The Education of a British-Protected Child

The Education of a British-Protected Child
Author :
Publisher : Penguin Group
Total Pages : 193
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307272904
ISBN-13 : 0307272907
Rating : 4/5 (907 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Education of a British-Protected Child by : Chinua Achebe

Download or read book The Education of a British-Protected Child written by Chinua Achebe and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the greatest writers of the modern era, an intimate and essential collection of personal essays on home, identity, and colonialism Chinua Achebe’s characteristically eloquent and nuanced voice is everywhere present in these seventeen beautifully written pieces. From a vivid portrait of growing up in colonial Nigeria to considerations on the African-American Diaspora, from a glimpse into his extraordinary family life and his thoughts on the potent symbolism of President Obama’s elections—this charmingly personal, intellectually disciplined, and steadfastly wise collection is an indispensable addition to the remarkable Achebe oeuvre.


The Education of a British-Protected Child Related Books

The Education of a British-Protected Child
Language: en
Pages: 193
Authors: Chinua Achebe
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-06 - Publisher: Penguin Group

GET EBOOK

From one of the greatest writers of the modern era, an intimate and essential collection of personal essays on home, identity, and colonialism Chinua Achebe’s
Home and Exile
Language: en
Pages: 142
Authors: Chinua Achebe
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-07-27 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

GET EBOOK

Chinua Achebe is Africa's most prominent writer, the author of Things Fall Apart, the best known--and best selling--novel ever to come out of Africa. His fictio
Things Fall Apart
Language: en
Pages: 226
Authors: Chinua Achebe
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-09-01 - Publisher: Penguin

GET EBOOK

“A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack
No Longer at Ease
Language: en
Pages: 164
Authors: Chinua Achebe
Categories: City and town life
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher: Heinemann

GET EBOOK

Obi Okenkwo, a Nigerian country boy, is determined to make it in the city. Educated in England, he has new, refined tastes which eventually conflict with his go
There Was a Country
Language: en
Pages: 354
Authors: Chinua Achebe
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-11 - Publisher: Penguin

GET EBOOK

From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart—a long-awaited memoir of coming of age in a fragile new nation, and its destruction in a tragic civil war For m