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Anthills of the Savannah

Author Chinua Achebe
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  • English > Comparative Literature: African > African Literature
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Winner of the Man Booker International Prize
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book

Using the conflict between city and tribal villages, the ravages of the great African drought and Third World politics as a compelling backdrop, Achebe weaves a potent drama of modern Africa. This novel describes power politics in an imaginary West African country, Kangan, 'where a military coup has brought to prominence a Sandhurst-trained officer ill-prepared for political leadership. Before long 'His Excellency' transforms his initial insecurity into paranoid despotism, suspecting even well-meaning allies of disloyalty. This becomes the fate of his two boyhood friends, Chris Oriko, Commissioner for Information, and Ikem Osodi, poet and editor of a national newspaper, who in different ways both refuse to play safe by compromising.'
  • FINALIST | 1987
    Man Booker International Prize
  • FINALIST | 1987
    Man Booker International Prize
© Don Hamerman
Chinua Achebe was born in Nigeria in 1930. His first novel, Things Falls Apart, became a classic of international literature and required reading for students worldwide. He also authored four subsequent novels, two short-story collections, and numerous other books. He was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University and, for more than 15 years, was the Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College. In 2007, Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement. He died in 2013. View titles by Chinua Achebe

About

Winner of the Man Booker International Prize
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book

Using the conflict between city and tribal villages, the ravages of the great African drought and Third World politics as a compelling backdrop, Achebe weaves a potent drama of modern Africa. This novel describes power politics in an imaginary West African country, Kangan, 'where a military coup has brought to prominence a Sandhurst-trained officer ill-prepared for political leadership. Before long 'His Excellency' transforms his initial insecurity into paranoid despotism, suspecting even well-meaning allies of disloyalty. This becomes the fate of his two boyhood friends, Chris Oriko, Commissioner for Information, and Ikem Osodi, poet and editor of a national newspaper, who in different ways both refuse to play safe by compromising.'

Awards

  • FINALIST | 1987
    Man Booker International Prize
  • FINALIST | 1987
    Man Booker International Prize

Author

© Don Hamerman
Chinua Achebe was born in Nigeria in 1930. His first novel, Things Falls Apart, became a classic of international literature and required reading for students worldwide. He also authored four subsequent novels, two short-story collections, and numerous other books. He was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University and, for more than 15 years, was the Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College. In 2007, Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement. He died in 2013. View titles by Chinua Achebe

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  • Anthills of the Savannah
    Anthills of the Savannah
    Chinua Achebe
    978-0-307-81645-0
    $12.99 US
    Ebook
    Penguin Books
    Feb 22, 2012
  • Anthills of the Savannah
    Anthills of the Savannah
    Chinua Achebe
    978-0-307-81645-0
    $12.99 US
    Ebook
    Penguin Books
    Feb 22, 2012

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    $25.00 US
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    Penguin Classics
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    $16.00 US
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    Aug 16, 2016
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    $15.00 US
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    $14.00 US
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    Aug 09, 2011
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    Oct 05, 2010
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    Chinua Achebe
    978-0-307-59270-5
    $30.00 US
    Hardcover
    Everyman's Library
    Jan 05, 2010
  • Collected Poems
    Collected Poems
    Chinua Achebe
    978-1-4000-7658-1
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Aug 10, 2004
  • Home and Exile
    Home and Exile
    Chinua Achebe
    978-0-385-72133-2
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Sep 18, 2001
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    Chinua Achebe
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    $25.00 US
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    Everyman's Library
    Oct 17, 1995
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    $15.00 US
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    Sep 16, 1994
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    Things Fall Apart
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    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Penguin Books
    Sep 01, 1994
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    And Other Stories
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    Penguin Books
    Aug 01, 1991
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