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Book Synopsis Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World by : Chima J. Korieh
Download or read book Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World written by Chima J. Korieh and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how Chinua Achebe presented the Igbo-African world in his writing by analyzing his engagement with critical issues like historical representation, gender, and indigenous political institutions. Contributors study how his work draws from African historical reality and identity while challenging Western epistemological hegemony.
Book Synopsis Things Fall Apart by : Chinua Achebe
Download or read book Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1994-09-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.
Book Synopsis Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World by : Chima J. Korieh
Download or read book Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World written by Chima J. Korieh and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World: Between Fiction, Fact, and Historical Representation explores Chinua Achebe’s literary works and how they communicated the Igbo-African world to readers. Engaging in the politics of representation, Achebe sought to demystify deterministic views of race and cultural ethnocentrism. While his books and commentaries have been very influential in shaping a unique and multifaceted view of the African world, some scholars have challenged Achebe’s representations of historical reality. Through in-depth analyses of his writing, contributors examine the interpretations Achebe imposed on African culture and history in his texts. The chapters cover Achebe’s engagement with critical issues like historical representation, gender relations, and indigenous political institutions in a changing society. Throughout, contributors present new ways for understanding Achebe's literary works and show how his work draws from African historical reality and identity while challenging Western epistemological hegemony.
Book Synopsis Chinua Achebe and the Igbo World View by : Anthonia Chinyere Ogbonaya
Download or read book Chinua Achebe and the Igbo World View written by Anthonia Chinyere Ogbonaya and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis On the Sacred in African Literature by : M. Mathuray
Download or read book On the Sacred in African Literature written by M. Mathuray and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-07-23 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book provides an original approach to the analysis of the representation of myth, ritual, and 'magic' in African literature. Emphasizing the ambivalent nature of the sacred, it advances work on the religious dimension of canonical African texts and attends to the persistence of pre-colonial cultures in postcolonial spaces.
Author :Raisa Simola Publisher :Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften ISBN 13 : Total Pages :364 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis World Views in Chinua Achebe's Works by : Raisa Simola
Download or read book World Views in Chinua Achebe's Works written by Raisa Simola and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 1995 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinua Achebe examines Nigerian societies not only of different times but from many perspectives as well. This study concentrates on the differing world views (Weltbilder) in his texts; all the novels of the writer, his collections of essays, children books, short stories as well as poems are taken under scrutiny. In addition, the world view (Weltanschauung) of the writer is examined. Through it, Achebe's «message» for a better future is distilled.
Book Synopsis There Was a Country by : Chinua Achebe
Download or read book There Was a Country written by Chinua Achebe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart—a long-awaited memoir of coming of age in a fragile new nation, and its destruction in a tragic civil war For more than forty years, Chinua Achebe maintained a considered silence on the events of the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967–1970, addressing them only obliquely through his poetry. Decades in the making, There Was a Country is a towering account of one of modern Africa’s most disastrous events, from a writer whose words and courage left an enduring stamp on world literature. A marriage of history and memoir, vivid firsthand observation and decades of research and reflection, There Was a Country is a work whose wisdom and compassion remind us of Chinua Achebe’s place as one of the great literary and moral voices of our age.
Book Synopsis Igbo in the Atlantic World by : Toyin Falola
Download or read book Igbo in the Atlantic World written by Toyin Falola and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Igbo are one of the most populous ethnic groups in Nigeria and are perhaps best known and celebrated in the work of Chinua Achebe. In this landmark collection on Igbo society and arts, Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku have compiled a detailed and innovative examination of the Igbo experience in Africa and in the diaspora. Focusing on institutions and cultural practices, the volume covers the enslavement, middle passage, and American experience of the Igbo as well as their return to Africa and aspects of Igbo language, society, and cultural arts. By employing a variety of disciplinary perspectives, this volume presents a comprehensive view of how the Igbo were integrated into the Atlantic world through the slave trade and slavery, the transformations of Igbo identities and culture, and the strategies for resistance employed by the Igbo in the New World. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this collection includes 21 essays by prominent scholars throughout the world.
Book Synopsis The Igbo Intellectual Tradition by : G. Chuku
Download or read book The Igbo Intellectual Tradition written by G. Chuku and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-27 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking collection, leading historians, Africanists, and other scholars document the life and work of twelve Igbo intellectuals who, educated within European traditions, came to terms with the dominance of European thought while making significant contributions to African intellectual traditions.
Book Synopsis The World of the Ogbanje by : Chinwe Achebe
Download or read book The World of the Ogbanje written by Chinwe Achebe and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Education of a British-Protected Child by : Chinua Achebe
Download or read book The Education of a British-Protected Child written by Chinua Achebe and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the greatest writers of the modern era, an intimate and essential collection of personal essays on home, identity, and colonialism Chinua Achebe’s characteristically eloquent and nuanced voice is everywhere present in these seventeen beautifully written pieces. From a vivid portrait of growing up in colonial Nigeria to considerations on the African-American Diaspora, from a glimpse into his extraordinary family life and his thoughts on the potent symbolism of President Obama’s elections—this charmingly personal, intellectually disciplined, and steadfastly wise collection is an indispensable addition to the remarkable Achebe oeuvre.
Book Synopsis Ezi Okwu Bu Ndu by : Nkeonye Otakpor
Download or read book Ezi Okwu Bu Ndu written by Nkeonye Otakpor and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Anthills of the Savannah by : Chinua Achebe
Download or read book Anthills of the Savannah written by Chinua Achebe and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 1988 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Achebe writes of the old Africa and the new, tribal warfare and the war that goes on in people's hearts. His story takes place two years after a military coup in the mythical West African state of Kangan, and shows the transformation of a brilliant young.
Book Synopsis Essays on Igbo World View by : Damian Ugwutikiri Opata
Download or read book Essays on Igbo World View written by Damian Ugwutikiri Opata and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Emmanuela C. Nwokeke C. P. Publisher :Stillwater River Publications ISBN 13 :9781960505149 Total Pages :0 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (51 download)
Book Synopsis A Clash of Cultures by : Emmanuela C. Nwokeke C. P.
Download or read book A Clash of Cultures written by Emmanuela C. Nwokeke C. P. and published by Stillwater River Publications. This book was released on 2023-04-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drawing on her personal experience as a Nigerian, Emmanuela C. Nwokeke C.P. provides a fresh analysis of the socio-political and cultural conditions of the Igbo people via Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. She examines themes of identity, tradition, and resilience, as well as the ways in which the Igbo people both challenge and are challenged by the changing world. Readers are taken on a journey through the struggles of the Igbo people." -Professor Davide Del Bello (University of Bergamo, Italy) "The book in your hands represents a detailed and creative work on the face-off between British colonialism and pre-colonial Igbo society. Drawing from Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, the author brilliantly articulates a thriving Igbo culture prior to the British invasion. She challenges the Igbo-pessimistic stereotypes that cast pre-colonial Igbo society as a primitive jungle devoid of civilization. A Clash of Cultures is an excellent companion to Achebe's Things Fall Apart and provides an interpretative lens for appreciating its depth." -Lazarus Ejike Onuh, S.T.L. "A fascinating interpretation of Chinua Achebe and an insight to Things Fall Apart from a postcolonial point of view. A must-read for people from all walks of life." -Sr. Juliet Emereonye, C.P. "There is no doubt that Things Fall Apart is one of the most significant Nigerian novels as the novel portrays in clear terms the conflict between Western culture and Igbo culture during the era of colonization. A Clash of Cultures gives a contemporary analysis of the impact of the conflict and exrays it in vivid terms. This book will give a reader a clear understanding of the current situation. It helps one to know where we are today and how we got there. I highly recommend this book to all." -Fr. Jude Alih, M.S.P. Emmanuela C. Nwokeke, C.P. hails from Imo State, Nigeria. She is a Passionist Sister of St. Paul of the Cross. She holds a BA in Foreign Languages and Literature and an MA in Pan-American Languages and Literature from the University of Bergamo, Italy.
Book Synopsis Chinua Achebe and the Politics of Narration by : Thomas Jay Lynn
Download or read book Chinua Achebe and the Politics of Narration written by Thomas Jay Lynn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines vital intersections of narration, linguistic innovation, and political insight that distinguish Chinua Achebe’s fiction as well as his non-fiction commentaries. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of these intersections: Achebe’s narrative response to Western authors who have written on Africa, his integration of Igbo folklore, the political implications of writing African literature in English, his use of Nigerian Pidgin, and the Nigerian Civil War. It also addresses the teaching of Achebe’s works. Achebe drew on diverse resources to offer searching psychological and political insights that contribute not only a decidedly African political viewpoint to the modern novel, but also a more inclusive narrative consciousness. Achebe’s adaptations of Igbo oral art are intrinsic to his writing’s political engagement because they assert the integrity and authority of the African voice in a global order defined by colonialism. This book reveals how his work has helped to restructure a global vision of Africa.
Book Synopsis Factors for the Igbo Leadership Vacuum and the Igbo VanDalization of Her Elites Using Chinualumogu Achebe's Case As a Case Study by : Ikechukwu Aloysius Orjinta
Download or read book Factors for the Igbo Leadership Vacuum and the Igbo VanDalization of Her Elites Using Chinualumogu Achebe's Case As a Case Study written by Ikechukwu Aloysius Orjinta and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, course: AFRICAN STUDIES, language: English, abstract: "Giving honour to whom honour is due" is part of the desiderata in the modern Igbo Worldview. Without prejudice to the assertion of anthropologists like G.T. Basden( Among the Igbos of Southern Nigeria) that the Igbos are deeply religious and culturally rooted people who ardently revere their ancestors and respect their elders coupled with the well-researched views of historians like J.B.K.Onwubiko( The History of West Africa) that though the Igbos are politically nay ideologically speaking republican oriented, they allow themselves to be led and governed by elders and village heads, recent findings based chiefly on lived experiences of the modern Igbo mainstream Society tend to suggest that the Igbos are notorious for castigating, insulting, assaulting, disrespecting and dishonoring their elders, their opinion leaders, their religious leaders, their parents, their seniors, their teachers, their village heads, their titled men and women and their traditional leaders. The modern Igbo man prides himself as a know-it-all, I-too-know and imposing type of person. He tends to verbally, psychologically and physically bully others. [...]
