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Achebe Chinua:     more books (100)

Things Fall Apart: A Novel by Chinua Achebe, 1994-09 No Longer at Ease (African Writers Series) by Chinua Achebe, 2008-06-20 The Education of a British-Protected Child: Essays by Chinua Achebe, 2010-10-05 A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe, 1989-01-19 Girls at War by Chinua Achebe, 1991-08-01 Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe, 1997-02-04 Home and Exile by Chinua Achebe, 2001-09-18 Another Africa by Robert Lyons, Chinua Achebe, 1998-11-13 The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, and Arrow of God (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Chinua Achebe, 2010-01-05 The Trouble with Nigeria by Chinua Achebe, 2000-09-05 Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe, 1989-01-01 Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart: A Routledge Study Guide (Routledge Guides to Literature) by David Whittaker, Mpalive-Hangson Msiska, 2007-12-20 Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays by Chinua Achebe, 1990-09-01 Things Fall Apart, No Longer At Ease, Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe, 1995

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1. Achebe Chinua Essay, Paper Analysis, Advantages Of Achebe Chinua
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2. Chinua Achebe - African Writer
   Chinua Achebe is a famous African writer, known for Things Fall Apart, one of the greatest works of world literature. He's known for his short stories, poetry and novels. He  
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   Extractions: zWASL=1 zGL='0';zGR='ca-about-radlink'; zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 Home Education Classic Literature Search A-to-Z Writers A-to-Z Writers A - Writers - Last Names Chinua Achebe is a famous African writer, known for Things Fall Apart , one of the greatest works of world literature. He's known for his short stories, poetry and novels. He was also a prominent professor. Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe @ Chinua Achebe is one of the best known-African writer, Igbo (Ibo). His full name is Albert Chinualumogu Achebe, and he's known for Things Fall Apart, which is one of the greatest novels of its time. Read more about this internationally renowned author. zSB(3,3) Chinua Achebe is one of Africa's most influential and widely published writers. He has written twenty-one novels, short-stories and collections of poetry. Free Classic Literature Newsletter! Sign Up if(zSbLIf You Like Harry Potter...

3. SwissEduc: Achebe, Chinua: *1930
   Multimedia educational resource with interviews, teaching information, etc.  
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4. Chinua Achebe - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
   Chinua Achebe; Chinua Achebe (2008) Born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe 16 November 1930 (193011-16) (age 79) Ogidi, Anambra State, Nigeria Protectorate  
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinua_Achebe
   
   Extractions: Ogidi Anambra State Nigeria Protectorate Occupation David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and professor of Africana studies Brown University Nationality Nigerian Ethnicity Igbo Period 1958–present Notable work(s) "The African Trilogy" – Things Fall Apart No Longer at Ease and Arrow of God Chinua Achebe (pronounced /ˈtʃɪnwɑː əˈtʃɛbeɪ/ born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe on November 16, 1930) is a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor at Brown University and critic. He is best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), which is the most widely read book in modern African literature Raised by Christian parents in the Igbo town of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria, Achebe excelled at school and won a scholarship for undergraduate studies. He became fascinated with world religions and traditional African cultures, and began writing stories as a university student. After graduation, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Service and soon moved to the metropolis of Lagos . He gained worldwide attention for Things Fall Apart in the late 1950s; his later novels include

5. Achebe, Chinua - Culture
   Definition of Achebe, Chinua from The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy.  
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6. LRB · Lewis Nkosi · At The Crossroads Hour
   Lewis Nkosi reviews Chinua Achebe A Biography, by Ezenwa-Ohaeto.  
   http://www.lrb.co.uk/v20/n22/nkos01_.html
   
   Extractions: Curry, 326 pp, £25.00, November 1997, ISBN 0 253 33342 3 There are times when the act of writing becomes a burden, a fate, even a retribution for the need to be recognised or honoured; when what at first was the joy of creation and self-realisation turns into an affliction; when, in Africa especially, the vocation of writing takes its revenge on those who have tasted the thrill of representing the drama of a vast, unwieldy and refractory continent – a drama of becoming. Chinua Achebe has not escaped this penance. Reading through millions of words of public statements, of reviews and interviews, of adulation and accusation, one is struck by the high price he has paid for being Africa’s greatest indigenous novelist. Universally regarded as the progenitor of modern African literature in English, the producer of at least three novels sure to remain part of the canon of modern African literature so long as it requires a canon, Achebe’s stature is now greater even than that of his fellow Nigerian, the Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka. In fact, a tacit rivalry between the two is suggested in the mischievous title of a critical study by anoth er Nigerian, Kole Omotoso –

7. Chinua Achebe
   For further reading The Writings of Chinua Achebe by G.D. Killam (1977); Chinua Achebe Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart by Kate Turkington (1977); Achebe's World by Robert Wren (1980  
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   Extractions: Chinua Achebe (1930-) - in full Albert Chinualumogu Achebe Prominent Igbo (Ibo) writer, famous for his novels describing the effects of Western customs and values on traditional African society. Achebe's satire and his keen ear for spoken language have made him one of the most highly esteemed African writers in English. In 1990 Achebe was paralyzed from the waist down in a serious car accident. "I would be quite satisfied if my novels (especially the ones I set in the past) did no more than teach my readers that their past - with all its imperfections - was not one long night of savagery from which the first Europeans acting on God's behalf delivered them" (from Morning Yet on Creation Day Chinua Achebe was born in Ogidi, Nigeria, the son of a teacher in a missionary school. His parents, though they installed in him many of the values of their traditional Igbo culture, were devout evangelical Protestants and christened him Albert after Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. In 1944 Achebe attended Government College in Umuahia. Like other major Nigerian writers including Wole Soyinka, Elechi Amadi, John Okigbo, John Pepper Clark, and Cole Omotso, he was also educated at the University College of Ibadan, where he studied English, history and theology. At the university Achebe rejected his British name and took his indigenous name Chinua. In 1953 he graduated with a BA. Before joining the Nigerian Broadcasting Company in Lagos in 1954 he travelled in Africa and America, and worked for a short time as a teacher. In the 1960s he was the director of External Services in charge of the Voice of Nigeria.

8. Achebe, Chinua
   WORLD FICTION . These titles are available at the Manchester High School Library Achebe, Chinua. Anthills of the Savannah. Set in a undeveloped West African  
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   Extractions: WORLD FICTION These titles are available at the Manchester High School Library: Achebe, Chinua. Anthills of the Savannah Set in a undeveloped West African state called Kangan , the plot revolves around the figure of the new president, who has taken power in a military coup. Achebe, Chinua. Arrow of God Set in the Ibo heartland of eastern Nigeria , one of Africa 's best-known writers describes the conflict between old and new in its most poignant aspect: the personal struggle between father and son. Achebe, Chinua. No Longer at Ease The story of a man whose foreign education has separated him from his African roots and made him parts of a ruling elite whose corruption he finds repugnant. More than thirty years after it was first written, this novel remains a brilliant statement on the challenges still facing African society. Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart Traces the growing friction between village leaders and Europeans determined to save the heathen souls of Africa . But its hero, a noble man who is driven by destructive forces, speaks a universal tongue. Aleichem

9. World Literature Author Research Project -- Achebe
   A brief overview of the author and his works.  
   http://www.collaboratory.nunet.net/goals2000/eddy/Achebe/Author.html
   
   Extractions: http://www.bemorecreative.com/one/890.htm "In all great componds there must be people of all minds - some good, some bad, some fearless and some cowardly; those who bring in wealth and those who scatter it, those who give good advice and those who only speak the words of palm wine. That is why we say that whatever tune you play in the compond of a great man there is always someone to dance to it." The above quotation is quoted by Nwabu Nnebe from an uncited work by Chinua Achebe. To find more proverbs by Achebe, as well as this one go to: Chinua Achebe Cheat Sheet (a brief biographical sketch) Chinua Achebe was born November 16, 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria to the name Albert Chinualumoga Achebe. He is the son of Isaiah and Janet Achebe and was married to Christie Chinwe Okoli in 1961. Together, his wife Christie and he have four children: Chinelo (daughter), Ikechukwu (son) Chidi (son), and Nwando (daughter). He is considered by many critics to be one of the best contemporary African authors and has written several works since the late 1950�s. Chinua Achebe�s writings include: Things Fall Apart (novel) 1959 No Longer At Ease (novel) 1960

10. Achebe, Chinua - Hutchinson Encyclopedia Article About Achebe, Chinua
    Achebe, Chinua (1930– ) Nigerian novelist. His themes include the social and political impact of European colonialism on African people, and the problems of newly independent  
    http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Achebe, Chinua

11. BBC - BBC Four Profile - Chinua Achebe
    Profile of Nigerian Novelist and poet Chinua Achebe CHINUA ACHEBE PROFILE Tuesday 4 March 7.30pm8pm; rpt Thursday 6 March 12.25am-12.55am  
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/profile/chinua-achebe.shtml
    
    Extractions: Tuesday 4 March 7.30pm-8pm; rpt Thursday 6 March 12.25am-12.55am Born in 1930, Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe is probably black Africa's most widely read novelist. His first work, Things Fall Apart, is regarded as a classic of world literature and has been translated into 40 languages. Key works include: Things Fall Apart (1958), Arrow of God (1964), A Man of the People (1966), Beware, Soul Brother (1971). (In USA Christmas in Biafra and Other Poems (1973), Anthills of the Savanna (1987). A member of the Ibo people, Chinua Achebe was born into a Christian family in what was then the British colony of Nigeria, but as a child found himself drawn to the customs of his non-Christian neighbours. Educated at a government-run school, he came to love English literature but became increasingly disturbed by the distorted representation of Africans that he found in the works of English writers. His indignation was directly responsible for his decision to become a writer.

12. Chinua Achebe: "Termitenh�gel In Der Savanne"
    (egotrip.de) Roman ber die Umbr che im heutigen Afrika. Buchvorstellung.  
    http://www.egotrip.de/bucher/03/0301_termitenhuegel.html
    
    Extractions: Roman �ber die Umbr�che im heutigen Afrika Anl�sslich der Verleihung des "Friedenspreises des Deutschen Buchhandels" an den Nigerianer Chinua Achebe hat der Suhrkamp-Verlag den Roman des Preistr�gers aus dem Jahr 1987 neu aufgelegt, nun mit einem Hinweis auf die Preisverleihung. Achebe schildert in diesem Roman die politischen Zust�nde im Nigeria der sp�ten 80er Jahre. Obwohl er das Land nicht namentlich erw�hnt und die Handlung in den fiktiven Staat Kangan verlegt, sind die �hnlich- keiten nicht zuf�llig. Durch die Anonymisierung von Ort und Personen vermeidet er weniger eventuelle Repressalien - die kommen sowieso - als vielmehr Reibungen seiner Fiktion an einer gegebenen Realit�t. Die Situation eskaliert wie erwartet, der Schlag kommt jedoch nicht von dem Ex-Freund, sondern vom Geheimdienst, der erst den Pr�sidenten wegputscht und sich dann an die Beseitigung der anderen Quer- k�pfe macht. Am Ende steht ein noch gnadenloserer Polizeistaat mit kompromisslosen aber ungebildeten Anf�hrern ohne eine ernst zu nehmende Opposition. Nur das Kind, das Ikems Freundin zur Welt bringt, steht f�r den Glauben an eine bessere Zukunft. Das Taschenbuch ist in der Edition Suhr- kamp unter der ISBN 3-518-11581-6 erschienen und kostet 11,00 �.

13. Chinua Achebe
    Achebe, Chinua, Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 96 Encyclopedia. (c) 19931995 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. (c) Funk Wagnalls Corporation.  
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    Extractions: Nigerian novelist and poet, whose works explore the impact of European culture on African society. Achebe's unsentimental, often ironic books vividly convey the traditions and speech of the Ibo people. Born in Ogidi, Nigeria, Achebe was educated at the University College of Ibadan (now the University of Ibadan). He subsequently taught at various universities in Nigeria and the United States. Achebe wrote his first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), partly in response to what he saw as inaccurate characterizations of Africa and Africans by British authors. The book describes the effects on Ibo society of the arrival of European colonizers and missionaries in the late 1800s. Achebe's subsequent novels No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God (1964), A Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987) are set in Africa and describe the struggles of the African people to free themselves from European political influences. During Nigeria's tumultuous political period of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Achebe became politically active. Most of his literary works of this time address Nigeria's internal conflict (see Nigeria, Federal Republic of: Civil War). These books include the volumes of poetry Beware, Soul Brother (1971) and Christmas in Biafra (1973), the short-story collection Girls at War (1972), and the children's book How the Leopard Got His Claws (1972).

14. Achebe, Chinua
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15. Kampf Um Den Eigenen Blickwinkel: Ein Notwendiger Schritt Zurück — Der Freita
    (freitag.de) Der diesj hrige Friedenspreistr ger Chinua Achebe k mpft f r die Gleichberechtigung der Kulturen. Feature von Sabine Kebir.  
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16. Achebe Chinua Free Encyclopedia Articles At Questia.com Online
    Research Achebe Chinua and other related topics by using the free encyclopedia at the Questia.com online library.  
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17. Achebe, Chinua
    Achebe, Chinua (b. Nov. 16, 1930, Ogidi, Nigeria), prominent Ibo novelist acclaimed for his unsentimental depictions of the social and psychological disorientation accompanying  
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    Extractions: Britannica CD Index Articles Dictionary Help (b . Nov. 16, 1930, Ogidi, Nigeria), prominent Ibo novelist acclaimed for his unsentimental depictions of the social and psychological disorientation accompanying the imposition of Western customs and values upon traditional African society. His concern was with emergent Africa at its moments of crisis, his novels ranging in subject matter from the first contact of an African village with the white man to the educated African's attempt to create a firm moral order out of the changing values in a large city. Educated in English at the University of Ibadan, Achebe taught for a short time before joining the staff of the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation in Lagos, where he served as director of external broadcasting during 1961-66. In 1967 he launched a publishing company at Enugu with the poet Christopher Okigbo, who died shortly thereafter in the Nigerian civil war. In 1969 Achebe toured the United States with his fellow writers Gabriel Okara and Cyprian Ekwensi, lecturing at universities. Upon his return to Nigeria he was appointed research fellow at the University of Nigeria and became professor of English there in 1973. He was director (from 1970) of two Nigerian publishers, Heinemann Educational Books Ltd. and Nwankwo-Ifejika Ltd. Things Fall Apart (1958), Achebe's first novel, concerns traditional Ibo life at the time of the advent of missionaries and colonial government in his homeland. His principal character cannot accept the new order, even though the old has already collapsed. In

18. Gestern Gleich Heute? - Chinua Achebe �ber Die Afrikanische Gef�hlswelt : Litera
    (literaturkritik.de) Gestern gleich Heute? Der Autor ber die afrikanische Gef hlswelt. Buchbesprechung von Stefan F llemann.  
    http://www.literaturkritik.de/public/rezension.php?rez_id=6234&ausgabe=200308

19. Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart
    Read the following poem, which is the source of the title of Achebe's novel William Butler Yeats The Second Coming (1921) Yeats was attracted to the spiritual and occult world  
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    Extractions: Yeats was attracted to the spiritual and occult world and fashioned for himself an elaborate mythology to explain human experience. "The Second Coming," written after the catastrophe of World War I and with communism and fascism rising, is a compelling glimpse of an inhuman world about to be born. Yeats believed that history in part moved in two thousand-year cycles. The Christian era, which followed that of the ancient world, was about to give way to an ominous period represented by the rough, pitiless beast in the poem.

20. Achebe, Chinua Books
    Like Things Fall Apart, by Achebe, Grades 612, Education of a British-Protected Child Essays, by Achebe, Things Fall Apart, by Achebe, Anchor Book of Modern African Stories, by  
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