-
Recent Posts
- Mende Nazer
- David Lekuta Rudisha
- Jakaya Kikwete
- Ernest Obeng
- Dr. Gebisa Ejeta
- Nelson Mandela-Happy Birthday
- Anna Tibaijuka
- Ghana fans celebrate
- Asamoah Gyan (R) of Ghana celebrates victory with Sulley Muntari and Lee Addy (L) of Ghana
- John Pantsil of Ghana flies the national flag as he celebrates victory
-
Legends
History & Politics
Literature & Arts
Film
Music
Women Leaders
Religious Leaders
Categories
- Africa (7)
- Architecture (4)
- Burkina Faso (2)
- Business Leaders (2)
- Culture (14)
- Entertainment and society (33)
- Fashion (2)
- Film (3)
- Food & Drinks (6)
- Football (32)
- Ghana (14)
- History and Politics (28)
- Innovation (2)
- Leader (9)
- Legends (7)
- Literature & Arts (18)
- Music (35)
- Nigeria (4)
- People (79)
- Religious leaders (4)
- Science & Medicine (3)
- Senegal (3)
- Sierra Leone (8)
- south africa (4)
- Sports (13)
- Travel (6)
- Uncategorized (3)
- Women Leaders (8)
- writers (8)
Tag Archives: Chinua Achebe
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (born January 5, 1938 is a Kenyan author, formerly working in English and now working in Gĩkũyũ. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, essays and scholarship, criticism and children’s literature. He is the founder and editor of the Gikuyu-language journal, Mutiiri. … Continue reading
Posted in Literature & Arts, People, writers
Tagged Chinua Achebe, comparative literature, jomo kenyatta, kwame nkrumah, language journal, living in the united states, makerere university college, mau mau, mau mau rebellion, meja mwangi, mutiiri, Nelson Mandela, new york university, ngugi, performance studies, peter abrahams, thiong, university of california irvine, university of leeds, yale university
Leave a comment
Palm wine
Palm wine, also called palm toddy or simply toddy, is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree The drink is particularly common in parts of Africa where it is known as Legmi; The sap … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drinks
Tagged alcoholic beverage, Chinua Achebe, drinking sessions, gourd, medicinal herbs, palm tree, palm wine, tappers, toddy, western africa
Leave a comment
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe (pronounced /ˈtʃɪnwɑː ɑːˈtʃeɪbeɪ/[1]), born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe on November 16, 1930, is a Nigerian[2] novelist, poet and critic. He is best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), which is the most widely-read book in modern … Continue reading
Posted in Literature & Arts, writers
Tagged african literature, african writers, Chinua Achebe
Leave a comment