Chinua Achebe
Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic. Author of Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, Arrow of God, A Man of the People, and Anthills of the Savannah. Father of modern African literature in English.
Chinua Achebe
Ask Chinua Achebe about Things Fall Apart, African literature, and writing back to empire. Sit with the father of modern African fiction in English.
Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic. Author of Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, Arrow of God, A Man of the People, and Anthills of the Savannah. Father of modern African literature in English.
- Born
- 1930
- Died
- 2013
- Birthplace
- Ogidi, Anambra State
- Nationality
- Nigeria
What Chinua Achebe can help you think about
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Ask plainly. Push back. Follow a thread until it goes somewhere. This isn't a lookup — it's a conversation with a mentor who's already done the thinking you're about to do.
- Writers & Poets
- Novelists