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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)

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

From BBC

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

From BBC

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

From BBC

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.”

From Salon

As I chronicle and try to navigate the long Trumpocene and Donald Trump’s return to power, I have been rereading Chinua Achebe’s “How Things Fall Apart.”

From Salon

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