But as I said, I have no other profession or interest in any other profession. So you must assume that I’ll keep working at it to the last day In this rare interview with the late Nigerian author, ...

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Achebe's books are elegant, musical, and — most significantly — they'll live on as African rebuttals to the colonial narratives of Joseph Conrad and other European writers. Achebe's influence is most ...

Messengers: A two-part special that visits one of the world's greatest authors Chinua Achebe at his upstate New York home in the wake of the 50th year celebration of his bestseller novel 'Things Fall ...

Chinua Achebe's 1958 debut novel Things Fall Apart has sold 10 million copies worldwide and been translated into 50 languages. The book provided a unique picture of late 19th century Igbo culture in ...

In bare-it-all interview with SaharaReporters, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka spoke about Chinua Achebe, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and many other issues. Question: Do you recall where or how you first ...

“I think story telling was my life…I was curious…attempting to remember the first one is like attempting to remember the day we were born…I was absolutely fascinated by books and I had a school that ...

Award-winning author Chinua Achebe, sometimes described as the grandfather of modern African literature, died this week at age 82. Host Scott Simon speaks with NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton in Lagos, ...

Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe died Thursday in Boston. His first novel, Things Fall Apart was published in 1958 and is still the most widely-read piece of African literature. Nigerian writer Chinua ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Nigerian author Chinua Achebe died on Friday evening in Boston. He was 82. Described as the father of ...

An author of more than 20 books, he was celebrated worldwide for telling African stories to a captivated world audience. He was also accorded his country’s highest award for intellectual achievement, ...