Talk:Ben Okri

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Dear Ben and associates,

I am in the process of reading 'Dangerous Love', yet another master piece on every day life in Nigeria. It touches on the misery, abject loneliness in marriage, alone and also in relationships. The main character has a safe out let - painting. However, when he dares to step out of the parameters of his safety, and embarks on a relationship with a married woman. It materialises into a tragic nightmare for both, individual's involved. The irony of this story was that they only participated in a sexual encounter on one solitary occasion. I have yet to finish the book, but the young lady in question, met her end on her way returning to her sick elderly mother. I agree with her listening to her own instinctive voice, although she dies.

I picked up a copy (on the train\) of the Stylist dated 31st March 2010, and low and below I find on page 5 "cry for Freedom", £7.99 from Amazon. I was surprised and impressed that the stylist should promote and advertise, this book along with other items of personal effect on their style list. A boundary was crossed for me, what ever the reason for it. I was also made aware that Ben had a new book out.

Information Wonders[edit]

the article informs us

  • which year, which day of the year, in which city he was born
  • the ethnicity of his father and that of his mother; the names of each
  • what and where he studied
  • where he attended primary school
  • that he was made "honorary Vice-President of the English Centre for the International PEN"
  • that he is "considered one of the foremost African authors in the post-modern and post-colonial traditions" (sans rire)

etc. etc. etc.


yet this one bit of information is deemed wholly unworthy of mention: in what language did he write? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.67.199.92 (talk) 11:09, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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A problem with reference 3[edit]

Hi, I am new to English wikipedia (French editor) which is why I choose to write on the talk page first. Referencce 3 is entitled "Stefaan Anrys, "Interview with Booker Prize laureate Ben Okri," Mondiaal Nieuws, 26 August 2009." but the link is to this article, the tittle of which reads "Half of Sri Lankan students fail", according to google translate. It then goes on : "Barely 48 percent of the 525,000 Sri Lankan school-leavers will receive the certificate this year with which the country completes school education. It's a shock: other years 60 to 70 percent pass. Sri Lanka has always been proud that 92 percent of its population can read and write, a high figure in South Asia."
I would contend that this source has nothing to do with Ben Okri and should be taken down. Is that alright ? Omorodion1 ?
It is used to source this sentence "Okri claimed that his criticism of the government in some of this early work led to his name being placed on a death list, and necessitated his departure from the country." which sounds unlikely, since the very next sentence is "In 1978, Okri moved back to England and went to study comparative literature at Essex University with a grant from the Nigerian government."
Is it fine if I take out reference 3 and the sentence it's linked to ? I've looked for references to such a sentence pronounced by Ben Okri, and I cannot find one.--Azaromérique (talk) 14:58, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You can correct it if you are sure the citation is wrong.

Yes, you can take out reference 3 and the sentence it's linked to. Omorodion1 (talk) 15:06, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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