Conversation so far:
What does the voice of Nigeria mean?
One of his first duties was to help create the Voice of Nigeria network.
The station broadcast its first transmission on New Year's Day 1962.
What did he do there?
Director of External Broadcasting.
What is the writers series?
Writing about the conference in several journals, Achebe hailed it as a milestone for the literature of Africa.
What kinds of things did they talk about at the conference?
Among the topics of discussion was an attempt to determine whether the term African literature ought to include work from the diaspora.
What else did they discuss?
solely that writing composed by people living within the continent itself.
How did he feel about the subject?
Writing about the conference in several journals, Achebe hailed it as a milestone for the literature of Africa.
What else did he have to say?
highlighted the importance of community among isolated voices on the continent and beyond.
What else did he do during this time?
While at Makerere, Achebe was asked to read a novel written by a student (James Ngugi, later known as Ngugi wa Thiong'o) called Weep Not, Child.
Did he like it?
Impressed, he sent it to Alan Hill at Heinemann, which published it two years later.

Question: How did this impact him?
Self-contained rewrite: How did Weep Not, Child impact Chinua Achebe?