Achebe, chinua


achebe, chinua
achebe, chinua [(ah-chay-bay)]

a twentieth-century nigerian writer whose works include things fall apart and arrow of g-d. his novels focus on the clash between traditional african values and culture and the encroachment of colonialism and westernization.

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    to have or suffer a continuous, dull pain: his whole body ached. to feel great sympathy, pity, or the like: her heart ached for the starving animals. to feel eager; yearn; long: she ached to be the champion. he’s just aching to get even. a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or […]

  • Acheilary

    . having no labellum or lip, or one that is undeveloped, as in the flower of certain orchids.

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  • Acheiria

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  • Acheiropody

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