On Friday, November 16, 2018, on what would have been Prof. Achebe’s 88th birthday, Dr. Chido Nwangwu will serve as convener and moderator of the USAfrica international colloquium titled “60 Years of Things Fall Apart: USAfrica Harvest of Chinua Achebe” in Houston, Texas. Chido247 at Gmail.com  +1-832-452-4436..

Chido moderated the 2012 Achebe Colloquium at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island — it was Achebe last major outing.  On 08-08-08 (August 8, 2008), he hosted and moderated the USAfrica special global event “50 Years of Things Fall Apart: Harvest of Chinua Achebe.”