Chinua Achebe(1930-2013)was born in Nigeria. Widely considered to be the father of modern African literature, he is best known for his masterful African Trilogy, consisting ofThings Fall Apart, Arrow of God, andNo Longer at Ease. The trilogy tells the story of a single Nigerian community over three generations from first colonial contact to urban migration and the breakdown of traditional cultures. He is also the author ofAnthills of the Savannah,A Man of the People,Girls at Warand Other Stories,Home and Exile,Hopes and Impediments,Collected Poems,The Education of a British-Protected Child,Chike and the River, andThere Was a Country. He was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University and, for more than fifteen years, was the Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College. Achebe was the recipient of the Nigerian National Merit Award, Nigeria's highest award for intellectual achievement. In 2007, Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement.
"Achebe has written a story that sidesteps both ideologies of the
African experience and political agendas, in order to lead us to a
deeply human universal wisdom." —Washington Post Book World
"[Anthills Of The Savannah] has wonderful satiric moments and
resounds with big African laughter." —The New York Review Of
Books
"Achebe moves effortlessly . . . creating a flurry of perspectives
from which his story's dramatic and disturbing events are
scrutinized. Anthills Of The Savannah . . . will prove hard to
forget. It's a vision of social change that strikes us with the
force of prophecy" —USA Today
"Achebe has written a story that sidesteps both ideologies of the
African experience and political agendas, in order to lead us to a
deeply human universal wisdom." -Washington Post Book
World
"[Anthills Of The Savannah] has wonderful satiric moments
and resounds with big African laughter." -The New York Review
Of Books
"Achebe moves effortlessly . . . creating a flurry of perspectives
from which his story's dramatic and disturbing events are
scrutinized. Anthills Of The Savannah . . . will prove hard to
forget. It's a vision of social change that strikes us with the
force of prophecy" -USA Today
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