Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 21, 2023 by Wehwalt (talk) 14:49, 8 February 2023 (UTC)



Chinua Achebe (1930–2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as the dominant figure of modern African literature. He garnered international attention for his novel Things Fall Apart and published four further novels in less than ten years. Achebe sought to escape the colonial perspective that framed African literature, drew from the traditions of the Igbo people, Christianity and the clash of Western and African values. Achebe supported Biafran independence in 1967 and was an ambassador for the movement; during the Nigerian Civil War he appealed to Europe and the Americas for aid. When the Nigerian government retook the region, he involved himself in political parties but became disillusioned by the corruption and elitism he witnessed. He moved to the United States in 1990 after a car crash left him partially disabled. He was a professor of African Studies at Brown University until his death on 21 March 2013.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Theodora Kroeber, a writer, will be TFA Feb 17.
 * Main editors: FAC nom: . WP:FASA:
 * Promoted: November 4, 2007, FAR December 11, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: 10th deathday anniversary. Blurb is a cut-down version of the lede. This is a TFA re-run.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 02:12, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:01, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support ~ HAL  333  04:00, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support but also added birth/death range as basically all biography TFAs seem to have them. Juxlos (talk) 00:43, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support –  Aza24  (talk)   06:02, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 23:42, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support as primary author. I'm honored that this article would be featured again on the front page, and I thank you all for your support. Scartol  •  Tok  23:47, 24 January 2023 (UTC)