Celebrating The Impact of Chinua Achebe In African Literature To Nelson Mandela, he was the writer “in whose company the prison walls fell down”. To Nadine Gordimer, a Nobel laureate, he was simply “the father of African literature”. Achebe was a great African whose life and work, from Things Fall…
4 Mahatma Gandhi books you should read India became independent of British colonial rule on the 15th of August, 1947. Prior to that, Mahatma Gandhi was an inspirational figure who revolutionized India and sparked freedom movements all over the world with his nonviolent opposition to British authority. When you hear quotes like, “An ounce of…
WB Yeats, The Poet Behind Things Fall Apart’s Inspiration Born on 13 June 1865, WB Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer. He was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature and was highly respected in his field. He published over 30 poetry collections over his lifetime. In 1923, he received the…
Meet Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes A brief intro Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, and died on July 7, 1930, in London. He was a British writer and physician best known for creating one of the most endearing characters in English crime fiction, Sherlock Holmes. In 1887, he…
Words And Phrases Coined By William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is easily one of the most known names in English Literature. He is also credited with the introduction of over 1700 of the common words and phrases we use in our daily communication to date. Quick facts about William Shakespeare He was born on the 23rd…
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