Achebe

[ ah-chey-bey ]

noun

1. Chin·ua [chin, -wah], 1930–2013, Nigerian novelist.

Achebe

/ əˈtʃeɪbɪ /

noun

1. AchebeChinua19302013MNigerianWRITING: novelist Chinua. 1930–2013, Nigerian novelist. His works include Things Fall Apart (1958), A Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987)

Example Sentences

In Chinua Achebe’s novel “No Longer at Ease,” the sequel to his masterpiece “Things Fall Apart,” the author examines how Nigeria’s endemic corruption results from the exploitation of colonialism, and how everyone in the nation ends up both perpetrator and victim.

From New York Times

Foremost Nigerian author Chinua Achebe put it best when he said: "The price a world language must be prepared to make is submission to different kinds of use."

From BBC

Their translating partnership with House of Books, a small Zimbabwean publisher, is set to continue with Things Fall Apart by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe - a seminal work that deals with the impact of colonialism in Africa - next on their list.

From BBC

Her work, including plays like Anowa, have been read in schools across West Africa, along with works of other greats like Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe.

From BBC

Read from the past: Chinua Achebe changed African literature in 1958 with “Things Fall Apart,” a book that defines modern storytelling.

From New York Times