The need for Ndigbo to close ranks and unite as the brethren they are has, once again, come to the front burners, as the most popular novel with Igbo plot, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, clocks ...

Lessons from a Presidential Spokesman's Experience, veteran journalist and long-time spokesman to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, dedicates a chapter to sharing his insights into ...

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MY phone rang on Thursday, 26 June, 2025 and a long-standing friend was on the line. “I know you are from Owo”, he began.

Once revered as ancestral messengers and custodians of sacred tradition, masquerades across Nigeria are increasingly morphing into tools of fear, violence, and lawlessness. From Enugu to Osun and ...

Nigerian-American author, poet and playwright, Cash Onadele, also known as Aiye-ko-ooto, talks about his play, The Noble ...

Celebrated author and poet Maya Angelou had a deep appreciation for African literature. Her endorsements have brought to the ...

Chinua Achebe’s Encounters With Many Hearts of Darkness A new collection of essays from the author of “Things Fall Apart,” about Nigerian politics, language, family and racism.

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Chinua Achebe. | Leonardo Cendamo/GettyImages In 2008, 50 years after publishing his debut novel, Achebe explained to PBS News Hour that he wrote Things Fall Apart because “something needed to ...

The Chinua Achebe literature prize instituted by the Anambra State government has been on for about 4 years now. How do you comment on the idea of the prize?