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(0)Chinua Achebe
Author
Publisher
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Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
First published in 1958, this novel tells the story of Okonkwo, the leader of an Igbo (Ibo) community who is banished for accidentally killing a clansman. The novel covers the seven years of his exile to his return, providing an inside view of the intrusion of white missionaries and colonial government into tribal Igbo society in the 1890s.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
The more Chike saw the ferry-boats the more he wanted to make the trip to Asaba. But where would he get the money? He did not know. Still, he hoped.
Eleven-year-old Chike longs to cross the Niger River to the city of Asaba, but he doesn’t have the sixpence he needs to pay for the ferry ride. With the help of his friend S.M.O.G., he embarks on a series of adventures to help him get there. Along the way, he is exposed to a range
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 327
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Collects three of the author's novels, all inspired by the tragedies faced by the Igbo people during the European colonization of Africa.
8) Arrow of God
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Set in the Ibo heartland of eastern Nigeria, one of Africa's best-known writers describes the conflict between old and new in its most poignant aspect--the personal struggle between father and son.
Series
Lapham's Quarterly volume 8, no. 3
Publisher
American Agora Foundation
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
