Obiagu1:

"Things Fall Apart has been translated into 50 languages "

http://africasacountry.com/2013/03/22/chinua-achebe-the-writer-lives-on/

Crayola1:

Still a backyard production dear.

Made with a nokia phone I bet lmao

TheBookWorm: It is very hard to compare Chinua Achebe with Wole Soyinka.

If one is to read a novel by Chinua Achebe, you notice that you become engrossed into the book. It shows that he is a master storyteller.

And let me be honest, it took me a while to appreciate Wole Soyinka's literary masterpieces. When I read his work in high school, his work was like reading an African Shakespeare. It took me going to college and reading his work again to appreciate his style. His work is also good for plays just like Shakespeare.

So I think it is safe to say that Chinua Achebe is the Father of Africa's Modern Literature, but Wole Soyinka is like Africa's Shakespeare. But this is just my humble opinion.

babyosisi: For those actually interested in knowledge not the block heads parroting hear say



Chinua Achebe's published works include non fictional books dating back to many decades and they include



The trouble with Nigeria

The African Trilogy

The Education of a British protected Child

Home and Exile

Hopes and Impediments

There was a Country


And others



Don't let ignorant posters on nairaland who have never read ANY BOOKS ,deceive you

babyosisi: Wole Soyinka should be careful not to destroy the legacy he has built by involving himself in unsavory affairs.
The first time the Prof disappointed me was when he spoke in support of Patience Jonathan's perm sec appointment,now this.


Chinua Achebe was called the father and grandfather of African literature by others
He did not label himself that
People recognized his immeasurable contribution to African literature and bestowed on him that honor in his lifetime so it is quite petty for WS whom I respect a great to utter such words.
It makes him sound jealous and he should be above such pettiness.
Michael Jackson was called the King of Pop
Elvis was the King of Rock and Roll
Donna Summer was the Queen of Disco While Aretha Franklin is and remains the Queen of soul
That label on Chinua is deserving.


Secondly why speak about Chinua's Book in his death what you couldn't say while he was alive?
I love Soyinka but his words here are beneath a man of his calibre
Maybe old age is setting in
Still respect you sir but you disappoint me here once again

Ola Johnson:
You're indeed educated for saying a 1971 movie was produced with a nokia phone.

shymexx:

Your last sentence don't make sense at all. Shakespeare is the standard for English literature, and if he's a "Shakespeare wannabe" - that's good thing. At the end of the day, he got to the pinnacle of that Shakespeare wannabe-ism and also won the most prestigious prize for it. Whilst still being African in his consciousness. You can't be more African than WS.

Afam4eva:
I'm surprising that you said this. Whatever happened to your Africanism.

Afam4eva:
The truth is that, the only reason why people try to compare Soyinka to Achebe is unconnected with the fact that Soyinka won the Nobel prize. Had he not won it, he would have just been regarded with the likes of Elechi Amadi, Cyprian Ekwensi, Ola Rotimit etc.

Afam4eva:
I'm surprising that you said this. Whatever happened to your Africanism.

shymexx:

No, the only reason why people compare Achebe to Soyinka is because of his "Things Fall Apart" book that counteracted Joseph Conrad's racist "Heart of Darkness." He fed off that energy and truth be told, without that energy, I doubt Achebe belongs to the same class as WS.

That's the truth and nothing but the truth!!

I'm out, yo!!

Obiagu1: Can we realistically say that Wole Soyinka was over hyped for nothing.

shymexx:

No, the only reason why people compare Achebe to Soyinka is because of his "Things Fall Apart" book that counteracted Joseph Conrad's racist "Heart of Darkness." He fed off that energy and truth be told, without that energy, I doubt Achebe belongs to the same class as WS in literature, in its purest form.

That's the truth and nothing but the truth!!

I'm out, yo!!

Check under "S-T" Column . There's a little "surprise" for you there

honey86: why is it that ibo people thinks everyone hates them and is jealous of them. Why do they have to be so bitter. Father or no father, the man don die. All you can do now is to honour his memory. maybe it will be better sef if they have biafra nation so we can rest.

Afam4eva:
The truth is that, the only reason why people try to compare Soyinka to Achebe is unconnected with the fact that Soyinka won the Nobel prize. Had he not won it, he would have just been regarded with the likes of Elechi Amadi, Cyprian Ekwensi, Ola Rotimit etc.

babyosisi:

WS is not overhyped
The movie that wins an academy award is not necessarily the highest grossing movie or the people's choice but the choice of those in the committee
That is what I see here
Let us not forget that Chinua won the man booker award several times in his lifetime
That is no easy feat either

Crayola1:

Why you mad though. If you want to call Soyinka the alpha and omega of literature you are free to do so. Is anyone stopping you folks?