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Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Hotfreezer: 9:17am On Nov 16, 2019 |
Crixxx: You are ignorant. One idiot here on Nairaland said Achebe was denied the Nobel prize because he supported Biafra. He had forgotten that Soyinka was jailed for supporting Biafra while Achebe was busy sleeping with college girls in America. Chinua is a storyteller who excelled in writing beer parlour stories. Wole excelled in the 3 branches of literature and wrote intellectually stimulating books. Go and read The Interpreters by Wole Soyinka and see if you would remain the same. 12 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Hotfreezer: 9:20am On Nov 16, 2019 |
Sahgs: Your knowledge of literature is limited to Prose that's why you have no knowledge of poetry and drama which are the other branches of literature. Chinua Achebe is a storyteller who got lucky. If it were in today's Nigeria or Africa, many young and better writers would have trounced him. Soyinka on the other hand is in the category of Shakespeare. He excelled in Prose, Poetry and Drama. Mention a single anthology by Achebe that you know. 7 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by somalianprince: 9:25am On Nov 16, 2019 |
Achebe, the father of modern African literature 1 Like |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by seanwilliam(m): 9:28am On Nov 16, 2019 |
Achebe was good no doubt, but he was not greater than the noble laureate ok... if he was, he would hold one... there is different between being the best and being the greatest... as per naija standard, achebe is the best and soyinka is the greatest.. 8 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by munchi(m): 9:30am On Nov 16, 2019 |
FrLukas: Wrong conclusion.....I can relate sir especially in our politicians but we talking about culture here ....thanks |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Nobody: 9:35am On Nov 16, 2019 |
munchi: You mean the pervading culture of impunity, corruption, self-centerdness which has become the Nigerian motto and is fast destroying the morality of our youths isn't relevant in the analysis of Animal Farm? 1 Like |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by munchi(m): 9:40am On Nov 16, 2019 |
FrLukas: And how does that relate to a WACE sitting kid ? Get my point .... |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Crixxx: 9:40am On Nov 16, 2019 |
Hotfreezer: Don't be dull.. Seems you hardly read. The depth and true facts of his books was most of the reason he was denied surely no government or body will want to award a writer that speaks against them and a critic.. You can term it bear parlour book to feel fulfilled but it doesn't change the fact that Achebe was a better man. Being a Nobel prize winner doesn't make him a master in his field neither is it a yardstick of feat... Things fall apart is a book translated in hundreds of languages. No one can deny Achebe is the Father of African Literature.. You can also read about Graham Greene and also read In response to Conrad's heart of darkness. 2 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by munchi(m): 9:42am On Nov 16, 2019 |
Hotfreezer: Lucky indeed.....tribalism runs in your blood! Soyinka and Shakespeare indeed |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Nobody: 9:45am On Nov 16, 2019 |
munchi: No I don't. It is a piece of literature, so how isn't that relevant to a literature student? Besides, the points raised in the book are as universally relevant as they are timeless. |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by GeneralPula: 9:52am On Nov 16, 2019 |
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Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Nobody: 9:59am On Nov 16, 2019 |
This comparism between Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe really has to stop. This has nothing to do with tribalism or ethnicity. The Nobel awarding body has awarded the prize to whom they deemed fit. Wole Soyinka is the best of them. That Achebe never got one doesn't mean he isn't a fine writer. Comparing him to Wole Soyinka is to lower the achievements of Achebe. Like, if we can't prove that Achebe is greater than Soyinka it would mean Achebe wasn't a good writer. The right person got the award. Get over it already. 5 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Nobody: 10:08am On Nov 16, 2019 |
ElectorAlexande: I love reading his books. Achebe would have done well as a cultural historian than being a literary artist. |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Kennyswagz1(m): 10:16am On Nov 16, 2019 |
Foolish people |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Nobody: 10:26am On Nov 16, 2019 |
Fadomero: Show me any of Wole Soyinka works that sold over 10 million copies and was translated into over 50 languages 2 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Paulo3ree(m): 10:28am On Nov 16, 2019 |
munchi:We are still saying the same thing, good books can be translated to local dialect. Even good books from our shores are found in foreign shelves and in their language too |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Nobody: 10:28am On Nov 16, 2019 |
adamadwealthy: His best literary works still resonates worldwide years after his death. Things fall apart has sold over 10 million copies till now. Things fall apart has also been converted to over 50 languages. Wole Soyinka that people compare with Achebe isn't even close in anyway by any standard 2 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Nobody: 10:30am On Nov 16, 2019 |
Guestuser: Which of Wole Soyinka works compared with things fall apart? 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Nobody: 10:31am On Nov 16, 2019 |
Throwback: No single work of Soyinka comes anywhere close to Achebes things fall apart. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Harlem2(m): 10:32am On Nov 16, 2019 |
PrecisionFx: Simple stuff Go and collect the nobel prize for achebee 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Nobody: 10:33am On Nov 16, 2019 |
emapeteum: The nobel prize has been a useless award firbages now. Many of its recipients have openly said they don't deserve it. Chinua Achebe never won that bible price because he wrote against the white colonial masters 1 Like |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Throwback: 10:35am On Nov 16, 2019 |
PrecisionFx: Firstly, Nobel is not a popularity contest of the works of the awardees. Secondly, the Prize is for Literature and not for just the Prose component of Literature that also includes Play (Drama) and Poetry, which are Soyinka's main strengths and for which specific reason he was awarded in 1986. If other awardees before and after Soyinka had works that were more popular than Soyinka's, then we would have argued that Soyinka's award was an aberration. So I reiterate, it is not awarded based on whose work is more popular or widely translated, or based on who is better at Prose. South Africa's Nadine Gordimer, won the Nobel Literature Prize on the strength of her Prose in 1991. Maybe that was the year Achebe should have won it for being more popular in Prose than Nadine Gordimer. Achebe wasn't even under consideration when Soyinka won it in 1986. 7 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Nobody: 10:41am On Nov 16, 2019 |
Lol dude didn't win Noble Laureate simple why belabor the issue? 3 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by traihit: 10:49am On Nov 16, 2019 |
kokomilala: Yeah... Achebe is king when it comes to prose narrative. He made me more interested in learning more about the Igbo culture then, Adichie came and she toed the same line. Soyinka and Achebe are not the same thing, despite their works. We don't need the Nobel to tell us what books to read. |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Guestuser: 11:01am On Nov 16, 2019 |
PrecisionFx:Ok |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Omoluabi16(m): 11:26am On Nov 16, 2019 |
Hotfreezer:My brother, you get time. It is their stock in trade, so these lamentations should not surprise you. Suddenly the prestigious Nobel award is being watered down just to fit their low self esteem. 2 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by munchi(m): 11:34am On Nov 16, 2019 |
FrLukas: So animal farm is a better book for a NIGERIAN wace student than things fall apart ....you win bro |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Nobody: 11:55am On Nov 16, 2019 |
While I easily agree with the obvious, that Chinua Achebe is arguably the best Nigeria has ever produced in the literary field, OPs piece is a very lack-lustre, unprofessional, inarticulate attempt at conveying that. He deserves a more in-depth, professional critiquing than this. As for those who ignorantly downplay his achievements because of a nobel award he didn't get, shame on you. Be emancipated from mental slavery and slave mentality. A group of men create an award system and set their standards and by so doing, you let them take away and redefine your sense of judgement. Don't the intelligent know that any system created by man is designed for compromise as man himself is a compromise? Or have you not seen even the very fault lines of democracy, the supposed epitome of freedom now being used to impose a greater slavery than any other political system? Think for yourselves, his works are so impactful in shaping men's thinking and preserving truth and freedom for the African race far more than even Wole Soyinka's(not taking anything away from him though), as well as some other Nobel laureates, going by facts(having been reprinted in over 50 languages alone) and inspiring protégés from all over the world like Chimamanda and many more. The greatest achievement a man can have on earth is his influence in shaping the thinking of others for positive results and conquering the limitations of societal structures to do this. And that's regardless of whether he is given a medal by men or not. Like Socrates, like Chinua Achebe. They live on, even inside of you. 2 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by OROSUNBOLB(m): 11:59am On Nov 16, 2019 |
chiboy1116: The camouflaged objective of this article is actually the "baseless comparisons". it is a needless attack ,borne out of jealousy against Prof Wole Soyinka. The piece is a mere emotional outburst from a bitter mind. 4 Likes |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Nobody: 12:02pm On Nov 16, 2019 |
munchi: Bro, did you study in Nigeria at all? Ask past literature students if they had only ONE book for literature. They had various. So there's no "better than" here. Before leaving the secondary school as an arts student, you must have been introduced to various Nigerian, other African and international writers, as you should. That's the norm. 1 Like |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by gudugudumeje: 12:44pm On Nov 16, 2019 |
He is just an excellen story teller. And as there many of such, he is not qualify for more. Thomas Hardy was a better story teller... |
Re: Chinua Achebe: An Icon Beyond Nobel Laureate Award by Owerri1stSon: 1:23pm On Nov 16, 2019 |
IvarTheBoneless: He said the truth ogah.. I studied Eng & Literature and guess what? No Eng. student would dare rate Wole works to the Almighty Achebe's. 1 Like |
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