Tag: Chinua Achebe
I Will Pay My Debt To Achebe
By Isaac Umunna I have a confession to make: I am owing Chinua Achebe. That I did not pay this…
Nigeria From 1966-1970: The American Files Are Not From Heaven
By Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema My unquenchable interest in how and why Nigeria stopped turning between 1966 and 1970 was ignited…
Achebe: Nigeria’s South East leaders plan befitting burial
Governors of the South East on Sunday in Enugu agreed to give the renowned author, Prof. Chinua Achebe, a befitting…
Chinua Achebe: A Writer And A Half And More
By Akin Adesokan He sits there in the front row, looking baffled by the effusion of encomiums falling all around…
Achebe And I
By Nduka Otiono No one who met the venerable Chinua Achebe–in flesh and blood or in his writings–would ever forget…
Achebe’s Apocalyptic Valediction
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Chinua Achebe appeared on the world stage in grand style by way of the epochal novel,…
Achebe Is Africa’s Shakespeare
By Festus Ayayi I knew Chinua Achebe in the early 80s when he was President of Association of Nigerian Authors…
ACN: Chinua Achebe a global icon for all time
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has paid a glowing tribute to renowned Nigerian writer and nationalist Chinua Achebe, who…
Achebe: UNN flies Flags at half staff as Tinubu, others pay tribute
The authorities of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka have directed all flags to be flown at half staff as precursor…
Profile: The essential Chinua Achebe, father of African literature
by M.J. Smith, Ben Simon Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, widely regarded as the father of modern African literature, has died…
Zuma: Africa owes Achebe a debt of gratitude
The South African President, Mr Jacob Zuma, said Africa owes a debt of gratitude to Nigerian author Chinua Achebe in…
Nobel laureates Soyinka, Gordimer mourn Achebe
Africa’s first Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka and a renowned poet, John Pepper Clark, said Friday they have lost “a…
Torrents of tributes pour for Chinua Achebe
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday that late Prof. Chinua Achebe will be greatly missed for his immense patriotism and…
Prof. Chinua Achebe, Nigeria’s Novelist Dies
Nigeria’s literary icon, Professor Albert Chinualumogu Achebe is dead. He died last night in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United…
Achebe, Kanu, Chukwumerije honored
The Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) in Enugu on Sunday conferred an award titled “The Great Igbo Icon’’ on Prof. Chinua…