Autor: Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebes prophetischer Afrika-Roman Mit ›Einer von uns‹ nimmt Chinua Achebe den Militärputsch vorweg, der Nigeria 1966, nur Tage nach der Veröffentlichung des Romans, in einen blutigen Bürgerkr …

Der letzte Roman des großen Schriftstellers Chinua Achebe Mit ›Termitenhügel in der Savanne‹ wendet Achebe sich der afrikanischen Gegenwart zu. In einem fiktiven Staat Westafrikas, der Nigeria nicht …

Chinua Achebe – der dritte Band seiner »Afrikanischen Trilogie« Um 1920 in Nigeria: Ezeulu sieht sich selbst als der Pfeil, den Gott in seinen Bogen spannt, um klar zu zeigen, was richtig und was fal …

Chinua Achebe – seine Essays zum ersten Mal auf Deutsch ›Mein Vater und ich‹, ›Meine Töchter‹ – in 17 persönlichen, polemischen und politischen Essays betrachtet Chinua Achebe den Bogen seines Lebens …

Der Afrika-Roman, der die moderne afrikanische Literatur begründete und die Weltliteratur prägte – endlich in neuer Übersetzung! Chinua Achebe erzählt von Verrat und Rache, von Leidenschaften, die ke …

Chinua Achebe – der zweite Band seiner »Afrikanischen Trilogie« ›Heimkehr in ein fremdes Land‹ folgt auf ›Alles zerfällt‹ und bildet den zweiten Band der »Afrikanischen Trilogie«. – Obi Okwonkwo, der …

Chinua Achebe is Africa’s most prominent writer, the author of Things Fall Apart, the best known–and best selling–novel ever to come out of Africa. His fiction and poetry burn with a passionate com …

Achebe’s first new book in more than twenty years a new collection of autobiographical essays from the world-renowned author of Things Fall Apart.Chinua Achebe’s characteristically measured and subtl …

THINGS FALL APART tells two overlapping, intertwining stories, both of which center around Okonkwo, a strong man of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first of these stories traces Okonkwo’s fall from gr …

Set in the Ibo heartland of eastern Nigeria, one of Africa’s best-known writers describes the conflict between old and new in its most poignant aspect: the personal struggle between father and son.Th …

By the renowned author of Things Fall Apart, this novel foreshadows the Nigerian coups of 1966 and shows the color and vivacity as well as the violence and corruption of a society making its own way …

In this novel, the so-called sequal to Things Fall Apart Achebe creates a classic story of both personal and moral struggle, and turbulent social conflict.Written before Achebe was thirty, No Longer …

Achebe writes about the political and social problems facing newly independent African states.Anthills of the Savannah transports the reader to the West African country of Kangan, a fictional Nigeria …

Girls at War and Other Stories reveals the essence of life in Nigeria and traces twenty years in the literary career of one of the twentieth century’s most acclaimed writers.In this collection of sto …

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One of the BBC’s ‚100 Novels That Shaped Our World’A worldwide bestseller and the first part of Achebe’s African Trilogy, Things Fall Apart is the compelling story of one man’s battle to protect his …

Ezeulu, headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. But he is beginning to find his authority increasingly under threat – from his rivals in the tribe, from t …

Obi Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who, thanks to the privileges of an education in Britain, has now returned to Nigeria for a job in the civil service. However in his new role he finds that the …

As Minister for Culture, the Honourable M. A. Nanga is ‚a man of the people‘, as cynical as he is charming, and a roguish opportunist. At first, the contrast between Nanga and Odili, a former pupil w …

‚[The writer] in whose company the prison walls fell down‘ – Nelson Mandela. After a long silence Achebe published in 1987 what many see as his greatest work – an acrid, frightening look at oil-boom …

The pieces here span reflections on personal and collective identity, on home and family, on literature, language and politics, and on Achebe’s lifelong attempt to reclaim the definition of ‚Africa‘ …

From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart comes this long-awaited memoir recalling Chinua Achebe’s personal experiences of and reflections on the Biafran War, one of Nigeria’s most tragic civil …

________________’This anthology will help turn your intellectual understanding of oppression into an emotional one‘ – New Statesman’Thanks for being who you are and for giving us such exposure to won …

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Explore the enduring legacy of Stephen Bantu Biko through the insightful Steve Biko Memorial Lectures, delivered by Africa’s foremost scholars, artists, and leaders.The Steve Biko Memorial Lectures: …