I just love good works,Lion n the jewel is cool but Things fall apart is more cool.The Gods r not to blame is so special but Joys of Motherhood will always be in my heart.A lucky Chance was my first primary novel but I can't forget Chike n the river/Without a silver spoon.... Don't tell me you haven't read Our Husband Have Gone Mad Again.

raphieMontella:

yes...
Our husband has gone mad again.

Yes o.

Sikira

Abeg, who knows how they can be downloaded online? .. I once searched for them online but I didn't see them

raphieMontella:

greater than okonji iweala?
Pls think well and stop this tribalism bs

Greater than Azikwe, Ojukwu, Ekwueme all put together

divicode:


Greater than Azikwe, Ojukwu, Ekwueme all put together

When you're done deceiving yourself, you can then catch the bus.

raphieMontella:

greater than okonji iweala?
Pls think well and stop this tribalism bs

Don't mind the mumu. Even Chimamanda Adichie writes better than wole Soyinka. Can't even compare Him with Achebe.

kennygee:
Death and The King's HorseMan.
But I enjoy Ola Rotimi's works more.

Ola rotimi's book are for kids

verygudbadguy:


Get a life. Do not die of afojaism. Prof. Wole has achieved a lot for himself. Do something that will make you standout in your dreamland, Biaf***.

Goodluck!

isi akwu.......u quoted me just for this trash?

His best books I've read: A Play of Giants, The Man Died, The Interpreters.

FreshShavedBalls:
Hmmm, just realising that i have not even read any of Wole's top 5 books

Those are not his top five books in my opinion.

Mine:

1. Ake (A classic, instrumental to his winning the Nobel Prize)

2. Lion and the Jewel (This book was described as one of the finest plays ever written. Soyinka's impeccable command of the English was widely praised by English critics). This play also mentioned some futuristic invention like yam pounders which we now have today.

3. Death and the King's Horseman (This play treats the issue of abobaku).

4. A Play of Giants (Men, this play was huge. It won prizes like mad). It was a satire on Idi Amin Dada of Uganda

5. The Jero Plays (Very prophetic as well and very funny).

I am a lover of Papa Soyinka's works from his poems to his prose. He is the wittiest and most hilarious African writer I have read and his command of English has no rival in Africa. Anyway, the mastery of English can be put down to his becoming a grammarian before secondary school (he mentioned it in his classic "Ake".

I don't even know any of his book sef

divicode:


The "mofo" is greater than anybody dead or alive in your biafrauud virtual republic

I'm sure you don't know his tribe,,,, d you?

LordOfNaira:


Those are not his top five books in my opinion.

Mine:

1. Ake (A classic, instrumental to his winning the Nobel Prize)

2. Lion and the Jewel (This book was described as one of the finest plays ever written. Soyinka's impeccable command of the English was widely praised by English critics). This play also mentioned some futuristic invention like yam pounders which we now have today.

3. Death and the King's Horseman (This play treats the issue of abobaku).

4. A Play of Giants (Men, this play was huge. It won prizes like mad). It was a satire on Idi Amin Dada of Uganda

5. The Jero Plays (Very prophetic as well and very funny).

I am a lover of Papa Soyinka's works from his poems to his prose. He is the wittiest and most hilarious African writer I have read and his command of English has no rival in Africa. Anyway, the mastery of English can be put down to his becoming a grammarian before secondary school (he mentioned it in his classic "Ake".

Back in the University when I read Death and the King horse man... I almost steal the book from our library

What of King Baabu? A play which was written by Wole Soyinka and was released during Abacha's regime. He had to make himself self exile in London when Abacha wanted to kill him.

raphieMontella:
the lion and the jewel is my favorite.
another writer I respect a lot is chinua Achebe.
no longer at ease etc.
who has read chinua Achebe's; The Trouble With Nigeria?

I've read the book.

Good job

raphieMontella:
the lion and the jewel is my favorite.
another writer I respect a lot is chinua Achebe.
no longer at ease etc.
who has read chinua Achebe's; The Trouble With Nigeria?

I had. Quoted some of his words in my final year research project. That small book (the trouble with Nigeria) captured everything wrong with Nigeria in shortest verses. Very interesting book!

bonana:


Don't mind the mumu. Even Chimamanda Adichie writes better than wole Soyinka. Can't even compare Him with Achebe.

It is very disrespectful to say that Adichie writes better than the master. A man who is described as a wordsmith. How deep are Adichie's works? How lasting would they be? Ever wondered why Jane Austin never won the Nobel Prize? It is because there is a difference between reading George Eliot and Toni Morrison. There is a difference between reading JK Rowling and Patrick Modiano. Instead of being so petty, why not try and compare Adichie with her contemporaries like Sarah Ladipo Manyika, Chinelo Okparanta, Helen Oyeyemi, Chika Unigwe, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Elnathan John and many others. You probably think it is beans to win the Nobel Prize?

divicode:


The "mofo" is greater than anybody dead or alive in your biafrauud virtual republic

Biafrauds ryt now

divicode:


The "mofo" is greater than anybody dead or alive in your biafrauud virtual republic

You just displayed how small ur sense is..

Chiamanda to start with, let me not add chino Achebe...


Small sense Syndrome.....


Afonjas AKA mouth making machine..

I will burn my bla bla bla if.. Trump..

talk is cheap joor...

abiodunalasa:


Back in the University when I read Death and the King horse man... I almost steal the book from our library

My brother, I just love Soyinka. Until I misplaced my copy, I read the book over and over again. Same with the Jero Plays. The man has a very good sense of humour.

007author:



Ola rotimi's book are for kids

I don't agree.

Thistrendblog:
Top 5 Books By Wole Soyinka: The Tale, The Story and a Must Read.

[b]5. The Beautification of Area Boy
That`s one of the recent books of Wole Soyinka. In this story, he portrays a life of the street urchins or “area boys”. The plot of the play is set in Lagos, Nigeria. The main personages of this play show how they face the everyday struggles and challenges.

Sanda is a university drop out. His wit helped made him a student but life forced him to dropout. He is a leader of a syndicate. Sanda works as a security guard in a shopping mall where he finds potential victims. Wole Soyinka portrays Sanda as the Nigerian version of Robin Hood. The character is a criminal but he is also a product of military oppressive rule.

The second character is Miseyi. She once studied at the same University as Sanda. Still, her quick judgment condemns any relationship between the two. Alas, when she starts to know him better – it becomes a new love story.

Another main character of the play is Judge. Through his deeds, we find Wole Soyinka`s philosophy of this play. Sometimes justice can be provided not through the laws but the merciful deeds.[/b]

Source: http://www.thistrend.com.ng/2017/05/top-5-books-by-wole-soyinka-tale-story.html?m=1

lalasticlala, Mynd44, Seun, Obinnau, Fynestboi, dominique, Obinoscopy

It's not Beautification. It's 'The Beatification of Area Boy'.

1. The Road
2. A Dance of the Forests
3. Death and the King's Horseman
4. The Man Died
5. Ake

Myth, literature and African World (essays) is also a must read.

The Man Died

Death And The Kings Horseman

The Jero Plays

The Lion And The Jewel

Ake : The years of childhood

Any list were 'The Man Died' is not present in first position is wrong my opinion. This has become WS's most important work.

northvietnam:



You just displayed how small ur sense is..

Chiamanda to start with, let me not add chino Achebe...


Small sense Syndrome.....


Afonjas AKA mouth making machine..

I will burn my bla bla bla if.. Trump..

talk is cheap joor...

Aren't they better off than FFK shagging your hero's wife, Ojukwu and he was made to fan them and later died of the heart attack? The Afonjas were neither abandoned at war front by the so-called "hero" Ojukwu being a coward he is?
I don't really blame myopic idohts like you trying to compare a Nobel prize winner to a lesbian from biafrauuud republic! Son, I spit on your head and walk out of thread

DaniDani:


I had. Quoted some of his words in my final year research project. That small book (the trouble with Nigeria) captured everything wrong with Nigeria in shortest verses. Very interesting book!

I swear,
Despite being over 30 years old, it still speaks the truth about present day Nigeria.

LordOfNaira:


Those are not his top five books in my opinion.

Mine:

1. Ake (A classic, instrumental to his winning the Nobel Prize ...

I would like to know how y ou came about that information.
'Ake' was not even mentioned in the 1986 Nobel prize citation.
It is the consensus that ' The Man Died' - written in prison, banned by the FG and later a battle manual for agitators and revolutionaries was direct the impetus for the prize.

No body has mentioned Kogi's harvest.

divicode:



Aren't they better off than FFK shagging your hero's wife, Ojukwu and he was made to fan them and later died of the heart attack? The Afonjas were neither abandoned at war front by the so-called "hero" Ojukwu being a coward he is?
I don't really blame myopic idohts like you trying to compare a Nobel prize winner to a lesbian from biafrauuud republic! Son, I spit on your head and walk out of thread

Talk is cheap boy...

All yee Descendants of Awolowo..

the poison Consumer 1 Of AfonJa Nation...

he who fights and Run Lives to fight Another..

but

He who drinks poison, Lolzzzzz.... ur guess is good as mine.

I feel like crying, cuz ur God Awolowo drank poison made in Aba...

Ezi offia... Otu Nne gi dia

Raintaker:
No body has mentioned Kogi's harvest.

There's room for only 5 ...