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Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: Why The TV Series Matters

Global UpfrontOct 6, 2024October 6, 20240

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu The recent announcement of the proposed adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s classic novel Things Fall Apart as a global television series with

Reviving Of African Literature Novels: New Dynamics In Emergence Of Writers And Wider Readership

Global UpfrontOct 3, 2024October 3, 20240

By Bankole Taiwo James At some point in a time, when Africa literary space was just evolving, whenever the words Nigerian or African literature are

An Airport For Achebe, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontOct 4, 2023October 4, 20230

There is a Chinua Achebe International Airport in Anambra State. It was a spectacular masterstroke from Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo when he renamed the Anambra

‘Chinua Achebe Will Weep For Nigeria Today,’ Laments Obi At Princeton University U.S., But Assures ‘There Will Be A Country.’

Global UpfrontSep 30, 2023September 30, 20230

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25th general election, Peter Obi has predicted that there will be a country, in reaction

Wole Soyinka: Why I Crossed To Biafra To Meet Ojukwu

Global UpfrontJul 16, 2023July 16, 20230

The life and times of Professor. Wole Soyinka, especially in a piece that attempts to chronicle his acts of bravery, will be incomplete without the

A Toast To Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” @ 65, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontJun 21, 2023June 21, 20230

It is astounding that Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is still so relevant across the globe at 65 years of age. Things Fall Apart was first published

Prof Nwando Achebe, Chinua Achebe’s Daughter, Wins 2022 NYASA Distinguished Africanist Award

Global UpfrontMar 15, 2023March 15, 20230

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu The Executive Committee of the New York African Studies Association (NYASA) has selected Prof Nwando Achebe as the recipient of the

From Chinua Achebe to Toyin Falola – 5 Essential Books Nigeria’s New President Should Read

Global UpfrontMar 4, 2023March 4, 20230

Not many African political leaders are known to have publicly declared their love of reading. US president Barack Obama popularised the idea of a recommended

Global Conquest Of Nigerian Literature, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontJan 25, 2023January 25, 20230

I can never get tired of celebrating Nigerian literature, arguably Nigeria’s greatest gift to the world. The politics of Nigeria is a disaster that makes

Today Belongs To Chinua Achebe, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontNov 16, 2022November 16, 20220

Today, November 16, belongs to one man who conquered the world for Mother Africa. In the words of the great Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiongo,