Black history month: Chinua Achebe

[soleiltropiques]

'Chinua Achebe - Biography'

Born in Nigeria in 1930, Chinua Achebe attended the University of Ibadan. In 1958, 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

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[crossfire]

So much love for Chinua Achebe and his writing. I read "Things Fall Apart" as a college Freshman and it really was eye-opening and helped me begin to understand how whitewashed my education was. Is, actually.

Thank you for these posts!

[soleiltropiques]

I agree -he was an incredible writer.

And you're so welcome!

[grapesheezy]

I read "Things Fall Apart" in my college lit class and it had such an impact on me. Thank you for this post :)

[soleiltropiques]

You're so welcome!

[golden_bastet]

Things Fall Apart is *awesome*.

I should go grab a couple more of his works...

[soleiltropiques]

Definitely.

If you are interested, here is a link to Achebe's lecture, 'An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness': http://wayanswardhani.lecture.ub.ac.id/files/2013/05/Achebe-1.pdf

I read somewhere that some lit programs which were making students read Conrad's book were also having students read Achebe's lecture along with it, which is awesome.