Talk:Chinua Achebe
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Shouldn't this entry have a little more on Achebe's actual life? The section on "later life" has more to do with "later work" or "influence" than with the man himself. For example, his paralysis due to car crash is not even mentioned once.
-- Nathan
Just made a small edit to take out the country names after the non-US universities. Putting the country names after non-US universities (i.e. for Canadian and African Universities) but not for US universities presumes US readership. The links to the Universities are there anyway - if someone doesn't know where the Uni is, they can click the link. Arianna 23:50, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
The link to the text of "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness" (http://www.erinyes.org/hod/image.of.africa.html ) doesn't work :-( I don't have time to look at a better one, can some do it ?
--Farialima 09:26, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Achebe is still alive, so wouldn't this essay still be copyright and therefore not linkable?
-Arianna 23:53, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- It's linkable as long as the site we link to has permission to display it. In any case, works don't go out of copyright as soon as the author dies. In the European Union and US, copyright lasts for life plus seventy years.--GagHalfrunt 00:00, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Some of this entry reads as if it might be taken from an official biography or some other copyrighted material.
- That is actually the style we're after – as long as copyright is not infringed. I could investigate your concerns if you can provide references. Dave 21:16, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Unsourced quotes, subjective material
The paragraph starting with "Many scholars believe that Achebe has had to bear a heavy moral burden..." seems to be a matter of opinion, especially because it starts with "many scholars believe" and includes uncited quotes. The following item is particularly subjective:
there has emerged a consistent pattern of overlooking Achebe - Africa's greatest literary ambassador - for the Nobel prize, further fueling the charge of a "racist backlash."
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- I hope this concern has been adequately addressed. The statements have been softened and cited meticulously.DBaba 17:34, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Nwando Achebe
Nwando Achebe is Chinua Achebe's daughter and is a professor at Michigan State University. She has written several articles on Africa including: Getting to the Source (Daughter, Wife and Guest-A Researcher at the Crossroads) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.172.93.60 (talk) 17:06, 1 March 2007 (UTC).
