Chinua Achebe

Joseph Claro

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Things Fall Apart

Stephan Happe

Nigeria encounter with colonialism in three generations. Aufgeteilt 

Destruction and creation of identity through rise and fall of British rule. Was bleibt 

Ambivalenz zur eigenen Herkunft. But it would be...

Autor Christlich -- Somit auf Weiter der Missionare? Ambivalent

Uel Immer Aberia

Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with the kings

"When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk." 

 And so Okonkwo was ruled by one passion-to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved. One of those things was gentle- ness and another was idleness. 

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