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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]
Prior to the event each year, the organizers open and publicize a "Call For Submissions" on various online literary platforms and magazines, for writers to write and submit poems and essays in honour of Achebe, which they thereafter publish as an anthology, known as the "Chinua Achebe Poetry/Essay Anthology". [8] [9]
Chike and the River is a children's story by Chinua Achebe.It was first published in South Africa in the year 1966 by Cambridge University Press, [1] with illustrations by Prue Theobalds, and was the first of several children's stories Achebe would write.
After the war, Achebe helped start two magazines in 1971: the literary journal Okike, a forum for African art, fiction, and poetry; [97] and Nsukkascope, an internal publication of the university. [ 98 ] [ 99 ] Achebe and the Okike committee later established another cultural magazine, Uwa Ndi Igbo , to showcase the indigenous stories and oral ...
Chinua Achebe (1966) Considered the most important founding figure of English-language literature in West Africa, Chinua Achebe, winner of the 2002 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, made his debut as a novelist and poet with Things Fall Apart (1958), [8] [9] which, along with No Longer at Ease (1960), [10] [11] is his magnum opus. His ...
1972 – Chinua Achebe leaves his position following the publication of his short story collection Girls At War as the hundredth book in the series. Sambrook, Currey, Higo and Chakava take over editorial duties collectively with the support of Akin Thomas, editorial director of HEB Nigeria. [5] [9]
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.
Alimi, S. A. "A Study of the Use of Proverbs as a Literary Device in Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God." International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences 2, no. 3 (2012): 2222-6990. Fagrutheen, Syed. "Downfall of Traditionalism in Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God." The English Literature Journal 1, no. 1 ...