LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, widely seen as the grandfather of modern African literature, has died at the age of 82. From the publication of his first novel, "Things Fall Apart", ...

Professor Chinua Achebe’s latest book, There Was A Country, A Personal History of Biafra, is bound to engender stormy controversies all over the country and perhaps beyond, for its candour, its ...

Try this short quiz on Africa’s vibrant literary scene and its globally popular authors. By J. D. Biersdorfer Like many Nigerians, the novelist Stephen Buoro has been deeply influenced by the ...

The publication of his first novel, Things Fall Apart, in 1958 not only contested European narratives about Africans but also challenged traditional assumptions about the form and function of the ...

Despite what your high school English teachers may have led you to believe, he's more than just "Things Fall Apart." He's a poet and an essayist, a national hero and a Man Booker Prize winner. More ...

Not many African political leaders are known to have publicly declared their love of reading. US president Barack Obama popularised the idea of a recommended reading list and he still shares his ...

AWKA – The Eagle on Iroko, literary giant late Professor Chinua Achebe, was at the weekend immortalised at a momentous ceremony during which the Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, ...

Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo has unveiled the statue of famous writer Professor Chinua Achebe.The event took place ...

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has described the late renowned author Prof Chinua Achebe as “Nigeria’s globally acclaimed writer, scholar, tutor, cultural icon, nationalist and artist of the very first ...