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As a young man of twenty eight he brought honour to his native Nigeria by writing Things Fall Apart (1958), the first novel of unquestioned literary merit from West Africa. Critics tend to agree that no African novelist writing in English has yet surpassed Achebe's achievements in Things Fall Apart.
Abstract. Chinua Achebe is recognized as one of Africa's most important and influential writers, and his novels have focused on the ways in which the European tradition of the novel and African...
30 sie 2018 · This is the first biography of Chinua Achebe. His novels span the African experience of colonialism, independence and of civilian and military corruption. His short stories in particular reflect his involvement in the Biafran civil war in Nigeria.
Chinua Achebe believes that African writers cannot escape the task of rebuilding their nations in the postcolonial era. The task is imperative because the identity and dignity of African people has not still been recovered even after political independence.
This paper presents a critical comparative inquiry aimed at discussing patterns of Chinua Achebe’s A Man of the People and Emeka Nwabueze’s A Parliament of Vultures, portrayal, definition ...
31 paź 2019 · This chapter discusses Chinua Achebe's seminal role in the foundation of modern African literature and his contribution to the culture of world letters in the second half of the twentieth century.
This research examines the use of proverbs and language identity in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God. It aims at analysing the roles and significance of proverbs in the Igbo and African context as well as their application to achieve a unique language identity which can be traced to a cultural base.
