Home and Exile
"A rare opportunity to glimpse a bit of the man behind the monumental novels." --Chicago Tribune
Powerful and deeply personal, these three essays by the great Nigerian author articulate his mission to rescue African culture from the narratives written by Europeans. Looking through the prism of his experiences as a student in English schools in Nigeria, he recalls his first encounters with European perspectives on Africa in the works of Joyce Cary and Elspeth Huxley. He examines the impact that his novel Things Fall Apart—as well as fellow Nigerian Amos Tutola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard and Jomo Kenyatta’s Facing Mt. Kenya, among other works—had on efforts to reclaim Africa's story. He confronts the persistence of colonial views of Africa. And he argues for the importance…
Chinua Achebe was born in Nigeria in 1930. His first novel, Things Falls Apart, became a classic of international literature and required reading for students worldwide. He also authored four subsequent novels, two short-story collections, and numerous other books. He was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University and, for more than 15 years, was the Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College. In 2007, Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement. He died in 2013.
Devil on the Cross
Ngugi wa Thiong'o; Introduction by Namwali Serpell
The River Between
Ngugi wa Thiong'o; Introduction by Uzodinma Iweala
There Was a Country
Chinua Achebe
A Grain of Wheat
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Weep Not, Child
Ngugi wa Thiong'o; Introduction by Ben Okri; Series Editor: Chinua Achebe
Chike and the River
Chinua Achebe; Illustrated by Edel Rodriguez
The Education of a British-Protected Child
Chinua Achebe
Great Ideas V an Image of Africa
Chinua Achebe
Arrow of God
Chinua Achebe
A Man of the People
Chinua Achebe
Girls at War and Other Stories
Chinua Achebe
No Longer at Ease
Chinua Achebe
Anthills of the Savannah
Chinua Achebe