₦airaland Forum

EazyMoh:
That's a bloody lie! If you 'adapt' someone's work the least you could do is to state it clear that you 'adapted' from so so and so. At least it should be acknowledged in preface, forward or reviews.
Go and check the stand of the law on translation plagiarism.

Ihuomadinihu:
Of course this thread was initated and spured by tribalism. The fact that is Cyprian Ekwensi is Igbo makes it even more easy to pick on him while forgetting that numerous writers have adapted works of other people.
The Op made no attempt to hide the fact his prejudice against igbos just because the author in question happened to be igbo. Why the emphasis on the Cyprian's Ethnicity if this was done out of unbiased curiosity?
It will be better to conduct if you conduct indept investigation instead of threading on the part of hypocrisy,bigotry and character assasination!
And what if he committed what could be called plagarism in the 21st century Nigeria? Have you cared to find out if there was an existing understanding and aggrement between both parties?
It is unfortunate that Cyprian is no longer here to set facts straight.
He is INNOCENT until proven guilty.
Only fools make such accusations!

Morizo:
Beauty meet brains I guess. you just nailed it Cocolav. I couldn't have explained it any better even as a member of the literature world. Cyprian Ekwensi was a magnificent writer with deep fictional reserves. He wouldn't have stooped so low without due recourse to the law. Keep it up babe, would b following ur posts and comments henceforth

CoCoLav:
There is copyright in the translated version of a literary work. Most times the original author may assign that right to another person with an understanding. Nevertheless, even if permission was not obtained, Cyprain will still have copyright in the translated version because it satisfies the originality and fixation requirement albeit he might have infringed the original author's own copyright as well. This is not about plagiarism, he put efforts into translating it and the law recognizes that. It would be plagiarism if he reproduced it in Hausa.

I can decide to translate Shakespeare's works into Yoruba and make money off it and nobody will come after me.

kindness4life:
Dear writer, I hope u did your home work very well before putting this up. Plagiarism is a serious crime and sensitive issue in the world of literature. Cyprian Ekwesi is a well respected writer as we all know. Why not find a way of contacting him maybe by email or something to hear his own side of the story before conclusions are made.

CoCoLav:
Echoes of Hard Times

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mrgafari:
wow! wow! wow! so much information hidden somewhere in my head. isn't equatorial assignment about a guy that took on a mission to rescue a girl from some tribe like that. they were given a hot chase as they escaped. tell me I'm right please!

delors:
Wow! Read almost all of Pacesetters series within a year....1999/2000. Good old days. Started with Equatorial Assignment whole I was sick...then I got hooked. Finished all Pacesetters, advanced to James Hadley Chase.

charlescarlos:
The boy slave was about Shettima who was kidnapped and sold to a faraway land. He became friends with the prince of the land after he saved him from a ferocious guard's horsewhip. The sequel was The return of the boyslave.
Koku Baboni I think was about a baby placed in a basket and dumped in a forest.
The late Mabel Segun- My father's daughter.

Amusaopeyemi:
I have it.

dopedude:
You need to read all the parts bro. It gets better and better. Read Chain Fire, that's the 12th book of the series