Anthills of the Savannah | Spirituality as a Source of Hope
In the following essay, Jennifer Bussey explores spirituality as a source of hope in Anthills of the Savannah.
Many critics and readers of Anthills of the Savannah are left with a sense of hopelessness at the end of the novel. Three of the novel's four main characters have died senseless deaths, and the country is left in the throes of instability. Free of one military regime, it faces another, with no reason to believe that this one will be any better than the last two. Even so, Achebe weaves a...
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