A cherished and long relationship: Heinemann and Chinua Achebe from Things Fall Apart to Anthills of the Savannah
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DOI: 10.1080/17449855.2018.1560971
Abstract: ABSTRACT The study of Chinua Achebe’s career and works remains incomplete without full attention being paid to the intricate publishing history of his works. This article addresses this conspicuous omission in the historiography of African… read more here.
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Colonialism, Trauma, and Affect: Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God as Oduche's Return
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DOI: 10.2979/reseafrilite.49.4.05
Abstract: ABSTRACT:The paper examines Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God, which deals with the advent of colonialism in Nigeria, as a trauma narrative. It argues that, though the novel has generally and profitably been read as exemplifying… read more here.
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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.
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