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Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 8:47am On Oct 16, 2019 |
Makuos19: Oga, just go away. You keep on making blunders after blunders. Just save yourself further embarrassment. Things Fall Apart is not the most widely read in the world. Even the Harry Potter books are more widely read than Things Fall Apart. 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by Makuos19: 8:48am On Oct 16, 2019 |
BluntBoy: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 novel in the world |
Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 8:50am On Oct 16, 2019 |
Makuos19: 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 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 8:51am On Oct 16, 2019 |
Makuos19: 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. 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by Makuos19: 8:53am On Oct 16, 2019 |
BluntBoy: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 |
Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by Makuos19: 8:55am On Oct 16, 2019 |
BluntBoy: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
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Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 8:58am On Oct 16, 2019 |
Makuos19: SMH... Why are you people so retarded. Achebe is not even a playwright, so he doesn't fit into this issue. 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by Makuos19: 8:59am On Oct 16, 2019 |
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Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 9:00am On Oct 16, 2019 |
Makuos19: So, JK Rowling is greater than Achebe since her books are more widely read than Things Fall Apart? Kai, you people need education. |
Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by Makuos19: 9:00am On Oct 16, 2019 |
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Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by Makuos19: 9:01am On Oct 16, 2019 |
BluntBoy: And who is JK Rowling |
Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 9:02am On Oct 16, 2019 |
Makuos19: That was someone's article. The person even placed Ben Okri over Nurudeen Farah and Ngugi Wa Thiongo. |
Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by Makuos19: 9:03am On Oct 16, 2019 |
BluntBoy:Really? Ok Then show your own lets see... And what of this one below....
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Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 9:04am On Oct 16, 2019 |
Makuos19: 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. 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by Makuos19: 9:05am On Oct 16, 2019 |
BluntBoy: Oga, what of this one....
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Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 9:06am On Oct 16, 2019 |
Makuos19: 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. 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by Makuos19: 9:08am On Oct 16, 2019 |
BluntBoy: Then show us your own na lets see where Soyinka is above Achebe This is another one below...it says the best african writer of all time
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Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 9:08am On Oct 16, 2019 |
Makuos19: 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? |
Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by Makuos19: 9:10am On Oct 16, 2019 |
BluntBoy: But this is another one below.... It says "Top 10 African Authors Of All Time"
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Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by BluntBoy(m): 9:28am On Oct 16, 2019 |
Makuos19: 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. |
Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by Makuos19: 10:02am On Oct 16, 2019 |
BluntBoy:You said he is better & more interesting writer...Yet in the top 10 Best African Writer he comes below Achebe!!! |
Re: Wole Soyinka And Chimamanda Adichie At The Felabration 2019, Pictured Together by samuel19222(m): 2:21pm On Oct 16, 2019 |
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