Pioneers of a new frontier -- The magical years -- A primary exposure -- Leaving home -- The formative years at Umuahia and Ibadan -- Meeting Christie and her family -- Discovering Things fall apart - ...

June 2 brought a celebration of the life3, times and achievements of Nigerian literature icon, Chinua Achebe. The event was held at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington DC. An evocative Arts ...

"If a child washed his hands he could eat with kings." “The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he ...

Editor's note: Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, best known for his novel Things Fall Apart, died a week ago. Here is a piece about him from the March/April 2010 issue of Books & Culture. In 1929, the ...

Things Fall Apart, A story about the incursion of Western missionaries into an Igbo community in 19th century Nigeria, has long gripped readers across the world. It’s not an obvious subject to arouse ...

Things Fall Apart (1958) has been called “the finest novel written about life in Nigeria at the end of the 19th century” and “a classic of world literature.” The book describes the oppression of the ...