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Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by oolumide: 3:49pm On Apr 05, 2009 |
Which are the books you read when you were young that gives you nostalgic feelings for me these are the one that I remember. 1. My fathers Daughter 2. Adventure of Sauza 3. Taiwo and Kehinde 4. Alawiye 1-6 5. Olowolayemo 6. Sugar girl Chip in yours 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by jumoke90(f): 9:22pm On Apr 18, 2009 |
Janet and John Little red riding hood Ade goes to school Alawuye my mother(poem) so many wonderful books, 2 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by biolabee(m): 9:30pm On Apr 18, 2009 |
eze goes to school the boy slave one week one trouble african nights entertainment 58 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by nigboy(m): 6:59pm On May 30, 2009 |
Eze Goes to School Pride and Prejudice Concubine 26 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by Sammy107d(m): 2:22am On May 31, 2009 |
Eze goes to school Alawiye Gbonka ati Timi Igi Woroko Eko ede Yoruba 1- infinty Taiwo and Kehinde Iyawo Alarede So many more, (the most hilarious is one where the king decreed that everyone in the village must bow and worship him every time he sneezes and a bell is rung, and this other english book with the house maid character named 'Polycarp') i wonder what they read now, 7 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by Bolarge(m): 9:58am On Jun 03, 2009 |
The Boy Slave Return of the Shettima Passport of Mallam Ilia The Drummer Boy My Father's Daughter Pacesetter series An African Night Entertainment . . . the list goes on. 42 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by mohawkchic(f): 1:00pm On Jun 03, 2009 |
~So Long A Letter ~Mariama Bâ. ~The God's Are Not To Blame ~Ola Rotimi ~Things Fall Apart ~Chinua Achebe ~Sweet Valley High ~Francine Pascal ~Famous 5 ~ Enid Blyton ~The Secret Seven ~ Enid Blyton ~Agatha Christie ~Sherlock Holmes ~A Few Pacesetta Books~cant remember the Titles 29 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by biolabee(m): 9:18pm On Jun 03, 2009 |
wedlock of the gods - zulu sofola trials of bro jero and metamorphosis - wole soyinka theres this book i cant remember the names something about a leopard and mammy water time changes yesterday i think (about one dude named kofi) 7 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by agabaI23(m): 10:56pm On Jun 03, 2009 |
Samankwe and the highway robbers 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by DeepSoul(f): 2:31pm On Jun 04, 2009 |
~The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born~ ~Oliver Twist~ ~The Concubine~ ~This Is Our Chance~ ~The gods Are Not To Blame~ ~Romeo and Juliet~ ~Anthills of the Savannah~ ~Etc~ 28 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by tpiah: 3:04pm On Jun 04, 2009 |
biolabee: Is it The Bottled Leopard? I've been meaning to reread that book. 4 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by chiogo(f): 1:11am On Jun 08, 2009 |
Eze goes to school Oliver Twist The precious child James Hadley Chase collection The pacesetters collection The nancy drew collection Stranger in the mirror - Sydney Sheldon And lots more - I used to read a lot of adult novels when I was younger. 5 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by jidobaba(m): 7:22pm On Jun 08, 2009 |
Call me Micheal Tunji the Motor Mechanic The legend of sleepy hollow Wind in the willows 1 Like |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by SeanT21(f): 6:32am On Jun 09, 2009 |
"When Nancy Drew came back as a ghost, seeking news of what she loved most,she asked first,"Where is my son,what happened to Abe, what have he done"? This was one of my favorite books growing up in Liberia. The Nancy Drew series was read my many kids and we loved it. 2 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by biolabee(m): 10:56am On Jun 09, 2009 |
tpiah: i remember now that is it, very scary book tx tpiah 3 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by mohawkchic(f): 7:24pm On Jun 09, 2009 |
~I've been thinking about some more books i'd read. . . Nancy Drew popped into my head last night. . When i read your post about Nancy Drew SeanT . . .I'm like OMG! 1 Like |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by Cyberfreak(f): 5:29am On Jun 10, 2009 |
Wow. I read a lot of books as a child. A LOT!!! I was quite a voracious reader. I didn't read a lot of foreign books though, (so I didn't know of the Nancy Drew mentioned here, only knew of the one shown on Teevee). Eze goes to school. Tales out of school. Cheer up brother. The college days of John Ojo. My father's car. An African night's entertainment. The drummer boy. The passport of Mallam illia. Sugar girl. The Village headmaster. Tales from an African Village. Stories my mother told me. The African child. Chike and the river. Things fall apart. The slave girl. The bottled Leopard. The wives' revolt. Echoes of hard times. Oliver Twist. Peter Abraham The she-devil. Gower street. Shakespeare; Macbeth, merchant of Venice etc. Infact etc to the whole list sef. 24 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by SeanT21(f): 7:16am On Jun 10, 2009 |
mohawkchic: ITS A SMALL WORLD. Wonderful BOOK!! 2 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by C2H5OH(f): 7:21am On Jun 10, 2009 |
ali and simbi eze goes to school alawuye whatever 1 Like |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by OnyinyeGod(f): 11:10am On Jun 10, 2009 |
The Maids are not to blame by Menakiti Onyekwelu ( I love this book so much, it inspires me) Oku ghara ite Chike and the river Ojadili This is our chance My daughter my wealth Anu gbaa ajo oso and so many them , 6 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by mohawkchic(f): 3:28pm On Jul 11, 2009 |
~Jane Eyre ~Oliver Twist ~Great Expectations ~The Prince & The Pauper ~A Tale Of Two Cities 3 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by Akanniade(m): 2:16am On Jul 13, 2009 |
Ade our naugthy little brother chike and the river Ifeanyi and Obi Return journey Pacesetter series- my first was "life is a lottery" Enid blyton serie The African child Passport of mallam Ilia Iroko man and the wood carver Lamb tales from shakespear Silas Marner Adventures of Souza Juju rock David copperfield Return of Shettima Chicken licken, henny penny, ducky lucky, drakey lackey, foxy loxy, goosy loosy, Ho the memories I wish i had the time to read them all over again 6 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by muyiscoi(m): 9:15pm On Jul 21, 2009 |
Eze goes to school Oliver twist The drummer boy one week one trouble double trouble the lion and the jewel (alhough i can remeber that i did not understand i thing, i still read it) eze goes to college the concubine things fall apart the beautiful ones are not yet born (first two chapters only. it was too boring and i couldnt make myself continue reading it) anthills of the savanna, e.t.c the list is very long. i love to read and i did even way back when i was little. 3 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by zibby(m): 8:12pm On Jul 25, 2009 |
Ah, here are the ones that come directly to mind: * Call me Michael * Eze goes to school * Chike and the River * Famous Five (several) * Secret Seven (several) * Without a Silver Spoon 1 Like |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by Tatase(f): 10:58am On Jul 28, 2009 |
Hmmm. . . There were so many: Noddy Curious George Alf Gorilla Babar the Elephant TinTin The Berenstain Bears That Set of 50 Enid Blyton books that included The Three Golliwogs The Anne of Green Gables Series Babysitters Club Sweet Valley Nancy Drew Hardy Boys Famous Five Secret Seven St. Clare's Mallory Towers The Naughtiest Girl in School series Are You There God, It's Me Margaret The Secret Garden A Little Princess The Railway Children Ramona The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Charlotte's Web Madeline Every children's book by Roald Dahl (Charlie & the Choc. Factory, Matilda, the BFG, Witches, Henry Sugar etc) Little Women/Good Wives/Little Men/ Jo's Boys Only Bread for Eze No School for Eze No Supper for Eze Without a Silver Spoon Tales out of School and More Tales out of School The Adventures of Api etc etc 6 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by spicy007(f): 11:35am On Jul 30, 2009 |
so many , hmm lets see: Enid Blyton collection James Hadley Chase Eze Goes to Schol Death in the Family the Concubine Sangba fo Ogboju Ode ni 'gbo Irumole Sugar girl, i think , the protagonist is called Koku Baboni The entire Eze series Novels by PaceSetter etc 3 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by Nobody: 3:29pm On Aug 01, 2009 |
Sugar Girl. . . can you believe that's the only one i remember |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by Emmandus(m): 4:14pm On Apr 17, 2012 |
Nice thread i read a couple of books while growing and I should mention some today Enid Blyton's Famous five series Kola Onadipe's Sugar Girl and Koku Baboni The Slave Boy The return of the slave boy Things fall apart Adventures of Kwekwu Ananse Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irunmole(The Yoruba Tales of 7 great Hunters in the Mysterious evil forest) by D.O. fagunwa atc. I will stop here for now LoL! Yours Keep reading to Greatness! Emmandus 2 Likes |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by Nickydrake(m): 11:46am On Apr 23, 2012 |
Interesting thread. I too read quite a lot when i was much younger, it was about the only thing i enjoyed doing which my parents also approved of. There was this local library i got registered in back then, dusty and derelict, it had the feel of a mummy's tomb. But the books in it ! Here's a few i enjoyed... ALL of the Williard Price Adventure Series (Hal & Roger Hunt) - My all-time favourite. The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma Terror in Winnipeg Murder on the Canadian Vancouver Nightmare The Island of the Blue Dolphins The Boy Who Was Afraid The Boy Who Knew Too Much Coral Island 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea! Kidnapped The Iliad of Homer Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Of course) Not to mention a host of fairy tale and short story anthologies. Funny enough, i never read any of Enid Blyton's. Hans Anderson and the Grimm brothers furnished me with all the fairy fantasies any child could wish for. Man, just thinking of that library sends waves of nostalgia sweeping through me. Glad i renewed my membership during my last visit home even if i'll hardly use it. 1 Like |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by Nickydrake(m): 11:55am On Apr 23, 2012 |
Didn't read much of african literature then. The only remarkable ones i can remember are An African Night's Entertainment and The Passport of Mallam Ilia. |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by Lillyeean(f): 10:05pm On May 10, 2012 |
biolabee: I really dint understan d that book- the bottled leopard... Maybe because I was young... I'd love to reread it though |
Re: Which Are The Books You Read When You Were Young by Lillyeean(f): 10:14pm On May 10, 2012 |
... Few ones I can remember * Enid Blyton's series * Kalila and Dimna- The tales of Dr. Bidpai * Father's Wish... I cld read it 100 tyms ......mehn... There's alot of 'em and I cant rememba * disappointed* 1 Like |
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