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Organized by the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (Anambra State) in association with the Chinua Achebe Literary Festival and Memorial Lecture, [5] [6] the anthology was initiated in 2016 by Izunna Okafor, a Nigerian writer and journalist who also serves as the Editor-in-Chief. [7]
A leading novelist at the time, Chinua Achebe was a pioneer in post-war Igbo literary activities. Achebe maintained [ 3 ] It is clear to me that an African creative writer who tries to avoid the big social and political issues of contemporary Africa will end up being completely irrelevant --- like the absurd man in the proverb who leaves his ...
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Reviewing a 2011 reprint of the book, New York Journal of Books said: "In Chike and the River, young readers get an intimate look at African life, learn about the Niger River, and connect with Chike as if he was their own sibling. The brilliance of Mr. Achebe’s prose is his ability to make a readers feel like an omniscient sprite on Chike’s ...
The decision to reissue paperback editions of English-language hardbacks followed the early success of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and continued for many years. However, it became clear very quickly that there were not enough works in English, so translations began to be made from French of works by Ferdinand Oyono , Mongo Beti and others.
First edition (publ. Doubleday) Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays, 1965–1987 is collection of essays by Chinua Achebe, published in 1988. [1]Several of the essays caution against generalizing all African people into a monolithic culture, or using Africa as a facile metaphor. [2]
A Man of the People is a novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe.Written as a satirical piece, "A Man of the People" follows the story told by Odili, a young and educated narrator, about his conflict with Chief Nanga, his former teacher who enters a career in politics in an unnamed fictional 20th-century African country.
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