Contains sites concerning the author, Chinua Achebe, and his works.
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Uses outside sources and Achebe's own nonfiction and interviews to build a case that Achebe combines the realistic novel with African culture and sensibility to produce a nationalist and post-colonial aesthetic.
Chinua Achebe discusses how and why writers must engage with controversy, and how they lead and teach through powerful images.
(March 25, 2013)
An obituary that includes accolades from colleagues at Brown University, high resolution photographs, and links to several years worth of Achebe Colloquia.
(March 22, 2013)
Achebe discusses political corruption and incompetence in Nigeria, reflects on the Biafra Conflict, and explains why Africans need their own literature to tell their own stories.
(March 22, 2013)
Features highlights of an interview with Achebe at New York's Town Hall in which he discusses his childhood; education; and his passion for story telling, imagination, and the truth beneath fiction's surface.
(March 09, 2008)
A reflection on Chinua Achebe's place and the niche of other African authors in the literary canon. Also includes Achebe's views on Joseph Conrad and some biographical background.
(June 14, 2007)
Lewis Nkosi reviews Chinua Achebe: A Biography, by Ezenwa-Ohaeto.
(November 12, 1998)
Uses outside sources and Achebe's own nonfiction and interviews to build a case that Achebe combines the realistic novel with African culture and sensibility to produce a nationalist and post-colonial aesthetic.
Chinua Achebe discusses how and why writers must engage with controversy, and how they lead and teach through powerful images.
(March 25, 2013)
Achebe discusses political corruption and incompetence in Nigeria, reflects on the Biafra Conflict, and explains why Africans need their own literature to tell their own stories.
(March 22, 2013)
An obituary that includes accolades from colleagues at Brown University, high resolution photographs, and links to several years worth of Achebe Colloquia.
(March 22, 2013)
Features highlights of an interview with Achebe at New York's Town Hall in which he discusses his childhood; education; and his passion for story telling, imagination, and the truth beneath fiction's surface.
(March 09, 2008)
A reflection on Chinua Achebe's place and the niche of other African authors in the literary canon. Also includes Achebe's views on Joseph Conrad and some biographical background.
(June 14, 2007)
Lewis Nkosi reviews Chinua Achebe: A Biography, by Ezenwa-Ohaeto.
(November 12, 1998)
