In the world of African literature, few names shine as brightly as Chinua Achebe. With a profound impact on both African and global literature, Achebe’s works continue to captivate readers with their insightful narratives and powerful themes. Eelive.ng brings you five of his must-read books that have left an indelible […]
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The Booker Prize is awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. For the prize, authors are nominated for their excellence and their commitment to promote art and literature. From inception, only novels written by Commonwealth, Irish, and South African […]
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says a comment the late novelist Chinua Achebe made about him shortly after he (Soyinka) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. Soyinka revealed this in a conversation with an American-based Nigerian novelist Okey Ndibe; which aired on Channels Television’s Book Club. In the course […]
“Want to hide something from an African? Put it in a book“- As hillarious as this quote seems, it does not apply to every black out there and we have put together, five essential African novels of all time, for book lovers, going by popular demand. Enjoy! “Things Fall Apart” […]
With the influx of books on a daily basis into the literary market, it is becoming increasingly difficult to decide on what to read. Some books have however distinguished themselves, by means of a steady rise in the demand for them. We have selected ten from the dozens making waves […]
Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. His first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), is the most widely read book in modern African literature. Achebe also authored several literary texts which include: No Longer at Ease ( 1960), Arrow of God (1964), A Man of the People […]
African writers have written in diverse forms, styles and in many languages. They have been able to creatively put words about their lives, experiences, culture, history and myth together in books published widely on the African continent and beyond. Many of these books consist of sentences that impart an almost divine […]
Chinua Achebe takes us through the tortuous journey of colonialism and how it destroyed a people in this all-time classic, “Arrow of God.”
A first print, first edition copy of Chinua Achebe’s classic novel, Things Fall Apart sold for N1million in a private sale. The private sale took place on Twitter after Lola Shoneyin, author of The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives tweeted “Hey book collectors! My friend is selling a first […]