Observations from an old man
Ok, I regard Chinua Achebe as a mentor when it comes to understanding things about Nigeria, even though I only met him once. So when I saw a reference in Sahara Reporters to an interview with Achebe in Newsweek from last June, I found it worth reading. Besides the headline referred to the novel I think is more important than the one for which Achebe is most famous.A Man of the People
Although best known for his 1958 masterpiece, Things Fall Apart, about a simple yam farmer in tribal Nigeria, novelist Chinua Achebe is still writing about Africa a full half century later. The 79-year-old author and social critic spoke with NEWSWEEK’s Jerry Guo about recent developments in his home country and politics on the continent...
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