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Description edit
Though best known as a novelist, Achebe is also a critic, activist, and spokesman for African culture. This reference is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to his life and writings. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries. Some of these are substantive summary... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Chinua Achebe: Add a description of this character.
- Isaac Okonkwo
- M. Keith Booker
- Rachel R. Reynolds
- Odili Samalu
- Hannah
- Naipaul
- Ngugi
- Soyinka
- Joseph Conrad
- Rushdie
- Mister Johnson
- Ezeulu
- Robert M. Wren
- Clara Okeke
- Christopher
- Beatrice
- Edna
- Cary
- Elsie
- Simon Gikandi
- Winterbottom
- Kurtz
- Wright
- David Carroll
- C. L. Innes
- Ikem Osodi
- Bernth Lindfors
- J. Lynn
- Emmanuel Obiechina
- Marx
- Narayan
- Okigbo
- Killam
Setting & Locations edit
- Nigeria
- Africans
- Umuofia
- Umuaro
- Lagos
- Savannah
- England
- Obi Okonkwo
- Biafra
- Arrow Of God
- Europe
- Okperi
- Iguedo
- Mbanta
- Kenya
- London
- Nsukka
- West Africa
- Abazon
- India
- Ibadan
- Mbaino
- Igboland
- Ikemefuna
- Britain
- Unoka
- Obierika
- Kangan
- Onitsha
- Amherst
- Abame
- Enugu
- United States
- Edogo
- America
- Umuachala
- Abuja
- River
- Obika
- Ogidi
- Umuotia
- Awka
- Caribbean
- Born
- South Africa
- Freetown
- Umunneora
- Tutuola
First Sentence edit
ABAME, a village near Umuofia in Things Fall Apart.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › History & Criticism › Literary Theory
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › Ethnic Studies
- Books › Reference › Encyclopedias › Literature
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
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