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Makuos19:

Hahaha...
You are the one that has comprehension problems.
Soyinka won the nobel prize. While Achebe is called "father of modern literature" because his book is the most widely read in the world - meaning his book is greater than Soyinka's book.

Messy & Ronaldo has won more awards than Pele...Yet because of Pele's achievement, Pele is still greater than Messy & Ronaldo

Oga, just go away. You keep on making blunders after blunders. Just save yourself further embarrassment.

Things Fall Apart is not the most widely read in the world.

Even the Harry Potter books are more widely read than Things Fall Apart.

BluntBoy:


One of the finest in the world, not one of the finest African.

As in, in the history of playwrighting, Soyinka is one of the finest.

Show me where Achebe has been described as one of the finest writers (not African writer)?

It didnt say "in the world. Neither did it say in Africa." It only say "one of the finest"... not the finest.

And whether in the world or in africa, who is the finest

Oga, his book is the most widely read african novel in the world

Makuos19:

Hahaha...
You are the one that has comprehension problems.
Soyinka won the nobel prize. While Achebe is called "father of modern literature" because his book is the most widely read in the world - meaning his book is greater than Soyinka's book.

Messy & Ronaldo has won more awards than Pele...Yet because of Pele's achievement, Pele is still greater than Messy & Ronaldo

What point are you trying to make here? Are you saying Achebe is greater than Soyinka simply because Nadine Gordimer called him father of modern African literature

Makuos19:

It didnt say "in the world. Neither did it say in Africa." It only say "one of the finest"... not the finest.

And whether in the world or in africa, who is the finest

Oga, his book is the most widely read african book in the world

Kai, you have comprehension issues.

One of the finest to write in the English language.

It didn't specify. It didn't say one of the finest African.

Just imagine the dummies I waste my time arguing with.

BluntBoy:


What point are you trying to make here? Are you saying Achebe is greater than Soyinka simply because Nadine Gordimer called him father of modern African literature

He is greater because his book is the most widely read african novel. That is his basis of his greatness. The world recognized him as "The Father Of African Literature"....except Soyinka

BluntBoy:


Kai, you have comprehension issues.

One of the finest to write in the English language.

It didn't specify. It didn't say one of the finest African.

Just imagine the dummies I waste my time arguing with.

U see why you have comprehension issues.

The statement "one of the finest" is different from "the finest"

So i asked u again, who is the finest from Africa

Makuos19:

U see why you have comprehension issues.

The statement "one of the finest" is different from "the finest"

So i asked u again, who is the finest from Africa

SMH...

Why are you people so retarded.

Achebe is not even a playwright, so he doesn't fit into this issue.

BluntBoy:


SMH...

Why are you people so retarded.

Achebe is not even a playwright, so he doesn't fit into this issue.

Makuos19:

He is greater because his book is the most widely read african novel. That is his basis of his greatness. The world recognized him as "The Father Of African Literature"....except Soyinka

So, JK Rowling is greater than Achebe since her books are more widely read than Things Fall Apart?

Kai, you people need education.

BluntBoy:


So, JK Rowling is greater than Achebe since her books are more widely read than Things Fall Apart?

Kai, you people need education.

And who is JK Rowling

Makuos19:

U see why you have comprehension issues.

The statement "one of the finest" is different from "the finest"

So i asked u again, who is the finest from Africa

That was someone's article.

The person even placed Ben Okri over Nurudeen Farah and Ngugi Wa Thiongo.

BluntBoy:


That was someone's article.

The person even placed Ben Okri over Nurudeen Farah and Ngugi Wa Thiongo.

Really?
Ok
Then show your own lets see...

And what of this one below....

Makuos19:


And who is JK Rowling

So, you don't know JK Rowling? You people are not informed, but you want to argue books. The only writers you know are Achebe and Soyinka, and the only Achebe book you know is Things Fall Apart.

Well, for your information, JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books.

BluntBoy:


So, you don't know JK Rowling? You people are not informed, but you want to argue books. The only writers you know are Achebe and Soyinka, and the only Achebe book you know is Things Fall Apart.

Well, for your information, JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books.

Oga, what of this one....

Makuos19:

Really?
Ok
Then show your own lets see...

If you are versed in African literature, you will not be wondering.

Moreover, the writer of the article said "contemporary" and still managed to squeeze Achebe onto the list.

BluntBoy:


If you are versed in African literature, you will not be wondering.

Moreover, the writer of the article said "contemporary" and still managed to squeeze Achebe onto the list.

Then show us your own na lets see where Soyinka is above Achebe

This is another one below...it says the best african writer of all time

Makuos19:


Oga, what of this one....

Oga, I asked a simple question.

Is JK Rowling greater than Achebe? , she is more widely read than Achebe?

Another question, why do people think Achebe was greater than Soyinka? Is it because he was a better writer or because he is more widely read?

BluntBoy:


Oga, I asked a simple question.

Is JK Rowling greater than Achebe? , she is more widely read than Achebe?

Another question, why do people think Achebe was greater than Soyinka? Is it because he was a better writer or because he is more widely read?

But this is another one below.... It says "Top 10 African Authors Of All Time"

Makuos19:


But this is another one below.... It says "Top 10 African Authors Of All Time"

Such pointed dissents from multiculturalist orthodoxy may explain the strange fact that although Soyinka is, by most s, a better and more interesting writer than Achebe, he is not nearly so well known.
https://www.claremont.org/crb/article/up-from-colonialism/

Well known does not mean better writer.

So, according to most s, even though Soyinka is not as well read as Achebe, he is a better and more interesting writer.

BluntBoy:


Such pointed dissents from multiculturalist orthodoxy may explain the strange fact that although Soyinka is, by most s, a better and more interesting writer than Achebe, he is not nearly so well known.
https://www.claremont.org/crb/article/up-from-colonialism/

Well known does not mean better writer.

So, according to most s, even though Soyinka is not as well read as Achebe, he is a better and more interesting writer.

You said he is better & more interesting writer...Yet in the top 10 Best African Writer he comes below Achebe!!!

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