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Ama Ata Aidoo’s Our Sister Killjoy
Ama Ata Aidoo’s restless, relentless critique of the Western and even of African nations she encounters is replete with a cynicism and a loving desire. Having read Killjoy now, for the first time, I think I would put it on … Continue reading
Temporality in Achebe
At the end of Things Fall Apart, Achebe brings the Commissioner’s perspective into focus, leaving the reader with the Commissioner’s thoughts about the book he will write on the colonial project in Africa: “He had already chosen the title of … Continue reading
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Tagged African novel, Chinua Achebe, narrative structure, novelistic form, Post-colonial, Temporality, Things Fall Apart
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