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Africa's Tarnished Name (Mini Modern Classics) by Chinua Achebe
Category: Fiction | Series: Mini Modern Classics
He needed to hear Africa speak for itself after a lifetime of hearing Africa spoken about by others. Electrifying essays on the history, complexity, diversity of a continent, from the father of modern African literature.
Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'(The writer) in whose company the prison walls fell down' - Nelson Mandela. After a long silence Achebe published in 1987 what many see as his greatest work - an acrid, frightening look at oil-boom Nigeria, a world of robberies, road blocks and intimidation in which those who are meant to be protecting ...Show more
Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Ezeulu, headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. But he is beginning to find his authority increasingly under threat - from his rivals in the tribe, from those in the white government and even from his own family. Yet he still feels he must be untouchable - su ...Show more
Home and Exile by Chinua Achebe
Category: Biography | Series: Canons Ser.
Looking back at his own life and education, this book by the giant of African literature is a deeply personal and essential key for unlocking all of Achebe's literature and politics
The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart No Longer at Ease Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe
Category: Fiction
Chinua Achebe is considered the father of African literature in English, the writer who 'opened the magic casements of African fiction' for an international readership. Following the 50th anniversary of the publication of his ground-breaking Things Fall Apart, Everyman republish Achebe's first and most ...Show more
There Was a Country A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe
Category: Accessories
Chinua Achebe, the author of "Things Fall Apart", is a writer whose moral courage and storytelling gifts have left an enduring stamp on world literature. "There Was a Country" is his long-awaited account of coming of age during the defining experience of his life: the Nigerian Civil War, also known as t ...Show more
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Category: Fiction
"Things Fall Apart" tells two intertwining stories, both centering on Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first, a powerful fable of the immemorial conflict between the individual and society, traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world. The second, as modern as the firs ...Show more
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Category: Classics | Series: Pocket Penguin Classics
Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive. His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa and he is one of the most powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show weakness to anyone - even if the only way he can master his feelings is w ...Show more
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Category: Classics
Okonkwo is the greatest warrior alive, famous throughout West Africa. But when he accidentally kills a clansman, things begin to fall apart. Then Okonkwo returns from exile to find missionaries and colonial governors have arrived in the village. With his world thrown radically off-balance he can only hu ...Show more
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Category: Fiction
Celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart". This edition includes three interviews with Chinua Achebe as well as essays and responses on "Things Fall Apart" and the author, the Igbo/African background, and style and language. It includes a chronology and bi ...Show more
Things Fall Apart (Modern Classics) by Chinua Achebe
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
A compelling story of one man's battle to protect his community against the forces of change, the Penguin Classics edition of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is introduced by Biyi Bandele. Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire. ...Show more