Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World

Between Fiction, Fact, and Historical Representation
Herausgeber: Korieh, Chima J.; Nwajiaku, Ijeoma C.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how Chinua Achebe presented the Igbo-African world in his writing by analyzing his engagement with critical issues like historical representation, gender, and indigenous political institutions. Contributors study how his work draws from African historical reality and identity while challenging Western epistemological hegemony.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 669g
• ISBN-13: 9781793652690
• ISBN-10: 1793652694
• Artikelnr.: 62475108

Autorenporträt

Chima J. Korieh is professor of African History at Marquette University. Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku teaches English and African literature in the Languages Department of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Nigeria.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Chinua Achebe, Writing Culture, and the Politics of
Representations
Chima J. Korieh and Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku
Part I. Chinua Achebe and Igbo-African Realities
Chapter 1: Causality in Selected Cultural Novels by Chinua Achebe:
Perspectives in Igbo Metaphysics
B. E. Nwigwe
Chapter 2: (Re)Discovering the Igbo Oral Tradition in Chinua Achebe's
Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah
Alassane Abdoulaye Dia
Chapter 3: Symbols and Images in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
Nureni Oyewole Fadare
Chapter 4: Igbo Communal Ethos: A Reading of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall
Apart & Arrow of God
Ijeoma Nwajiaku
Chapter 5: Things Fall Apart and Igbo Leadership: Learning and Unlearning
the Lessons of Okonkwo's Life
N. Tony Nwaezeigwe
Chapter 6: Achebe and the Pedagogy of Indigenous Knowledge Systems:
Gleanings from Arrow of God
Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku
Part II: Chinua Achebe and Politics of Representation
Chapter 7: Chinua Achebe's "'Chi' in Igbo Cosmology": Revisiting a Classic