Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa, Achebe Nwando

Автор: Chinua Achebe
Название: Things Fall Apart
ISBN: 0141023384 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141023380
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive and he is one of the powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show his weakness. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan, he takes violent action. Will the great man`s pride eventually destroy him?

Автор: Achebe, Chinua
Название: Things Fall Apart
ISBN: 0385474547 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385474542
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"A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world." --Barack Obama

"African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe." --Toni Morrison

Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read

Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order.

With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.

Автор: Chinua Achebe
Название: There Was a Country
ISBN: 0241959209 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241959206
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Описание: The defining experience of author`s life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War. A marriage of history, remembrance, poetry and vivid first-hand observation, this title is a work of wisdom and compassion from one of the great voices of our age.

Автор: Achebe, Chinua
Название: Africa`s Tarnished Name
ISBN: 0241338832 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241338834
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: One of fifty new books at 1.00 pound each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry - all complete, standalone works, some never published in Penguin Modern Classics before.

Автор: Achebe, Chinua
Название: Things fall apart
ISBN: 0435913506 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780435913502
Издательство: Pearson Education
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Описание: `...The story is the tragedy of Okonkwo, an important man in the Igbo tribe in the days when white men were first appearing on the scene ... a very simple but excellent novel`. The Observer Also available in an extended edition including essays, maps and illustrations

Автор: Chinua Achebe
Название: An Image of Africa/ The Trouble with Nigeria
ISBN: 0141192585 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141192581
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Описание: Asserts the author`s belief in Joseph Conrad as a `bloody racist` and his conviction that Conrad`s novel "Heart of Darkness" only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people. This title includes "The Trouble with Nigeria", the author`s searing outpouring of his frustrations with his country.

Автор: Achebe Nwando
Название: The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe
ISBN: 0253222486 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253222480
Издательство: Wiley EDC
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Описание: Nwando Achebe presents the fascinating history of an Igbo woman, Ahebi Ugbabe, who became king in colonial Nigeria. Ugbabe was exiled from Igboland, became a prostitute, traveled widely, and learned to speak many languages. She became a close companion of Nigerian Igala kings and the British officers who supported her claim to the office of headman, warrant chief, and later, king. In this unique biography, Achebe traces the roots of Ugbabe's rise to fame and fortune. While providing critical perspectives on women, gender, sex and sexuality, and the colonial encounter, she also considers how it was possible for this woman to take on the office and responsibilities of a traditionally male role.