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    Chinua Achebe: Africa most beloved author The Prominent Igbo writer, famous for his novels describing the effects of western customs and values on traditional African society. Achebe’s satire and his keen ear for spoken language have made him one of the most highly esteemed African writers in English. Chinua Achebe was born in eastern Nigeria on November 16, 1930 Isaiah and Janet Achebe (Bucker pars.1). Isaiah Okafor Achebe was a catechist for the Church Missionary Society and his wife to traveled

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    Chinua Achebe is one of the most influential writers in African Literature. He incorporated his culture so others could have a better understanding. His Things fall apart, ended up being a great success that it sold over 12 million copies and was sold in over 50 languages. Albert Chinualumogu Achebe was born on November 16, 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria. According to (https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/t/things-fall-apart/chinua-achebe-biography), “He was the fifth child of Isaiah Okafor Achebe and

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    A STUDY OF THE AUTHOR, CHINUA ACHEBE Chinua Achebe was born unto a Nigerian parents in Nigeria on November 16, 1930. He was from a family that born six kids; he being the fifth among them. Chinua Achebe’s parents were Isaiah Okafor Achebe and Janet Achebe. He begin an English at eight in Ogidi, Nigeria. Encouraged by his father, he was excited to learned English quickly. His father Isaiah Achebe was one of the first that converted from their religion to Christianity and he also founded

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    the reader that how did people become to be so feeble towards the claims of their languages on them and so aggressive in their claims on other languages, particularly the languages of their colonization. It is worth mentioning the words spoken by Chinua Achebe, “is it right that a man should abandon his mother language for some one else’s? It looks like a dreadful betrayal and produces a guilty feeling”. Ngugi refers to the 1962 African writer’s conference at Makerere University College in Kampala

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    Chinua Achebe is one of the great authors hailing from the African continent. He has published a number of novels and is widely praised for creating a new genre of African literature. His debut, and most famous novel, Things Fall Apart, has never been out of print, sold more than twelve-million copies, and been translated into over fifty languages (“Chinua Achebe” The Economist). The characters in the novel are purely fictional but the traditions and struggles faced by the characters are those of

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    No Longer at Ease is an interesting book. While it has its negatives, the way this book was written and the deeper meaning to be found once you look closer into the book outweigh said negatives. In the book No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe, morals are tested and eventually lost. The author places the main character, Obi Okonkwo, into many financial struggles and tests his idea of being an incorruptible person. Eventually Obi falls to the corruption of bribery and is arrested. The author makes a

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    behaviors and practices and to others it is an order of existence. Throughout history, the world has witnessed a religions power to guide a society, but many have also witnessed a religion destroy a society as well. Within the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the world witnesses many religions, for example the Ibo religion and Christianity. We are able to get a delightful insight on their ways of functioning and beliefs. For the durations of the book, we observe the destructive power of religion

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    Chinua Achebe is a renowned Nigeria novelist lauded for his work in literature. Chinua Achebe has been credited with numerous works of literature ranging from novels to journals. His work cuts across borders, making huge success and accepted globally in the world of literature. Even critics had to accept Chinua Achebe is the greatest our time, such was Charles H Rowell a literary critic issued in Callaloo a reputable magazine. There was no surprise when Chinua Achebe won the 1972 Commonwealth prize

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    Chinua Achebe creates a strong argument against Joseph Conrad, attempting to point out the racism innate within Conrad's "Heart of Darkness. In Achebe's essay, he explicitly said, "Joseph Conrad was a thoroughgoing racist" (343). Achebe depicts the narration, and setting of "Heart of Darkness" to further prove his point. But, he falls short in one aspect of his argument, when he decides to declassify "Heart of Darkness" as a great work of art.   To begin, Chinua Achebe believes that the character

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    Things Fall Apart Book Critique Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a historical fiction novel describing the life of Okonkwo in a Nigerian village succumbing to European ways, in order to portray Achebe’s view on imperialism. It was chosen for us to read by our teacher because it describes imperialism and its effects in an Ibo village of Nigeria. It also shows the treatment of natives by the Europeans and how the natives reacted. Things Fall Apart is useful to our course of studies because it

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