Tag: THINGS FALL APART
Things Fall Apart @67: Chioke, Adichie makes case for Igbo unity
According to the Afrinvest boss, Achebe once said, ‘Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order…
Omoni Oboli speaks on reactions to Idris Elba playing lead role in ‘Things Fall Apart’
Omoni Oboli has expressed her views on Idris Elba’s casting as the lead actor in the upcoming film adaptation of…
Why ‘Things Fall Apart’ is still valued 65 years after – Don
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe’s debut novel, and his two other classics, Arrow of God and No Longer at Ease,…
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart a demonstration of Africans’ heroism – Don
Things Fall Apart is a book that demonstrates the heroism, the heroism of the Africans; Chinua Achebe demonstrates that despite…
Chinua Achebe’s African trilogy for television
By Nehru Odeh Things Fall Apart, classic Chinua Achebe published in 1958 is to be adapted for television. But Achebe’s…
First edition of Chinua Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ sold for N1m
A first print, first edition copy of late Chinua Achebe’s premier novel ‘Things Fall Apart’ has been purchased for one…
PDP: Things Fall Apart
A rebellion of seismic proportions rips the PDP apart, putting its supremacy and even its existence in jeopardy The…
Remembering Achebe, The Right Way
By Emmanuel Arodovwe To many students and scholars of African literature and history, as well as peoples of African descent…
Chinua Achebe: All Quiet On The Eastern Front (2)
By Wale Okediran The hero of the whole celebration was the Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, who shone like…
A Personal Letter To Chinua Achebe
By Frank Opara Dear Achebe, It was my dream to meet you in person. Even as old age closed up…
The Achebe I knew
By Chido Onumah “Indiscipline pervades our life so completely that one may be justified in calling it the condition par…
Markets Shut For Chinua Achebe
Markets in Ogidi, Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, the hometown of the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, are to be…
Chinua Achebe (Ugonabo Ogidi ) Goes Home
By Joe Igbokwe All roads lead to Ogidi in Anambra State , Nigeria the home town of the late (Ugonabo)…
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: A Timeless Piece
By Grace Igbokwe Chinua Achebe was well known throughout the thirty-six states of the federation and even beyond. His fame…
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…
Achebe Died When Biafra Dream Died
Captain Elechi Amadi, the great author, school mate to the late Chinua Achebe at Government College, Umuahia, spoke to OKAFOR…
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…
Omotoso: The Essential Of Achebe
Avuncular is the easiest word that comes to mind for me in describing Chinua Achebe, who has joined his ancestors.…
Where Achebe Erred -Tanimu Abubakar
Professor Tanimu Abubakar, teacher of Comparative Literature at the Ahmadu Bello University, tells FEMI ADI where the late Professor Chinua…
Chinua Achebe: Death, Where Are Thy Claws?
By Niyi Osundare Chinua Achebe is one of those epically unique individuals whose lives have been so full, so purposive…
Achebe’s Apocalyptic Valediction
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Chinua Achebe appeared on the world stage in grand style by way of the epochal novel,…
The Passing Of A Literary Troubadour
By Wale Okediran Like many Nigerian students, who offered Literature in secondary school, I first met Achebe on the pages…
Chinua Achebe – The Icon, The Legacy
By Akuna Ejim “Things fall apart and the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,…” This refrain…
Being Unmarried Is The ‘Ultimate’ Crime —Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema
Jane (not her real name) is a beauty; a sight for sore eyes. In her thirties, Jane who comes from…