Anthill of the Savannah was a very boring novel did underatand n't it

marv1:
Even those of us b4 Jss/Sss (6, 3, 3, 4 system) we read all those books. It was interesting then.

That's the thing with classics

stwazobia:
I really enjoyed Animal farm..... No animal shall kill one another... all animals are equal.

...but some animals are more equal than others

dfrost:


Thanks ChappyChase for the correction. Old Ben was a donkey. I mixed them up.

Did you happen to read this Nigerian literature of a guy that went on a revenge mission because his betrothed fiancee was given to another man to marry? I can't remember the name of the literature

African Night of Entertainment.

The quest for vegence so blinded abubakar that he lost an eye and his life followed.

Somolu blues by Temple Omare Boyo

ChappyChase:

African Night of Entertainment.

The quest for vegence so blinded abubakar that he lost an eye and his life followed.

Thanks bossman. Yes,.that's the name of the book. He was looking for the tree that had the medicine he wanted to use. Blinded by a tiger, turned the son of the woman into a criminal. The young ended up killing his father and also killed Abubakar.

dairykidd:


Why u wanna call your Dad?

I need that book from his library.

Mimzyy:


Literature was (is still) my best subject in secondary school. I was always excited once the period approaches. If i see a novel that piques my interest with my sworn enemy (hyperbole), be sure that i will definitely be best of friends with that person immediately. We share one interest then. nice

Seriously.... Is this you or your look alike? If its you I am so happy seeing this beautiful strong and energetic young lady but its not you, help me tell her I miss her.

**Modified**
Tell her if she wouldnt mind being my friend... Will check back.

What about CHEER UP,BROTHER BY S.M.O Aka? That book was interesting too

dfrost:


Thanks bossman. Yes,.that's the name of the book. He was looking for the tree that had the medicine he wanted to use. Blinded by a tiger, turned the son of the woman into a criminal. The young ended up killing his father and also killed Abubakar.

I read that one too. The man would have let go.Look at the way he turned the respectful and obedient boy to a criminal just because of hatred.

This is a shout out to my sister just four years my senior, who opened my eyes and the world to me through books.
When I learnt how to read circa age 7, she would take me to Henry Carr library at oniwaya iloro agege during break. By God I read the whole children's book in that library before 2 years, rapunzel, snow white jack and the bean stalk, Gulliver travel etc. I started looking for ways to sneak into the adult section I was so eager to be older. By primary 6 I was reading Hadley chase, I would wrap the back with calender to cover the naked women, finished almost all by sss. In jss 3 I had read think and grow rich, was very curious about the sex transmutation chapter. When I got to Ife in 1999/2000, the rave was think and grow rich, rich dad poor dad, richest man in Babylon. I was like wtf, I read them ages ago. In the university even though I was studying engineering I was going to the library to read ifa ejiogbe, history of Yoruba towns and wars, Benin history, the great wars that shaped the world in the last 3000 years. The whole world was my Forte. No matter the subject matter being discussed I always have an idea, I always have something meaningful to contribute. In SSS, my school mates started calling me 'bobo idea'.

Sister Joyce, head girl okekoto United primary school agege, senior prefect saka tinubu Memorial high school, best student accounting university of Nigeria nsukka. I salute you and thank you for everything you have done for me and the family. You led us through the valley of despair, and the days of little when we were drenched in misery although we scarcely care because you and mummy was always there. May Jehovah grant you all your heart desires and remember you for good.

dfrost:
I need that book from his library.

Mypeople2:
I read that one too. The man would have let go.Look at the way he turned the respectful and obedient boy to a criminal just because of hatred.

That he almost lost his life in the process was another. Imagine the tiger mauling him just to get that gourd. Some men sha. Chicks full everywhere. Ego and pride always make men fall yakata.

dairykidd:
WITH THESE BOOKS/PLAYS:


The Lion & the jewel by Wole Soyinka
Never sparked my interest so i only followed it in class...i know it was abt two men fighting over one girl

Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
my Fav plays were:
Macbeth
Othello
Much Ado About Nothing
Romeo & Juliet
The Tempest


Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Fav characters: Oliver Twist,Faggin,Bill Sikes

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Fav character:Okonkwo

The Passport of Mallam Ilia by Cyprian Ekwensi
Fav character:the young,brave and rugged Mallam Ilia

An African Night’s Entertainment by Cyprian Ekwensi
Had little interest in this too only read along in class

She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
fav character: Kate

Dizzy Angel by Gracy Nma Osifo
fav character: that fine ogbanje girl and her wanna be boyfriend forgotten their names

Animal Farm by George Orwell
fav characters: Napoleon,Snowball,Old Major
i don't think i read this in my jss tho cos i later became a science student for 1 year before going to become a social science student and had to drop literature painfully..

Feel free to add yours

Funny enough I had my JSS in the early 2000s but I still read majority of these books in my JSS1. I remember liking the one by Cyprain Ekwensi - the passport of mallam ilia.

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rabzy:
This is a shout out to my sister just four years my senior, who opened my eyes and the world to me through books.
When I learnt how to read circa age 7, she would take me to Henry Carr library at oniwaya iloro agege during break. By God I read the whole children's book in that library before 2 years, rapunzel, snow white jack and the bean stalk, Gulliver travel etc. I started looking for ways to sneak into the adult section I was so eager to be older. By primary 6 I was reading Hadley chase, I would wrap the back with calender to cover the naked women, finished almost all by sss. In jss 3 I had read think and grow rich, was very curious about the sex transmutation chapter. When I got to Ife in 1999/2000, the rave was think and grow rich, rich dad poor dad, richest man in Babylon. I was like wtf, I read them ages ago. In the university even though I was studying engineering I was going to the library to read ifa ejiogbe, history of Yoruba towns and wars, Benin history, the great wars that shaped the world in the last 3000 years. The whole world was my Forte. No matter the subject matter being discussed I always have an idea, I always have something meaningful to contribute. In SSS, my school mates started calling me 'bobo idea'.

Sister Joyce, head girl okekoto United primary school agege, senior prefect saka tinubu Memorial high school, best student accounting university of Nigeria nsukka. I salute you and thank you for everything you have done for me and the family. You led us through the valley of despair, and the days of little when we were drenched in misery although we scarcely care because you and mummy was always there. May Jehovah grant you all your heart desires and remember you for good.

You remind me of my childhood too. I was an avid reader during my childhood days. I loved reading books a lot. A family aunt would often bring me novels and I would digest them in a matter of days. I also wrote short story books which my siblings loved to read. I still have those interesting manuscripts till today. All these books you mentioned I read them plus many I don't even remember now. Time flies, it really does.

Growing up my mom said I was too wise for my age. Before I was 1 year old she said I was already walking and it didn't take long I was already talking. Growing up I skipped 2 classes - nursery 3 and primary 5. After nursery 2, she put me in primary 1 instead because she said my performance in nursery 2 was outstanding. After primary 4 I skipped class 5 and went to class 6 where I took the first school leaving certificate exam, state and federal examinations, private school examinations etc. and passed all with flying colours. All through secondary school I was ahead of my mates by 2 classes. I took my WAEC at 15 years and cleared all my papers in one sitting. Time flies. It does truly.

Mypeople2:
What about CHEER UP,BROTHER BY S.M.O Aka? That book was interesting too

I swear i remember that book,did u school in Benin city? He also wrote The Weeping Undergraduate where i think the guy was deeply in love with a girl on campus and some one better hatched a plan & took her from him...That was the GOTO (Great Operation Take Over) i cant really remember sha maybe am mixing them up i dunno...

dfrost:


Thanks bossman. Yes,.that's the name of the book. He was looking for the tree that had the medicine he wanted to use. Blinded by a tiger, turned the son of the woman into a criminal. The young ended up killing his father and also killed Abubakar.

I don read books oo.

ChappyChase:

I don read books oo.

Abi nah. Reading makes one very knowledgeable and helps in thinking ability. My bestseller at the moment are the Vince Flynn novels about a ruthless CIA agent.

I think I need to get to Ojuelegba to get those old books back

dfrost:


Abi nah. Reading makes one very knowledgeable and helps in thinking ability. My bestseller at the moment are the Vince Flynn novels about a ruthless CIA agent.

I think I need to get to Ojuelegba to get those old books back

Mine is BENARD SHEW.

I was not an art student,I was a science student but I read most of those books basically for my friend (sitmate) who was an art student. I would abandon my physics during exams to help her answer literature questions. Things we do for friendship sometimes,hmmmm.

Who remembers "the bottled leopard" in English classes?

Akin goes to school, Eze goes to school, Oliver Twist-Pip, Oliver want some more, A Tale of two cities.............

dfrost:


The thing tire me. I was ordering some books online and each cost about $8.50. My colleague asked me why don't I download the softcopy.

I guess he doesn't understand what it means to own a classic and smile at them when they are sitting comfortably in the shelves of your library.

Ooh yah!!! It's like having a wine cellar

My brother. I know that feeling. Each time I look at Charles Dickens's Great expectation, it brings back a barrage of strong old feelings. I had that book when O was 16. Tell me , can a soft copy provoke such emotions ?

myweb:

Seriously.... Is this you or your look alike? If its you I am so happy seeing this beautiful strong and energetic young lady but its not you, help me tell her I miss her.

**Modified**
Tell her if she wouldnt mind being my friend... Will check back.

Your sobriquet is kinda strange. Care to unveil?

Good morning.

Chaulay1:
Wow, remembering those days makes me nostalgic and I can’t help but relive those times again. I so so much loved reading, it was my very best hobby. I would stay awake all night reading novels and even the ones my sisters brought home didn’t escape me, I read them with or without their permission. Read most of senior classes literature while still in junior class including almost all the books mentioned on this thread so far. Recalling.....

Shakespeare – Much ado about nothing, twelfth night or what you will, Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, As you like it, Macbeth

African novel – Arrow of God, Joy of motherhood, so long a letter, Things fall apart, Man of the people, weep not child, No longer at ease, Efuru etc

Pace setters – Evbu my love, stone of vengeance, sweet revenge, too cold for comfort, love on the rock, mark of cobra, the wages of sin, sisi, the concubine etc

I used to have special interest reading James Hadley chase – safer dead, not safe to be free, no orchid for miss Blandish, sucker punch, the vulture is a patient bird, knock, knock who is there?, the way the cookies crumble, have a change of scene etc

Mills and boom series is not left behind. Can’t even remember their titles anymore.

I never knew a time will come when other things will take over my love for reading. Those days.......

Lawd your post summarised my childhood. In my class, I had a challenge wt two of my mates- who will read the most novels. Fortunately, my Dad was a contractor and publisher. For every single book he supplied, he kept a copy in his library which he bequeathed me. For that I read almost all the books in AWS(african writers series) aside a few- not up to ten. I read biographies, autobiographies, collection of poems, novels etc. Just like you said, almost all the novels mentioned here including the one written by the famous slave Equiano (Equiano's travels).
From their I attempted to write my first novel in JSS3, lol. From AWS, to Mills and Boon, to Pacesetters, to Hadley Chase, to 1000+ paged novels, Corgi books, Bantam books, authors like Danielle Steel etc I remember reading an american philosophical novel that changed my views on money, it was written by a lady( I don't know her name again or the name of the novel.) One popular quote or exclammation in that novel is "who's galt?", I just googled it, the novel is 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand. People need to read that novel. From their, my banker friend - actually my account manager- introduced me to asian novels. Hmmm, that was when I started soft-pedalling, because I started seeing other worlds and views that can shatter your belief system.
In all, it is nostalgic the feeling one gets looking back through the years. Glad to know people walked your path and lived in your dream worlds and shared your loneliness.

Probably, I'll follow some of the guys that posted here. Nothing gives me joy more than befriending those who read for fun. Besides, maybe I can see a glimpse into their (hopefully) interesting lives.

basingstoke:
My brother. I know that feeling. Each time I look at Charles Dickens's Great expectation, it brings back a barrage of strong old feelings. I had that book when O was 16. Tell me , can a soft copy provoke such emotions ?

Maybe it can but imagine having a softcoy of collection of wines made by famous distillers but you don't know how the wine tastes. The feeling cannot be the same.

bigfrancis21:


Funny enough I had my JSS in the early 2000s but I still read majority of these books in my JSS1. I remember liking the one by Cyprain Ekwensi - the passport of mallam ilia.

Wow!

frodobee:


Lawd your post summarised my childhood. In my class, I had a challenge wt two of my mates- who will read the most novels. Fortunately, my Dad was a contractor and publisher. For every single book he supplied, he kept a copy in his library which he bequeathed me. For that I read almost all the books in AWS(african writers series) aside a few- not up to ten. I read biographies, autobiographies, collection of poems, novels etc. Just like you said, almost all the novels mentioned here including the one written by the famous slave Equiano (Equiano's travels).
From their I attempted to write my first novel in JSS3, lol. From AWS, to Mills and Boon, to Pacesetters, to Hadley Chase, to 1000+ paged novels, Corgi books, Bantam books, authors like Danielle Steel etc I remember reading an american philosophical novel that changed my views on money, it was written by a lady( I don't know her name again or the name of the novel.) One popular quote or exclammation in that novel is "who's galt?", I just googled it, the novel is 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand. People need to read that novel. From their, my banker friend - actually my account manager- introduced me to asian novels. Hmmm, that was when I started soft-pedalling, because I started seeing other worlds and views that can shatter your belief system.
In all, it is nostalgic the feeling one gets looking back through the years. Glad to know people walked your path and lived in your dream worlds and shared your loneliness.

Haha atlas shrugged . I have the epub version on my tab. When I saw that it was 1000pages I noped the Bleep out. I can't seem to find the time to read these days. For the past months I have only been able to read the girl on the train.

Maybe I will give it a try sometime soon

rabzy:
This is a shout out to my sister just four years my senior, who opened my eyes and the world to me through books.
When I learnt how to read circa age 7, she would take me to Henry Carr library at oniwaya iloro agege during break. By God I read the whole children's book in that library before 2 years, rapunzel, snow white jack and the bean stalk, Gulliver travel etc. I started looking for ways to sneak into the adult section I was so eager to be older. By primary 6 I was reading Hadley chase, I would wrap the back with calender to cover the naked women, finished almost all by sss. In jss 3 I had read think and grow rich, was very curious about the sex transmutation chapter. When I got to Ife in 1999/2000, the rave was think and grow rich, rich dad poor dad, richest man in Babylon. I was like wtf, I read them ages ago. In the university even though I was studying engineering I was going to the library to read ifa ejiogbe, history of Yoruba towns and wars, Benin history, the great wars that shaped the world in the last 3000 years. The whole world was my Forte. No matter the subject matter being discussed I always have an idea, I always have something meaningful to contribute. In SSS, my school mates started calling me 'bobo idea'.

Sister Joyce, head girl okekoto United primary school agege, senior prefect saka tinubu Memorial high school, best student accounting university of Nigeria nsukka. I salute you and thank you for everything you have done for me and the family. You led us through the valley of despair, and the days of little when we were drenched in misery although we scarcely care because you and mummy was always there. May Jehovah grant you all your heart desires and remember you for good.

I feel you bruv...and i really blv that reading is a way of life that should be instilled in kids by the parents and elderly ones in a home setting.I can still remember as a kid under 7 yrs @ the time that when ever my dad would even travel out of the country and back,asides from the clothes and puma shoes i looked forward to the books & the classic movies (till date there are movies/music and foreign popular acts i can discuss abt with the movies and roles they took which majority of ppl don't even know,even some so called foreigners ) ,he always came back with lots of books beautiful and educative,interesting reads...i always looked forward to the books from Fairy tales to Aesop's Fables which always had moral lessons to teach within the interesting stories.Dad had his library at home and was open to all of us so before eleven i had read through and reread most of the world's encyclopedia which Numbered from A-Z on every topic concerning human existence...and it helped me know a lot more about the culture,beliefs,history,myths & legends,science,Music,sports,lifestyle and whatever..one book was as heavy as a bucket of water and that room was covered in countless of them in different sets..every weekend we younger kids would run up to the library and pick one and take positions in the room even b4 we had breakfast,they would have to send for us to come and eat before we would reluctantly leave that room.There are a whole lot of things i know i learned from reading encyclopedias that even thousands of professors don't have the slightest idea about..i know so cos i meet lots of people both rich and poor even the so called enlightened ppl sef i have discussed history and folklore of foreign nations with foreign nationals and they find it had to blv i have never traveled extensively to know what i know and even till today there are some things i can talk about like i have been around the world while everyone will be listening perpetually in awe of everything that comes out of my mouth and when these things happen i just feel blessed for having to come out from the family i have and am still very grateful to God and my Old man..Honestly parents should inculcate reading in their kids & stop blaming the world for not doing their jobs as parents.. doesn't have to be print books there are eBooks,internet wow i wonder if i had internet as a kid i wonder what i would have been able to do with it!! Make it more fun for the kids it won't ever depart from them and they will always love u for that

bigfrancis21:


You remind me of my childhood too. I was an avid reader during my childhood days. I loved reading books a lot. A family aunt would often bring me novels and I would digest them in a matter of days. I also wrote short story books which my siblings loved to read. I still have those interesting manuscripts till today. All these books you mentioned I read them plus many I don't even remember now. Time flies, it really does.

Growing up my mom said I was too wise for my age. Before I was 1 year old she said I was already walking and it didn't take long I was already talking. Growing up I skipped 2 classes - nursery 3 and primary 5. After nursery 2, she put me in primary 1 instead because she said my performance in nursery 2 was outstanding. After primary 4 I skipped class 5 and went to class 6 where I took the first school leaving certificate exam, state and federal examinations, private school examinations etc. and passed all with flying colours. All through secondary school I was ahead of my mates by 2 classes. I took my WAEC at 15 years and cleared all my papers in one sitting. Time flies. It does truly.

Wow nice one, i think reading early and reading wide just opens up the brain. In public schools you absolutely can not skip classes. Even your brain dey on fire, you go dey where you suppose dey full time. WAEC was like child's play to me, the record wey i create still dey that school but nah only 9 courses me take o. Am not sure those teachers go even allow person do more than 9. This was an exam i almost missed due to delayed fees, the school had to delay sending the list down to accommodate me. My palle nearly go crazy to meet up.

When i think of things i have read, fear dey catch me sometimes, '150 years of murder' 'those ifa stuff'. i had to stop myself from delving into metaphysical stuffs. I read part of kama sutra in JSS. I dont read books, i read libraries..i will visit people and be picking book one after the other from the shelf on any topic until am done and then they will hardly see me again.
The internet is now my Library..absolutely inexhaustible.

rabzy:


Wow nice one, i think reading early and reading wide just opens up the brain. In public schools you absolutely can not skip classes. Even your brain dey on fire, you go dey where you suppose dey full time. WAEC was like child's play to me, the record wey i create still dey that school but nah only 9 courses me take o. Am not sure those teachers go even allow person do more than 9. This was an exam i almost missed due to delayed fees, the school had to delay sending the list down to accommodate me. My palle nearly go crazy to meet up.

When i think of things i have read, fear dey catch me sometimes, '150 years of murder' 'those ifa stuff'. i had to stop myself from delving into metaphysical stuffs. I read part of kama sutra in JSS. I dont read books, i read libraries..i will visit people and be picking book one after the other from the shelf on any topic until am done and then they will hardly see me again.
The internet is now my Library..absolutely inexhaustible.

Seems you would like this site then to download your ebooks

Gen.lib.rus.ec