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Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Nobody: 1:19pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Missclasssy thank you...joining You Guys soon |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Schematics: 1:19pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Stop trying to feel good. Achebe is the father of modern African literature. use your google and cure your ignorance. Achebe is the Africa's number ONE and the most influential African celebrity. Use your google once again! TFA has been translated into over 70 languages..do you know what that means? It means its a 'hotcake' around the world. So you are not wiser than the rest of the world. Go and get better things to do. Even this listing recognized that Achebe is the Africa's number one! hifaif: 5 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Buonsenso: 1:21pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
hifaif: No, I disagree. Tfa is not overrated..okri famished road is magic realism, Tfa is a sociological work, that is well written..its like comparing apples and watermelon. Both are fruits but of different taste. They are both good works in their own rights. Achebe is a great writer and we don't measure how good a writer is by his production levels but by profundity. Examples abound of writers who wrote just one or two masterpieces. 6 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Volksfuhrer(m): 1:21pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Op, your list is flawed. No Cyprian Ekwensi! No Ola Rotimi! What type of list is that! |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by drAvundaa: 1:22pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
kennygee:where is Elechi Amadi, Cyprian Ekwensi, Ola Rotimi, Ifeanyi Aniebo, . . .u need to know their quality before u repeat d list |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Nobody: 1:22pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by AreaFada2: 1:23pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
fretnot: I think there should be two lists. Older generation & younger generation. Older generation led by Achebe & Soyinka. Younger one led by Osundare & Habila. 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Schematics: 1:23pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Op is the not the source of this list, it was publish by a research firm. drAvundaa: |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by nagoma(m): 1:23pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
CYPERIAN EKWENSI I always wonder wonder why this great Nigeria writer Ekwensi is always underrated! Ekwensi was far greater than many in that list and would normally be close behind the first or the second best in this list. These are some of Ekwensi works, ( people of the city was my best, but I also loved Burning grass, loko town and all. Jagua Nana was my first contact with pidgin English - most entertaining) . When Love Whispers (1948) An African Night's Entertainment (1948) The Boa Suitor (1949) The Leopard's Claw (1950) People of the City (London: Andrew Dakers, 1954) The Drummer Boy (1960) The Passport of Mallam Ilia (written 1948, published 1960) Jagua Nana (1961) Burning Grass (1961) An African Nights Entertainment (1962) Beautiful Feathers (novel; London: Hutchinson, 1963) Rainmaker (collection of short stories; 1965) Iska (London: Hutchinson, 1966) Lokotown (collection of short stories; 1966) Restless City and Christmas Gold (1975) Divided We Stand: a Novel of the Nigerian Civil War (1980) Motherless Baby (Nigeria: Fourth Dimension Publishing Company, 1980) Jagua Nana's Daughter (1987) Behind the Convent Wall (1987) The Great Elephant Bird (Evans Brothers, 1990 Gone to Mecca (Heinemann Educational Books, 1991) Jagua Nana's Daughter (1993) Masquerade Time (children’s book; London: Chelsea House Publishing; Jaws Maui, 1994) Cash on Delivery (2007, collection of short stories) 12 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by IGBOSON2: 1:24pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Built2last: ^^^Chei bros!.....That was an overkill you know!? 4 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by alienvirus: 1:24pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Where is Amos Tutuola |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Armaggedon: 1:24pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
hifaif:i respect your silly opinion 3 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by InyinyaAgbaOku(m): 1:24pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Flora Nwapa - Nigeria's first female novelist Cyprian Ekwensi Ola Rotimi .......what an incomplete list 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Nobody: 1:25pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
searching4love: Frustration may destroy your soul one day... Keep up like this. If you are not complaining about the Igbo, you are ranting like a mad dog about their politics. If you are not complaining about Nigerian girls, you are raving like a mad man about how Igbo people are taking over Nigeria. Idiaat! 14 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Nobody: 1:25pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Chinua Achebe 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Nobody: 1:25pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Chimamanda should be number one on that list if only it was arranged ordely. All her novels are widely recognised; 1) Things around your neck. 2) Purple Hibiscus 3) Half of a yellow sun 4) Americannah 3 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by FlintGuevara(m): 1:25pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Missclassy did a very nice job, but she would have saved me and other readers a great deal of heart ache by telling us the yardstick used in drawing up this list. Names like Elechi Amadi, Ola Rotimi et al ought to be in this list, but since we don't know the factors taken into account while compiling the list I would conclude by giving Missclassy a thumbs up for an interesting topic. 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Nobody: 1:26pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
RebelChip: Eleeribu leleyi oo ibo loti jawa to lokun lorun? Omo ale ajekuta mamumi |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by wonlasewonimi: 1:28pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Reuben Abati 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by abysirius(m): 1:28pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Where Cyprian Ekwensi? 2 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by aridude(m): 1:28pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
searching4love: Even person wey no sabi read go open mouth dey talk shit, I no blame you sha I blame tecno wey make Android cheap. 6 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Nobody: 1:29pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
nagoma: Why did you do this? Most of this your listed novels are sending shivers down my spine... I cant forget the Passport of Mallam Illia. 3 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Acisky(m): 1:30pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Stoooooooopidt searching4love: |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Nobody: 1:30pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
These are my mentors, there's no gift as good as the gift as writing. 2 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Volksfuhrer(m): 1:31pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
Buonsenso: You still have not shown why Achebe's TFA is better than Okri's Famished Road. You only reduced your choice to taste, which isn't objective. Ranking presupposes an objective criterion, no? |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by SeverusSnape(m): 1:31pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
emilyone:Achebe is Nigeria's greatest writer. The father of Nigerian Literature... 6 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by babajero(m): 1:32pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
searching4love:the problem is that you cant even write an assay not talking of a short drama. 3 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by SeverusSnape(m): 1:33pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
RebelChip:Damn!... I feel so nostalgic right now. I can never forget that book!..."Usman the terror of the north"... 2 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by toronto10(m): 1:34pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
cyprain ekwensi should be no 3 in your list but his name is not there 2 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by alexlee50: 1:34pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
searching4love:your level of insanity is getting higger by the day 3 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Nigerian Writers Of All Time. by Nobody: 1:34pm On Apr 21, 2015 |
searching4love: Nwanne otoro gbagbuo gi dia! Otu nnei... Odika isi adiro gi mma? Nkita rachakwa gi anya dia! Lekwa otule ako nshi igwam okwu.. Nwa mba nshi dika gi... Oburu na ino mu nso kita, bottle orijin a mu ji ga ezu gi ike na isi... Akpa amu yoruba... Siri gi nsi nsi sipu fuo ebe a.... Isi odo! 3 Likes |
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