What does the baby name Chinua mean? Learn about what Chinua means, its history & origin, popularity in our random name database, pronunciation, similar names, nicknames & spelling variations.Chinua - Name Meaning, Origin & PopularitySpelling of Chinua C-H-I-N-U-A, is a 6-letter male gi...
I wander around this house of rooms each with its own name. It is not a big house, but America allows the living poor to dream about things that others really have, like rooms with their own names. Why do we have a sun room? I don’t know. What happens when the sun goes down,...
In literature, a symbol has a literal meaning and represents a larger, more abstract concept. Symbols in Things Fall Apart include the egwugwu, locusts, yams, folktales, fire, and the Mother of the Spirits. Egwugwu in Things Fall Apart An egwugwu is defined in the novel's glossary of ...
This article explores the Experiential Meaning in both Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God (1964) and Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's Petals of Blood (1977). Indeed, two excerpts from each novel under study have been culled and thoroughly analysed on the basis of the Hallidayan Experiential Meaning theoretical...
In the end, “Things Fall Apart” stands not only as a masterpiece of African literature but also as a profound exploration of the human condition and the perpetual quest for meaning and belonging. Obierika, Okonkwo’s best friend, sees so much injustice in this: “That man was one of ...