Achebe, Chinua: 1930 - 2013

Information by Chinua Achebe

  • At home in Ogidi, Southeast Nigeria, Chinua Achebe discusses the roots of his stories and his portrayal of both the sophisticated culture of his people and the conflicts within the modern state of Nigeria. Broadcast 13 July, 1990
  • The Art of Fiction; interview with Jerome Brooks; The Paris Review; Winter, 1994 (pdf 25 pages)
  • 5 Quotes by Chinua Achebe to Make You a Better Writer
  • Chinua Achebe on Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • An Evening with Chinua Achebe in connection with his 78. birthday. Library of Congress, 2009
  • Chinua Achebe sees postcolonial cultures taking shape story by story: "Even after the slave trade was abolished, in the nineteenth century, something like this literature continued, to serve the new imperialistic needs of Europe in relation to Africa." The Atlantic; August 2, 2000