Tag: THINGS FALL APART
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…