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Tribute to Chinua Achebe by Leonard Dabydeen

Tribute to Chinua Achebe by Leonard Dabydeen

Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian Chinua Achebe was an icon in English Literature, particularly in the post colonial era. I read and studied his 1958 novel “Things Fall Apart” some four decades ago for a Teachers’ examination in Guyana. Much of his thoughts and future writings stirred a new awareness and longing for us to get up and use the pen to picture our world inside out. He will be remembered as much as he will be missed by all…

Tribute to Chinua Achebe
(1931-2013)                                           Continue reading