Nigerian author Chinua Achebe passed away on March 21, 2013. Here is a quiz in honour of one of Africa’s best known novelist and poet
QUESTION 1
Speaking about the writer, a former President once said, “There was a writer named Chinua
Achebe…in whose company the prison walls fell down.” Identify the leader.
XQUESTION 2
The writer rejected a national honour conferred by the Nigerian government twice, in 2004 and again in 2011. Name the award.
XQUESTION 3 The title of Achebe’s
popular book was taken from a widely quoted line of a poem — “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold”. Who is the poet? Also, identify the poem.
XQUESTION 4
Achebe served as an editor for Heinmann’s African writer series. One of the key books published by the author as part of the series was Weep Not, Child. Who was the writer of the book?
XQUESTION 5
Apart from Things Fall Apart, which other two books of Achebe formed the African trilogy?
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