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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 ...
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]
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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]
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.
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.
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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.