Author · Nigeria
Chinua Achebe
Died in 2013
Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) was born in Ogidi, in eastern Nigeria, into an Igbo family converted to Christianity, and was part of the first intake of the University of Ibadan before working for Nigerian radio. Achebe wrote a sequel with Arrow of God and No Longer at Ease, served the secessionist republic of Biafra as an emissary, then attacked Conrad's Heart of Darkness head-on in a famous lecture. Paraplegic after an accident in 1990, he taught in the United States.
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- NovelThings Fall ApartChinua Achebe · 1958Literature