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It’s been over 50 years since Nigeria’s Chinua Achebe, hailed as the father of modern African writing, penned the legendary novel ‘Things Fall Apart’ in 1958. The novel was Achebe’s first and sold over 10 million copies. Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe is a fine stylish and an astute social critic, is one of the best-known African writers in the world and his novels are often assigned in university courses. His works explore the impact of European culture on African society. Paul Ndiho has more

It’s been over 50 years since Nigeria’s Chinua Achebe, hailed as the father of modern African writing, penned the legendary novel ‘Things Fall Apart’ in 1958. The novel was Achebe’s first and sold over 10 million copies. Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe is a fine stylish and an astute social critic, is one of the best-known African writers in the world and his novels are often assigned in university courses. His works explore the impact of European culture on African society. Paul Ndiho has more

President Obama’s Kenyan relatives are busy managing a kind of international stardom conferred upon them by their famous, if distant, relative.
In a short span of time, the routines of their lives have been replaced by the trappings and oddities of global fame: crowds, bodyguards, tabloid stories and the varied, at times mystical, expectations of an awe-struck public. I interacted with the Obama’s briefly and here is what they make of President Obama.

Barack Obama has become the 44th President of the United States, taking the oath of office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol before a crowd of more than one million people who had gathered in frigid temperatures to see the first African American become president. Immediately after President Obama took the oath of office, a military color guard fired off a 21-gun salute as an enormous and diverse crowd cheered, waved American flags and chanted the new president’s name.

The inauguration of Barack Obama has a special significance for Africans. They expect the joy they will feel in celebrating Obama’s swearing-in ceremony to exceed even the elation they felt in celebrating his Election Night victory in November. I spent some time today at the Washington Mall and here is more…