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1. www.blackpast.org › global-african-history › 1968(1968) Chinua Achebe, “The Duty and Involvement of the ...

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   Apr 17, 2009 · In 1967 Chinua Achebe, one of Nigeria’s most prominent writers, supported the secession of Biafra from the Nigerian nation. In this 1968 speech he describes why he supported the breakaway state in its attempt to achieve independence.

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     Achebe Discusses Africa 50 Years After 'Things Fall Apart'

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     Worlds Famous Novelist Chinua Achebe Speech on why Africa Has to Tell its Own Stories

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3. www.pbs.org › newshour › showAchebe Discusses Africa 50 Years After ‘Things Fall Apart’

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   May 27, 2008 · A half century after Chinua Achebe penned 'Things Fall Apart', Jeffrey Brown discusses Africa's ongoing story with the famed author.

4. www.britannica.com › topic › Things-Fall-ApartThings Fall Apart | Summary, Themes, & Facts | Britannica

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   5 days ago · Things Fall Apart, first novel by Chinua Achebe, written in English and published in 1958. Things Fall Apart helped create the Nigerian literary renaissance of the 1960s.

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5. www.sparknotes.com › lit › thingsThings Fall Apart Chapters 24 & 25 - SparkNotes

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   A summary of Chapters 24 & 25 in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Things Fall Apart and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.

6. www.litcharts.com › lit › things-fall-apartThings Fall Apart Chapter 25 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts

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   Need help with Chapter 25 in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart? Check out our revolutionary side-by-side summary and analysis.

7. www.theafricancourier.de › culture › remembering“Africa has taken back its right” – Remembering Chinua Achebe

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   Mar 25, 2020 · Africa’s literary giant Chinua Achebe died aged 82 on 21 March 2013. In celebration of the memory of the world-renowned Nigerian novelist, we republish here his speech in Frankfurt’s St Paul’s Church on 13 October 2002 after he received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.

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   Why does Chinua Achebe write Things Fall Apart?

   • Yet in writing Things Fall Apart, and in putting the commissioners book within the context of his own book that depicts the Umuofia as complex, sophisticated, and made up of individuals with different passions and viewpoints, Chinua Achebe argues against this Western Christian view of the Igbo as primitives in need of pacification.

   Things Fall Apart Chapter 25 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts

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   What is the story of Chinua Achebe?

   • Things Fall Apart In this foundational modern African novel, Chinua Achebe's story follows the lives of people trying to understand which belief systems deserve their loyalty. The protagonist, Okonkwo is a tribal leader who battles neighboring villages, the English, and his own demons in early colonial Nigeria.

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   What did Chinua Achebe do 50 years ago?

   • Achebe was partly paralyzed in a car accident in Nigeria in 1990. For most of the years since then, he's lived and taught at Bard College in New York. In Washington recently, I asked him what he'd set out to do 50 years ago. CHINUA ACHEBE, Author, "Things Fall Apart": I knew that something needed to be done.

   Achebe Discusses Africa 50 Years After ‘Things Fall Apart

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   Who is Chinua Achebe?

   • Chinua Achebe was just 28 when he wrote the book, his first novel. He's since written numerous other works of fiction, mostly set in post-colonial Africa, as well as nonfiction and poetry, and last year was named winner of the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for Fiction. Achebe was partly paralyzed in a car accident in Nigeria in 1990.

   Achebe Discusses Africa 50 Years After ‘Things Fall Apart

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   How does Achebe use the Commissioner in heart of Darkness?

   • Achebe uses the commissioner, who seems a character straight out of Heart of Darkness, to demonstrate the inaccuracy of accounts of Africa such as Joseph Conrad’s. The commissioner’s misinterpretations and the degree to which they are based upon his own shortcomings are evident.

   Things Fall Apart Chapters 24 & 25 Summary & Analysis - SparkNotes

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9. www.learner.org › series › invitation-to-worldThings Fall Apart - Annenberg Learner

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   Things Fall Apart was probably the most important novel ever to have emerged from Africa. In this novel, Chinua Achebe gives westerners a view of Africa they’ve never seen before. Appiah: It’s a book that explores what happened when the reign began to beat us. Onwueme: