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100 1  Ogbaa, Kalu|4aut 
245 14 The life and times of Chinua Achebe /|cKalu Ogbaa 
264  1 Abingdon, Oxon ;|aNew York, NY :|bRoutledge, Taylor & 
       Francis Group,|c2022 
300    xxiv, 228 pages|billustrations (black and white)|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Global Africa 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
520    "The Life and Times of Chinua Achebe introduces readers to
       the life, literary works, and times of arguably the most 
       widely-read African novelist of recent times, an icon, 
       both in continental Africa and abroad. The book weaves 
       together the story of Chinua Achebe, a young Igboman whose
       novel Things Fall Apart opened the eyes of the world to a 
       more realistic image of Africa, a continent warped by 
       generations of European travelers, colonists, and writers.
       Whilst continuing to write further influential novels and 
       essays, Achebe also taught other African writers to use 
       their skills to help their national leaders to fight for 
       their freedoms in the post-colonial era, as internal 
       warfare compounded the damage caused by European powers 
       during the colonial era. In this book Kalu Ogbaa, an 
       esteemed expert on Achebe and his works, draws on 
       extensive research and personal interviews with the great 
       man and his colleagues and friends, to tell the story of 
       Achebe and his work. This intimate and powerful new 
       biography will be essential reading for students and 
       scholars of Chinua Achebe, and to anyone with an interest 
       in the literature and post-colonial politics of Africa"--
       |cProvided by publisher 
600 10 Achebe, Chinua|xPolitical and social views 
600 14 Achebe, Chinua,|d1930-2013 
650  0 Authors, Nigerian|y20th century|vBiography 
655  7 Biographies|2fast 
830  0 Global Africa