The departure of High Chief Chinua Achebe (Ugo belu n’oji – The Eagle on the Iroko) is painful to many Nigerians and peoples all over the world. For the Ogidi nation, it is particularly agonizing. Our ...

Nigerian novelist, poet, essayist, statesman and dissident Chinua Achebe died Thursday in Boston after a brief illness. He was 82. Achebe emerged upon the literary world in 1958 with the publication ...

This is FRESH AIR. We're going to listen to an interview with the acclaimed Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, who became one of the most widely read and influential African writers. He died Thursday at ...

Unlike so many, Achebe did not internalize the brutalities and prejudices of oppressors, writes Leon Botstein His charisma was one that mixed authority with kindness, he says Botstein: One hopes that ...

Chinua Achebe, who died last year, left more than books as his legacy. He inspired some of today’s most talented writers, argues Jane Ciabattari. When the legendary Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe ...

Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, the revered author of 'Things Fall Apart', has been called the father of modern African literature. For this widely read novel, Chinua Achebe won the Man Booker ...

Chinua Achebe had more than the standard allotment of respect and fame for writers, including even those who in their lifetime achieve great acclaim. One of the most notable expressions of this ...