Chinua Achebe and John Braine were both what?
novelist
Title: The Mbari Club
Passage: The Mbari Club was a centre for cultural activity by African writers, artists and musicians that was founded in Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1961 by Ulli Beier, with the involvement of a group of young writers including Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe. " Mbari", an Igbo concept related to "creation", was suggested as the name by Achebe.  Among other Mbari members were Christopher Okigbo, J. P. Clark and South African writer Ezekiel Mphahlele, Frances Ademola, Demas Nwoko, Mabel Segun, Uche Okeke, Arthur Nortje and Bruce Onobrakpeya.
Title: Chinua Achebe
Passage: Chinua Achebe ( , born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ 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.
Title: John Braine
Passage: John Gerard Braine (13 April 1922 – 28 October 1986) was an English novelist.  Braine is usually listed among the Angry Young Men, a loosely defined group of English writers who emerged on the literary scene in the 1950s.
John Braine Chinua Achebe