tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post4725459063254084911..comments2023-09-21T13:22:39.657+01:00Comments on wordsbody: Readings, writing and 'African Writers'Wordsbodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965726929008839788noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-47242007276031713502011-07-29T17:34:47.380+01:002011-07-29T17:34:47.380+01:00Oh I'm sorry, the impression I got from your p...Oh I'm sorry, the impression I got from your post was that the discussion was mainly about the level of misery in EC's book. I am glad if other issues were discussed, particularly issues around craft. I liked his book a lot, and it deserves to do well in Nigeria. PgPetina Gappahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833022790649452950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-82562723882444090852011-07-29T14:26:04.678+01:002011-07-29T14:26:04.678+01:00Petina, you generalise. Read my post again. That m...Petina, you generalise. Read my post again. That many at the reading expressed these views about Osondu's collection does not mean Everybody did. It certainly doesn't mean that I did. I really don't want to discuss Terry further. I'm holding to my views; hold on to yours. Keep writing too! MWWordsbodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965726929008839788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-7236406885809789542011-07-29T14:17:02.341+01:002011-07-29T14:17:02.341+01:00I hear you Molara ... but perhaps no one has criti...I hear you Molara ... but perhaps no one has criticised Olufemi because how he sees himself ultimately matters most to himself and to no one else? That being said, he has certainly given people something to talk about!! I find it interesting that no one at the reading seemed to talk about craft or about whether EC's book was actually any good. I think we do ourselves a disservice if we look Petina Gappahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833022790649452950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-46900541238326017792011-07-29T12:45:45.338+01:002011-07-29T12:45:45.338+01:00Like.Like.thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362291064620569539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-37926362780771762512011-07-29T12:08:24.426+01:002011-07-29T12:08:24.426+01:00Hi Petina. I read your review of Osondu when it ca...Hi Petina. I read your review of Osondu when it came out and enjoyed it. I even linked to it in my E.C post of July 20. I think writers have generally been loathe to criticise Olufemi Terry openly, probably because he’s a Caine winner and that must make him wonderful. But the Caine is no beatification; Terry is not infallible and we can choose to take him up on what he says. If he had said what Wordsbodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965726929008839788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-69003397647233524882011-07-29T09:56:12.856+01:002011-07-29T09:56:12.856+01:00Molara, powerful stuff as always. Did you read my ...Molara, powerful stuff as always. Did you read my review of Osondu in the Observer earlier this year? I anticipated these concerns, and addressed them. The problem is simply that there are such few writers who break through that all burdens are placed on their shoulders. I look forward to the day we can see all writers as individuals, and not as representatives. I think, by the way, that you are Petina Gappahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833022790649452950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-32488790027389065202011-07-29T02:18:14.442+01:002011-07-29T02:18:14.442+01:00Thanks, Amy.
We've now had reports from Osond...Thanks, Amy. <br />We've now had reports from Osondu's reading in Port Harcourt too, and it appears he had to deflect similar criticisms over there. And he's doing so with lots of quotable lines!Wordsbodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965726929008839788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-7801647833903234762011-07-28T16:30:34.483+01:002011-07-28T16:30:34.483+01:00Thanks for this great post, sounds like a fantasti...Thanks for this great post, sounds like a fantastic event. I think the fault perhaps doesn't really lie with the writers but rather with the readers and with all those who lie between the writer and the reader - what is being chosen for publication, what is being marketed and how much marketing is it receiving, what messages are authors being told about what sells, and etc.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18102250492155489672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-86943616170079744942011-07-28T13:06:10.652+01:002011-07-28T13:06:10.652+01:00Hi NakedSha,
And I did speak a couple of times. I ...Hi NakedSha,<br />And I did speak a couple of times. I was the one drawing a distinction between Osondu’s stories, ‘Waiting’ and ‘Janjaweed Wife’, after some had argued that both works are the same. I also mentioned Conrad at some point. Oh well, next time…<br /><br />Nana,<br />Thanks for your contribution, especially the point about the “crowding” of certain topics into our works. It has been Wordsbodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965726929008839788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-39761229149909237312011-07-28T09:28:37.624+01:002011-07-28T09:28:37.624+01:00This is an interesting article/review of the event...This is an interesting article/review of the event. My problem is that if we brought all books written by Africans (irrespective of their location) and we randomly select 90% of the books, a common theme would run through: hunger, poverty, etc. Those themes have come to represent an African Writer. So that when we say an 'African Writer' we are really referring to an African who writes ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-10322035208736302722011-07-28T08:37:00.456+01:002011-07-28T08:37:00.456+01:00I was at this event and I was glad I went. I must...I was at this event and I was glad I went. I must have seen you without taking note of the face.<br /><br />Excellent insight into the event.NakedShahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019456783330409338noreply@blogger.com