The world-famous Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has died. Annalisa Quinn reflects on the legacy of Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart.

Chinua Achebe is a Professor for Languages and Literature in the Bard College with three videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2000 Speech.

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Object Details Author Okpewho, Isidore Subject Achebe, Chinua Things fall apart Notes AFA copy 39088011527876 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, S. Dillon Ripley Endowment, From his ...

The lineage of Igbo poets and writers - Christopher Okigbo, Chinua Achebe, Flora Nwapa and Catherine Acholonu, among others - has provided a framework for navigating both the historical and the ...

In 1958 Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, published his first book, Things Fall Apart. Set in pre-colonial rural Nigeria, it examines how the arrival of foreigners led to tensions within traditional ...

Chinua Achebe, the African literary icon, was born in Ogidi, a village in Anambra State, on November 16th, 1930 and he died on March 21st, 2013.

In the past few days upon his death, several pages have been written about Chinua Achebe. Interestingly most, if not all writers, have described the literary icon in the superlative.

Chinua Achebe's debut novel from 1958 about life in Nigeria before Europeans arrived in Africa in the 19th century. Show more In 1958 Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, published his first book ...

One of Achebe’s goals with Things Fall Apart was to present a different picture of Africa—of a vibrant place with thriving culture—than had previously been painted in literature by European ...