tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post4678352693974520285..comments2024-02-19T03:01:37.869+01:00Comments on Mary Okeke Reviews: Diaries of a Dead African, 2003, Chuma Nwokolo, JR. ****Mary Okeke Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093194142479071407noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-55963040529594186422016-01-09T13:11:28.995+01:002016-01-09T13:11:28.995+01:00Hi Lawrence, Thank you for stopping by. I can reco...Hi Lawrence, Thank you for stopping by. I can recommend you books I really enjoyed not sure if they would make you laugh though. For instance:<br />-the joys of motherhood by buchi emecheta<br />-zenzele a letter for my daughtet by J.Nozipo Maraire<br />-Half of a a yellow sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<br />-Neighbours by Lilia Momple<br />-born in the big rains<br />-Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<br />-by the sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah<br />-Admiring Silence by Gurnah<br />-waiting for an Angel by Helon Habila<br />-maiting Birds by Lewis NkosiMary Okeke Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093194142479071407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-28070069448616037332016-01-09T08:20:19.858+01:002016-01-09T08:20:19.858+01:00Hello. Thanks for)your awesome review. I stumbled ...Hello. Thanks for)your awesome review. I stumbled on your page while searching for reviews online. The thing is I just finished reading this book and I have to admit it's one of my best. It's soo funny and well written. I have been searching for other african fictions that has a similar style for my next read. I have read I do not come to you by chance. I have also read Baba segi's wives and we need new names. Can you recommend an african novel i would enjoy, sure to make me laugh while reading? Thanks soo muchlawrencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-16949684436357383422013-03-26T22:24:02.960+01:002013-03-26T22:24:02.960+01:00Kboy, long time..
I think the 419 thing is so popu...Kboy, long time..<br />I think the 419 thing is so popular that almot every one knows what it is about. Even the Canadian writer Will Ferguson wrote a novel titled 419. Apart from that, from the way it was talked about.. I do not think any reader would be confused.Mary Okeke Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093194142479071407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-81558962493409612712013-03-26T22:08:09.919+01:002013-03-26T22:08:09.919+01:00Hi Geosi,
Maybe it is time you read it. I think yo...Hi Geosi,<br />Maybe it is time you read it. I think you would like it. Nwokolo is quite good. Looking forward to reading your review on it.Mary Okeke Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093194142479071407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-29373811779352144982013-03-26T21:12:21.338+01:002013-03-26T21:12:21.338+01:00Sounds very interesting....did the writer explain ...Sounds very interesting....did the writer explain a detailed meaning of 419 because if I'm not used to the meaning of the meaning of 419 as a Nigerian it may sound very confusing to a random reader who might be interested in the book kboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05923016340150091578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-38478998775934377612013-03-26T20:14:34.315+01:002013-03-26T20:14:34.315+01:00I love your intro to your review. Nwokolo's na...I love your intro to your review. Nwokolo's name keeps cropping up to me in more recent times. Lovely review, Mary.Geosihttp://geosireads.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-81898738488508420902013-03-26T18:29:23.345+01:002013-03-26T18:29:23.345+01:00Afua, I am sure you will enjoy it. Hopefully, if y...Afua, I am sure you will enjoy it. Hopefully, if you set your hands on it.<br />Good Luck!Mary Okeke Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093194142479071407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-86018703761905748662013-03-26T18:14:37.100+01:002013-03-26T18:14:37.100+01:00Great review. i will certainly read this book if I...Great review. i will certainly read this book if I come across it. I've read such good reviews about it. Reading Pleasurehttp://readinpleasure.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-75943693400630091482013-03-24T21:43:45.840+01:002013-03-24T21:43:45.840+01:00Nana thanks to you for reviewing such a wonderful ...Nana thanks to you for reviewing such a wonderful novel on your blog,I might not have noticed it if it was not for your review. Tricia's novel (which I thoroughly enjoyed) got a lot of publicity as if it was the first and only novel about the 419 business.<br /><br />I wish and hope writers would be free to express themselves in their novels just the way they really feel it. You know the modern adage "Be yourself for everyone else is taken". I admire Nwokolo's bravery. And I am looking forward to reading his "The Ghost of Sani Abacha".<br /><br />Again, I hope you read Tricia's "I do not come to you by chance" because I would so very much like to know your thoughts.Mary Okeke Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093194142479071407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-8090237034223555072013-03-24T21:22:27.235+01:002013-03-24T21:22:27.235+01:00Oh! I'm so happy you liked it. Most at times o...Oh! I'm so happy you liked it. Most at times our narrow reading directs us to only 'popular' books and we make wrong attributions. I haven't read Tricia's book (because I've not come across it yet). But Chuma's book is an excellent piece. <br /><br />On language: I agree with you 100%. Some writers have appropriated the language for themselves and they are those who succeed. If you loved this then you will also enjoy The Ghost of Sani Abacha, his collection of short stories. ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.com