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| Some Facts About Nigerian Readers, Authors And Publishers And So Much More by Orikinla(m): 3:24pm On May 31, 2010 |
Do you know that more Nigerians in Nigeria are no longer excited about reading and even writing? Do you know that majority of the members of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) do not buy or read the books written by fellow members? Do you know that majority of the Nigerian publishers of magazines do not buy or read the magazines published by other Nigerian publishers? Do you know that none of the authors who won the much coveted Nigeria LNG Prize or other local prizes has become bestselling authors in Nigeria? Do you know that Nigerians spend millions of dollars monthly on sms and most of the SMS/TXT messages are unprofitable gossip? Do you know that poverty is not the cause of poor reading culture in Nigeria but intellectual illiteracy and intellectual hypocrisy? Do you know that majority of youths in Nigeria do not know who is Ben Okri, the youngest winner of the Booker Prize in in 1991 at 32? 1 Like
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| Re: Some Facts About Nigerian Readers, Authors And Publishers And So Much More by angelempy(f): 8:35pm On Jun 13, 2010 |
The Nigerian reading culture sitaution is pathetic, n much needs to be done if all these will be changed. |
| Re: Some Facts About Nigerian Readers, Authors And Publishers And So Much More by MyneWhite1(f): 12:41am On Jun 16, 2010 |
The question is, what is the solution?  |
| Re: Some Facts About Nigerian Readers, Authors And Publishers And So Much More by Orikinla(m): 8:53pm On Jun 18, 2010 |
Let us appreciate and patronize ourselves |
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