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Chinua Achebe's Life in Weeks

Nigerian novelist widely regarded as the father of modern African literature. His debut novel Things Fall Apart is the most widely read book in modern African literature, translated into over 50 languages.

1930–2013 Nigerian Novelist & Poet 4,296 weeks (82 years)

Chinua Achebe's 4,296 Weeks

Each box represents one week. Lived weeks Key milestones

4,296
Total Weeks
30,072
Days Lived
5
Key Milestones
82
Years

Key Milestones

Age 18 · Week ~936

Enrolled at University College, Ibadan, one of the first students admitted

Age 28 · Week ~1,456

Published Things Fall Apart

Age 37 · Week ~1,924

Published A Man of the People, which eerily predicted a military coup

Age 60 · Week ~3,120

Paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident

Age 77 · Week ~4,004

Awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement

Legacy

Wrote Things Fall Apart, which challenged Western narratives about Africa and became the most widely read work of African literature, translated into over 50 languages.

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