Which among the following are true in the context of Chinua Achebe?
A) He wrote Arrow of God and Things Fall Apart.
B) His “Novelist as Teacher” is a seminal essay in the context of African Literature
C) The name of the tribe he depicted in Things Fall Apart is Igbo
D) He is a Kenyan born American litterateur.
E) He wrote the essay “An Abolition of English Department.”
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct answer is A, B and C only.

Let us analyze each statement to understand why this option is correct:

Statement A: He wrote Arrow of God and Things Fall Apart. (True)
Chinua Achebe is one of the most celebrated African novelists. His debut novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), is a classic of modern African literature. He also wrote Arrow of God (1964), which is the third book in his African Trilogy (alongside No Longer at Ease).

Statement B: His “Novelist as Teacher” is a seminal essay in the context of African Literature. (True)
Achebe first delivered "The Novelist as Teacher" as a speech in 1965, and it remains a foundational text in African literary criticism. In the essay, he argues that African writers have an educational role to help their societies regain belief in themselves after the trauma of colonialism.

Statement C: The name of the tribe he depicted in Things Fall Apart is Igbo. (True)
In Things Fall Apart, Achebe depicts the pre-colonial life and subsequent colonization of the Igbo (historically spelled Ibo) people in the southeastern region of Nigeria.

Statement D: He is a Kenyan born American litterateur. (False)
Chinua Achebe was born in Ogidi, Nigeria, not Kenya. He was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic (who later taught and lived in the United States).

Statement E: He wrote the essay “An Abolition of English Department.” (False)
The seminal essay/manifesto "On the Abolition of the English Department" (1968) was co-written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Henry Owuor-Anyumba, and Taban Lo Liyong at the University of Nairobi, not by Chinua Achebe.

Therefore, statements A, B, and C are correct, making A, B and C only the correct answer.