No Longer at Ease (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Chinua Achebe
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: Nigeria
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, Culture, Values, Africa or Africans, Tradition, Power, personal or social, Politics, Colonies or colonization, Race, Education or educators, Corruption, Government, Clans, Urbanization
- Locales: Nigeria
Characters Discussed
Michael Obiajulu (Obi) Okonkwo (oh-bee- ah-JEW-lew oh-KOHN-kwoh), a twenty-five-year- old Nigerian civil servant. A brilliant student, Obi received the first scholarship loan given by the Umuofia Progressive Union (UPU), whose members taxed themselves harshly to provide someone from their native village with an English education. He has graduated with honors but is less than successful in meeting expectations when he returns from London. His mission background and European values make him an alien in his own land. Naïve and idealistic, he is disillusioned...
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