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well done,bro!

THE PASSPORT OF MALLAM ILIA,honestly

The simplicity of the narrative and the originality of the language make Things Fall Apart the first African novel of choice. The title is perfect and the universal attraction of the title has indeed kept the novel evergreen till date.
Because, things fall apart everywhere, from Nigeria to Zimbabwe to Iraq. And things will always fall apart on earth.

it's nice to see you say something complimentary of the "iroko" of African prose,Chinua Achebe,at least for once.Well,nobody has said "Half of a yellow sun" was a modern classic,why THEN are you claiming so?anyway,written any poetry collection so far?i honestly love to see one,HONESTLY,

i think the question should have been written as:SOYINKA AND ACHEBE;WHO IS GREATER?.anyway,ndipe's opinion is also mine and i think that does it for this overthrashed issue.

well,i think my best novelist is George Orwell for his classics,1984 and ANIMAL FARM.i also like his THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER.

orinkila big mouth!!what do you have with adichie that you take so much time to paste glowing reviews about her?.yes,she is good but i will wait to see what she is gonna do after winning the prize before calling her a genius!ben okri won the booker in '91 and ever since then went into oblivion,or as far as i am concerned,

i like her writing,she dey write like her master and my friend,chinua achebe-the purpose,conviction and manner is there.but i sure say the prize na consolation.abi,how u see am

As a way of correction,Soyinka did not win the Nobel peace prize.He won the Nobel LITERATURE prize in 1986 and dedicated his prize to Africa.I remember that when Achebe was asked to comment about the prize,he called it "a European affair" and "a case of beating the white to his own game".Contrary to what some people think about Achebe,he did not suckle because of the prize.No,he didn't!I personally believe that what stands Achebe out from Soyinka and other new generation African writers is the SIMPLICITY of words with which he uses to create DEEP meanings.Read some of his novels,essays and war poems and you'll know what i am talking about.People like Achebe who do not use sophisticated language in writing may hardly win prizes but they surely write books we commonly term CLASSICS,THINGS FALL APART,for example.Soyinka is good in his mastery of the English language.He is a worthy Nobel laureate,a true activist for the Nigerian people and a worthy ambassador even in the "European game".Emmmmmm,talk about African literature anywhere in the world and the two of them easily come to mind.In short,I am proud of their efforts as my countrymen and deem both GREAT!
As a diversion,I think we need more classics like THINGS FALL APART and Nobel literature prizes like Soyinka's in Nigeria.Enough of all these sloppy writing I see demonstrated by our New Nigerian writers and let us get busy writing with more purpose and not just to display our vocabulary or create sensational stories.I bet you,a writer like Amos Tutuola makes more meaning than most of them even with his poor English!
I HAIL NAIRALAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

me too,

well,to me,ABIKU by soyinka is nice but something close to incantation in yoruba mythology.have u read HEAVENSGATE by chris okigbo ?the poem is tight,very tight.about nigerian poets,i love clark,okigbo,soyinka and okara in that order.chao

well,at least great minds understood perfectly.u know anything?

read all of achebes novels,esssays and poetry,some of soyinkas,som of clarks plays and poetry,ben okris FLOWERS AND SHADOWS,amandas HALF OF A YELLOW SUN, AND SEVERAL OTHER NIGERIAN WRITERS.

all of u,shut up! i think the beauty of her books is in their publishers.there are so many unknown good as well guys in africa.and until i see someone as good as an achebe or ngugi or gordimer,I CANNOT CELEBRATE ANY YET,