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Title:
Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African world : between fiction, fact, and historical representation / edited by Chima J. Korieh and Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku.
Publisher:
Lexington Books,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
vi, 311 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Achebe, Chinua--Criticism and interpretation.
Igbo (African people) in literature.
Africa--In literature.
Other Authors:
Korieh, Chima J. (Chima Jacob), 1962- editor.
Nwajiaku, Ijeoma C., editor.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part I: Chinua Achebe and Igbo-African realities -- Casuality in selected cultural novels by Chinua Achebe: perspectives in Igbo metaphysics / B. E. Nwigwe -- (Re)discovering the Igbo oral tradition in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" and anthills of the Savannah / Alassane Abdoulaye Dia -- Symbols and imageries in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" / Nureni Oyewole Fadore -- Igbo communal ethos: a reading of Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" and "Arrow of God" / Ijeoma Nwajiaku -- "Things Fall Apart" and Igbo leadership: learning and unlearning the lessons of Okonkwo's life / N. Tony Nwaezeigwe -- Achebe and the pedagogy of Indigenous knowledge systems: gleanings from "Arrow of God" / Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku -- Part II: Chinua Achebe and politics of representation -- Chinua Achebe's "'Chi' in Igbo Cosmology": revisiting a classic / Chijioke Azuawusiefe -- Discourse, imagination, and models of resistance: rereading "Arrow of God" / Ifi Amadiume -- The collision of asymmetric civilizations: a reading of "Things Fall Apart" / Ihechukwu C. Madubuike -- (Re)memorizing Igbo traditions in Achebe's "Arrow of God:" A psychoanalytical study / Linda Jummai Mustafa -- Part III: Achebe, history and the national question -- Telling Africa's story: Chinua Achebe and the power of narratives / Chijioke Azuawusiefe -- Narrativizing history: Chinua Achebe and the politics of interpretation / Anwesha Das -- Achebeism and the Nigerian leadership problem / Ada Uzoamaka Azodo -- Chinua Achebe as a voice of reason on the Nigerian crisis: a historical look at the larger picture / Odigwe A. Nwaokocha -- Chinua Achebe and the national question / Bernard Steiner Ifekwe.
ISBN:
1793652694
9781793652690
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1272898980
LCCN:
2021945116
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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