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Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe (author of Things Fall Apart) in 2008. Born in 1930 in Nigeria Raised in an Igbo village by Christian parents Village of Nneobi Attended University College Started with a medical scholarship, which he later forfeited to study literature

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Chinua Achebe

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  1. Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe

  2. Chinua Achebe (author of Things Fall Apart) in 2008

  3. Born in 1930 in Nigeria • Raised in an Igbo village by Christian parents • Village of Nneobi • Attended University College • Started with a medical scholarship, which he later forfeited to study literature • Began writing in college About Achebe

  4. Worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Service after graduating from college • Has taught at • University of Nigeria • University of Massachusetts • University of Connecticut • City College of New York • Bard College More About Achebe

  5. Has written five novels • Things Fall Apart (1958) • Margaret Wong Memorial Prize • No Longer At Ease (1960) • Nigerian National Trophy • Arrow of God (1964) • National Statesman’s Jock Campbell Award • A Man of the People (1966) • Anthills of the Savannah (1987) • Booker Prize finalist Even More About Achebe

  6. When it was sent to a publishing company, he sent his only written copy. At first, the novel wasn’t going to be published Donald MacRae- made the company publish the novel The novel wasn’t edited from Achebe’s version by the publishing company. Things Fall Apart

  7. “genuinely succeeds in presenting tribal life from the inside“ “an excellent novel“ “Mr. Achebe's style is a model for aspirants“ "The book as a whole creates for the reader such a vivid picture of Ibo life that the plot and characters are little more than symbols representing a way of life lost irrevocably within living memory."[ Reviews of Things Fall Apart

  8. Novel named after a poem entitled “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats Explores how British Colonialism and Christianity affect traditional Igbo culture Is set around the 1890’s Things Fall Apart

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  10. Brittan was interested in Africa for commercial reasons • Proximity of the continent • Promises of wealth and resources it offered • Occurred mostly between the 16th and 19th centuries • Over 12 million Africans were removed from their native land British influences

  11. 1880’s- European powers divided Africa up amongst themselves. • Imperialism • “the domination by one country of the political, economic and cultural life of another country or region.” • Colonialism • “direct political control resulting from imperialism.” British influences

  12. "Neither imperialism nor colonialism is a simple act of accumulation and acquisition… Out of imperialism, notions about culture were classified, reinforced, criticized or rejected." Taken from Culture and Imperialism, Edward W. British Influences

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