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May 23, 2013 · Images of the funeral of renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March in the US and whose body has now returned to his homeland.
Mar 22, 2013 · 22 March 2013. Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, who has died aged 82, was revered throughout the world for his depiction of life in Africa. He wrote about the effects of colonialism and its ...
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Nigeria’s storytelling tradition. Born in Ogidi in 1930 to an Igbo family, Chinua was the studious son of an evangelical priest. He grew up listening to stories narrated in his community.In love with the library, Chinua completed English studies at the University of Ibadan in four years instead of the standard five.In 1961, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation and married Christie Okoli. They had four children together.European interpretation of African culture.To give African children better quality books, he co-founded in 1967 Citadel Press with renowned writer Christopher Okigbo to publish children’s books.Clash of civilisations. As a Nigerian novelist, Achebe portrayed the social disorientation that resulted from Western colonisation of Africa.In 1958, he published his first and most widely read novel, Things Fall Apart. The novel portrays the clash of cultures that took place when Christian missionaries and Western colonials encountered...The novel follows the life of Okonkwo, an Ibo leader and local wrestling champion. He is exiled and upon his return, finds his community has submitted to the influence of Western colonisers. Realis...“The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others,” writes Achebe.30 honorary degrees. Acknowledged as the father of modern African literature, Chinua was awarded 30 honorary degrees from universities around the world.Achebe also won many literary awards, from the inauguralNigerian National Merit Award in 1979 to the Man Booker International Prize for Fiction in 2007.He won The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in 2010. The annual prize is given to “a man or woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind’s enjoyment and un...Praised by Mandela. South Africa’s anti-apartheid revolutionary leader Nelson Mandelacalled him a writer “in whose company the prison walls fell down”.Mar 22, 2013 · The death of Chinua Achebe. The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Anna McNamee. The acclaimed novelist and poet, known as the father of ...
May 23, 2013 · 23 May 2013. Mourners signed a book of condolence at the funeral. Thousands of mourners have paid their last respects to renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe in his home town in Anambra state. A ...
Mar 22, 2013 · NEW YORK (AP) — The opening sentence was as simple, declarative and revolutionary as a line out of Hemingway: "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond," Chinua Achebe wrote in "Things Fall Apart." Africans, the Nigerian author announced more than 50 years ago, had their own history, their own celebrities and reputations. Centuries of being defined by the West were ...
When Chinua Achebe's death was announced on March 22, the response of African literary scholars and practitioners was palpable. This book is a tribute to Achebe, his life and work, his place in Africa's history and his role in reclaiming the dignity of that history. These poems, short essays and letters extol one of Africa's
