kagablog

25 Responses to “note on the internet for lovers of literature”

1. Thabo Mafike Says:
   October 12th, 2007 at 10:44 am

   Great to see this excerpt from Mr Bolaji’s book here, but I think it should be SPECIFIED that this is an EXCERPT from Bolaji’s book: My life and literature

2. Urbain Tila Says:
   October 12th, 2007 at 10:52 am

   It’s even greater to see teh cover of Bolaji’s new book here!

3. Mpikeleni Duma Says:
   October 12th, 2007 at 1:05 pm

   What can one say again? Congrats.

4. Seleke Botsime Says:
   October 12th, 2007 at 1:31 pm

   In case anybody did not notice, I”m the guy with Bolaji on the cover!

5. Pule Lechesa Says:
   October 12th, 2007 at 1:43 pm

   I was so happy to see this, that I phoned Mr Bolaji immediately…then he linked me with Flaxman to give me the new article on the blog! (national poets in Bloem)

6. Raselebeli Khotseng Says:
   October 12th, 2007 at 2:44 pm

   Good to see this. I also congratulate Mr Bolaji for the new paper out (The Weekly) of whom he’s stated to be the editor

7. Raselebeli Khotseng Says:
   October 12th, 2007 at 3:02 pm

   (In reference to comment 4 above)And who’s the lady, rather smiling, beside you two??

8. Thabo Mafike Says:
   October 13th, 2007 at 1:45 pm

   Mr Bolaji is right…kagablog is by far the best. It should win awards for arts and culture.

9. R Reitumetse Says:
   October 13th, 2007 at 2:44 pm

   Very fine indeed. I am getting close to getting my own copy of the book.

10. Seleke Botsime Says:
    October 13th, 2007 at 5:51 pm

    (in reference to comment 7 above) As regards the lady, you will have to direct the question to Bolaji!

11. Lebohang Says:
    October 15th, 2007 at 3:40 pm

    One can tell from the excerpt above that this man bolaji is a fountain of knowledge,forever oozing with wisdom .just reading the article above, I found three or four new interesting websites to visit. As for the comment about the lady in the picture,well Bolaji has always been fond of beautiful things.Charmer.Oko

12. Pule Lechesa Says:
    October 15th, 2007 at 4:38 pm

    Mr Lebohang Thaisi, Mr Bolaji says so many good things about you in this his latest book. It was touching indeed how he recalls the first time he met you…

13. Mpikeleni Duma Says:
    October 16th, 2007 at 9:31 am

    This very small section from Bolaji’s new book is well worth the price of the book alone. Indeed Bolaji is the master of dazzling economy. I nearly cried with joy when I checked whether the small book published on me some yaers ago - THE TEMPE MAN - is on the international worldcatlibraries.org website. And it is there!

14. Urbain Tila Says:
    October 24th, 2007 at 3:34 pm

    But we must also remember that this extract is just a guide - it is not comprehensive. Others can do their own reasearch. For example the South African National Library Catalogue is quite fascinating too and can be accessed via internet

15. Aaron Sonny Kapeta Says:
    October 29th, 2007 at 3:11 pm

    In real life Mr Bolaji admires and respects francophone authors a lot, teh likes of Camara laye, Senghor, Mariama ba, Mongo Beti and Ferdinand oyono. Hence with these new book there is something disappointing from the point of view of those of us from the French speaking - and reading - world. where are the references to the books of such writers in his new book

16. Pule Lechesa Says:
    October 29th, 2007 at 4:08 pm

    At the risk of being dubbed “disciple” again, surely we can not expect the author in a book of this nature to refer to, or remember ALL authors. For example Bolaji admires Agatha Christie a lot, but almost forgets to mention her in My life and Literature (see page 15 of the book)

17. Thabo Mafike Says:
    October 30th, 2007 at 10:05 am

    Hmm…actually Mr Bolaji praises Camara Laye in this new book (My life and literature) (see the first two lines of page 15). It might be fleeting, but it’s high praise!

18. Urbain Tila Says:
    October 30th, 2007 at 4:14 pm

    To be fair Bolaji goes out of his way to praise writers like Laye and mariama Ba in his book, “Thoughts on Free State writing”. And I myself am of French orientation too.

19. Gilbert Malefane Says:
    October 31st, 2007 at 2:46 pm

    Strange that Urbain Tila, who has published his books (and countless articles) in English, alawyas claims to be French oriented. Anyway there is no doubt that by publishing his latest book, Omoseye Bolaji again contributes solidly to literature.

20. Mpikeleni Duma Says:
    November 2nd, 2007 at 9:47 am

    We’ve all deviated from from this excerpt on the blog here. The exciting thing is that more and more people are now realising the importance of the internet - websites, blogs. For those who love books (literature) this excerpt is a good guide. Personally I’d rather look at highlights on google, and then focus on reading particular reference(s) that appeal to me most.

21. Florence Khumalo Says:
    November 8th, 2007 at 1:49 pm

    As a proud Free Stater, considering the dozens of articles on FS here, kagablog is by far the best. Recently I printed out many of the Free State articles here and it was like a book.

22. Omoseye Bolaji Says:
    November 11th, 2007 at 1:43 pm

    I wish to thank all those who have contributed comments here. Adding the piece “A note on the internet for lovers of literature” to my book was almost inadvertent, and was done as a “spur of the moment” thing.

    Certainly I believed that a lot of people, including “experts” academics, librarians – people of whom dealing with books is their vocation – are in fact ignorant of stunning websites and blogs that would make their job much easier and exceedingly efficient. (For example many “experts” who work with books et al might wonder, enquire for months/years whether a piece they have heard about is an article or book, whereas in almost every case a simple quick check on worldcatlibraries.org would clarify any fogginess in this wise. Your favourite author(s) – maybe James Hadley Chase or Miclkey Spillane – a simple check on google (or Wikipedia) would reveal that this was not even their real names! Southafricansmallpublishersblog has a lot of information, (not only about publishers but illuminating articles). It must be admitted that one believes that kagablog is the best with extraordinarily eclectic, up to date information, sundry articles and attractive photos. Kagablog is consulted and respected worldwide as I know from my personal correspondence (which is a drop in the ocean to measure the impact of this blog) Anyway thanks.

23. Flaxman Qoopane Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 4:15 pm

    As usual Bolaji makes a good point (above). When I was in exile - in Tanzania, Russia, Germany etc - I used to read many James Hadley Chase novels. There were so many incredible and mind boggling myths and rumours taht surrounded the personae of the author (Chase) then. But now the truth can be easily learnt from the internet (google), and one realises that all those myths were - just myths, and untruths. Chase was just a very popular author using a pseudonym.
    - Flaxman Qoopane (c/o Pule Lechesa)

24. Urbain Tila Says:
    December 6th, 2007 at 4:06 pm

    It’s only when one re-reads this book (My life and literature) that one realises the wealth of information in it delivered so crisply. No wonder Lechesa always has a copy with him!

25. Mpikeleni Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    Sadly, the south african small publishers blog is no longer in existence - it’s been deleted

Leave a Reply