Achebe

[ah-chey-bey]

noun

1. Chinua 1930–2013, Nigerian novelist.

Achebe

/ əˈtʃeɪbɪ /

noun

1. Chinua. 1930–2013, Nigerian novelist. His works include Things Fall Apart (1958), A Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987)

Example Sentences

Trouble, to paraphrase Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, will find them too.

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During a writers' conference at Makerere, Ngũgĩ shared the manuscript for his debut novel with revered Nigerian author Chinua Achebe.

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In one section, Ngũgĩ called out Chinua Achebe - the author who helped to launch his career - for writing in English.

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Achebe forwarded the manuscript to his publisher in the UK and the book, named Weep Not, Child, was released to critical acclaim in 1964.

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So I keep returning to Achebe’s reflections on the stool and trouble: “When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.”

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