Achebe, Chinua

Twenty stories from across the continent of Africa.

An autobiography of the Nigerian novelist and poet in the form of three lectures that have been adapted, by the author, into book form.

Set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, the novel recreates pre-Christian tribal life and shows how the coming of the white man led to the breaking up of the old ways.

In a connected trilogy by geography and character, Chinua Achebe tells a universal tale of personal and moral struggle in a changing world.

The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War of 1967-1970 was the defining experience of Chinua Achebe's life. The conflict was infamous for its savage impact on the Biafran people. Chinua Achebe was already a world-renowned novelist and he took the Biafran side and served his government as a roving cultural ambassador which allowed him to see the war's full horror. Immediately after the war Achebe took refuge in an academic post in the United States and for forty years he has maintained silence on those years addressing them only in his poetry. His memoir on those years now brings all his experiences to the world.

Obi Okonkwo feels separated from his African roots because of his education, and he is forced to choose between his culture's traditional values and the demands of his social class.

Tells of Nigeria in the 1920s when age-old tribal customs came into conflict with the ways of westernization.

A schoolteacher risks his life to oppose a corrupt politician in this novel by noted twentieth-century Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, in which he explores the political state of his home country preceding the 1966 coup.

African writer Chinua Achebe discusses how the European impact on African culture affected his own life.

Set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, the novel recreates pre-Christian tribal life and shows how the coming of the white man led to the breaking up of the old ways.