Achebe
[ah-chey-bey]
- Chin·ua [chin-wah] /ˈtʃɪn wɑ/, 1930–2013, Nigerian novelist.
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So in this way, Achebe was with me at the beginning of my writing career.
While Achebe stayed with the BBS, my father left to head up the relief effort.
Things Fall Apart stood up and stood strong, as Achebe did throughout his career.
As Ruth Franklin wrote in The New Yorker, Achebe practically invented the Great African Novel.
Like Achebe, Adichie has written consistently of about Nigeria falling apart, a country in decline.
Achebe
- Chinua. 1930–2013, Nigerian novelist. His works include Things Fall Apart (1958), A Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987)
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