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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, the anthology was initiated in 2016 by Izunna Okafor, a Nigerian writer and journalist who also serves as the Editor-in-Chief.
An Image of Africa. " An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness " is the published and amended version of the second Chancellor's Lecture given by Nigerian writer and academic Chinua Achebe at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in February 1975. The essay was included in his 1988 collection, Hopes and Impediments.
Chinua Achebe ( / ˈtʃɪnwɑː əˈtʃɛbeɪ / ⓘ; born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature ...
No Longer at Ease. No Longer at Ease is a 1960 novel by a Nigerian author, 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 Nigerian colonial civil service, but is conflicted between his African culture and Western lifestyle and ends up taking a bribe. The novel ...
Hopes and Impediments. 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] The opening essay, " An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart ...
A Man of the People. A Man of the People is a novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. Written as a satirical piece, "A Man of the People" follows the story told by Odili, a young and educated narrator, about his conflict with Chief Nanga, his former teacher who enters a career in politics in an unnamed fictional 20th-century African country.
1972. Publication place. Nigeria. ISBN. 0385418965. " Girls at War " is a 1972 short story by Chinua Achebe. The narrative focuses on the essence of survival amidst the uncertainties of war. Through the protagonist, Reginald Nwankwo, the story unfolds the intricacies of determination, resilience, and the human spirit's quest for survival. [ 1]
There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra is a personal account by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe of the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It is considered one of the defining works of modern African non-fiction. [ 2][ 4] Released in October 2012, six months prior to Achebe's death, it is the author's last ...