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Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by mrtayesynchro(m): 12:23am On Jul 16, 2016 |
MidasTouche01: Koku baboni? |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by Nobody: 12:23am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Bluette:What a book! Memories. |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by armadeo(m): 12:24am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Disneylady: Tunde on the run. another classic. |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by Yuneehk(f): 12:25am On Jul 16, 2016 |
junnyjake:Lovely. Maybe you'll help me with learning sometime. It's time to crash... Buenos dias hun |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by litetias(m): 12:28am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Coldfeets: A deep thinker or a true seer will tell u that with technological advancement comes detachment from true humanity and true enjoyment of the important things of life. Now because of this "advanced era" people live false and fake lives on Facebook, Twitter and instagram unlike the days of gramophone when people were real and simple. These days humans have turned to robots because technology has pervaded every aspect of our lives making us artificial and unreal. You close from work and are relaxing with ur wife but she is pressing her phone and u are pressing ur own and there's no real intimacy because both of u are more interested in fake friends on social media than a real husband or wife in real life. The world is heading for something else. So be careful what u wish for. 6 Likes |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by mrgafari(m): 12:29am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Yuneehk:yeah. Richard was a strict parent while the girl brought up by Mina was spoilt. I can't quite remember how the book ended 1 Like |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by junnyjake(m): 12:29am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Yuneehk:¡Buenas Noches! Hasta Luego. 1 Like |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by Nobody: 12:30am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Ihuomadinihu:I must tell you these books really shaped me. The gods are not to blame, violence, joys of motherhood, Lára the sugar girl. Oh God please back this innocent memories when life was seen and interpreted from the pages of humility, honesty and love. Any child who read these books and ventures into crime cannot be remedied. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by piagetskinner(m): 12:31am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Never liked reading all those stories...apart from african nights entertainment, drummer boy and one other one I cannot remember like that |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by Nobody: 12:32am On Jul 16, 2016 |
vhickky:I actually cried too, joys of motherhood. What a book. Nnuego saw hell. |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by armadeo(m): 12:34am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Yuneehk: The term voracious was used to describe me then. I just leave this entire planet and enter my own world then. I remember when I unearthed my mother's hardley Chase collection men I was almost insane with joy. She had about 3 large cartons filled with novels. I read them all. 1 Like |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by litetias(m): 12:38am On Jul 16, 2016 |
junnyjake: We also had The Runaway Bride and No Condition Is Permanent in our collection but please give me a little reminder of the plot of No Condition Is Permanent |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by linconoyee: 12:39am On Jul 16, 2016 |
I'll die for mama |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by litetias(m): 12:40am On Jul 16, 2016 |
armadeo: So have you read The Vulture Is A Patient Bird and No Orchids For Miss something? 2 Likes |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by mrgafari(m): 12:40am On Jul 16, 2016 |
charlescarlos:wow. boy slave! shettima. how can I forget matamba! the frightening guard |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by inaiduna(m): 12:45am On Jul 16, 2016 |
You are talking about Mai Sunsaiye, Rikku's dad, He was the one who had the wandering tribal disease of the fulanis, because they placed a curse on him, it was not at the mention of the word sokugo, but it was rather as a result of seeing birds take to flight. The title of the Novel is BURNING GRASS a beautiful piece by Cyprian Ekwensi, other beautiful books also I consider timeless in value. 1. A MATTER OF UPBRINGING - DIMEJI POPOOLA 2. SO LONG A LETTER - MARIAMA BA 3. A PLAY OF GIANTS - WOLE SOYINKA Ishilove: 1 Like |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by mrgafari(m): 12:46am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Bluezy13:saddest book I ever read. the children who did not cater for her ended up spending fortunes on her burial 1 Like |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by Handsomecole(m): 12:48am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Let's not also forget "The Trial of Mr Johnson", "Weep not Child", @ OP good work. Wonderful memories when school was about reading. So glad I was born in the late 80's and grew up in the 90's... |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by Harmvirus(f): 12:48am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Memories I've read Without a silver spoon, African night entertainment, the virtuous woman, the joys of motherhood, one week one trouble,the drummer boy and the bottled leopard. Also "the maids are not blame", "the lucky chance" and "such is life" 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by Nobody: 12:48am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Ok dear,i would inshaAllah, DabFrankNG: |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by litetias(m): 12:50am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Buchika: I have read The Smugglers and The Blackmailer both by Kalu Okpi, Wages Of Sin but my best is The Undesirable Element where that rich man got that schoolgirl pregnant but denied the pregnancy then the girl later got married to that young guy who dealt with the rich man. Memories of more than 20 years ago. When men were boys. Sighs 1 Like |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by junnyjake(m): 12:56am On Jul 16, 2016 |
litetias: lol. You really want to refresh your memory Uh? No p Pius was a professional diver, so a certain Mr femi wanted to use him for a project, he played Pius, scammed him and Pius had no choice than to follow, because MR femi had something on him. Pius later had to find out that he was being used by femi along side the minister to obtain treasures from a capsized ship. So they tried all means to eliminate him, but they failed. so enthralling, guess my younger sister still have the hard copy. |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by junnyjake(m): 12:57am On Jul 16, 2016 |
litetias: lol. You really want to refresh your memory Uh? No p Pius was a professional diver, so a certain Mr femi wanted to use him for a project, he played Pius, scammed him and Pius had no choice than to follow, because MR femi had something on him. Pius later had to find out that he was being used by femi along side the minister to obtain treasures from a capsized ship. So they tried all means to eliminate him, but they failed. so enthralling, guess my younger sister still has the hard copy. |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by UIA04(f): 12:57am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Ishilove:Yeah i remember this one very well Kikikiki Ade was born the only thing male child, with a silver spoon and his mom wanted him to travel abroad to London for his secondary education to show off like other rich families, even though his dad objected at first When he got to the school he meet kamrudeen and kam's girlfriend, who used to take drugs and drink and they introduced him to it. His mom had to travel back to bring him in shame because he became an addict |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by armadeo(m): 12:59am On Jul 16, 2016 |
litetias: Of course. No orchids for miss blandish. I think I have read all Chase books. I remember that vulture is a patient bird about the rimg with poison I think. Blandish was about the kidnapped daughter of a rich man that the fat woman forced to love her son. She killed herself at the end. My favs All books with Helga rolfe, safer dead. Coffin from Hong Kong, a lotus for miss quon, you find him I'll fix him. Many many more. 1 Like |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by MidasTouche01(m): 1:04am On Jul 16, 2016 |
mrtayesynchro: Dt story so also epic...... my heart bleeds when I see the literatures pupils read in schools nowadays.... |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by mrgafari(m): 1:06am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Coldfeets:I beg to disagree with you. reading is totally different from the browsing we do on the internet these days. the writers of old told stories that broadened our horizons and shed more light on the world as we grew up. some things I couldn't learn from my parents or my teachers, I learnt in these books. the confidence to mull over a new word, and decide that I could know its meaning by context, I learnt in these books. reading elechi amadi,emecheta,Achebe,obi in a way made me understand ibo friends even before I met them. the internet can give all these. but right now, it doesn't. there's too much gossip and irrelevancies. too much noise. too much fawning over other people's lives and lifestyles. what we are saying is that there needs to be more literature, be it books, in print or in whatever form. it's not a call to revert to the stone age. 4 Likes |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by UIA04(f): 1:08am On Jul 16, 2016 |
hephzibahbeulah:Meeeeee lool The day the boys father first brought him to school in the car the teacher said 'sir, your son has been doing exceptionally well in school' and the boy was like isn't this the teacher who used to call me block head before |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by litetias(m): 1:12am On Jul 16, 2016 |
armadeo: You are right about the plots. I have read a lot as well. I think Helga Rolfe was in I Hold The Aces. Then there is one I loved so much about a shooting instructor who was paid by a rich man to teach his son to shoot but his wife later ran away with the boy. There is also one about a rich man who lost his brother and was looking for voodoo to bring his brother back |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by UIA04(f): 1:12am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Bluezy13:Yes it made me cry. It thought me not to depend on any one,not even your children. Enjoy your life while you still can and don't be scared to take risks like adaku the second wife 1 Like |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by litetias(m): 1:15am On Jul 16, 2016 |
junnyjake: Was it the one that he dived and found some wooden head artwork? |
Re: Nairalanders, How Many Of You Remember These Timeless African Classics? by Nobody: 1:20am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Pls email soft copy to me i take God bless you,its titialayo25@yahoo.co.uk,thanks. Boldstar: |
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