Author chinua achebe5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Moving to Lagos after graduation, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Service (NBS) and garnered international attention for his 1958 novel Things Fall Apart. He excelled in school and attended what is now the University of Ibadan, where he became fiercely critical of how Western literature depicted Africa. In the West, Achebe is often referred to as the "father of African literature", although he vigorously rejected the characterization.īorn in Ogidi, Colonial Nigeria, Achebe's childhood was influenced by both Igbo traditional culture and postcolonial Christianity. Along with Things Fall Apart, his No Longer at Ease (1960) and Arrow of God (1964) complete the so-called "African Trilogy" later novels include A Man of the People (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1987). ![]() His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel. ![]() Chinua Achebe ( / ˈ tʃ ɪ n w ɑː ə ˈ tʃ ɛ b eɪ/ ( listen) born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. ![]()
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