Título: Chinua Achebe
Seção: No Longer at Ease and fellowship travels
Background: Chinua Achebe (, born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe; (16 November 1930 - 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. His first novel Things Fall Apart (1958), often considered his best, is the most widely read book in modern African literature. He won the Man Booker International Prize in 2007. Raised by his parents in the Igbo town of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria, Achebe excelled at school and won a scholarship to study medicine, but changed his studies to English literature at University College (now the University of Ibadan).

Conteúdo: In 1948, in preparation for independence, Nigeria's first university opened. Known as University College (now the University of Ibadan), it was an associate college of the University of London. Achebe obtained such high marks in the entrance examination that he was admitted as a Major Scholar in the university's first intake and given a bursary to study medicine. It was during his studies at Ibadan that Achebe began to become critical of European literature about Africa. After reading Joyce Cary's 1939 work Mister Johnson about a cheerful Nigerian man who (among other things) works for an abusive British storeowner, he was so disturbed by the book's portrayal of its Nigerian characters as either savages or buffoons that he decided to become a writer. Achebe recognised his dislike for the African protagonist as a sign of the author's cultural ignorance. One of his classmates announced to the professor that the only enjoyable moment in the book is when Johnson is shot.  He abandoned the study of medicine and changed to English, history, and theology. Because he switched his field, however, he lost his scholarship and had to pay tuition fees. He received a government bursary, and his family also donated money - his older brother Augustine gave up money for a trip home from his job as a civil servant so Chinua could continue his studies. From its inception, the university had a strong Arts faculty; it includes many famous writers amongst its alumni. These include Nobel Laureate W

user: What did he do in his fellowship travels?

assistant: Later that year, Achebe was awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship for six months of travel,

user: where did he travel?

assistant: Achebe set out for a tour of East Africa.

user: how long did he travel

assistant: six months

user: What is no longer at ease?

assistant: his second novel,

user: What was it about?

assistant: about a civil servant who is embroiled in the corruption of Lagos.

user: Did the novel sell well?

assistant: Achebe demonstrated in his second novel an ability to depict modern Nigerian life.

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: He abandoned the study of medicine and changed to English, history, and theology.

user: Why did he abandon medicine?

assistant: Achebe began to become critical of European literature about Africa.

user: Why was he critical of it?

assistant: he was so disturbed by the book's portrayal of its Nigerian characters as either savages or buffoons that he decided to become a writer.

user: When did he find success as a writer?

assistant: In 1950 Achebe wrote a piece for the University Herald entitled "Polar Undergraduate", his debut as an author.

user: Did he win any awards?

assistant: Fellowship for Creative Artists awarded by UNESCO.