"Analyzes fictional and historical cartographies of Africa in a full range of Achebe's literary works--novels including Things Fall Apart, but also short stories, poems, and essays--to offer a critical representation of Africa's present and future. The author focuses on the historical valuation of these texts as important contributions to political events in Nigeria and, by extension, Africa. Dwelling on the Nigerian political context upon which many, if not all, of the writer's narratives lie, this book examines methodologies of narration and ideologies that allow his works to resonate with the imagination of Africa"--…mehr
"Analyzes fictional and historical cartographies of Africa in a full range of Achebe's literary works--novels including Things Fall Apart, but also short stories, poems, and essays--to offer a critical representation of Africa's present and future. The author focuses on the historical valuation of these texts as important contributions to political events in Nigeria and, by extension, Africa. Dwelling on the Nigerian political context upon which many, if not all, of the writer's narratives lie, this book examines methodologies of narration and ideologies that allow his works to resonate with the imagination of Africa"--
Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He has received over 30 lifetime career awards and 14 honorary doctorates. He has written extensively on Nigeria and Africa, including his latest book with Bloomsbury, Daily Life in Colonial Africa (2024).
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List of Illustrations Preface 1. The Scholarship on Chinua Achebe 2. The Life and Times of Chinua Achebe 3. Precolonial Life and Colonialism in Things Fall Apart 4. Narrative of an Ailing Nation: No Longer at Ease 5. Cultural Conflicts and Religious Tensions: Arrow of God 6. A Foreteller: A Man of the People 7. Military Regimes and Authoritarianism: Anthills of the Savannah 8. The Sad Tale of a County at War: There Was a Country 9. Love, Innocence, and Nationhood: Chinua Achebe's Short Stories and Poems 10. The Critic: Achebe's Essays 11. Achebe and the Narration of the Nation 12. The Legacies: Narrating Africa, Probing the Present, Imagining the Future Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Preface 1. The Scholarship on Chinua Achebe 2. The Life and Times of Chinua Achebe 3. Precolonial Life and Colonialism in Things Fall Apart 4. Narrative of an Ailing Nation: No Longer at Ease 5. Cultural Conflicts and Religious Tensions: Arrow of God 6. A Foreteller: A Man of the People 7. Military Regimes and Authoritarianism: Anthills of the Savannah 8. The Sad Tale of a County at War: There Was a Country 9. Love, Innocence, and Nationhood: Chinua Achebe's Short Stories and Poems 10. The Critic: Achebe's Essays 11. Achebe and the Narration of the Nation 12. The Legacies: Narrating Africa, Probing the Present, Imagining the Future Bibliography Index
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