Tag: Chinua Achebe
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Anambra Information Commissioner receives 2021 Chinua Achebe Award for Intellectual Productivity
The Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba, has received the annual Chinua Achebe Award for Intellectual Productivity for 2021 of the Institute of African Studies of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State. The award was given at the Chinua Achebe International Conference held from March 9…
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4th Chinua Achebe international conference holds Tuesday
The Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba is one of the research paper presenters at the 4th Chinua Achebe International Memorial Conference at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Enugu State. The conference will start on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, and end on Thursday, March 11, on the theme “Reevaluation…
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Obama visits Africa, recommends Achebe, Chimamanda’s books for summer read
Former U.S. President, Barack Obama, has recommended Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” and Chimamanda Adichie’s “Americanah” among six books for the 2018 Summer reading list. Obama took to his Twitter handle to announce the six all-African authored books ahead of his first visit to Africa since leaving office on Jan. 20, 2017. The visit would…
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Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ listed among 12 ‘Greatest Books Ever Written’
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart has made the list of 12 “Greatest Books Ever Written” put together by Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica says the book which now exists in 57 translations across the world, is one of the greatest ever written novels on the website of Encyclopedia Britannica in recent times. Things Fall…