Chinua Achebe bibliography


Nigerian author Chinua Achebe was a major writer of post-colonial literature in the 20th-century. He is best known for his debut novel, Things Fall Apart, which has been used in school curricula. Achebe has been regarded as the "father of modern African literature", especially and firstly by South African writer Nadine Gordimer.
Achebe wrote five novels, four children's books, two short story collections and two poetry books, four essay collections, a political treatise, and a memoir. American literary critic Elaine Showalter considers Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah as Achebe's best books.

Novels

Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 1; New York: Astor-Honor, 1959. No Longer at Ease. London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 3; New York: Obolensky, 1961. Arrow of God. London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 16; New York: John Day, 1967. A Man of the People. London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 31; New York: John Day. Anthills of the Savannah. London: Heinemann African Writers Series .

Children's literature

Chike and the River. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. How the Leopard Got His Claws. Enugu: Nwamife Publications; New York: The Third Press, 1973. The Drum. London: Heinemann. The Flute. Enugu: Fourth Dimension Publishers.

Short story collections

The Sacrificial Egg. Onitsha, Nigeria: Etudo Ltd; London: Heinemann African Writers Series. Girls at War. London: Heinemann African Writers Series.

Poetry collections

Beware, Soul Brother. Enugu: Nwankwo-Ifejika; London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 120. New York: Doubleday. Collected Poems. London: Penguin Books.

Essay collections

Morning Yet on Creation Day. London: Heinemann. Hopes and Impediments. London: Heinemann. Home and Exile. London: Oxford University Press. The Education of a British-Protected Child. London: Penguin Classics

Political treatise

The Trouble with Nigeria. Enugu: Fourth Dimension Publishers; London: Heinemann, 1984

Memoir

There Was A Country. London: Penguin Classics

Short fictions

Articles

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  • "Are We Men of Two Worlds?". Spear.
  • "The Role of the Writer in a New Nation". Nigerian Libraries, pages 113–119.
  • "Philosophy". The Bug.
  • "An Argument Against the Existence of Faculties". University Herald.
  • "Mr. Okafor Versus Arts Students". The Bug.
  • "Hiawatha". The Bug.
  • "Eminent Nigerians of the 19th Century". Radio Times.
  • "Listening in the East". Radio Times.
  • "Two West African Library Journals". The Service.
  • "Amos Tutuola". Radio Times.
  • "Writers' Conference: A Milestone in Africa's Profress". Daily Times.
  • "Conference of African Writers". Radio Times.

Essays

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Poems

Source:
  • "There was a Young Man in Our Hall". University Herald, page 19
  • "Flying". Okike, pages 47–48
  • "The Old Man and the Census". Okike, pages 41–42

Short stories

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