Friday 11 January 2013

Nigeria: Chinua Achebe Biography

Professor Chinua Achebe

Synopsis

Born in Nigeria in 1930, Chinua Achebe attended the University of Ibadan. In 1958, his groundbreaking novel Things Fall Apart was published. It has since sold more than 12 million copies and been translated into more than 50 languages. Achebe is currently the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.