Spectres of the district commissioner: the negotiation of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in contemporary African historical fiction
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DOI: 10.1080/0950236x.2025.2547546
Abstract: ABSTRACT My article aims to interrogate the continued dominant influence of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart on Anglophone African writing. I will attempt to track the journey of critical reception that has led to the… read more here.
Keywords: fall apart; historical fiction; achebe things; contemporary african ... See more keywords
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: Literary Humanism and the Question of Human Dignity
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DOI: 10.2979/reseafrilite.52.2.02
Abstract: ABSTRACT:This essay celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart by returning to a cliché that the novel remakes African humanity. While the presumption of Achebe’s humanism has congealed into academic common sense,… read more here.
Keywords: fall apart; literary humanism; humanism; chinua achebe ... See more keywords