Africa's Tarnished Name By Chinua Achebe

Published: 22/02/2018

Genres: Nonfiction - Essays - Africa - Classics - History - Politics - African - Literature - ..

He needed to hear Africa speak for itself after a lifetime of hearing Africa spoken about by others

Electrifying essays on the history, complexity, diversity of a continent, from the father of modern African literature.

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Publisher information

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241338834
Number of pages: 64
Dimensions: 161 x 113 x 7 mm
Weight: 47 g
Language: English