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The bibliography of Chinua Achebe includes journalism, essays, novels, poems, and non-fiction books written by the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe (1930–2013). Achebe was a prolific writer on topics related to the colonialism of the British Nigeria .
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.
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.
"Kofi Awoonor's Until the Morning After: Collected Poems 1963-1985 was to have been AWS number 260, but was apparently withdrawn by the author and instead published by Greenfield Review Press, New York, in 1987." [20] 261: Anyidoho, Kofi: 1984 Poetry: A Harvest of our Dreams, with Elegy for the Revolution: poems. 262: Nagenda, John: 1986
According to Afrocritik’s Anticipated Books of 2025, "Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto’s debut book of poetry, The Naming, conflates family history, Igbo ontology and the legends of origin and belonging in order to trace and name a lineage full of greatness and esoteric knowledge. Grandly conceived and thematically cohesive, this is poetry of great ...
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.
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 ...
Chinua Achebe Literary Festival is an annual literary event held in honour of Nigerian writer and literary critic — Chinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart (1958), in commemoration and celebration of his works and immense contributions in the literary field. [1] [2] [3]