Nigerian poetry

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Chapters: Nigerian poets, Poetry by Gabriel Okara, Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Femi Fani-Kayode, Philip Begho, Christopher Okigbo, Edoheart, Nana Asma'u, J. P. Clark, Chris Abani, Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Chike Obi, Niyi Osundare, Diego Odoh Okenyodo, Okey Ndibe, Abdulkareem Baba Aminu, Job's Wife, Amatoritsero Ede, Efemena Agadama, Helon Habila, Chinweizu Ibekwe, Tanure Ojaide, Uche Nduka, Michael Echeruo, No Longer Our Country, Mamman Jiya Vatsa, John Jea, Nnorom Azuonye, Onwuchekwa Jemie, Obo Aba Hisanjani, Olatubosun Oladapo, You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed, Not My Business, Mabel Segun, Tubal Rabbi Cain, Akilu Aliyu, List of Nigerian poets, Toyin Adewale-Gabriel, Piano and Drums, The Snowflakes Sail Gently Down, Once Upon a Time, Other Forms of Slaughter, Harvest of War, Death in the Dawn. Excerpt: Albert Chin¿al¿m¿g¿ Achebe (born 16 November 1930) popularly known as Chinua Achebe ( ) is a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. He is best known for his first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), which is the most widely read book in modern African literature. Raised by Christian parents in the Igbo town of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria, Achebe excelled at school and won a scholarship for undergraduate studies. He became fascinated with world religions and traditional African cultures, and began writing stories as a university student. After graduation, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Service and soon moved to the metropolis of Lagos. He gained worldwide attention for Things Fall Apart in the late 1950s; his later novels include No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God (1964), A Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987). Achebe writes his novels in English and has defended the use of English, a "language of colonisers", in African literature. In 1975, his lecture An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" became the focus of controversy, for its criticism of Joseph Conrad as "a bloody racist". In 2011, The Guardian of London named An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" one of the 100 greatest non-fiction books ever written. When the region of Biafra broke away from Nigeria in 1967, Achebe became a devoted supporter of Biafran independence and served as ambassador for the people of the new nation. The war ravaged the populace, and as starvation and violence took its toll, he appealed to the people of Europe and the Americas for aid. When the Nigerian government retook the region in 1970, he involved himself in political parties but soon resigned due to frustration over the corruption and elitism he witnessed. He lived in the United States for several years in the 1970s, and returned to the U.S. in 1990 after a car accident left him partially disabled. Achebe's novels focus on the t