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Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by Nobody: 9:29am On Jul 05, 2016 |
LordofNairaland: Thanks for the correction 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by TruthHurts1(m): 9:29am On Jul 05, 2016 |
Rapmoney: Shettima the Slave Boy by Kola Onadipe 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by SilvanusII(m): 9:36am On Jul 05, 2016 |
We read 'Oliver Twist' in JS1, 'The Sacrifice' in JS2. 'The Bottled Leopard' was a required text thru JS1-3. Truth be told, I found both very...I dunno, annoying. Oliver Twist always aired on NTA so I never was interested. Dr Lana Siwaju was a selfish prat and I hated his wife Moji for a long time. His mother hung herself and you couldn't even wait till her body cooled before you threw a pretentious party. Darned woman prostituted herself to see the fool through school and all of a sudden, because some wife said somewhere that she embarrasses her, you had to get her locked up in a psyche ward...Hian!!! Read a lot of the rest tho. Camara, Wa Thoing, Amadi, Ekwensi, Shakespeare (hated the drama). I loved Marriage of Anansewa tho. Darned trickster, the father. Always like our Nigerian tortoise. I read Forgotten Realms series now for favorites tho |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by nonjebose(m): 9:39am On Jul 05, 2016 |
Tolutheo:THANK YOU MY GUY. REMEMBER "TOOTHLESS" TOO, PLS, HOW CAN I GET THIS BOOK, VERY HILARIOUS 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by TJ18(m): 9:40am On Jul 05, 2016 |
Rapmoney:Wow i will do anything to read this book again.Please do you know where i can get it? 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by Orikinla(m): 9:41am On Jul 05, 2016 |
Rapmoney:Get it on Amazon. Uncle Eddie Iron is very active on Facebook. 3 Likes |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by dd12345: 9:45am On Jul 05, 2016 |
Koku bamboni.. The lion and the jewel 3 Likes |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by Timba24(m): 9:45am On Jul 05, 2016 |
samankwe in the strange forest.
Solomon's certificate.
Bello and the greedy waziri. 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by Blessograo(f): 9:49am On Jul 05, 2016 |
Ugo.C. Ugo, vocational aptitude, The lion and the hare, the joy of motherhood, the sugar girl, the trial of Jimmy Johnson, iyawo alarede, Animal farm, Oliver twist |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by dynamickc: 9:53am On Jul 05, 2016 |
-Eze goes to school and Eze goes to college -Chike and the River (best Character: Rich misery trader: Peter Nwanna) -One week one trouble( wilson tagbo) -The lucky chance -Without a silver spoon (best character: Ure chokwe) - the maids are not to blame (Best Character: Ebere) - Travails of Womanhood (Nwabuife) - Anthills of the Savannah (Ikem osodi... the 3 green bottles of Kangan) - Tess of ubervilles - all the Shakespearean series -violated - the still birth - the beautiful ones are not yet born(Ayi Kwei amah) I can go on and on... was always number 1, on my school novel charts. Miss my childhood. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by yadnus1(m): 9:55am On Jul 05, 2016 |
For my SSCE we read..... AFRICAN PROCE The Concubine-Elechi Amadi The African Child-Camara Laye AFRICAN PLAY The God's are not to Blame-Ola Rotimi The Lion and the Jewel-Wole Soyinka NON-AFRICAN PROCE Treasure Island-R.L Stevenson Animal Farm-George Orwell NON AFRICAN PLAY Macbeth-William Shakespeare She Stoops to Conquer-Oliver Goldsmith Now wait for this, you would have think it's only Literature we are studying then,we had a very disciplined literature teacher who made sure we study all these cover to cover. Including the poetries. AFRICAN POETRY Salute to the Elephant-A.Babalola Letter to Martha-Denice Brutus Nightfall in Soweto-Oswald Mtshali Building the Nation-Henry Ballow Stanley Meets Mutesa-David Rubadiri Night Rain-J.P Clarke NON AFRICAN POETRY An lrish Airman foresees his death-W.B Yeats Mending Wall-Robert Frost Futility-Wilreld Owen Richard Cory-Edwin A.Robinson Parables-(can't remember the poet) Ode to a Grecian urn-John Keats. I think my literature teacher then did a yeoman job,for me to have be able to remember all these since 98.l wish they still drill them nowadays like our time. The current literature syllabus will make you puke. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by Rapmoney(m): 9:57am On Jul 05, 2016 |
TJ18:The last time I set my eyes on it was years ago. I have asked around in some few bookshops but they didn't have it. |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by Rapmoney(m): 10:02am On Jul 05, 2016 |
TruthHurts1: ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by dynamickc: 10:04am On Jul 05, 2016 |
jflexy: Will always remember Ure Chokwe and the mischievous Erugo Inyama... "Chokwe my boy" cried my eyes out reading this novel 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by TruthHurts1(m): 10:06am On Jul 05, 2016 |
My favourite childhood books: Akin Goes to School Eze Goes to School Juju Rock The Rainmaker and Other Stories Yomi in Paris Yomi in London Sugar Girl Mezie the Ogbanje Boy One Week, One Trouble Scoundrels in Uniform (very funny book with a tragic ending) Shettima the Slave Boy The Return of Shettima Secret of the Sheik (the book that got me whipped for reading it) Joseph the Village Boy Tales Out of School (Story of two 12 year old schoolboy detectives Bayo and Ikenna) The Adventures of Souza An African Nights Entertainment The Village School Non nigerian: All the Enid Blyton books (Famous Five & The Secret Seven) The Good Master by Kate Seredy The Boy Who was Afraid by Armstrong Sperry Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens All the Encyclopedia Jones Stories by Joseph Sobol Nancy Drew The Hardy Boys Noisy Neville The Scarlet Pimpernel I really had a rich literary experience as a child ![]() Today's kids are missing out with their Playstations and X boxes. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by damilare7(m): 10:08am On Jul 05, 2016 |
piece by pieces joys of motherhood by buchi emecheta tunde on the run by deji lewis trials of jimmy johnson by sly edaghese mother's choice koku baboni akin goes to school women of owu by femi osofisan the beautiful ones are not yet born our husband has gone mad animal farm by George Orwell nineteen-eighty four Gulliver's travel oliver twist I'm an engineering student though 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by WetSmoke: 10:12am On Jul 05, 2016 |
enough!!! am heading for d bookshop. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by dynamickc: 10:14am On Jul 05, 2016 |
Orikinla: He just got himself a new follower running to facebook. Will also check out Efuru author (Flora Nwapa) hope she is still alive 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by MiMiakpet(m): 10:15am On Jul 05, 2016 |
Akpan and the smugglers & Chike and the River. 2 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by sageb: 10:16am On Jul 05, 2016 |
Remember Jagua Nana's daughter by cyprian Ekwensi... Nice novel 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by FlamesD: 10:19am On Jul 05, 2016 |
Aiye Kwei Aimah 1 Like
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Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by PAnaceA7(m): 10:19am On Jul 05, 2016 |
LordofNairaland: It's Samankwe in the strange forest and it's not really about a madman... it's a boy who came late to school and when his teacher was flogging him for late coming he ran into the forest where he came across a lot of different people and strange things. |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by TruthHurts1(m): 10:21am On Jul 05, 2016 |
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Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by Kimikazi2: 10:23am On Jul 05, 2016 |
0955eb027:And The Return of Shettima. 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by MzEspoir(f): 10:25am On Jul 05, 2016 |
OluwabuqqyYOLO:Abi. I read almost all those books for fun when I was still in primary school 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by PAnaceA7(m): 10:26am On Jul 05, 2016 |
Rapmoney: Joy of motherhood was very interesting and depicted how things happen in the real world...it was set in Ibusa, delta state where the author comes from that's the only book from Buchi Emecheta that have read. 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by petitejolie(f): 10:26am On Jul 05, 2016 |
well I read dem in primary school not secondary school. |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by 0955eb027(m): 10:46am On Jul 05, 2016 |
Kimikazi2:While reading the book, i'd always imagined myself having some kinda special powers to help Shettima. The sister's name is Fatima, right? 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by 0955eb027(m): 10:50am On Jul 05, 2016 |
laikas:Its really difficult to get 'em bøoks now. Will be glad if i can lay ma hands on them, cos its straight up to ma archive. 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by 0955eb027(m): 10:55am On Jul 05, 2016 |
olajorn:It was in the late 90's then, never really read meaning to it until i grew older. Really interesting piece. About man's quest for power, vengeance, inability to let go of anger etc it ll really suck you in. |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by Freiburger(m): 11:04am On Jul 05, 2016 |
My father's car by S.M.O Aka Animal farm by George Orwell 1 Like |
Re: Throwback: Nigerian Literature Books We Used In Secondary School!!! by Charmarlegne: 11:08am On Jul 05, 2016 |
But for nostalgia, those were actually shitty days. Started secondary school in the late 80s and here's my roll call. Lambtales from Shakespeare. Second chance by nyegi koin Adventures of Souza (this was one hilarious novel) Akin the Drummer Boy Without a Silver spoon Eze goes to school (read this in primary sch) But I have to admit, the writers of those days were really deep. Thank you Wole Soyinka et al. For the memories. 1 Like |
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