Chinua Achebe’s classic novel, ‘Things Fall Apart’ has been named one of the ‘50 Most Influential Books of the last 50 years’. A group called ‘SuperScholar’ made this selection, naming Achebe’s first novel which was published in ...

In the words of Chinua Achebe, things fell apart. I don't remember my exact breaking point, but it was around the time our building's washing machine broke for the umpteenth time and I had to schlep soiled diapers to the laundromat three times a week.

Two young black men explain what it is like looking for work in Bath. Chinua Thompson and Freddie Masuku are both 20, and have been out of work since they left college. Although unemployment is falling across the UK, official statistics show that 56% of ...

And these are that while Kenyans have a profound respect for Nigerians in matters touching on arts and culture (Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and even 'Nollywood') when it comes to the management of the Nigerian economy and the ...

In his book, The Problem with Nigeria, Chinua Achebe submitted that the problem with Nigeria is squarely that of leadership. One cannot agree less. There is a strong link between leadership and sustainable development. The destiny of any nation ...

As such, literary output of Ugandan writers seems to be lacking. Some of the greatest books like Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart have been on the national curriculum for long and are perhaps about to be taught as history, possibly, only that there are no ...

A FEW years ago when I interviewed Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari for the Chinua Achebe Foundation dialogue series, I discovered a man millions of Nigerians never knew. General Buhari could be funny, swap jokes and laugh heartily, but millions of Nigerians did ...

MY title is a take from the celebrated Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe in his seminal book ‘Things Falls Apart. Achebe’s novels are largely concerned with emergent Africa’s moment of crisis. He is acclaimed for the depictions of the disorientation ...

Its patrons including Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, British author Philip Pullman and British actor Emma Thompson. This year's festival also included one event in Ramallah in the West Bank and one in Cairo, Egypt, on May 11.

It’s even trickier for a Francophone author like Mabanckou. Though U.S. bibliophiles may be familiar with English-language writers like Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe, such names as Leopold Sedar Senghor, from Senegal, and Aime Cesaire, from Martinique ...