Zwany był ojcem nowoczesnej literatury afrykańskiej. Był najczęściej tłumaczonym pisarzem afrykańskim (przekłady polskie poezji w Antologii poezji afrykańskiej, 1974; prozy wymienione niżej).
Albert Chinualumogu Achebe (16 de payares de 1930, Igbo – 21 de marzu de 2013, Boston) [17 ] foi un escritor, poeta, profesor y críticu nixerianu. [18 ] La so primer novela Tou se desmorona (Things Fall Apart, 1958) ye considerada la so…
Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist acclaimed for his unsentimental depictions of the social and psychological disorientation accompanying the imposition of Western customs and values upon traditional African society.
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What was Chinua Achebe’s childhood like?Chinua Achebe was raised in Ogidi, Nigeria. He was born into the Igbo tribe, one of the country’s three major tribal groups. Ogidi was a focal point of Anglican missionary outreach in Nigeria, and the town’s role in this process likely influenced his views on the Westernization and Christianization of precolonial Nigerian cultures.What did Chinua Achebe write?Chinua Achebe is most famous for his novel Things Fall Apart, published in 1958, which tells the story of an Igbo village’s reaction to British missionaries and colonial authorities. In 1960 Achebe published a sequel called No Longer at Ease. He also published several other novels, short stories, children’s books, and essays.What did Chinua Achebe’s writing concern?Chinua Achebe’s work grappled with the reality of British imperialism’s effect on Nigerian traditions and customs. He discussed in frank terms the destructive and often violent effect that external impositions have on indigenous people, challenging the prevailing narrative of his time that Westernization was a positive, necessary process.