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Achebe

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A·che·be  (ä-chb), Chinua Born 1930.
Nigerian writer whose works, including the novel Things Fall Apart (1958), describe traditional African life in conflict with colonial rule and westernization.
Achebe [əˈtʃeɪbɪ]
n
(Biographies / Achebe, Chinua (1930 M, Nigerian, WRITING: novelist) Chinua. born 1930, Nigerian novelist. His works include Things Fall Apart (1958), A Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987)
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In the preface to the 1974 revised edition of the text, Achebe states that it is 'the novel which I amm most likely to be caught sitting down to read again.
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Achebe is a harsh critic of Nigeria's successive governments, accusing them of corruption and bad governance.
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