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(Biography)
PRESENTED BY: SHEERAZ HUSSAIN SHAIKH
SUBJECT: HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
CONCERNED TEACHER: SOHAIL AHMED KALHORO.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
@MOHTARMA BENAZIR BHUTTO SHAHEED CAMPUS
DADU, UNIVERSITY OF SINDH.
Introduction
Father of African Literature
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian
novelist, critic, poet and story
writer, He is considered one of
the most important writers of
the twentieth century. He is
best known for his debut novel
(Things Fall a Part )
which is the most widely read
novel in modern African
Literature.
Early Life and Education
Chinua Achebe born on 16 Nov; in the Igbo town of
Ogidi in Eastern Nigeria (British Nigeria).
His father and mother converted their religion from
Odinani to Christianity through the Protestant Church
Mission Society (CMS) in Nigeria.
His father Isaiah Okafo Achebe was a teacher and
evangelist (Christianity preacher) and his mother Janet
wa
Chinua Achebe : a biography
xii, pages : 24 cm In , his groundbreaking novel Things Fall Apart was published. It went on to sell more than 12 million copies and been translated into more than 50 languages. Achebe later served as the David and Marianna Fisher University professor and professor of Africana Studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He died on March 21, , at age 82, in Boston, Massachusetts. Early Years .
This is the first biography of Chinua Achebe. His novels span the African experience of colonialism, independence and of civilian and military corruption. His short stories in particular reflect his involvement in the Biafran civil war in Nigeria. His poetry, both in English and Igbo, reveals a sensitive talent. His children's stories introduced the young and their parents to the excitement of books. Chinua Achebe had an active and generous role in encouraging other African writers by starting the literary journal Okike, by founding a publishing house in war-torn Nigeria and by introducing, in his role as the Founding Editor of the African Writers Series, new writers to a worldwide audience. Through his teaching in universities in Africa and America he showed the importance of Africa's own literature in the re-establishment of its cultural independence
Includes bibliographical references (pages ) and index
The catechist's son: missionaries & masquerades, -- Starting at the crossroads: primary school, -- The Ogidi boy: government college, -- The young man in our hall: at University College, Ibadan, -- Stepping into the world: teaching & broadcasting, -- On the path of life: controller of the eastern region, -- Striding to the frontier: the 'Voice of Nigeria', marriage, & the 'African writers series, ' -- Walking under a gathering storm: from Arrow of God to A man of the people, -- Retreat to the cathedral: genocide, war & the leopard's claws, -- The idea of Biafra: Enugu, Aba, Umuahia, -- To understand what happened: art in the midst of war & in the aftermath, -- Constructing a relevant vision: collections, controversies, & conferences -- An American expedition: new light on the heart of darkness.
Going back to the roots: return to Nsukka, -- Setting up more structures: education, culture, politics, -- The trouble with Nigeria: an ambassador for literature & justice, -- What literature has to do with it: leade Born in Nigeria in , Chinua Achebe attended the University of Ibadan.
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Famed writer and educator Chinua Achebe was born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe on November 16, , in the Igbo town of Ogidi in eastern Nigeria. After becoming educated in English at the University of Ibadan and a subsequent teaching stint, in , Achebe joined the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation as director of external broadcasting. He would serve in that position until Prior to joining NBC, in , Achebe published his first novel:Things Fall Apart. The groundbreaking novel centers on the cultural clash between native African culture and the traditional white culture of missionaries and the colonial government in place in Nigeria. An unflinching look at the disc