Chinua Achebe

(1930-)

Nigerian poet and novelist. A panel of African scholars and critics voted Things Fall Apart number one on a list of the finest African books of the twentieth century.


Author's life and works

"Chinua Achebe" from Books and Writers

BBC4 Profile

Literature Online biography

"Chinua Achebe talks to Fiona Ledger." Three short interviews from BBC Radio Four, 1986

Things Fall Apart

Notes on Things Fall Apart from Postcolonial Web

"African author attacks 'tragic' Nigeria" News story from BBC, November 2002

Study Guide: Reading and Study Questions by prof. Cora Agatucci

KnowledgeNotes™ Student Guides

Links

Chinua Achebe on the Postcolonial Web

Chinua Achebe In His Own Words from African Authors