Achebe was a child prodigy who was nicknamed “Dictionary” early in life because of his encyclopaedic ... At barely 28 years of age, Chinua Achebe published the novel Things Fall Apart in ...

Chinua Achebe, Flora Nwapa and Catherine Acholonu, among others - has provided a framework for navigating both the historical and the deeply personal in my poetry. Okigbo's lyricism and spiritual ...

people in Nigeria by British colonial administrators and follows the life of Okonkwo, an Igbo leader and wrestling champion. Here’s what you need to know about Chinua Achebe’s debut novel.

Nigerian writer and social critic Chinua Achebe, author of the acclaimed novel Things Fall ... "and this in a continent of life presidents. "I say thank you to Nelson Mandela and his colleagues, I say ...

In 1958 Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, published his first book "Things Fall Apart". It was set in pre-colonial rural Nigeria and examines how the arrival of foreigners led to tensions within ...