Chinua Achebe Powerpoint
Chinua Achebe
By: Lindsey Shepherd, Megan Wells, Brooklyn Durham,
Becca Coley
Chinua Achebe
● Chinua Achebe was a famous Igbo writer, known for describing the effects of customs and values of a traditional
African society.
● He was one of the most highly appreciated African writers in
English because of his ability to learn and speak different languages. ● Achebe attended Government college in Umudhia, in 1944.
● He also studied at the University college of Ibadan.
● His majors were English, History, and Theology.
● He graduated in 1953.
Achebe’s Family
● Chinua’s father was Isaiah Okafor Achebe who was a missionary school teacher.
● His mother was Janet Lloegbunam Achebe.
● Achebe married Christie Chinwe Okoli in 1961. She was a philologist who studied in London.
● They had four children together, a daughter named Chinelo, two sons named Ikechukwu and Chidi, and another girl named Nwando.
● Also sometime in later months of 1967, Chinua’s wife suffered a miscarriage.
Early Life
● Born in Ogidi in Eastern Nigeria on Nov 15,1930
● His family belonged to the Igbo Tribe and he was the fifth of six children
● British Gov. Reps convinced his parents, Isaiah Okafor
Achebe and Janet Ileogbunam, to abandon their traditional religion and follow Christianity
● Achebe was brought up Christian but always curious about the more traditional, Nigerian faiths
● He was educated at a Gov. college in Umuahia, Nigeria, and graduated from the University College at Ibadan, Nigeria, in
1954
Successful First Effort
● Achebe was always unhappy reading African books, because he felt the descriptions of African people were inaccurate and insulting
● While working for the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation he composed his first novel, Things Fall Apart (1959), the story of a traditional warrior hero who is unable to adapt to changing conditions in the early days of British rule
● the book won immediate international recognition and also became the basis for a play by Biyi Bandele
● In
By: Lindsey Shepherd, Megan Wells, Brooklyn Durham,
Becca Coley
Chinua Achebe
● Chinua Achebe was a famous Igbo writer, known for describing the effects of customs and values of a traditional
African society.
● He was one of the most highly appreciated African writers in
English because of his ability to learn and speak different languages. ● Achebe attended Government college in Umudhia, in 1944.
● He also studied at the University college of Ibadan.
● His majors were English, History, and Theology.
● He graduated in 1953.
Achebe’s Family
● Chinua’s father was Isaiah Okafor Achebe who was a missionary school teacher.
● His mother was Janet Lloegbunam Achebe.
● Achebe married Christie Chinwe Okoli in 1961. She was a philologist who studied in London.
● They had four children together, a daughter named Chinelo, two sons named Ikechukwu and Chidi, and another girl named Nwando.
● Also sometime in later months of 1967, Chinua’s wife suffered a miscarriage.
Early Life
● Born in Ogidi in Eastern Nigeria on Nov 15,1930
● His family belonged to the Igbo Tribe and he was the fifth of six children
● British Gov. Reps convinced his parents, Isaiah Okafor
Achebe and Janet Ileogbunam, to abandon their traditional religion and follow Christianity
● Achebe was brought up Christian but always curious about the more traditional, Nigerian faiths
● He was educated at a Gov. college in Umuahia, Nigeria, and graduated from the University College at Ibadan, Nigeria, in
1954
Successful First Effort
● Achebe was always unhappy reading African books, because he felt the descriptions of African people were inaccurate and insulting
● While working for the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation he composed his first novel, Things Fall Apart (1959), the story of a traditional warrior hero who is unable to adapt to changing conditions in the early days of British rule
● the book won immediate international recognition and also became the basis for a play by Biyi Bandele
● In