achebe dey ahead of Williams shakespeare

Shakespeare wrote plays not novels

Stop deceiving yourself.

There are several lists of this nature on the internet. You can only rate the books you have read.

Okolo3662:
1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
2. To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee. Hardcover book first published July 11, 1960. Novel won 1961 Pulitzer Prize. Later made into an Academy Award winning film.
3. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
4. One Hundred Years of Solitude Garcia Marquez, 1982.
5. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster.
6. Things Fall Apart by Chinualumogu Achebe.
7. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
8. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
9. Beloved by Toni Morrison
10. Mrs Dalloway by Vagina Wolf.
11. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
12. The purple color by Alice Walker.

Wow 💝

AareGaa:


Nothing dey achebe book. Na ibo people dey hype the crppled man

my comments are for human beings not you

EmperorCaesar:


Do u even know my tribe or am I a citizen of England?

I never talked down on Achebe's works, I only stated what i saw on Quora and what other literary institutions think about Williams works

Not even the Greek could boast of such a great writer that can rival Williams despite their advance years of civilization over England. I would be cool with Achebe ranking by williams side but not above him

Was Shakespeare a novelist or a playwright?

This list no complete oo. Where my Leon Uris and Mario Puzo?

I’ll stay with Sidney Sheldon and the Bronte’s anytime.😊

.

EmperorCaesar:



Something shakespeare couldnt do for England

If u believe an Achebe books will ever be rated above that of Williams, omo, u must believe dragons once existed

Ain't you illiterate? The headline says "novels". Wetin concern a writer of plays and poetry like Shakespeare with novels? Shakespeare is known for his plays and poetry, not novel.

Couldntfigurean:
Award does not mean one is better than the other
Busta rhymes,nicki Minaj,2pac and snoop dogg don’t have one Grammy award,does that make macklemore better than them because he has Grammy awards?

Your small brain can’t comprehend

You go explain taya

Authoreety:
Achebe really did a lot in putting Nigeria 🇳🇬 in the limelight

He did his quota, so were many heroes like him.

smartmom:

Exactly my point. We posted thesame point almost simultaneously

How much are it please?