Iconic Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe (Full Name: Albert Chinualumogu Achebe) (1930-2013) is widely regarded as the founding father of African fiction. His first novel, ‘Things Fall Apart’, written originally in English and first published in 1958, is regarded as a classic of world literature. The novel has been translated in 45 languages and sold more than ten million copies. He also wrote short stories and essays. He also taught English in Nigeria and United States.

His other notable works are ‘A Man of the People’, ‘Anthills of the Savannah’, ‘Arrow of God’, ‘Home and Exile’, ‘Hopes and Impediments’, ‘Morning Yet on Creation Day’, ‘No Longer at Ease’, ‘The Education of a British-Protected Child’, and ‘There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra”.

Chinua Achebe Quotes

“Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am – and what I need – is something I have to find out myself.”

“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”

“One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.”

‘Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit — in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.”

“A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.”

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