Anthills of the Savannah Summary - Chinua Achebe - Magill's Literary Annual 1989

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Author: Chinua Achebe
First Published: 1987
Type of Work: Novel
Time of Work: The late 1980’s
Setting: The fictional African state of Kangan
Characters: Sam, Chris Oriko, Ikem Osodi, Beatrice Okoh, Elewa
Genres: Long fiction, Novel
Subjects: Africa or Africans, Politics, Twentieth century, Revolutions, 1980's, Politicians, Corruption, Government, Military life or service
Locales: Africa

With the publication of Anthills of the Savannah, the Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe ended his silence as a novelist, which began just after A Man of the People (1966) appeared more than twenty years previously. During this interim, he published poetry, short stories, essays, juvenile literature, and a critical treatise on Nigeria and taught on university campuses both in Africa and in the United States. Author of probably the most widely read African novel ever written (Things Fall Apart, 1958), Achebe has been mentioned as a candidate to follow in...

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