Chinua AchebeA collection of 14 posts

Women

When the British came to Ibo land for instance at the beginning of the 20th ce...

Time

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle that's the time ...

Teacher

My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were ...

Strength

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries you don't ...

Religion

I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about th...

Poetry

But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language his ...

Leadership

A functioning robust democracy requires a healthy educated participatory follo...

History

Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part o...

Government

The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always ...

Good

In fact I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing f...