Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel. Alongside this work, his novels No Longer at Ease (1960) and Arrow of God (1964) complete the African Trilogy.

Achebe’s later bibliography includes the novels A Man of the People (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1987). While he is often referred to as the father of modern African literature, Achebe himself vigorously rejected that characterization.