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Chinua Achebe (1930 – )
Nationality: Nigerian Born: Nigeria | Periods: African |
Author of “Things Fall Apart,” now translated into nearly 50 languages.
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Criticism about Chinua Achebe
- Achebe’s Fiction and Contemporary Nigerian Politics
- http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/nigeria/nigeriapol.htm…
- Very short piece by a professor at Brown University, describing Achebe’s use of language “to expose and combat the propaganda generated by African politicians to manipulate their own people.”
- Contains: Sketch, Commentary
- Author: George P. Landow
- From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English
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- African Authors: Chinua Achebe
- http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebe.htm
- This site provides links to extensive information on the author, as well as offering a detailed study guide for Things Fall Apart and a fair amount of suggested criticism on Achebe’s works in general, some abstracted.
- Contains: Bibliography, Webliography, Works List, Criticism, Commentary
- Author: Cora Agatucci
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- Chinua Achebe
- http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/achebe/achebeov.html
- This extensive page includes a biography as well as many commentaries on particular novels and issues in Achebe’s writing, mostly written by students.
- Contains: Extensive Bio, Commentary, Criticism, Works List
- From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English
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- Women in Achebe’s World
- http://www.uga.edu/~womanist/1995/mezu.html
- A scholarly article, which calls attention to the role and view of women in several of Achebe’s works, including Things Fall Apart, No Longer At Ease, Arrow of God, A Man of the People, and Anthills of the Savannah.
- Contains: Criticism, Commentary, Bibliography
- Author: Rose Ure Mezu
- From: Womanist Theory and Research Summer 1995
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Biographical sites about Chinua Achebe
- Chinua Achebe (1930-)
- http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/achebe.htm
- This site contains a full biography of Chinua Achebe, descriptions of his major works, a list of many of his other books, and a suggested bibliography of criticism.
- Contains: Bibliography, Works List, Full Bio
- Author: Kuusankoski Public Library, Finland
- Keywords:
- Chinua Achebe’s Biography and Style
- http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/achebe/achebebio.html
- Biographical information.
- Contains: Extensive Bio
- From: Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English
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Last Updated Apr 29, 2013