The Education of a British-Protected Child, (Paperback)

from bezoar44

The jacket advertises this book of essays as Chinua Achebe's 'first new book in more than twenty years', but in fact it mostly collects essays and addresses that were written between 1988 and 1999, with one from 2008 and two from 2009. The best, most thoughtful essays are the oldest: 'Politics an...

from quondame

This is primarily a collection of speeches given at various events in the late 20th century, and includes a number of small repetitions and goes only so far into the complex details of history and very little if any into personality. There is a certain warm patience which seems to be fighting ang...

from quondame

This is primarily a collection of speeches given at various events in the late 20th century, and includes a number of small repetitions and goes only so far into the complex details of history and very little if any into personality. There is a certain warm patience which seems to be fighting ang...

from davedonelson

"Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu" should be repeated every hour on the hour by every school child all over the world until it becomes the mantra of all societies. It is Bantu for "A human is human because of other humans." The simple but profound adage is the theme of Chinua Achebe's collection of essay...

from wunderkind

This is a recent publication of personal essays and Achebe's first new book in over twenty years. I say "personal" not because Achebe talks mostly about his own life (he does a bit, but all of the essays center on Africa in one way or another) but because he's speaking from his own experiences an...