A Man of the People

Name: A Man of the People
Author: Chinua Achebe

by Chinua Achebe

Cynical narrative satirizing political corruption and moral decay in independent Nigeria

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Chinua Achebe

Nigerian novelist whose Things Fall Apart is the most widely read novel in African literature and a foundational text of postcolonial fiction. His work captures the collision of Igbo culture and British colonialism with unsentimental precision. He is the father of African literature in English.

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