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| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: A Man of the People Chinua Achebe, 2013-04-25 As Minister for Culture, the Honourable M. A. Nanga is 'a man of the people', as cynical as he is charming, and a roguish opportunist. At first, the contrast between Nanga and Odili, a former pupil who is visiting the ministry, appears huge. But in the 'eat-and-let-eat' atmosphere, Odili's idealism soon collides with his lusts - and the two men's personal and political tauntings threaten to send their country into chaos. Published, prophetically, just days before Nigeria's first attempted coup in 1966, A Man of the People is an essential part of his body of work dealing with modern African history. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe, 1994-09-01 “A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: There Was a Country Chinua Achebe, 2012-10-11 From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart—a long-awaited memoir of coming of age in a fragile new nation, and its destruction in a tragic civil war For more than forty years, Chinua Achebe maintained a considered silence on the events of the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967–1970, addressing them only obliquely through his poetry. Decades in the making, There Was a Country is a towering account of one of modern Africa’s most disastrous events, from a writer whose words and courage left an enduring stamp on world literature. A marriage of history and memoir, vivid firsthand observation and decades of research and reflection, There Was a Country is a work whose wisdom and compassion remind us of Chinua Achebe’s place as one of the great literary and moral voices of our age. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: A Study Guide for Chinua Achebe's "Anthills of the Savannah" Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016 |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Home and Exile Chinua Achebe, 2000-07-27 Chinua Achebe is Africa's most prominent writer, the author of Things Fall Apart, the best known--and best selling--novel ever to come out of Africa. His fiction and poetry burn with a passionate commitment to political justice, bringing to life not only Africa's troubled encounters with Europe but also the dark side of contemporary African political life. Now, in Home and Exile, Achebe reveals the man behind his powerful work. Here is an extended exploration of the European impact on African culture, viewed through the most vivid experience available to the author--his own life. It is an extended snapshot of a major writer's childhood, illuminating his roots as an artist. Achebe discusses his English education and the relationship between colonial writers and the European literary tradition. He argues that if colonial writers try to imitate and, indeed, go one better than the Empire, they run the danger of undervaluing their homeland and their own people. Achebe contends that to redress the inequities of global oppression, writers must focus on where they come from, insisting that their value systems are as legitimate as any other. Stories are a real source of power in the world, he concludes, and to imitate the literature of another culture is to give that power away. Home and Exile is a moving account of an exceptional life. Achebe reveals the inner workings of the human conscience through the predicament of Africa and his own intellectual life. It is a story of the triumph of mind, told in the words of one of this century's most gifted writers. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: No Longer at Ease Chinua Achebe, 1987 Obi Okenkwo, a Nigerian country boy, is determined to make it in the city. Educated in England, he has new, refined tastes which eventually conflict with his good resolutions and lead to his downfall. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Chike and the River Chinua Achebe, 2011-08-09 The more Chike saw the ferry-boats the more he wanted to make the trip to Asaba. But where would he get the money? He did not know. Still, he hoped. Eleven-year-old Chike longs to cross the Niger River to the city of Asaba, but he doesn’t have the sixpence he needs to pay for the ferry ride. With the help of his friend S.M.O.G., he embarks on a series of adventures to help him get there. Along the way, he is exposed to a range of new experiences that are both thrilling and terrifying, from eating his first skewer of suya under the shade of a mango tree, to visiting the village magician who promises to double the money in his pocket. Once he finally makes it across the river, Chike realizes that life on the other side is far different from his expectations, and he must find the courage within him to make it home. Chike and the River is a magical tale of boundaries, bravery, and growth, by Chinua Achebe, one of the world’s most beloved and admired storytellers. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Chinua Achebe Catherine Lynette Innes, 1992-03-26 Things fall Apart, is compared with Joyce Cary's Mister Johnson. Achebe's novel is seen as a more realistic portrayal of the society and culture of indigenous people of Nigeria. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Chaka Thomas Mofolo, 2013-05-21 Chaka is a genuine masterpiece that represents one of the earliest major contributions of black Africa to the corpus of modern world literature. Mofolos fictionalized life-story account of Chaka (Shaka), translated from Sesotho by D. P. Kunene, begins with the future Zulu kings birth followed by the unwarranted taunts and abuse he receives during childhood and adolescence. The author manipulates events leading to Chakas status of great Zulu warrior, conqueror, and king to emphasize classic tragedys psychological themes of ambition and power, cruelty, and ultimate ruin. Mofolos clever nods to the supernatural add symbolic value. Kunenes fine translation renders the dramatic and tragic tensions in Mofolos tale palpable as the richness of the authors own culture is revealed. A substantial introduction by the translator provides valuable context for modern readers. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945 Oyekan Owomoyela, 2008-10-21 Composed by a premier scholar of African literature, this volume is a comprehensive guide to the literary traditions of Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and Nigeria, five distinct countries bound by their experience with colonialism. Oyekan Owomoyela begins with an overview of the authors, texts, and historical events that have shaped the development of postwar Anglophone literatures in this region, exploring shifts in theme and the role of foreign sponsorship and illuminating recent debates regarding the language, identity, gender, and social commitments of various authors and their works. His introduction concludes with a bibliography of key critical texts. The second half of the volume is an alphabetical tour of writers, publications, concepts, genres, movements, and institutions, with suggested readings for further research. Entries focus primarily on fiction but also touch on drama and poetry. Featured authors include Chris Abani, Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Cyprian Ekwensi, Uzodinma Chukuka Iweala, Helen Oyeyemi, and Wole Soyinka. Topics range from the European origins of African literature and the West African diaspora to the development of an African personality, the establishment of a regional publishing industry, and the global literary marketplace. Owomoyela also discusses such influences as the postwar emergence of Onitsha Market Literature, the Mbari Club, and the importance of the Noma Award. Owomoyela's portrait points to the major impact of West African literature on the evolution of both African and world literatures in English. Sure to become the definitive text for research in the field, The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945 is a vital resource for newcomers as well as for advanced scholars seeking a deeper understanding of the region's rich literary heritage. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: The Education of a British-Protected Child Chinua Achebe, 2009-10-06 Achebe’s first new book in more than twenty years — a new collection of autobiographical essays from the world-renowned author of Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe’s characteristically measured and subtle voice is ever-present in these seventeen, beautifully nuanced pieces. The Education of a British-Protected Child offers a vivid portrait of growing up in colonial Nigeria. Achebe recalls both his happy memories of reading novels in secondary school and the harsher truths of imperial rule. In “African-American Visitations,” he allows us to witness the terrifying nature of the African diaspora and what it means not to know “from whence he came.” Politics and history figure in “What is Nigeria to Me?,” “Africa’s Tarnished Name,” and “Politics of the Politicians of Language.” And Achebe’s extraordinary family comes into view in “My Dad and Me” and “My Daughters.” Charmingly personal, intellectually disciplined, and immensely wise, The Education of a British-Protected Child is an indispensable addition to the remarkable Achebe oeuvre. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Writing and Being Nadine Gordimer, 1995 In this deeply resonant book, Nobel Prize laureate Nadine Gordimer examines the tension for a writer between life's experiences and narrative creations, investigating where characters come from--to what extent are they drawn from real life?--and using the writings of South African revolutionaries to show how their struggle is contrastingly expressed in factual fiction and in lyrical poetry. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Anthills of the Savannah Chinua Achebe, 1988 A fictional account of African politics that prophesieses social change. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Christmas in Biafra, and Other Poems Chinua Achebe, 1973 |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Collected Poems Chinua Achebe, 2009-01-16 A collection of poetry spanning the full range of the African-born author's acclaimed career has been updated to include seven never-before-published works, as well as much of his early poetry that explores such themes as the African consciousness, the tragedy of Biafra, and the mysteries of human relationships. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: The Flute Chinua Achebe, 1988 A young boy sets out to retrieve his lost flute, and encounters spirits who give him a magical pot. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: The Sacrificial Egg Chinua Achebe, 1962 |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Beginning Postcolonialism John McLeod, 2000-07-07 Postcolonialism has become one of the most exciting, expanding and challenging areas of literary and cultural studies today. Designed especially for those studying the topic for the first time, Beginning Postcolonialism introduces the major areas of concern in a clear, accessible, and organized fashion. It provides an overview of the emergence of postcolonialism as a discipline and closely examines many of its important critical writings. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Collected Poems Chinua Achebe, 2005 Chinua Achebe's poetic output is gathered together in this volume by arguably the most influential African writer of the 20th century. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Africa's Tarnished Name Chinua Achebe, 2018 Essays on the history, complexity, diversity of a continent |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: African Short Stories: Vol 2 Ce, Chin, 2015-09-04 Bequeathing an enduring tenet for the creative enterprise, African Short Stories vol 2 boldly seeks to upturn the status quo by the art of narration. Whether they are stories of the whistle blower estranged and yet sounding the warning for heaven and earth to hear, or a ragtag army fleeing in the wake of a monstrous reptilian onslaught upon her peace, there pervades a sense of ultimate victory in this collection. We can feel the gentle kick of a baby in the womb of a maiden in desperation, or we can muse at the two adolescent genii on the trail of their dreams from the sunset of mutual deceit into the daylight of true becoming. Victory is laid out in that awesome kindness of a total stranger which affirms the divinity latent in even our most harrowing existence. With thirty five stories in two parts these literary experiments compel attention to the courageous hearts and minds that brighten the African universe of narration. Their vibrant notes coming from all corners of north, west, east and south fill us with encouragement and optimism for the contemporary short fiction in Africa. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: The Last Friend Tahar Ben Jelloun, 2007-01-30 Renowned for his compeling , humane portraits of everyday Arab lives, Tahar Ben Jelloun has affirmed his place in the literary world by winning such awards as the Prix Goncourt and Prix Maghreb. In The Last Friend, Ben Jelloun presents a spellbinding coming-of-age story and a dazzling portrait of Morocco in an era of repression and disillusionment. In Tangiers in the late 1950s, two teenagers, Mamed and Ali, strike up an intense friendship that will last a lifetime. But lurking just beneath the surface is a deep, unspoken jealousy in danger of destroying them both. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2023-05-11 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A delicious, important novel' The Times 'Alert, alive and gripping' Independent 'Some novels tell a great story and others make you change the way you look at the world. Americanah does both.' Guardian As teenagers in a Lagos secondary school, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. Ifemelu--beautiful, self-assured--departs for America to study. She suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships and friendships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze--the quiet, thoughtful son of a professor--had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Thirteen years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a writer of an eye-opening blog about race in America. But when Ifemelu returns to Nigeria, and she and Obinze reignite their shared passion--for their homeland and for each other--they will face the toughest decisions of their lives. Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story of love and expectation set in today's globalized world. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Long Drums & Cannons Margaret Laurence, 2001 Up-to-date biographies with a list of works for each of the writers, detailed annotations to the original text and a glossary complete this edition.--BOOK JACKET. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: How the Leopard Got His Claws Chinua Achebe, 2019-10-22 “In this powerful illustrated fable for older picture book readers, Achebe, the celebrated Nigerian writer, offers a parable about how power corrupts.” — The New York Times Book Review In the beginning, all the animals lived as friends. Their leopard king was strong but gentle and wise. Only Dog had sharp teeth and lived as an outsider before attacking the leopard and taking over as king — until the angry leopard returned to regain his throne by force with his own threatening new claws. In a riveting fable for young readers about the potency and dangers of power taken by force, Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart, evokes his frequent themes of liberation and justice. Glowing with vibrant color, Mary GrandPré’s expressive and action-filled paintings bring the unforgettable tale to dramatic life. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: The Themes of Corruption and Incompetence in the Novels of Three Nigerian Writers Abdullahi Haruna, 2019-11-29 Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, language: English, abstract: This paper analyses the depiction of corruption and incompetence in Festus Iyayi’s Violence, Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah and Kris Obodumu’s Die a little. Literature from any part of the world is a response to definite historical and socio-political variables of its time. African literature, to a large extent, could be considered as protest literature.The protest culture rooted in the protest against slavery and colonialism now bears on post-independence social ills like corruption and incompetence which are so widespread in African political and governmental circles. Nigerian writers, especially novelists, have played a significant role in the growth and development of African literature through a vast array of highly successful novels. Studies show that Nigerian novelists like Festus Iyayi, Chinua Achebe and Kris Obodumu direct their critical searchlights on problems associated with corruption and incompetence in governmental circles which seem endemic to Nigeria. Festus Iyayi in Violence is very much disturbed by the rate at which his society is decaying through the effect of corruption and incompetence after independence. The novel is basically set to reflect the moral decadence in Nigerian society between 1960 to the early 80s. Eight years after the publication of Violence corruption and incompetence had not only remained the order of the day in the Nigerian Society, but had also taken a sophisticated dimension. Anthills of the Savannah could be said to be the means through which Achebe shows his disgust for corruption, mediocrity and incompetence in the Nigerian political circle during the years of military dictatorship. Obodumu’s Die a Little is concerned with the examination of the inevitable consequences of bad national economic policy hastily put in place by a corrupt and incompetent regime without considering its impact on the people. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Girls at War Chinua Achebe, 2012-02-22 Twelve stories by the internationally renowned novelist which recreate with energy and authenticity the major social and political issues that confront contemporary Africans on a daily basis. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: The University and the Leadership Factor in Nigerian Politics Chinua Achebe, 1988 |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Morning Yet on Creation Day Chinua Achebe, 1977 |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Reading Chinua Achebe Simon Gikandi, 1991 Simon Gikandi has set out to reveal the very nature of Achebe's creativity, its prodigious complexity and richness, its paradoxes and ambiguities. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: The Trouble with Nigeria Chinua Achebe, 1984 This novel about Nigeria prophesied the 1983 coup. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Dinaw Mengestu, 2007-03-01 Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution for a new start in the United States. Now he finds himself running a failing grocery store in a poor African-American section of Washington, D.C., his only companions two fellow African immigrants who share his bitter nostalgia and longing for his home continent. Years ago and worlds away Sepha could never have imagined a life of such isolation. As his environment begins to change, hope comes in the form of a friendship with new neighbors Judith and Naomi, a white woman and her biracial daughter. But when a series of racial incidents disturbs the community, Sepha may lose everything all over again. Watch a QuickTime interview with Dinaw Mengestu about this book. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: This Matter of Marriage Debbie Macomber, 2013-10-29 Giving herself a year to meet Mr. Right, thirty-year-old Hallie shudders over her disastrous dates and sets her sights on handsome neighbor Steve Marris, who is trying to win back his ex-wife. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2010-10-29 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • A New York Times Notable Book • Recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Winner of Winners” award • From the award-winning, bestselling author of Dream Count, Americanah, and We Should All Be Feminists—a haunting story of love and war With effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s. We experience this tumultuous decade alongside five unforgettable characters: Ugwu, a thirteen-year-old houseboy who works for Odenigbo, a university professor full of revolutionary zeal; Olanna, the professor’s beautiful young mistress who has abandoned her life in Lagos for a dusty town and her lover’s charm; and Richard, a shy young Englishman infatuated with Olanna’s willful twin sister Kainene. Half of a Yellow Sun is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise, hope, and disappointment of the Biafran war. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Chinua Achebe and the Politics of Narration Thomas Jay Lynn, 2017-07-18 This book examines vital intersections of narration, linguistic innovation, and political insight that distinguish Chinua Achebe’s fiction as well as his non-fiction commentaries. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of these intersections: Achebe’s narrative response to Western authors who have written on Africa, his integration of Igbo folklore, the political implications of writing African literature in English, his use of Nigerian Pidgin, and the Nigerian Civil War. It also addresses the teaching of Achebe’s works. Achebe drew on diverse resources to offer searching psychological and political insights that contribute not only a decidedly African political viewpoint to the modern novel, but also a more inclusive narrative consciousness. Achebe’s adaptations of Igbo oral art are intrinsic to his writing’s political engagement because they assert the integrity and authority of the African voice in a global order defined by colonialism. This book reveals how his work has helped to restructure a global vision of Africa. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Chinua Achebe Kirsten Holst Petersen, Anna Rutherford, 1991 |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: A Forest of Flowers Ken Saro-Wiwa, 1995 A collection of nineteen darkly-comic short stories about life in Nigeria, by Ken Saro-Wiwa, an Ogoni rights activist, who was executed in 1995 by the dictator Sani Abacha. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: A Culture of Corruption Daniel Jordan Smith, 2010-12-16 E-mails proposing an urgent business relationship help make fraud Nigeria's largest source of foreign revenue after oil. But scams are also a central part of Nigeria's domestic cultural landscape. Corruption is so widespread in Nigeria that its citizens call it simply the Nigerian factor. Willing or unwilling participants in corruption at every turn, Nigerians are deeply ambivalent about it--resigning themselves to it, justifying it, or complaining about it. They are painfully aware of the damage corruption does to their country and see themselves as their own worst enemies, but they have been unable to stop it. A Culture of Corruption is a profound and sympathetic attempt to understand the dilemmas average Nigerians face every day as they try to get ahead--or just survive--in a society riddled with corruption. Drawing on firsthand experience, Daniel Jordan Smith paints a vivid portrait of Nigerian corruption--of nationwide fuel shortages in Africa's oil-producing giant, Internet cafés where the young launch their e-mail scams, checkpoints where drivers must bribe police, bogus organizations that siphon development aid, and houses painted with the fraud-preventive words not for sale. This is a country where 419--the number of an antifraud statute--has become an inescapable part of the culture, and so universal as a metaphor for deception that even a betrayed lover can say, He played me 419. It is impossible to comprehend Nigeria today--from vigilantism and resurgent ethnic nationalism to rising Pentecostalism and accusations of witchcraft and cannibalism--without understanding the role played by corruption and popular reactions to it. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions. |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Chinua Achebe and Other Poems Kemi Atanda Ilori, 2017 |
| chinua achebe anthills of the savannah summary: Achebe and Friends at Umuahia Terri Ochiagha, 2018-04-20 WINNER OF THE ASAUK FAGE & OLIVER PRIZE 2016 The author meticulously contextualises the experiences of Achebe and his peers as students at Government College Umuahia and argues for a re-assessment of this influential group of Nigerian writers in relation to the literary culture fostered by the school and its tutors. Maps the literary awakening of the young intellectuals who became known as Nigeria's first-generation of postcolonial writers: Chinua Achebe, Elechi Amadi, Chike Momah, Christopher Okigbo, Chukwuemeka Ike, Gabriel Okara, Ken Saro-Wiwa and I.C. Aniebo. The author provides fresh perspectives on Postcolonial and World literary processes, colonial education in British Africa, literary representations of colonialism and Chinua Achebe's seminal position in African literature. She demonstrates how each of the writers used this very particular education to shape their own visions of the world and examines the implications for African literature as a whole. Supplementary material is available online of some of the original sources. See: http://boybrew.co/9781847011091_2 Terri Ochiagha is a Teaching Fellow in the History of Modern Africa at King's College, London and a Honorary Research Fellowat the Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham. She was previously a British Academy Newton Fellow at the University of Sussex. |
Chinua Achebe - Wikipedia
Chinua Achebe (/ ˈtʃɪnwɑː əˈtʃɛbeɪ / ⓘ; born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of …
Chinua Achebe | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica
May 28, 2025 · Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist acclaimed for his unsentimental depictions of the social and psychological disorientation accompanying the imposition of Western customs …
Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart, Books & Quotes - Biography
Apr 2, 2014 · Chinua Achebe made a splash with the publication of his first novel, Things Fall Apart, in 1958. Renowned as one of the seminal works of African literature, it has since sold …
Chinua Achebe - Author, Novelist and Educator, Age ... - Biography
Jan 21, 2025 · Chinua Achebe, celebrated as a pioneering figure in African literature, left an indelible mark through his powerful storytelling and incisive commentary on the collision of …
Meet Chinua Achebe, Author of "Things Fall Apart" - ThoughtCo
Mar 31, 2020 · Chinua Achebe (born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe; November 16, 1930–March 21, 2013) was a Nigerian writer described by Nelson Mandela as one "in whose company the …
Chinua Achebe - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chinua Achebe (born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe, 16 November 1930 – 22 March 2013) was a Nigerian [2] novelist, poet, professor, and critic. He was best known for writing the novel …
Chinua Achebe: the literary giant who shaped African narrative
Chinua Achebe, a name synonymous with African literature, stands as a towering figure whose words have resonated across the globe. Born in Nigeria in 1930, Achebe’s life and works have …
Chinua Achebe: A Detailed Biography and Career of an African …
Jul 6, 2023 · Chinua Achebe, born on November 16, 1930, in Ogidi, Nigeria, was a renowned Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. Regarded as the father of modern African …
Chinua Achebe | Biography | Famous Works | ElifNotes
Apr 28, 2024 · Biography of Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe is a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic. He is famous for his novel Things fall Apart.
Chinua Achebe - The Booker Prizes
The poet, critic and novelist Chinua Achebe came to prominence in 1958 with Things Fall Apart. By 1987 and Anthills of the Savannah, he was a venerated figure The Nigerian Achebe drew …
Chinua Achebe - Wikipedia
Chinua Achebe (/ ˈtʃɪnwɑː əˈtʃɛbeɪ / ⓘ; born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of …
Chinua Achebe | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica
May 28, 2025 · Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist acclaimed for his unsentimental depictions of the social and psychological disorientation accompanying the imposition of Western customs …
Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart, Books & Quotes - Biography
Apr 2, 2014 · Chinua Achebe made a splash with the publication of his first novel, Things Fall Apart, in 1958. Renowned as one of the seminal works of African literature, it has since sold …
Chinua Achebe - Author, Novelist and Educator, Age ... - Biography
Jan 21, 2025 · Chinua Achebe, celebrated as a pioneering figure in African literature, left an indelible mark through his powerful storytelling and incisive commentary on the collision of …
Meet Chinua Achebe, Author of "Things Fall Apart" - ThoughtCo
Mar 31, 2020 · Chinua Achebe (born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe; November 16, 1930–March 21, 2013) was a Nigerian writer described by Nelson Mandela as one "in whose company the …
Chinua Achebe - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chinua Achebe (born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe, 16 November 1930 – 22 March 2013) was a Nigerian [2] novelist, poet, professor, and critic. He was best known for writing the novel …
Chinua Achebe: the literary giant who shaped African narrative
Chinua Achebe, a name synonymous with African literature, stands as a towering figure whose words have resonated across the globe. Born in Nigeria in 1930, Achebe’s life and works have …
Chinua Achebe: A Detailed Biography and Career of an African …
Jul 6, 2023 · Chinua Achebe, born on November 16, 1930, in Ogidi, Nigeria, was a renowned Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. Regarded as the father of modern African …
Chinua Achebe | Biography | Famous Works | ElifNotes
Apr 28, 2024 · Biography of Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe is a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic. He is famous for his novel Things fall Apart.
Chinua Achebe - The Booker Prizes
The poet, critic and novelist Chinua Achebe came to prominence in 1958 with Things Fall Apart. By 1987 and Anthills of the Savannah, he was a venerated figure The Nigerian Achebe drew …
