Has an African writer ever made big money from writing? Like big, properly wealthy money. Preferably one that isn't also British or American.

[Butterknife]

Shocker... Oogie doesn't care about the craft, he just wants to get rich.

 

[King of OnAForums]

It's hard to be a rich African writer when 95% of your continent can't read.

But I'll extend an olive branch and give him a bit of advice: You must first write a book in order to be on the path to making money writing, Boogs. Not sure if you knew that.

 

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

He doesn’t even like to write and says he can’t even submit what publishers ask for because he gets tired quickly because he’s so lazy. It’s funny how him and Pat have so much in common - they’re both lazy, have huge egos but thin skin, can’t be bothered to read, and barely write anything yet want to be praised 24/7 for their very little work output.

 

[PogromStallone]

Jesus, Pat is still going on about Leslie?

 

[PogromStallone]

Oogie, since there are so many of them, name one African writer that "changed the world".

 

[Juschippinyababe]

Fucking write something and stop putting your name on others hard work YOU FUCKING NIGGER!!! Total nigger annialation now God plz!!!!

 

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

Ooga is upset he’s not rich and neither are other writers that write a genre that has a very small audience

Big money doesn’t hide!

 

[SFWA liaison]

Wypipo are to blame for negros being illiterate for millennia before the arrival of wypipo.

 

[Dummy Gaynuts]

Chinua Achebe did all right for himself but that's one guy for the entire history of half a continent

 

[RickReternal]

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart entered the canon in the mid-90s. That dude was rich no question when he died unless he was completely retarded.

Also VS Naipaul is very widely read and assigned in thousands of colleges every year. I think he’s Indian South African so Ooga may not like him for this purpose.

…thinking about this, I am shocked that Ooga doesn’t know who Chinua Achebe is.

 

[cliveowen]

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart entered the canon in the mid-90s. That dude was rich no question when he died unless he was completely retarded.

Also VS Naipaul is very widely read and assigned in thousands of colleges every year. I think he’s Indian South African so Ooga may not like him for this purpose.

…thinking about this, I am shocked that Ooga doesn’t know who Chinua Achebe is.

Never heard of it so I looked at the plot on Wikipedia

Okonkwo is selected by the elders to be the guardian of Ikemefuna, a boy taken as a peace settlement between Umuofia and another clan after Ikemefuna's father killed an Umuofian woman. The boy lives with Okonkwo's family and Okonkwo grows fond of him, although Okonkwo does not show his fondness so as not to appear weak. The boy looks up to Okonkwo and considers him a second father. The Oracle of Umuofia eventually pronounces that the boy must be killed. Ezeudu, the oldest man in the village, warns Okonkwo that he should have nothing to do with the murder because it would be like killing his own child – but to avoid seeming weak and feminine to the other men of the village, Okonkwo disregards the warning from the old man, striking the killing blow himself. For many days after killing Ikemefuna, Okonkwo feels guilty and saddened.

What an interesting and diverse culture.

 

[Faggot Boqposter]

There are some South African writers who sell very well! I’m guessing their names are a bit Dutch or English for his tastes tho.

Also Egypt is the cultural center of the Arab world. There are some really good tv shows from Egypt, a few excellent movies, and-who would have thought-some authors who sell a lotta books! Also I can’t remember which one of the North African Arab shit holes she’s from, but I’m pretty sure a prolific Arabic romance author is from there.

 

[Rudderman]

Imagine being so lazy that you can't even be a 419 scammer.

 

[Rudderman]

That makes me think of half a joke. Help me work it out. Something with ooga and 419 scams, maybe "I go chop your father."

 

[Torque’sHeadBump]

It's amazing how the skills OnA cultivated have allowed the collective to single out the biggest phonies in any situation, time and time again.

And yet we all got fooled by Jim and Anthony for a time. Oh well, live and learn. I think everyone here knew Joseph “Brother Joe” Cumia is/was a huge phony and definitely is/was a faggot

 

[Lamont & Tonelli]

That makes me think of half a joke. Help me work it out. Something with ooga and 419 scams, maybe "I go chop your father."

"Hey jerky, this is Stinky McFishvan..."

 

[Ants Hard Drive of Horror]

He has this white people's pet mentality where people only become rich because white people let them. He is looking for someone who's paid some African millions of dollars so he can be the next to hold his hands out. Successful authors are trailblazers and would take "no one else has done..." as motivation. Ooga is looking for the handout line and upset that he can't find one.

 

[Jesse Ventura]

“Who am i? I ain’t trying to be better than the queen. I can’t. So I too want lots of money.”

The fucking entitlement of this bell pepper-nosed charlatan is something else. He mentions a woman who is apparently the “queen” of African writing, claims she didn’t get rich but wanted to, then says he isn’t on her level but wants lots of money anyway.

I hate this guy. He really is a bothersome creature. I hope he succumbs to his sniffleitis.

 

[Uncle Floyd]

Ooga is upset he’s not rich and neither are other writers that write a genre that has a very small audience
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Big money doesn’t hide!

It leave a trail.

 

[Nick_Carpinelli]

Never heard of it so I looked at the plot on Wikipedia



What an interesting and diverse culture.

We were supposed to read that book in high school but I could not get through it because of how unpronounceable all the names are. Two decades later and I still couldn't even make it through that summary without losing interest.