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Lmaoooo! Yoruba man

This book is like a prophesy. It is timeless. It's like one of Fela's songs. It was written in the 1960s, but it perfectly depicts the behaviour of African politicians today. I've still got a copy of the book.

Chief The Honourable Minister by T.M. Aluko.

O MY GOD! O MY GOD! You will die of laughter if you read this book. I'm not just saying it. You will actually die of laughter if you read it. This novel is totally hilarious.

Somebody stole my copy of the book, but I must buy another one soon.


The Interpreters by Wole Soyinka.

naptu2:
The Drummer Boy by Cyprian Ekwensi.

I owned a copy of this book and I saw Kokoro everyday in traffic, yet it didn't occur to me that the book was about him (until just before his death).

Who is Kokoro?

My favourite was "second chance".. I read that book so many times. Rich Mina Erein and poor Richard Pepple with their twin girls

Ishilove:

Lmaoooo! Yoruba man

Na so

naptu2:


I preferred Forty-Eight Guns For The General. My God, I lost myself in that book!

I know it, but I never read it.

naptu2:
This book is like a prophesy. It is timeless. It's like one of Fela's songs. It was written in the 1960s, but it perfectly depicts the behaviour of African politicians today. I've still got a copy of the book.

Chief The Honourable Minister by T.M. Aluko.

I love this one!!

naptu2:
O MY GOD! O MY GOD! You will die of laughter if you read this book. I'm not just saying it. You will actually die of laughter if you read it. This novel is totally hilarious.

Somebody stole my copy of the book, but I must buy another one soon.


The Interpreters by Wole Soyinka.

Then you haven't read Great Ponds by Elechi Amadi

Ishilove:


Yes! What's the plot again?

It's a very crazy story about a delinquent boy called Akin and the absolutely crazy events that happened in his life.

You will read about the food riots that occurred in his school, his teenage female classmates that moonlight as prostitutes, the bathroom in the female hostel that can be seen from the building across the road, the time that he falsified his results, how he was either expelled from school or he dropped out (I can which) and how he stole a lot of money from accident victims and used that to start his company.

He therefore became the "Director" of the company and had lots of girlfriends and hosted lavish parties. He was also engaged in a lot of illegal activities (to keep the money flowing). Then you'll read about what happened to him in the end.

Ishilove:


Who is Kokoro?

Kokoro was a very famous blind musician. He used to busk on Igbosere Road and Broad Street (at least, those were the two places that I saw him everyday). He played the tambourine (just like Akin in the novel).

I was always amazed by the fact that he knew the streets so well that he could walk up and down them unaccompanied. I saw him on those streets everyday and he never had an accident (at least not to my knowledge).

I think it was in the 1990s that PMAN (finally) decided to do something for him, but unfortunately he died soon after that.

There's a statue of him at the new Tinubu Square fountain.

Ishilove:


This took me down memory lane. Wow!!

I also another one written by Cyprian, about an old man struck with a spell of the wandering disease. Each time someone mentions Sokugo, the old man loses his senses and starts wandering upandan distant lands. I have forgotten the name but the plot has stayed with me all these years.

This was burning grass. Read it in JSS 2. Didn't get the gist till later. Even now I call my wandering friends " sokugo".

Ishilove:


The part that got me was when the boy's father spat into his hands and asked him to lick it

Ure chokwe my boy. When teacher Steve's fiancee saw the missing money stuck in a drawer.

The teacher that used to sign on the cut edge of yam.

Erugo iyama the boy who always had oil from ' akara' on his lips.

This was a really touching story. Loved it.

Ishilove:


I know it, but I never read it.

It's a delicious civil war novel. It's fictional, but it seems very real ( that he worked in the Biafra Information Bureau during the war). He borrowed heavily from things that actually happened during the war.

naptu2:
The Drummer Boy by Cyprian Ekwensi.

I owned a copy of this book and I saw Kokoro everyday in traffic, yet it didn't occur to me that the book was about him (until just before his death).

Wait up. This was based on a true story?

Now I am completely awed.

I the joy with which he reunited with his fellow players. How angry he was because the madam drove them away. Lol.

Epic tale.

Ishilove:


Then you haven't read Great Ponds by Elechi Amadi

You won't understand what I mean until you read that book. I skipped the first few pages when I read it the first time, but once I got started, I couldn't put it down. I almost died of laughter several times.

I've laid many potent curses on the head of the person that stole my copy of the book, but I shall get another one soon.

Ishilove:


When I read it the cover was different. Ekwueme died from the injuries he sustained in a fight with Madume. Madume, the greedy lecher began eyeing Ihuoma after her husband died. I think Madume later hung himself on a tree after he went blind. The spirit husband came in the form of a snake and spat into his eyes, blinding him. He sunk into depression afterwards, and then committed suicide.

Truly an unforgettable classic...

Also read this. Though I think an arrow aimed at a lizard killed emenike. He who climbed a palm tree and refused to come down till ihuoma was called.

Wakiri the wag and his knock knees.

armadeo:


Wait up. This was based on a true story?

Now I am completely awed.

I the joy with which he reunited with his fellow players. How angry he was because the madam drove them away. Lol.

Epic tale.

naptu2:


Kokoro was a very famous blind musician. He used to busk on Igbosere Road and Broad Street (at least, those were the two places that I saw him everyday). He played the tambourine (just like Akin in the novel).

I was always amazed by the fact that he knew the streets so well that he could walk up and down them unaccompanied. I saw him on those streets everyday and he never had an accident (at least not to my knowledge).

I think it was in the 1990s that PMAN (finally) decided to do something for him, but unfortunately he died soon after that.

There's a statue of him at the new Tinubu Square fountain.

armadeo:


Wait up. This was based on a true story?

Now I am completely awed.

I the joy with which he reunited with his fellow players. How angry he was because the madam drove them away. Lol.

Epic tale.

Aha! We are in the information age! There's now a Wikipedia article about Kokoro. It's not very detailed, but it gives you an idea of who he was.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokoro_(musician)

Yuneehk:
My favourite was "second chance".. I read that book so many times. Rich Mina Erein and poor Richard Pepple with their twin girls

I wonder where I read these books. I also read this one and loved it.

Others not mentioned so far

There's tgis book about two guys who rob thier parents and run to lagos. They become business men but one dies in an accident driving a trailer and the other goes blind when his windscreen shatters. Can't the name.

Usman terror of the north and the deadly game of Shanshi

This story about an orphan who's mother dies and is taken in by a trader selling statues. While thinking of how to raise money the trader says 30naira to a couple of whites and they but the statues making her rich.

Agbo the lucky boy whose parents were rich.

Pacesetters bloodbath at lobster close.

All 21 famous five novels
The secret seven

Gwendoline lacy Mary ( I have no idea what that book is about but I read it all)


wow those days sha

Ishilove:


Who is Kokoro?

Aha! We are in the information age! There's now a Wikipedia article about Kokoro. It's not very detailed, but it gives you an idea of who he was.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokoro_(musician)

naptu2:


You won't understand what I mean until you read that book. I skipped the first few pages when I read it the first time, but once I got started, I couldn't put it down. I almost died of laughter several times.

I've laid many potent curses on the head of the person that stole my copy of the book, but I shall get another one soon.

Lmao! My dear, I you in cursing the fellow

armadeo:


Also read this. Though I think an arrow aimed at a lizard killed emenike. He who climbed a palm tree and refused to come down till ihuoma was called.

Wakiri the wag and his knock knees.

Emenike is different from Ekueme. Ekwueme was Ihuoma's husband while Emenike was supposed to marry her. Agwoturumbe boasted he could appease the Sea King but he was outsmarted at the end

armadeo:


I wonder where I read these books. I also read this one and loved it.

Others not mentioned so far

There's tgis book about two guys who rob thier parents and run to lagos. They become business men but one dies in an accident driving a trailer and the other goes blind when his windscreen shatters. Can't the name.

Usman terror of the north and the deadly game of Shanshi

This story about an orphan who's mother dies and is taken in by a trader selling statues. While thinking of how to raise money the trader says 30naira to a couple of whites and they but the statues making her rich.

Agbo the lucky boy whose parents were rich.

Pacesetters bloodbath at lobster close.

All 21 famous five novels
The secret seven

Gwendoline lacy Mary ( I have no idea what that book is about but I read it all)


wow those days sha

I the tale of the ones who ran to Lagos. When they were dedicating the truck, people got drunk and fought themselves, and eventually had blood splattered on the truck. The two were warned that this was a bad omen.

The one of the orphan who was taken by the trader selling statues is a vague memory but I recall the beginning.

Who re "My father's car"? ...second hand motor, help me push am...

armadeo:


I wonder where I read these books. I also read this one and loved it.

Others not mentioned so far

There's tgis book about two guys who rob thier parents and run to lagos. They become business men but one dies in an accident driving a trailer and the other goes blind when his windscreen shatters. Can't the name.

Usman terror of the north and the deadly game of Shanshi

This story about an orphan who's mother dies and is taken in by a trader selling statues. While thinking of how to raise money the trader says 30naira to a couple of whites and they but the statues making her rich.

Agbo the lucky boy whose parents were rich.

Pacesetters bloodbath at lobster close.

All 21 famous five novels
The secret seven

Gwendoline lacy Mary ( I have no idea what that book is about but I read it all)


wow those days sha

Gwendoline Mary = Mallory Towers. I read those books more than 30 years ago, so I don't the names of the individual books, but I a bit of the plots. Do you when they had an American student at Mallory Towers? They also had a very snobbish girl in one of the books. I think her name was The Honourable Clarissa Carter (or something like that).

naptu2:


Gwendoline Mary = Mallory Towers. I read those books more than 30 years ago, so I don't the names of the individual books, but I a bit of the plots. Do you when they had an American student at Mallory Towers? They also had a very snobbish girl in one of the books. I think her name was The Honourable Clarissa Carter (or something like that).

Emmm, eskiz sir, how old are you?

Ishilove:

Emmm, eskiz sir, how old are you?

3 years old.

armadeo:


This was burning grass. Read it in JSS 2. Didn't get the gist till later. Even now I call my wandering friends " sokugo".

Burning Grass!! I now

What happened to Nigerian literature??

naptu2:


53 years old.

Berra

AH CAN READIN SOME BUH ONLY WENT THRU ODAS

IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SHA

naptu2:


It's a very crazy story about a delinquent boy called Akin and the absolutely crazy events that happened in his life.

You will read about the food riots that occurred in his school, his teenage female classmates that moonlight as prostitutes, the bathroom in the female hostel that can be seen from the building across the road, the time that he falsified his results, how he was either expelled from school or he dropped out (I can which) and how he stole a lot of money from accident victims and used that to start his company.

He therefore became the "Director" of the company and had lots of girlfriends and hosted lavish parties. He was also engaged in a lot of illegal activities (to keep the money flowing). Then you'll read about what happened to him in the end.

You're absolutely brilliant! Marry me