The fifth problem is associated with the ironic twist in an African writer condemning European values while employing an European language, which in itself is an European value item. This is probably what Sartre means when he says, “if he destroys it (French value, that is) in French, he poetizes already.

Former American president Barack Obama has listed two books by Nigerian authors among his recommended books for summer reading. Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah were named among other illustrious African books that include A Grain of Wheat (Ngugi wa Thiong’o), Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela) and The Return (Hisham…

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, was treated to literary home coming when he attended the second Chinua Achebe International Conference organised by the Institute of African Studies at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).

An academic has reportedly recovered rare historical sources from the school the late literary icon, Chinua Achebe attended in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Terri Ochiagha, a teaching fellow in the History of Modern Africa at King’s College, London, made the recovery. According to Ochiagha, she saved a valuable amount of material while researching for…

In discussing the issues of women in relation to various factors, what comes to mind is the term “feminism”. And feminism is the belief...

The year 2018 marks the Diamond anniversary of the publication of the 1958 novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. The story’s main preoccupation concerns pre- and post-colonial life in late 19th century Nigeria.

Ikeogu Oke is not new to Nigeria’s literati. Africa’s foremost novelist, Chinua Achebe, whom he had a personal relationship with, once described him as “a very fine poet.” Farther afield, the Nobel laureate, Nadine Gordimer, wrote concerning him, “[There is] no end to the wide illumination in the protean gifts of this man.” At age…

If speech patterns could help in identifying cultural identities, one could easily say that Trump is more African American than Obama.

On Tuesday 17 2017, the Lekki traffic was monstrous as at 7am and the only option was a bike for a visa interview for 8:30 am. As a frequent traveller to East Africa (which has a visa on arrival policy in most nations in that region).....

Wikidepia's description of a literary festival, also known as a book festival or writers’ festival, comes handy in delineating the place of a gathering for conversation...

London is loaded deep into the Nigerian subconscious, and its vast array of symbolisms occupies a large expanse in the sub-consciousness of the giant West African country.

On what would have been his 87th birthday, late Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has been honoured with a Google doodle. Doodles are changes made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists. Considered as one of the greatest African writers of his generation, Achebe's best-known novel…