Africa's Tarnished Name

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He needed to hear Africa speak for itself after a lifetime of hearing Africa spoken about by othersElectrifying essays on the history, complexity, diversity of a continent, from the father of modern African literature.Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

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Chinua Achebe

scriitor nigerian · 1930–2013

Chinua Achebe a fost un scriitor nigerian de limbă engleză. A scris romane prezentând dezagregarea societăților africane tradiționale în contact cu civilizația europeană, în special cu misionarismul și colonialismul englez.