Education of a British-Protected Child, Paperback - Chinua Achebe

Gives us a portrait of growing up in colonial Nigeria and inhabiting its 'middle ground', interrogating both the author's happy memories of reading...

Henry Lawson, V. S. Naipaul, Nadine Gordimer and Chinua Achebe are respectively Australian, Caribbean, South African and Nigerian, yet they all wri...

This novel about Nigeria prophesied the 1983 coup.

One of a series of fiction titles for schools. Okonkwo, a man of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria at the end of the last century, is a person of substance,...

Reducere. A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, regarded as one of literatur...

'...The story is the tragedy of Okonkwo, an important man in the Igbo tribe in the days when white men were first appearing on the scene ... a very...

The defining experience of author's life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War. A marriage of history, remembrance, poetry and ...

Headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu is worshipped by six villages, but finds his authority under threat. He is prepared to do anything to lead h...

This study casts back over Achebe's writing career to assess his considerable contribution to postcolonial writing and criticism, including his Edi...

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Chris, Ikem and Beatrice are like-minded friends working under the military regime of His Excellency, the Sandhurst-educated President of Kangan. I...

From the renowned author of The African Trilogy, a political satire about an unnamed African country navigating a path between violence and corrupt...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Kalu OgbaaIllustration(s): 13 Halftones, black and white; 13 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of page...

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Reducere. "In this powerful illustrated fable for older picture book readers, Achebe, the celebrated Nigerian writer, offers a parable about how power corrup...

Reducere. Things Fall Apart, tells of a troubled young African whose formal education separates him from his roots and makes him part of a corrupt ruling eli...

An idealistic young man educated in Britain, Obi returns home to Nigeria for a job in the civil service, but finds himself seduced by backhanders a...

Writer's Letters is a collection of fascinating letters written by great writers, from Dickens to De BeauvoirPublisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers ...

This book studies culture in terms of myths and how they function to construct the identity of communities. It focuses on myth formation in the fic...

Reducere. The eminent African novelist and critic, here addresses Nigeria's problems, aiming to challenge the resignation of Nigerians and inspire them to re...

How do you create an active reader? Why is reading good for creativity? Why is it vital for teaching the next generation resilience and positive me...

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From his decision to leave school at fifteen to roam the world, to his recollections of life as a hobo on the Southern Pacific Railroad, as a cattl...

WINNER OF THE ASAUK FAGE & OLIVER PRIZE 2016 The author meticulously contextualises the experiences of Achebe and his peers as students at Governme...

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Breakthrough: Memoir of a British-Trained Bangladeshi is Suhail's story through prejudice and love.

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A brilliant and novel examination of how Abraham Lincoln mastered the art of leadership"Gerhardt has devised an ingenious solution for demystifying...

Reducere. "On All Fronts takes the reader on a riveting journey of storytelling. . . From Russia to China to Syria, [she] navigate[s] the most intense of hum...

Gateway communities are those located adjacent to protected areas and are often the communities most impacted by tourism visitation and are depende...

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Reducere. "When the author, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, was a lad, his country was a British crown colony, and its government offered one univ...

DescriptionNational Bestseller From one of Canada's most popular and connected political journalists, an unblinkered warts-and-all look at Justin T...

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This is the story of a great British coachbuilder, told with the aid of meticulous research and with great affection for the grandeur and style tha...

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New paperback edition - An insider's account of the Cold War as seen by a key diplomat abroad and in London. A privileged view of work that won the...

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