Opinion

60 years since masterpiece, Things Fall Apart, ACHEBE Lives on

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2018 0

Chinua Achebe, prophet and great writer, who was born on November 16, 1930, will be remembered forever for what he did in 1958. In 1958, Achebe’s first novel, Things Fall Apart, was released and he told the conflicted story of Okonkwo, communal life, clash of faiths, dynamics of the clash of

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Late Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has been honoured in a Google Doodle

Ihesiulo Grace 16 November 2017 0

Late Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has now been honoured by tech giant, Google as an important figure of 20th century literature. A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepage that is intended to celebrate holidays, events, achievements and people. The doodle is marking what would have been Achebe’s 87th […]

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Why Chinua Achebe is one of the world’s most important modern writers

Ihesiulo Grace 16 November 2017 0

The late Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has been honoured in a Google Doodle, underscoring his status as a towering figure of 20th-century literature. By creating a doodle marking what would have been Achebe’s 87th birthday, the tech giant is celebrating a writer many consider to be the father of modern African literature. Writing amid a […]

Opinion

This Nigerian State

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2015 0

A man had told me that I was too ‘young and smart’ to be so ‘preoccupied by ethnicity’ and my reply to him went as such: ‘you will not understand you are not a minority. Nigeria is not a fair state.’ This Nigerian state is a tragedy, a tragedy of theatrical proportion. This Nigerian state […]

Opinion

Worshipping the False Messiahs of Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2015 0

President Goodluck Jonathan must rein in Doyin Okupe and other sycophants. Chinua Achebe reminds us that those whose palm kernels were cracked by the gods must remain humble. A shoeless school boy who rose to the presidency cannot afford to have an aide misrepresenting him as a contestant for the position of Jesus Christ. Okupe presented President […]