privaldo:


She could appropriately fit into that league, if you have read her works and gone through her profile, you would agree without doubt that she can be counted among the best Nigeria has ever produced.

I wouldn't have made that assertion if I hadn't read any of her books and in fact, I've read 3 of her books.

She writes for the mainstream, and she's receiving this much attention because she promotes their agenda, nothing really special about her works.

RemiTinubu:
what of chimamanda?
she's our generation

can you compare Ronaldo with Rooney?

Aderewah:
Best african playwright.
Prof wole is best african dramatist.

Unfortunately, after their set including jp Clark, ben okri, Amos tutuola, Cyprian ekwensu, and so many other, our generation have no brilliant writers to produce. Majorly because of our now useless educational system and eroding reading culture.

C N ADICHIE and my humble self are determined to fill the vaccuum. Read my work, WHERE WE ARE AND WHY and you will be convinced

meccuno:
can you compare Ronaldo with Rooney?

chimamanda can never be compared to the great achebe and others but she's a legend in her generation

education is gradually fading away. Even the ones who went to good schools were they pay huge amount of money for tuition, still have nothing to offer. After Chimamanda Adechie, and some few who are making us proud, who can we look to as the next icons of greatness in this field ?

And Hope You Remember Clearly That Gone Are The Days When Good Jobs Would Be Patiently Waiting for A Secondary School Under-graduate.
Gone Are The Days When Education Give 95% Assurance Of At Least Moderate Standard Of Living.
Gone Are The Days When Concrete Priority Is Put In The Educational Sector.
God Are The Days When Teachers Are Appointed Based On Meritocracy And Not Mediocrity.The List Goes On And On.

So What Are You Talking About?

GogobiriLalas:
Achebe can tell a story but Soyinka is a wordsmith.

Exactly, worlds apart

do u know why,
Because they disagree with foreign god story which u guys a worshipping now . they made use of their senses not "pastor say"

grandstar:
He was a master storyteller.

Wole Soyinka is a wordsmith

Both are giants

Amanew:
Igbo Amaka!!!

You don't have to do that.He made us all proud.

mikaelzX:
You don't have to do that.He made us all proud.

He made Igbo's proud nah!

Amanew:
He made Igbo's proud nah!

Yeah, it's a nice thing he did, but gloating over it to non-Igbos is not very wise.

mikaelzX:
Yeah, it's a nice thing he did, but gloating over it to non-Igbos is not very wise.

My dear!Just that the denied u History in School go and study about the Life History of him!and thank me Later!!!
He made Igbo's proud!!!

junnyjake:


She's a boring storyteller, her works don't command emotions like the writers the guy mentioned.

she's not boring at all.

Her half of a yellow sun is an emotional roller coaster.

Purple hibiscus was also a great read.

Focusmind:
Before he came back and had the accident that paralyzed him and condemned him to wheel chair for life in 1991. Nigeria's environment is so unfriendly in everything and could truncate ones' dream and aspiration in a twinkle of an eye.

hmm village people

RemiTinubu:
chimamanda can never be compared to the great achebe and others but she's a legend in her generation

she is an mbappe for now .have you read a book and the images were created in your head that it became a movie ? That's what the likes of Achebe would do to you .

meccuno:
she is an mbappe for now .have you read a book and the images were created in your head that it became a movie ? That's what the likes of Achebe would do to you .

yes ooo
things fall apart and arrow of God will make you feel like watching a movie

i have read things fall apart more than 11 times

Obioma Chigozie is another great young writer

Aderewah:
Best african playwright.
Prof wole is best african dramatist.

Unfortunately, after their set including jp Clark, ben okri, Amos tutuola, Cyprian ekwensu, and so many other, our generation have no brilliant writers to produce. Majorly because of our now useless educational system and eroding reading culture.

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Aderewah:
Best african playwright.
Prof wole is best african dramatist.

Unfortunately, after their set including jp Clark, ben okri, Amos tutuola, Cyprian ekwensu, and so many other, our generation have no brilliant writers to produce. Majorly because of our now useless educational system and eroding reading culture.

How do you mean “Ekwensu“? It's Cyprian Ekwensi.

junnyjake:


She's a boring storyteller, her works don't command emotions like the writers the guy mentioned.

Yeah, she's a very boring storyteller who won the following..

Focusmind:
Before he came back and had the accident that paralyzed him and condemned him to wheel chair for life in 1991. Nigeria's environment is so unfriendly in everything and could truncate ones' dream and aspiration in a twinkle of an eye.

The accident occurred in 1987!

ekestic1976:



The accident occurred in 1987!

And the picture was in 1988??. So after the accident in 1987 that he got paralyzed, he was still walking in 1988 as could be seen in the picture. What I read about his life was that the accident happened in 1991 on his way to his home town of Ogidi in Anambra State.

Johnnycife:
Those were the days when people read books, with diligence and hard work. and not this fast food kind of century where people want to get rich without doing nothing. I remembered my elder brother wistling while solving his further mathematics, and even looking for more problems to solve, and even students burning the midnight candle just to become top of the class. Now we only have very few people who take their academic work seriously, is either some are slaying or about to be slayed, or somewhere dancing some unusual music were you'll have to spin your head in the name of dancing, they'd rather spend their time talking about useless things, Tonto dike wahala or uploading pictures everywhere. education is gradually fading away. Even the ones who went to good schools were they pay huge amount of money for tuition, still have nothing to offer. After Chimamanda Adechie, and some few who are making us proud, who can we look to as the next icons of greatness in this field ?

@bolded, Okey Ndibe

Focusmind:


And the picture was in 1988??. So after the accident in 1987 that he got paralyzed, he was still walking in 1988 as could be seen in the picture. What I read about his life was that the accident happened in 1991 on his way to his home town of Ogidi in Anambra State.

Not true, sir. The great man died somewhere in Ogun state on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on his way to Lagos to catch a plane overseas. I read about it in the newspapers then. Kindly check the story again and revert. I wasn't a toddler at the time!

CanineOfJackal:
I've Read Arrows of God more than ten times and I'm still craving to read it again.

The amount of African proverb in that book makes Things fall apart look western

My sentiment when I read it too.
Arrow of God easily displaced my African Bible, Things Fall Apart.
Ezeulu is one stubborn and resilient character.

itspzpics:
Checkout Chinua Achebe in March 9, 1988, once a visiting professor, signs a copy of his book "Anthills of the Savannah" while attending a reception in his honor. Three unidentified women and an unidentified man look on. All Rights Reserved: Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.

See more photos below

Gist From Praizenews ; http://www.praizenews.com/throwback-photo-of-chinua-acahebe-signing-a-copy-of-his-book-anthills-of-savannah/


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My father, my father!

junnyjake:


I wouldn't have made that assertion if I hadn't read any of her books and in fact, I've read 3 of her books.

She writes for the mainstream, and she's receiving this much attention because she promotes their agenda, nothing really special about her works.

try reading purple hibiscus....and come back...

CanineOfJackal:
I've Read Arrows of God more than ten times and I'm still craving to read it again.

The amount of African proverb in that book makes Things fall apart look western

I personally consider arrow of god his best work so far.

Oshi5403:
education is gradually fading away. Even the ones who went to good schools were they pay huge amount of money for tuition, still have nothing to offer. After Chimamanda Adechie, and some few who are making us proud, who can we look to as the next icons of greatness in this field ?

And Hope You Remember Clearly That Gone Are The Days When Good Jobs Would Be Patiently Waiting for A Secondary School Under-graduate.
Gone Are The Days When Education Give 95% Assurance Of At Least Moderate Standard Of Living.
Gone Are The Days When Concrete Priority Is Put In The Educational Sector.
God Are The Days When Teachers Are Appointed Based On Meritocracy And Not Mediocrity.The List Goes On And On.

So What Are You Talking About?

So by your logic we should all join the bandwagon?. A wrong thing remains a wrong thing regardless of how many people are doing it. You should be the one explaining what you're talking about.

ekestic1976:


Not true, sir. The great man died somewhere in Ogun state on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on his way to Lagos to catch a plane overseas. I read about it in the newspapers then. Kindly check the story again and revert. I wasn't a toddler at the time!

You may be correct as I was a teen then. To make this assertion confidently, I don't have any cause to doubt you. May be the article I read it before may not be actually correct. Just to correct your post, he did not die in the accident. He suffered a serious spinal cord injury that resulted in him been unable to work again. I think he died in the early 2000 during the Obasanjo time.

Thank you.

iodineadamatine:



So by your logic we should all join the bandwagon?. A wrong thing remains a wrong thing regardless of how many people are doing it. You should be the one explaining what you're talking about.

I Am Not In Anyways Clamouring That We Should All Join The Bandwagon.But What Am Trying To Let You Know Is That The Current Educational System Is Unfavourable,and Does Not In Anyway Motivate The Youths Of Today To Dissipate Much Energy,time And Resources To Education Like Our Earstwhile Counterparts.

Focusmind:


You may be correct as I was a teen then. To make this assertion confidently, I don't have any cause to doubt you. May be the article I read it before may not be actually correct. Just to correct your post, he did not die in the accident. He suffered a serious spinal cord injury that resulted in him been unable to work again. I think he died in the early 2000 during the Obasanjo time.

Thank you.

Thanks, he certainly didn't die in the accident - that's a slip. But HE DIED IN IN 1987: I'm SURE of this. So it wasn't during Obasanjo presidency. Know why I'm so sure? It was in the same year that Awolowo died.