Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe partiu de uma história simples: a de Okonkwo, guerreiro afamado em nove aldeias dos Ibo (Nigéria) no séc. XIX-XX. Okonkwo vive no seio do clã de Umuofia com as suas três mulheres e os filhos, empenhado em conquistar o título mais nobre do seu povo, mas obcecado com o medo de falhar. A partir daqui o …

Things Fall Apart é um romance de Chinua Achebe, publicado em 1958 no Reino Unido. Primeiro romance de Achebe, a obra foi lançada dois anos antes da independência da Nigéria e seria considerado um dos livros mais importantes da literatura africana do século XX e tido como fundador da moderna literatura nigeriana. Foi …

Things Fall Apart é um romance de Chinua Achebe, publicado em 1958 no Reino Unido. Primeiro romance de Achebe, a obra foi lançada dois anos antes da independência da Nigéria e seria considerado um dos livros mais importantes da literatura africana do século XX e tido como fundador da moderna literatura nigeriana. Foi …

No Longer at Ease is a 1960 novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It is the story of an Igbo man, Obi Okonkwo, who leaves his village for a British education and a job in the Nigerian colonial civil service, but struggles to adapt to a Western lifestyle and ends up taking a bribe. The novel is the second work in …

Anthills of the Savannah is a 1987 novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. It was his fifth novel, first published in the UK 21 years after Achebe's previous one, and was credited with having "revived his reputation in Britain". A finalist for the 1987 Booker Prize for Fiction, Anthills of the Savannah has been …

Arrow of God is a 1964 novel by Chinua Achebe, his third novel after No Longer At Ease. These two books, along with the first book, Things Fall Apart, are sometimes called The African Trilogy, as they share similar settings and themes. The novel centers on Ezeulu, the chief priest of several Igbo villages in Colonial …

A Man of the People is the fourth, and a satirical, novel by Chinua Achebe. The novel is a story told by the young and educated narrator, Odili, his conflict with Chief Nanga, his former teacher who enters a career in politics in an unnamed modern African country. Odili represents the changing younger generation; …

"A rare opportunity to glimpse a bit of the man behind the monumental novels." --Chicago TribunePowerful and deeply personal, these three essays by the great Nigerian author articulate his mission to rescue African culture from the narratives written by Europeans. Looking through the prism of his experiences as a …