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Makuos19:
Hahaha...
You are the one that has comprehension problems.
Soyinka won the nobel prize. While Achebe is called "father of modern literature" because his book is the most widely read in the world - meaning his book is greater than Soyinka's book.

Messy & Ronaldo has won more awards than Pele...Yet because of Pele's achievement, Pele is still greater than Messy & Ronaldo

BluntBoy:
One of the finest in the world, not one of the finest African.

As in, in the history of playwrighting, Soyinka is one of the finest.

Show me where Achebe has been described as one of the finest writers (not African writer)?

Makuos19:
Hahaha...
You are the one that has comprehension problems.
Soyinka won the nobel prize. While Achebe is called "father of modern literature" because his book is the most widely read in the world - meaning his book is greater than Soyinka's book.

Messy & Ronaldo has won more awards than Pele...Yet because of Pele's achievement, Pele is still greater than Messy & Ronaldo

Makuos19:
It didnt say "in the world. Neither did it say in Africa." It only say "one of the finest"... not the finest.

And whether in the world or in africa, who is the finest

Oga, his book is the most widely read african book in the world

BluntBoy:
What point are you trying to make here? Are you saying Achebe is greater than Soyinka simply because Nadine Gordimer called him father of modern African literature

BluntBoy:
Kai, you have comprehension issues.

One of the finest to write in the English language.

It didn't specify. It didn't say one of the finest African.

Just imagine the dummies I waste my time arguing with.

Makuos19:
U see why you have comprehension issues.

The statement "one of the finest" is different from "the finest"

So i asked u again, who is the finest from Africa

BluntBoy:
SMH...

Why are you people so retarded.

Achebe is not even a playwright, so he doesn't fit into this issue.

Makuos19:
He is greater because his book is the most widely read african novel. That is his basis of his greatness. The world recognized him as "The Father Of African Literature"....except Soyinka

BluntBoy:
So, JK Rowling is greater than Achebe since her books are more widely read than Things Fall Apart?

Kai, you people need education.

Makuos19:
U see why you have comprehension issues.

The statement "one of the finest" is different from "the finest"

So i asked u again, who is the finest from Africa

BluntBoy:
That was someone's article.

The person even placed Ben Okri over Nurudeen Farah and Ngugi Wa Thiongo.

Makuos19:
And who is JK Rowling

BluntBoy:
So, you don't know JK Rowling? You people are not informed, but you want to argue books. The only writers you know are Achebe and Soyinka, and the only Achebe book you know is Things Fall Apart.

Well, for your information, JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books.

Makuos19:
Really?
Ok
Then show your own lets see...

BluntBoy:
If you are versed in African literature, you will not be wondering.

Moreover, the writer of the article said "contemporary" and still managed to squeeze Achebe onto the list.

Makuos19:
Oga, what of this one....

BluntBoy:
Oga, I asked a simple question.

Is JK Rowling greater than Achebe? Remember, she is more widely read than Achebe?

Another question, why do people think Achebe was greater than Soyinka? Is it because he was a better writer or because he is more widely read?

Makuos19:
But this is another one below.... It says "Top 10 African Authors Of All Time"

BluntBoy:
Such pointed dissents from multiculturalist orthodoxy may explain the strange fact that although Soyinka is, by most accounts, a better and more interesting writer than Achebe, he is not nearly so well known.
https://www.claremont.org/crb/article/up-from-colonialism/

Well known does not mean better writer.

So, according to most accounts, even though Soyinka is not as well read as Achebe, he is a better and more interesting writer.

Tina26:
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