7 Fascinating Facts About Chinua Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ He wrote the book partially in response to European writers like Joseph Conrad, who Achebe said depicted Africa “as ‘the other world,’ the antithesis of Europe and therefore of civilization.” ...
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Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist acclaimed for his unsentimental depictions of the social and psychological disorientation accompanying the imposition of Western customs and values upon traditional African society. He is best known for his first novel Th
Chinua Achebe (born November 16, 1930, Ogidi, Nigeria—died March 21, 2013, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) was a Nigerian novelist acclaimed for his unsentimental depictions of the social and psychological disorientation accompanying the imposition of Western customs and values upon traditional African...
Other articles where A Man of the People is discussed: Chinua Achebe: A Man of the People (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1987) deal with corruption and other aspects of postcolonial African life.
Other articles where No Longer at Ease is discussed: Chinua Achebe: In the sequel No Longer at Ease (1960) he portrayed a newly appointed civil servant, recently returned from university study in England, who is unable to sustain the moral values he beli
Early in life Adichie, the fifth of six children, moved with herIgboparents toNsukka,Nigeria. Avoraciousreader from a young age, she foundChinua Achebe’sThings Fall Aparttransformative. After studying medicine for a time in Nsukka, in 1997 she left for theUnited States, where she studiedcommu...
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