The Education of a British-Protected Child
Essays
Achebe’s first new book in more than twenty years — a new collection of autobiographical essays from the world-renowned author of Things Fall Apart.
Chinua Achebe’s characteristically measured and subtle voice is ever-present in these seventeen, beautifully nuanced pieces. The Education of a British-Protected Child offers a vivid portrait of growing up in colonial Nigeria. Achebe recalls both his happy memories of reading novels in secondary school and the harsher truths of imperial rule. In “African-American Visitations,” he allows us to witness the terrifying nature of the African diaspora and what it means not to know “from whence he came.” Politics and history figure in “What is Nigeria to Me?,” “Africa’s Tarnished Name,” and “Politics of the Politicians of Language.” And…
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