This thread is a breath of fresh air,a total deviation from the normal tribal squabbles and party talks!
Yes,i remember reading most of these books as a student. Admittedly a handful of them left lasting impressions on my mind.
One week One trouble was my favourite novel in the Children and Adolescent course in my English class. How can i forget my boy Wilson Tagbo aka Mr Trouble. I was so scared he was going to be expelled from school due to his weekly misfortunes and troubles.
I read The Concubine like every Six months,that is one of my favourite African literature.
I also remember reading the Bottled Leopard in primary school.
I read The Joys of Motherhood in my Feminism class and i almost shed a tear for Nnu Ego's plight. That woman passed through a lot of pain.
The only Second Chance i remember is the one written by Buchi Emecheta.
I also read Akin the Drummer boy as a child.
I'm a proud English/Lit graduate till tomorrow. Reading broadens your mind and has the ability to take you across experiences and places.

I've been going through the thread and can't help it but cry;
What happened to Nigeria?
What happened to our educational system??
What happened to our teenagers and young adults
How come, exam malpractice have become this attractive and so many other questions? God please heal and restore our nation.

DABMarkNig2019:
I've been going through the thread and can't help it but cry;
What happened to Nigeria?
What happened to our educational system??
What happened to our teenagers and young adults
How come, exam malpractice have become this attractive and so many other questions? God please heal and restore our nation.

Internet happened. Internet and digital satellite.

This whole list is not complete without Eze goes to school and Alawiyee

This is so interesting. bringing old memories to limelight.

Absolutely interesting thread, I know 80% of these books, jad access to them, never read them. I was more interested in becoming a mechanic then :-

Ishilove:
Truly a walk down memory lane. Social media has effed up so many things

Point of correction. Social media did not fück up anything. This is life. It's called advancement. Asking for anything less is technically, retrogression.

I'm sure if you were to be asked by someone now to start watching only B&W TV or start using those gramophones that our parents used to do Alanta, you will tell the person what tha fückkk?!!!

So that's just the way it is. Today we have Facebook and Twitter. Tomorrow who knows... But does that mean we will keep on longing for the good ol' days?

Hell no!

I say forward ever; backward never!

I love

"Tunde on the run"
" An African Night's Entertainment
"The boy slave"
Mother's choice
Ralia, the sugar girl
Etc

Impulse80:
Anyone remember The Trial of Jimmy Johnson?

of course I did

@ naptu2, I neva knew "the drummer boy" was abt kokoro. Thanks 4 that wonderful eye-opener.


the trial of brother jero is another wonderful book.

_{...and they will say blacks don't read}

Seeing this makes me sad. Hw I wish I could go bck to those days where bills aren't paid...

How about "Christmass in the City" by Afari Assan?.

ennyhola:
Explorer Sir.. I've read some of them but not All...where can I get it here in Ogun state?

I will be following you abeg

mismore:


The book should have been titled "struggle of motherhood"

Such a sad ending...

Exactly!
But I hope the book did not influence you negatively.






I mean, as a girl, reading that book would give you wrong impression about marriage...about husbands and that might make you try to behave in such a way as to avoid it because you are scared, thereby making life difficult for the guys who try to picture having a life with you...


That's if you do understand where I'm driving at...
It might cause a girl with an immature mind to have less regard for guys/husbands.


After all I almost had that impression, even as a guy

No one is talking about JUJU ISLAND, THE FRUIT OF HONESTY and WIVES REVOLT.

Then again,who else read Little Joe, Adventures of Nnanna, The Stillborn, Ocean of Ambition and The Smugglers? I read these novels as a child in Junior Secondary School.
Those days we saved money to buy novels during vacation and exchange it our friends when school resumed.
After that,we graduated to Mills and Boons as Big girls in Secondary school. Lol.
I enjoyed my childhood and teen days! Reminds me of when this Nation was full of hope and love.

Bryan12:
I wish I grew up in the 90s

sorry man, I feel your pain.
I myself wished I grew up in the 90s.

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.

Burning Grass.

Explorers:
At all, except these...

aaha bro..yo the man..reminds me of kako onikumo ekun

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.

The book you wanted to remember is " The burning Grass". It's funny you only remembered " sokugo" and not too well either. It was a Fulani herdsmen story written so well by the master writer Ekwensi. I wish he was here to write what is going on now - to his hero - Rikku of the thousand cattle.

Bluezy13:




Exactly!
But I hope the book did not influence you negatively.






I mean, as a girl, reading that book would give you wrong impression about marriage...about husbands and that might make you try to behave in such a way as to avoid it because you are scared, thereby making life difficult for the guys who try to picture having a life with you...


That's if you do understand where I'm driving at...
It might cause a girl with an immature mind to have less regard for guys/husbands.


After all I almost had that impression, even as a guy

It almost changed my perception about the whole marriage thing. But I've outgrown that.

Everything in life is worth giving a try, even one's dream!

I like the book sha, the last time I saw it with a friend i had to borrow it.

Ihuomadinihu:
This thread is a breath of fresh air,a total deviation from the normal tribal squabbles and party talks!
Yes,i remember reading most of these books as a student. Admittedly a handful of them left lasting impressions on my mind.
One week One trouble was my favourite novel in the Children and Adolescent course in my English class. How can i forget my boy Wilson Tagbo aka Mr Trouble. I was so scared he was going to be expelled from school due to his weekly misfortunes and troubles.
I read The Concubine like every Six months,that is one of my favourite African literature.
I also remember reading the Bottled Leopard in primary school.
I read The Joys of Motherhood in my Feminism class and i almost shed a tear for Nnu Ego's plight. That woman passed through a lot of pain.
The only Second Chance i remember is the one written by Buchi Emecheta.
I also read Akin the Drummer boy as a child.
I'm a proud English/Lit graduate till tomorrow. Reading broadens your mind and has the ability to take you across experiences and places.

Kids avoid threads like this.
I wouldn't respect anyone who grew up in the 70s, 80s, & 90s to behave in such an uncultured way of bringing tribalism into every single topic they open.

I'm currently feeling nostalgic, and I'm sure the rest of my night would be great. Thanks Ishilove once more.

awww, such an interesting thread.

a walk in the night by alex la guma opened my eyes to what life was like, back in d day in SA.

also read a large % of d African writers series. zambia shall be free by KK, the houseboy by fred oyono etc

the smugglers

survive Lagos by erica thomas and elizabeth anderson.

and one lovely little green book, a collection of african stories (revealer of secrets) edited by 2 american profs, philip bordinat and one other fellow, thomas. so many books I read, brings back some wonderful memories

dumo1:
This whole list is not complete without Eze goes to school and Alawiyee

I have a copy or two left. totally love the illustrations

i read the bottle leopard, time change yesterday and virtues of a woman...old times

I got deliveries just last week of The Concubine by Elechi Amadi, Toads for Super by Chukwuemeka Ike, The New Man by Femi Ademiluyi and The Passport of Mallam Ilia which I just finished about an hour ago. Currently reading the Famished Road by Ben Okri. Any one that has other classics, please let me know if we can exchange.

mismore:



It almost changed my perception about the whole marriage thing. But I've outgrown that.

Everything in life is worth giving a try, even one's dream!

I like the book sha, the last time I saw it with a friend i had to borrow it.

I'm however glad...for your maturity.
Have a nice evening.

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?

Oh I remember Shetima very well. Such memories.

Looks like nobody here read the passport of mallam Iliya by Cyprain Ekwensi. It was thoroughly interesting.

Bluezy13:




I'm however glad...for your maturity.
Have a nice evening.

Thanks, you too!

ottersberger:
How about "Christmass in the City" by Afari Assan?.

really interesting book there, and the humor as well, I won't expect anything less from the pace setters publications - wherever they are now.

I felt bad for the young boys when at a moment all their hopes of winning the lottery was dashed in the very last minute. I guess one of them was later hospitalized.

dumo1:

I remember that book. It's a stark contrast between the rich and the poor.

I haven't read the rich and the poor. I would love to read it.