Chinụa Achebe rụkwara ọrụ onye diplomat n'ọchịchị nke Biafra site na 1967. Mana site na 1967 ruo 1981, ọ kụzikwara na mahadum dị iche iche n'ala Naijiria, ma bụrụkwa onye nhazi maka akwụkwọ edemede nke a na-akpọ Okike. N'afọ 1981, Chinụa Achebe sokwa na ndị bidoro Otu Ndi Odee Nke Naijiria, nke a na-akpọ Association of Nigerian Authors. Ọ rụkwara ọrụ onye isi were ruo 1986.