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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- Acheiropody
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