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Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe. Born in 1930 in Southern Nigeria Brought up by a pioneer Christian family in the large village of Ogidi Early center of Anglican missionary work Attended a primary school run by Church Missionary Society. 1944  Attended Government College in Umuahia

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Chinua Achebe

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  1. Chinua Achebe Born in 1930 in Southern Nigeria Brought up by a pioneer Christian family in the large village of Ogidi Early center of Anglican missionary work Attended a primary school run by Church Missionary Society

  2. 1944 Attended Government College in Umuahia • 1953 Received his B.A. from the University College of Ibadan • 1954 Joined the Nigerian Broadcasting Company in Lagos • 1958 He wrote Things Fall Apart • 1960 Wrote No Longer at Ease • 1962-66 Wrote three more novels • 1969 Toured and lectured at universities in the US • 1971-1975 Wrote four more novels • 1976 Professor of English- University of Nigeria • Went on to write seven more novels, a book of short stories, and founded the magazine UWA NDI IGBO

  3. Nigeria • Located in Western Africa • Twice the size of California • Natural Resources: natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land • Most populous country in Africa • Composed of more than 250 ethnic groups • Official Language: English • Others are: Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani

  4. Life expectancy at birth: • total population: 47.44 years male: 46.83 years female: 48.07 years • Very high risk of infectious diseases: • bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever, malaria, meningococcal meningitis, and Avian Influenza (Avian Flu)

  5. “The Second Coming” Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.

  6. Themes • Change vs. Tradition • Masculinity • Language/Cultural Differences

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