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Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by almayda: 8:29am On May 09, 2019 |
I swear,Reno will never utter a word on this matter again. |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by LZAA: 8:29am On May 09, 2019 |
frankmoney:Actually it isn't There is a reason why MLK is prefered to malcolm x even though malcolm was way better |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by Afamed: 8:31am On May 09, 2019 |
SLAP44:You will twist his words since it doesn't favour your narrations. Wail on 3 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by Xisnin(m): 8:31am On May 09, 2019 |
Osagyefo98:Soyinka's works are not for kids. 2 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by goslowgoslow(m): 8:31am On May 09, 2019 |
SarkinYarki:You must be another guy on weed. How is or has Wole Soyinka disturbed you after winning Nobel price? 2 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by Cyberleets: 8:31am On May 09, 2019 |
handsomebanana: Lol dude am among that 7 billion and I don't write novel so get a life... When the whole 7 billion decides to start writing novels, then u can start the comparison |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by RTSC: 8:32am On May 09, 2019 |
aribisala0:What nice way are you talking about? Achebe's book is read in colleges all over Europe and America. The same people that awarded the Nobel Prize. How many Soyinka books has that kind of acclaim.? We have hundreds of Nobel Prize winners whose name the world will no longer remember . 2 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by Magic1: 8:33am On May 09, 2019 |
BuhariAdvocate: What did you just say. Be very careful lest... |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by samsam2019: 8:33am On May 09, 2019 |
SarkinYarki:how many don win am from your family or village or even your tribe? Every sane person knows Nobel is not the measure of greatness but to downplay Soyinka's achievements is insanity from you 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by Nobody: 8:34am On May 09, 2019 |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by Wallade(m): 8:34am On May 09, 2019 |
StOla: Can we/you just communicate this opinion to Reno Omokri to educate him and make him understand the need not to conclude on what he doesn't understand. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by FortuneDeGreat(m): 8:36am On May 09, 2019 |
BuhariAdvocate:You call Prof. Achebe half baked? I wonder for you and your god buhari even made it to the baking pan talk more of even entering the oven. 3 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by bamasite(m): 8:37am On May 09, 2019 |
How dare you call Achebe half baked? Please show respect BuhariAdvocate: |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by crazysam001: 8:37am On May 09, 2019 |
SLAP44: The essence of writing is to communicate not flaunt a style, there I have always had a problem with his works in relation to Achebe or even Ekwensi 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by fuke(m): 8:37am On May 09, 2019 |
SLAP44: Did they teach you English in school? |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by almayda: 8:37am On May 09, 2019 |
Those who understand literature gave it to Wole Soyinka, I'm sure they must have read these men's books,Reno that is deficient in literature wouldn't have understood the criteria used to select who the Noble peace prize for literature winner should be.I guess he thought the process was conducted in Abeokuta...never allow your emotions work without the benefit of your interllect. 5 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by Xisnin(m): 8:38am On May 09, 2019 |
Osagyefo98:A kid's brain is not fully developed so is some adult's. Soyinka's works are not recommended for either to avoid concussion. 6 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by benji93: 8:39am On May 09, 2019 |
My thoughts exactly. The Nobel Prize is an award by the academia to the academia not to the most popular. Their assessment of a work does not necessarily include popularity or simplicity. These guys might as well inaugurate an award for the most popular works. I don't understand how anyone would critique a process, despite not knowing how the process actually works. aribisala0: 6 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by BluntBoy(m): 8:41am On May 09, 2019 |
SLAP44: You think everyone is as childish as you and Reno? What issue did Reno raise? So, because Reno could not get into any of Soyinka's work, then it means Achebe was better? 5 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by Wallade(m): 8:41am On May 09, 2019 |
I wish we can all understand that the areas of specialization in literature for Woke Soyinka and Chinua Achebe differs. That will guide our assessment of both exceptional men. |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by israelmao(m): 8:42am On May 09, 2019 |
For clear reading for weak sight:"Chinua is entitled to better than being escorted to his grave with that monotonous hypocritical era of deprivation's lament orchestrated by those who,as we say in my part of the world,"Dye their mourning weeds in deeper indigo than those of the bereaved".He deserves his peace.Me too.And right now not posthumously. "-RIP to the great one. I have earlier on tweeted that, Wole Soyinka is unique and creative in his own way as well as Chinua Achebe.Wole Soyinka is philosophical and renowned for hard sentences which take a highly intellectual and deeper thinker to dissolve and absorb while Chinua Achebe was known for simplicity of expression and a master storyteller and you know many people love a sweet storyteller. 2 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by aribisala0(m): 8:44am On May 09, 2019 |
RTSC: Whether they read Achebe's book in heaven is not the issue. It is clear that you are ignorant and do not read. Wole Soyinka is majorly a playwright. How many of his "books" are read in Colleges IN NIGERIA very few . So what? How many people whose books are read in colleges in America win the Nobel Prize and HOW is it acclaim? If the subject matter is African literature or African studies what would they read, James Hadley Chase? Wole Soyinka wrote plays that were performed at the National Theatre in London. That is acclaim. Wole Soyinka himself in his youth was an actor and theatre director and got wide acclaim for this so I really do not know why all this compensatory bitterness is neccesary. That is not the point which seems to elude you. It is clear YOU do not read and have no understanding of the issues. So you seek to console your self with this acclaim nonsense. 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by Nobody: 8:44am On May 09, 2019 |
WISDOM IS MUCH DESIRABLE THAN COMMON SENSE.UNFORTUNATELY OMOKRI IS DEPRIVED OF THE TWO. 3 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by benji93: 8:44am On May 09, 2019 |
The question is who are communicating to. While some academicians endeavour to communicate information directly to the world, others only communicate to their peers. You may dislike his work for not being universal, but that does not reduce it's quality. If there was an award for universality of a literary work, achebe could have won it. Unfortunately, the Nobel prize by design doesn ot fit such a category. crazysam001: 2 Likes |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by nams77: 8:45am On May 09, 2019 |
preacherz:And I guess chinua Achebe supported gej? Reno was absolutely right but he ought not to have said it. |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by genabc(m): 8:45am On May 09, 2019 |
Osagyefo98: I've read their works, they are great orators and a big blessing to Africa literature. However, Achebe's work is meant for the commoners, an average reader who doesn't av in-dept knowledge of literary appreciation while Prof. Soyinka work is for the elite, you have to go to a great length to decipher it, and that's the beauty of literature. Mind u, Literature comprises of poetry, drama and prose. How many of his work have you read? Keffi's Birthday Treat (1954) The Invention (1957) The Swamp Dwellers (1958) A Quality of Violence (1959)[71] The Lion and the Jewel (1959) The Trials of Brother Jero A Dance of the Forests (1960) My Father's Burden (1960) The Strong Breed (1964) Before the Blackout (1964) Kongi's Harvest (1964) The Road (1965) Madmen and Specialists (1970) The Bacchae of Euripides (1973) Camwood on the Leaves (1973) Jero's Metamorphosis (1973) Death and the King's Horseman (1975) Opera Wonyosi (1977) Requiem for a Futurologist (1983) Sixty-Six (short piece) (1984)[72] A Play of Giants (1984) Childe Internationale (1987)[73][74] From Zia with Love (1992) The Detainee (radio play) A Scourge of Hyacinths (radio play) The Beatification of Area Boy (1996) Document of Identity (radio play, 1999) King Baabu (2001) Etiki Revu Wetin Alapata Apata (2011) Novels The Interpreters (1964) Season of Anomy (1972) Short stories A Tale of Two (1958) Egbe's Sworn Enemy (1960) Madame Etienne's Establishment (1960) Memoirs The Man Died: Prison Notes (1971) Aké: The Years of Childhood (1981) Ibadan: The Penkelemes Years: a memoir 1946-65 (1989) Isara: A Voyage around Essay (1990) You Must Set Forth at Dawn (2006) Poetry collections Telephone Conversation (1963) (appeared in Modern Poetry in Africa) Idanre and other poems (1967) A Big Airplane Crashed Into The Earth (original title Poems from Prison) (1969) A Shuttle in the Crypt (1971) Ogun Abibiman (1976) Mandela's Earth and other poems (1988) Early Poems (1997) Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known (2002) Essays Towards a True Theater (1962) Culture in Transition (1963) Neo-Tarzanism: The Poetics of Pseudo-Transition A Voice That Would Not Be Silenced Art, Dialogue, and Outrage: Essays on Literature and Culture (1988) From Drama and the African World View (1976) Myth, Literature, and the African World (1976)[75] The Blackman and the Veil (1990)[76] The Credo of Being and Nothingness (1991) The Burden of Memory – The Muse of Forgiveness (1999) A Climate of Fear (the BBC Reith Lectures 2004, audio and transcripts) New Imperialism (2009)[77] Of Africa (2012)[78][79] Movies Kongi's Harvest Culture in Transition Blues for a Prodigal 17 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by frankmoney(m): 8:46am On May 09, 2019 |
LZAA:it is , why MLK is better is because of malcom's initial approach with the nation of Islam , after he left them , he became more like MLK 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by autonomous22: 8:46am On May 09, 2019 |
Reno go understand the English at all.... |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by joshkke(m): 8:47am On May 09, 2019 |
Good points, with one small correction. Achebe also wrote Poetry. "Beware Soul Brother" and another volume the name of which I have forgotten. Also, in "There was a country" Achebe often interspaced the Prose with Poetry. While Reno has a right to his opinion, I think he was remiss in calling out Soyinka in quite that way. I like Achebe, I also like Soyinka, and while the Nobel is a good thing, his winning it does not define Soyinka. His body of works does. It is in the same way not winning it does not define the late sage, Achebe. StOla: 1 Like |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by blowjohn(m): 8:47am On May 09, 2019 |
T9ksy: People like u are among those who attended grammar schools and comprehensive schools. Yet u can't comprehend the English grammar. Nonsense! |
Re: Wole Soyinka Replies Reno Omokri Over Chinua Achebe Being Better Than Him by perpeling22(f): 8:47am On May 09, 2019 |
I just went back to read his reply again, I think he gave the best respond. He honoured the great Achebe and at the same time advised Reno not to cry more than the bereaved 1 Like |
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