Chinua Achebe bibliography
Nigerian author Chinua Achebe (1930–2013) wrote African stories from an African perspective, and his debut novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), has been used in school curricula;[1] It sold more than twelve million copies and has been translated into more than sixty languages.[2] Achebe was first regarded as the "father of modern African literature" by Nadine Gordimer,[3] although he rejected the title throughout his career.[4]
Achebe published five novels: Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, Arrow of God, A Man of the People, and Anthills of the Savannah,[a] and four children's books: Chike and the River, How the Leopard Got His Claws, The Flute, and The Drum; and two short story collections: The Sacrificial Egg and Girls at War; four essay collections: Morning Yet on Creation Day, Hopes and Impediments, Home and Exile, and The Education of a British-Protected Child; a book of political criticism, The Trouble with Nigeria, and a memoir, There Was a Country.[6] Achebe's Another Africa contains one essay and poems, and also photographs by Robert Lyons.[7]
American literary critic Elaine Showalter considers Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah as Achebe's best books.[8] Achebe's works have been extensively studied by academics and scholars, and won him several awards. His legacy is celebrated annually during the Chinua Achebe Literary Festival. South African politician Nelson Mandela described him as "the writer in whose company the prison walls came down".[9]
Literature
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Things Fall Apart (1958). London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 1; New York: Astor-Honor, 1959 OCLC 10730671[11]
- No Longer at Ease (1960). London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 3; New York: Obolensky, 1961. OCLC 15593827 [11]
- Arrow of God (1964). London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 16; New York: John Day, 1967. OCLC 13904845 [11]
- A Man of the People (1966). London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 31; New York: John Day OCLC 367876 [11]
- Anthills of the Savannah (1987). London: Heinemann African Writers Series [unnumbered]. OCLC 16225418[citation needed]
Children's literature
[edit]Source:[10]
- Chike and the River (1966). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press OCLC 728183723 [11]
- How the Leopard Got His Claws (1972). Enugu: Nwamife Publications; New York: The Third Press, 1973 OCLC 2304372[11][b]
- The Drum (1977). London: Heinemann.[14] ISBN 978-0434006045[citation needed]
- The Flute (1977). Enugu, Nigeria: Fourth Dimension Publishers.[15] OCLC 8796371[citation needed]
Articles
[edit]- "Are We Men of Two Worlds?" (1963). Spear.
- "The Role of the Writer in a New Nation" (1964). Nigerian Libraries, pages 113–119.
- "Philosophy" (21 February 1951). The Bug.
- "An Argument Against the Existence of Faculties" (1951). University Herald.
- "Mr. Okafor Versus Arts Students" (29 November 1952). The Bug.
- "Hiawatha" (29 November 1952). The Bug.
- "Eminent Nigerians of the 19th Century" (1958). Radio Times.
- "Listening in the East" (1959). Radio Times.
- "Two West African Library Journals" (6 May 1961). The Service.
- "Amos Tutuola" (29 July 1961). Radio Times.
- "Writers' Conference: A Milestone in Africa's Profress" (7 July 1962). Daily Times.
- "Conference of African Writers" (15 July 1962). Radio Times.
Essays
[edit]- "A Look at West African Writing" (1963). Spear
- "How it Began" (1963). Voice of Nigeria.
- "On Janheinz Jahn and Ezekiel Mphahlele" (1963). Transition Magazine. doi:10.2307/2934524 JSTOR 2934524.
- "English and the African Writer" (1965). Transition Magazine.
- "The Black Writer's Burden" (1966). Présence Africaine.
- "Editorial" (1971). Nsukkascope: pages 1–4.
- "Editorial" (1971). Nsukkascope: pages 1–5.
- "Editorial" (1971). Nsukkascope: pages 4–5
- Another Africa (1998). Anchor Books.[citation needed]
Non-fiction
[edit]- Morning Yet on Creation Day (1975). London: Heinemann; Garden City, New York: Anchor/Doubleday [16]
- The Trouble With Nigeria (1983). Fourth Dimension Publishers: Enugu;[16] 1984: Heinemann: London.
- Hopes and Impediments (1988). Heinemann: London.[16]
- Home and Exile (2000). Oxford University Press: London.[16][c]
- The Education of a British-Protected Child (2009). Penguin Classics: London.[citation needed]
- There Was A Country (2012). Penguin Classics: London.[citation needed]
Poems
[edit]Source:[18]
- "There was a Young Man in Our Hall" (1951–52). Ibadan: University Herald 4 (3); page 19
- "Flying" (1973). Okike; pages 47–48
- "The Old Man and the Census" (1974). Okike; pages 41–42
Poetry collections
[edit]- Beware, Soul Brother and Other Poems (1971). Enugu: Nwankwo-Ifejika; London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 120, 1962.
- Collected Poems (2004). Penguin Books.[citation needed]
Short stories
[edit]- "In a Village Church" (1951)[19]
- "The Old Order in Conflict with the New" (1952). University Herald.
- "Dead Men's Path" (1953)[20]
- "Chike's School Days" (1969). Rotarian.
- "The Voter" (1965)
- "Civil Peace" (1971). Okike.[21]
- "Sugar Baby" (1972). Okike.
- "Marriage Is a Private Affair" (1972). Published in Girls at War and Other Stories.[22][23]
- "Vengeful Creditor" (1972). Published in Girls at War and Other Stories.
Short story collections
[edit]- The Sacrificial Egg and Other Stories (1962). Onitsha, Nigeria: Etudo Ltd.[citation needed]
- Girls at War and Other Stories (1972). London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 100; Garden City, New York: Anchor/Doubleday, 1973 (contains stories from The Sacrificial Egg)[11]
- (Edited with C. L. Innes) African Short Stories: Twenty Stories from Across the Continent (1985). London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 270.[21]
- (Edited with C. L. Innes) The Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories (1992). London: Heinemann African Writers Series [unnumbered].[24]
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, and Arrow of God jointly forms the "African triology".[5]
- ^ The novel was co-authored by John Iroaganachi. It was later illustrated by Mary GrandPré and released by Candlewick Press on 1 September 2011.[13]
- ^ It is a collection of Achebe's talks and lectures at Harvard University in 1998.[17]
Citations
[edit]- ^ White 2017.
- ^ Ochiagha 2022, p. 4.
- ^ Frederick 2013.
- ^ Flood 2009.
- ^ Okogba, Emmanuel (30 June 2024). "Reviving Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature". Vanguard News. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ Ochiagha 2022.
- ^ Encyclopedia Britannica 1998.
- ^ Showalter 2009.
- ^ Wroe 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Evalds 1977, p. 83.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Lindfors 1978, p. 103.
- ^ Currey, James (2008). Africa writes back : the African writers series & the launch of African literature. Oxford: James Currey. pp. 301–310. ISBN 978-0-8214-1843-7. OCLC 230198710.
- ^ Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 2011.
- ^ Booker 2003, p. 74.
- ^ Booker 2003, p. 86.
- ^ a b c d Booker 2003, p. 289.
- ^ Innes 2013.
- ^ Lindfors 1978, p. 104.
- ^ Purcell 2020, p. 108.
- ^ Booker 2003, p. 233.
- ^ a b Booker 2003, p. 11.
- ^ Purcell 2013, p. 81.
- ^ Booker 2003, p. 207.
- ^ Booker 2003, p. 101.
Sources
[edit]- White, Jeremy B. (16 November 2017). "Why Chinua Achebe Is One of the World's Most Important Modern Writers". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- Booker, M. Keith (2003). The Chinua Achebe Encyclopedia. Foreword by Simon Gikandi. Westport, US: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-3-8255-0021-4. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- Evalds, Victoria K. (September 1977). "Book Review Section: Chinua Achebe: Bio-Bibliography and Recent Criticism, 1970–75". A Current Bibliography on African Affairs. 10 (1). Sage Publishing: 67–87. doi:10.1177/001132557801000105. S2CID 161675210.
- Lindfors, Bernth (Spring 1978). "A Checklist of Works by and About Chinua Achebe". Obsidian. 4 (1). Illinois State University: 103–117. JSTOR 44491317.
- Purcell, William F. (2013). "Converting Culture: Reading Chinua Achebe's 'Marriage Is a Private Affair' in Light of Bernard Lonergan's Theology of Conversion". Religion & Literature. 45 (1). University of Notre Dame: 81–101. JSTOR 24397810.
- Purcell, William F. (12 June 2020). "'A Crucial Part of the Social and Cultural Fabric': Christianity and Chinua Achebe's 'In a Village Church'". The Explicator. 78 (2): 108–112. doi:10.1080/00144940.2020.1777077. S2CID 221061644.
- Showalter, Elaine (21 January 2009). "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read | The Best of Chinua Achebe". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- "Biography, Books, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. 20 July 1998. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- Frederick, Ben (22 March 2013). "Chinua Achebe is remembered as the 'father of modern African literature'". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- Flood, Alison (12 November 2009). "Achebe rejects endorsement as 'father of modern African literature'". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- Wroe, Nicholas (13 December 2010). "Chinua Achebe: A life in writing". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- Ochiagha, Terri (20 April 2022). "Chinua Achebe". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.814. ISBN 978-0-19-027773-4.
- Morrison, Hope (2011). "How the Leopard Got His Claws (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 65 (4): 190. doi:10.1353/bcc.2011.0949. ISSN 1558-6766.
- Innes, Lyn (22 March 2013). "Chinua Achebe Obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.