Anthills of the Savannah | Examining the Writers & Writing
In the following essay, Cynthia Bily examines writers and writing in Anthills of the Savannah.
When Chinua Achebe published Anthills of the Savannah in 1987, it was his first new novel in more than twenty years. During that time, Nigeria had been governed by a succession of corrupt and greedy rulers, and Achebe had dedicated himself to political activism rather than to his writing. Still, he continued to consider the role of the writer in...
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