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Hace 1 día · Achebe is the father of African literature only in a metaphorical sense. No one is saying that Achebe was physically present when African literature came into being—like he was some kind of god who stood before the expanse of Africa’s literary nothingness and said “let there be African literature, and then there was African literature.”.
Hace 3 días · ABSTRACT. This article analyzes public transportation as a trope for networked narrative forms in two novels by Chinua Achebe: No Longer at Ease and Anthills of the Savannah.Combining insights from mobility studies with criticism on tragedy, the present article suggests that intersections of tragedy and transportation remain understudied aspects of Achebe’s fiction.
Hace 4 días · Chinua Achebe. Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo teaches Post-Colonial African History, Afrodiasporan Literature, and African Foketales at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He is also the host of Dr. Damages Show. His books include “This American Life Sef” and “Children of a Retired God,” among others.
Hace 2 días · Talking about the future, Wole, my brother, Happy 90th birthday. I hope you do not use the last part of your life to destroy the first. Yours truly, Chinua Achebe. Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo teaches Post ...
Hace 1 día · Chinua Achebe is the most celebrated and renowned African author. He is also considered to be the Father of African literature.Achebe’s first novel Things Fall Apart (1958), is considered to be the most important work by an African author. Over five million copies of the book have been sold and it has been translated into thirty languages.
Hace 14 horas · “The Road to the Country” is a harrowing novel about the Nigerian Civil War. “The writer is often faced with two choices,” the late Nigerian author Chinua Achebe argued, “turn away from ...
Hace 2 días · Things Fall Apart is a classic novel written by Chinua Achebe in 1958. It is set in Africa and follows the life of Okonkwo as he watches his home being colonized by the British, and his life and culture fall apart as a result. The themes in the novel are plentiful and diverse.
