I badly need to read more old books written by Nigerians. Gosh, I miss the golden days

op what about sugar girl

I read:

The bottled leopard
One day one trouble
The virtuous woman
without a silver spoon
The concubine
Mother's choice
Joys of motherhood
Drummer boy
Director seems familiar but can't remember if I read it.

You really tried, I don't think I can remember most of the story lines

Ishilove:


This took me down memory lane. Wow!!

I also remember another one written by Cyprian, about an old man struck with a spell of the wandering disease. Each time someone mentions Sokugo, the old man loses his senses and starts wandering upandan distant lands. I have forgotten the name but the plot has stayed with me all these years.

I think that should be Burning Grass by Cyprian Ekwensi, Mai Sunsaye, I still call people who wander that name.

I read all of them but some are missing like SUGAR GIRL(RALIA), THE gods are not to be blame, tales by moonlight,
Missed the good old days mehn,wish I could get all these books now.

Bros you enter class

abbeyty:
op what about sugar girl

Chokwe, my boy!!

Ishilove:


The part that got me was when the boy's father spat into his hands and asked him to lick it

"What the eyes does not see, the mouth does not water for." -Dede (1892)

naptu2:


I preferred Forty-Eight Guns For The General. My God, I lost myself in that book!

You, just go back to your generation. Ya too old plus your memory power is really superb.

emyjay2015:
Bros you enter class

meaning what ?

I read d Birthday girl.. I think the name of d min character was Alice.

Hnmmm...








Among the overlisted, the most touching is [b] The Joys of Motherhood". Won't forget what Nnuego had to pass through

Bluezy13:
Hnmmm...








Among the overlisted, the most touching is [b] The Joys of Motherhood". Won't forget what Nnuego had to pass through

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at the end she died on the street like a commoner. so painful

I was forced to read these two.


Never liked literature till today!

Anyone remember The Trial of Jimmy Johnson?

VictorRomanov:
I was forced to read these two.


Never liked literature till today!

please I beg you in God's name, do you have the book "passport of Mallam Illia "? Where can I get it?

naptu2:
O MY GOD! O MY GOD! You will die of laughter if you read this book. I'm not just saying it. You will actually die of laughter if you read it. This novel is totally hilarious.

Somebody stole my copy of the book, but I must buy another one soon.


The Interpreters by Wole Soyinka.

I soo much love it.. I still have mine..

naptu2:


It's a very crazy story about a delinquent boy called Akin and the absolutely crazy events that happened in his life.

You will read about the food riots that occurred in his school, his teenage female classmates that moonlight as prostitutes, the bathroom in the female hostel that can be seen from the building across the road, the time that he falsified his results, how he was either expelled from school or he dropped out (I can remember which) and how he stole a lot of money from accident victims and used that to start his company.

He therefore became the "Director" of the company and had lots of girlfriends and hosted lavish parties. He was also engaged in a lot of illegal activities (to keep the money flowing). Then you'll read about what happened to him in the end.

On point. I still have the book and others listed up there.

Proffdada:
please I beg you in God's name, do you have the book "passport of Mallam Illia "? Where can I get it?

I have it.

Proffdada:
please I beg you in God's name, do you have the book "passport of Mallam Illia "? Where can I get it?

I don't have ooo. Na borrow read things as at then.


Try checking for an online or PDF version

you know then, you cant join a book club until you have read a certain number of books.

Ishilove:


Yeah I remember this one. The twins were separated at birth over Mina's father's refusal to allow poor Richard marry his daughter.

Miatta, the twin named after the singer.

Chai! Ishilove, you are bringing me to tears. The memories I have of this book... Time flies.



Really, you shouldn't make a grown man cry. It's not right.

Ishilove:


http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/07/lailans-how-many-of-you-remember-these.html

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OP, thank you.
These were the books of our generation. The intellectual generation.
We loved to read.
We were more well bred and disciplined.
We produced Ben Okri, Festus Iyayi, Isidore Okpewo, Karen King-Aribisala and other illustrious authors.

Impulse80:
Anyone remember The Trial of Jimmy Johnson?

I over remember. Lol! That lady was just all over jimmy because he was rich not knowing he was a drug baron. Someone you just met wey you dey love up inside car, dey order bush meat anyhow for restaurant.
Hahaha.

VictorRomanov:


I don't have ooo. Na borrow read things as at then.


Try checking for an online or PDF version

for years I've been scraping online into deep web , all proved futile

Amusaopeyemi:

I have it.

please how can I get it or a copy?

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.

Ishilove:


I thought i saw Ralia Odinga

I know I've read this Boyslave book, but each time i try to conjure up the memory, Koku Baboni keeps popping up.

Who also remembers My Father's Daughter by Mabel something?

Proffdada:
please I beg you in God's name, do you have the book "passport of Mallam Illia "? Where can I get it?

Good book there.

when I read the boy slave I was moved to tears.

Bottled leopard, Sugar girl, Wilson tagbo, the drummer boy, the return of shetima (sequel to the boy slave) then I moved to Ivanhoe, King Solomons mine, adventure of Tom Sawyer, Oliver twist, weep not child and so on.

We did had a blessed childhood God.

Violence by Festus Iyayi

The English magazine: "I have never read anything which touches the raw flesh of abject poverty and cruel exploitation so continuously, yet ones final impression is of courage, spirit, loyalty and indomitable love and humanity... A tremendously powerful novel. "

Idemudia, Adisa...

I av read ds book countless tyms

Pls who can help me get all these books and post them to Uk for me, am missinmg home seriously,i will pay for transport and in conveniencies,thanks.

Wow! EstharFabian was still in heaven when these books were published. And that's understating the facts.

Ishilove:


When I read it the cover was different. Ekwueme died from the injuries he sustained in a fight with Madume. Madume, the greedy lecher began eyeing Ihuoma after her husband died. I think Madume later hung himself on a tree after he went blind. The spirit husband came in the form of a snake and spat into his eyes, blinding him. He sunk into depression afterwards, and then committed suicide.

Truly an unforgettable classic...

The concubine was one sick read mehn!