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LiteratureRe: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by BluntBoy(m): 9:38am On May 09, 2019
aribisala0:
The only thing Achebe has is he was the first.

He is average.
I do not agree that we was a master storyteller or that literature is about storytelling.
He was an average storyteller.

JK Rowling.James Hadley Chase,Robert Ludlum are great storytellers.
That is not what literary prizes are for
You are right,there are many many African writers and indeed Nigerians who are way better but he was the first and must be respected for that.
As a poet he was nothing to write home about especially when we consider Christopher Okigbo,Gabriel Okara,Okogbule Wonodi etc
|He should be compared with Ben Okri though and not Soyinka who is more of a playwright than a novelist .
Christopher Okigbo grin

When I think of Okigbo, I just feel happy. He was a fine poet.

Yes, you are right. Soyinka is more of a playwright. But even then, Soyinka wrote more prose than Achebe. His memoirs, especially, are more interesting and richer than anything that Achebe wrote.

Ben Okri too can be annoying though with his childish and annoying fillers. But he writes in the genre I enjoy a lot-- magical realism. I will pick him over Achebe all the same because he is more adventurous.
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LiteratureRe: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by BluntBoy(m): 9:15am On May 09, 2019
aribisala0:
They are not critiquing the process but the outcome because they do not like it. If Achebe had won it we would be hearing a different narrative .The truth is the Prize is awarded annually and although Wole Soyinka was the first African at least one more has won it but Achebe was never even nominated. All these years he could still have won it if he had anything worthwhile
He is not even as good as Ben Okri or Ngugi
Coca cola is very popular that does not make it good or better than orange juice. It is probably the most popular drink in the world.
So what?
I would pick Cyprian Ekwensi before Achebe anytime any day.

Achebe was a master storyteller, no doubt. But saying he was better than Soyinka in literature is just taking the hype too far.

Literature goes beyond telling stories. It includes depth, and all. And when it comes to depth, there are many African writers that Achebe cannot even stand beside.

Things Fall Apart was not even that well-written, considering that for three chapters, the story seemed to be moving in a circle. I will choose his Arrow of God over Things Fall Apart over and over again.
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LiteratureRe: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by BluntBoy(m): 9:00am On May 09, 2019
israelmao:
For clear reading for weak sight:"Chinua is entitled to better than being escorted to his grave with that monotonous hypocritical era of deprivation's lament orchestrated by those who,as we say in my part of the world,"Dye their mourning weeds in deeper indigo than those of the bereaved".He deserves his peace.Me too.And right now not posthumously. "-RIP to the great one.

I have earlier on tweeted that, Wole Soyinka is unique and creative in his own way as well as Chinua Achebe. Wole Soyinka is physiological and renowned for hard sentences which take a highly intellectual and deeper thinker to dissolve and absorb while Chinua Achebe was known for simplicity of expression and a master storyteller and you know many people love a sweet storyteller.
You have written nothing but the absolute truth. Soyinka is poetic and highly philosophical. This is regarded as true Literature. Even when he uses simple English (as in many of his plays), there is still always a juxtaposition of the poetic and philosophy.

Let us look at his The Interpreters and compare it to Chinua Achebe's No Longer at Ease The two books focus on people trying to make a meaning from a relatively new Nigeria.

Soyinka's work was deeper, highly philosophical and even goes deeper as to weave the stories of the Yoruba gods and goddesses into the tale. But Achebe's own is like telling a straightforward story.

In summary, Soyinka is a thinker and a master of the English language while Achebe was a master storyteller. Expectedly, many people will like Achebe's own. People like stories. That is why Harry Potter is more popular than all the works of Toni Morrison put together.
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LiteratureRe: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by BluntBoy(m): 8:41am On May 09, 2019
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.
You think everyone is as childish as you and Reno?

What issue did Reno raise? So, because Reno could not get into any of Soyinka's work, then it means Achebe was better?
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RomanceRe: Man seeks divorce 24 hours after marriage over wife's deceptive ‘backside' by BluntBoy(m): 1:09pm On May 08, 2019
seunfly:
She could even be bobrisky.
Abi o.
RomanceRe: Man seeks divorce 24 hours after marriage over wife's deceptive ‘backside' by BluntBoy(m): 12:53pm On May 08, 2019
Jodha:
No woman deserve such immaturity....he should divorce her...she doesn't deserve him...

These are the kind of men that cheat at the slightest opportunity
But what she did was maturity abi? Why enhance her buttocks in the first place?

The backside was a big issue for him, but I am sure trust also was. If he continued with her, who knows what shocker would come next. Her teeth could even be fake.
Christianity EtcRe: Apostle Suleman: Offering And Tithe Can’t Buy Private Jet by BluntBoy(m): 10:30am On May 08, 2019
soulpeppersoup:
That is why Nigeria is too poor. All they look at is what comes in not what goes out.

Do you know the cost of running a church of 100 members?

How many Nigerians with 20,000 naira job pays tithe?

In every church nationwide, less than 20% of the members pays tithe.

Nigerians are too poor to pay tithe. If you think am lying sample opinion from your friends or online.
What is the cost of running a small church?

Many of you underrate offerings. You see all those 20 naira in those offering boxes and you think it is small money.

And from where did you get the figure that less than 20% pay tithes nationwide?

Supposing your stat is correct, what about offerings? Nearly everyone drops offerings every Sunday, even if it is #5.
SportsRe: Liverpool And Fans Celebrate (4 - 0) Win Against Barcelona (photos) by BluntBoy(m): 11:55pm On May 07, 2019
LamidicownuBSS:
Person eat for morning, eat in d evening come d claim sey him d fast,

how many times you want eat b4??
Na true you talk grin

Fast wey you don chop solid morning food and solid evening food, that one na fasthuh
Christianity EtcRe: Apostle Suleman: Offering And Tithe Can’t Buy Private Jet by BluntBoy(m): 11:48pm On May 07, 2019
kachi19:
Allocation of finances. Deficit cash and not minding an average church holds other curricular activities and the large branches. what makes you think everyone is faithful to paying tithe? or do you know the average amount a church goer pays as offering?? There would always be extravagant expenses too regardless. According to the law of the universe the bigger the wealth the bigger the troubles.
The average amount is not as important as the number of people giving that average amount every Sunday.

The church beside me rakes in 8000 every Sunday. A very small church. And just last week, the pastor has admonished his followers to stop putting 20 naira in the hands of their children. In other words, he doesn't want anyone to give offerings less than 20 naira.

Anyway, he rakes in at least 8000 every Sunday, and now he is looking to make it 100,000 naira grin

Well, he preaches about faith alone. But we know those who would suffer more for it.
Christianity EtcRe: Apostle Suleman: Offering And Tithe Can’t Buy Private Jet by BluntBoy(m): 2:56pm On May 07, 2019
coputa:
one hundred church members paying 2000 as tithe = 2000 x 100 = 200000 multiply by five branches = 1 million. offering, pledges and sowing of seeds are not included.
This is just for a small church
Soulpeppersoup, read this.
Christianity EtcRe: Apostle Suleman: Offering And Tithe Can’t Buy Private Jet by BluntBoy(m): 2:55pm On May 07, 2019
soulpeppersoup:
Do you know how much winners make in their eateries per Sunday?

Tithe and offering is not much money is you doubt me ask the old big churches that existed before this new generational churches.
You are saying tithe and offering are not much money?

You think everyone's salary or wages are the same?
Christianity EtcRe: Apostle Suleman: Offering And Tithe Can’t Buy Private Jet by BluntBoy(m): 2:41pm On May 07, 2019
kachi19:
Dood, the bigger the church the larger the chain of employees on payroll. You can't do the math from your house
This is not an excuse.

The average church rakes in money at least every Sunday (tithe might come as many times within a month).

But are workers paid every Sunday?

For instance, I play piano for a church in Ibadan. They hold services nearly everyday and offerings are collected. Then there are special programs sometimes, and of course, four Sundays in a month. But I only get paid once in a month.

Moreover, using Living Faith Org. as a case study, there are as many voluntary workers as paid workers. And generally, church workers are poorly paid.

Bro, churches make money and a megachurch can buy a jet on tithes and offerings.
Christianity EtcRe: Apostle Suleman: Offering And Tithe Can’t Buy Private Jet by BluntBoy(m): 2:36pm On May 07, 2019
ritababe:
He doesn't know if you exist
And does Sule know that you exist? No. Defend him all you want but he doesn't give an eff about you either. In this case, you are the only loser. Defending someone who doesn't give a damn about you.

The most painful thing about you pastor worshipers is the passion with which you defend pastors and your religion. If only that passion was channeled into being good Christians, Nigeria would be a better place because true Christianity is supposed to be a light.
CrimeRe: Angry Ghanaians Attack A Police Officer - Photos by BluntBoy(m): 2:23pm On May 07, 2019
Anthony Joshua has got nothing on those guys. Men, see as dem rearrange oga police face.
FamilyRe: Every Man Must Use Magun On His Wife by BluntBoy(m): 11:26am On May 07, 2019
czarina:
Rest na. angry

Leave boss alone to use magun on his wife.

You can use if you change your mind later grin
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FamilyRe: Every Man Must Use Magun On His Wife by BluntBoy(m): 11:18am On May 07, 2019
Bossjakande:
guy u are making sence but if u know me in real life u know I hate wen person cheat me even if is 100naira or a plate of rice. i t makes me feel like a fool. even extreme I dont care in her next life she will Neva cheat. dats a lie how can u see a woman who is married and u Neva know.how can u sex someone u Neva know well. most of dese girls who sleep around lie dey didnt know his married wen dey know. 90% of pple who cheat wit married pple know he is married . innocent my foot if d useless man died e no concern me. why chop wetin no be ur own? after I pay bride price and all. any man DAT cheat with a married woman will suffer pains and Margot before he died.
I am a mathematician; I value representational figures.

10% of those who don't know is as significant to me as the 90% who may know that a woman is married and yet go ahead to have a romantic relationship with her.

We can't just throw away that 10% who don't know.

I think no one should use magun on their wives.
FamilyRe: Every Man Must Use Magun On His Wife by BluntBoy(m): 10:51am On May 07, 2019
Bossjakande:
I dont think so u are wrong. is like saying if u put rat poison if not rat to catch it must catch human being. d thing is magun is like phone password DAT d phone can only work when u use DAT. they put it on her private part. and DAT it will only recognize her husband thing to enter.if any other is a danger. I will find out more about it cos is not as bad as u make it.we all have key to one door a password to our phone. if u use wrong code d phone get blocked.
Really? But that was not what I heard.

You may be right, though. But I think using magun on one's wife is going to the extreme.

Take for instance, if the wife is seeing a man who doesn't know that she is married. It means the innocent man would die.
FamilyRe: Every Man Must Use Magun On His Wife by BluntBoy(m): 10:37am On May 07, 2019
Bossjakande:
if u use magun on a faithful wife it Neva work.it will cancel itself. I know its a serious thing but noting to be afraid of if she didnt cheat
No, boss. Someone will have to sleep with the wife to cancel the magun.

That is why using magun on one's wife is extreme. If you wife is faithful, it means she would have to sleep with another man to cancel the magun or her husband would have to do it. And this always has dire consequences.
PoliticsRe: Caption This Deadly Look On Rochas Face In A Meeting With Emeka Ihedioha Today. by BluntBoy(m): 12:18am On May 07, 2019
Juliet11111:
No, you don’t seem intelligent.
Damn shocked
PoliticsRe: Police Arrest & Detain Ademola Adeleke Over "Certificate Forgery" by BluntBoy(m): 12:08am On May 07, 2019
delpee:
I just wish that they could arrest the "bandits" and kidnappers tormenting our people.
And who told you they do not arrest bandits and kidnappers? Recently, an informant for the bandits was arrested.

Moreover, Evans a kidnapper was arrested also a year or two ago. A lot of fraudsters have also been arrested. Go to the Crime Section or watch NTA sometimes.
CelebritiesRe: Stephanie Otobo Reacts To Daddy Freeze And Akpororo's Fight by BluntBoy(m): 11:29pm On May 06, 2019
Aphroditee:
who will sow seed in my life
I need money
I am willing. But I want a baby girl. grin

I love baby girls. I would call her May.
FamilyRe: Every Man Must Use Magun On His Wife by BluntBoy(m): 11:23pm On May 06, 2019
Interesting topic from the boss himself.

But magun? No no no no, I will never go that far.

I have done extensive research on magun. It is not something to joke with.

For one thing, magun is only useful at detecting a cheating wife. But if you use it on a faithful wife, you might end up killing yourself or killing the wife.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester City Vs Leicester City (1 - 0) On 6th May 2019 by BluntBoy(m): 7:38pm On May 06, 2019
post=78161783:
Ossheeey, oga bookmaker!
Wa sere, baba mi. grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester City Vs Leicester City (1 - 0) On 6th May 2019 by BluntBoy(m): 7:35pm On May 06, 2019
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester City Vs Leicester City (1 - 0) On 6th May 2019 by BluntBoy(m): 7:35pm On May 06, 2019
Man City Draw No Bet.

BTTS: No
CrimeRe: Two Boys Fighting Over A Dog Knocked Down By Vehicle, Quarrel On Who Will Eat It by BluntBoy(m): 5:08pm On May 05, 2019
Tufiakwa!!!
CrimeRe: Abraham Amuta: Corps Member Allegedly Abducted By Boko Haram In Maiduguri by BluntBoy(m): 12:37pm On May 05, 2019
Tycike:
The federal government should negotiate his release asap like they did in the case of zainab
It is not certain who kidnapped him? Someone goes missing and you run to the police to negotiate. Negotiate with whom? Ghosts?
CrimeRe: Goat Thief Burnt Alive In Aba (Disturbing Photos) by BluntBoy(m): 11:00am On May 05, 2019
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CrimeRe: Goat Thief Burnt Alive In Aba (Disturbing Photos) by BluntBoy(m): 10:59am On May 05, 2019
Darevofpeace:
As evidence when he gets to hell. This was the reason I came here *in the thief's voice. #SayNoToJungleJustice
grin
CrimeRe: Abraham Amuta: Corps Member Allegedly Abducted By Boko Haram In Maiduguri by BluntBoy(m): 10:56am On May 05, 2019
Mk93:
So it is a good thing that Muslims have decided to be bloodthirsty?
What he is saying is that one must be wise when dealing with bloodthirsty people.

It is foolishness to go to the kerb of a mosque in a Northern state, especially, and be preaching.

It is not only foolish but also rude.

Remember even Jesus talked about what is Caesar's and what is God's. If you look beyond that saying, you would see that Jesus Himself is not against us applying wisdom in our dealings with religious fanatics.
SportsRe: Andy Ruiz Jr. Is Anthony Joshua Opponent For New York Bout by BluntBoy(m): 10:16pm On May 04, 2019
Noel1:
Firstly, If I'm not a boxing fan, then I wonder who you are grin

Secondly, if u think d Wladmir Klitchcko that fought Joshua was washed up, then you probably know better than Mike Tyson and other boxing commentators who said that Klitchcko's bout against Joshua was one of the most explosive of his career.

U have a different opinion? Then u also need to get into a boxing hall of fame first - and I 'all take u serious grin

Now, back to ur point. Wilder had 41 fights.

[s]Apart 4rm a washed up Luis Ortiz - who was asthmatic and suffering 4rm high blood pressure and an out-of-shape overweight Tyson fury who had been redundant for 3 years and still came out to beat Wilder - even though the match was controversially declared a split draw.
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Tell me who else did Wilder fight?

(And I will tell u they are unranked bums) grin

So plz tell me... ( I'm waiting 4 ur answer ) grin
First of all, only illiterates answer questions with questions. And on top of it, wait for answers.

And for the canceled part of your post, I only mentioned Wilder's stats. You were the one who had problems with the men he fought. Perhaps, you have also forgotten that you were the one who pointed out that Wilder had only fought bums.

So, I began to wonder who Joshua himself has fought aside a tired Klitschko who had not fought for 2 years and was past 40 while Joshua was in his 20s. The old man also knocked Joshua down.

You wrote that Fury had been redundant for 3 years. Well, he had at least a comeback fight, even if you say he fought a bum.

Frankly, I think we should just end this conversation. I find it rather bland
CrimeRe: Goat Thief Burnt Alive In Aba (Disturbing Photos) by BluntBoy(m): 3:34pm On May 04, 2019
Which of the Mods caught him. I am guessing it was Mynd grin

On a serious note, this is barbaric. Burning someone to death because he stole? What does life mean to these beasts in human form?

And they burnt the goat too. Pray tell me, what was the offence of the innocent goat?

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