Chinua Achebe

Who is he and why is he important?

Presentation by:
Joe Student
 Chinua Achebe
• World renown Nigerian
author best known for his
novel Things Fall Apart (the
most widely read book in
modern African Literature)
• Born Albert Chinualumogu
Achebe on 11/16/1930
• He has published many short
stories, novels, essays, and
children’s books
 Background Info
• As a young man, Achebe had negative views
about Africa.
• He considered traditional religions and stories
to be “primitive” and that “good” literature
came from Europeans.
Importance of his Work
He is considered to be one of the greatest
African novelists, he wanted to tell stories from
an African point of view. He wanted to:
• Destroy racist myths about Africa
• Show that African people were not “savages”
with “no culture”
“Art is man’s constant
effort to create for
himself a different order
of reality from that which
is given to him”
 Works Cited
• Achebe, Chinua, et al. “Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy,
#1).” Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua
Achebe,
www.goodreads.com/book/show/37781.Things_Fall_Apart.
• “Chinua Achebe.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television,
16 Nov. 2017, www.biography.com/people/chinua-achebe-
20617665.
• The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. “Chinua Achebe.”
Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 16
Nov. 2017, www.britannica.com/biography/Chinua-Achebe.