Dec 31, 2009

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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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