Chinua Achebe

A Biography

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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The first full biography of Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart.Achebe is the man who invented African literature because he was able to show, in the structure and language of Things Fall Apart, that the future of African writing did not lie in simple imitation of European forms but inthe fusion of such forms with oral traditions', says Professor Simon Gikandi of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.This biography of Chinua Achebe captures how his personal characteristics have combined with historical events to produce the man who cleared the frontiers of literature for AfricaNorth America: Indiana U Press; Nigeria: HEBN

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Utgivningsdatum1997-01-01
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt546 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor352
FörlagJames Currey
ISBN9780852555453

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Missionaries and masquerades, 1930-35; primary school, 1936-43; government college, 1944-47; at the university, 1948-53; teaching and talks, 1954-57; the young controller, 1958-60; the voice of Nigeria, the married man, the General Editor, 1960-62; from "Arrow of Gold" to "A Man for the People", 1963-66; genocide, war and the leopard's claws, 1966-67; the idea of Biafra, 1976-69; art in the midst of war and in the aftermath, 1969-71; collections, controversies and conferences, 1971-72; an American expedition, 1973-75; return to Nsuku, 1975-79; education, culture, politics, 1979-83; an ambassador for literature and justice, 1983-87; leaders, prizes and "Anthills of Savannah", 1987-89; masquerades, celebrations and survival, 1989-93.