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Envy can never take away the greatness of Soyinka. He is a living icon.

Vinnie2000:


See your Ignorance in Full Display.

Chinua Achebe's THINGS FALL APART is Translated and read in 60 Nations across the World.
Even Germans still Read the Book till Today. 🙂

His novel, Chike and the River, was read in Kenya, Uganda and many East African countries for Many years,
as their Basic School Supplementary book.

He is BIGGER than Soyinka, Plz.

Achebe never won d nobel prize. So soyinka is far ahead of him. D hatred of achebe towards soyinka made him rejected national honors three times,and that is why Soyinka outlived him.

blacksam01:


did soyinka win the "bookerman prize"..?..

both Achebe and chimamanda won it

What is bookerman prize

I don't want to accuse you of catching Peter Obi's misinformation bug but please provide evidence so we can all learn here.

I had to google this obscure prize and only saw 'The Booker Prize' and it was never won by Achebe or Chimamanda but they got shortlisted .

LegendHero:
Achebe died an envious unfulfilled man and legend has it that envy for Wole Soyinka contributed to his death.

Why I love God is that he always make Yoruba triumph, we have bested the Ibos in all strata of achievement if we go head to head.

Below is Prof. Wole Soyinka telling the world how embarrassed he was on the kind of envy and hatred Achebe showed when he won the Nobel Laureate.

Soyinka is more of just a novel writer, he is an icon. A million Achebe can not measure up to him.

please tell them o. The children of envy and hatred. Our mandate go pain dem die.

caandi:
truth be told Chinua book still lives on
I’m not a lover of literature but I’ve read most of his books
Wole is also a great man though I’ve not read any of his books

Hahahaha.

U See am now? 🤷

Chinua Achebe's Book are Well known over Africa and the World. Even the Most recent THERE WAS A COUNTRY was a Classic.

Soyinka's Only Popular book is Lion and the Jewel and the poem Abiku, i think. 🤔😕

Others like Trial of Brother Jero and Kongi's Harvest are NOT popular@all.

abidem4real:

Obi's die-hard fans have been beclouded by the 'illusion of grandeur' of Peter Obi to the extent that anybody whose words or ideas do not go in of Peter Obi is always being attacked. I think they need psychiatric examination as urgently as possible before May 29th so that number of mad people will not become countless after Tinubu's inauguration as the President and Commander-in-chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Jagaban is coming........💪💪💪💪💪

That is not true. I ed Obi but I found the attack on Soyinka shocking and highly disrespectful

tonysunkan:
Envy can never take away the greatness of Soyinka. He is a living icon.

Mynd44 please push this comment to the front page. I wan make e pepper some people.

The way these ibo descents perceive things is so nauseating and appalling. In clear conscience, who won the presidential election? Why ibos must think every nigerian must accept their poor and wrong standard. Is 6m bigger than 8m? Why must soyinka a Nobel winner pitch his tent with clowns? Ofcourse soyinka is not achebe, soyinka won nobel prize, achebe couldn't, why even trying to compare them. It is a foool that compares 2cor10:12

tonysunkan:
Envy can never take away the greatness of Soyinka. He is a living icon.

Simple as ABC!!!

Well, he outlast him to begin with.

Vinnie2000:

*Derailing of Trains
*Owo Massacre of Christians
*Deborah Samuel's painful murder
*ASUU Eight months Strike
*Naira Redesign wahala
*Fake Bishops
*MC Oluomo's threats to Igbos
*Presidential Election
*Governorship Election

Wole Soyinka KEPT MUTE in ALL these grave Issues ravaging Nigeria,

Only to wake up and Focus his energy on Datti/LP/.

Is this NOT madness, Honestly? 😕

How many renown person from your region speak against all these?

Election has come and gone. Make everybody rest...

Imagine one idiot shameless oputa son comparing elephant Soyinka in the field of literature with rat chinua Achebe who died before his time due to depression because he could not get Nobel laureate award

timota:

Did Igbo not obasanjo and Abiola,where is the fairness

Which Abiola?

blacksam01:


did soyinka win the "bookerman prize"..?..

both Achebe and chimamanda won it

Obviously you do not read any books
The prize is for novel/fiction writers
Wole Soyinka was acclaimed for writing plays, poems and non fiction essays and books
Stick to what you know
It is not compulsory to talk

shegoon:
Anybody can be a justice infact presently we have hundreds of justice in Nigeria but how many noble laureate winners do we have? Prof is recognized worldwide but i dont think your justice oputa was....

Really?

Of the Supreme Court? 😯

@that Era of Meritocracy? 😏

Not a Buhari's Useless APC Era that gave dimwit Festus Keyamo SANship.

He did not keep mute during your Biafran war. He ed the war on your side.

What evil is greater than an outright war that lasted 3 good years and what greater love is physically fighting for you when he doesn't have to?

Vinnie2000:

*Derailing of Trains
*Owo Massacre of Christians
*Deborah Samuel's painful murder
*ASUU Eight months Strike
*Naira Redesign wahala
*Fake Bishops
*MC Oluomo's threats to Igbos
*Presidential Election
*Governorship Election

Wole Soyinka KEPT MUTE in ALL these grave Issues ravaging Nigeria,

Only to wake up and Focus his energy on Datti/LP/.

Is this NOT madness, Honestly? 😕

oyin44:
Just because he criticized obi and his crying baby...

Anyway, isn't his fault l blame the imperial government that united us together....

Fool, he didn't Critize Obi. Everything in your head is Obi! Fuckuing retard!

Ma so

Vinnie2000:


Hahahaha.

U See am now? 🤷

Chinua Achebe's Book are Well known over Africa and the World. Even the Most recent THERE WAS A COUNTRY was a Classic.

Soyinka's Only Popular book is Lion and the Jewel and the poem Abiku, i think. 🤔😕

Others like Trial of Brother Jero and Kongi's Harvest are NOT popular@all.

So popularity is what literature is about?
By that measure where do we put the Harry Potter series,James Hadley Chase,Jackie Collins?

Porn is the most popular film genre searched more than anything on the internet
So porn films are the best?
Literature is judged by academics not populism
Literature is where wisdom is hidden from carnal minds

LegendHero:
People should see the hypocrisy of the Ibo people.

They will lie that they are ing Obi not because of tribe but yet anytime a Yoruba man speak against their candidate, they start accusing the person of tribalism and etc.

Why did Charley boy compare Soyinka to Achebe if not for tribalism? The hateful Chimamanda also mentioned he ed Obi because he is Ibo but if a Yoruba man says that we won’t hear word online again.

In all this, I’ve not seen the useless Falz and Marcaroni come out to condemn this assault on our living legend, but the useless guys will be online to cry about tribalism when a Yoruba celeb give it to these guys hot.

You see those falz and macaroni should just follow igbos to biafra... Awon omo ale... And also they wan follow trend to keep many followers... Useless people

LeoDeKing:

To ipob terrorists, pandora Obituary is a highly revered god and no mortal should question him. The only thing expected of anyone is to sing his praises.

Slur word detected, seun mynd44 do the needful and don't be an accomplice, nairalanders are watching.

Legitisreal:
is a whole sokinya you are insulting now cos he airs his opinion as a yoruba


Let somebody criticise any igboman you people would be telling us how he can feed the commenter generation

I guess there is now someone in your family and village that suddenly have more international prestige & recognition than sokinya

Lolzzz... That tribe ehn... Me I just want make federal government give them their biafra

Gabriel004:
Which Abiola?

Mko Abiola

LegendHero:
People should see the hypocrisy of the Ibo people.

They will lie that they are ing Obi not because of tribe but yet anytime a Yoruba man speak against their candidate, they start accusing the person of tribalism and etc.

Why did Charley boy compare Soyinka to Achebe if not for tribalism? The hateful Chimamanda also mentioned he ed Obi because he is Ibo but if a Yoruba man says that we won’t hear word online again.

In all this, I’ve not seen the useless Falz and Marcaroni come out to condemn this assault on our living legend, but the useless guys will be online to cry about tribalism when a Yoruba celeb give it to these guys hot.

Apc ers abuse old men like obj and the afenifere too...or does their non for tinubu make them less Yoruba?
Yet People like you and other Apc ers abuse and vilified them.
Any Yoruba not ing what you is termed omo-ale or ipob on social media
So?
There’s no difference between the Obi ers and you Batists.
Birds of the same feather.

Fearyourcreator:

You see those falz and macaroni should just follow igbos to biafra... Awon omo ale... And also they wan follow trend to keep many followers... Useless people

Legendhero. Just an example.

I don't normally agree with you on so many things but on this one we agreed!

LegendHero:
People should see the hypocrisy of the Ibo people.

They will lie that they are ing Obi not because of tribe but yet anytime a Yoruba man speak against their candidate, they start accusing the person of tribalism and etc.

Why did Charley boy compare Soyinka to Achebe if not for tribalism? The hateful Chimamanda also mentioned he ed Obi because he is Ibo but if a Yoruba man says that we won’t hear word online again.

In all this, I’ve not seen the useless Falz and Marcaroni come out to condemn this assault on our living legend, but the useless guys will be online to cry about tribalism when a Yoruba celeb give it to these guys hot.

Leave those two guys. Is it not Yoruba people. Those two will surely get their payback at the right time, that is 100% guaranteed!

Vinnie2000:


Ur head nor Correct, Sir. 😕

Justice Oputa, of the Famous Oputa that invited IBB, Gani Fawehinmi,etc?

U think we are talking about Festus Keyamo?

U Smoke Ciga this Morning? 😏

How old are you to have reason like this?

So because he headed a means he can talk when Prof Soyinka talks?

Do you he was appointed as the head of the by head of state?

Meaning it's not an achievement but appointment.

Grown up kid

Hedonini:
Of course. I lost respect for the old fool the moment I discerned that he was just another rodent in Tinubu's cookie room. The idiot whose voice of condemnation was very loud against the Jonathan istration somehow retreated into his shell and became deaf and dumb throughout Buhari's disastrous 8 years of sorrow.

Now after a sham election has supposedly produced a bloody thief and drug baron as president, the useless Soyinka has found his voice again, not in condemnation of the election or of the disreputable criminal that was dubiously pronounced winner, but against the people yearning for a change. Obedients are repugnant fascists and he is ready to do a debate with Datti, but he conveniently has nothing to say about INEC, Tinubu, and the APC. This is the final straw.

Why hiim no do debate with Tinubu?....

Let him do that first...

Shameless.....!!

LegendHero:


Below is Prof. Wole Soyinka openly criticizing the Buhari government and even ed in the call for his impeachment but you believe your own lies that he was inactive.

They expect the old man at his age to lead protest against PMB and his government. This notwithstanding that Soyinka has been fighting against government at a much younger age and has been imprisoned several times on of opposition to bad governance.

Vinnie2000:


See your Ignorance in Full Display.

Chinua Achebe's THINGS FALL APART is Translated and read in 60 Nations across the World.
Even Germans still Read the Book till Today. 🙂

His novel, Chike and the River, was read in Kenya, Uganda and many East African countries for Many years,
as their Basic School Supplementary book.

He is BIGGER than Soyinka, Plz.

Lolzzz!