Chinua Achebe bibliography

Nigerian author Chinua Achebe (1930–2013) 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 (1958). London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 1; New York: Astor-Honor, 1959.
• No Longer at Ease (1960). London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 3; New York: Obolensky, 1961.
• Arrow of God (1964). London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 16; New York: John Day, 1967.
• A Man of the People (1966). London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 31; New York: John Day.
• Anthills of the Savannah (1987). London: Heinemann African Writers Series [unnumbered].

Children's literature

• Chike and the River (1966). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• How the Leopard Got His Claws (1972). Enugu: Nwamife Publications; New York: The Third Press, 1973.
• The Drum (1977). London: Heinemann.
• The Flute (1977). Enugu: Fourth Dimension Publishers.

Short story collections

• The Sacrificial Egg (1962). Onitsha, Nigeria: Etudo Ltd; London: Heinemann African Writers Series.
• Girls at War (1972). London: Heinemann African Writers Series.

Poetry collections

• Beware, Soul Brother (1971). Enugu: Nwankwo-Ifejika; London: Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 120 (republished as Christmas in Biafra and Other Poems (1973). New York: Doubleday.
• Collected Poems (2004). London: Penguin Books.

Essay collections

• Morning Yet on Creation Day (1975). London: Heinemann.
• Hopes and Impediments (1988). London: Heinemann.
• Home and Exile (2000). London: Oxford University Press.
• The Education of a British-Protected Child (2009). London: Penguin Classics

Political treatise

• The Trouble with Nigeria (1983). Enugu: Fourth Dimension Publishers; London: Heinemann, 1984

Memoir

• There Was A Country (2012). London: Penguin Classics

Other works

Articles

Source:

• "Are We Men of Two Worlds?" (1963). Spear.
• "The Role of the Writer in a New Nation" (1964). Nigerian Libraries, pages 113–119.
• "Philosophy" (21 February 1951). The Bug.
• "An Argument Against the Existence of Faculties" (1951). University Herald.
• "Mr. Okafor Versus Arts Students" (29 November 1952). The Bug.
• "Hiawatha" (29 November 1952). The Bug.
• "Eminent Nigerians of the 19th Century" (1958). Radio Times.
• "Listening in the East" (1959). Radio Times.
• "Two West African Library Journals" (6 May 1961). The Service.
• "Amos Tutuola" (29 July 1961). Radio Times.
• "Writers' Conference: A Milestone in Africa's Progress" (7 July 1962). Daily Times.
• "Conference of African Writers" (15 July 1962). Radio Times.

Essays

Source:

• "A Look at West African Writing" (1963). Spear
• "How it Began" (1963). Voice of Nigeria magazine.
• "On Janheinz Jahn and Ezekiel Mphahlele" (1963). Transition Magazine. .
• "English and the African Writer" (1965). Transition Magazine.
• "The Black Writer's Burden" (1966). Présence Africaine.

Poems

Source:

• "There was a Young Man in Our Hall" (1951–1952). University Herald, page 19
• "Flying" (1973). Okike, pages 47–48
• "The Old Man and the Census" (1974). Okike, pages 41–42

Short stories

Source:

• "In a Village Church" (1951)
• "The Old Order in Conflict with the New" (1952). University Herald
• "Dead Men's Path" (1953)
• "Chike's School Days" (1969). Rotarian
• "The Voter" (1965)
• "Civil Peace" (1971). Okike
• "Sugar Baby" (1972). Okike
• "Marriage Is a Private Affair" (1972)
• "Vengeful Creditor" (1972)

References

Works cited

External links

• Works by Chinua Achebe at the Internet Archive