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Sunday 31 March 2013

"Achebe: Exit of a literary giant"

In this short conversation, Artistic Director of the National Troupe of Nigeria, Martin Adaji takes a look at the dramatic and theatrical potentials of Achebe’s works and concludes that the master story teller’s deft and creative use of language accounts for the successful adaptations of his two of seminal works: Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God. He spoke to McPhilips Nwachukwu.

Ode to the Bard

On March 31, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant, Outside looking in

12:08 am

Late Prof Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident who gave literary birth to modern Africa with Things Fall Apart, has died. He was 82. I was in my office when I heard of the passing of our elder, Chinua Achebe. The news shook me to the core, then I scrambled to the nearest computer pot. I was stunned there was no mistake, it was true that Chinua Achebe was no more.

Chinua Achebe: From Story to Set

On March 30, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant, The Arts

7:52 pm

When the Babanginda administration appointed Dr Walter Ofonagoro the Director General of Nigerian Television Authourity NTA, little was it known that, that simple policy decision by the new helmsman was going to inaugurate a revolutionary trend both on stage, movie and in the entire literary appreciation of one the greatest prose narratives of the last century, Things Fall Apart.

Achebe’s passing: Beginning of the end of an epoch in Africa writing

On March 30, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant

12:10 am

I first met Chinua Achebe in 1961 at Makerere, Kampala. His novel, Things Fall Apart, had come out two years before. I was then a second year student, the author of just one story, Mugumo, published in Penpoint, the literary magazine of the English Department. At my request, he looked at the story and made some encouraging remarks.

South Africa, BBC, Ngugi wa Thiong’o honour Achebe

On March 28, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant

9:11 pm

THE death of Africa’s foremost novelist, Prof. Chinua Achebe, continues to resonate around the world. As Vanguard, yesterday, received a tribute from one of Africa’s versatile writers, Kenya’s Ngugi wa Thiong’o, a message from the BBC and a newsletter that South Africa remembers Chinua Achebe.

Chinua Achebe: A Non-Romantic View, By Ibrahim Bello-Kano

On March 28, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant

8:58 pm

There is no doubt that Chinua Achebe, who died last week in the United States after a long residence there probably because it was better for him to live there than in Nigeria, was, by many accounts, an outstanding writer. His first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), received wide critical acclaim soon after its publication, which came in the wake of the great wave of decolonization. A year before the publication of the novel, Ghana became the first independent African country, in 1957. Things Fall Apart was published at a time when non-Western but Western educated intellectuals and cultural nationalists were looking around for indigenous cultural documents that could vindicate pre-colonial African cultures, in what the British-Indian writer, Salman Rushdie once called, in memorable phrase, “writing back to the Centre” (the West).

Achebe’s death is a big blow to African writers – Ayakoroma

On March 28, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant

7:08 pm

THE Executive Secretary of National Institute of Cultural Orientation (NICO), Dr. Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma, has described the death of Nigeria’s literary icon and author of many novels, Prof. Chinua Achebe, as a tragedy to Nigeria and a big loss to the writers’ community African and, indeed, all over the world.

Ogbuefi Achebe’s songs to immortality

On March 27, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant, The Arts

9:00 pm

IT is said that “if you don’t want to be forgotten as soon as you die, you either write something worth reading or do something worth writhing about.” That is the number one law of immortality.

Achebe: There was a software icon

On March 27, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant, Technology

12:11 am

The human brain is a computer, and software is a knowledge logic system. The Nigerian knowledge profession and industry is grossly underestimated — due to technophobia mindset — generated by external influences! Indeed, it is the factory and wealth ecosystem in our heads. The Nigeria knowledge industry is worth perhaps ten times (1000%) more than the oil and gas sector. All these can be classified as “Knowledge Software.”

Achebe projected African image to the world – Obasanjo

On March 26, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant, News

6:56 pm

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late literary Icon,Prof. Chinua Achebe as a Nigerian that used his literary prowess to project the image of African continent to the world.

Achebe’s last Keynote Address

On March 26, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant

1:03 am

ETHNICITY is a somewhat problematic word. The great American anthropologist and poet, Stanley Diamond, used such words as ethnic with complete and disarming respect, unlike most of us.

Achebe: Azikiwe’s widow, govs, senators, monarchs, others pay tributes

On March 26, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant

12:17 am

Late Prof Chinua Achebe

Nigerians have continued to pour encomiums on the late literary giant, Professor Chinue Achebe, who died in Boston, United States of America, USA, last Thursday.

Chinua Achebe: Death, Where Are Thy Claws? By Niyi Osundare

On March 25, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant

7:26 pm

Chinua Achebe is one of those epically unique individuals whose lives have been so full, so purposive and so impactful that we begin to pray that they will never die. But who doesn’t know that that is mere wishful thinking? To be sure, the Eagle on Iroko didn’t die young, but he left when we still need him urgently and acutely. He has gone, but he left so much of, by, himself behind…

Chinua Achebe: There was a country, by Prof G. Darah

On March 25, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant

4:26 pm

The passing away of Chinua Achebe at 82 years on Friday March 22 reminds us of the African saying that it is advanced age we all pray to attain; no one can escape the final submission to the authority of death. Achebe burst into literary fame with the publication of his first novel, Things Fall Apart, in 1958. The title became an undying image and symbol of confrontation with and resistance against European nations that invaded the African continent to colonise and exploit.

Chinua Achebe, a global icon of all time – ACN

On March 25, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant

8:15 am

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Sunday paid tribute to Prof. Chinua Achebe, describing him as a global icon of all time.

Achebe: We’ve not been informed – Kinsmen

On March 25, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant, News

12:19 am

Late Prof Chinua Achebe

…Dickson, Okorocha, Akunyili, Senators, ACN, NLC, others pay tributes
OGIDI, the headquarters of Idemili North local government area of Anambra State and home town of deceased literary giant, Professor Chinua Achebe, was quiet, Sunday, even as members of his kindred said they would convene a meeting this week to formally announce his death to the people.

Nigerians in Cote d’Ivoire say Achebe’s death a loss to Africa

On March 24, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant, News

8:54 pm

Nigerian youths in Cote d’Ivoire on Saturday in Abidjan described the death of Nigeria’s literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe, as` `a loss to Africa’’.

Achebe was my hero – Akunyili

On March 24, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant

5:12 pm

A former Minister of Information, Prof. Dora Akunyili on Sunday in Abuja joined other prominent Nigerians to pay tribute to Prof. Chinua Achebe.

As the world mourns Chinua Achebe, by Dele Momodu

On March 24, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant

12:59 pm

Fellow Nigerians, let me join you and countless others across the universe in celebrating the life of one of our few global Ambassadors, Professor Albert Chinualumogu Achebe, who took a final bow two days ago as the curtain was closed on his spectacular performance on the world stage. It was a total blackout as the [...]

Declare public holiday for Achebe, Ken Nnamani Centre urges FG

On March 24, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant

9:02 am

A call has been made to the Federal Government to declare public holiday over the death of world acclaimed novelist, Chinua Achebe. This call was made Saturday by the Ken Nnamani Centre for Leadership and Development.

What Achebe should tell Zik, Awo, Ojukwu, Balewa, others, by Emeka Ibe

On March 24, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant

3:34 am

“The guru is gone. Papa Achebe is gone. Sir, safe journey. Have you seen Ojukwu? Please tell him that his brothers and sisters are experiencing another pogrom in Kano State. What of Awo? If you have come across him, tell him that Nigeria is preparing for another war.
What of the great ZIK of Africa? Please let him know that those things that made him to cross the Atlantic Ocean 50 times seeking for peace is looming again.

Agadama extols Achebe’s virtues

On March 24, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant

2:14 am

…Says he sharpened the pen of many writers …
London-based Nigerian poet and playwright, Efemena Agadama has described the demise of world literary icon, Prof Chinua Achebe as a great loss not only to Africa but to the entire world.

Chinua Achebe: We lost a national treasure – Tinubu

On March 24, 2013 · In Achebe: Exit of a literary giant, News

12:58 am

Tributes continued to pour in for Professor Chinua Achebe yesterday.
Former governor of Lagos State, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, said the deceased was a national treasure. Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and former governor of Anambra State, Senator Chris Ngige, described him as a literary giant.

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