A PowerPoint presentation on Chinua Achebe by Chelsea Berriochoa for UI English 258.

3.  Chinua Achebe was born November 15, 1930 into
an Ibo family in Eastern Nigeria in a town called
Ogidi.
 His father, Isaiah Okafor Achebe was a teacher in
a missionary school.
 His mother, Janet Ileogbunam and his father raised
him with values from his traditional Ibo culture as
well as being devout evangelical Protestants.
 He graduated from the University College at
Ibadan in 1954 and also attended a government
college in Umuahia.

4.  While in college, he studied English, History, and
Theology.
 In 1954 he worked at a school as a teacher in Oba.
 He also worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting
Corporation (NBC) in which time he wrote his first
book in 1959, Things Fall Apart.
 His first novel showed his readers a new way of
looking at Nigerian Literature with his new way of
writing.
 He married Christie Chinwe Okoli in 1961and they
had four children.

5.  After writing Things Fall Apart 1959, he wrote
another novel titled, No Longer At Ease in 1960. This
novel was more about the colonial regime.
 His literature Arrow of God, written in 1964 was also
about the past in Africa adding in tribal traditions.
 From 1967-1970, Achebe worked for the governor
and also confounded a publishing company.

6.  Okankwo, the main character in this story was
the superior man of his village who had a major
downfall.
 He was powerful and he knew this as he was
the leader of his community. Everything is
perfect in Okankwo’s life until he kills a man
and is banished for seven years.
 The time period is set in the 1890s when
missionaries came into Igbo society and took
over. With this real life fact, Achebe
incorporated history into his fictional story.
 This invasion was Okankwo’s biggest downfall
as the missionaries took over leadership.

7.  Musiitwa, Daniel. "Chinua Achebe." Africa Book
Club. N.p., 21 Aug. 2010. Web. 28 Nov. 2012.
<http://www.africabookclub.com/?p=17>.
 Chinua Achebe from Encyclopedia of World
Biography. 2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of
the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.
 "Chinua Achebe." Chinua Achebe. Web. 28 Nov.
2012. <http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/achebe.htm>.