Lol, this guy sounds cantankerous, and me, i like cantankerous people. In 2009, in a newspaper interview, he claimed that Soyinka writes bad dialogue even though he acknowledges the Nobel laureate as one of his mentors. In February 2011, at a lecture he delivered at Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, India, he dropped a bombshell when he declared Things Fall Apart, by the legendary Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, was the worst book ever written by an African. He also went on to describe fellow Nigerian writer, the equally famous Chimamanda Adichie, as a nuisance to African literature, saying that she was only seeking relevance by connecting herself with Achebe. I look forward to meeting him some day.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onyeka_Nwelue
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:34:09 +0000
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