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Africa's Tarnished Name

Africa's Tarnished Name

Chinua Achebe — 2018
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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Tanja Hoffmann@sabsile
4 stars
Dec 13, 2021

The title essay is really illuminating, the rest is okay. A must-read for someone who isn’t that familiar in postcolonial theory, though.

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Apurva Chitnis@apuchitnis
4 stars
Feb 27, 2024
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isa/bella@belb
5 stars
Jan 6, 2024
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Raquel Alves @ccarlota
5 stars
Nov 10, 2021
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Laura Leila Marta@lauraleila
5 stars
Oct 31, 2021