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Arrow of God, published in 1964, is the third novel by Chinua Achebe. Along with Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease , it is considered part of The African Trilogy , sharing similar settings and themes.
Chinua Achebe was born on 16 November 1930 and baptised Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe. [ 1 ] [ a ] His father, Isaiah Okafo Achebe, was a teacher and evangelist, and his mother, Janet Anaenechi Iloegbunam, was the daughter of a blacksmith from Awka , [ 3 ] a leader among church women, and a vegetable farmer.
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]
It's hailed as one of the greatest works of fiction to emerge from Africa. But Things Fall Apart was written in English, sparking debate about the colonisation of language.
The bibliography of Chinua Achebe includes journalism, essays, novels, poems, and non-fiction books written by the Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe (1930–2013). Achebe was a prolific writer on topics related to colonialism of the British Nigeria and literary criticism , and was first declared as "father of modern African literature" by Nadine ...
No Longer at Ease is a 1960 novel by Chinua Achebe.It is the story of an Igbo man, Obi Okonkwo, who leaves his village for an education in Britain and then a job in the Colonial Nigeria civil service, but is conflicted between his African culture and Western lifestyle and ends up taking a bribe.
Charles Johnson, writing for The Washington Post, praised the book but faulted Achebe for failing to fully flesh out his characters. [3] Nadine Gordimer praised the book's "interesting" humour, particularly when contrasted against its depictions of horrors. [4] Ben Okri described it in The Observer as Achebe's "most complex and his wisest book ...
In traditional religious cultures, it is common to plant special ritual recognition associated with a particular spirit or god. For example, Ogirisi is an Igbo ritual plant closely linked to Agwu, and the term "umunne" (members of the maternal home) is synonymous with the shrine of Ogirisi, where Ogirisi is considered an essential item.