Chinua Achebe was born in Nigeria in 1930. He was raised in the large village of Ogidi, one of the first centers of Anglican missionary work in Eastern Nigeria, and was a graduate of University College, Ibadan. His early career in radio...

"My favorite novel." -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie"A magical writer-one of the greatest of the twentieth century." -Margaret Atwood "African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe." -Toni Morrison The...

From the renowned author of The African Trilogy, a political satire about an unnamed African country navigating a path between violence and corruption As Minister for Culture, former school teacher M. A. Nanga is a man of the people, as...

Twelve stories by the internationally renowned novelist which recreate with energy and authenticity the major social and political issues that confront contemporary Africans on a daily basis. von Achebe, Chinua