Prominent Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his first seminal work, “Things Fall Apart” yesterday evening with readings from his poetry and a discussion of his ...

I dare say the great African writer; Chinua Achebe, has written certain works which tend to be overshadowed by his greater works. I will call these his minor works. Achebe’s major works are clearly ...

"Don't let him die" was my prayer to God when I heard you stood between the precipice of life and death. But now all those at "Home and Exile" will have to live with this great loss. Chinua Achebe! Mr ...

What then were we to do as writers? What was our role in our new country? How were we to think about the use of our talents? I can say that when a number of us decided that we would be writers, we had ...

Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian writer who was one of Africa’s most widely read novelists and one of the continent’s towering men of letters, has died, his publisher and agent said in London on Friday. He ...

Achebe’s importance lay not only in his synthesis of the English language with African rhythms and oral traditions, but also in his clear-eyed analysis of a continent adjusting to a postcolonial age.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Chinua Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident who gave literary birth to modern Africa with "Things Fall Apart" and continued for decades to ...

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Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian writer who was one of Africa’s most widely read novelists and one of the continent’s towering men of letters, has died after a brief illness, his publisher and agent said ...