Chinua Achebe


Born
in Ogidi, Anambra, Nigeria
November 16, 1930

Died
March 21, 2013

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Works, including the novel Things Fall Apart (1958), of Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe describe traditional African life in conflict with colonial rule and westernization.

This poet and critic served as professor at Brown University. People best know and most widely read his first book in modern African literature.

Christian parents in the Igbo town of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria reared Achebe, who excelled at school and won a scholarship for undergraduate studies. World religions and traditional African cultures fascinated him, who began stories as a university student. After graduation, he worked for the Nigerian broadcasting service and quickly moved to the metropolis of Lagos. He gained worldwide attention in the late 1950s; his la
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Things Fall Apart (The Afri...

3.74 avg rating — 408,515 ratings — published 1958 — 170 editions
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No Longer at Ease (The Afri...

3.87 avg rating — 12,845 ratings — published 1960 — 107 editions
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Arrow of God (The African T...

3.79 avg rating — 9,151 ratings — published 1964 — 4 editions
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A Man of the People

3.89 avg rating — 5,522 ratings — published 1966
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Anthills of the Savannah

3.85 avg rating — 4,535 ratings — published 1987 — 42 editions
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There Was a Country: A Pers...

4.04 avg rating — 2,804 ratings — published 2012 — 18 editions
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Africa's Tarnished Name

4.41 avg rating — 2,319 ratings — published 1997
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Girls at War and Other Stories

3.74 avg rating — 1,591 ratings — published 1972 — 21 editions
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The African Trilogy: Things...

4.26 avg rating — 1,193 ratings — published 1988 — 17 editions
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Chike and the River

3.84 avg rating — 1,274 ratings — published 1966 — 12 editions
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Quotes by Chinua Achebe  (?)
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“If you don't like someone's story, write your own.”
Chinua Achebe

“The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.”
Chinua Achebe

“While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.”
Chinua Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah

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