Ben OkriDo 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 1991 at 32?
~ By Orikinla Osinachi
CLICK HERE TO WIN PENELOPE LIVELY BOOKS
