Chinua Achebe notes

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Chinua Achebe notes

• Andrew C. Jackson
• pp. 1270-73

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Student of literature

• At the time that he was going to school, most
  African stories were written by Europeans

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Nigerias struggle for independence

• Nigeria had a bad relationship with Britain from
  the start
• After WWII, more pressure was applied for
  independence

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Novelist for a new Africa

• Began writing while a college student

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Crusader for a lost cause

• After Nigeria won independence, ethnic tensions
  simmered

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Political life and exile

• Auto accident
• Language is mankinds greatest blessing.
• Storyteller is high priest

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Over

• Andrew C. Jackson
• September, 2006