Chinua Achebe's 1958 debut novel Things Fall Apart has sold 10 million copies worldwide and been translated into 50 languages. The book provided a unique picture of late 19th century Igbo culture in ...

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Nigerian-born Chinua Achebe, considered the father of modern African writing, has won the second Man Booker International Prize worth 60,000 pounds, edging out, among others, Indian-born Salman ...

Messengers: A two-part special that visits one of the world's greatest authors Chinua Achebe at his upstate New York home in the wake of the 50th year celebration of his bestseller novel 'Things Fall ...

He also picked holes in Mr. Achebe’s last work, There Was a Country, which turned out the author’s most controversial. In an extensive interview with news website, Saharareporters, Mr. Soyinka said ...

Achebe's books are elegant, musical, and — most significantly — they'll live on as African rebuttals to the colonial narratives of Joseph Conrad and other European writers. Achebe's influence is most ...

This file photo shows Chinua Achebe, pictured on January 19, 2009, during a welcoming ceremony at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja upon his return to Nigeria for the first time in over 10 ...

Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe died Thursday in Boston. His first novel, Things Fall Apart was published in 1958 and is still the most widely-read piece of African literature. Nigerian writer Chinua ...